It’s been a wild trip watching the GOAT of CS:GO, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, getting again to the grind in Counter-Strike 2 after his shocking transfer from the NAVI bench to the BC.Sport roster. In his first event with BC.Sport, Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3, the squad managed to make all of it the way in which to the web occasion’s Grand Remaining.
One might say it was a “proving floor” for the legendary Ukrainian AWPer himself.
BC.Sport’s journey at Exort The Proving Grounds S3
The occasion wasn’t all sunshine and roses for s1mple, bottoming out on the BC.Sport facet of the leaderboard in his debut match in opposition to CYBERSHOKE, with a reverse-sweep comeback required to safe the win. Throughout all three maps, s1mple had a 1.10 ranking and a Ok-D of 56-54, the bottom on the profitable facet.
Within the second match, s1mple topped the scoreboard with a 1.53 ranking in opposition to Spirit Academy in a 2-0 victory, then had a horrendous efficiency (0.67 ranking) when BC.Sport misplaced 0-2 to Partizan. To make it to the Playoffs, the squad beat ARCRED, with s1mple far above the remaining, boasting a 1.53 ranking.
Within the Spherical of 16, BC.Sport eradicated ENCE with a 2-0, and s1mple on prime with a 1.29 ranking. Towards Spirit Academy within the Quarterfinals, s1mple put up a large efficiency with a chart-topping 1.71 ranking in a clear 2-0 win. BC.Sport secured a spot within the Grand Remaining by beating OG with a 2-0 scoreline, and s1mple earned a 1.29 ranking, putting 2nd on the leaderboard.
s1mple’s Grand Remaining efficiency
Within the best-of-three Grand Remaining, BC.Sport was in search of revenge in opposition to BetBoom after lately struggling a reverse-sweep loss at ESL Challenger League Season 50 EU Cup 1. Curiously, BetBoom’s IGL is Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov, who performed with s1mple again on the NAVI roster in CS:GO.
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On BC.Sport’s map choose of Mirage, BetBoom took management within the first half on the T facet with an 8-4 lead, and completed off proceedings with 5 CT rounds in a row for a dominating 13-4 victory. Contemplating the loss, s1mple’s 1.12 ranking with a Ok-D of 14-15, and an Common Injury per Spherical (ADR) of 94.5, was spectacular.
The groups had been too near separate in regulation (12-12) on Nuke, BetBoom’s map choose, with extra time required to discover a winner. Each groups gained all three of their CT rounds within the first extra time, because the map was pushed to double extra time because of heroics from s1mple. BetBoom finally got here out on prime with a 19-16 win.
Regardless of s1mple’s stable effort to push the match to a 3rd and deciding map, BetBoom had been too robust on the day, beating BC.Sport 2-0 and thereby profitable the event. Clearly, s1mple did showcase some high-impact performs in his first Grand Remaining with BC.Sport, however that’s not all.
Throughout each maps, s1mple earned a 1.17 ranking, with a Ok-D of 40-38, the best on his staff. He additionally boasted one of the best opening kill/loss of life stats of any participant within the server at 13/2. That’s particularly spectacular since his staff misplaced 2-0.
Is the GOAT actually again? It’s robust to inform, with particular person performances being considerably inconsistent in his first event with BC.Sport.
We’ve seen flashes of brilliance, marred by a few embarrassing lows at Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3. Nevertheless, making it to a Grand Remaining in your first occasion with a brand new staff is an accomplishment regardless of how you narrow it.
