Aleksandr Kostyliev or better known by his stage name, s1mple, poured money worth USD 33 thousand to the Ukrainian army. This happened right after his emotional speech, while calling for peace in Ukraine and around the world, at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice tournament.
"We are all scared and we all need to set an example in this tournament, for the whole world. We have to stick together, as one unit for the fans, friends and everyone who will watch this tournament. We all have to stay human first. , said s1mple.
When many game developers make donations to the Red Cross or charitable organizations, such as Cyberpunk 2077 developer, CD Projekt Red, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) pro player for the NAVI team, they prefer to channel it to the Ukrainian military, quoted us from Kotaku, Tuesday (1/3/2022).
Meanwhile, IEM Katowice is a competition for several well-known games, such as CSGO and League of Legends, which presents quite a large prize, a total of USD 1 million.
However, the Ukrainian team NAVI itself was forced to be eliminated from the tournament, after losing to G2 Esports. They also could not proceed to the Grand Final and received a financial appreciation of USD 80 thousand .
Meanwhile, Faze Clan won the championship title, by clearing G2 Esports at the top party. This esports organization is also entitled to a prize of USD 400 thousand.
Little information, Russia's invasion of Ukraine attracted sympathy from various parties. Not only S1mple, but also other game industry activists, from developers to publishers.
There is Bungie who donated through a charity program called Game2Give. Then the developer of Warframe, Digital Extremes, put into practice a number of funds up to USD 100 thousand or around 1.4 billion.