The Ukranian professional CS:GO player Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev will fill in the vacancy left by Martin “STYKO” Styk, who upon advised by his physician, is to mandatorily abstain from participating in thursday’s ECS Tournament against Virtus.Pro and instead be confined to complete rest.
sadly doctor recommended me to rest and I won’t be playing vs https://t.co/p2jTLnSJYr today. @s1mpleO will stand-in instead of me. glgl 💪🏻
— STYKO (@STYKOcsgo) April 12, 2018
This is the second time s1mple has been admitted to mousesports as a last minute stand-in since December when he replaced Tomáš “oskar” Šťastnýin in the semi-finals and the final of LOOT.BET Cup 2 – cs_summit 2 qualifier.
It is not clear when STYKO will return from his medical vacation, but as the fans eagerly wait, it is being said that he will be come back before DreamHack Masters Marseille.