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HLTV
HLTV, formerly an acronym of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the '' Counter-Strike'' community with over 4 million unique visitors each month. In February 2020, the site was acquired by the sports betting group Better Collective. History HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Martin" Rosenbæk and Per "Nomad" Lambæk. It was initially created to host recordings of ''Counter-Strike 1.6'' matches, although it grew to include '' Counter-Strike'' and ''Half-Life'' news. HLTV started storing GOTV demos for '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' when they were introduced in 2012. It has since evolved to include news, statistics, and analysis for the professional esports scene of ''Global Offensive''. Since late 2015, HLTV ranks the teams based on their own rating system. HLTV have awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HLTV
HLTV, formerly an acronym of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the '' Counter-Strike'' community with over 4 million unique visitors each month. In February 2020, the site was acquired by the sports betting group Better Collective. History HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Martin" Rosenbæk and Per "Nomad" Lambæk. It was initially created to host recordings of ''Counter-Strike 1.6'' matches, although it grew to include '' Counter-Strike'' and ''Half-Life'' news. HLTV started storing GOTV demos for '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' when they were introduced in 2012. It has since evolved to include news, statistics, and analysis for the professional esports scene of ''Global Offensive''. Since late 2015, HLTV ranks the teams based on their own rating system. HLTV have awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F0rest
Patrik Lindberg (born June 10, 1988), known by the pseudonym f0rest, is a Swedish esports player who is considered to be one of the best ''Counter-Strike'' players in the world. Having played competitively since 2005, Lindberg has been widely regarded within the esports scene as the greatest player in ''Counter-Strike'' history. Lindberg is best known for his four years of tenure on the Fnatic roster, which he helped bring to prominence as the dominant team of 2009, during which year the team broke the record for the highest-earning team in ''Counter-Strike'' history. Near the end of 2010, Lindberg left Fnatic and joined SK Gaming, which he remained with until July 2012. Soon after, he transitioned over to '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and joined the team Ninjas in Pyjamas. In 2020, Lindberg left NiP to join Dignitas. Professional career Lindberg began his professional gaming career in early 2005, when he made his international debut at the global finals in South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flusha
Robin Rönnquist (born August 12, 1993), better known as flusha, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He previously played for teams such as fnatic and Cloud9. flusha has won 3 CS:GO majors: Dreamhack Winter 2013, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015. Professional career ''Counter-Strike 1.6'' flusha started playing ''Counter-Strike'' professionally in 2011. His team qualified, for Dreamhack Winter 2011, but ended up exiting out in the group stage. His teams did not qualify for any other significant events in 1.6. Early Years in ''CS:GO'' After transitioning to ''CS:GO'', flusha wandered around many Swedish teams, including Epsilon eSports and Western Wolves. flusha was a part of the first lineup which defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas (Nip), the dominant team at the time, in an online match. flusha's team developed a reputation of being "onliners," a derogative term used to describe teams which perform better in online matches than on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olofmeister
Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson (born 31 January 1992), better known as olofmeister, is a Swedish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for H2k, Absolute Legends, LGB eSports, Fnatic, and FaZe Clan. Gustafsson is widely regarded as one of the best ''CS:GO'' players in history. He has won two CSGO Majors, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015, as well as many other tournaments. Early life Gustafsson grew up in Tyresö. He has a brother, Karl, and a sister, Hanna. He developed an interest in playing football at the young age of four and remained active in the sport until he sustained a knee injury at the age of fifteen. He is an avid fan of Arsenal. The injury eventually became a catalyst for his transition from playing '' Counter-Strike'' casually, into taking it more seriously. Career H2k In H2k, Gustafsson played with Joel "emilio" Mako, André "keiz" Carlsson, John "wenton" Eriksson, and Hugo "huggan" Lopez. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRIMZ
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such as ''Apex Legends'', ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', ''FIFA (video game series), FIFA'', ''Heroes of the Storm'', ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', and ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Rainbow Six Siege''. Fnatic's ''League of Legends'' team won the first-ever League of Legends World Championship in 2011, and also held the record for the most League of Legends Championship Series split titles in the EU LCS, LEC—totalling seven of the 19 played so far ()—until G2 Esports won their eighth title in the 2020 LEC season, 2020 LEC Summer Split. With the 2015 EU LCS Summer Split they became the first LCS team to finish a split undefeated. Fnatic's ''CS:GO'' team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, won the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GeT RiGhT
Christopher Alesund (born 29 May 1990), better known as GeT_RiGhT, is a Swedish ''Counter-Strike'' player who is currently a streamer for Dignitas. During his time as a member of Ninjas in Pyjamas, he was considered one of the best ''Counter-Strike'' players in the history of the series. He began playing competitively in 2007 and has previously been a member of SK Gaming, Fnatic, Begrip Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Dignitas. Career ''Counter-Strike'' Christopher Alesund started playing 1.6 after his brother Robin introduced him to the game. In 2007, Alesund started playing for Begrip, placed 2nd at spiXelania 2007. Later that year, he joined SK Gaming, which placed 4th at the EM II Finals on March 9, 2008. In early 2009, Alesund joined Fnatic, replacing Oskar "ins" Holm. This proved to be a good move, as the team won the WEG e-Stars 2009: King of the Game soon after. In March, Alesund won his first major, IEM Season III against the Polish super team MeetYourMakers. They t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NEO (video Game Player)
Filip Borys Kubski (born June 15, 1987), better known as NEO, is a Polish player of the ''Counter-Strike'' series who is currently playing for Honoris. NEO is considered to be one of the best players in ''Counter-Strike'' history. He was also one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish ''CS'' players. Most recently he was the in-game leader for FaZe Clan. He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004. NEO is considered to be a mechanically gifted player, with an intelligent mind for the game. Kubski is also considered to be very good at '' Counter-Strike 1.6s in-game movement, which makes him difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV users voted Kubski the greatest ''Counter-Strike'' player of the decade. He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 2011. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy (gamer)
Vincent Cervoni Schopenhauer, better known by the in-game name Happy, is a French professional ''Valorant'' player for Excel Esports. He formerly played professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') as a lurker/rifler for Team LDLC. As the in-game leader for Team Envy, and before that Team LDLC, Happy won two ''CS:GO'' Majors – DreamHack Winter 2014 and DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 – and finished second at another – ESL One Cologne 2015, a performance record that led to him being ranked as one of the best players in the game's history. Happy is considered a star of the French ''CS:GO'' scene and along with Ex6TenZ, one of the country's best in-game leaders. Before ''CS:GO'', he played '' Counter-Strike: Source'' under the name EMSTQD. ''Counter-Strike: Source'' Vincent Cervoni Schopenhauer began his ''Counter-Strike: Source'' (''CSS'') career in December 2007 under the name "EMSTQD" when he joined with Ex6TenZ's team GlobalTeam. Based on their results, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NEO (gamer)
Filip Borys Kubski (born June 15, 1987), better known as NEO, is a Polish player of the ''Counter-Strike'' series who is currently playing for Honoris. NEO is considered to be one of the best players in ''Counter-Strike'' history. He was also one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish ''CS'' players. Most recently he was the in-game leader for FaZe Clan. He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004. NEO is considered to be a mechanically gifted player, with an intelligent mind for the game. Kubski is also considered to be very good at '' Counter-Strike 1.6s in-game movement, which makes him difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV users voted Kubski the greatest ''Counter-Strike'' player of the decade. He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 2011. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GeT RiGhT
Christopher Alesund (born 29 May 1990), better known as GeT_RiGhT, is a Swedish ''Counter-Strike'' player who is currently a streamer for Dignitas. During his time as a member of Ninjas in Pyjamas, he was considered one of the best ''Counter-Strike'' players in the history of the series. He began playing competitively in 2007 and has previously been a member of SK Gaming, Fnatic, Begrip Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Dignitas. Career ''Counter-Strike'' Christopher Alesund started playing 1.6 after his brother Robin introduced him to the game. In 2007, Alesund started playing for Begrip, placed 2nd at spiXelania 2007. Later that year, he joined SK Gaming, which placed 4th at the EM II Finals on March 9, 2008. In early 2009, Alesund joined Fnatic, replacing Oskar "ins" Holm. This proved to be a good move, as the team won the WEG e-Stars 2009: King of the Game soon after. In March, Alesund won his first major, IEM Season III against the Polish super team MeetYourMakers. They t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xizt
Richard Landström, better known as Xizt, is a Swedish former professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') player who is currently the head coach for Heroic. Until February 2018, he played for Ninjas in Pyjamas, but stepped down following a stretch of poor results. On March 11, 2018, he played for Fnatic as in-game leader to replace Golden. On January 21, 2020, he has reunited with former teammates and is part of Dignitas's Male ''CS:GO'' Team. Landstöm's biggest result was winning ESL One Cologne 2014, one of Counter Strike's majors. Playing career Landström was the primary IGL for Ninjas in Pyjamas from the formation of the roster to him stepping down in February 2018. Even though he normally wasn't the best performing player on the NiP roster, HLTV ranked him among the top 20 players in 2010 (18th), 2011 (13th) and 2013 (6th). In April 2018 Landström joined FaZe Clan as a substitute for Olofmeister due to him taking a short break from competitive Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev1ce
Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz (born 8 September 1995), better known as dev1ce (pronounced and sometimes spelled as device), is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Astralis. On his first stint in Astralis, he became the first (along with three of his then-teammates) to win 4 majors in ''CS:GO'', and to win 3 majors consecutively. He is regarded as one of the best players of all time, consistently playing at a very high individual level since 2014. Early life Reedtz was born on 8 September 1995 in Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark. He began playing video games when he was a teen with his brother as his talent was immediately noticeable. He was also an exceptional badminton player. In fact, at age 14 the big clubs in Denmark wanted him to play for them. He turned their offers down, citing a knee injury and a higher level of passion for video games. Career 2013 Reedtz's first official CS:GO debut was with the Swedish team Fnatic as a temporar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
