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The winner of each season's finals goes on to participate the Global Finals at the end of the year, as well as winners of other prestigious non-BLAST Premier events and those that rank highest in the BLAST Premier Global Leaderboard, a standings of the top events of the year from multiple leagues and tournaments. [4]
Among popular Counter-Strike maps are levels listed by Valve as "Active Duty." Such maps are considered the most balanced and competitive by Valve and are used in nearly all competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments. [1] The list of Active Duty maps changes occasionally, normally by replacing just one map at a time.
In early November 2014, the German-based Electronic Sports League announced the creation of the ESL Pro League as the European ESL league. On April 28, 2015, ESL announced a joint venture with the North American-based E-Sports Entertainment Association League to provide a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league with US$500,000 in total prize money in the first season between two continents.
The Counter-Strike series has over 20 years of competitive history beginning with the original Counter-Strike.Tournaments for early versions of the game have been hosted since 2000, but the first prestigious international tournament was hosted in Dallas, Texas at the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Winter Championship, won by the Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas.
3–4th - BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024; 3–4th - Esports World Cup 2024; 13–16th - BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024; 13–16th - IEM Cologne 2024; 3–4th - BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024; 5–6th - BetBoom Dacha Belgrade Season 2; 13–16th - ESL Pro League Season 20; 5–6th - IEM Rio 2024
Counter-Strike 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation.It is the fifth game in the Counter-Strike series.In professional Counter-Strike, the Valve-sponsored Majors are considered the most prestigious tournaments.
Counter-Strike 2 is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter, [1] in which two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, compete to complete different objectives, depending on the game mode selected. [2] Most game modes play out over several rounds; in-between rounds, players are able to purchase different weapons and equipment to use.
As of the 2023 release of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), Counter-Strike esports, including the Majors, are played in CS2. Since then, the Major circuit has expanded significantly, with recent tournaments advertising a US$1,250,000 prize pool and featuring thirty-two teams from around the world. The Majors are considered to be the most important and ...