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starix

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[e][h]starix
Player Information
Name:
Сергій Іщук
Romanized Name:
Serhij Ishchuk
Nationality:
Born:
December 14, 1987 (age 36)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2001 – 2015
2017 – 2020
Years Active (Org):
2015 – 2017
Years Active (Coach):
2015 – 2017
2020 – Present
Role:
Alternate IDs:
IschukS
Approx. Total Winnings:
$126,655
Links
History
Counter-Strike
2004-10-20 – 2004-12-23
2007-02-06 – 2009-01-01
2009-05-16 – 2009-12-11
2009-12-17 – 2010-02-14
2010-02-14 – 2012-11-04

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-11-04 – 2015-03-17
2015-03-17 – 2017-03-10
Natus Vincere (Coach)
2015-03-17 – 2017-03-10
Natus Vincere (Manager)
2017-05-10 – 2017-10-04
2017-10-04 – 2018-02-05
Team Spirit (Inactive)
2018-05-03 – 2018-08-19
2018-10-17 – 2019-01-05
2019-01-05 – 2019-03-19
2019-03-?? – 2019-09-28
2019-09-28 – 2020-01-30
2020-01-30 – 2020-06-20
2020-06-20 – 2020-08-19
1win (Inactive)
2020-09-07 – 2021-04-17
Hard Legion (Coach)
2021-04-17 – 2022-05-26
AVE (Coach)
2022-08-31 – 2023-05-02
Aurora Gaming (Coach)


Serhij "starix" Ishchuk (born December 14, 1987) is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike player. He was formerly a player and later the coach of Natus Vincere, in-game leading the team as the coach before the coaching restrictions of September 2016.

In September 2020, starix received a 10-month ban from all ESIC member events starting September 28, 2020 for exploiting a coach spectating bug during his time at Natus Vincere. [1] Additionally, starix received a two Major ban in January 2021 from Valve due to exploiting the coaching bug. [2]

Career[edit]

Starting his career in 2004, he established himself as a top player in Ukraine with the teams 5 stars, TreezZ, eXplosive, KerchNET and Amazing Gaming - placing third at World Cyber Games 2007 with the latter. He joined Natus Vincere in 2010, and was also rated as the 4th best player of the year by HLTV. [3]

Gear and Settings[edit]

Mouse Settings [4][5] (list of)
Advanced
MouseeDPIDPIPolling RateSensitivityZoomRaw Input
ZOWIE
FK2
1160400500 Hz2.90.92On
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago)
Mouse Settings [4][5] (list of) (calculate)
Simple
MouseCurvatureCircumferenceMouse SetupSensitivityZoomRaw.
ZOWIE
FK2
1531 MPI
1.005 deg/mm
14.1 in/rev
35.8 cm/rev
400 DPI
@ 500 Hz
2.90.92On
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago)
Hardware[5] (list of)
Mouse Mousepad
ZOWIE FK2 SteelSeries QcK Heavy
Monitor Refresh rate In-game resolution Scaling
ZOWIE XL2540 240 Hz 1280×960 Black Bars
Keyboard Headset
HyperX Alloy FPS HyperX Cloud II
Last updated on 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago).

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Crosshair Settings [4] (list of)
StyleSizeThicknessSniperGapOutlineDotColorAlpha
44110NoNo (0)Green (1)255
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago)
Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste.
SharecodeCSGO-ApAzq-nTP2Z-APhsP-ys84X-XQaYO
Commandscl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap 0; cl_crosshairsize 4; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;

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Highlights[edit]

Interviews[edit]

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