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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) medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shox (gamer)
Richard Papillon (born 27 May 1992),VaKarM"shox - Journey of a Legend" 12 November 2017 better known as shox, is a French professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Apeks. He is considered one of the greatest players in ''Global Offensive'' history, known for his high skill and longevity in the scene, and featured in HLTV's Top 20 Players list from 2013 to 2016. He has won over a dozen international tournaments, as well as one Major Championship: DreamHack Winter 2014. Early life Shox began playing ''Counter-Strike'' when he was nine years old, and was introduced to the series by his older brother. His parents allowed him to take a year off from studies to pursue the game which led to him joining his first successful teams in '' Counter-Strike: Source'' around 2007. His handle referenced a model of Nike shoes that were popular at the time. Career Shox is best known for playing for a number of French ''Counter-Strike'' teams, including VeryGames, Titan, Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KioShiMa
Fabien Fiey, better known by his in-game name kioShiMa, is a French professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and former '' Counter-Strike 1.6'' player. Career kioShiMa originates from a ''Counter-Strike 1.6'' background, in which he made his first international appearance as a 17-year-old in his 3DMAX team at Electronic Sports World Cup 2011. His team, however, would crash out in the group stage following losses to each of their opponents; SK Gaming, Moscow Five, DTS Gaming as well as eSrael. The following months would see him slowly climbing the tiers of French teams in the game. In early 2012, he would join two known players atLaNtis and mshz in e2g, and later WCG legends HaRts and ioRek in Bizounours. The team attended GameGune 2012 in July, but kioShiMa and his team did not again manage to make an impact and fell out of the tournament in 9-12th place. The release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive followed soon after, and KioShiMa soon moved onto the new game, app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friberg (gamer)
Adam Friberg is a Swedish competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who last played for Dignitas. He is the cousin of Erik Friberg, a footballer who previously played for Seattle Sounders FC. Friberg previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas where he won his only major to date, ESL One Cologne 2014. Career ''Counter-Strike'' Friberg began his professional esports career in 2009 playing for Games4u.se in '' Counter-Strike: Source''. ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' After playing with several teams from 2010 to 2012, Friberg signed with Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP). During his time with the team, he helped them go on a record 87-map win streak on LAN, and took home the Major trophy from ESL One Cologne 2014. On July 31, 2017, Friberg parted ways with the team. In August 2017, Friberg signed with OpTic Gaming. Friberg signed with team Heroic in May 2018. In his 18 months with the team, he won several tournaments, including the GG.Bet Sydney Invitational in March a ... [...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. Absol ... [...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] |
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'', ''Heroes of the Storm'', ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', and ''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 LEC—totalling seven of the 19 played so far ()—until G2 Esports won their eighth title in the 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 first ever ''CS:GO'' Major in 2013 and two more between 2013 and 2015. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shox (gamer)
Richard Papillon (born 27 May 1992),VaKarM"shox - Journey of a Legend" 12 November 2017 better known as shox, is a French professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Apeks. He is considered one of the greatest players in ''Global Offensive'' history, known for his high skill and longevity in the scene, and featured in HLTV's Top 20 Players list from 2013 to 2016. He has won over a dozen international tournaments, as well as one Major Championship: DreamHack Winter 2014. Early life Shox began playing ''Counter-Strike'' when he was nine years old, and was introduced to the series by his older brother. His parents allowed him to take a year off from studies to pursue the game which led to him joining his first successful teams in '' Counter-Strike: Source'' around 2007. His handle referenced a model of Nike shoes that were popular at the time. Career Shox is best known for playing for a number of French ''Counter-Strike'' teams, including VeryGames, Titan, Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xyp9x
Andreas Højsleth, better known as Xyp9x (), is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Astralis. He became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. Højsleth was born and raised in Aars, North Denmark Region. He is currently a member of Astralis. He is a former member of Team Solomid and Team Dignitas Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey, founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell on 9 September 2003 as a merger of two top ''Battlefield 1942'' clans. Dignitas was acquired by the P .... The name Xyp9x was conceived by typing random keys on his keyboard. He was voted the 13th best CS:GO player of 2017 and 2018 by HLTV.org. References People from Vesthimmerland Municipality Living people Danish esports players Counter-Strike players Astralis players Team SoloMid players Dignitas (esports) players Fnatic playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupreeh
Peter Rothmann Rasmussen (born March 26, 1993), better known as dupreeh, is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Team Vitality. He has played for Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid and Astralis. In 2019, he became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. He was sidelined during ESL One Cologne 2016 after developing appendicitis on July 6, 2016. Rasmussen left Astralis in December 2021, along with Emil "Magisk" Reif and coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen. All three joined Team Vitality Team Vitality is a French esports organisation founded in August 2013 by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and India. Team Vitality's main ''League of Legends'' team comp ... in January 2022. Notes References External links * {{twitter, dupreeh 1993 births Living people Danish esports players Astralis players Team SoloMid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SmithZz
Edouard Dubourdeaux or SmithZz is a French former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former '' Counter-Strike: Source'' player. Career SmithZz first joined VeryGames back in 2008 and went on to have great success in the Counter-Strike: Source scene through the years. With some on and off time in the French giants, he finally returned in August 2012 to replace Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, and complete the lineup that would around a month later together switch to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He was voted the 17th best CS:GO player of 2013 by HLTV.org. SmithZz previously joined G2.Kinguin (which later became G2 Esports) and has since then been moved into the coaching role in the '2017 French Shuffle.' In the 2018 French Shuffle, he was reinstated into a playing role for HIFK Esports as part of Richard 'shox' Papillon's project. On 26 November 2018, G2 Esports announced the signing of Lucky and JaCkz in replacement of SmithZz and his teammate Ex6tenZ On 3 February ... [...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 one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
