NEO (video gamer)

NEO
Filip Kubski
Status Active
Date of birth (1987-06-15) June 15, 1987
Hometown Poznań
Nationality Polish
Current team Virtus.pro
Games Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Professional career
2004-01-?? – 2007-12-17 Pentagram G-Shock
2007-12-17 – 2009-03-17 MeetYourMakers
2009-04-29 – 2009-07-29 Wicked eSports
2009-09-25 – 2009-11-01 Vitriolic
2009-11-01 – 2010-02-16 AGAiN
2010-02-16 – 2011-10-17 Frag eXecutors
2011-10-17 – 2011-12-06 AGAiN
2011-12-06 – 2013-10-08 ESC Gaming
2013-10-08 – 2013-12-18 Universal Soldiers
2013-12-18 – 2014-01-25 AGAiN

Filip Kubski, (born June 15, 1987) better known as NEO, is a Polish professional player of the Counter-Strike series who is currently the Entry Fragger for Virtus.pro. NEO is considered one of the best players in Counter-Strike history[1] and one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams.[2] He has also played for AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004.[3]

Neo is considered by both players and fans to be one of the best Counter-Strike players of all time. In addition to being a great aimer and highly intelligent player, Kubski is also highly regarded for his mastery of Counter-Strike 1.6's in-game movement. His ability to perform difficult movements and access areas of maps that are unreachable by most[4][5] make him unpredictable and difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV.org users voted Kubski the best Counter-Strike player of the previous decade.[6] He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 2011[7]

Virtus.pro and NEO appeared in the Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Katowice World Championship in 2016.[8][9]

Tournament results

References

  1. Lingle, Samuel (July 31, 2014). "The definitive frag video of the best 'Counter-Strike' player ever". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. Podgórski, Wojciech (November 21, 2015). "Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem!". Polsat Sport. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. Kostaszuk, Marcin (March 4, 2012). "Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych". Głos Wielkopolski. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  4. emanko (2006-12-20), Pentagram neo amazing movement, retrieved 2016-03-04
  5. Mike! (2013-10-06), CS 1.6: Neo and Kuben amazing movement!, retrieved 2016-03-04
  6. "NEo voted Player of the Decade". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  7. "Top 20 players of 2011: Neo (1)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  8. Duda, Dominik (January 13, 2016). "Virtus.pro potwierdza obecność w Katowicach". itzaktv. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  9. Sobociński, Filip (September 2, 2015). "Counter-Strike - rozlosowano grupy europejskich eliminacji mistrzostw świata". NaTemat.pl. Retrieved January 13, 2016.

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