[ MAPS ] Anubis Improved movement clipping map-wide Adjustments to collision around pillars Plugged holes in world geometry Fixed issues with weapon and bomb clipping through world geometry Ancient Improved water clarity at T spawn Adjustments to jumpable locations Adjustments to collision around co...
[ MAPS ]
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Anubis
- Improved movement clipping map-wide
- Adjustments to collision around pillars
- Plugged holes in world geometry
- Fixed issues with weapon and bomb clipping through world geometry
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Ancient
- Improved water clarity at T spawn
- Adjustments to jumpable locations
- Adjustments to collision around corners
- Various adjustments to lighting
[ MISC ]
- Fixed an issue with round restart in the middle of weapon reloading
- Fixed a case where incendiary grenades fail to detonate in water
- Ragdoll limbs splash when they hit water
Counter-Strike is at its best when teams compete on a level playing field and when ability is the only limit to their success.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen professional Counter-Strike drift away from that ideal. The ecosystem has become gradually less open, with access to the highest levels of competition increasingly gated by business relationships.
We think that Counter-Strike should be an open sport. So we’re going to add new requirements to running large-scale competitive events. The finer details are still in progress, but here are the broad strokes:
- Tournament organizers will no longer have unique business relationships or other conflicts of interest with teams that participate in their events.
- Invitations to all tournaments will use our ranking system (detailed here), or otherwise be determined by open qualifiers.
- Any compensation for participating teams—prize pool or otherwise—will be made public and will be driven by objective criteria that can be inspected by the community.
Since tournament organizers have existing long term commitments, these requirements will take effect as of 2025. There will be some rough edges to the transition, but we’re committed to the long-term health of Counter-Strike as a sport and are looking forward to its bright and open future.
A huge W for Valve. Bringing more meritocracy is a great deal for CS. All franchise leagues are terrible for the scene, potentially crippling the viewership. Teams such as EG (Love the team hate the management) must think twice before bagging their season and not accomplishing anything really...
[ GAMEPLAY ]
- Disabled Wingman
[ MAPS ]
- Added Anubis to Deathmatch, Casual, and Competitive game modes
- Added Ancient to Deathmatch and Casual game modes
- Removed Overpass and Vertigo
[ MISC ]
- Taught chickens how to swim
- Weapons splash when dropped in water
- Adjusted grenade/water interaction sounds
[ ANIMATION ]
- Improved head animation when crouching while running
- Improved foot animation when quickly alternating between standing still and moving
You ever asked yourself what the Counter-Strike players would be doing if they weren't playing Counter-Strike?Hopefully G2 NiKo and m0NESY would not be cutti...
I agree, We do have the Information and Discussion thread pinned, so probably put the matches as comments, but they will be rendered slightly different than normal comments. But if @HyperCube is fine with it he can post the matches in there for the time being.
Whatever works well for you guys. Having alot of posts is fine, as it should engage more people I think, even though not everyone is interested in it.
If anyone is interested in helping with the Match Discussions, DM me, or @HyperCube.
Players and fans across the globe are getting ready to attend Europe's biggest CS:GO esports happening at IEM Cologne, The Cathedral of Counter-Strike!!
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 ==========
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- Organizer: ESL
- Type: Arena LAN
- Location: 🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
- Date: July 26th - August 6th, 2023
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
- Teams: 24
- Media: Event Homepage | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
- Coverage: Liquipedia | HLTV: Play-In, Main Stage
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Streams ----------
ESL: Twitch (A) | Twitch (B) | YouTube | ESL TV | Spanish
Other: Finnish | French | German | Hungarian | Mongolian | Vietnamese
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Format ----------
Play-In
- Double-elimination bracket
- Best-of-one opening matches
- Best-of-three following matches
- Top eight teams advance to the group stage
Group Stage
- Two groups of eight teams each
- Double-elimination bracket (GSL format)
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three matches
- Top team from each group advances to the semifinals
- 2nd and 3rd place teams from each group advances to the quarterfinals
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three quarterfinals and semifinals
- Best-of-five grand final
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Broadcast Talent ----------
Stage Host
Desk Hosts
- 🇺🇸 DarfMike (Mike Winnick)
- 🇬🇧 Freya (Freya Spiers)
- 🇺🇸 stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- 🇿🇦 Tech Girl (Sam Wright)
Interviewers
- 🇬🇧 James Banks (James Banks)
- 🇧🇪 Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
Analysts
- 🇮🇳 Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
- 🇷🇸 kassad (Aleksandar Trifunović)
- 🇨🇭 Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
- 🇺🇸 Mauisnake (Alex Ellenberg)
- 🇺🇸 moses (Jason O'Toole)
- 🇩🇰 Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
- 🇷🇸 YNk (Janko Paunović)
Casters
- 🇬🇧 Machine (Alex Richardson)
- 🇦🇺 SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
- 🇬🇧 Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- 🇬🇧 JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- 🇬🇧 Hawka (Alex Hawkins)
- 🇬🇧 James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
- 🇨🇦 launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
- 🇨🇦 Scrawny (Conner Girvan)
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Teams ----------
Main Stage
🇷🇺 Cloud9: 🇷🇺 Ax1Le | 🌍 electroNic | 🇰🇿 HObbit | 🌍 Perfecto | 🇷🇺 sh1ro | Coach: 🇷🇺 groove
🇪🇺 ENCE: 🇵🇱 dycha | 🇲🇪 Maden | 🇮🇱 NertZ | 🇩🇰 Snappi | 🇪🇸 SunPayus | Coach: 🇫🇮 sAw
🇪🇺 FaZe Clan: 🇱🇻 broky | 🇩🇰 karrigan | 🇳🇴 rain | 🇪🇪 ropz | 🇨🇦 Twistzz
🇪🇺 G2 Esports: 🇩🇰 HooXi | 🇧🇦 huNter- | 🇦🇺 jks | 🇷🇺 m0NESY | 🇧🇦 NiKo | Coach: 🇩🇪 Swani
🇪🇺 GamerLegion: 🇩🇰 acoR | 🇸🇪 isak | 🇧🇪 Keoz | 🇰🇿 neaLaN | 🇷🇴 volt | Coach: 🇬🇧 ashhh
🇩🇰 Heroic: 🇩🇰 cadiaN | 🇩🇰 Jabbi | 🇩🇰 sjuush | 🇩🇰 stavn | 🇩🇰 TeSeS | Coach: 🇸🇪 Xizt
🇪🇺 Natus Vincere: 🇫🇮 Aleksib | 🇺🇦 b1t | 🇷🇴 iM | 🇱🇹 jL | 🇺🇦 s1mple | Coach: 🇺🇦 B1ad3
🇪🇺 Team Vitality: 🇫🇷 apEX | 🇮🇱 flameZ | 🇩🇰 Magisk | 🇮🇱 Spinx | 🇫🇷 ZywOo | Coach: 🇩🇰 zonic
Play-In
🇵🇱 9INE: 🇵🇱 Goofy | 🇵🇱 hades | 🇵🇱 KEi | 🇵🇱 Kylar | 🇵🇱 mynio | Coach: 🇵🇱 nawrot
🇪🇺 Apeks: 🇲🇰 CacaNito | 🇳🇴 jkaem | 🇲🇰 kyxsan | 🇸🇪 nawwk | 🇸🇰 STYKO | Coach: 🇵🇱 kuben
🇩🇰 Astralis: 🇩🇰 b0RUP | 🇩🇰 blameF | 🇩🇰 Buzz | 🇩🇰 dev1ce | 🇩🇰 Staehr | Coach: 🇩🇰 casle
🇩🇪 BIG: 🇩🇪 Krimbo | 🇩🇪 prosus | 🇩🇪 s1n | 🇦🇹 S3NSEY | 🇩🇪 tabseN | Coach: 🇩🇪 TuGuX
🇺🇸 Complexity Gaming: 🇺🇸 EliGE | 🇺🇸 floppy | 🇺🇸 Grim | 🇳🇴 hallzerk | 🇿🇦 JT | Coach: 🇿🇦 T.c
🇪🇺 Fnatic: 🇫🇷 afro | 🇦🇺 dexter | 🇸🇪 KRIMZ | 🇬🇧 mezii | 🇩🇰 roeJ | Coach: 🇬🇧 keita
🇧🇷 FURIA Esports: 🇧🇷 arT | 🇧🇷 chelo | 🇧🇷 FalleN | 🇧🇷 KSCERATO | 🇧🇷 yuurih | Coach: 🇧🇷 guerri
🇦🇺 Grayhound Gaming: 🇦🇺 aliStair | 🇦🇺 INS | 🇦🇺 Liazz | 🇳🇿 Sico | 🇦🇺 Vexite
🇧🇷 Imperial Esports: 🇧🇷 boltz | 🇧🇷 felps | 🇧🇷 HEN1 | 🇧🇷 JOTA | 🇧🇷 VINI | Coach: 🇧🇷 zakk
🇪🇺 Into The Breach: 🇱🇹 Bymas | 🇳🇱 CRUC1AL | 🇨🇿 NEOFRAG | 🇵🇱 rallen | 🇬🇧 Thomas | Coach: 🇵🇹 Juve
🇺🇦 Monte: 🇩🇰 br0 | 🇺🇦 DemQQ | 🇵🇱 kRaSnaL | 🇺🇦 sdy | 🇺🇦 Woro2k | Coach: 🇺🇦 lmbt
🇪🇺 MOUZ: 🇸🇰 frozen | 🇫🇮 Jimpphat | 🇵🇱 siuhy | 🇭🇺 torzsi | 🇮🇱 xertioN | Coach: 🇩🇰 sycrone
🇸🇪 Ninjas in Pyjamas: 🇸🇪 Brollan | 🇸🇪 hampus | 🇺🇦 headtr1ck | 🇩🇰 k0nfig | 🇸🇪 REZ | Coach: 🇸🇪 djL
🇪🇺 OG: 🇳🇱 FASHR | 🇵🇱 F1KU | 🇩🇪 k1to | 🇷🇸 nexa | 🇷🇴 regali | Coach: 🇩🇰 ruggah
🇪🇺 Team Liquid: 🇨🇦 NAF | 🇺🇸 oSee | 🇷🇺 Patsi | 🇧🇬 Rainwaker | 🇱🇻 YEKINDAR | Coach: 🇨🇦 daps
🇲🇳 The MongolZ: 🇲🇳 910 | 🇲🇳 bLitz | 🇲🇳 hasteka | 🇲🇳 mzinho | 🇲🇳 Techno | Coach: 🇲🇳 maaRaa
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This thread may not update till the end of each day. Check HLTV for a more up to date schedule.
To predict your own tournament bracket, try out pickstop.gg
Prize Pool ----------
| \# |Prize|Team| |:---------:|:-------:|:------:| | 1st |$400,000 | | | 2nd |$180,000 | | | 3rd - 4th | $80,000 | | | 3rd - 4th | $80,000 | | | 5th - 6th | $40,000 | | | 5th - 6th | $40,000 | | | 7th - 8th | $24,000 | | | 7th - 8th | $24,000 | | |9th - 12th | $16,000 | | |9th - 12th | $16,000 | | |9th - 12th | $16,000 | | |9th - 12th | $16,000 | | |13th - 16th| $10,000 | | |13th - 16th| $10,000 | | |13th - 16th| $10,000 | | |13th - 16th| $10,000 | | |17th - 20th| $4,500 | | |17th - 20th| $4,500 | | |17th - 20th| $4,500 | | |17th - 20th| $4,500 | | |21st - 24th| $2,500 | | |21st - 24th| $2,500 | | |21st - 24th| $2,500 | | |21st - 24th| $2,500 | |
Other match discussions: r/globaloffensive on Discord
For overview replays of pro matches, check out csgolens.com
Other Notable Tournaments ----------
🇪🇺 CCT North Europe Series #6 (July 18 - 31)
🇺🇸 ESEA Pre-Season Circuit: North American Final (July 30 - 31)
🇪🇺 Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 (July 27 - August 13)
As you may have already seen most of Reddit has gone dark including r/GlobalOffensive. We, the mod team of r/GlobalOffensive have created this alternative Counter-Strike community here for people who want to continue discussing Counter-Strike, bypassing Reddit's shenanigans.
We can continue to operate here, and share more on our actions and developments with Reddit in the comming days. Please bear with us, while we try to get used to Kbin and the Fediverse.
