s1mple - CSGO greatest of all time
By Samuel, Published on 14th February 2024 | 1 min, 178 words
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev (born October 2, 1997) is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike 2 player and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. Widely considered as one of the greatest and most accomplished CS:GO players of all time, he has won a record 21 HLTV MVP medals, a Major and an Intel Grand Slam trophy, among other numerous S-Tier trophies, and has been crowned as the best player of 2018, 2021, and 2022, and a runner-up for the best player of 2019 and 2020.
Personal
- Sometimes referred to as "Sasha" ("Саша" in the Cyrillic 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.
- Donated $100,000 to UNITED24, a charity for the aid of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Courtesy: Liquidpedia