s1mple

Professional CS:GO player for NA'VI Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev

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s1mple

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Oleksandr Olegovich Kostyliev (Ukrainian)

Or Aleksandr Olegovich Kostilev (Russian) (Ukrainian: Олександр Олегович Костилєв, Russian: Александр Олегович Костылев; born 2 October 1997), better known as s1mple, is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Natus Vincere. He is considered to be one of the best players in Global Offensive history.

Early life

Kostyliev was born on 2 October 1997. His family name is of Russian origin. 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.

Personal

Sometimes referred to as "Sasha" ("Саша" in the Russian alphabet) – a shortened version of Alexander in Russian-speaking countries.

Got immortalized on the old version of Cache with a graffiti after he pulled off a 1v2 AWP falling no-scope clutch round against Fnatic at ESL One: Cologne 2016. He got the graffiti tattooed on his left shoulder.

He was the subject of Natus Vincere's documentary film s1mple formula.

Studied Chinese at university before joining Team Liquid.

Awards

Was ranked the 4th best player of 2016 by HLTV.

Was ranked the 8th best player of 2017 by HLTV.

Was ranked the best player of 2018 by HLTV.

Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2019 by HLTV.

Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2020 by HLTV.

Was ranked the best player of 2021 by HLTV.

Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2016 by Thorin.

Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2017 by Thorin.

Was ranked the best player of 2018 by Thorin.

Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2019 by Thorin.

Awarded as the Esports PC Player of the Year 2018 by Esports Awards.

Awarded as the Esports PC Player of the Year 2021 by Esports Awards.

Awarded as the Best Esports Athlete of 2021 by The Game Awards.

Awarded as the eSports Player of the Year 2016 by Red Bull.

Awarded as the Player of the Year 2018 by Stockholm International Esports Awards.

Was ranked the Best Player of 2018 by betway.

Awarded as the Best Player of FPL 2017 by FACEIT.

MVPs

Was named the MVP of ESL One: New York 2016 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of DreamHack Open Winter 2017 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 5 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of ESL One: Cologne 2018 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 7 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of IEM Katowice 2020 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of IEM Cologne 2021 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of ESL Pro League Season 14 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021 by HLTV.

Was named the MVP of BLAST Premier: World Final 2021 by HLTV.

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Records

Has earned the most HLTV MVPs with 19, tying with Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz.

Has earned the most HLTV MVPs in a single year with 8 in 2021, overtaking dev1ce's previous record of 7 in 2018.

He is the 4th player to make a Major final with two different teams, doing so with Team Liquid at ESL One: Cologne 2016 and Natus Vincere at the FACEIT Major: London 2018. The previous three are Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko, Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács and Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer.

Holds the record for most clutches won at a big event with 19 which he set at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4, overtaking the previous record of 13 set by Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth. [43] Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov later matched the record at IEM Katowice 2021.

Holds the record for most aces at a big event with 4 which he set at IEM Cologne 2021.

Timeline

2021

Na'Vi went into the PGL Major as the heavy favourites after placing first in their regional ranking tournament, reverse sweeping Gambit in the process. After going undefeated in the Legends stage of the Stockholm Major, Na'Vi proceeded to the playoffs, eliminating home favorites NiP in the process.Na'Vi retained their form and won the Major, making history by going undefeated throughout the tournament.[43] S1mple's individual performance through the Major, including a 2.26 HLTV rating in one of the two maps against Gambit in the semifinals, earned him tournament MVP. At the end of the year, s1mple was named Best Esports Player by The Game Awards.

2019

Na'Vi came 3rd to 4th in the first major of the year. S1mple would keep up his form from 2018, 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).

2018

Na'Vi started 2018 with a semi-final finish at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. At the start of 2018, Brazilian organisation MIBR attempted to sign s1mple and flamie. The deal was reportedly very close to being finished, but Na'Vi asked for too high of a buyout, and the deal eventually fell through. After two 2nd-place finishes at Starladder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 and Dreamhack Masters Marseille, Na'Vi won their first event of the year at StarSeries & i-League Season 5; they would follow it up with wins at CAC 2018, and ESL One Cologne 2018. S1mple won MVPs at StarSeries and Dreamhack Marseille, despite his team not winning the events. In the semifinals at Cologne, they beat the best team at the time, Astralis.[31] Na'Vi would lose to Astralis at the second major of the year, FACEIT Major: London 2018. Na'Vi won their final event of the year, BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018, and s1mple would once again claim the MVP award. Due to s1mple's personal performance, he would be nominated for the #1 spot at the HLTV top 20 players of 2018. According to the statistics from HLTV, s1mple in 2018 achieved the highest individual rating out of all of previous top 20 players. In retrospect, 2018 s1mple is considered by many fans and pundits alike as the best player to ever touch CS:GO.

2017

During the first major of the year, ELEAGUE Major 2017, Na'Vi lost to Astralis during the quarterfinals. After a group stage exit at PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship, Na'Vi benched Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovacs and Denis "seized" Kostin former-member Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko.[21][22] GuardiaN had been the AWPer for Na'Vi, so s1mple was forced to take up the sniper rifle after his departure. Despite these changes, Na'Vi continued their drought of results, and found a replacement for seized in the form Denis "electronic" Sharipov. s1mple didn't find much success in 2017, but he still kept up his individual form from the previous year. S1mple was awarded the #8 placement in the HLTV top 20 this year, down from #4 in 2016 due to a lack of results in the team.

2016

After a short stint studying Chinese at a university, s1mple moved to America in early 2016 and joined Team Liquid. A Team Liquid player, Spencer "Hiko" Martin, was standing in for Flipsid3 at ESWC 2015, and he developed a friendly relationship with s1mple there. Team Liquid surprised at the first major, and reached the semifinals of MLG Major Championship: Columbus, before falling to the eventual champions, Luminosity Gaming. Despite this result at the game's biggest tournament, it wouldn't be long before s1mple would leave Team Liquid, citing homesickness. The next major of the year was approaching, and s1mple once again played for Team Liquid. During the semifinals at ESL One Cologne 2016, Valve Corporation added a graffiti on Cache commemorating s1mple's falling AWP play against fnatic. Thus, Team Liquid became the first North American team to reach a major final. They were stopped in the finals by the same Brazilian lineup of SK (formerly Luminosity Gaming). After leaving Team Liquid, he replaced Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko on Natus Vincere.[19] With Na'Vi, s1mple won ESL One: New York 2016, and he was awarded the #4 placement in the HLTV top 20.

2015

In January 2015, s1mple was soon removed from Hellraisers due to his inflammatory comments about Germans, and an ESL wire ban for cheating. S1mple himself says that the ban was from cheating in Counter-Strike 1.6. However, records from ESL proves that it was an in game ban when S1mple played CS GO. This ban was also extended to 2016 due to ban evasion. S1mple was soon after signed by Flipsid3 Tactics, but his time in the team would cut short due to the team's semi-final exit at ESWC 2015. At this period in his career, s1mple was known for being quite "toxic", or rude to his teammates.

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. There, he joined ANGE1, Dosia, Kucher, and Markeloff, who s1mple considers his idol.

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