Beckham-backed Guild tap Thorin to build new CSGO roster ESL\/GuildDavid Beckham-backed organization Guild Esports have appointed Duncan \u2018Thorin\u2019 Shields to build their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. [jwplayer WGyDcVLl] The British brand announced their intentions to compete in Counter-Strike as one of their first four titles when they launched. Thorin is best known as an analyst and content creator, predominantly in Valve\u2019s long-spanning FPS franchise. Guild Esports will lean on Thorin to construct a roster, which he stated will be \u201ca better team than Cloud9\u2019s.\u201d As well as creating YouTube content and working as broadcast talent at events, Thorin serves as the creative director for Flashpoint \u2014 a team-owned league that\u2019s funded by Cloud9, c0ntact Gaming, Dignitas, Team Envy, Gen.G, MAD Lions, MIBR, and FunPlus Phoenix. \u201cGuild Esports made a splash with their initial announcement and I\u2019m pleased to announce that as they look to enter the Counter-Strike space, where I have been deeply embedded for decades, I have agreed to a consulting partnership with them,\u201d said Thorin. \u201cI will help them develop their model for building the team and advise on players and staff I think appropriate to aid them in establishing themselves as a significant force in this part of the industry and move towards accomplishing their ambitious goals.\u201d Guild Esports currently compete in started out competing in Fortnite and Rocket League, though they announced the signing of a VALORANT roster in October 2020. I will be advising them to build a better team than Cloud9’s. Yes. \u2014 Thorin (@Thorin) November 5, 2020 Dexerto spoke with the organization\u2019s executive chairman Carleton Curtis in October 2020, touching on topics such as Beckham\u2019s involvement, the reception they received when entering the industry, and their future plans. \u201cEsports is no longer a space where it\u2019s appropriate for either the players themselves to make all of the decisions surrounding who they play with or the business leaders who pay them,\u201d Thorin added. \u201cAs we move into a phase more closely resembling a traditional sports structure with proper coaching staff it is only logical that General Managers in the space build teams to their vision with the help and expertise of those who know the scene and the players they will select from.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beckham-backed Guild tap Thorin to build new CSGO roster ESL\/GuildDavid Beckham-backed organization Guild Esports have appointed Duncan \u2018Thorin\u2019 Shields to build their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. [jwplayer WGyDcVLl] The British brand announced their intentions to compete in Counter-Strike as one of their first four titles when they launched. Thorin is best known as an analyst […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}