Osipov Ilya Vyacheslavovich

Osipov Ilya Vyacheslavovich

Biography

2022: Became the champion and best player of the CS: GO tournament with a prize fund of $1 million

On December 18, 2022, the Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournament ended in Abu Dhabi, in which the German basketball team G2 Esports won. At the same time, the most valuable player (MVP) of the competition was 17-year-old Russian Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, who plays for G2 Esports. In the decisive series, the player made 39 murders with 28 deaths. For Ilya, this is the first such award.

G2 Esports beat Team Liquid 2-0 in the final. The match was played on Inferno and Mirage cards, G2 winning them 16-7 and 16-12 respectively. The winners received a prize of $500 thousand. Team Liquid, which was in second place, took home $250,000. The prize fund of the competition amounted to $1 million.

Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov

On December 17, 2022, the team that took third place in the tournament was determined. She became the FaZe Clan, which also "dry" lost to the five Rasmus HooXi Nielsen and received $120 thousand from the prize fund.

Eight teams took part in the competition, including the Russian Outsiders - she took 7th-8th place and earned $25 thousand.

Before the final stage, Ilya Osipov told reporters that Team Liquid is a special opponent.

Шаблон:Quote 'The last time we lost to them, it seems to have been in the group stage. The players there shoot well, play well. They got to the grand final, we'll see. We will prepare for the game with them, "he said. "m0NESY" said that he was kicked out of the bar during the celebration of victory in the tournament.

{{quote 'Yesterday they celebrated [the victory] with the team in the bar, (obviously I didn't drink), and the guards kicked me out of the bar, said that I was a minor, kringe, - wrote Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov on the Telegram channel. }}

Fans demanded to remove G2 from the tournament, as in one of the episodes a fan with a Russian flag was photographed with the team, which caused a storm of negative emotions about the fans of the game.^[1]

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