Happy's ace at top banana of Inferno might be the greatest CS:GO play of all time. ]]>The Counter-Strike community has spoken. A deagle ace from Vincent “Happy” Schopenhauer has won play of the decade.
In a Twitter poll, CS:GO fans chose Happy’s deagle ace vs. TSM at DreamHack Open London 2015 as the standout play of the decade, among many other iconic plays that occurred over the past 10 years. Of the 79,161 votes, the highlight accrued 35.6 percent of the vote within the poll’s 24 hour time frame.
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Thank you mixwell for the much-needed tea. ]]>Former Cloud9 CS:GO star Oscar “mixwell” Cannellas may have completely spilled the beans on a previously rumored move by his former organization.
In a now-deleted Twitter post, mixwell revealed that the lineup playing under ATK is C9’s newest CS:GO team. The organization change for the roster was first reported at the beginning of the month by Jarek “DeKay” Lewis and it seems that the talks are finalized, according to mixwell.
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Is this the greatest first-person shooter crossover of all time?]]>It’s week two of Operation Shattered Web, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans are getting a taste of Halo in the newest game update.
Thanks to a cross-promotion with Halo developer 343 Industries, CS:GO now has a Halo Sticker capsule and music kit. The collaboration is part of a promotion for the Master Chief Collection, which is being released on Steam Dec. 3. The MCC package contains Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 4, with Halo: Reach separate as DLC.
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Happy birthday, Counter-Strike. ]]>CS:GO has a classic vibe now thanks to a recent update.
Today’s update brought the new version of Cache into Valve’s official servers where it can be played in Casual, Deathmatch, and Scrimmage modes. This means that Cache won’t be available for Competitive play quite yet, since Valve and the map creators, Shawn “FMPONE” Snelling and Sal “Volcano” Garozzo, will likely tweak it more over time.
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Cloud9 lost a crucial piece to its history in CS:GO earlier today. ]]>Cloud9 has parted ways with CS:GO data analyst Soham “valens” Chowdhury in mutual agreement. This officially ends his three-year tenure with Cloud9, where he served as both head coach and data analyst.
During his time at C9, he helped the team win the ELEAGUE Boston Major in 2018 and iBuyPower Masters in 2017. He also “played a crucial role in recruiting and vetting players,” according to the organization.
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FMPONE will be busy before the Cache remake is completely done. ]]>More changes will be coming to the Cache remake in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Map creators Shawn “FMPONE” Snelling and Sal “Volcano” Garozzo listened to feedback from pro players at ESL One New York this weekend and they intend on implementing a lot more fixes to the map. The changes will likely be added prior to the release of the Cache remake on Oct. 10.
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Thanks for letting us know, AVANGAR. ]]>CIS powerhouse AVANGAR confirmed today that it won’t be partaking in any CS:GO roster moves during the Major offseason.
Even though no one asked—or made rumors about roster changes whatsoever—AVANGAR wanted to let everyone in the CS:GO scene know that its players are off limits following their second-place finish at the StarLadder Berlin Major. This settles any speculation over their involvement with changes in the CIS region.
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The Australians may be without an organization to represent.]]>Renegades’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team could be moving on from the organization in the near future.
Contracts between the team and the organization are reportedly set to expire soon, according to a report by Jarek “DeKay” Lewis. The players reportedly aren’t expecting to re-sign with Renegades and other organizations seem to be in the picture.
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Grab 'em while they're hot. ]]>Cosmetic items for the 15th CS:GO Major, StarLadder Berlin, can now be purchased in-game.
In a recent update, Valve released everything Major-related in the Steam and CS:GO client, including the Berlin 2019 Viewer Pass, team stickers, team graffitis, and the pick-em challenge. The viewer pass is slightly different compared to the last pass that was available for the IEM Katowice Major, which took place in February.
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"Blastralis" is no more.]]>RFRSH Entertainment officially parted ways with its competitive esports teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends today.
CS:GO team Astralis and League team Origen are no longer owned by RFRSH, after the company sold them to Astralis Group ApS, which is a new Danish esports company. The deal is reportedly worth from 10 to 15 million Euros ($11 to $16 million), according to sport.tv.dk.
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