One of the best Counter-Strike players of all time says you shouldn't play CS2 right now

The e-sport player s1mple is one of the most successful players in the history of Counter-Strike. Now, however, the professional advises that you should wait a few more months before playing CS2.

Who is it about? Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyljev is considered one of the best Counter-Strike players of all time, or at least of the current era. For his performances in various competitions, s1mple was awarded best player in 2018, 2021, and 2022, and was also a title contender in 2019 and 2020.

The 26-year-old Ukrainian has been active in his still flourishing career for e-sports organizations like HellRaisers, FlipSid3 Tactics, and Team Liquid. However, s1mple reached his peak at NaVi, for which he has been playing since 2016.

Between 2020 and 2022, NaVi was THE team in CS:GO and was able to win some highly lucrative tournaments – especially the Intel Grand Slam in September 2021 and a few months later the PGL Major in Stockholm.

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What does he say? s1mple is not satisfied with the current technical condition of Counter-Strike 2 and harshly criticizes the successor to the extremely popular CS:GO on Twitter/x.com:

I can clearly say that if you want to become a CS2 professional, you still have 3 months to wait, so don’t play this crappy game, but wait for updates.
s1mple via Twitter

With clear words, the 26-year-old expresses that one should not currently play CS2 and rather wait for an update for a few more months. So if you plan to become a professional player soon, you have 3 months left.

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What is the status of CS2? Counter-Strike 2 celebrated its release on September 27, and has since struggled with mixed opinions. While there are indeed new aspects that are well received by players, especially the criticism from renowned players is deeply felt.

Even shooter expert and former CS professional shroud has expressed criticism and thinks CS2 is the end of Counter-Strike.

Nevertheless, Counter-Strike 2 has really good player numbers on Steam and does not have to hide from the figures of its predecessor CS:GO. For example, shortly after its release on Steam, CS2 was so successful that the shooter had more players than the next 9 titles combined:

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