NEO | |
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Current team | |
Team | FaZe Clan |
Role | Coach |
Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
Personal information | |
Name | Filip Kubski |
Nickname(s) | nijo |
Born | June 15, 1987 |
Nationality | Polish |
Career information | |
Games | |
Playing career | 2000–2023 |
Coaching career | 2023–present |
Team history | |
2004–2007 | Pentagram G-Shock |
2007–2009 | MeetYourMakers |
2009 | Wicked eSports |
2009 | Vitriolic |
2009–2010 | AGAiN |
2010–2011 | Frag eXecutors |
2011 | AGAiN |
2011–2013 | ESC Gaming |
2013 | Universal Soldiers |
2013–2014 | AGAiN |
2014–2019 | Virtus.pro |
2019 | FaZe Clan (Trial) |
2020 | ARCY |
2020–2023 | Honoris |
As coach: | |
2023–present | FaZe Clan |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Filip Borys Kubski (born June 15, 1987), [1] better known as NEO, is a Polish professional Counter-Strike 2 coach and former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike player. [2] NEO is considered to be one of the best players in Counter-Strike history. [3] He was also one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players. [4] Most recently he was the coach for FaZe Clan. [5] [6] He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004. [7]
NEO is considered to be a mechanically gifted player, with an intelligent mind for the game. Kubski is also considered to be very good at Counter-Strike 1.6's in-game movement, [8] [9] which makes him difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV users voted Kubski the greatest Counter-Strike player of the decade. [10] He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 2011. [11] [12] [13]
NEO first started playing Counter-Strike at the age of 12. NEO wandered around some Polish teams before joining Pentagram G-Shock, along with what has been called the "Golden Five" lineup of Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Łukasz "LUq" Wnęk, Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski, and Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński. With this lineup, they won 4 majors, World Cyber Games 2006, ESWC 2007, ESWC 2008, and WCG 2009. Even though there were no Valve organised tournaments in 1.6, generally, ESWC, CPL, WCG, and IEM are considered to be a CS 1.6 major. [14] LUq was eventually replaced by Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski in 2010. The previous Golden Five lineup is considered one of the best of all time in 1.6, and NEO was by far their best player. [15] Following this change, the lineup would hit a slump. The team ended up winning the last 2 majors in CS 1.6 with ESC Gaming. NEO would be called by many the greatest CS 1.6 player ever. [16] [17] He was also given the #1 spot on the HLTV top 20 ranking in 2011. [11]
NEO continued playing with ESC Gaming, in Global Offensive. He found little success at first, winning only 2 StarLadder events. Loord and kuben were replaced by Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski and Paweł "byali" Bieliński. Loord reacted negatively to this, but said NEO was the only one he didn't hold a grudge against. [18] It wasn't until EMS One Katowice 2014 that NEO won a big tournament, this time with Virtus.pro. [19] At the end of 2015, NEO was awarded the #17 spot on HLTV's top 20 of 2015. [20] Despite this, NEO was no longer by far the best player on his team. His individual skill had dropped off significantly from his performance in 1.6. In May 2016, Virtus.pro won the first season of ELEAGUE, one of the biggest prize pools at the time. [21] In early 2017, Virtus.pro came second to Astralis at ELEAGUE Major 2017. They followed this with a win at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017. [22] Despite these results, VP eventually hit a massive slump. They had a few decent results after this, including a semifinals finish at PGL Major Kraków, and a second place appearance at EPICENTER 2017. [23]
At the ELEAGUE Major 2018, Virtus.pro went out in last place, losing 3 games and winning none. [24] Following this, Virtus.pro ended the longest standing roster in CS:GO history by replacing Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas with Michał "MICHU" Müller. Him and NEO had been playing together for 12 years by this point. [25] Despite this, Virtus.pro would continue their slump, and NEO was replaced in February. [26] His individual form continued to drop off since 2017, but he was signed by FaZe Clan, replacing Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev. FaZe needed an In-Game Leader, and NEO had previously been one of the IGLs for Virtus.pro. [27] With FaZe, NEO came second at BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles, but at the major, he would once again exit in the group stage. [28] His trial with FaZe Clan eventually came to an end, and his contract was not renewed. [6] Before IEM Cologne 2023 FaZe's long time coach, "Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström" surprisingly decided to quit coaching. FaZe then registered NEO as their full time coach. [29]
Bold denotes a CS:GO Major
Placement | Tournament | Location | Date |
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Counter-Strike | |||
With Pentagram G-Shock | |||
![]() | World Cyber Games 2006 | Monza, Italy | 2006-10-18 – 2006-10-22 |
![]() | CPL Winter 2006 | Dallas, United States | 2006-12-16 – 2006-12-20 |
![]() | IEM I | Hannover, Germany | 2007-03-15 – 2007-03-21 |
![]() | ESWC 2007 | Paris, France | 2007-07-03 – 2007-07-08 |
With MeetYourMakers | |||
![]() | Dreamhack Summer 2008 | Jönköping, Sweden | 2008-06-15 – 2008-06-17 |
![]() | ESWC 2008 | San Jose, California, United States | 2008-08-24 – 2008-08-27 |
![]() | IEM III | Hannover, Germany | 2009-03-06 – 2009-03-08 |
With AGAiN (2009) | |||
![]() | World Cyber Games 2009 | Chengdu, China | 2009-11-11 – 2009-11-15 |
With Frag eXecutors | |||
4th | ESWC 2010 | Paris, France | 2010-06-30 – 2010-07-04 |
![]() | World eSports Games: e-Stars 2010 | Seoul, South Korea | 2010-08-13 – 2010-08-15 |
![]() | IEM V | Hannover, Germany | 2011-03-01 – 2011-03-05 |
![]() | World eSports Games: e-Stars 2011 | Seoul, South Korea | 2011-08-18 – 2011-08-20 |
![]() | Samsung European Championship 2011 | Warsaw, Poland | 2011-10-07 – 2011-10-09 |
With AGAiN (2011) | |||
4th | ESWC 2011- CS 1.6 | Paris, France | 2011-10-20 – 2011-10-25 |
With ESC Gaming | |||
![]() | World Cyber Games 2011 | Busan, South Korea | 2011-12-08 – 2011-12-11 |
![]() | IEM VI | Hannover, Germany | 2012-03-06 – 2012-03-10 |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensivve | |||
With ESC Gaming | |||
![]() | StarLadder StarSeries IV | Kiev, Ukraine | 2012-12-20 – 2012-12-23 |
With AGAiN (2013) | |||
![]() | StarLadder StarSeries VIII | Kiev, Ukraine | 2013-12-20 – 2012-12-23 |
With Virtus.pro | |||
![]() | EMS One Katowice 2014 | Katowice, Poland | 2014-03-13 – 2014-03-16 |
![]() | Copenhagen Games 2014 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2014-04-16 – 2014-04-20 |
![]() | FACEIT Spring League 2014 | N/A | 2014-04-30 – 2014-06-01 |
![]() | Gfinity G3 | London, United Kingdom | 2014-08-02 – 2014-08-03 |
![]() | Dreamhack Winter 2014 | Jönköping, Sweden | 2014-11-27 – 2014-11-29 |
![]() | ESL One Katowice 2015 | Katowice, Poland | 2015-03-12 – 2015-03-15 |
![]() | Copenhagen Games 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2015-04-01 – 2015-04-05 |
![]() | ESEA Season 18 Finals | Dallas, United States | 2015-04-17 – 2015-04-19 |
![]() | Gfinity Spring Masters 2 | London, United Kingdom | 2015-05-15 – 2015-05-17 |
![]() | CEVO Season 7 Finals | Columbus, United States | 2015-04-24 – 2015-07-26 |
![]() | ESL One Cologne 2015 | Cologne, Germany | 2015-08-20 – 2015-08-23 |
![]() | ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2015-09-10 – 2015-09-12 |
![]() | PGL CS:GO Championship Series Season 1: Finals | Bucharest, Romania | 2015-10-02 – 2015-10-04 |
![]() | CEVO Season 8 Finals | Columbus, United States | 2015-08-16 – 2015-11-08 |
![]() | StarLadder i-League Invitational #1 | Kiev, Ukraine | 2016-05-19 – 2016-05-22 |
![]() | ESL One Cologne 2016 | Cologne, Germany | 2016-07-05 – 2016-07-10 |
![]() | ELEAGUE Season 1 | Atlanta, United States | 2016-05-24 – 2016-07-30 |
![]() | DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016 | Bucharest, Romania | 2016-09-16 – 2016-09-18 |
![]() | ESL One: New York 2016 | New York, United States | 2016-09-30 – 2016-10-02 |
![]() | EPICENTER 2016 | Moscow, Russia | 2016-10-17 – 2016-10-23 |
![]() | ELEAGUE Major 2017 | Atlanta, United States | 2017-01-22 – 2017-01-29 |
![]() | DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 | Las Vegas, United States | 2017-02-15 – 2017-02-19 |
![]() | Adrenaline Cyber League 2017 | Moscow, Russia | 2017-06-18 |
![]() | PGL Major Kraków 2017 | Kraków, Poland | 2017-07-16 – 2017-07-23 |
![]() | EPICENTER 2017 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2017-10-24 – 2017-10-29 |
![]() | StarLadder i-League Invitational #2 | Shanghai, China | 2017-11-02 – 2017-11-05 |
![]() | V4 Future Sports Festival - Budapest 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | 2018-03-23 – 2018-03-25 |
![]() | CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 | Shanghai, China | 2018-06-14 – 2018-06-18 |
With FaZe Clan | |||
![]() | BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019 | Los Angeles, United States | 2019-07-13 – 2019-07-14 |
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