Let’s take a look at the situation in more detail and let’s avoid pink snot: Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev finally deigned to roll out the streaming schedule in his cart for December 22, 23 and 24 (starting at 15:00 CET), and everyone immediately rushed to shout about the “return of the king.” But if you dig a little deeper, it looks like a desperate attempt not to fall out of the information field. Sasha officially announces the beginning of a hell of a grind for the sake of form for the new season, but the question is — in what line-up?
In BC.But there is a lot of creative surrealism going on right now: the roster is literally burned to the ground. Nexa and CacaNito left the team, and emi’s coach followed them into the sunset. James “BanKs” Banks is cutting straight to the truth: the boys stupidly did not take out Sasha’s character and could not get along in the same room. Right now, the organization doesn’t have a single stable player behind it, except for Kostylev himself, who is trying to pretend to be a demiurge on the ruins. It sounds like a gamble that’s scary to pay for, right?
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Comparison of s1mple statistics in 2021 and 2025
Many fans still live with memories of 2021, when Kostylev was a 1.35 rating god on HLTV. But Camon, guys, wake up — it’s 2025, and CS2 is a game about micro-timings and tactics, not about the greatness of a name. After all these vague stand-in attacks for FaZe, Sasha’s game analysis stats still seem elite, but his influence on the server is going to hell.
Analysis of Impact Rating and K D Ratio indicators in CS2:
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The collapse of the Impact Rating (from 1.40+ to a measly 1.25): In 2021, he could have closed round 1 in 4 simply on a dry run. In CS2, the mechanics of model movement have changed everything — now any sharp buzzer with ping 5 can shoot the legend while he is trying to feel the hitboxes.
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The problem of open frags (65% → 58%): Previously, s1mple was the king of the first duels, today he is increasingly being punished for aggression. For those who bet: believing in his MVP now is pure masochism. In 2021, it reached 60% of finals, today it barely reaches 40%.
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K/D Ratio and the death of solo clutches: The 1.30/0.70 ratio is still fat, but look how it started to fly off in the lead game. If he used to clean up points on Dust2 solo, now on Nuke, without a perfect spread from his teammates, he’s just a “reliable frag”, nothing more.
| Reality Check | Peak (2021) | Now (2025) | What went wrong? |
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| Impact Rating | 1.40+ | 1.25 | Meta shifted toward utility-heavy play |
| KAST % | 78% | 75% | Fear of mistakes suppresses aggressive decision-making |
| Duel Winrate | 65% | 58% | CS2 became too fast-paced for a veteran playstyle |
The effectiveness of Alexander Kostylev’s game with AWP and riffles
Efficiency and talent with AWP collapsed — from 0.55 to 0.45 frag per round. In the new counter, the sniper rifle blends very well with the viscous, clumsy one, and Sasha has played a lot of rounds in cs2 and knows every pixel on the monitor screen. But you can also see that his Kalashnikov rating has jumped to 1.32.
Insider tip: If you want to really drag in the skating rinks, stop jerking off to his old flick shots. See how he is currently prefighting on Vertigo. His work with riffles in 2025 is the only thing worth copying. He is reborn into a tough rifler involuntarily, because with a sniper in CS2 he is no longer allowed to breathe by predators like sh1ro.
Speaking of the above, Kostylev 2021 itself is a beautiful fairy tale for history textbooks. Kostylev 2025 is an angry, hungry, but no longer all—powerful wizard who is trying to survive in a world where the skill is decided by micro-settings of the engine, and not by former glory. Let’s see if he has the balls to regain the crown or if he will remain a media ghost on the streams. Does it look like the truth or another warm-up?
