Thorin makes surprise appearance at StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major with classic banter StarLadderBritish esports journalist Duncan \u2018Thorin\u2019 Shields and his classic sense of humor made an unexpected appearance at StarLadder\u2019s CSGO Berlin Major 2019. When it comes to CSGO, there are few with more knowledge and analytical experience than Thorin, one of the most respected journalists in esports. However, he hadn\u2019t been seen on the analysts\u2019 desk at a Major tournament in quite some time, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see him make an appearance at the currently ongoing Berlin Major. For those who had been paying attention to Thorin\u2019s social media, his appearance wasn\u2019t really that much of a surprise, considering he had dropped some clues and hints beforehand. Read More: Top 20 highest earning CSGO pros – However, many who were watching the competition on August 28 got a slight shock seeing the legendary journalist slide his way onto the main broadcast. In his own classic style, Thorin kicked off his appearance with a very eventful entrance, jokingly forcing a substitution on the main broadcast desk so that he could step in. \u201cListen, we had to bring a little bit professionalism back to the stream,\u201d he said, tongue in cheek. \u201cYou guys have been too loose, there\u2019s too much banter flying around. And also, eastern Europeans love me, what can I say?\u201d The banter did not end there, not that it was expected to, as Thorin went on to give some insight as to why he hasn\u2019t been seen at any Majors recently. Not missing out on the chance to throw some jabs at the other analysts, he jokingly suggested his breaks are to give others a chance to shine in front of the camera, since they won\u2019t be playing professionally again anyway. Read More: How dropping Aleksib affected ENCE – \u201cWhat I like to do is, every couple of years, I take a few years off the Majors, let some other guys give it a go,\u201d he explained. \u201cLet Pimp have a go, he\u2019s never going to be a player again. I let Sean Gares go again, same thing obviously. Now I\u2019m back, so let\u2019s do this.\u201d All that said, Thorin being a part of the broadcast talent will be a huge boost for StarLadder and CSGO esports, since the veteran analyst always lights up the room with his comedic approach and knowledge-base that\u2019s second-to-none. You can watch him and follow along with all of the action via our dedicated Berlin Major 2019 hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thorin makes surprise appearance at StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major with classic banter StarLadderBritish esports journalist Duncan \u2018Thorin\u2019 Shields and his classic sense of humor made an unexpected appearance at StarLadder\u2019s CSGO Berlin Major 2019. When it comes to CSGO, there are few with more knowledge and analytical experience than Thorin, one of the most respected […]<\/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-39200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39200","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=39200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}