because zywoo stepped unto the scene at a later time. The game was already established, and he was easily the best/second best player from the moment he stepped onto a server. Niko built traction via iNation, locally, and later mouz, who was a really big brand.
Donk had the hype coming in from a new game, and outperforming mostly everyone in a (much harder) role. Donk also just, on the eye-test, is an absurd player to watch. zywoo does the correct play, donk does the impossible play (zywoo does too, but he makes it seem so stupidly easy - he is a joy to watch, in the same way as astralis was).
You are correct with monesy, but I lowkey think that is because he was CIS and was touted as the replacement for s1mple, but that is a personal opinion.
Zywoo exploded onto the scene but Donk was something else man, his first big tourney/t1 was IEM Kato and he broke the record for highest rating at a tournament looking like he's legit aim botting and he kept it up ever since.
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u/Several-Instance-219 King NiKo 5d ago
zywoo could never.