The MVP of DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev in a post-match interview with the organizers went on to thank his teammates, following the grand final victory against Gambit. He specifically appreciated the Na’Vi entry fragger Denis “electronic” Sharipov, who was the standout player for the side on Train with a whopping 31 kills to his name. Apart from this, s1mple also had a strong message for all the haters as they had previously raised a question about his motivation and work ethic. His powerful performance throughout this tournament was a testament to the fact that he is still one of the best in the business, without a hint of doubt.
TERKAIT: S1mple Berbicara Tentang Burnout dan Alasan Dibalik Motivasinya di CS:GO
S1mple mengapresiasi rekan satu timnya
Despite being the MVP of the tournament, s1mple had nothing but praise for his teammates especially electronic who was the standout player for the side during the grand final. All the Na’Vi players stood up to the challenge handing Gambit a straight ‘3-0’ defeat, the only player that might have had an off day was Ilya ‘Perfecto’ Zalutskiy. This is what s1mple had to say about electronic in the post-match interview,
“Dia hanya tahu bahwa dia akan muncul begitu saja di momen penting. Ini adalah pekerjaan yang sangat bagus ketika dia mulai memilikinya, saya pikir karena dialah kami memenangkan sebagian besar putaran (di Kereta) karena entri-entrinya. Namun tetap saja, rencana permainan Boombl4 dan B1ad3 selalu sama dan semuanya berjalan baik.”
S1mple membalas semua haters
Mengapresiasi upaya yang telah dilakukan seluruh tim, s1mple selanjutnya menyampaikan pesan yang kuat kepada semua haters yang mempertanyakan etos kerja dan hilangnya motivasinya. Saat dia melanjutkan dengan menyatakan bahwa,
“I am just happy for my team and I am sad for (the) haters. Those people say that someone is playing bad and he does not understand the problem that he (the player) has right now in real life, and because of it he is just trying to wake up himself you know. Feel bad for haters – nobody lost motivation, nobody has stopped practicing, everything is great.”
TERKAIT: CS:GO Star Player S1mple Berbicara Tentang Beralih ke Valorant
Latar belakang di sini adalah bahwa beberapa pengguna mulai menuding s1mple setelah dia mulai streaming Valorant di Twitch. Na'Vi pada saat itu tidak berkinerja terlalu baik dan dengan rumor tentang potensi peralihan yang muncul, beberapa pengguna mulai membicarakan tentang hilangnya motivasinya, dan sebagainya.
Meskipun s1mple telah menanggapi semua spekulasi dan rumor, segera menutupnya. Masih ada keraguan di benak para haters, yang mungkin sudah hilang sekarang karena s1mple mendominasi seluruh turnamen berkat berbagai penampilan terbaiknya.