Why Winning Wasn't Enough for s1mple

s1mple was the best Counter-Strike player in the world. But for years, one trophy was still missing. This is the story behind his Major journey: the legendary Cologne 2016 highlight, the losses that followed, the cancelled 2020 Major, and the NAVI team that finally won Stockholm 2021 without dropping a map. 00:00 The trophy missing from the picture 00:44 The clip everybody remembers 01:33 A highlight does not win the final 02:28 World number one — with something missing 03:19 Five players, not one superhero 04:13 The year without a Major 04:56 The NAVI lineup 05:56 One map away 07:04 What finally changed 07:58 What “never enough” really meant Match footage and historical sources: ESEA / ESL —    • ESL One Cologne 2016: Liquid s1mple 1 vs 2...   HLTV —    • ESL One Cologne 2016: s1mple vs. fnatic [1v2]   ESL Archives —    • CS:GO - SK vs. Liquid [Cbble] Map 2 - ESL ...   FACEIT —    • NaVi vs Astralis - Nuke (FACEIT Major: Lon...   PGL Ancient —    • [4K] G2 vs Natus Vincere - Map 1 Ancient -...   PGL Nuke —    • [4K] G2 vs Natus Vincere - Map 2 Nuke - PG...   HLTV 2018 ranking — https://www.hltv.org/news/25880/top-20-pla... Valve 2020 Major update — https://blog.counter-strike.net/ko/2020/09... HLTV Stockholm report — https://www.hltv.org/news/32761/navi-win-p... #CounterStrike #CS2 #s1mple