Counter-Strike 2 celebrity Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyljev says way of life modifications have helped revive his esports profession.
The Ukrainian is taken into account by many to be the best Counter-Strike participant ever.
S1mple took a break from aggressive play for over a yr, saying he wished “to repair paperwork and handle different individuals in my life.”
Now, he’s again to competing on the high of CS2 whereas on mortgage with FaZe Clan on the Blast Austin Main 2025.
And up to now the return has paid off as FaZe discover themselves within the Quarterfinals and are favourites behind solely Crew Vitality to win the Main in line with esports betting websites.
In a chat with retired professional Mikhail ‘Dosia’ Stolyarov, s1mple says he was already making higher life selections earlier than the provide got here from FaZe:
“Principally, I had bros in Poland, they’re figuring out loads. They instructed me, ‘You need to go to the health club.’ So all of us went collectively.
“And sooner or later [FaZe] Rain textual content me and requested me if I need to play on the Main.
“I had already began to vary my life. I did my first steps, cancelled ingesting alcohol and all the opposite stuff, I began going to the health club and someway this occurs, after I began caring for my life.”
S1mple tried to come back again final yr on mortgage from NAVI to Crew Falcons however it didn’t go to plan as Falcons did not qualify for the Shanghai Main.
Nonetheless, this time s1mple says he was capable of hit the bottom working:
“We began practising and performed like 9 days in a row. I instructed the workforce from the very starting, as quickly as we’ve got the bootcamp, I’ll play higher.
“And as soon as the bootcamp began, I felt how I began to play higher. However in Stage 1, I used to be nervous so I couldn’t carry out at 100%.
“But it surely additionally issues how the workforce performs, after I really feel how the workforce is speaking and does the proper rotations, it’s a lot simpler for me to play.”
With s1mple on their aspect, FaZe have confirmed to be the preferred workforce on the event.
If FaZe make it all over the occasion, Esports Charts believes the Austin Main remaining could possibly be one of many most-watched CS2 occasions but.
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