Cypher (video gamer)

Cypher
Alexey Yanushevsky
Status Active
Date of birth May 17, 1990
Hometown Minsk
Nationality Belarusian
Games Quake
Championships QuakeCon: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Professional career
?-? fnatic
2008-2012 Serious Gaming

Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990),[1] who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He is of Belarusian nationality, resides in Minsk and is signed to Dutch esports team Serious Gaming.[2] He has been actively competing in international Quake competitions since February 24, 2006. Cypher has won the most QuakeCon 1v1 tournaments of any player at 4, winning in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. Yanushevksy is a former Electronic Sports World Cup, European Extreme Masters and the current QuakeCon 2008, Dreamhack and ASUS Cup champion; having regained his 2008 professional QuakeCon title in 2010 and having won the ASUS Cup ten times.[3]

Career

Originally a Quake III player, Yanushevsky gained prominence with successes in Eastern European competitions in Quake IV shortly after the game's release. At the age of 16 he successfully qualified for the Electronic Sports World Cup in his native Belarus and defeated twofold world champion Russian Anton Singov in Moscow competitions.[4] He subsequently entered the Electronic Sports World Cup and was considered a dark horse contestant at the world championship, Yanushevsky eventually reached the finals of the event where he was defeated, taking second place at the event at an age at which he was too young to enter Cyberathlete Professional League or World Series of Video Games competitions.

Afterwards Cypher was signed to professional video gaming team Fnatic. He made top five finishes at QuakeCon as well as the World Cyber Games. The following year he was one of the more successful players in international competition, taking 2nd and 3rd at two World Series of Video Games stops.

After the World Series of Video Games disbanded mid-season Yanushevsky started focusing primarily on Quake III again, which eventually culminated in victory at the Electronic Sports World Cup Masters in July, 2008. After which he was signed to the team Serious Gaming.[5] On August 3, 2008 Yanushevsky won the QUAKE LIVE 1v1 Championship at QuakeCon 2008[6] winning his second major title.[7] On August 27 he won the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008.

Cypher left Serious Gaming in December 2012.[8]

In December 2013 Cypher beat Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson to win DreamHack Winter 2013.[9]

In July 2014 Cypher won his fourth QuakeCon by winning QuakeCon 2014.[10]

Notable Achievements

2014

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

Online

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080803023249/http://www.eswc.com:80/masters/paris2008/?c=competition&s=profile&l1=participants&id_competition=2&l2=profile&id_participant=7. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080801224503/http://www.serious-gaming.com:80/articles/show/242. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Quake III: Immaculate Cypher wins ESWC Masters". SK Gaming. 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20151210213646/http://digitallife.ggl.com/index.php?controller=News&method=article&id=2942. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 2009-04-28  at 13:00 by  Rinoa (2009-04-28). "fnaticMSI lose to Ks.CN - Interview with VeLeNo & Replays". FNATIC.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  6. ↑ "ESR - QuakeCon 2008". Esreality.com. 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  7. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (July 28, 2014). "Pair of legends eliminated heading into Quakecon finals". Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ Profi (25 April 2012). "Cypher left Serious Gaming". GreatFrag. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ Breslau, Rob "Slasher" (December 3, 2013). "Cypher defeats Rapha to win Quake at DreamHack Winter: "I wanted to win, it didn't matter who I played". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (July 19, 2014). "Cypher wins record fourth Quakecon championship". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "ESR - DreamHack Summer 2011 Coverage". Esreality.com. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  12. ↑ "ESR - ASUS Spring 2011 QL Masters". Esreality.com. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  13. ↑ "ESR - UGC Quakelive is over!". Esreality.com. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  14. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110417025445/http://www.esl-world.net:80/masters/season5/hanover/. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "ESR - IEM5 European Championship Finals - Day4". Esreality.com. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  16. ↑ "ESR - rapha wins FnaticMSI BEAT IT Finals". Esreality.com. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  17. ↑ "ESR - DreamHack Summer 2010 is over!". Esreality.com. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  18. ↑ "ProPlay / Новости / ASUS Spring 2010 - Quake Live". Proplay.ru. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  19. ↑ "ESR - Asus Winter 2010". Esreality.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  20. ↑ "Quake III: Cypher 4-0's Jibo to win ASUS Autumn". SK Gaming. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  21. ↑ "ESR - ZOTAC QL Hall of Fame 2009-2010". Esreality.com. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  22. ↑ "ESR - G Data Quakelive Cup Hall of Fame". Esreality.com. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  23. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110128102405/http://www.tek-9.org:80/articles/the_2010_tek9_award_winners-676/quake_live_player_of_the_year-9.html. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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