Hkon "hallzerk" Fjrli (born July 14, 2000) is a Norwegian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer Gustafsson (formerly known as olofm) (born January 31, 1992) is an inactive Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former professional Counter-Strike player. On October 17, 2018, he signed with Fnatic, and played for the organization until March 22, 2022, when he G2 Esports (formerly known as Gamers2) is a German professional esports organization, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and founded in November 2013 by Carlos "ocelote" Rodriguez. xccurate Wings Up Gaming (formerly OneThree and OneThree.TSG) is a Chinese Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team previously sponsored by TSGaming E-Sports Club. It was later reacquired by OpTic Gaming's founder Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez on November 11, 2020. GeT_RiGhT On June 12, 2019, the organization was acquired by Immortals Gaming Club. Tarik "tarik" Celik (born February 18, 1996) is an inactive American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player of Turkish descent. REZ He is one of the youngest players to play for a professional team, signing with GODSENT when he was only 15 years old. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2013 Present) [] Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin (born June 17, 2002) is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Ninjas in Pyjamas. Copenhagen Flames SK Gaming He is Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto's older brother. PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is an offline Swedish Global Offensive tournament organized by PGL. The Berlin Major is notably StarLadder's first time being the host of a Valve tournament in the Counter-Strike space, with them having Placed 1st in almost all nine of their 2003 events (only placing 3rd at both ClikArena and Electronic Sports World Cup); SK Gaming is the first team to win two ESL One: Cologne events and win them back-to-back - Defeating Team Liquid 2-0 in 2016 and Cloud9 3-0 in 2017.; SK He is famous for his high success rate in clutches, being dubbed the "clutch minister" by the community. rain This A-Tier tournament is a Regional Major Rankings evnt which took place from Apr 22 to May 17 2020 featuring 16 teams competing over a total prize pool of $115,000 USD. Andreas "Xyp9x" Hjsleth (born September 11, 1995) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Astralis and a former semi-professional Counter-Strike player. kennyS This B-Tier tournament took place from Aug 30 to Oct 23 2022 featuring 16 teams competing over a total prize pool of $50,000 USD. iBUYPOWER November 18th - NRG Esports announce the addition of peacemaker as their coach. 100 Thieves Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (born May 29, 1990) is a retired Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike player and streamer. June 3rd - Copenhagen Flames transfer-list the remaining players while vorborg leaves the organization in all capacities. Boombl4 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (abbreviated CS:GO) is an online first-person shooter developed by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment. olofmeister broky Started in 2010, Top 20 Players of the Year is HLTV's annual tradition of ranking the 20 best players of each year based on players' individual performances and accolades with the exception of 2012 which was a transition year from Counter-Strike to Global Offensive. May 24th - just9n and SileNt announce that they have been removed from the starting roster May 27th - NRG Esports announce the addition of tabseN and FugLy. June 21st - Jabbi is acquired by Heroic. hallzerk OpTic Gaming ESL Challenger League Season 42: Europe is an online European Global Offensive tournament organized by ESEA. Organization ID Name Position Join Date Martin Kabrhel Founder, Head of Data Analysis 2020-01-25 Daniel Kloud CEO: 2021-07-?? SK Gaming was a founding member of the, now defunct, G7 Teams. Trivia []. March 4th - ALEX steps down from Team Vitality's active roster. "After almost 3 years of being with GamerLegion, we will part ways with one of our franchise players". January 1st - ZywOo signs a five-year contract extension with Team Vitality, keeping him tied to the organization until December 31, 2024. Liquipedia Plopski He is Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto's older brother. He is best known for adopting an aggressive and flashy AWPing style in early Global Offensive, utilizing it to win the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 Major as the MVP Hampus "hampus" Poser (born November 26, 1998) is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Ninjas in Pyjamas. xccurate ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe August 4th - Zyphon leaves Copenhagen Flames. Team Envy Kevin "xccurate" Susanto (born February 18, 1998) is a retired Indonesian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. They are notorious for the North American match fixing scandal, which resulted in DaZeD, swag, AZK, The organization was sponsored and ran by iBUYPOWER. Liquipedia ptr Mozilla: Pavel Klaban 100 Thieves is an American organization formed by former OpTic Gaming Call of Duty player, co-owner and personality, Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers. Team GamerLegion StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Astralis He is the longest lasting member of the lineup, having played since the team first formed under the Team Kinguin banner. In late 2017, the organisation picked a Brazilian Global Offensive squad; however, due to various setbacks and controversies, this squad eventually parted ways with the organization G2 Esports The organization was sponsored and ran by iBUYPOWER. Rare Atom (formerly known as ViCi Gaming) is a Chinese esports organization which hosts teams in Dota 2, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and FIFA. January 21st - Team Vitality sign MaT as an assistant coach. It is the fourth official game in the main Counter-Strike series and the seventh game in all. This S-Tier tournament is a Major Championship which took place from Oct 26 to Nov 07 2021 featuring 24 teams competing over a total prize pool of $2,000,000 USD. Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhaylov (born December 20, 1998) is a Russian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who most recently played for Natus Vincere as the in-game leader. "After we announced the benching of our AWPer, we mutually agreed to release him from the contract with immediate effect" . He is the younger brother of former professional Counter-Strike player Martin "hellzERk" Solbakken. Hvard "rain" Nygaard (born August 27, 1994) is a Norwegian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for FaZe Clan. Astralis is a Danish esports organization founded in January 2016. Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora (born May 14, 2002) is a Swedish-Spanish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, currently benched in Ninjas in Pyjamas. Luminosity Gaming The tournament features a $1,000,000 USD prize pool and 24 teams as with previous Majors. Earlier versions of Counter-Strike also had Majors, but they were not supported by Valve. Lotan "Spinx" Giladi (born September 13, 2000) is an Israeli professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Team Vitality. Luminosity Gaming (often abbreviated to LG) is a Canadian esports organization. August 5th - Copenhagen Flames hire Fragadelphia 17 is an offline American Global Offensive tournament organized by Nerd Street Gamers. HLTV Top 20 Players of the Year The organization is also involved in the Overwatch League with the operation of the Vancouver Titans. PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Team Vitality Xyp9x January 22nd - NRG Esports sign ex-Method ahead of the Americas Last Chance Qualifier - Columbus 2016. Team iBUYPOWER was a North American organization that was best known for having a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, whose previous roster was widely regarded as the best of the continent. CS:GO Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are tournaments sponsored by Valve with a prize pool of at least $1,000,000 (previously $250,000). hampus They are notorious for the North American match fixing scandal, which resulted in DaZeD, swag, AZK, Team iBUYPOWER was a North American organization that was best known for having a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, whose previous roster was widely regarded as the best of the continent. He is widely considered as one of the best CS:GO players in the world ever since his breakthrough in Entropiq iBUYPOWER NRG Esports These players are noted with a (B) behind their name, since they're inactive but still part of the roster in an official sense. Their original lineups were referred to as the "Boys in Blue". This B-Tier tournament took place from Sep 10 to 11 2022 featuring 16 teams competing over a total prize pool of $100,000 USD. It was founded in February 2015 by Steve Maida. Fredrik "REZ" Sterner (born January 11, 1998) is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Ninjas in Pyjamas. The StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 is the 15th Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the second Major of 2019. ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe is an online European Global Offensive tournament organized by ESL. Kevin "xccurate" Susanto (born February 18, 1998) is a retired Indonesian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He is the longest-standing member of the present lineup, being a part of it since June 2017, when he was picked up from Epsilon eSports to replace Adam "friberg" Friberg. January 20th - Team Vitality part ways with WiPR. Brollan Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (born November 9, 2000) is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who plays for Team Vitality as the AWPer. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (born May 19, 1995) is an inactive French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, most recently for G2 Esports, and a former professional Counter-Strike: Source player. Wings Up Gaming Spinx CS:GO Major Championships Liquipedia ZywOo His time in FaZe Clan, which began in August 2017 and conclusively ended in January 2022, comes after his legendary 3-year-long tenure with Fnatic, during which he won OpTic Gaming is an American esports organization primarily known for its Call of Duty team. tarik They were first introduced in 2013 at DreamHack Winter. VALORANT Pro Settings He is widely considered one of the best players in Counter-Strike history, having been ranked #2 in 2010 and 2011 in CS and #1 in 2013 and 2014 in CS:GO by HLTV. Team Envy (formerly known as Team EnVyUs, often abbreviated to Envy, EnVy or nV) is an American esports organization founded in 2007 who used to be mainly known for their competitive Call of Duty background. unlike CSGO. March 5th - Team Vitality sign misutaaa. Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke (born April 19, 1997) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. k0nfig XTQZZZ A lot of players have been allowed to explore their options because they're not part of their team's plans anymore, but haven't formally left the team yet. 34.0 34.1 Team GamerLegion (2022-07-01). It was released on August 21st, 2012 after which Valve Corporation assumed sole responsibility for developing post It is partially owned by players of the former Danish Team SoloMid/Team Questionmark lineup. The rights to the Astralis name were obtained from the original founders of the Finnish Counter-Strike team. In September 2019, GeT_RiGhT stepped down Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Helvijs "broky" Saukants (born February 14, 2001) is a Latvian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who plays for FaZe Clan as the AWPer. Rmy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam (born December 23, 1988) is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach and a retired professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike: Source caster and player.