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Dust II is the successor to "Dust", another Counter-Strike map, and was developed by David Johnston before the official release of the original Counter-Strike game. It was designed with the aims of simplicity and balance, based on its symmetrical design and two points, over which the two teams must fight for control.
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.
Each year, the HLTV staff rank professional Counter-Strike players based on their performance, and write an article explaining their choice. These rankings are based on how successful the player's team is, the individual performance based on the HLTV Rating 1.0 and Rating 2.0, and MVP/EVP awards given by HLTV.
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.
[5] [31] In 2022, Inferno was the second most popular map in the game's casual and competitive matchmaking, only beaten by Mirage. [32] In the rankings from TheGamer and Dot Esports on the best maps in the game regarding balance, Inferno was ranked #1 for its unique risk and reward design and ease of learning to new players.
The researchers were displeased with the ranking system in the beta of Halo 2 (2004). [3] By the time Halo 2 launched, it was using TrueSkill. [4] The term skill-based matchmaking first appeared in a 2008 interview with game designer John Carmack in which he emphasized its importance in Quake Live (2010).
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It was organized by Electronic Sports League and sponsored by the game's developers Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The Polish roster of Virtus.pro won the event by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals. [1] [2] EMS One Katowice 2014 was streamed on Twitch and had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers. [3]