Alexander s1mple Kostylev started his journey on the pro scene in 2013, and during this time, he became one of the best players in the world. The player can become the best player in the world for the third time in his career, which will become an absolute record. And what other achievements of s1mple will remain in history forever?
8 Times MVP In One Year
In the career of s1mple there was one fortunate year. In 2021, NAVI won 8 events with him, and the sniper received the MVP for each tournament. This did not happen even during the Astralis era, when the Danes won every match they attended. Back then, Nikolay dev1ce Rydtz could get only seven MVPs per year.
This record is unlikely to be broken shortly. It will be very difficult to achieve the dominance that NAVI had in 2021, and it will be very difficult to be in the same form as s1mple in that season.
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Three Major Finals In Different Lineups
s1mple was successful not only in NAVI, although he has been playing in the club for the longest time. He became famous while still on the Liquid team, and then he reached his first Major final. At ESL One Cologne 2016, Liquid made it to the finals and lost to SK.
After that, s1mple moved to Natus Vincere and played in the finals of FACEIT Major London 2018, which sniper also lost.
The player has already won the third final. At PGL Major Stockholm 2021, Natus Vincere won their first Major and s1mple set a record: participate in the final of a Major with three different lineups because, after the FACEIT Major, NAVI's roster changed a lot.
S1mple most likely will remain the only one with such an achievement.
Four Aces During One Tier-1 Event
S1mple is widely known for his highlights, which he shows quite often, for one of which he even received in-game graffiti. However, at one of the events, he showed himself exceptionally well and showed highlights more often than usual.
At IEM Cologne 2021, s1mple made four aces, which is an unattainable record. Furthermore, making four aces in just one tournament is an almost impossible task.
Will s1mple become the best player in the world this year and set another unique record? We will find out very soon, but even if this does not happen, the sniper still left his name in the history of CS:GO with other notable records.
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