One of the most famous cyber sportsmen in the CIS countries starts the year with the highest individual award – the title of the most successful player (MVP) at the BLAST Premier Global Final tournament. In the final matches, the Natus Vincere team under his leadership managed to first defeat Vitality, and then on the same day to win the final confrontation with Astralis.
The tournament did not start well for NAVI, but after losing to Liquid in the opening match, they were able to pull themselves together and radically change the situation: making their way to the finals in the bottom set of the tournament, they consecutively defeated Complexity and G2, and then took revenge in the match against Liquid.
S1mple was particularly strong in the final matches, posting a performance rating of 1.47 in the game against Vitality and 1.57 – in the grand final against Astralis. Throughout the tournament, the Ukrainian cyber athlete demonstrated unique performance – even when judged by his initially high standards. As a result, he topped twelve ranking tables at once at the end of the BLAST Premier Global Final. These include the performance in terms of the number of kills per round, damage dealt per round, and success in duels.
Thus, s1mple becomes the best player of the tournament for the twelfth time. Only Nicola «device» Ridz, who has won the title eighteen times, has more individual honors.