s1mple was the best Counter-Strike player in the world. But for years, one trophy was still missing.

This is the story behind his Major journey: the legendary Cologne 2016 highlight, the losses that followed, the cancelled 2020 Major, and the NAVI team that finally won Stockholm 2021 without dropping a map.

00:00 The trophy missing from the picture
00:44 The clip everybody remembers
01:33 A highlight does not win the final
02:28 World number one — with something missing
03:19 Five players, not one superhero
04:13 The year without a Major
04:56 The NAVI lineup
05:56 One map away
07:04 What finally changed
07:58 What “never enough” really meant

Match footage and historical sources:
ESEA / ESL — ESL One Cologne 2016: Liquid s1mple 1 vs 2...
HLTV — ESL One Cologne 2016: s1mple vs. fnatic [1v2]
ESL Archives — CS:GO - SK vs. Liquid [Cbble] Map 2 - ESL ...
FACEIT — NaVi vs Astralis - Nuke (FACEIT Major: Lon...
PGL Ancient — [4K] G2 vs Natus Vincere - Map 1 Ancient -...
PGL Nuke — [4K] G2 vs Natus Vincere - Map 2 Nuke - PG...
HLTV 2018 ranking — https://www.hltv.org/news/25880/top-20-pla...
Valve 2020 Major update — https://blog.counter-strike.net/ko/2020/09...
HLTV Stockholm report — https://www.hltv.org/news/32761/navi-win-p...

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