It seems like Duncan “Thorin” Shields and Nikolaj Nyholm - CEO of Astralis locked horns yesterday with each other, as Thorin was not pleased with the Danish organization joining ESL Pro League and ditching FLASHPOINT in the process.
Image Credit: Nikolaj Nyholm
Thorin took to Twitter, calling out Astralis indirectly by referring to them as “the stupidest people” in the CS:GO community, while also accusing them of being the “worst offenders” and an organization that lacked “professional ethics” in an interview with Dexerto.
According to him Astralis apparently does not “understand the difference between comparing offers and literally lying and telling someone (that) you plan to work with them when you in reality never planned to.”
He said the following because Astralis who had initially signed with FLASHPOINT jumped ship to join ESL Pro League, considering both financial and sporting impact.
Thorin being the Creative Director for FLASHPOINT could not believe if Astralis were even actually genuine or authentic about joining FLASHPOINT, “I think they tried to get all the info they could and that, cleverly, for their own interest, they played both of the leagues against each other to try to get the best offer they could.”
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Having taken enough flak for their (Astralis') move Nikolaj Nyholm took to Twitter to tell his side of the story, saying that “I can live with Thorin's whining, but his lying crosses just one line too many.”
Following this Nyholm put forth some points to bring what he referred to as being the 'truth' in front of everyone,
Though Astralis had long before confirmed their allegiance with ESL Pro League, only yesterday did everyone get to know that they have signed the ‘Louvre Agreement’ with them and are one of the 13 teams that hold a majority stake within the EPL.
Thorin has been snubbing ESL hard ever since they announced changes to the Pro League, disrupting Season 11 for a lot of qualified teams. Let’s see which of the two leagues has a better season as they take place together in March.