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NEO

For the German player, see Neo (German player).
[e][h] NEO
Player Information
Name:
Filip Borys Kubski
Birth:
June 15, 1987 (1987-06-15) (age 32)
Nationality:
Poland Poland
Status:
Active
Years Active (Player):
2002 – Present
Approx. Total Winnings:
$744,095
Alternate IDs:
nijo
Links
History
Counter-Strike
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

Filip "NEO" Kubski (born June 15, 1987) is a Polish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, and is considered one of the greatest Counter-Strike 1.6 players of all time. He was part of the very successful Polish Golden Five lineup in 1.6, winning 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.org. In Global Offensive, 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. He recently played the role of in-game leader for FaZe Clan.
NEO is also well-known for his great partnership with TaZ which spans over a decade.

Information[edit]

Gear and Settings[edit]

Mouse Settings (list of)
Advanced
MouseeDPIDPIPolling RateSensitivityZoomRaw Input
ZOWIE by BenQ
EC2-B CS:GO Edition		724400500 Hz1.810.85on
No date of last update specified!
Mouse Settings (list of) (calculate)
Simple
MouseCurvatureCircumferenceMouse SetupSensitivityZoomRaw.
ZOWIE by BenQ
EC2-B CS:GO Edition		956 MPI
0.627 deg/mm		22.6 in/rev
57.4 cm/rev		400 DPI
@ 500 Hz		1.810.85on
No date of last update specified!
Hardware [1][2]
Mouse Mousepad
ZOWIE by BenQ EC2-B CS:GO Edition ZOWIE GEAR G-SR
Monitor Refresh rate In-game resolution Scaling
ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540 240 Hz 1024×768 Black Bars
Keyboard Headset
ZOWIE by BenQ CELERITAS II Sennheiser G4ME ZERO
Last updated on 2018-05-28 (635 days ago).
Crosshair Settings (list of)
Style Size Thickness Sniper Gap Outline Dot Color Alpha
5 4 0 1 -0.5 Yes (thickness 0) No (0) Green (1) 250
No date of last update specified!
Click "Expand" for a code to copy and paste into your console.
cl_crosshairalpha 250; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -0.5; cl_crosshairsize 4; cl_crosshairstyle 5; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;

Career Achievements[edit]

Date Placement Tier Type Tournament Team Result Prize
2017-10-29 A22nd A1S-Tier Offline EPICENTER 2017 2 : 3 $100,000
2017-02-19 A11st A1S-Tier Offline DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 2 : 1 $200,000
2017-01-29 A22nd A1S-Tier Offline ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 1 : 2 $150,000
2017-01-15 A33rd A1S-Tier Offline World Electronic Sports Games 2016 2 : 0 $200,000
2016-10-23 A22nd A1S-Tier Offline EPICENTER 2016 1 : 2 $100,000
2016-07-30 A11st A1S-Tier Offline ELEAGUE Season 1 2 : 0 $400,000
2015-09-12 A11st A1S-Tier Offline ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational 3 : 2 $100,000
2015-04-19 A11st A1S-Tier Offline ESEA Season 18 - Global Invite Division 2 : 1 $70,000
2014-03-16 A11st A1S-Tier Offline ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 2 : 0 $100,000
2006-10-22 A11st A1S-Tier Offline World Cyber Games 2006 2 : 1 $60,000
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Trivia[edit]

  • Was voted Player of the Year of 2002 by Counter-Strike.pl.[3]
  • Was voted Player of the (2000s) decade by HLTV.org.[4]
  • Was voted the 7th best player of 2010 by HLTV.org.[5]
  • Was voted the best player of 2011 by HLTV.org.[6]
  • Was voted the 17th best player of 2015 by HLTV.org.[7]
  • 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 a total of 5090 days. 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.

Highlights[edit]

HLTV Highlights[edit]

Interviews[edit]

2017[edit]

2016[edit]

2014[edit]

2012[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • NEO at StarLadder i-League StarSeries S4.jpg
  • Neo at Dreamhack Valencia 2015.jpg

References[edit]

  1. ↑ NEO's devices information from Virtus.pro website
  2. ↑ HEO at StarSeries iLeague Season 5
  3. ↑ Plebiscyt CSPL AWARDS 2002 - rozstrzygnięty, Counter-Strike.pl
  4. ↑ NEo voted Player of the Decade, HLTV.org
  5. ↑ Top 20 players of 2010: Neo (7), HLTV.org
  6. ↑ Top 20 players of 2011: Neo (1), HLTV.org
  7. ↑ Top 20 players of 2015: NEO (17), HLTV.org


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