starix

He was formerly a player and later the coach of Natus Vincere, in-game leading the team as the coach before the coaching restrictions of September 2016.

In September 2020, starix received a 10-month ban from all ESIC member events starting September 28, 2020 for exploiting a coach spectating bug during his time at Natus Vincere. Additionally, starix received a two Major ban in January 2021 from Valve due to exploiting the coaching bug.

Career

Starting his career in 2004, he established himself as a top player in Ukraine with the teams 5 stars, TreezZ, eXplosive, KerchNET and Amazing Gaming - placing third at World Cyber Games 2007 with the latter. He joined Natus Vincere in 2010, and was also rated as the 4th best player of the year by HLTV.