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NEO
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NEO 
Personal Information
Name:
Filip Borys Kubski
Born:
June 15, 1987
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2002 – Present
Team:
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$754,980
Alternate IDs:
Neo, nijo
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2000-03-31 – 2000-??-??
2001-01-07 – 2001-03-??
2001-04-?? – 2001-??-??
2002-03-?? – 2003-02-??
2003-02-?? – 2002-03-??
2003-03-?? – 2003-04-01
2003-04-22 – 2004-04-08
2004-04-08 – 2007-12-17
2007-12-17 – 2009-03-17
2009-04-20 – 2009-04-22
2009-04-29 – 2009-07-29
2009-09-25 – 2009-11-01
2009-11-01 – 2010-02-16
2010-02-16 – 2011-10-17
2011-10-17 – 2011-12-06
2011-12-06 – 2012-09-29
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-09-29 – 2013-10-08
2013-10-08 – 2013-12-18
2013-12-18 – 2014-01-25
2014-01-25 – 2018-12-13
2018-12-13 – 2019-02-01
Virtus.pro (Inactive)
2019-05-13 – 2019-09-11
FaZe Clan (Trial)
2020-01-03 – 2020-01-14
2020-05-18 – Present
Filip "NEO" Kubski (born June 15, 1987) is a Polish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former professional Counter-Strike player who currently plays for HONORIS. He is widely considered as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Counter-Strike players of all time. He was part of the very successful Polish Golden Five lineup that won WCG three times, ESWC twice, and IEM World Championship twice. In CS:GO, NEO was a member of the longest-standing roster in its history that gathered notable victories at EMS Katowice 2014, ELEAGUE S1, and DH Las Vegas 2017 under the Virtus.pro banner.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| ZOWIE EC2-B | 724 | 400 | 500 Hz | 1.81 | 0.85 | on | ||||||
| Mouse Settings (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| ZOWIE EC2-B | 956 MPI 0.627 deg/mm | 22.6 in/rev 57.4 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 500 Hz | 1.81 | 0.85 | on | ||||||
| Hardware [1][2] |
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| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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ZOWIE EC2-B (CS:GO Version) | |
ZOWIE G-SR |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1024×768 | Black Bars |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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ZOWIE CELERITAS II |  |
Sennheiser G4ME ZERO | |||||||||
| Last updated on 2018-05-28 (1279 days ago). | ||||||||||||
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017-10-29 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | 
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EPICENTER 2017 | 
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2 : 3 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-02-19 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 |
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2 : 1 |
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$200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-29 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 |
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1 : 2 | 
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$150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-15 | 3rd | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Electronic Sports Games 2016 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-07-30 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE Season 1 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$400,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-09-12 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational |
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3 : 2 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-04-19 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESEA Season 18 - Global Invite Division |
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2 : 1 | 
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$70,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-03-16 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-03-18 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | 
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Intel Extreme Masters I | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$53,227 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-10-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Cyber Games 2006 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$60,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia[edit]
Personal[edit]
- Became the majority owner of Counter-Strike.PL on April 1st, 2011. [3]
- Collaborated with ZOWIE on the FK line of gaming mice. It was named after his initials and released in February 2013.
Awards[edit]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2002 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [4]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2004 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [5]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2007 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [6]
- Was voted Player of the Decade (2000's) by HLTV users. [7]
- Was ranked the 7th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [8]
- Was ranked the best player of 2011 by HLTV. [9]
- Was ranked the 17th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [10]
Records[edit]
- NEO and TaZ form the longest partnership in Counter-Strike which spans over 15 years or 5,500 days in total. They first played together under Aristocracy in early 2003 for about a month. Their second partnership lasted 5,052 days, from April 8th, 2004 when they joined forces in Team Pentagram to February 6th, 2018 when TaZ was benched from Virtus.pro. Later on, the duo reunited for 38 more days from when NEO stepped in for ARCY on December 7th, 2019 until they disbanded on January 14th, 2020. The duo then extends their partnership further when they found HONORIS on May 18th, 2020.
- The roster consisting of NEO, TaZ, pashaBiceps, Snax and byali is the longest-lasting lineup in the history of CS:GO, lasting 4 years and 155 days. Their partnership lasted from their first match on September 5th, 2013 under ESC Gaming to February 6th, 2018 when TaZ was benched from Virtus.pro.
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2012-10-05 | Neo: "Afraid we won't reach 1.6 level" by MIRAA of HLTV- 2012-10-12 | Neo: "So random we can beat anyone" by MIRAA of HLTV at Pro Gamer Series Exponor 2012
- 2012-10-14 | Neo: "A little bit disappointed" by MIRAA of HLTV at Pro Gamer Series Exponor 2012
- 2012-10-26 | pre-ESWC interview: ESC NEO by lurppis of HLTV
- 2014-06-24 | Neo: "You can't win [them] all" by lurppis of HLTV at ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division
- 2014-11-02 |
Neo efter bronset: "Feels good. Not so special, I guess" [Neo after bronze: "Feels good. Not so special, I guess"] by rich of Fragbite at ESWC 2014 - 2014-11-27 | Neo: "We came here to win" by rich of Fragbite at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 2014-11-28 | Neo: "We know what to expect" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 2014-12-31 | Neo: "CS:GO Brought CS Back To Life" by nocxx of 27in1
- 2016-04-13 | NEO: "A much different approach vs. TS" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
- 2017-01-22 | NEO: "Astralis plays really good Counter-Strike" by Ding1 of Fragbite at ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017
- 2017-01-27 | ELEAGUE Major 2017| Player Profile | NEO - Virtus.pro by Valve at ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017
- 2017-10-26 | NEO: "You don't really listen to the negative comments, these days there are so many of them" by Aleksei.L of Cybersport at EPICENTER 2017
Gallery[edit]
NEO at DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 with FaZe Clan
NEO at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 with Virtus.pro
NEO at DreamHack Valencia 2015 with Virtus.pro
References[edit]
- ↑ NEO's devices information from Virtus.pro website
- ↑ HEO at StarSeries iLeague Season 5
- ↑ JoleKK (2011-04-01). "Neo nowym właścicielem CS.PL" [Neo new owner of CS.PL] (in
Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ RAMMS ΐ EIN (2003-03-25). "Plebiscyt CSPL AWARDS 2002 - rozstrzygnięty" [CSPL AWARDS 2002 poll - ended] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ JoleKK (2005-03-27). "CS.PL Awards 2004 rozdane" [CS.PL Awards 2004 awarded] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ JoleKK (2008-01-07). "CS.PL Awards 2007 przyznane" [CS.PL Awards 2007 awarded] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ MIRAA (2010-01-05). "NEo voted Player of the Decade". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-01-14). "Top 20 players of 2010: Neo (7)". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2012-01-20). "Top 20 players of 2011: Neo (1)". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2016-01-04). "Top 20 players of 2015: NEO (17)". HLTV.
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