In 2018-2019, there have been many tournaments and competitions for the game Counter Strike: GO. As a result, gamers who follow the events taking place in this type of cyber sport have a reasonable opinion about who is in the top of the best players in “KS: GO”. Last year, people involved in analyzing the success of cyber-athletes also had their own opinions about the success of a player.
Best player of the year
The greatest success was achieved by player Alexander Kostylev. He plays under the nickname s1mple. This is not the first year that a young man has literally shocked the audience with his achievements in this sport. In total for the first half of 2018, Alexander, who took first place in the list of the best players of the Constitutional Court: GO, won five awards, speaking at such famous tournaments as:
- ESL One Cologne.
- DreamHack Masters.
- CS: GO Asia Championships.
- Star Series i-League in 4 and 5 seasons.
Second place rating
Second place among the top 20 CS players: GO was taken by Nikola Kovacs from Bosnia. He is a member of the FaZe Clan team, and performs under the pseudonym NiKo. The eminent team itself ranks third among the best teams in the world in this area of cyber sports.
The Bosnian kid won first place at the ESL One Belo Horizonte event in 2018, beating his rivals by 1.39 points.
Third place among the best players
Closes the top three leaders of the best players "KS: GO" Nikolai Ritz (nickname in the game - device). The Danish sniper is part of a team called Astralis, which is rightfully considered one of the best in the world!
Nicholas perfectly owns any weapon in the game. His talent helped him earn a reward in the ECS tournament (season 5).
Top Ten Cyber Athletes
The fourth place in the top 20 of the best CS: GO players was taken by a player named Emil Reif, who performs at world famous tournaments under the pseudonym Magisk. Previously, this guy played in the Astralis team, and was the best friend of the aforementioned player with the nickname device. More recently, Emil left the team, analysts predicted the failure of his career, because they did not believe in his strength, but the opinions of professionals turned out to be erroneous. Now Magisk earns good ratings on world cyber sports events.
Denis Sharipov (game nickname electronic) takes the fifth place in the list of the best players of “KS: GO”. He is a rising cyber sports star and a member of the Natus Vincere team. Earlier, a young man from Russia played for the FlipSid3 Tactics team, where he showed high performance at tournaments in Counter Strike among professionals.
Sixth place went to Freddy Johansson from Sweden. He plays Counter Strike under the nickname KRIMZ. Now he is going through far from the best times in his career. According to him, he is in search of his tactics, and will soon be able to demonstrate to his fans a great game.
Marcelo David from Brazil, better known to fans as coldzera (this is his nickname), took deserved seventh place in our list of the best players in “CS: GO”. For almost a year he had not won major world tournaments, but his average KD of 1.28 is respectable. This is a very good indicator for a cyber athlete.
Eighth place in the twenty best players “KS: GO” took Peter Rasmussen. He chose a dupreeh nickname. The Astralis Dane did not manage to achieve high results in the game for 2018, but he remained the winner in key rounds in team tournaments. That is why he is considered a worthy cyber athlete.
The ninth place in our ranking is occupied by Kit Markovich (nickname in the game CS: GO - NAF). Previously, he was a member of the OpTic Gaming team, but after its collapse Markovich could not find a haven. He later joined the Renegades team and then transferred to Team Liquid. Analysts predict the young Canadian success this year. Let's hope that he still manages to prove himself.
The TOP-10 is completed by Timothy Ta (nickname in the game Counter Strike - autimatic). After winning the Major tournament, he became the leader of his Cloud9 team. Throughout his career, Timothy has not had completed tournaments with points with a minus sign, which is surprising, because few people succeed.
Who closes the top twenty players
Authoritative experts in the field of cyber sports praised the success of twenty-year-old player Tomasz Štastny playing CS: GO under the name oskar. Currently, the player belongs to the clan mousesports. Last year, he won a number of tournaments in a team game. Especially good, the young man spoke at the ESL One event, which was held in New York. Tomas earned an MVP award for his excellent performance at the V4 Future Sports Festival. Thanks to the above achievements, the player is located in 11th place in our ranking.
The twelfth step was taken by Andreas Heuslet. He plays the dynamic game Counter Strike under the pseudonym Xyp9x. Last year, he won 10 eminent tournaments, including the FACEIT Major, held in London. For gaming success, he received a worthy award called Intel Grand Slam.
13th place in the ranking took Russell Van Dalken (nickname in CS: GO - Twistzz). Since April 2017, he plays in the Team Liquid team. She is known for winning events such as SuperNova Malta, which took place in Malta, as well as in cs_summit 2. In addition, Team Liquid players made it to the finals at the ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier, ESL Pro League and Intel Extreme Masters XIII tournaments. At the ESL One New York event last year, Russell Van Dalken was recognized as the most productive player.
14th place in the rating was awarded to Ladislav Kovacs (nickname in CS - GuardiaN). In the summer of 2017, he joined the FaZe Clan team. The team achieved success in 2018, having won at events such as:
- ESL One Belo Horizonte.
- Intel Extreme Masters XIII.
- EPICENTER 2018.
Ladislav Kovacs after a successful performance at the IEM tournament in Sydney, became the most valuable player among his rivals.
15th place was awarded to a player acting under the nickname gla1ve. His real name is Lucas Rossander. From 2016 to the present, he is a member of the Astrelis team. In 2018, the team won the Esports Championship Series, FACEIT Major, Esports Championship Series and many others.
In 16th place was a player under the nickname Valde. He became known around the world thanks to victories in several tournaments. In addition, he reached the quarter finals 3 times, where he took an honorable third place. For his gaming successes, he was awarded the MVP medal.
In 17th place was a successful player Robin Kohl (ropz). He has several times taken leading positions in tournaments as part of the mousesports team.
18th place in the ranking was awarded to Howard Naiguard, who joined the FaZe Clan team several years ago. He chose the nickname rain. Within a year, he managed to win in three tournaments. Several times he took second and third places in world-wide competitions in the game of CS: GO.
19th place went to Timothy Ta (autimatic). He became famous for winning the ELEAGUE Major competition.
Closes the twenty leaders Jonathan Jablonowski (EliGE). He has been a member of Team Liquid for a long time. The team won two tournaments in 2018, and also reached the final five times.
Conclusion
How events will unfold in 2019 in cyber sports is rather difficult to predict. The previous year showed that successful young players make their way to the leaders, who show good results during their performances at the world competitions in the game of Counter Strike: GO. Named cyber athletes are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their leading position. They either slide down the rating, or constantly hone their skills, so they manage to surprise and enthrall their fans.