S1mple's debut in CS2 was watched by 273k viewers on peak
2024-03-07 09:05:00Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev played his first official CS2 match. Team Falcons faced Metizport in the first round of BLAST Spring Showdown 2024. The game gathered 273k viewers on peak, according to Esports Charts.
This is comparable to what solid tier-2 tournaments like DreamHack typically attract during finals. This is the fourth-best match by this metric in the history of the Showdown series, with the biggest happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Falcons lost the map to Metizport. S1mple had a lackluster performance by his standards, finishing with a KD of 38-49 and 71 ADR. He also played one of the worst maps in his career, although it was Vertigo, which he barely played in CS:GO. You can find more details below.
S1mple went on break in October 2023 before the first CS2 tournament took place in Sydney. On February 19, Falcons revealed they would acquire the superstar on loan for one month.
