S1mple Wins BC.Game Debut at The Proving Grounds 3 Despite Lowest Team Rating

Ukrainian AWPer Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev played his first official match for BC.Game at The Proving Grounds 3 tournament. His team secured a 2:1 victory over CYBERSHOKE in the opening round of the group stage, but Kostyliev finished the match with the lowest individual rating on the roster — 1.01.

The series started poorly for BC.Game, as CYBERSHOKE took Overpass 16:13. On that map, s1mple posted a 17–18 scoreline with a 0.89 rating, the weakest on his team. The second map, Mirage, saw BC.Game turn the tide and win 19:17 in overtime. Kostyliev improved to 29–26 with a 1.13 rating. The decider, Ancient, ended with a confident 13:7 win for BC.Game, where s1mple went 10–10 with a 1.03 rating.

After the first map, Kostyliev complained about freezes during the game, which he claimed were caused by the anti-cheat software. Despite this, BC.Game closed out the series 2:1 and moved into the 1-0 bracket of the Swiss stage.

BC.Game roster: Nemanja "nexa" Isaković, Luka "pr1metapz" Vogt, Aleksandar "CacaNito" Kjulukoski, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, Andreas "aNdu" Maasing, coach Luka "emi" Vuković.

CYBERSHOKE roster: Ilya "FenomeN" Kolodko, Denis "notineki" Kalachev, David "bl1x1" Stepanyants, Aleksandr "glowiing" Matsievich, Igor "Forester" Bezotecheskiy, coach Stepan "brain" Sivoronov.

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The Proving Grounds 3 is taking place online from August 10 to 22 with a €75,000 prize pool. The group stage is played in a Swiss format, while the playoffs follow a Single Elimination system. The date and opponent for BC.Game’s next match will be announced later.