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m0NESY rejects Baby GOAT nickname
Team Falcons AWPer m0NESY said in an IEM Beijing video that there is no such thing as a Baby GOAT: a player either is a GOAT or is not, Cybersport.ru reports.
Key facts
- Whom0NESY, Team Falcons
- Wherevideo posted by the IEM Beijing 2026 organizers on X
Team Falcons sniper Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov rejected his Baby GOAT nickname, Cybersport.ru reported on Nov. 5. He spoke in a video that the IEM Beijing 2026 organizers posted on X.
Asked by SPUNJ how he feels about the nickname, m0NESY said, in Cybersport.ru’s translation, that there is no Baby GOAT: a player is either a GOAT or is not.
Where the nickname comes from
Cybersport.ru explained that GOAT stands for “The Greatest of All Time.” According to the outlet, the Baby GOAT tag stuck to m0NESY because of comparisons with Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliov, whom many consider one of the best players in Counter-Strike history. The outlet wrote that the community gave him the nickname because it saw him as s1mple’s successor.
Falcons’ result in Beijing
Cybersport.ru reported that Falcons are out of IEM Beijing 2026 after losing 2-1 to Natus Vincere in an elimination match. The outlet said the team finished in seventh-eighth place.
Why it matters
m0NESY has given his own view of the Baby GOAT nickname, saying a player is either a GOAT or not, with no junior version.