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How s1mple Managed To Earn Another MVP Award In DreamHack Masters Spring 2021

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6 months ago

May 13, 2021

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Natus Vincere has been under-performing for a year, and they finally showed up in a tournament after a long time. In 2020, they only managed to win Intel Extreme Masters XIV – World Championship, which was held in March.

After almost a year, they won a tournament in January 2021, and they beat Astralis at BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020. Unfortunately, they couldn’t even reach the finals of any tournaments since then.

However, things changed in DreamHack Masters Spring 2021. They showed their hunger in this tournament, and they beat Gambit Esports in the finals with a clean sweep, which is one of the most dominant teams in the scene right now.

What Did s1mple Do In DreamHack Masters?

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev is a 23-year-old Ukrainian player and playing for Natus Vincere since 2016. Also, he is considered as one of the best players in the world right now alongside the French player Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut.

In DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, s1mple played a total of 15 maps and stunned the fans with his tremendous performance. Not only he played with an insane rating number, which is 1.41, he also had a 1.52 impact rating.

Even though Natus Vincere’s team rating was 1.11, s1mple managed to carry his team through the finals against Gambit Esports. Additionally, the legendary AWP player only played two maps under 1.0 rating.

Also, s1mple still played with a huge 1.38 rating in the finals. In a total of three maps, he killed 68 enemies and died 45 times. With this gigantic performance, s1mple earned his 13th MVP award in this tournament.