Tarik “Tarik” Celik, born Feb 18, 1996, is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player from the USA (Turkish origins), currently playing as a rifler for Evil Geniuses.
If Counter-Strike was contrasted with NBA, at that point, it is sheltered to state that Tarik could be portrayed as a “Top Pick” player. His abilities and exhibitions are what compelled him onto the vast scene. Tarik was welcome to a display coordinate in the “Top pick coordinate” at MLG Columbus, where he played for an American group.
Tarik’s multicultural inceptions permit him to be perceived and cherished by both American and Turkish fan bases, which he appreciates and grasps with his whole essence. Being fan-accommodating and open to the media is the thing that makes Tarik a one-of-a-kind and adorable character that fans like to meet at each event they can get.
Because his folks are from various nations, his heart is somewhat attracted to separate headings. That is why he decided to make a trade-off and play for both US and Turkey.
In 2015, he spoke to Team USA at the World Championships, yet he performed under the Turkish banner the following year.
Other than the characteristics that make him agreeable, Tarik possesses numerous abilities that numerous players appreciate and regard, which earned him an MVP grant of ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018.
Tarik’s desires don’t end with simply being a Counter-Strike player. Yet, they are spread on esports’ business and regulatory side since he is an establishing board individual from the Counter-Strike Professional Players Association.
Despite being youthful, Tarik has an excellent involvement with the esports world. A portion of the groups with the respect of having him on their list was CLG, OpTic, Cloud9, MIBR, NRG, and his present crew – Evil Geniuses.
Tarik also supports s1mple and Ukraine with fights against Russia aggression
Tarik Achievements
ELEAGUE Season 2
Tarik’s first big win was at ELEAGUE Season 2 with his team OpTIC in Atlanta, US.
They finished the group stage with a 3-2 record and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Later, they beat Team MouseSports 2:0, and Team FaZe got the same result in the semi-final match.
In a final match, they took a hard victory over Team Astralis and lifted a trophy.
The Prize pool at Atlanta was $1,100,000, and they took $400,000.
DreamHack Open Denver 2017
Next on board was DreamHack winter at Denver, and their Tarik was with
his new team and organization named Cloud 9.
They finished the group stage with a 2-2 result, and in the playoffs, they beat
team mousesports 2-1 in a best-of-three match.
The final match was versus well-known BIG or Best In Germany, and they took an easy win at 2:0 in maps.
They earned $50,000 for first place at Dreamhack.
ELEAGUE Major 2018
The successive Tarik “Tarik” Celik
big win was at ELEAGUE Major, and that’s maybe the biggest win in his career.
Tarik also got his MVP medal for outstanding performances at Major.
They beat French squad G2 2-1 on maps in the quarter-final match.
After that, in the semi-final, they beat Brazilians SK 2:1 to secure the finals.
In the final game, it was so hard, but they were able to defeat a super start, Team FAZE, 2:0 in a best-of-three match.
They lift a trophy and earn a hefty prize of $500,000 and Legend’s title for the next major.
ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 Grand Finals
In his little time in Team MiBR( Made in Brazil), he was able to lift the trophy once again,
and that was in Hong Kong, China, at Zotac grand finals.
They were better than Team Kinguin in the final match, 3:0, in a best-of-five game.
Tarik and co earned $200,000 from that tournament.
StarSeries i-League Season 8
Their next most significant achievement was StarSeries I-League Season 8 with his current
former team EG or Evil Geniuses.
They beat RENEGADES 2:1 in the upper semi-final match and the upper final 2:1 team Fnatic.
The last game was again versus Team Fnatic, and they won them
again 2:0 in the best of three games.
The prize pool was $500,000, and Tarik and co took $250,000.
Tarik Equipment
MONITOR – BENQ XL2546 DIVINA BLUE EDITION
MOUSE – LOGITECH MX518 LEGENDARY
MOUSEPAD – RAZER GIGANTUS V2
KEYBOARD – RAZER BLACKWIDOW LITE
HEADSET – RAZER KRAKEN X
Tarik CSGO settings
MOUSE SETTINGS – LOGITECH MX518 LEGENDARY
DPI – 800
Sensitivity – 1.10
eDPI – 880
Raw Input – On
Hz – 1000
Zoom Sensitivity – 1
Windows Sensitivity – 6
Mouse acceleration- OFF
MONITOR SETTINGS – BENQ XL2546 DIVINA BLUE
Resolution-1024×768
Aspect Ratio – 4:3
Scaling mode – stretched
Hz – 240
About monitor impact on game and if 240hz monitors are worth the price, we analyze that already in detail in our other blog post.
TARIK CROSSHAIR:
cl_fixedcrosshairgap -4.5; cl_crosshaircolor 4; cl_crosshairstyle 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1;
VIEWMODEL:
viewmodel_fov 60; viewmodel_offset_x 1; viewmodel_offset_y 1; viewmodel_offset_z -1.5; viewmodel_presetpos 0; cl_viewmodel_shift_left_amt 1.5; cl_viewmodel_shift_right_amt 0.75; viewmodel_recoil 0; cl_righthand 1;
CL_BOB:
cl_bob_lower_amt 21; cl_bobamt_lat 0.4; cl_bobamt_vert 0.25; cl_bobcycle 0.98;
Links to Tarik’s videos on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNa7CJAuwl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_B2lqyi2U4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6o-I3D49yA
Cash earned: Total Prize Money Earned: $756,639.21 from 134 tournaments.