s1mple
s1mple | |
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Flipsid3 Tactics | |
2016 | Team Liquid |
2016–present | Natus Vincere |
2024 | Team Falcons (loan) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev[a] (born 2 October 1997), better known as s1mple, is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Natus Vincere.[2] He is considered to be one of the best players in Counter-Strike history.[1][3][4]
Early life
Kostyliev was born on 2 October 1997.[5] He started playing Counter-Strike at four years old at the recommendation of his older brother. S1mple picked up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on its release in 2012, joining his first professional team a year later.[6]
Career
2014
S1mple's first team was a team called LAN DODGERS, but he was soon signed by Courage Gaming. Around September 2014, s1mple was signed by a large organisation known as Hellraisers.[7] There, he joined ANGE1, Dosia, Kucher, and Markeloff, who s1mple considers his idol.[8]
2015
In January 2015, s1mple was soon removed from Hellraisers due to his inflammatory comments about Germans, and an ESL wire ban for cheating.
2016
After a short stint studying Chinese at a university,
2017
During the first major of the year, ELEAGUE Major 2017, Na'Vi lost to
2018
Na'Vi started 2018 with a semi-final finish at
2019
Na'Vi came 3rd to 4th in the first major of the year. S1mple would keep up his form from 2018,[39] and receive an MVP at StarSeries Season 7. After this, Na'Vi would eventually hit a slump and replace s1mple's long time teammate Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev with Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov who was in September 2019 made the team's leader (or IGL).[40]
2021
Na'Vi went into the
2023–present: Counter-Strike 2
On 26 October 2023, s1mple announced that he would be stepping away from professional Counter-Strike competition on a temporary basis, and would be replaced by w0nderful on 31 October.[47][48] Upon the release of Counter-Strike 2, which replaced CS:GO shortly before he stepped away, s1mple was critical of the game, saying that it was a "shit game".[49] The break would ultimately mean he would miss CS2's first Major, PGL Copenhagen 2024, although he would ultimately be a substitute player for NaVi.
s1mple would return to professional Counter-Strike competition on 19 February 2024, signing on a one-month loan with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund-backed Team Falcons, which saw him compete at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown online event. This loan spell would only last 1 match, as Team Falcons lost to Metizport in the first round.[50][51]
Notable achievements
Placement | Tournament | Location | Date |
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With Team Liquid | |||
MLG Major Championship: Columbus | United States
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March 29, 2016 – April 3, 2016 | |
ESL One Cologne 2016 | Cologne, Germany | July 5, 2016 – July 10, 2016 | |
With Natus Vincere | |||
ESL One: New York 2016
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New York, United States | September 30, 2016 – October 2, 2016 | |
StarSeries Season 3 | Kyiv, Ukraine | April 4, 2017 – April 9, 2017 | |
ESL One Cologne 2017 | Cologne, Germany | July 7, 2017 – July 9, 2017 | |
ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 | Boston, United States | January 12, 2018 – January 28, 2018 | |
DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 | Marseille, France | April 18, 2018 – April 22, 2018 | |
StarSeries Season 5 | Kyiv, Ukraine | May 28, 2018 – June 6, 2018 | |
CAC 2018 | Shanghai, China | June 14, 2018 – June 18, 2018 | |
ESL One Cologne 2018 | Cologne, Germany | July 3, 2018 – July 8, 2018 | |
ELeague CS:GO Premier 2018 | Atlanta, United States | July 21, 2018 – July 29, 2018 | |
FACEIT Major: London 2018 | London, United Kingdom | September 5, 2018 – September 23, 2018 | |
EPICENTER 2018 | Moscow, Russia | October 23, 2018 – October 28, 2018 | |
BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 | Lisbon, Portugal | December 14, 2018 – December 15, 2018 | |
IEM Katowice 2019
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Katowice, Poland | February 13, 2019 – March 3, 2019 | |
StarSeries Season 7 | Shanghai, China
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March 30, 2019 – April 7, 2019 | |
ESL One Cologne 2019 | Cologne, Germany | July 2, 2019 - July 7, 2019 | |
DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 | Malmö, Sweden | October 1, 2019 - October 6, 2019 | |
ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals | Odense, Denmark | December 3, 2019 - December 8, 2019 | |
ICE Challenge 2020 | London, United Kingdom | February 1, 2020 - February 6, 2020 | |
BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season | London, United Kingdom | January 31, 2020 - February 16, 2020 | |
IEM Katowice 2020 | Katowice, Poland | February 24, 2020 – March 1, 2020 | |
ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe | Europe (Online) | September 1, 2020 - October 4, 2020 | |
IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020: Europe | Europe (Online) | November 6, 2020 - November 22, 2020 | |
IEM Global Challenge 2020 | Europe (Online) | December 15, 2020 - December 20, 2020 | |
BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 | Europe (Online) | January 19, 2021 – January 24, 2021 | |
BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021 | Europe (Online) | February 4, 2021 - February 14, 2021 | |
DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 | Europe (Online) | April 29, 2021 – May 9, 2021 | |
Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2021 | Europe (Online) | June 15, 2021 - June 20, 2021 | |
IEM Cologne 2021 | Cologne, Germany | July 6, 2021 - July 18, 2021 | |
ESL Pro League Season 14 | Europe (Online) | August 16 - September 12, 2021 | |
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Stockholm, Sweden | October 26, 2021 - November 7, 2021 | |
Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2021 | Copenhagen, Denmark | November 24, 2021 - November 28, 2021 | |
Blast Premier: World Final 2021 | Copenhagen, Denmark | December 14, 2021 - December 19, 2021 | |
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | Antwerp, Belgium | May 9, 2021 - May 22, 2021 | |
BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | June 15, 2021 - June 19, 2021 | |
IEM Cologne 2022 | Cologne, Germany | July 7, 2022 - July 17, 2022 | |
IEM Katowice 2023 | Katowice, Poland | Feb 4th - Feb 12th 2023 |
Individual awards and accolades
Rankings
- HLTV Top 20 Players: 4th (2016),[20] 8th (2017),[52] 1st (2018),[53] 2nd (2019),[54] 2nd (2020),[55] 1st (2021),[56] 1st (2022),[57] 7th (2023)[58]
MVP
- ESL One New York 2016
- DreamHack Winter 2017
- StarSeries Season 4, 2018
- StarSeries Season 5, 2018
- ESL One Cologne 2018
- Dreamhack Masters Marseille 2018
- CS:GO Asia Championships 2018
- BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018[59]
- StarSeries Season 7, 2019
- IEM Katowice 2020
- ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe 2020
- BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020
- DreamHack Masters Spring 2021
- Starladder CIS RMR 2021
- IEM Cologne 2021
- ESL Pro League Season 14 2021
- PGL Major Stockholm 2021
- Blast Premier: World Final 2021
- BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022
- IEM Cologne 2022
EVP
- FACEIT Major: London 2018[60]
- MLG Major Championship: Columbus, 2016
- ESL One Cologne 2016
- IEM Katowice 2019
Other awards
- Esports Awards, PC Player of the Year, 2018[61]
- Esports, PC Player of the Year, 2021[62]
- The Game Awards, Best Esports Player, 2021[46]
- Player of the Year (HLTV Award), 2022[63]
- AWPer of the Year (Panel Award), 2022[63]
- Player of the Year (HLTV Award), 2021[63]
- Intel Grand Slam Season 3 Winner[64]
Notes
References
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- ^ Scott Robertson (31 October 2021). "Na'Vi cap off 3-0 run in Legends Stage with victory over NiP, qualify for PGL Stockholm Major playoffs". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Aaron Alford (7 November 2021). "S1mple and NaVi make history, winning first major without dropping a single map". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Arron Dempsey (8 November 2021). "s1mple adds Major MVP to collection". hltv.org. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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- ^ a b "Game Awards 2021: 'It Takes Two' wins game of the year, Activision Blizzard leaves with no wins, new 'Elden Ring' trailer details lore". Washington Post. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (26 October 2023). "S1mple confirms he's taking a break from professional CS2, shares plans for future". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Nohte (19 February 2024). "s1mple joins Falcons on loan; BOROS benched". HLTV.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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- ^ Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "Top 20 players of 2018: s1mple (1)". HLTV. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Burazin, Zvonimir "Professeur". "Top 20 players of 2019: s1mple (2)". HLTV. Retrieved 29 Feb 2020.
- ^ Milan, Švejda "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2020: s1mple (2)". HLTV. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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- ^ "Top 20 players of 2023: s1mple (7)". HLTV. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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