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NEO
NEO 
Person Information
Name:
Filip Borys Kubski
Birth:
June 15, 1987
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2002 – Present
Team:
HONORIS
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$745,221
Alternate IDs:
Neo, nijo
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2001-01-07 – 2001-??-??
2001-??-?? – 2001-??-??
2002-??-?? – 2002-??-??
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 (Substitute)
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. Widely considered as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Counter-Strike players of all time, NEO was part of the very successful Polish Golden Five lineup that won WCG three times, ESWC twice, and IEM World Championship twice. He was ranked the best player of 2011 and the best player overall of the 2000s by HLTV. 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.
NEO is also well-known for his great partnership with TaZ which spans over a decade.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings (list of)
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| ZOWIE EC2-B | 724 | 400 | 500 Hz | 1.81 | 0.85 | on | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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ZOWIE EC2-B (CS:GO Edition) | |
ZOWIE G-SR |
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ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1024×768 | Black Bars |
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ZOWIE CELERITAS II |  |
Sennheiser G4ME ZERO | |||||||||
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1
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-0.5
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Yes (thickness 0)
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No (0)
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Green (1)
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year (male) of 2002 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [3]
- Was voted Player of the Decade (2000s) by HLTV users. [4]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year of 2007 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [5]
- Was ranked the 7th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [6]
- Was ranked the best player of 2011 by HLTV. [7]
- Was ranked the 17th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [8]
- Became the majority owner of Counter-Strike.PL on April 1st, 2011. [9]
- The FK line of gaming mice by ZOWIE GEAR is named after his initials (Filip Kubski). The mouse was originally released in February 2013 and was created in cooperation with NEO.
- NEO is one of the few players to win three WCG series. The others being his then-teammates in the original Golden Five: TaZ, kuben, and Loord.
- At 4 years, 5 months and 1 day, NEO, TaZ, pashaBiceps, Snax and byali is the longest-lasting lineup in the history of CS:GO. They played their first game on September 5th, 2013 under ESC Gaming's banner and continued to stay together until February 6th, 2018 when TaZ was benched from Virtus.pro to make way for MICHU.
- NEO and TaZ form the longest partnership across all versions of Counter-Strike which spans over 5100 days in total. Their first period of alliance lasted 5052 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 played together for 38 more days, started when NEO stepped in for ARCY on December 7th, 2019 until ARCY officially disbanded on January 14th, 2020. They then extend their partnership further when they reunite in HONORIS on May 18th, 2020.
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2012-10-26 | pre-ESWC interview: ESC NEO by lurppis of HLTV
- 2012-10-14 | Neo: "A little bit disappointed" by MIRAA of HLTV at Pro Gamer Series Exponor 2012
- 2012-10-12 | Neo: "So random we can beat anyone" by MIRAA of HLTV at Pro Gamer Series Exponor 2012
- 2012-10-05 | Neo: "Afraid we won't reach 1.6 level" by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2014-12-31 | Neo: "CS:GO Brought CS Back To Life" by nocxx of 27in1.com
- 2014-11-28 | Neo: "We know what to expect" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 2014-11-27 | Neo: "We came here to win" by rich of Fragbite at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 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 Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 - 2014-06-24 | Neo: "You can't win [them] all" by lurppis of HLTV
- 2016-04-13 | NEO: "Much different approach vs. TS" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
- 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
- 2017-01-27 | ELEAGUE - Player Profile - NEO - Virtus.pro by Valve at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-01-22 | NEO: "Astralis plays really good Counter-Strike" by Ding1 of Fragbite at ELEAGUE Major 2017
Gallery[edit]
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
- ↑ RAMMS ΐ EIN (2003-03-25). "Plebiscyt CSPL AWARDS 2002 - rozstrzygnięty " [CSPL AWARDS 2002 poll - ended] (in
Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ MIRAA (2010-01-05). "NEo voted Player of the Decade". HLTV.
- ↑ JoleKK (2008-01-07). "CS.PL Awards 2007 przyznane " [CS.PL Awards 2007 awarded] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ JoleKK (2011-04-01). "Neo nowym właścicielem CS.PL " [Neo new owner of CS.PL] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.