s1mple claims third consecutive MVP in EPL victory

12-9-2021 22:55

Alongside the Pro League title and the Intel Grand Slam, the Ukrainian superstar was awarded the 16th MVP of his career.

An impressive showing from start to finish in Natus Vincere's title run at ESL Pro League Season 14 sees Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev claim the MVP award by HLTV and Skinbaron.

This is s1mple's third consecutive MVP won, having also been the most valuable player at the StarLadder CIS RMR and IEM Cologne before the break.

s1mple's efforts were crucial to NAVI's Intel Grand Slam victory

In the historic event for Natus Vincere and s1mple, as it secured them the $1,000,000 Intel Grand Slam Season 3 alongside the $195,000 first-place prize for ESL Pro League, the Ukrainian was the standout in a number of statistical categories.

NAVI win Intel Grand Slam Season 3

s1mple was the best performer at the event in a number of categories, including rating (1.35), impact rating (1.48), KAST (77.8%), and kills per round (0.88), while also being top-5 in terms of ADR (87.3), K-D difference (+135), and opening kills per round (0.18).

His consistency was impeccable, finishing just two maps with a below-average rating (0.69 on Inferno vs. Evil Geniuses and 0.96 on Overpass against Vitality), allowing him to edge out the main rival for the MVP award in Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut, who posted a 1.31 event rating in Vitality's runners-up finish.

2021 MVPs by HLTV.org:

BLAST Premier Global Final - s1mple
cs_summit 7 - Jame
IEM Katowice - sh1ro
ESL Pro League 13 - Ax1Le
FunSpark ULTI Europe Final - FaNg
DreamHack Masters Spring - s1mple
Flashpoint 3 - frozen
EPIC League CIS - Hobbit
IEM Summer - Ax1Le
BLAST Premier Spring Final - Hobbit
StarLadder CIS RMR - s1mple
IEM Cologne - s1mple
ESL Pro League Season 14 - s1mple

very well played by s1mple!

2021-09-12 22:55

29 replies

11/13 mvps cis players ezz

2021-09-12 22:57

22 replies

All tier1 tournaments mvps cis players

2021-09-12 23:03

4 replies

s1mple now has the same amount of mvp medals as gambit

2021-09-12 23:12

3 replies

1 less

2021-09-13 06:18

2 replies

Nah, he has the same amount

2021-09-13 06:48

counting is hard

2021-09-16 20:53

would have been 13/13 if cis teams attended those 2 dog events

2021-09-12 23:21

6 replies

xD please don't make s1mple haters more mad 😂

2021-09-12 23:29

forze and vp were at funspark

2021-09-12 23:49

idk couldnt even find hltv page with this event, also t10 teams

2021-09-13 00:33

1 reply

hltv.org/events/5454/funspark-ulti-2020-..

2021-09-13 02:51

funwhat?

2021-09-13 00:35

rekted him

2021-09-13 10:06

Ukraine dosnt CIS!!!!

2021-09-12 23:31

Google is your friend <3

2021-09-13 08:51

Yeah might wanna use it yourself then cus Ukraine is not part of CIS

2021-09-13 23:37

OMFG :D :D :D :D :D :D

2021-09-16 14:13

Only 6/13. Ukraine is not in CIS if you don't know

2021-09-13 12:29

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1/8 Ukraine is not in CIS anymore, however NAVI plays in the regional tournaments for CIS. Every commentaror also refers to NAVI as CIS giants.

2021-09-14 16:16

Might have something to do with NaVi being Russian org:D

2021-09-16 22:35

Navi is a Ukrainian org.

2021-09-17 21:00

My bad, the org is ukranian but the team is russian (according to hltv)

2021-09-17 21:24

Yes, 3 Out of 5 players are Russian, that's why it's listed as Russian.

2021-09-17 21:47

Lucky zywoo still better

0 MVPs in 2021. Cope.

2021-09-13 03:40

S1mple made +90 frags in bo 3 where navi where his teammates were not very successful - later in the grand final s1mple was not playing at his highest level at all and navi in general was playing very poorly, even then s1mple got a high rating of 1.22. If vitality lost against the worst navi imagine with the best

2021-09-13 05:20

+1 Not really a great final, other than the last map, but whatever. GGWP and very well-deserved for Navi and s1mple.

2021-09-12 22:59

A final going to all 5 maps is pretty fking interesting in my eyes at least!!

2021-09-12 23:18

Don't worry he's only mad Astralis are crap now

2021-09-12 23:47

god

Nice

goat

Goat

EZ FOR THE GOAT

2021-09-12 22:56

wow

nice

GOAT TOP 1

Year of s1mple

s1mple already top 1 2021

GOAT ALWAYS BEST WIN MAJOR

0 majors

Same as liquid and zywoo

2021-09-12 22:58

I know zywoo hasn't won a major, I don't care about zywoo. Also who cares about liquid, I hate them and all they do is choke. NA lucked into 1 major and will never get lucky again.

2021-09-12 23:02

And now only Stwie2k is still available, the rest 4 are disappeared from the Tournament

2021-09-12 23:28

Grand slam >>> maj0r

2021-09-12 23:14

Ukraine and Russia dominating the MVP race

that looks so one sided , cis won a lot of tournaments this year no chance for MVP for a lot of great EU and even NA players

2021-09-13 01:02

And Kazakhstan (Hobbit).

GOAT

at this point top1 is already decided not so excited anymore

+135kd thats crazy, demn s1mple u just next lvl

the best player EVER

2021-09-12 23:00

Crazy how s1mple is so much better and so much more impactful than zywoo

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+1 s1mple top1 2021

I mean, Zywoo has more years to come and I believe he didn't enter his prime yet. Also at this point s1mple has nothing to prove but a lot to accomplish.

2021-09-12 23:10

s1mple hasn't hit his prime either. his 2018 year was the highest performance of all time and he seems to be doing even better in 2021...and u can tell that his skill ceiling would allow him to do even better

+1 Just that major, please just that 1 major to shut all retard haters

Jai shree Ram

2021-09-14 13:14

if he gets 1 major people will start saying shit like JW_3_MAJOR_S0MPLE_1 lmao, he needs like 5 to shut up all the baiters, just ignore 'em.

2021-09-16 22:41

s1mple isn't even 24 yet lol

2021-09-12 23:17

s1mple <3 THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

+1 GOAT s1mple

2021-09-13 03:41

2021-09-22 14:45

Nice s1mple, let's gooo!

90% of his maps above 1.13+ rating damb

3 in a row, waow

2021-09-12 23:01

5 MVP's in 2021, is he breaking his own record this year?

Probably yes. He might surpass his 2018 form this year.

He will need 2 more MVP to break his own record. And 4-5 tournaments are left for this year, let's see what happens

2021-09-12 23:34

twitter.com/BetwayCSGO/status/1437032298..

GG s1mple. Best candidate for number 1 this year.

Lmao what? He already won the title for the best player of the year, who can even come close to his performance this year? Zywhoo has 0 MVPs.He is miles ahead of everyone.

2021-09-12 23:41

Nobody has won that title yet because the Top 20 of 2021 hasn't even happened yet. So yes, currently s1mple is the best candidate for it.

zywoo need to win every signle event with stats 1.4+ and s1mple have to lose every single match with stats like below 1 rating that zywoo might take top-1, do you think there is a chance that to happend?

2021-09-21 06:19

GG WP s1mple, as always!! GOAT!

just best player ever, noone is even close to him

zywoo top 1, pimple top 0.

2021-09-12 23:05

s1mple top 1 zywho top 7

2021-09-12 23:07

pimp mpv's in 2021: 0 zywoo mvp's in 2021: 0 pimp = zywoo

2021-09-12 23:13

16th MVP in career O_O omfg

Getting close to device XD

that's good!

2021-09-12 23:35

DESERVED

deserved

2021-09-12 23:24

the real goat Wish him winning major

2021-09-12 23:26

Congratz s1mple)

CIS EZ TOP 1

Russian year

Well deserved!

2021-09-13 00:02

Crazy year! 5 MVPs won by a one Ukrainian. 4 MVPs won by 3 different Russians. And 2 MVPs won by one Kazakh. CIS year indeed. May be Navi wins Major this year who knows. I hope they will.

2021-09-13 00:07

fluke

2021-09-13 00:15

2021-09-13 00:21

Simple GOAT and Electronic FMVP.

2021-09-13 00:28

ELECTRONIC ROBBED

2021-09-13 00:40

2021-09-13 07:39

full CIS region domination <3

2021-09-13 01:05

*navi

2021-09-13 06:14

Incredible performance this dude stayed on top of his form during all these years something which is surely not given to anybody and hard to get

2021-09-13 01:08

pls win 3 more to break the record

2021-09-13 01:09

S1mple top 1 hltv this year without a doubt.

2021-09-13 02:32

s1mple 🐐

2021-09-13 03:38

Top 1 confirm!

2021-09-13 03:46

Beast S1mple

2021-09-13 04:37

Ez top1 for s1mple, no chance for Zywho.

2021-09-13 05:02

S1mple >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zywho S1mple 100% top1 of 2021, undisputed

2021-09-13 05:42

Sorry Zywho, 2 is not a winner and three nobody remembers.

2021-09-13 06:03

GOAT S1MPLE

2021-09-13 06:30

goat s1mple

2021-09-13 07:05

EZ4GOATS1MPLE #NAVINATION #NAVIDAVI #BORNTOWIN

2021-09-13 07:36

the best goat 4ever

2021-09-13 07:38

God of the goats

2021-09-13 08:17

T O P

2021-09-13 10:26

awp abuser

2021-09-13 10:28

Ok, we need to see RMR, Blast and Major from s1mple and decide is he top 1

2021-09-13 10:45

ez for top1 2021 and goat

2021-09-13 11:24

#Navination

2021-09-13 13:14

best cs go player of all time

2021-09-13 13:44

no. no major = no goat.

2021-09-17 16:58

is that rule on the sacred book of cs? havent read that.

2021-09-20 17:35

well, hes doesnt have a major, doesnt have most all time frags, doesnt have most all time wins, or anything. so he cant be the greatest when theres dozens of players ahead of him in every relevant stat.

2021-09-21 19:44

well, hes 23 years old - has time to win lots of majors... he has been on the top 20 best players of the year since 2016, and has been the second best for 2 years in a role, and before that he was first... he is the most consistent player, never felled off. he is already one of the best and will be a legend... just wait :)

2021-09-22 14:38

how many majors does Twistzz have, fan boy?

2021-09-22 14:59

GOD

2021-09-13 14:13

EZZZ S1MPLE GOD WHERE IS ZYWH00000 BTW??? HAHAHAHAHAHA

2021-09-13 14:36

BLAST Premier Global Final - Ukraine s1mple cs_summit 7 - Russia Jame IEM Katowice - Russia sh1ro ESL Pro League 13 - Russia Ax1Le FunSpark ULTI Europe Final - Canada FaNg DreamHack Masters Spring - Ukraine s1mple Flashpoint 3 - Slovakia frozen EPIC League CIS - Kazakhstan Hobbit IEM Summer - Russia Ax1Le BLAST Premier Spring Final - Kazakhstan Hobbit StarLadder CIS RMR - Ukraine s1mple IEM Cologne - Ukraine s1mple ESL Pro League Season 14 - Ukraine s1mple one of them is not like the others...

2021-09-14 07:32

2021-09-14 11:51

2021-09-14 11:59

G.O.A.T

2021-09-14 13:27

He's only 23

2021-09-16 14:15

(0.69 on Inferno vs. Evil Geniuses and 0.96 on Overpass against Vitality .69 nice .96 ecin all planned

2021-09-16 22:38

noone cares about ESL since they always fixed their tournament. this entire pro league was fixed/planned out for zywoo vs simple finals. win a major first, end of story.