Player Spotlight: nyte
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 LESGEDI:
nyte
(Twitter)
General
Name, Surname: Raul Madis Edovald
Age: 21 years old
Date of Birth: 29th of May, 1998
Nationality: Estonian
First nickname: nyte
How did you come up with your current nickname: Can't remember anymore, doesn't mean anything so it's just a random combination of letters
Career
CS:GO hours recorded: ~8500 hours
Playing CS franchise games for: ~10 years
Playing in BESL Pro for: 5 seasons
BESL Pro LAN finals reached: 0 times :(
BESL Pro winner: 0 times
Biggest achievements in CS:GO: 2nd place at DreamHack Open Valencia 2015 BYOC LAN event & attending ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND 2019 Asia finals
Peripherals & In-game Settings
Mouse: FinalMouse Ultralight 2 Cape Town
Mousepad: DM PAD L
Keyboard: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB
Headset: HyperX Cloud II
Resolution: 1280x960 (stretched)
Crosshair: style “4”, size “1.5”, color “1”, thickness “0”, gap “-3”
Sensitivity: 2.0
DPI: 400
CS:GO
TOP5 best CS:GO Players in the world:
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s1mple
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device
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EliGE
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ZywOo
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Twistzz
TOP5 best CS:GO Players from Baltic states:
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fejtZ
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ropz
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HS
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shokz
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broky
Baltic state all-star team: fejtZ, ropz, HS, shokz, Dodz
Favorite map: train
Least-favorite map: vertigo
Most underrated player: fejtZ
Most overrated player: draken
The best AWP player in the world: woxic
The best AWP player in Baltic states: fejtZ
The best teammate ever played with: ZIILA/fejtZ
Worst teammate ever played with: noone
The best LAN event you’ve attended: DreamHack Open Valencia 2015 BYOC LAN event
Worst LAN event you’ve attended: Any Estonian LAN with big delays
AK or SG: SG
M4 or AUG: M4
Favorite position to hold: train connector with awp or close pop with rifle
Hardest bombsite to retake: dust2 B 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 vertigo from the map pool
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: Usually listen to some DnB playlist
Best song to hype yourself up before an official game: Ran-D - Zombie
Miscellaneous
TOP3 favorite foods:
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Pasta
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Pizza
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Taco
Does pineapple belong on pizza? Yes
TOP3 favorite snacks:
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Chips
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Garlic bread
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Popcorn
Popcorn - sweet or salty? Salty
TOP3 favorite beverages:
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Coca-Cola
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Water
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Beer
Is Pepsi okay? Yes
TOP3 favorite music bands/artists:
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WATEVA
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Sub Focus
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Chase & Status
Band/artist that you would want to see perform LIVE: Chase & Status
TOP3 favorite songs:
Music genre that you would never listen to: I listen to everything I like
TOP3 favorite movies/TV shows:
Movie/TV show character that you would want to hang out with: Joey from Friends
TOP3 favorite streamers:
Favorite game to watch on streams: CS:GO, TFT, League of Legends
TOP3 things to do outside of playing CS:GO:
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Going out with friends
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Watching Netflix
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Watching streams
The first video game you ever played: can't remember
What games do you play outside of CS:GO: TFT and also League of Legends sometimes
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
