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 the captain of team coluant:

Emis2

(Twitter, Instagram)

General

Name, Surname: Emīls Cinītis

Age: 20

Date of Birth: 24th of March, 1999

Nationality: Latvian

The first nickname that you had: Emis2 is the only nickname I've had whilst playing CS.

How did you come up with your current nickname: Came up with it ~14 years ago when signing up for an email, just used my name and added a 2 in the end.

Career

CS:GO hours recorded: ~7300

Playing CS franchise games for: ~5 years

Playing in BESL Pro: 4 seasons

BESL Pro LAN finals reached: 0 times

BESL Pro winner: 0 times

Biggest achievements in CS:GO: 2nd place at ESEA Intermediate Season 28 and 2nd place at TTU 2018.

Peripherals & In-game Settings

Mouse: Logitech G502

Mousepad: Steelseries QCK+

Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2

Headset: HyperX Cloud II

Resolution: 1024x768 (stretched)

Crosshair: Regular - style 4, gap -1, size 3, green, outline 1; for pistols / tapping - style 4, gap -4, size 1, red, outline 0

Sensitivity: 1.25

DPI: 1000

CS:GO

TOP5 best CS:GO Players in the world:

1. ZywOo

2. s1mple

3. device

4. Brehze

5. Twistzz

TOP5 best CS:GO Players from Baltic states:

1. broky

2. shokz

3. ropz

4. YEKINDAR

5. Flarich

Baltic state all-star team: If we fully disregard the language barrier, then my top 5 is the answer (broky, shokz, ropz, YEKINDAR, Flarich).

Favorite map: Mirage.

Least-favorite map: Vertigo.

Most underrated player: Couldn't think of one, everyone is being overhyped all the time.

Most overrated player: coldzera; I want to see how he performs when he has no space generated for him.

Best AWP player in the world: s1mple.

Best AWP player in Baltic states: broky.

The best teammate ever played with: Raw skill-wise probably superhck, he’s the best aimer in Latvia when having a good day. As for the overall best teammate to play within a team then I would say kykaho as he gives a lot of confidence and positive energy to the team.

Worst teammate ever played with: Kinda hard not to give it to keen after stealing the ESEA slot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Best LAN event you’ve attended: Most likely TTU 2019. I just loved TTU events, they were fun!

Worst LAN event you’ve attended: Without a doubt TTG 2017. Delays on delays and admins were clearly not qualified to properly deal with the issues.

AK or SG: AK.

M4 or AUG: AUG.

Favorite position to hold: Inferno B site.

Hardest bombsite to retake: Mirage B site or train B site.

Worst gun in CS:GO: M249 / SG (it's the worst because it's just too strong right now).

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: Increase first shot accuracy for AK so the sweet 1taps can come in.

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: Playboi Carti - YUNGXANHOE

Best song to hype yourself up before an official game: Brennan Savage - Look At Me Now (especially on a good sound system with lots of bass).

Miscellaneous

TOP3 favorite foods:

1. Kebab

2. Shashlik

3. McDonalds Nuggets (not Hesburger, they’re bad)

Does pineapple belong on pizza? Yes.

TOP3 favorite snacks:

1. Chips

2. Chocolate (bars or candy, I don’t care)

3. Garlic bread

Popcorn - sweet or salty? Salty.

TOP3 favorite beverages:

1. Tea

2. Coffee

3. Energy drinks (or beer if I’m not driving)

Is Pepsi okay? No.

TOP3 favorite music bands/artists:

1. Lil Peep

2. Brennan Savage

3. ScHoolboyQ

Band/artist that you would want to see perform LIVE: Lil Peep, but that’s impossible, so I'd want to see Bones again.

TOP3 favorite songs:

1. Brennan Savage - Look At Me Now

2. Night Lovell - Jamie's Sin

3. Lil Peep - Broken Smile

Music genre that you would never listen to: Country and classical music

TOP3 favorite movies/TV shows:

1. Hangover

2. Fight Club

3. Good Boys

Movie/TV show character that you would want to hang out with: B Rabbit from 8 mile, so I can meet Eminem, right? 

TOP3 favorite streamers: Don’t watch any streams honestly.

Favorite game to watch on streams: CS:GO (if I ever do watch streams).

TOP3 things to do outside of playing CS:GO:

1. Spend time with my girlfriend

2. Cruise around in my car at night

3. Play League of Legends

The first video game you ever played: Oldschool RuneScape 

What games do you play outside of CS:GO: League of Legends, Rocket League, PUBG, GTA V, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and sometimes Oldschool RuneScape.