Streamer Dmitry "Recrent" Osintsev shared his thoughts on watching the gameplay of G2 Esports' CS2 sniper, Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, in an interview with Esports.ru.
"[Question: Have you been following CS more often lately, who do you think is the MVP of this season (half-year)?] I like m0NESY the most because I play with the AWP myself; it's interesting to watch his game. There will be transfers in G2 soon, so it's very exciting to see how they play next season."
Osintsev also evaluated Jake "Stewie2k" Yip's performance as a stand-in for G2 Esports at IEM Dallas 2024.
"Stewie did well, but I feel like they could have replaced him with any top-tier Faceit player, and they would still have won. Of course, Stewie is great, but it wasn't really about him. Hunter, NiKo, and m0NESY just played to their maximum potential."
Previously, HLTV.org named m0NESY one of the main contenders for the title of best player of 2024 alongside ZywOo and donk. This season, Osipov and G2 Esports placed in the top 6 at IEM Katowice 2024, reached the semifinals of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and IEM Chengdu 2024, and became champions of IEM Dallas 2024.