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NBK-
Player Information
Name:
Nathan Jordan Schmitt
Nationality:
Born:
June 5, 1994 (age 28)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2009 – 2021
2022 – Present
2022 – Present
Role:
Team:
Alternate IDs:
NBK, NBKTANK, NBeardK, NBicepsK, NBKing, nathanS
Nicknames:
The Kingmaker
Approx. Total Winnings:
$838,303
Games:
Links
History
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2009-09-13 – 2010-01-09
2010-01-09 – 2010-02-16
2010-02-16 – 2012-08-30
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-08-30 – 2013-12-31
2014-01-07 – 2014-09-03
2014-09-03 – 2014-09-05
2014-09-05 – 2015-02-01
2015-02-01 – 2017-02-03
2017-02-03 – 2018-06-04
2018-06-04 – 2018-10-08
G2 Esports (Inactive)
2018-10-08 – 2019-09-07
2019-09-07 – 2019-12-03
Team Vitality (Inactive)
2019-12-04 – 2021-02-26
2021-03-07 – 2021-04-30
Double Poney (Stand-in)
2021-02-26 – 2021-12-31
OG (Inactive)
2022-01-07 – 2022-03-18
2022-03-18 – 2022-08-12
MOUZ (Inactive)
2022-08-14 – Present
Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt (born June 5, 1994) is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and a former Counter-Strike: Source player. He is one of the best-known Global Offensive players of all time, having played on numerous successful French lineups since the early days of the game, including VeryGames, Titan, two-time Major-winning LDLC and EnVyUs, G2 and Vitality. In December 2019, NBK- was revealed in OG in his first international lineup, a project he built with Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen. He was benched in February 2021 following lackluster results throughout 2020. He announced his retirement and switch to VALORANT on June 29, 2021. [1] NBK- returned to competitive Counter-Strike in January 2022 after being signed by MOUZ. [2]
Gear and Settings[edit]
Mouse Settings [3] (list of)
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Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
Razer Viper Ultimate | 760 | 800 | 1000 Hz | 0.95 | 1 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2021-01-09 (754 days ago) |
Mouse Settings [3] (list of) (calculate)
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Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
Razer Viper Ultimate | 1003 MPI 0.658 deg/mm | 21.5 in/rev 54.7 cm/rev | 800 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 0.95 | 1 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2021-01-09 (754 days ago) |
Hardware [3][4] |
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Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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Razer Viper Ultimate | ![]() |
SteelSeries QcK+ |
Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1280×1024 | Stretched |
Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL | ![]() |
SteelSeries Arctis Pro | |||||||||
Updated as of 2021-01-09 (754 days ago) |
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Crosshair Settings [3] (list of) | |||||||||||
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Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | -3 | No | No (0 ) | Custom (5 ) | 255 | |||
Updated as of 2021-01-24 (739 days ago) |
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Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 5; cl_crosshaircolor_r 50; cl_crosshaircolor_g 250; cl_crosshaircolor_b 50; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -3; cl_crosshairsize 1; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0.5; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements[edit]
Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020-12-06 | 2nd | S-Tier | Online | ![]() | Flashpoint Season 2 | 1 : 2 | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-06-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Esports Championship Series Season 7 - Finals | 2 : 0 | $225,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-09-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 | 2 : 0 | $100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-06-04 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | ESL Pro League Season 5 - Finals | 3 : 1 | $225,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-01-15 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | World Electronic Sports Games 2016 | 2 : 0 | $800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-02-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Global eSports Cup - Season 1 | 3 : 0 | $80,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-11-01 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 | 2 : 0 | $100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-09-27 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Gfinity Champion of Champions | 3 : 2 | $50,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-08-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Intel Extreme Masters Season X - gamescom | 8/-/1 | Grp. S. | $45,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-11-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | DreamHack Winter 2014 | 2 : 1 | $100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament |
Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |
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2019-12-15 | A-Tier | cs_summit 5 | Guest Commentator | ||
2019-05-26 | A-Tier | cs_summit 4 | Guest Commentator | ||
2014-08-17 | S-Tier | ESL One: Cologne 2014 | Guest Analyst/Commentator | ||
2014-03-16 | S-Tier | ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 | Commentator | ||
2013-12-19 | Monthly | FACEIT Cup December 2013 | Commentator | ||
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament |
Trivia[edit]
- Was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with a tendency to Asperger syndrome in 2022. [5]
- Is a founding board member of the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA) and a member of their World Ranking Player Committee. [6][7]
- Was named the 5th best player of 2013 by HLTV. [8]
- Was named the 17th best player of 2014 by HLTV. [9]
- Was named the 9th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [10]
Features[edit]
- Opinion: Why NBK- was doomed from the start by King Dempz of HLTV 2022-03-19 |
Interviews[edit]
- NBK: "I don't know what happened" by MIRAA of HLTV at DreamHack Valencia 2012 2012-09-22 |
- NBK: "Clash of the titans" by MIRAA of HLTV at Electronic Sports World Cup 2012 2012-11-03 |
- NBK: "We know how to face NiP" by Tgwri1s of HLTV at ESWC 2013 2013-11-02 |
- Interview with Nathan "NBK" Schmitt and Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans from Titan by Richard Lewis of Twitch.tv/DHLounge at DreamHack Summer 2014 2014-06-15 |
- Titan NBK Discusses Quarter-Finals of Gfinity G3 LAN with Jack Westerman of ESEA News by Jack Westerman of ESEA at Gfinity G3 2014-08-03 |
- LDLC NBK Interview at ESWC 2014: Headset Throw Thoughts, FACEIT Recap by Jack Westerman of ESEA at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 2014-10-30 |
- ESWC 2014: NBK: "We will let shox free" by Striker of HLTV at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 2014-10-30 |
- NBK: "We are expecting to make it to the final" by rich of Fragbite at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 2014-10-30 |
- NBK: "They just outplayed us" by rich of Fragbite at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 2014-11-02 |
- NBK: "The villains are always ahead" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-11-25 |
- NBK: "I feel sorry for Titan" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at DreamHack Winter 2014 2014-11-27 |
- NBK: "This LAN is kind of a mess so far [in terms of results]" by rich of Fragbite at MLG Aspen Invitational 2015-01-24 |
- NBK: "Everything is so open" by Angel of GosuGamers.net at MLG Aspen Invitational 2015-01-24 |
- NBK: "Probably THE trap group for us" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One Katowice 2015 2015-03-11 |
- Interview with Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt @ ESL ESEA Dubai Invitational 2015 (RUS SUBS) by b2ru of Natus Vincere at ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational 2015-09-13 |
- NBK: "Definitely going to come back." by LucasAM of HLTV at The World Championships 2015 2015-10-12 |
- NBK and apEX: "Everyone feels good in the team" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015-10-31 |
- NBK-: "Na`Vi would probably win D2" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015-11-01 |
- NBK: "It takes time to change" by LucasAM of HLTV at Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 2016-02-04 |
- 'Reflections' with NBK by Thorin 2016-02-08 |
- NBK-: "We need structure and very defined roles" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Oakland 2017 2017-11-19 |
- NBK-: "Love the work that the IGL role implies" by eZlo of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 2018-04-17 |
- NBK: "If you lose your passion, nothing can save you, even if you play 24/7" by Nydra of Cybersport 2018-08-02 |
- NBK: "Poor individual decisions and not playing like we do in practice are the things holding us back" by MIRAA of HLTV at DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 2018-11-16 |
- NBK: "We couldn't see a world where we could make it work long-term with Happy" by Striker of HLTV at Europe Minor Championship - Katowice 2019 2019-01-17 |
- NBK: "(The fnatic series) showed we're still just a top-ten team" by Striker of HLTV 2019-04-02 |
- NBK-: "We came back with a good, positive attitude for this tournament" by Aleksei_L of HLTV at Esports Championship Series Season 7 - Finals 2019-06-07 |
- NBK-: "We had a bit of trouble regarding leadership before ECS; we managed to put everything aside and win" by Professeur of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2019 2019-07-03 |
- NBK on Syman loss: "We played like pussies" by Striker of HLTV at StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 2019-08-23 |
- NBK-: "Every time we took a timeout it was just to say 'stay calm, stay calm, just do what we do in practice, don't complicate things'" by LucasAM of HLTV 2020-02-15 |
«В удачный день любой состав из топ‑40 победит команду из топ‑5» — эксклюзивное интервью с NBK об OG и Counter‑Strike в эпоху онлайна ["On a lucky day, any Top 40 squad will beat a Top 5 squad" — exclusive interview with NBK about OG and Counter-Strike in the online era] by Alexey Borisov of Cybersport.ru (trans.
)
2020-09-23 | - OG.NBK-: "Regional rankings make sense, world rankings not so much." by Danny Singer of eSports.com at IEM XV - New York Online: Europe 2020-10-19 |
- "I Want To Be In A Place That Can Win Trophies" | NBK- Interview by MOUZ 2022-01-09 |
- NBK förklarar Valorant-bytet: "Var inte på en bra plats" [NBK explains the Valorant change: "Do not be in a good place"] by hallonkraem of Fragbite at IEM Katowice 2022 2022-02-15 |
Le Club #1 avec NBK of 1pv.fr
2022-03-16 |
Gallery[edit]
NBK with OG in December 2019
NBK at DreamHack Winter 2019: BYOC #1 with IndySpensable
NBK at DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 with Team Vitality
NBK at DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 with Team Vitality
NBK at DreamHack Open Tours 2017 with G2 Esports
NBK at ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 with Team EnVyUs
NBK at ESL Expo Barcelona with Team EnVyUs
NBK at ESL Pro League I with Team EnVyUs
NBK at DreamHack Winter 2014 with Team LDLC.com
NBK at DreamHack Summer 2014 with Titan
NBK at EMS One Fall 2013 Finals with VeryGames
References[edit]
- ↑ NBK- (2021-06-29). "A new beginning".
- ↑ MOUZ (2022-01-07). "IL REVIENT" [THE RETURN] (in
French).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NBK (2021-01-09). "NBK's CS:GO Settings, Gear and Config". Params.
- ↑ NBK. "About NBK - Twitch".
- ↑ NBK- (2022-01-03). "Diagnosed with ASD (Autism Syndrom Disorder) and what it means".
- ↑ Yossarian (2018-06-29). "Players' Association announced". HLTV.
- ↑ CSPPA (2020-11-02). "CSPPA proudly introduces the CSPPA World Ranking Player Committee".
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2014-01-16). "Top 20 players of 2013: NBK (5)". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2015-01-04). "Top 20 players of 2014: NBK (17)". HLTV.
- ↑ stich (2016-01-12). "Top 20 players of 2015: NBK- (9)". HLTV.
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