Denis Valeryevich Kostin
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| Full name | Denis Valeryevich Kostin | |
| Nickname | seized | |
| Date of birth | September 9, 1994 | |
| country code |
 Russia
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| game | Counter-Strike 1.6 , CS: GO | |
| team | Natus Vincere (since 2013) | |
| Former teams | place2play (2012) RuSh3D (2012) dAT Team (2012–2013) zNation (2013) Concept Gaming (2013) |
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Denis "seized" Valeryevich Kostin ( Russian Денис Валерьевич Костин , nickname "seized"; born September 9, 1994 in Moscow , Russian Federation ) is a Russian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - and former Counter-Strike 1.6 player. Kostin is currently under contract with the Ukrainian organization Natus Vincere .
He was also able to draw attention to himself several times as a coach of successful teams.
Career and teams
Gründip Gaming (July - August 2013)
In the summer of 2013, many well-known Russian players formed the team from Gründip Gaming. However, this promising team only existed for a short time, as all players got good offers from teams like dAT Team or Natus Vincere .
| Gründip Gaming in 2013 |
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Denis "seized" Kostin
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Georgi "WorldEdit" Jaskin
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Nikolai "latro" Li
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Alexei "ub1que" Polivanov
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Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikow
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ex- Natus Vincere (August - December 2013)
After both Ioann "Edward" Sukharyev and Yegor "markeloff" Markelow Na'Vi had left to switch to the Astana Dragons , the organization found two new players in Denis "seized" Kostin and Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikow. Since then, Kostin has been playing for Natus Vincere . The Na'Vi lineup then looked like this.
| ex Na'Vi Lineup (2013) |
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Denis "seized" Kostin
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 Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
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Serhiy "starix" Ischuk
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Arseniy "ceh9" Trynoshenko
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Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikow
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ex- Natus Vincere (December 2013 - March 2015)
In early December 2013 has Na'Vi Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov due to poor performance, and Arseny "ceh9" Trynoschenko , who had retired from professional gaming, removed from their team and Ladislav "Guardian" Kovács and Ionann "Edward" Sucharjew to added to their active lineup. During this time Kostin helped the team to achieve their first successes. In the finals of the ninth edition of the SLTV StarSeries , Natus Vincere won against the ninjas in pajamas . At DreamHack Winter 2014 , seized and its team reached the semi-finals. Only then was Na'Vi eliminated with two 11:16 defeats against Team LDLC .
| ex Na'Vi Lineup (2013) |
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Denis "seized" Kostin
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Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
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Serhiy "starix" Ischuk
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Ionann "Edward" Sukharev
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 Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
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Natus Vincere (since March 2015)
Due to unsatisfactory performance, Serhij "starix" Ischuk switched from the position of player to the role of coach. On April 10, 2015 it was announced that Yegor "flamie" Vasiljew starix replaced as a player at Natus Vincere . The current lineup Na'Vis looks like this:
| Lineup of Natus Vincere under coach: Mychaylom "Kane" Blahynm |
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Ioann "Edward" Sukharev
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Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliw
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Denis "seized" Kostin
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Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
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Egor "flamie" Vasiliev
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The new team won the ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 in Cologne in April 2015 . In the summer of 2015, the Russian and his team took first place at the Electronic Sports World Cup in Montreal . At this event, Kostin achieved a K / D value of 1.26 across all games. In November his team was able to win the 10th edition of the ESL Intel Extreme Masters tournament in San José in addition to the second places at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 and the offline finals of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 . In 2016, Kostin had further successes by winning his team at DreamHack Leipzig 2016 and reaching the finals at MLG Columbus 2016 . Since August 2016 Kostin has been playing with Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliw , who replaces Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko .
Successes (excerpt)
This is an excerpt from the successes of Denis "seized" Kostin. Since Counter-Strike is always played in teams of five in competitions, the personal prize money is one fifth of the total prize money won by the team.
| year | space | competition | team | Personal prize money |
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| 2014 | 1. | SLTV StarSeries Season IX |
Natus Vincere
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$ 2,800 |
| 2014 | 5th - 8th | ESL One Cologne 2014 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 2,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | Game Show CS: GO League Season 1 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 2,400 |
| 2014 | 3rd - 4th | DreamHack Winter 2014 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 4,400 |
| 2015 | 5th - 8th | ESL One Katowice 2015 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 2,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 |
 Natus Vincere |
$ 3,000 |
| 2015 | 3. | Fragbite Masters Season 4 |
Natus Vincere |
18,000 SEK |
| 2015 | 1. | SLTV StarSeries Season XIII |
Natus Vincere |
$ 4,400 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESWC Montréal 2015 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 6,000 |
| 2015 | 3rd - 4th | FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 2,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | CEVO Pro Season 7 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 3,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 10,000 |
| 2015 | 3. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 EU Division |
Natus Vincere |
$ 3,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | IEM X - San Jose |
Natus Vincere |
$ 11,250 |
| 2015 | 2. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals |
Natus Vincere |
$ 12,000 |
| 2016 | 2. | SL i League StarSeries XVI Finals |
Natus Vincere |
$ 8,000 |
| 2016 | 1. | DreamHack Zowie Open Leipzig 2016 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 10,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | IEM X - World Championship |
Natus Vincere |
$ 4,600 |
| 2016 | 1. | Counter Pit League Season 2 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 8,000 |
| 2016 | 2. | MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 30,000 |
| 2016 | 2. | DreamHack Masters Malmo 2016 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 10,000 |
| 2016 | 5. | ESL Pro League Season 3 EU Division |
Natus Vincere |
$ 5,400 |
| 2016 | 2. | Star Ladder i-League Invitational |
Natus Vincere |
$ 4,000 |
| 2016 | 5th - 8th | ESL One Cologne 2016 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 7,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | Eleague Season 1 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 12,000 |
| 2016 | 1. | ESL One New York 2016 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 25,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | EPICENTER 2016 - Finals |
Natus Vincere |
$ 8,000 |
| 2017 | 5th - 8th | Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 7,000 |
| 2017 | 5th - 8th | DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 3,000 |
| 2017 | 3rd - 4th | Star Ladder i-League Invitational - Season 3 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 5,000 |
| 2017 | 2. | Adrenaline Cyber League 2017 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 5,000 |
| 2017 | 3rd - 4th | ESL One Cologne 2017 |
Natus Vincere |
$ 4,000 |
Awards
- Com Hem's Play of the Day on the Fragbite Masters Season 4
Web links
- Data on Denis Kostin on HLTV.org
- Denis "seized" Kostin on Facebook
- Denis "seized" Kostin on Twitter
- Denis "seized" Kostin on Twitch
- Denis Kostin on the Natus Vincere website
Individual evidence
- ↑ seized - Liquipedia Counter-Strike. wiki.teamliquid.net/, accessed December 26, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Markelof leaves Na'Vi. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Edward leaves Na'Vi; Joins Astana Dragons. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Na'Vi add kibaken & seized. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Na'Vi add GuardidaN & Edward. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ starix steps down in Na'Vi. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Na'Vi confirm flamie deal. HLTV.org, accessed December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Statistics from seized at the ESWC 2015 on hltv.org
- ↑ s1mple replaces Zeus in Na`Vi. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Here is the winner of Com Hem's Play of the Day. (No longer available online.) Fragbite.se, June 7, 2015, archived from the original on December 26, 2015 ; accessed on December 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Kostin, Denis Valeryevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | seized (nickname); Костин, Денис (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian e-athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |