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Kenny Schrub (born May 19, 1995), better known as kennyS, is a French professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Team Falcons. He was named "eSports Player of the Year" at The Game Awards 2015. He was considered the best sniper in the game, and Duncan Shields, a Counter-Strike analyst, has called him the best player in the game prior to the sniper being changed. Some of his previous teams include Titan, VeryGames, Team LDLC.com, Recursive eSports, Clan-Mystik, Team EnVyUs and G2 Esports. He was a professional '' Counter-Strike: Source'' player before transitioning to Global Offensive in 2012.

Early life

Schrub started playing ''Counter-Strike'' at a young age in France. He was introduced to ''Counter-Strike'' at the age of 6 by his brother; he and his brothers have a 10-year age difference, but by the age of 8, Schrub was already better than his brothers. When he was 11, they decided to enter a local tournament and won. After this victory, his brother pushed him to pursue his dream of becoming a professional player. His skill led him to be invited to tournaments in Arles.

Career

VeryGames

Schrub began his professional ''Counter-Strike'' career in earnest in 2012, joining team VeryGames to compete in '' Counter-Strike: Source''. Shortly afterwards, he transitioned to playing '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''. He and the team reached the finals of DreamHack Valencia, ESWC, DreamHack Winter, and ESH Prague; all four times, they fell to Ninjas in Pyjamas. In May 2013, VeryGames released Schrub after internal disputes with the team.

Titan

After playing in several lower-tier tournaments for over a year, Schrub joined Titan, a team that had acquired the members of Schrub's old team VeryGames. Titan placed 13-16th at ESL One Katowice 2015 in March.

Team EnVyUs

On July 20, 2015, Schrub and Dan "apEX" Madesclaire were traded to Team EnVyUs in exchange for Richard "shox" Papillon and Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux. The next month in August, EnVyUs placed second at the second Major, ESL One Cologne 2015. At the third and final Major of 2015, DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, kennyS and EnVyUs won the tournament after beating Natus Vincere in the finals.

Although EnVyUs finished 13th – 16th at ESL One Cologne 2016, Schrub played well, finishing with a positive kill/death ratio in both maps. EnVyUs placed 1st in Global eSports Cup-Season 1, beginning the year well with a prize of $80,000. Later in the year, they placed 5-8th in ELEAGUE Season 1, winning a prize that totaled $1,000,000 considering the minor placing. In September, EnvyUS attended the GFINITY CS:GO INVITATIONAL, winning the tournament after defeating Mousesports in the final. Kenny attended ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta in January with EnVyUs where they placed 9th-12th place.

G2 Esports

On February 3, 2017, Schrub was revealed to be on a new roster under G2 eSports along with Nathan “NBK” Schmitt, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, Richard “shox” Papillion, and Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro. Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux was revealed to be their new coach. G2 eSports attended EPICENTER 2017 in October where they placed 3rd-4th after losing to Virtus.Pro in the semifinals. G2 won ESL Pro League Finals Season 5 and Dreamhack Masters Malmö 2017. Schrub received the MVP title in both events. G2 attended ELEAGUE Boston Major in January and finished 5th-8th after losing to Cloud9 in the quarterfinals.

Achievements and awards

At The Game Awards 2015, Schrub won Esports Player of the Year.

;Titan
* 13-16th — ESL One Katowice 2015
* 1st — Gamers Assembly 2015

;Team EnVyUs
* 1st — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
* 13th – 16th — ESL One Cologne 2016
* 5-8th — ELeague Season 1
* 1st — World Electronic Sports Games
* 2nd — ESL One Cologne 2015

;G2 Esports
*1st — DreamHack Tours 2017
*1st — HTC 2vs2 Invitational by PGL
*1st-2nd — DreamHack Open Austin 2017
*1st — ESL Pro League Season 5
*1st — DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017

References

External links

{{Professional Counter-Strike competition

G2 Esports players
Living people
Counter-Strike players
1995 births
People from Digne-les-Bains
French esports players
The Game Awards winners