| NS | |
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| Background Information | |
| Name: | Ярослав Владимирович Кузнецов |
| Romanized Name: | Yaroslav Vladimirovich Kuznetsov |
| Birthdate: | 1988-09-24 |
| Country: |  Russia |
| Role: | Analyst, Caster |
| Alternate IDs: | NightSniper |
| Signature Heroes: |  [[|40px|link=Shadow Demon]]  |
| Links | |
| datdota: | 93712171 |
| DOTABUFF: | 93712171 |
| OpenDota: | 93712171 |
| Twitter: | just_NS |
| VK: | follow_ns |
| Twitch: | just_ns |
| History | |
| Dota:
2005 Russia DotA Aliance 2006 say_Plz 2006 Magic aGe 2006 — 2008 2008 — 2009 Rush3d 2009 Platium Sports 2009 — 2010 AEON.ru 2010 2010 — 2011-03-08 2011-03-31 — 2011-11-04 | |
| Dota 2:
2011-12-07 — 2012-01-31 2012-02-17 — 2012-05-02 2012-05-02 — 2013-11-30 2013-11-30 Retired 2014-01-09 — 2014-08-25 | |
Yaroslav Vladimirovich "NS" Kuznetsov is a retired professional Dota 2 player, currently working as a caster, commentator and analyst for RuHub
Biography[]
Having been in the competitive Dota scene almost since it started, NS is one of the most famous support players of all time. Playing with Virtus.pro when they dominated the scene during 2007, with a lineup consisting of NS, Vigoss, ARS-ART, JoliE and LighTofHeaveN. The team won three consecutive MYM PriDe tournaments and reached the finals of several ASUS Open Cups.
Due to internal problems as well as lack of sponsorship, NS left VP in 2008 to join "Rush3d".[1] In this team he would be joined by former VP teammates ARS-ART, Vigoss and LighTofHeaveN as well as PGG, DeMoN and QWERTY.[2] Together they won three consecutive ASUS Open tournaments.[3] During Spring 2009 the team switched sponsor to the Chinese organization "Platium Sports" and went to China to practice.
NS had a notable stay on DTS, together with ARS-ART, LighT, Dread and God. They finished second at ESWC 2010 and won MYM PriDe #12 as well as some other notable tournaments.[4] DTS dropped their Dota team in March 2011, leaving the squad teamless under the name "Garaj".[5] Not long after, they found a new sponsor in Moscow Five and named "M5.Garaj" the squad won the OSPL Spring finals.[6]
Dota 2[]
The M5.Garaj squad played together for a good half year, but in November 2011 M5 had to drop the team as they refused to play together due to internal issues.[7] However, only a few weeks after M5 came back with a new roster, keeping NS and God but swapping the other three players.[8] This lineup would not prove to be resilient to the internal issues that plagued many of NS's earlier teams, and only a few months later the team split up again.[9] By February 2012, the former M5 squad were picked up by Darer.[10] NS would not be long in the organization, as him and Dread left in May to instead join Virtus.pro.[11] After some player swapping the team finally found a stable roster by September 2012, and results started showing during the following Winter. Most notably, VP won The Defense Season 3 in March 2013. On November 30, 2013 NS announced that he is retiring from professional DotA 2.[12]
Trivia[]
- NS loves moldy cheese.[13]
Achievements[]
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DTS[]
ASUS Open Autumn (2008)- ASUS Open Spring (2009)
- ASUS Open Autumn (2009)
- OSPL Autumn (2009)
- Pick League XIII - Division 1 (2010)
- Storm the Front #3 (2010)
- ASUS Open Spring (2010)
- Electronic Sports World Championship (2010)
- ASUS Open Summer (2010)
- MYM Prime Defending #12 (2010)
- ASUS Open Autumn (2010)
- World DotA Championship (2010)
M5[]
- Pick League XIV - Division 1 (2011)
- Omega Sector Professional League Spring (2011)
- ROCCAT GosuCup #3 (2011)
- ASUS Open Spring (2011)
- Techlabs Cup (2011)
- Intel Challenge: Supercup #9 (2011)
- Omega Sector Professional League Autumn (2011)
Awards[]
- 2008 GosuAwards: Best supporter
- 2010 GosuAwards: Best supporter
Interviews[]
2013[]
- 2013-04-27 | NS Interview and Community Q&A by TeamLiquid
2010[]
- 2010-11-22 | DTS.NS talks about WDC by Linus "Tjernobylbarnet" Staaf of GosuGamers
- 2010-09-24 | RGC Interview with DTS Chatrix (Dead website, archive.org rehost) by Dota-League at ESWC 2010
2009[]
- 2009-06-14 | Exclusive - Platinum.NS interview by ProDota.ru
2008[]
- 2008-11-08 | Interview with Rush3D.NS: What happened to VP and a lot more! by Ligagame
References[]
- ↑ "Interview with Rush3D.NS: What happened to VP and a lot more!". Ligagame.com. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Calum "The_Ganksta" Gittins (2008-11-08). "Rush3D add another former VP player.". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ "The Database: *PS". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ "The Database: DTS (Old)". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Terrence "MrBlue" Wong (2011-03-28). "DTS drops their DotA squad". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Ulrich "KongoTime" Hanten (2011-04-03). "M5.Garaj proud winner of OSPL Spring". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Sergei Mandrik (2011-11-04). "Moscow Five прощается с DotA составом [Moscow Five say goodbye to DotA composition]" (in Russian). MoscowFive.ru. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Kai "Treble1999" Chua (2011-12-07). "Moscow 5 returns to Dota scene". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Arthur Tsetskhladze (2011-12-25). "M5.Dota2 в поисках новых игроков [M5.Dota2 looking for new players]" (in Russian). MoscowFive.ru. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Kai "Treble1999" Chua (2012-02-17). "Darer acquire Moscow 5". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand (2012-05-02). "Virtus.Pro sign NS as they hop into DotA 2". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Andrew "FUki" Kiryukin (2013-11-30). "NS ends playing career". www.virtus.pro. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ↑ https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409909¤tpage=4#61