Cypher (gamer)

Cypher
Current team
TeamNatus Vincere
GameQuake
Personal information
NameAlexey Yanushevsky
Born (1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 34)
NationalityBelarusian
Career information
Games
Playing career2006–present
Coaching career2019–2020
Team history
2006–2008fnatic
2008–2012Serious Gaming
2012Millenium
2013-2014Titan
2015iGamerz
2016ANOX
2017–2018Virtus.pro
2018–2019Nemiga Gaming
2019–2021Natus Vincere

Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990),[1] who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He has been actively competing in international Quake competitions since February 24, 2006. Cypher was most notably the first one to win the QuakeCon 1v1 tournament four times (in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014). He has been a champion of many other tournaments, including Electronic Sports World Cup, Intel Extreme Masters, Dreamhack and Asus Cups.[2]

  1. ^ "CYPHER". Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  2. ^ "Quake III: Immaculate Cypher wins ESWC Masters". SK Gaming. 2008-07-06. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2015-12-08.