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Fan-Favorite s1mple Returning To Competitive Counter-Strike

Muhammad Shahrayar Sheikh is a news writer at cyber-sport.io who covers the latest news in the Counter-Strike 2 sphere. Amongst the many games he grew up playing, Counter-Strike 1.6 was...
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On September 29th, 2024, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, a legend from the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive days, made his triumphant entry to the CS2 scene by signing a three-month loan with The Falcons from Natus Vincere. The announcement came from none other than the team itself, with the The Falcons X (formerly Twitter) page stating: “THE LEGEND RETURNS. s1mple is back on a 3-month loan. Time to soar higher.” While the contract is temporary, s1mple is definitely testing the waters with it, taking over the spot of the Spanish player Álvaro “⁠SunPayus⁠” García.
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Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been largely missing from action since October 2023, only playing one game of competitive CS2 for The Falcons back in March earlier this year. Back then, the circumstances with different, as s1mple was replacing Mohammad “BOROS” Malhas due to BOROS’s inability to play in the PGL Copenhagen Major. Since BOROS was a rifler for the team, the Ukranian could not make the most of his skills with the AWP, and hence, the team lost to Metizport in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.

Fan-Favorite s1mple Returning To Competitive Counter-Strike

The Falcons’s recent struggles

The Falcons have been struggling all year this year, seeming to have the talent needed to make history but just falling short of something every single time. At the start of the year, they made it to IEM Katowice semi-finals, but since then, they haven’t been able to make it past the top 10, facing elimination mostly during Group Stages. After one of their recent eliminations from IEM Cologne 2024 at the hands of FaZe, the team’s head coach, Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen, addressed the pressing matter:


 

"It’s better than where we come from. Yes, we’re getting better and better, but it’s simply going too slowly. With the ambitions that the Falcons have and what I am tasked with leading, we’re not managing to close out games and minimise our mistakes. Of course, mistakes happen; that’s always the case. But sometimes we make too big mistakes, and there’s just no excuse for it because we’ve been together for a while now," he admitted.


 

"It’s clear that we need to be in a position where it’s really enjoyable. Whether it’s these five or others, it’s hard to say. We’re always looking at all parameters to see where we can improve, but there are also things that mean we can’t keep underperforming without something changing,” he concluded, hinting at potential roster changes.


 

Preparing for the Shanghai Major

So far, it seems that s1mple has been that change that zonic has desperately needed. Having s1mple on the AWP will not only allow the legend himself to shine the most but also ensure team-wide compatibility as ⁠SunPayus⁠ was also the team’s former AWPer. With that said, s1mple seems to be equally excited about the opportunity, looking forward to playing in the upcoming Shanghai Major. He expressed his excitement on X (formerly Twitter):


 

"Time to be back at LAN, that was my goal from the very beginning - to play the Shanghai Major! I’m very glad that we will have official games before we fix the mistakes and play the main tournament this year!


 

Thank you for the opportunity to Falcons and NAVI

See you fans ?? ❤️

I will do everything not to disappoint you ?"

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