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s1mple Wins Red Bull Esports Player of the Year

Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev has been named Red Bull’s Esports Player of the Year thanks to a recent user-submitted poll on their website.
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Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been named Red Bull’s Esports Player of the Year thanks to a recent user-submitted poll on their website. The Ukrainian all-star of Natus Vincere won the title with over 40,000 votes in favor of his CS:GO aptitude. Those votes constituted 41 percent of the total votes in the poll.

S1mple’s individual talent was shown all year throughout his time on both Team Liquid and Na’Vi. At ESL One New York, he finally earned the glory of lifting a trophy alongside his teammates rocking black and yellow. In New York, s1mple also earned the title of MVP for that event and had one of the most memorable highlights of the year (as shown above). Kostyliev’s notable achievements in CS:GO for the year of 2016 include:

  • Top-four at the 2016 MLG Columbus Major with Team Liquid
  • Top-six at the ECS Season 1 Finals with Team Liquid
  • Second at ESL One Cologne 2016 with Team Liquid
  • First at ESL One New York 2016 with Natus Vincere
  • Top-four at EPICENTER 2016 with Natus Vincere
  • Top-12 at ELEAGUE Season 2 with Natus Vincere

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