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Natus vincere4/16/2023 The emergence of flamie, along with arguably the biggest acquisition in CS:GO history, ushered in the new age for Natus Vincere. The young Russian star would answer the call to help NaVi take first place at the event for their first major win in nearly a year. A month later, he was given a permanent roster spot two days before the start of the ESL Pro League Winter 2014-2015. In response, NaVi picked up an 18-year-old stand-in by the name of Egor “flamie” Vasilyev. In early 2015, team leader starix retired from playing for the team and instead assumed the role of coach/manager. However, after winning StarLadder StarSeries IX, they encountered another year-long slump. The roster moves proved to be beneficial, as NaVi won its first CS:GO major in May 2014. The team replaced their lost talent by signing their first international players, Denis “seized” Kostin (Russia) and Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovacs (Slovakia). ![]() Original members markleoff and ceh9 departed the team, and Edward briefly left before returning later in the year. ![]() In 2013, NaVi experienced roster shakeup for the first time. They failed to win a tournament during the first year of the game’s release. The team began to struggle some when they switched from the original Counter-Strike to CS: GO. They nearly captured a three-peat in 2012, finishing second to ESC Gaming. In 2011 they won Intel Extreme Masters V again for back-to-back years. The original core players would stay together for several more years. The original team fielded a roster of players all from Ukraine: In doing so, NaVi became the first and only team to win three Counter-Strike majors in a calendar year. NaVi proved they were no fluke in October when they were victorious at World Cyber Games 2010. Then in July, they took first place at Electronic Sports World Cup 2010. In March 2010, after just four months of existence, they won Intel Extreme Masters IV in a shocking upset over Fnatic. The team name is derived from Latin, meaning “born to win.” It would not take long for NaVi to live up to that title as they found success early on. Natus Vincere was founded in late 2009 by Aleksandr “ZeroGravity” Kokhanovskyi. They capped off their incredible year in early November by winning the PGL Major Stockholm, the first CS:GO Major Championship in over two years. In fact, NaVi is as close as there is to a superteam in CS:GO right now. Oleksander “s1mple” Kolysiev, who leads the team, is arguably the world’s best player. ![]() The squad has lifted numerous trophies in 2021, earning them more than $3 million in prize money. The Ukrainian esports organization has enjoyed unparalleled success over the past year and sits firmly atop the global CS:GO mountain. But in Natus Vincere's current set-up, where the team has a greater freedom and space to improvise, flamie can’t reach his full potential.There is no debate today that the world’s premier team in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is Natus Vincere or NaVi for short. It's easy to see that flamie would perform much better and be more stable playing with a micro-management ingame leader such as Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen. In the defense flamie plays as Anchor, and often it feels that Natus Vincere have a weak defense on the spot, where the flamie is.īasically, Vasilyev is not flexible enough and he often needs straight in-game guidance. The main issue behind Na`Vi’s unstable plays is Egor “flamie” Vasilyev. The same happened in the match versus Gambit – Natus Vincere failed to secure a couple of key rounds which led to the terrible loss on Overpass. Despite the decent individual performance, Na`Vi lost several important rounds. The CIS team started its way in Katowice with wins over Virtus.pro and FURIA, but when Na`Vi met Liquid – they seemed to be not focused enough. In fact, what we have seen at Katowice differs from Na`Vi’s performance in the BLAST Global Final 2020 and Spring Groups 2021 so much. But in their current state, it’s as far as they could go.
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