NEO
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NEO
Player Information
Name:
Filip Borys Kubski
Nationality:
Born:
June 15, 1987 (age 38)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2000 – 2023
Years Active (Org):
2020 – 2023
Years Active (Coach):
2023 – Present
Role:
Team:
Alternate IDs:
Neo, nijo
Approx. Total Winnings:
$759,868
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
| 2000-03-31 — 2000-??-?? | STER-Projekt |
| 2001-01-07 — 2001-03-?? | S.W.A.T. |
| 2001-04-?? — 2001-??-?? | Soldiers of Fortune |
| 2002-03-?? — 2003-02-?? | SPECNAZ |
| 2003-02-?? — 2003-03-?? | ARCY |
| 2003-03-?? — 2003-04-01 | SPECNAZ |
| 2003-04-22 — 2004-04-08 | SPEC.STER |
| 2004-04-08 — 2007-12-17 | Team Pentagram |
| 2007-12-17 — 2009-03-17 | Meet Your Makers |
| 2009-04-20 — 2009-04-22 | Crack Clan |
| 2009-04-29 — 2009-07-29 | Wicked eSports |
| 2009-09-25 — 2009-11-01 | Vitriolic Gaming |
| 2009-11-01 — 2010-02-16 | AGAiN |
| 2010-02-16 — 2011-10-17 | Frag eXecutors |
| 2011-10-17 — 2011-12-06 | AGAiN |
| 2011-12-06 — 2012-09-29 | ESC Gaming |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| 2012-09-29 — 2013-10-08 | ESC Gaming |
| 2013-10-08 — 2013-12-18 | Universal Soldiers |
| 2013-12-18 — 2014-01-25 | AGAiN |
| 2014-01-25 — 2018-12-13 | Virtus.pro |
| 2018-12-13 — 2019-02-01 | Virtus.pro(Inactive) |
| 2019-05-13 — 2019-09-11 | FaZe Clan(Trial) |
| 2020-01-03 — 2020-01-14 | ARCY |
| 2020-04-07 — 2023-03-31 | HONORIS(Organization) |
| 2020-05-18 — 2022-08-10 | HONORIS |
| 2022-08-10 — 2023-03-31 | HONORIS(Substitute) |
| 2023-07-27 — 2023-11-19 | FaZe(Interim Coach) |
Counter-Strike 2
| 2023-11-19 — Present | FaZe Clan(Coach) |
Filip "NEO" Kubski (born June 15, 1987) is a Polish professional Counter-Strike 2 coach and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach and player as well as Counter-Strike player. 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.
Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017-02-19 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 |  | 2 : 1 |   | $200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-29 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 | | 1 : 2 |  | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-15 | 3rd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | World Electronic Sports Games 2016 | | 2 : 0 |   | $200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-07-30 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | ELEAGUE Season 1 | | 2 : 0 |  | $400,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-09-12 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational | | 3 : 2 |   | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-04-19 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESEA Season 18: Global Invite Division | | 2 : 1 |  | $70,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-03-16 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 | | 2 : 0 |  | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-03-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | Intel Extreme Masters VI |  | 2 : 0 |  | $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-03-18 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | Intel Extreme Masters I |  | 2 : 0 |  | $53,227 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-10-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | World Cyber Games 2006 | | 2 : 1 |   | $60,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-14 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | | 1 : 3 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025-04-13 | 3rd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | PGL Bucharest 2025 |  | 2 : 0 |  | $75,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-12-15 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 |  | 1 : 2 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-04-14 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024 |   | 2 : 0 |  | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-03-31 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 | | 1 : 2 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-02-11 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | | | Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 | | 0 : 3 | | $180,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-12-17 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 | | 0 : 2 | | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-11-26 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 | | 0 : 2 | | $85,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-11-12 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |   | CS Asia Championships 2023 | | 2 : 0 | | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-10-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 | | 2 : 1 |   | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
[edit]Personal
[edit]- Became the majority owner of Counter-Strike.PL on April 1st, 2011. [1]
- Collaborated with ZOWIE on the FK line of gaming mice. It was named after his initials and released in February 2013.
- His nickname originates from The Matrix film. [2]
Awards
[edit]- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2002 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [3]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2004 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [4]
- Was voted Polish Player of the Year 2007 by Counter-Strike.PL users. [5]
- Was voted Player of the Decade (2000's) by HLTV users. [6]
- Was ranked the 7th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [7]
- Was ranked the best player of 2011 by HLTV. [8]
- Was ranked the 17th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [9]
MVPs
[edit]Was named the HLTV MVP of 6 tournaments:
Records
[edit]- 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 formed the longest partnership across all versions of Counter-Strike which spans 6138 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, starting when NEO stepped in for ARCY on December 7th, 2019 until ARCY officially disbanded on January 14th, 2020. The duo then extended their partnership further when they reunited in HONORIS on May 18th, 2020. Their last period of collaboration ended when HONORIS ceased operations and TaZ retired as a player on March 31st, 2023.
- He is the first Pole to make it to HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year Ranking.
Highlights
[edit]HLTV
[edit]- 2014-11-01 | Neo vs. Virtual Impact by proutounz of HLTV at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014
- 2014-11-02 | Neo vs. LDLC by MAKKU of HLTV at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014
- 2014-11-17 | Neo vs. NiP by brcho of HLTV at Caseking King of Kings
- 2014-12-08 | Neo vs. fnatic by MAKKU of HLTV at ESEA Season 17: Global Invite Division
- 2015-07-04 | Neo vs. fnatic by brcho of HLTV at ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - Finals
- 2015-07-27 | NEO vs. Natus Vincere by brcho of HLTV at CEVO Season 7: Professional
- 2015-09-10 | NEO vs. EnVyUs by brcho of HLTV at ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational
- 2015-11-01 | NEO vs. G2 by aThId of HLTV at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
- 2016-03-19 | NEO vs. Natus Vincere by proutounz of HLTV at GAMEKIT Counter Pit League Season 2 - Finals
- 2016-07-23 | NEO vs. NiP by proutounz of HLTV at ELEAGUE Season 1
- 2016-09-18 | NEO vs. dignitas [1vs5] by MAKKU of HLTV at DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016
- 2016-09-20 | NEO vs. dignitas by Tobin of HLTV at DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016
- 2016-09-30 | Filip "NEO" Kubski - MVP of DreamHack Bucharest 2016 by MAKKU of HLTV at DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016
- 2017-04-06 | NEO vs. NiP by proutounz of HLTV at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3
Other
[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
- 2014-11-27 | 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
- 2015-11-21 |
Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem! [Filip 'NEO' Kubski: I'm not completely crazy yet!] by Wojciech Podgórski of Polsat Sport
- 2016-04-13 | NEO: "A much different approach vs. TS" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
- 2016-09-18 | NEO: "Train pick felt like Christmas" by Professeur of HLTV at DreamHack Open Bucharest 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
- 2017-06-09 | NEO: "... trenujemy, żeby wrócić do formy..." [NEO: "... we train to get back in shape..."] by Patryk Procyk of esportnow.pl
- 2017-07-18 | NEO: "Bootcamp after Cologne was probably the most serious we've ever had" by Striker of HLTV at PGL Major Kraków 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
- 2018-02-18 | NEO: "The change brought a lot of freshness and a boost of motivation" by Professeur of HLTV at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4
2018-11-22 | Legenda światowego "Counter-Strike'a". Wywiad z Filipem "Neo" Kubskim [The legend of "Counter-Strike" world. Interview with Filip "Neo" Kubski] by Sebastian Nanasik of wp.pl- 2018-12-05 | Polak, który zabił miliony (wirtualnych) terrorystów i antyterrorystów - Filip „Neo” Kubski [The Pole who killed millions of (virtual) terrorists and anti-terrorists - Filip "Neo" Kubski] by Krzysztof Nowak of CKM.pl
2020-05-20 | NEO: Nie myślałem o końcu kariery. Czekałem na moment, by wrócić do gry [NEO: I didn't think about ending my career. I waited for a moment to get back to the game] by Maciej Petryszyn of Cybersport.pl- 2020-05-24 | NEO: Myślę, że przyjdzie moment gdy powróci stare Virtus.Pro [NEO: I think there will come a time when the old Virtus.Pro returns] by Tomek Chomczyk of Esportmania
- 2021-10-08 | “Jesteśmy w stanie wygrać cały event” – zawodnik Honoris, Filip “NEO” Kubski ["We are able to win the entire event" - player of Honoris, Filip "NEO" Kubski] by Eliasz Sakowicz of polskiesport.pl
- 2021-10-11 | Legenda CS:GO: Nie dostawaliśmy wypłat, nagród za turnieje. Przeszliśmy już wszystko [CS:GO legend: We were not getting payouts, tournament prizes. We've already been through everything] by Aleksander Kurcoń of sport.pl
- 2022-02-23 | NEO: “Na chwilę obecną wyniki HONORIS są odbiegające od satysfakcjonujących” [NEO: "At the moment, HONORIS results are far from satisfactory"] by Piotr Ossowski of IzakTV.pl
- 2023-07-30 | NEO: "I'm very happy to be here, I discovered how much I missed it all" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Cologne 2023
- 2023-09-12 | NEO: Obecnie można mówić o mnie, jak o byłym zawodniku. Ale nigdy nie wiadomo, jak się sprawy potoczą [NEO: Nowadays you can talk about me as a former player. But you never know how things will turn out] by Maciej Petryszyn of Cybersport.pl
Gallery
[edit]
NEO coaching FaZe Clan at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024
NEO coaching FaZe Clan at IEM Katowice 2024
NEO at IEM Sydney 2023 with FaZe Clan
NEO at ESL Mistrzostwa Polski: Autumn 2021 with HONORIS
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]- ↑ JoleKK (2011-04-01). "Neo nowym właścicielem CS.PL" [Neo new owner of CS.PL] (in Polish). Counter-Strike.PL.
- ↑ Marcin Kostaszuk (2012-03-04). "Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych" [Filip Kubski from Poznań: Małysz of computer games] (in Polish). Głos Wielkopolski.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-03-15). "Neo MVP of IEM5 World C'ship". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-05-12). "Neo MVP of Xperia PLAY 2011". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-09-13). "Neo MVP of e-Stars Seoul 2011". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-12-26). "WCG 2011: Top players". HLTV.
- ↑ "CEVO Professional Season 7 Finals".
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2016-09-21). "DH Bucharest 2016: Top players". HLTV.
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