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Andreas Fullon, better known as Xyp9x (zɪpɛks), is a Danish former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and current assistant coach for Counter-Strike 2 team MOUZ. [3] [4] He became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. [5]
NiKo is often cited by many professionals and analysts alike as one of the greatest Counter-Strike players of all time and the best rifler in the history of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [2] [3] He has been named a Top 20 Player Of The Year by HLTV eight times, tying dev1ce for the 2nd for most top 20 player appearances in Global Offensive ...
Chris Shive of Hardcore Gamer stated that Counter-Strike 2 is a "mostly positive update to Global Offensive", and gave it a 4/5 rating. [6] Polygon ' s Charlie Theel called Counter-Strike 2 "a significant move forward for the franchise", praising the game's changes to weapon handling, visuals, sound design and art direction. [55]
Nickname Real name Country Team Game(s) Career Thor: Thor Aackerlund: United States: Camerica (spokesperson), considered to be one of the first professional gamers [1]: Tetris, Nintendo World Championships
In early 2017, Dignitas was signed by F.C. Copenhagen in a new team known as North. [7] After signing aizy in place of RUBINO, the team would struggle to find success. [8] In July, North elected to replace Magisk with Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså as the former's form declined after the addition of aizy and ensuing change of roles within the team.
Rating 1.0 was introduced to HLTV in 2010 with the first version of Counter-Strike. This rating was based on the number of kills per round, the survival rate of a player per round, and the amount of multikills a player got, which is known as the impact rating. The higher each of these values are, the higher rating a player would get. [18]
Astralis is a Danish esports organization. Best known for their Counter-Strike 2 team, they also have teams representing other games, such as FIFA and Rainbow Six Siege. The parent group of Astralis is the Astralis Group, who previously managed Origen and Future F.C. before the merger of all teams under the Astralis brand. [1]
KennyS was also singled out as "the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player in the world" by CS:GO analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields, [22] with the team being ranked as no. 5 on his Top 10 World Ranking list leading up to DreamHack Winter 2014.