Player Spotlight: hyskeee
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 wolsung:
hyskeee
General
Name, Surname: Reinis Grīnbergs
Age: 22 years old
Date of Birth: 2nd of May, 1997
Nationality: Latvian
First nickname: Bender (taken from Futurama)
How did you come up with your current nickname: Was just randomly smashing the keyboard until something looked cool and 3x “e” in the end for extra style points
Career
CS:GO hours recorded: ~8000 hours
Playing CS franchise games for: ~6 years
Playing in BESL Pro: 4 seasons
BESL Pro LAN finals reached: 3 times
BESL Pro winner: 1 time (Season 2)
Biggest achievements in CS:GO: Winning BESL Pro and GameOn with wolsung, and winning GG.BET Summer with forZe
Peripherals & In-game Settings
Mouse: Logitech G Pro
Mousepad: Logitech G640
Keyboard: SteelSeries 6Gv2
Headset: HyperX Cloud II
Resolution: 1290x960 stretched or 1680x1050 black bars
Crosshair: style “4”, size “2.5”, gap “-3”, thickness “1”, color “1”
Sensitivity: 2
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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Twistzz
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EliGE
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Stewie2k
TOP5 best CS:GO Players from Baltic states:
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broky
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Flarich
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YEKINDAR
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lainNy
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krii
Baltic state all-star team: broky AWP, prelideN entry, YEKINDAR 2nd entry, krii lurker/support, me calling I guess
Favorite map: inferno
Least-favorite map: train
Most underrated player: I think broky is not getting enough credit. I really think that he can easily play for a tier2 team and after a few months he would be ready for tier1.
Most overrated player: I can't imagine anyone being really overrated at the moment.
The best AWP player in the world: ZywOo
The best AWP player in Baltic states: broky
The best teammate ever played with: krii/YEKINDAR
Worst teammate ever played with: keen (no comments)
The best LAN event you’ve attended: BESL Pro Season 2 finals where we won or GameOn event where we lost to WASD in the semi-finals. Hard to choose between those two.
Worst LAN event you’ve attended: I personally have never been to any of those 20-hour-delay Baltic BYOC LANs, so in general, I would say that we have pretty good events here in Baltics
AK or SG: AK
M4 or AUG: M4
Favorite position to hold: Inferno Pit
Hardest bombsite to retake: Inferno A site
Worst gun in CS:GO: PP Bizon
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: Remove the 1400 loss bonus completely
Does age affect performance in CS:GO: Yes
Should VAC-banned players get a second chance: Depends on the case
Best song to listen to while playing DM/Botz: Band of Horses - The Funeral
Best song to hype yourself up before an official game: Have to steal this one from the WORTEX guys and say Halogen - U Got That
Miscellaneous
TOP3 favorite foods:
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McNuggets
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Sushi
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Everything “SINGAPŪRAS GAUMĒ” from Gan Bei
Does pineapple belong on pizza? No
TOP3 favorite snacks:
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Pringles
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Twix
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Cheetos with ketchup flavor
Popcorn - sweet or salty? Sweet
TOP3 favorite beverages:
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Coca-Cola Zero
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Beer
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Water
Is Pepsi okay? Yes
TOP3 favorite music bands/artists:
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Coldplay
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Prāta Vētra (Brainstorm)
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Bastille
Band/artist that you would want to see perform LIVE: Coldplay
TOP3 favorite songs:
Music genre that you would never listen to: Rock/Metal
TOP3 favorite movies/TV shows:
Movie/TV show character that you would want to hang out with: Mr.Bean
TOP3 favorite streamers:
Favorite game to watch on streams: Anything that sodapoppin is playing, to be honest
TOP3 things to do outside of playing CS:GO:
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Watch CS:GO (big events)
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Watch TV shows
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Do sports (hockey & boxing)
The first video game you ever played: Дальнобойщики 2
What games do you play outside of CS:GO: Don’t really play anything outside of CS:GO currently
