Anton Yevgenyevich Singov

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Anton Yevgenyevich Singov (2011)

Anton Yevgenyevich "Cooller" Singow ( Russian Антон Евгеньевич Синьгов ; born August 5, 1986 in Moscow ) is a Russian e-athlete .

He is one of the most successful Quake players in the world, and the prize money he has won over the course of his career amounts to over 100,000 euros. From November 21, 2005 to July 2011, he was under contract with the German clan mousesports .

Singow was temporarily considered the strongest player in the world in both Quake III and Quake 4 and was able to win several world championships. In 2002, several years after e-sports pioneers like Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel celebrated their first successes, he took part in a tournament outside of Russia for the first time, the World Cyber ​​Games 2002 , at the age of 15 . In the two-on-two tournament, the Russian and Alexei "death" Alexeew took first place in the end. In 2003 and 2005 he won the Electronic Sports World Cup .

After Quake 4 was released in October 2005, it was initially considered practically unbeatable. His winning streak only ended at the ESWC 2006, he was defeated in the semifinals and only finished fourth.

At the ESWC 2008 Singow said in an interview that he was thinking about retiring. However, this step seemed to have been postponed for the time being after his participation in the ESWC Masters of Athens .

At the beginning of 2010 the Russian decided in the course of the ESL Intel Extreme Masters to actively participate in the game again. At the European final he finished third.

After Singow refused to take part in either the DreamHack summer event 2012 or the Quakecon 2012, the end of his e-sports career became apparent. On July 24, 2012, Anton Yevgenyevich Singov confirmed in a private conversation that he had already unofficially resigned as a professional e-athlete.

At the end of 2015, however, he started playing Overwatch on a professional level and returned to the eSports scene. His team Albus Nox, in which he plays another very successful Quake player together with Cypher , is currently considered the best Russian team and one of the top teams in Europe.

Successes (excerpt)

  • World Cyber ​​Games 2002: 1st place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2003: 1st place
  • Cyber ​​X Games 2004: 1st place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2004: 3rd place
  • QuakeCon 2004: 3rd place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2005: 1st place
  • CPL Winter 2005: 1st place
  • WSVG Dreamhack Summer 2006: 1st place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2006: 4th place
  • QuakeCon 2006: 2nd place
  • QuakeCon 2006: 3rd place
  • World Series of Video Games 2006: 4th place
  • CPL Winter 2006: 3rd place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2007: 2nd place
  • ESL Intel Extreme Masters IV European Championship: 3rd place
  • ESL Intel Extreme Masters IV World Championship: 2nd place
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2010: 3rd place
  • QuakeCon 2010: 2nd place
  • ESL Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Gamescom: 4th place
  • ESL Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship: 1st place

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mousesports: Welcome Cooller to mouz.Q4 ( Memento from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.esworldcup.com/2006/?act=document_info&id_document=162 ( Memento from September 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) ESWC 2006 Final Results
  3. ↑ http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1619458 ESWC Masters of Athens

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personal data
SURNAME Singov, Anton Evgenyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Singow, Anton; Singov, Anton; Синьгов, Антон (Russian); Singow, Cooller
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow