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PGL Major Copenhagen 2024
The PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 was the first ''Counter-Strike 2'' Major Championship and twentieth ''Counter-Strike'' Major overall. It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Royal Arena from March 17 to 31, 2024. Twenty-four teams qualified from regional qualifiers for the tournament, which involved a prize pool of US$1,250,000. It is the fourth ''Counter-Strike'' Major organized by PGL after PGL Major: Kraków 2017, PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Natus Vincere were the tournament's champions, following a 2–1 victory over FaZe Clan. Background ''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 the most prestigious tournaments. The defending Major champions were Team Vitality, who won their first Major championship at Blast Paris Major 2023. They would be eliminat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike 2
''Counter-Strike 2'' is a 2023 free-to-play Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game, game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It is the fifth entry in the ''Counter-Strike'' series, developed as an updated version of the previous entry, ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (2012). The game was announced on March 22, 2023, and was released on September 27, 2023, for Windows and Linux, replacing ''Global Offensive'' on Steam (service), Steam. Like its predecessor, the game pits two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, against each other in various objective-based game modes; additional game modes that stray away from this setup are also included. ''Counter-Strike 2'' features major technical improvements over ''Global Offensive'', including a move from the Source (game engine), Source game engine to Source 2, improved video game graphics, graphics, and a new "sub-tick" server architecture. In addition, many List of competitive Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from 9 to 22 May 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in ''CS:GO'' history to win a Major. Background ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments. The defending Major Champions were Natus Vincere, who won their first Major at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus
() was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus. Origins The origins of the word can be traced back to the Latin word , "man". The common list of attributes associated with were considered to be particularly masculine strengths. From the early to the later days of the Roman Empire, there appears to have been a development in how the concept was understood. Originally described specifically martial courage, but it eventually grew to be used to describe a range of Roman virtues. It was often divided into different qualities including ( practical wisdom), (justice), ( temperance, self-control), and (courage). This division of virtue as a whole into cardinal virtues is an ongoing project of positive psychology or, in philosophy, virtue ethics, following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuke (Counter-Strike)
"Nuke", also known by its filename de_nuke, is a multiplayer map in the ''Counter-Strike'' series of first-person shooter video games by Valve Corporation, centered around bomb defusal. Set outside and inside the premises of a nuclear power plant as counter-terrorists attempt to repel a devastating attack, it was first released in November 1999 for the original ''Counter-Strike''. It received a significant redesign in 2016 for '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' as part of the "Operation Wildfire" update, which added more realistic detail and tweaked its layout. Another update was made to the map in 2018. It is used heavily in competitive play, and continues to be divisive for its design even after its revamp due to its complex layout and large open areas. It is notorious for being a haven for the defending team. History The original Nuke map for ''Counter-Strike'' was set in a Southwestern canyon environment similar to that of the ''Half-Life'' level Surface Tension, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage (Counter-Strike)
"Mirage", also known by its filename de_mirage, is a video game map in the first-person shooter series ''Counter-Strike''. Released officially in 2013 by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, it expanded the original ''Counter-Strike'' and '' Counter-Strike: Source'' map "de_cpl_strike", developed by Michael "BubkeZ" Hüll. One of ''Counter-Strike'' most popular maps, Mirage has been used in a number of esports tournaments and Major Championships due to its balanced level design and its opportunities for players to display their tactical and coordination skills. Over time, the map has undergone changes and updates by Valve to improve its quality and increase the tactical balance. Design The level design of Mirage follows the traditional square design of ''Counter-Strike'' maps such as Dust II, Cache, and Inferno. It is built around a Middle East-inspired town, which contains a number of different buildings and structures, such as apartment buildings, fortresses, stores, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inferno (Counter-Strike)
Inferno, also known by its filename de_inferno, is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Level (video games), map in the ''Counter-Strike'' series of first-person shooter video games by Valve Corporation. The map was first created for the original ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' in a 2001 update and has subsequently appeared in each series entry. While considered a traditional map in the series, its design differs from maps such as Dust II, featuring many hiding spots and branching, narrow paths. The map was remade from the ground up for ''Counter-Strike: Source'' in 2005, changing large parts of the map and moving the setting from the Middle East to Europe. The map returned for ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' in 2012 and was revamped in a 2016 update, adjusting the map's graphics and visibility. The map returned in ''Counter-Strike 2'', featuring various enhancements and graphical upgrades. Since its introduction, Inferno has been one of the most popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-elimination Tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss-system Tournament
A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other competitors. Competitors meet one-on-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but does not play the same opponent more than once. The winner is the competitor with the highest aggregate points earned in all rounds. With an even number of participants, all competitors play in each round. The Swiss system is used for competitions in which there are too many entrants for a full round-robin (all-play-all) to be feasible, and eliminating any competitors before the end of the tournament is undesirable. In contrast, all-play-all is suitable if there are a small number of competitors; whereas a Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination (knoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Blume
Anders Blume (born December 7, 1985) is a Danish ''Counter-Strike'' commentator and co-founder of RoomOnFire. He has been present as a caster at all of the Valve sponsored CS:GO Majors, with the exception of EMS One Katowice 2014. He has worked for a wide variety of tournament organisers including Electronic Sports League (ESL), Dreamhack and Gfinity. He is more often than not paired with Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat, also a co-founder of RoomOnFire and Jason "Moses" O'Toole, for his casts. He is famous for his energetic casts, including the use of what has become his catchphrase, "Are you kidding me?". In 2015, he won the Golden Joystick award for esports icon of the year. Esports commentary Blume's entry into commentary stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the commentators at the time he played the game. He was unsatisfied with how they described the game, in particular their failure to acknowledge the use of flashes, smoke, and grenades as a tactical element. Blume had his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjokz
Eefje Depoortere (; born 16 June 1987), known professionally as Sjokz ( "shocks", ), is a Belgian television presenter, reporter, and esports player who has hosted the ''League of Legends'' European Championship. She has also hosted multiple ''League of Legends'' World Championships. Early life Depoortere grew up in Belgium as an only child. She studied sports journalism at university. Career Depoortere was formerly a competitive ''Unreal Tournament '99'' player and competed in several LANs. The name "Sjokz" is a phonetic spelling of "shocks" in Dutch, and derives from her use of the Shock Rifle in ''Unreal Tournament''. Depoortere began working as a freelance journalist producing esports-related content for SK Gaming and ESFi World. She completed her Master's degree in history (2009), journalism (2010) and a teaching degree (2011) from Ghent University. Depoortere was crowned as the winner of the 2009 Aardbeienprinses van Beervelde pageant and was the third-place fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lewis (journalist)
Richard Lewis is a British esports journalist and livestream commentator from Wales. Having written technology articles for ''The Daily Dot'' and ''Cadred'', he is best known as an esports journalist and as a former desk host of ELEAGUE. Career Broadcasting In late 2015, it was reported that broadcasting conglomerate Turner would be launching a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional league, called ELEAGUE, which would be aired weekly on the American television channel TBS. Lewis was invited to be a host for the league in 2016. In April 2018, Lewis announced that after two years with ELEAGUE he would be leaving as the full-time host to pursue other opportunities. In November 2015 at DreamHack Winter 2015, police were called following a physical altercation between Lewis and Alliance ''Dota 2'' player Jonathan 'Loda' Berg. On Twitter, Berg claimed he was strangled by Lewis, and Lewis responded saying he acted defensively when confronted by Berg who should not have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike In Esports
Professional ''Counter-Strike'' competition involves Esports, professional gamers competing in the first-person shooter game series ''Counter-Strike''. The Counter-Strike (video game), original game, released in 1999, is a Mod (video gaming), mod developed by Minh Le, Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe of the 1998 video game ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'', published by Valve Corporation, Valve. Currently, the games that have been played competitively include ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' (''CS'' also called ''CS 1.6''), ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'' (''CS:CZ''), ''Counter-Strike: Source'' (''CS:S''), ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO''), and ''Counter-Strike 2'' (''CS2''). Major esports championships began in 2001 with the Cyberathlete Professional League Winter Championship, won by Ninjas in Pyjamas. History The ''Counter-Strike'' series has over 20 years of competitive history beginning with the original Counter-Strike (video game), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
