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= Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev =

Oleksandr Kostyliev (born October 2, 1997), or more well known by his alias "S1mple", is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive "CS:GO" player from Ukraine. He is currently a member of Natus Vincere (Na'Vi), and was ranked the best player in the world in 2018 by hltv.org. He began his professional career in a semi-pro Ukrainian team called Lan-Dodgers. Since then, he had been on the rosters of Courage Gaming, HellRaisers, Flipside Tactics, Evolution Dark and Team Liquid.

Career
S1mple started his semi-pro career with Lan-Dodgers as a rifler. And in 2014, he joined Courage Gaming but would leave and rejoin Lan-Dodgers. It was at this time that he picked up the AWP for the first time, and he would be known for his AWPing ability to this day. S1mple would continue to make a name for himself as a young prodigy in Europe, and he got his big break when he joined HellRaisers. HellRaisers was a team with renowned star players like Mikhail (Dosia) Stolyarov and Yegor "Markeloff" Markelov. But during his stay with HellRaisers, S1mple was banned from ESL which forced him to part ways with HellRaisers.

After his departure from HellRaisers, he was picked up by Flipside Tactics. The organization made a commitment to S1mple by finding stand-ins for him during events. But the two parted ways in 2015 due to internal issues. He was getting a reputation as a difficult and toxic teammate. He would then bounce around number of different rosters, standing in for teams until he signed with popular North American esports organization Team Liquid in January of 2016. And shortly after he signed with Team Liquid, his ban from ESL expired, allowing him to attend events with his new team. With his new team, S1mple had attended two of the largest and most significant tournaments in the world in MLG Columbus where they placed 3rd-4th, and ESL One Cologne 2016 where they placed 2nd.

But ESL One Cologne 2016 would be S1mple's last event with Team Liquid as he decided not to return to North America after visiting home. He parted ways from Team Liquid in the summer of 2016, and signed with his hometown team Natus Vincere in August of 2016, where he replaced Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko. With his new team, S1mple and Na'Vi won their first premiere event in ESL One: New York 2016. But the results following the event was below average. And as a result of the numerous mediocre performances from the team, the internal issues that had followed S1mple throughout his career showed up again.

But despite mediocre performances from the team as a whole, S1mple was still one of the best players in the world even during the slump of Na'Vi. In 2016, S1mple was named the 4th best player in the world by hltv.org. And the following year, S1mple was named the 8th best player in the world of 2017 by hltv.org. S1mple eventually became the world's best player in 2018, when he was chosen at the number one spot by hltv.org at the beginning of 2019.

Even though S1mple's team did not win every tournament they attended, S1mple would still win the most valuable player (MVP) award from most of the tournaments he attended. He won his very first MVP award from ESL One: New York 2016, and his latest MVP award is from BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018.

Behavior throughout career
S1mple's reputation in the community as a toxic teammate was well known. His departures from his previous teams were linked to his toxic behavior. It was difficult for S1mple's ex-teammates to cope with his toxicity and overall attitude. Although S1mple was, without a doubt the star player on all the teams he played on, his ex-teammates were happy with his departure from the organizations. CS:GO analysts said S1mple has the most issues in the teams he played for out of all the professional players.

Situations within Flipside Tactics between S1mple and his teammates at the time was very sour as they would get into screaming matches. His former teammate said they are happy with S1mple's departure as they can now focus on their game instead of fighting with a toxic kid.

Situations within Team Liquid was seemingly far worse than how it was in Flipside Tactics. There were screaming matches all the time and S1mple's attitude towards few of his teammates at the time was at a critical level. His former teammates said that they would rather quit the team rather than playing with S1mple.

And even in casual games when S1mple was matched up in a team that are not his official teammates, S1mple's toxic attitude still comes up. In Faceit pro league, where professional players play casual 5 on 5 games, S1mple can often be seen with toxic attitude towards his set teammates in matches. The community have always known about S1mple's toxic behavior, but had never seen him being toxic live. But when other professional players live streamed online on Twitch.tv, often S1mple would be seen being toxic towards them by yelling or always arguing.