Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyljev flew to China to participate in a CS 2 show-match, where he will play against Kenny “kennyS” Schrub in a 1 vs 1 format. This will be a legendary match between two legendary Counter-Strike snipers.

The rules of the show-match are still unknown, as well as the location itself. The show match will be held as part of the final part of the tournament for Chinese schools, but the name of the tournament itself is unknown.

Showmatch Announcement

The announcement of the show match occurred on the douyin portal (the Chinese version of TikTok) on the account of user Jade Kylin. According to the players they were invited by an unknown MR Yuchilin, and the tournament is taking place in the city of Yancheng.

The players themselves have already made it to China, where they were met and smiled at the airport. They were also greeted by a number of fans whom s1mple said he missed.

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S1mple career

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.

Kennys career 

Kennys career is less active than s1mple's, as it has been over for over a year and he is now a content creator for Team Falcons, which s1mple played for.

Kennys has had many victories in his long career, but his most notable one was probably his victory at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, he is also known for his aggressive and flashy AWP style of play in the early days of Global Offensive.

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Conclusion

This event could boost the asset a lot ahead of the upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 in winter, which will improve views and revenue from the tournament. This could be a strategic move from the tournament organizers, which is very smart.