The player Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (22) is regarded as one of the best players in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but he seems to have been overplayed recently. After a tournament marathon, he momentarily forgets where exactly he is playing CS:GO and talks to a teammate who is not there.
This is the scene: On November 3, the star of Natus Vincere played games from the “Faceit Pro League” on a Twitch stream. He hits an opponent with a shot from the sniper rifle, then turns to the right and informs a teammate that he just got someone.
He then turns back to the game.
Seconds later, he realizes that no one is sitting next to him. He is playing alone in front of his viewers and is not at a LAN with his team at a CS:GO tournament.
He holds his head and smiles:
“I looked to the right to see what my teammates were doing. I have played too many tournaments and too many games recently.”
“Too many games”
How much does he play? As reported by Dexerto , s1mple has played 11 matches in London, Turkey, and Copenhagen from October 17 until the day of the stream. There, Natus Vincere completed 18 maps.
So he was apparently still in tournament mode and his muscle memory took over. Now he has time to relax, as there is a longer break from games until December.
Who is s1mple? The Ukrainian is considered “the best CS:GO” player in the world or at least one of the best. He competes with the Frenchman ZywOo (Team Vitality) for this title. Currently, he ranks 2nd in the Player Stats on hltv.org – behind ZywOo.
The 22-year-old s1mple now has 981,003 followers on Twitch.
However, compared to professional streamers, he is relatively rarely seen live there. In the last 365 days, he has streamed 237 hours of CS:GO and 14 hours of Fortnite. Most of the time, he is at tournaments.
His streaming time has also been restricted by a ban on Twitch.
