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Counter-Strike Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike (CS) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer. The first Valve-recognized Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping , Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams.
Osipov started playing Counter-Strike 1.6 when he was just 5 years old on his brother's computer, [6] and switched to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive three years later. At the age of ten, Osipov reached the highest rank in the game — Global Elite, and by 12 years old, he had reached the maximum level on the Faceit platform.
2nd - Intel Extreme Masters XV - World Championship [27] 7–8th - ESL Pro League Season 13; 7–8th - DreamHack Masters Spring 2021; 2nd - EPIC CIS League Spring 2021; 5–6th - IEM XVI Summer; 9–10th - StarLadder CIS RMR 2021; 5–6th - IEM Cologne 2021; 13–16th - ESL Pro League Season 14; 1st - Pinnacle Fall Series #1; 4th - IEM XVI Fall ...
If players progress beyond 1st kyu, they will receive the rank of 1st dan, and from then on will move numerically upwards through the dan ranks. [3] In martial arts, 1st dan is the equivalent of a black belt. The very best players may achieve a professional dan rank. [3] The rank system is tabulated from the lowest to highest ranks:
The PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 was the first Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship and twentieth Counter-Strike Major overall. [1] It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Royal Arena from March 17 to 31, 2024.
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]
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 ...
He is considered one of the best players in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive history, having been ranked the No. 1 player in the world by HLTV in 2019, 2020 and 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is the youngest ever HLTV Player of the Year at 19 years old, [ 4 ] and only the second player after coldzera to be named the HLTV Player of the Year in their first ...