NEO (''Counter-Strike'' player)
| NEO | |
|---|---|
| Filip Kubski | |
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Born | June 15, 1987 |
| Hometown | Poznań |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Current team | Virtus.pro |
| Role | Rifler, In-game leader |
| Games | Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Championships | 2006 CPL Finals, EMS One Katowice 2014, ELeague Season 1 |
| Professional career | |
| 2004-01-?? – 2007-12-17 | Pentagram G-Shock |
| 2007-12-17 – 2009-03-17 | MeetYourMakers |
| 2009-04-29 – 2009-07-29 | Wicked eSports |
| 2009-09-25 – 2009-11-01 | Vitriolic |
| 2009-11-01 – 2010-02-16 | AGAiN |
| 2010-02-16 – 2011-10-17 | Frag eXecutors |
| 2011-10-17 – 2011-12-06 | AGAiN |
| 2011-12-06 – 2013-10-08 | ESC Gaming |
| 2013-10-08 – 2013-12-18 | Universal Soldiers |
| 2013-12-18 – 2014-01-25 | AGAiN |
| 2014-01-25 – Present | Virtus.pro |
Filip Kubski, (born June 15, 1987) better known as NEO, is a Polish player of the Counter-Strike series who is an AWPer and Rifler for Virtus.pro. NEO is considered one of the best players in Counter-Strike history[1] and one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams.[2] He has also played for AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004.[3]
In addition to being a great aimer and highly intelligent player, Kubski is also highly regarded for his mastery of Counter-Strike 1.6's in-game movement. His ability to perform difficult movements and access areas of maps that are unreachable by most[4][5] make him unpredictable and difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV.org users voted Kubski the best Counter-Strike player of the previous decade.[6] He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 2011[7]
Virtus.pro and NEO appeared in the Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Katowice World Championship in 2016 and got 5-8th.[8][9]
Tournament results
- Bold denotes a CS:GO Major
Pentagram
PGS Gaming
- 1st — World Cyber Games 2006
AGAiN
- 1st — World Cyber Games 2009
Frag-Executors
- 3rd — World Cyber Games 2010
PGS Gaming
- 1st — World Cyber Games 2011
Virtus.pro
- 1st — EMS One Katowice 2014
- 3–4th — DreamHack Winter 2014
- 3–4th — ESL One Katowice 2015
- 3–4th — ESL One Cologne 2015
- 5–8th — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
- 5–8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season X – World Championship
- 5–8th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus
- 3–4th — ESL One Cologne 2016
- 1st — ELeague Season 1
- 2nd — ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 1st — DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017
- 7–8th — Intel Extreme Masters XI - World Championship
- 15–16th — ESL One Cologne 2017
- 3–4th — PGL Major Kraków 2017
See also
- Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, fellow "Golden Five" teammate
References
- ↑ Lingle, Samuel (July 31, 2014). "The definitive frag video of the best 'Counter-Strike' player ever". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Podgórski, Wojciech (November 21, 2015). "Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem!". Polsat Sport. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Kostaszuk, Marcin (March 4, 2012). "Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych". Głos Wielkopolski. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ emanko (2006-12-20), Pentagram neo amazing movement, retrieved 2016-03-04
- ↑ Mike! (2013-10-06), CS 1.6: Neo and Kuben amazing movement!, retrieved 2016-03-04
- ↑ "NEo voted Player of the Decade". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Top 20 players of 2011: Neo (1)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Duda, Dominik (January 13, 2016). "Virtus.pro potwierdza obecność w Katowicach". itzaktv. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Sobociński, Filip (September 2, 2015). "Counter-Strike - rozlosowano grupy europejskich eliminacji mistrzostw świata". NaTemat.pl. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
