starix
2017 – 2020
2020 – Present
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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)
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Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
ZOWIE FK2 | 1160 | 400 | 500 Hz | 2.9 | 0.92 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago) |
Mouse Settings [4][5] (list of) (calculate)
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Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
ZOWIE FK2 | 1531 MPI 1.005 deg/mm | 14.1 in/rev 35.8 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 500 Hz | 2.9 | 0.92 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago) |
Hardware[5] (list of) |
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Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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ZOWIE FK2 | SteelSeries QcK Heavy |
Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1280×960 | Black Bars |
Keyboard | Headset | ||
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HyperX Alloy FPS | HyperX Cloud II |
Last updated on 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago). |
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Crosshair Settings [4] (list of) | |||||||||||
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Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | No (0 ) | Green (1 ) | 255 | |||
Updated as of 2018-11-19 (1941 days ago) |
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Sharecode | CSGO-ApAzq-nTP2Z-APhsP-ys84X-XQaYO |
Commands | cl_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; |
Achievements[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Was ranked the 4th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [6]
- Was ranked the 20th best player of 2011 by HLTV. [7]
- He was the first player to get back-to-back aces in a professional Global Offensive match. He accomplished this feat against SK Gaming during ESEA Season 15 Invite league.
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
Gallery[edit]
starix at WESG 2018 Ukraine with Team1
starix at CIS Minor Championship - Kraków 2017 with Team Spirit
starix at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 with Natus Vincere
starix standing in for Natus Vincere at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
starix at EMS One Fall 2013 with Natus Vincere
References[edit]
- ↑ "Esports Integrity Commission Findings from investigation into CS:GO Spectator Bug Exploitation". ESIC. 2020-09-28.
- ↑ ESIC (2021-01-27). "Today, Valve (@CSGO) ratified ESICs sanctions against coaches who exploited the Spectator Bug".
- ↑ https://www.hltv.org/news/5974/top-20-players-of-2010-starix-4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 starix (2018-11-19). "My config" (in ).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 I asked him on his vk page
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2011-01-17). "Top 20 players of 2010: starix (4)". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2011-12-31). "Top 20 players of 2011: starix (20)". HLTV.