The Ukrainian team has flown in the CS:GO world for over a decade, but with NAVI's unexpected elimination from the IEM Cologne 2023 group stage today, they will have to watch the remainder of the competition from the stands. Astralis defeated Natus Vincere 2-1 (25-23 Ancient, 9-16 Nuke, 16-12 Overpass) in the bottom bracket of Group B, securing the last slot in the IEM Cologne playoffs.
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In 2026, Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) is stacked, not just with talent, but with cash. They’ve already pulled in $1,227,124 this year from prize money alone, and in July, they landed a huge $20 million funding boost from PhillipCapital and Ambit. Add in big-name sponsors and smart investments, and it’s clear Na’Vi isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
Fire or steel? Big ambition and emotion, or a cool head? Calm or furious? Despite the opposing personality traits of s1mple and ZywOo, they are at the top of professional CS:GO. Why did ZywOo rank as 2022's second-best player? ZywOo made a late push for first place, picking up steam at IEM Dallas to finish 2022 as the second-highest-rated player of the year. S1mple, on the other hand, won the TOP-1 HLTV Awards three years in a row. But which of them is better?
Before that, the HLTV writers give numbers that show who the best players and teams are in different categories. HLTV revealed who had the most multikills in 2022, with well-known player s1mple ranking first.
In a message posted on Twitter, sdy thanked Natus Vincere for their successes, which included winning the Spring Final, placing second at IEM Cologne, and making it to the playoffs at both the IEM Rio Major and the ESL Pro League Season 16.
In 2015, it was clear to everyone that "s1mple" is one of the most talented players in Counter-Strike history, but despite this, he was kicked many times even from TIR-2 teams, so what the matter is? Everything is very simple. Alexander Kostylev is an unusual player. While the rest fought each other to prove who is the best based on the HLTV rating, Sasha Kostylev got a much more difficult opponent: to become a world champion, he had to defeat his demons.
At 17, Ilya "m0nesy" Osipov has become the pride of the CIS region. Not long ago, this young guy was streaming his cs games on Faceit, but today he is a Forbes nominee and plays for one of the best teams in the world. Ilya was born May 1, 2005, in the Moscow region of Russia. His older brother Andrey fostered his love of video games in him from childhood; at 6, Ilya played CS1.6, and he started playing CS:GO at 9. They had only one computer, and Ilya played on this computer while his older brother was away, but later his older brother bought a new computer and gave the old one to Ilya.
