It’s been a wild journey 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.Recreation roster. In his first match with BC.Recreation, Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3, the squad managed to make all of it the best way to the net occasion’s Grand Ultimate.
One might say it was a “proving floor” for the legendary Ukrainian AWPer himself.
BC.Recreation’s journey at Exort The Proving Grounds S3
The occasion wasn’t all sunshine and roses for s1mple, bottoming out on the BC.Recreation aspect 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 score and a Okay-D of 56-54, the bottom on the successful aspect.
Within the second match, s1mple topped the scoreboard with a 1.53 score in opposition to Spirit Academy in a 2-0 victory, then had a horrendous efficiency (0.67 score) when BC.Recreation 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 score.
Within the Spherical of 16, BC.Recreation eradicated ENCE with a 2-0, and s1mple on prime with a 1.29 score. Towards Spirit Academy within the Quarterfinals, s1mple put up an enormous efficiency with a chart-topping 1.71 score in a clear 2-0 win. BC.Recreation secured a spot within the Grand Ultimate by beating OG with a 2-0 scoreline, and s1mple earned a 1.29 score, inserting 2nd on the leaderboard.
s1mple’s Grand Ultimate efficiency
Within the best-of-three Grand Ultimate, BC.Recreation was searching for 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.Recreation’s map decide of Mirage, BetBoom took management within the first half on the T aspect 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 score with a Okay-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 decide, with extra time required to discover a winner. Each groups received all three of their CT rounds within the first extra time, because the map was pushed to double extra time due to heroics from s1mple. BetBoom ultimately 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.Recreation 2-0 and thereby successful the match. Clearly, s1mple did showcase some high-impact performs in his first Grand Ultimate with BC.Recreation, however that’s not all.
Throughout each maps, s1mple earned a 1.17 score, with a Okay-D of 40-38, the best on his group. He additionally boasted the perfect opening kill/demise stats of any participant within the server at 13/2. That’s particularly spectacular since his group misplaced 2-0.
Is the GOAT actually again? It’s robust to inform, with particular person performances being considerably inconsistent in his first match with BC.Recreation.
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 Ultimate in your first occasion with a brand new group is an accomplishment regardless of how you narrow it.
