Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov after the end of his performance at IEM Cologne 2024 shared a message on Twitter asking Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyljev to return to the pro scene because he is an idol for him.
Performance of m0NESY and his team
The last tournament for the team was IEM Cologne 2024, where they lost to MOUZ in the quarterfinals of the tournament. m0NESY himself played another tournament, finishing with a rating of 7.1 for 11 cards.
G2, after a sensational loss to The Mongolz in the top set, dropped to the bottom set as if reborn and showed incredible play, shutting down Spirit, Astralis and paiN there. Giving up 28 rounds in 7 cards, which is a pretty cool result.
Message from m0NESY and community reaction
The championship ended so quickly for us and I didn’t have time to say what I wanted to say on stage. I want to send a message to a man who inspired millions of people, including me. Sasha, we are all waiting for your return to the pro stage. It's time to turn haters into your…
— IlyaO (@G2m0NESY) August 16, 2024
The community reaction was stormy, everyone was supportive of Ilya's message and wrote words of motivation for s1mple, reminding who he was.
Hell yeah!James Banks
W, motivationropz
The community is eagerly awaiting s1mple's return, as he is one of the greatest players in CS who showed incredible individual results almost all the time.
Career of s1mple
S1mple moved to the NAVI bench in October 2023 after missing the first ever CS2 tournament, IEM Sydney 2023. Since then, he has been doing personal stuff, occasionally live streaming, and later opened a CS2 academy, which has now closed after running for a month.
In March 2024, s1mple did return to CS2, but only for a month, playing as a substitute for Falcons at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2024, where the team lost the first match and immediately left the tournament. After that s1mple disappeared from the radar, but after NAVI won the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 he said in an interview that NAVI won the major, so some plans changed.
Now s1mple is in China where he will play or has already played a BO1 match against kennys in the college league format, but no details of the match yet.
Conclusion
If s1mple will be back, it will most likely be after the end of Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, when most teams will be making substitutions. But as NAVI coach B1ad3 said, s1mple needs to play on the G2-3 stage to get a feel for the game and make a name for himself.
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