S1mple Moved to Inactive: Going on Break

Counter-Strike’s best-ever player, s1mple, took to X to announce his taking a break from competition, shortly after it was reported that NAVI were close to completing the signing of a fellow Ukrainian AWPer, w0nderful from Sprout, as his replacement.

In his post on X, s1mple stated that he wanted to take a break for some time, explaining that he “needs to fix documents and take care of other people in his life”.

Additionally, he added that he hadn’t thought about joining a different organization, but he is interested in what offers might come his way, even entertaining the idea of him switching his role from an AWPer to a rifler on a new squad, largely due to the sniper rifle’s lessened impact in CS2.

On top of that, the 26-year-old mentioned that during his leave he will be “working on his own CS2-related project”, but also said that it is too early to make an announcement or share any further details.

So what’s next, time to take break as I wanted but that’s only half of story
Need to fix documents and take care of other people in my life
About switching to other org : never thought about it but would be interesting to see offers, maybe on rifle since awp a bit not impactful…

— Sasha (@s1mpleO) October 26, 2023

End of an Era

With s1mple departing NAVI’s active roster and moving to the bench, his wildly successful seven-year stint with the Ukrainian organization comes to an end, during which he collected 17 big trophies, including a Major and an Intel Grand Slam win.

In addition, the Ukrainian has finished the year as the best player in the world a record three times, which is one of the main reasons for him being considered the Counter-Strike GOAT by a vast majority of the community.

Header image: NAVI via X (@natusvincere)