If you were scrolling through X last night and saw that Chinese organisation TYLOO had just signed CS2 superstar Danil “donk” Kryshkovets for a record-breaking $5 million, you probably did a double take. The post went viral in minutes, racking up over 500,000 views and more than 2,500 likes before anyone could even process it.
Deleted Donk Joins Tyloo Announcement | Image via @tyloogaming on X
The idea of Asia’s biggest Counter-Strike brand scooping up the hottest talent from Team Spirit was massive news, but as most fans quickly guessed, it was too good (or too wild) to be true.
The Hack Heard Round CS2
Just a few hours later, TYLOO jumped back on their official account to set the record straight: they’d been hacked.
🚨 Our account got hacked earlier, and someone decided to drop the wildest fake news ever: “donk joins TYLOO.”
We’ve now locked the account with extra security 🔒, so no more funny business.
— This time it’s actually us tweeting 😎— TYLOO (@tyloogaming) August 19, 2025
So yeah, no $5 million deal. No donk in TYLOO jerseys. Just a cheeky “hacker” causing chaos for a night.
OverDrive Weighs In
Of course, the drama didn’t stop there. Well-known scout and insider Alexey “OverDrive” Biryukov chimed in on Telegram with his own take. He pointed out that even if the rumour had been true, the numbers didn’t add up.
“Donk costs several times more than $5 million, so nice try.”
And he’s not wrong. Reports suggest the largest CS2 transfer so far has been Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov’s move to Falcons, which landed somewhere in the $2–2.5 million range. That deal already set a record, and Falcons were apparently willing to pay even more at the time. So for TYLOO to snag donk for $5 million? Yeah, not happening.
Why It Went Viral
Part of the reason the fake post blew up is because of who donk is right now. At just 17, the Team Spirit rifler has been tearing through the CS2 scene, and plenty of fans call him the future of the game. So when people saw TYLOO’s post, it wasn’t just believable, it was the kind of “what if” scenario that everyone wanted to talk about.
But for now, donk’s still Spirit’s golden boy. And TYLOO? Well, they’ve got stronger security on their socials and a funny little footnote in CS2 history.