Player Spotlight: Aikas
Player Spotlight is a new article series that gives you the opportunity to get to know the players that are playing in BESL Pro competitions a little bit better. From historic achievements to favorite players. From their Baltic state dream team to what music and food they like. Player Spotlight has it all!
This week’s Player Spotlight goes to a player from 1337HUANIA:
Aikas
(Twitter)
General
Name, Surname: Edvinas Zemaitis
Age: 27 years old
Date of Birth: 29th of August, 1992
Nationality: Lithuanian
First nickname: Aikas
How did you come up with your current nickname: I was like 8 years old and was about to play Quake 2 at that time. That was the first time I had to enter my nickname and that is the first random word that came into my mind.
Career
CS:GO hours recorded: ~7000 hours
Playing CS franchise games for: Hard to tell since I started playing CS with version 1.5 as a kid but did a lot of pauses since I liked to play other games as well. Skipped CS source tho. So maybe something like 10 years.
Playing in BESL Pro for: 3 seasons
BESL Pro LAN finals reached: 2 times
BESL Pro winner: 1 time
Biggest achievements in CS:GO: Winning BESL Pro & Baltic Masters; being a player in ESEA MDL, FPL-C & Rank G.
Peripherals & In-game Settings
Mouse: Zowie EC2-A
Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK+ Gaming Mouse Pad
Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RAPIDFIRE
Headset: HyperX Cloud II
Resolution: 1280x960 (stretched)
Crosshair: style “4”, size “3”, color “1”, thickness “0”, gap “-3”
Sensitivity: 2.4
DPI: 400
CS:GO
TOP5 best CS:GO Players in the world:
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ZywOo
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s1mple
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KRIMZ
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EliGE
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Magisk
TOP5 best CS:GO Players from Baltic states:
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ropz
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EspiranTo
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broky
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Bymas
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Kalinka (6th/7th split between YEKINDAR & pounh)
Baltic state all-star team: ropz, EspiranTo, broky, Bymas, YEKINDAR
Favorite map: cache
Least-favorite map: mirage/overpass
Most underrated player: Brehze, he’s nuts!
Most overrated player: tarik
The best AWP player in the world: woxic
The best AWP player in Baltic states: broky
The best teammate ever played with: Carcass/Butters
Worst teammate ever played with: There are a few, but I won’t mention them :D
The best LAN event you’ve attended: GameOn and BESL Pro probably
Worst LAN event you’ve attended: Some random Lithuanian LAN
AK or SG: SG
M4 or AUG: M4
Favorite position to hold: cache A site
Hardest bombsite to retake: dust2 B site
Worst gun in CS:GO: Revolver
Win a game with bad stats or lose a game with good stats: Win a game with bad stats
One thing you would change about CS:GO: Make a proper demo viewer
Does age affect performance in CS:GO: Yes
Should VAC-banned players get a second chance: No
Best song to listen to while playing DM/Botz: Night Lovell - Still Cold
Best song to hype yourself up before an official game: We used to play "Party Maker" with whole team to freshen atmosphere before official matches :D
Miscellaneous
TOP3 favorite foods:
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Lazania
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Spaghetti
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Steak
Does pineapple belong on pizza? No
TOP3 favorite snacks:
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Pringles
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Doritos
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Oreos
Popcorn - sweet or salty? Salty
TOP3 favorite beverages:
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Fanta
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Wine
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Tea
Is Pepsi okay? Yes
TOP3 favorite music bands/artists:
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J. Cole
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AC/DC
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Linkin Park
Band/artist that you would want to see perform LIVE: Linkin Park
TOP3 favorite songs:
Music genre that you would never listen to: Dubstep
TOP3 favorite movies/TV shows:
Movie/TV show character that you would want to hang out with: Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
TOP3 favorite streamers:
Favorite game to watch on streams: CS:GO/Dota2 (and some new games that come out)
TOP3 things to do outside of playing CS:GO:
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Sports
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Play Dota2
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Watch streams
The first video game you ever played: can't tell it was on SEGA some random ones :D
What games do you play outside of CS:GO: Dota2, Escape from Tarkov & tons of other new online games
BESL Pro Season 5 is a seven-week competition between the sixteen best Baltic state CS:GO teams for their share of the €9,000 prize pool and the right to call themselves the best in Baltic states.
The four best teams from the online part of the competition are going to meet each other in the LAN finals happening on the 15th of February at Kipsala exhibition center in Riga, Latvia at the HyperTown Riga 2020 urban & esports festival. Visit hypertown.pro for more info about the festival and tickets.
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Article by: Bruno ‘Gekons’ Gailītis
