The way you move is like a nose and can't ride your way.
It's all about you.
It's all about the way you come, ride it can't it's way.
It's all about you.
I don't want to push my luck.
I don't know if I see you.
Because I can't get it in my own more.
Let's put it in my face, under.
I'm a big face, I'm a star, can't be just a nest, I'm a star, oh no
Just maybe you know I'm just a person as long as you're safe and I don't work
I'll be your eyes, I'm just a person as long as you're safe and I don't work
I'm just making a heart out of town
Take the sun as long as the feeling is like I'm on a road
I'm just making a heart out of town
No, I'd turn and on can make my car escape
It's all about you, it's all about you
No one else around you take me to a high stage
It's all about you, it's all about you
I'm your first mother, I can never pass you up
Because I just can't get it enough, oh no
Let's go to my face and talk
How about we give faces a show?
Can't we just a master's talk?
Oh no, I'm just making you know
You're watching, you're watching the sun is cold
The bullets are getting over
You're all they know are
You're watching, you're watching the sun is over
The sun is over, the sun is over
Now I can come across the fire with the end.
Get the power to go and get the fire by me.
Now I can come across the fire with the end.
Now I can come across the fire with the fire.
I don't know my course, but I don't need it.
I don't know my body, but I don't like it.
She said she loves you, but she can't love me.
But I love you!
I won't play window anymore.
Let's go now!
Yeah, you're right.
One expert.
Lines, camera action, the red carpet has been rolled out for counter strikes at night
of nights.
We are here in Belgrade, Serbia at the service centre to celebrate the year competition
that was 20-25.
This is the HLTV Awards presented by OneXP and I'm joined by a prof demand with the
plan, it's bigger than better than ever, Proph.
Yeah, just a super excited for everything in store tonight.
The amount of people coming is crazy, the size of the stage, pretty crazy,
and we just have a lot of excitement coming tonight.
That's a good note that we can celebrate the year that was,
and let's get things under way, let's go check in with the community, Woods.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and fans from all around the world.
Welcome to Belgrade Serbia, an HLTV award, 2025.
My name is Georgia Georgia, aka Leschko.
If you watch a single CS game in the previous 15 years and you're from somewhere around here,
you probably know who I am. If not, if you're from any other corner of the world,
you're probably never heard of me. But don't worry, that's totally fine. I did like six or seven
interviews with Sponge and he still doesn't know who the hell I am. He still can't even introduce
me properly. But that doesn't matter. A quick couple of facts about myself. I worked in E-Frag
and I survived all the shit shows they had after that.
I went to Slovenia for the gaming paradise.
You'll know what happened there.
I survived that as well.
And maybe that's the reason why HLTV thought it was a good idea for me to host
the community award this year.
Either that or machine is too expensive.
Nevertheless, I'm here to be your host for the community award.
Then let's face it.
It's all about the competitiveness.
It's all about the best I gel, the best in-game leader, the best player, blah, blah, blah, blah,
but it's also about fun.
And today on this stage, we're going to celebrate fun.
We have five categories like previous year.
We have the best talent, best content creator, best streamer, best skin,
and best event of 2025.
A lot of action, a lot of interesting stuff,
so be sure to tune in.
In the meantime, let's check what's happening on the red carpet.
Yes, Leschko and people are already coming in,
And we are this close from show getting started here in Belgrade and everybody that is a lot of good dates for Khan Shaggin 2020 25 is here
And if you're watching this from home on your streams, you probably didn't do enough
But that's okay. We're gonna be bringing you closer to the action meeting with the top players and top personalities of the year
And we're going to do it here in style on the red carpet
Boria that
All right, well as you can see Boris, the butcher is here, Stico, Lesco, and well,
the four of us. Let's do introductions, Prof. A.K. Zvonimir, Strike Rakem, Milan, and
Nira A.K. Harry, the newest addition for the panel this time round. Harry, first question.
Did Monasi stop the payments? You only made four place. Like it was actually coming from G2.
And when they sold Monasi, they didn't, they stopped the rest here to us.
So we're just in trouble now.
Okay.
I'll clear make sense.
All above board.
We're here as the red carpet is starting to take shape.
The limos are arriving.
Things are getting underway.
Now, a lot going on tonight.
I want to make sure we hit some of the high notes.
Everybody at home can take a look at these two for body language throughout.
Right?
Striker it's you, it's Harry, and who else deciding the world number one place in the people that are.
Nobody else?
Yes.
Oh dear.
to see you brought your lawyer and you didn't like to say for yourself out of the gates.
No, we're absolutely ready to defend our choices.
Okay, so most controversial pick so far.
As in from the community.
On the community.
That's got to be.
Yeah, exactly. I think that's the one that we didn't pick was probably the most kind of version.
I don't know how he got.
That's the one. That's definitely the one.
I think some people are talking about some mouse players.
Yeah, he being inflated.
Nico is one of them that's people were thinking that he should be higher.
that Niko is not coming because you put told you ahead of it.
You're responsible for Niko not arriving to the watch on his eyes.
Apparently so apparently so.
I don't think this is true though.
Oh, I don't think this is true.
Is this fake news?
Ladies, not today's latest updates from the grounds.
China can, you know, breathe.
Monacies coming.
Yeah.
Kiyosuke is not coming.
Yeah.
Unfortunately.
Kiyosuke is coming.
There's something's coming.
The rest of the team is not coming.
And I'm not sure about Zontics.
Okay.
We had some conversations.
He said he's very sick.
He said 99% can't make it, but would like to catch up later on.
Okay.
Nice. Okay. So tonight we've got the community awards, we have the panel awards, and then we have the top one awards. Let's call them that shall we.
So I'll lots of come everybody's way. We've got Stico and Madgey, something to read,
but we're going to be having Freya and Strony joining a little bit later to be doing the main ceremony.
And then it'll be the four of us. We're actually, you're going to be running around. You're not going to say with us.
Yeah, I mean, we already kind of threw Harry into the fire
to just like take bullets for everything that we do.
So I realized why wouldn't I do that.
Shrek has been doing that for like two years now.
I could just put him on the couch and walk around and see
how things are going.
I'm not sure it's a good idea.
I feel like if I'm on the couch, I'm kind of protected,
no one asked me anything.
But now if I'm around, people just be, you know,
why is this like this?
Why is this not working?
Where's my limo?
What's going on, Prof?
So maybe I kind of asked myself a bit here.
Well we might see you can rejoin us as plenty of microphones going around.
Uh, look we're gonna kind of wrap this up and get to the red carpet and see who's arriving.
See what Stika has to say to all the people at home.
But between the two of you, how many hours were you deliberating?
Like is he not here?
Oh, that's happening there.
How many of you?
Hello.
There'll be plenty of people coming out.
But yeah, anyway, how many hours deliberating?
It was about 30 hours for like since the end of the major to like a week after.
We actually packed it in this year.
I think last year we finished somewhere like mid Christmas break this time. We actually had a Christmas
but not because we didn't put it as much work more that we just packed it in a much less time basically
Okay, and that has building on like every all of the NDP
Yeah, of course, I mean you don't throughout the year with that combined that's we haven't done the math
But it's in hundreds of hours probably
Yeah, I mean you can't say last year is like 120 hours of the EDP
Yeah, and I think this year is probably easy that we had way more events this year as well
Yeah, I said
It's not even plus.
Is this a harder than last year?
I wouldn't say harder as a volume of work in terms of how much you can kind of need to do,
but it also is easier in some ways just because of the sample being bigger, so you have
a lot of that to go through.
So I can waste, anyways, harder and easier for sure.
Alright, well, let's get to it.
Let's go check him and stay, see what he's up to.
I'm sending here with Chevin.
You might not know this guy, but he's very important to our overall experience in kind of
Can you explain what you did and how much events did you actually do this year?
I was doing like 20 plus events. I was like on observer positions. I'm in the guy behind the
scene. What you're looking on the stream that ties future into between the players and trying to catch
the actions in the kills, then this is the my job.
So if you're a miss a kill, you know who to tweet there and we have actually a little.
Who is the T-Tort guy? That's what we spam in the chat whenever we see him, but we have
actually lose their price for you. So if you would do the owner of accepting the award,
that is the observer duo of the year. So Jeras is the duo for a show, but he's not coming right
now. So you are on his behalf accepting this as well. Yeah, he's not coming. He's, uh, but he was
need to come, but he was need to skip because he's he can now. I'll take this. And by and so
Thank you for this, I don't know what to say, I'm so happy.
Much to say, much to see you and get you around at the bars.
First of all, the night there and second goes to us for being in three different locations
quite quickly, gentlemen. So back with the panel now, we're on the couch.
So let's get this one under way, again, just to the introductions.
That's what we were downstairs.
Prof, you and I were in the auditorium.
And now we're here with everybody sitting and taking shape behind us.
us. It's not in a fill-up, gentlemen. This would be a great time for us to, today,
we have a little bit of a drink. I'd say now we are in Serbia. What do they drink in
Serbia, Prof? Yeah. Shall we start in a strong fashion? I think we shall.
Strike a you, a rack your fan. Can't say that. But I have gotten a few bottles from this guy
in the past. It would be good for you, though. It would be good for you, though, to once and the
once that I have gotten were very good. Okay. I think I can say that.
Harry, what about you, mate?
I think profanity have someone I was about 12.
Oh, cologne, sorry.
OK, prof.
I guess in Germany they can drink a bit younger than the rest of the world.
So that might be all about board.
I saw Prof as well as pouring it
doesn't have a microphone on him right now, like the three of us.
But he was checking Twitch shirts and makes sure everything
we've started in a take shape, also well on kick and Twitter.
So people can be watching from all over the world.
But let's get into the show.
We, uh, gentlemen, everyone looking damp up.
Thank you. Thank you.
Prof, get your mic. You're the man with the plan. You might want to give some top of the toast.
Oh, am I on the right mic? I hope I can hear you.
I hope I am. This is fantastic. Well, first limited edition early bird gifts, one shot glasses.
Okay. I don't care what it is. I didn't set up inside.
Yeah. I don't know if you ever signed up. I think I needed to do that manually.
Thank you. You know, won't keep it too long. I say to the four of us here worked very hard this year.
A lot of haters for all of us.
Actually not for me actually, I mean after that's the years.
Yeah, to us to us. Okay, cheers.
That's one way to kick things up, all right.
What is the Saturday night after all?
And we need to do some bank use.
So Proft is patented else on the back.
So this is the HLTV award presented by one expert and sponsored by Skin Club.
I have to have a big shout out to both of them for making this all possible.
And we have another bump a year.
So this is somewhere in the service centre.
center. It's a bit of a promotion from the venue
around last year. There's these massive screens behind us and
everyone at home can see those. But they've got the players who
have been in the top 20 so far appearing. It's going through
the selections but you two gentlemen. So have been going
through and downstairs we were just having a bit of a
chitchat about the players who have been more controversial.
Heavy gun was a name that came up down there. And I saw you
decided to get involved in some Twitter dispenser. Oh yeah. So what
I always get trapped there, I always get trapped there.
What are you doing?
Yeah, I'm sorry, I can't help it sometimes.
Well, I mean, I have at least one person
that wants to have a word with you after everything's finished.
OK.
You know, so I'm not...
I'm not a decor.
No.
OK.
I'm so nervous.
We're related.
Maybe I'm not a decor.
Because it's causing Hunter.
No.
A lot of people have a lot of questions.
I think it's best to answer them at the end.
It's going to be a holistic discussion.
Sure.
I have also some questions, but you know,
I don't need to know everything.
I can just trust you guys to make the right decisions with all kinds.
I'm like others.
I'm like others, yeah.
You like you, I can't trust.
Why?
You're unpredictable.
Yes, you're wild.
Yeah, I have I have I have.
OK, so on the show tonight, we're going to be jumping into the community awards.
That's going to be one of the first things we hear.
I'm going to head inside.
I'm going to be having the panel awards going.
Here's for the community awards that's going to be coming up.
So we've got a better year.
We've got creative of the year.
We have streamer of the year.
We have talents of the year.
And we have skin of the year.
I'm nominated again, Prof.
You said you can't trust me, I think that's right.
I keep getting up there.
Panel awards.
Now this right here is the combination of teams,
so the players or coaches.
This is members of talent or the space,
as well as stuff at HLTV or combine to make these awards.
And well, you can see the top three stage category here.
We got coach the year with that in a little year,
or for the year, anchor of the year,
closer to the owner of the year and highlight of the year.
And then we have the final three spots in the top 20
to determine tonight as well.
I got a little bit ahead of myself, didn't I?
Because we also have the rookie of the year,
the women's team of the year.
Team of the year.
I wonder who that's going to be.
Women's player of the year and the player of the year.
Now I want the people at home to study these two
gentlemen's faces throughout tonight's conversation,
because maybe there'll be a couple of tellers giving away
what's going on.
I'll get some questions coming that are leading.
Leading questions.
I already had magic.
It's asked me about four times who the player of the year was.
I didn't give in, so I'll say that, so I'll give in here either.
No spoilers.
No.
It might not be spoilers.
Maybe I'll just ask some things that will tell you down a path that you start giving
things to work.
Yeah.
I know.
It's really that I'm curious about, is with those panel awards, we're going to do it
with an anchor and closer.
It feels like those roles are kind of shifting.
I saw a man out there,
for heavy God because he's a pure anchor compared to some of the other names.
How do you feel about that, Harry?
Yeah, I mean, it's always a true conversation, right?
Because we see a lot of good players anchor now as well, and we'll not get fired.
Stop it.
It's not 20 to 20, don't you worry. It's not just the bottom target that they send.
There's a lot of value in those anchor spots.
So, you know, we are thinking about whether we need to rename it at some point or anything.
Because, you know, really stylistically, it is support of a year already in a lot of ways.
So I think and it's that's reflected in who counts and who doesn't count already with
So I mesi's nominated but rocks isn't even though they both anchors
So yes, I think we're moving that direction already
What this is it right everything's constantly evolving though within the gamut as you know
Because the meta's evolving we just had a map change come through last night
That won't be happening until I guess after the 19th of January right
I think people would have seen it with train going out and do this coming in but there's still some time
But I'm here in things in my ears right now, but we can jump over to an interview with
with Nachics, a series found.
Here tonight, let's move to the greatest article writers on AshnellCv.org and how
do you feel about this evening, could it be going to take the player of the year or what
is your thoughts overall?
Well, I think play of the year we go to Zaiwu, I don't know for sure, people might suspect
that I know, but I don't know the result, but I think it's going to be Zaiwu overall.
It's a great event, great venue, a bigger and better than last year.
So yeah, looking forward.
So we are basically getting drunk tonight.
Pretty much.
Yeah, pretty much.
Okay, besides that, we don't have a special of art for you.
As we all know, you're pretty good at writing articles.
And we want to give you this one.
Check this out.
And what is your thoughts on this?
It was a special one.
One of the articles of all time for sure.
What was the article?
That was a rare item, sign.
I think this is the article that will forever be Luis Miras like a student.
It defines his career on 15 years of writing about his sports, all the whole Yala
compass situation that he kind of dig through for months and months to get the full story out.
Other stories of scams and like the whole VRS situation about all of these open lands and how things are happening.
But I think what he will be remembered for is that article like if you go on red it for last year
That is that is top that is front page that's top 10
2025 you kind of argue with the numbers can you look at that scream on my brain right now
I've seen him in the gym the last couple of down back bring back
He's coming back. Oh, you want him on screen. Yes, okay. He's coming back. I'll still make the team with his brother
I don't know if I should have said that or not, but he said he is I've told him in the gym
He kept complimenting me in the gym, which is a lot of the size of my head.
So first it was like, man, you can keep playing because you played a face again together,
last year and it's like, you can keep playing. And then he was still talking about,
you got big birds, you know, you should keep just a bit of, I don't know,
oh, scream, all right. Oh, okay. You have buffed up, you have buffed up.
Like over the last two years, I think there's a significant, you know, increase.
It's not fully your upper body. It affects you, yeah.
the legs sometimes. No cares about legs. No, that's true. It's all about the vanity. Okay, let's keep
the focus on what's happening tonight. Now, there's going to be a lot of conversations with
you to gentlemen about decisions that have been made because a lot lies at your feet. Do you
feel the pressure of the world? Well, because we're talking about you arguing with people on Twitter
and you say, one thing that comes to mind for me is criteria. That's a word. It's getting
it's running around left-right and sensor.
How would you define the criteria that you guys used?
I mean, I think it all starts with just general logic
that we use for the MVP, ZBP conversation.
I mean, that's the entire basis that we're
the entire groundwork for the top 20 as well.
I mean, it doesn't make sense for us to, to,
let's say, like, say, this guy is the best player,
but then, you know, not to give it another guy.
And then, work from there, right?
So I think that there's where, oh, that's where,
like, we always base the entire conversation on,
and they'll go work from there.
I can't believe you fell for it.
I can't believe you.
I've got my claws in it.
I've got a couple of other loads of them.
I'm Jackson, you're on her leading.
Wait.
You don't want to see this next one.
I want to say I've just wanted to live it later.
We have a little bit of a full-block coming in a little bit later.
And this one here is your screamer of a conversation service.
So I'll save it.
I've got a couple that really load the deck.
Yes, Pro.
I have a little shout out for people at home.
Okay, if you use hash tag, HLT awards, we have a, I have a guy back here called SEO
Who was that? He's over there. We're not bad. Not bad the legend, but he's also a legend. He's monitoring the hash tag
And if you put out some good tweets, they can pop up on the street. Okay, and we might even be able to read them from here. My eyes haven't gone
Just yet. I can still racist love. You know what I was really impressed with? You keep leveling up the goodie bag every year. Yeah, do we we've got one here the food?
Do I drive into it now? What do you want to save it?
Well, I guess we can. We can drive into it now.
Why not strike a grab this?
So now who got the goodie back? I know I got one.
I got one.
No, but did everybody get one?
No, of course not.
How did you determine who gets it?
It's, uh, I just decide.
I just decide.
I have 75 kilos of luggage from Australia, no jokes.
I don't know how to do this stuff.
Well, I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off.
I want to take it though.
Okay, so we have a water bottle.
You can buy this, I hate this as a shop.
There's a shop here.
Essentially, what will happen every time people, you give it to someone, you assign it, someone people don't show up.
Yeah, so then all of that will just go to the shop tomorrow morning till like I think 2pm.
Okay, for me to two people can just buy whatever's left on the road.
Okay, all right.
There's a shirt.
This is the 2025 edition.
Top 20.
There is the shock loss that we drunk from the floor.
And the shop is kind of a charity because all the proceedings go to my salary
Okay, well, you mean this year for next year. Oh
I mean this year this year. I'm living in the past. I lost this one this one's fun. What what did you get hang on boxing?
I think I got that exact one. What is that? I can't see if I'm not your dude. It's like you try to teach me
So there was a fade there was a crimson web a target was that it just three? I'm honestly not sure is this giving gave me a trouble in the apple
Do I have to put this in my check-in luggage?
I shouldn't, it's a very small blade.
I'd say, yeah, can only kill one person, so you'd be fine.
I mean, that's kind of how the world is the most important thing.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, the last piece of the flask is always useful.
I haven't had one of those since I was clubbing back when I was 18.
You actually use them?
Well, vodka is not a cheap man.
Yeah.
I get that.
That's just crunchy here, isn't it?
That's true.
the captain's are coming back, we made me the top 21s as well, as always, for the
for the players. In case Dorato is in Joy of the Keycaps, he's always asking about them,
or are they coming from?
You consider doing some time to punish him with a keyboard company, for like, well, that'll be great.
Maybe if some of them are, some of them are here, I know, maybe they can, you know, reach out.
We can fear something that can make a whole keyboard filled out.
Yeah, there's a lot of things. I don't know the mouse pad the mouse pad as well
I got a different one. I didn't even know there were different there actually three different mouse pads
Okay, I got I like the one with the HOT TV Lego and blue
Yeah, yeah, the top 20 like the blue one the well. There's the top nice one
Okay, what else we did in there? We still got a couple things. This is the big one. I think in my in my
All the leg I view. Oh, sorry. No, it's not that it's it's not that I don't know how to play block
it's a set of blocks that you piece together that you can brand however you'd like and it is the
stew. It says a little terraced in there. It's a little terraced in there. Yeah, it's a problem for me
though because I got home and my car for me to already built it. Oh yeah, but building is not the fun part
is it? Well, it'll come myself to be seen in T-Shook for Castle. Does it look like a jewel? Okay,
yeah, we did do that because I think it's already running behind. Yeah, I mean we have some
Some stickers they're on my suitcase already. Yeah, I was going to do that as well
I haven't done that. Yeah, I'll uh, latepex flip off there. Yeah, there's uh, there's get it on
There's it's so simple with like the classic cash. Highlight thing honestly though. There's the apex. Oh, yeah
These are my favorites. What is this? This is a track. Oh
You are asking bogged it about this like yesterday, right? Yeah, they were stuck in customs. They arrived like midday yesterday
So was this for the gift bag or was this it was supposed to go with a gift bag? Yes, okay
But so a lot of people didn't get them. It's kind of a mess now. I don't have like so many that I don't know what to do with okay
So I guess I'll just wear them every day. It's not a wiggles group. They all work to our next. Oh
It's a couple of pins. It's gonna be a lot of the CO thing and their magnetic pin. Yes
So I have one of these here. It's like one night. There's couple of knives right there's a T-T-V-1
That is
How do you make sure the logo is the right way? What I was going to do? I'll keep my on and pair here. There you go
Okay, all right. So that's that that's the gift back. That's what I'd select people if you're profs friends
Essentially that's how it works.
What is good books?
You got that.
All right.
Well, I guess what?
We're going to another interview.
Let's head over to that.
I'm catching up with Tony.
After a long, long time of not seeing each other.
But I remember our viral video on YouTube probably 10 years ago.
And I was just a player.
You were interviewing me.
And they've been viral.
Can you remember what happened there?
Actually, it wasn't back in Stala da Halraiser's times.
10 years ago.
Can you imagine how old we are but still.
Still, it was like the beginning of everything.
Yeah, it actually was probably one of my first interviews I'm guessing.
And we were talking about all kinds of stuff.
I was like asking me because you were leaving in key for quite a long time.
And I was asking you about the local swear words you know.
And yeah, I don't remember exactly what did you say to me that.
But I remember that they got good, good, good, good.
Yeah, I was saying somewhere that I didn't mean to, right?
I was stupid and it was for one of the first interviews for me as well.
So I was pretty nervous.
But now, let's turn it around.
Any swear words that you remember from Navi Days, for example,
you know those guys can get a little bit heated.
Do you remember something that went really crazy
throughout the practice or tournaments?
I think your favorite swear words, for example.
In Wichland, which in our...
Ukraine, in Ukrainian?
Oh my god, this is such a tough question.
Do you want me to swear on the like, like broadcast?
Oh my god, okay, I actually...
Maybe something like Ybana'sha?
You're a Nazca.
I just think it's kind of cute.
So maybe something like that.
But I don't want to say any more because you know,
I'm wearing a gown. You're making me swear words.
It's the same swear words in the go.
I'm sorry about that. I had to do it.
But thank you for the Tonya for being here.
Obviously enjoy the evening. Have a drink and enjoy the night.
Thank you always.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right, well back.
I'm just replying on the forums right now to my favorite
my favorite use, uh, Asylum. He's got banned from the talking kind of discord. I'm
working on getting him unbanned. Uh, it's a good thing. What do you do? He seems to
seem very reasonable. So at the major, he go to Yanko when Falcons were losing, uh,
which didn't end well for him. But he thinks that my suit is a little bit, uh, he
doesn't like the fit. But I was going for a bit of a baggy of fit of my suit. I
like the other side stuff. So I was going for a, and also I have, uh, I have a weird
chat, but anyway, don't talk about me. What do we talk about? But I was just
to find him. And also there was another one that I just got tagged in that somebody was
saying that I already seen is a sponge limel. This is from a German,
use I'm sure, probably a fake flag at is the best to have a do it. He's believed it's
dark. So there's already seen drunk. Which I don't know, I've had to show
it back here and I've had a little bit of champagne. Maybe it's my Australian
glow that's got it going. But, uh,
Prof's left bus he's going to try and get some guests and I have my very large run of show here
Everybody just to have a little bit of a read. So it's an fortune cookies. I don't see any fortune now
I'm seeing those. Well, it's live we can get some of those but he's gonna see if he can find a bit of a guest for us
We've also got on the table right there
All the way to become back to us because like that's that was Tyler
He does some TV work. He works in event. You can show this to the people I have if you want striker
I am a finalist the town of the year a popularity contest
On this camera camera one I believe all camera three this one like this. So this so if I don't win again
Strike I'm gonna blame
The community unfortunately
Oh, they're community so more hate going yours. Yeah, I love that. Okay, but yeah, that's a little little keep safe for me to take home
We'll have the community of what's come up with lash guard. I do remember his name is right
There's a minute of use of this together. So anyway, you're gonna let's get into let me throw a landmine
How you ready to catch Harry?
So what's new?
How do you like this one, mate?
If a player is the biggest carry player of the team,
like considered in the world,
does that make them the best player in the world?
Wow.
I mean, we got in trouble in an EVP article this year, ready?
Because we said, player of the maps, that became a whole thing for a while.
Player of the watch?
When Monterrey was a player of the map,
quite often in a player.
Okay.
That was a problem in the comment.
You are Monterrey's fan.
But yeah, I mean, we do consider it.
We talked a lot about 2018 this year as well, in terms of, you know, when you have a team like Vitality and everything,
but I mean, that's a landline already.
But sometimes, when someone like Mezzzie faced on the list,
if you're not the best player on your team, obviously it's harder to kind of get the accolades to push you really high up the list.
So it does matter in some regard.
I can't.
I mean, it is like, yeah, again, Mezzzie was probably the biggest case.
Well, yes.
Yes, I think so.
We actually compared him a lot to like as epic skis from exactly 2018 when all the now all the last
Roz guys made it all right, thanks man. Didn't you want to do it just that you know
a pretty minute 20
Yes, but I don't know you did it
No better that's what he has to do come on down. He has to do more than just flip off the audience and everything
He's cold in a good game. He does all right
He does some respect on the endgame ladies. He'll win that award tonight
I don't know if that's true, but I'm gonna I'm gonna say he's gonna win that award
All right, that's what I'm saying. All right, what do you say? I don't know
I mean, I have my votes. I'm one of the 35 people who voted. So what do what I say doesn't necessarily need to matter?
I thought, okay, I can say that I've heard of him. Okay, three points.
All right.
Five points.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I was five points. Okay, sorry, that's my favorite.
I have you number one. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah, it was definitely my number one.
I did wonder if more people were going to kind of have a bit more fun in some of the more obvious categories.
But, you know, there have tactical thoughts in it. It does work if you kind of put someone first.
Maybe you don't think should be fast, right?
Most people, most people buy it themselves, this is the same thing for that.
Tell them, if you want your whole flight to get second in a category,
there's ways you could do it and maybe snuff the obvious fit,
and it maybe wouldn't really work.
I'm just glad no one actually did that.
Maybe there's one too, that's it.
Oh, do you? Yeah, I'll see.
Public. Next year, maybe.
I was doing some things with some of these more subjective ones.
I'll tell you, like, I'd yell, I'm coach of the year,
that kind of allows you to look past the stats obviously,
and just think about it a bit more of what they're doing,
like what kind of leadership they present and some of these things that are very intangible, right?
And actually, that votes like in some ways quite differently to what I would do in terms of stats for our team or for a coach, for example, and for a player, so, or for an IGL, for example.
So that's it, I actually thought that it was going to, you know, it was going to create some interesting results because of that, because obviously, you know,
some people might think that's what save my target, where such a good team has a whole that maybe the credits shouldn't go to the coach and IGL,
because it's just spread across the entire team, right? So that's just the interesting
dynamics there. I think what you've started to get into here is maybe where the
transition of all of this will start to go. It looks like cross-founders are guest
by the way. So we'll have to see what we can bring up on stage. I can let
everybody know it's going to be shots. It's jumping up. We need to get him in any
year. That was one of the things that we've upgraded since last year, was the lack of
individuals being able to hear us.
Shocks, can you hear me in the
way?
Come on.
Prof, can you go turn on the
E-P?
For him?
Don't give him a mic.
C-Look.
We've seen that.
It is on.
We might need to adjust the
little knob.
You know, you're
off-nose all about a little knob.
You're not here.
All right.
Well, we'll see how that's so
like guys.
We'll see.
Look.
We've got a sound guy coming.
I can see him.
He's coming over here.
But we can hear him on the microphone.
You need everyone here.
The mic.
So look at this.
We'll get this sort of ride.
Yeah.
the way. I think it'll be in the building.
That's a whole bunch of people from the
broadcast crew. I don't know that Mr. Henry
G's, he's, Thomas around me. I hear you.
You're looking very handsome, sir.
Thank you very much, but what are you?
Welcome back. How are you feeling?
Another year of counter strike on the way.
I've seen you with a lot more events,
but you've been working with that.
I learned that it's actually pronounced Zoe, not Zoe.
Yes. Right. That's huge. That blows my mind.
You guys know that?
He already sent us all you guys after meeting
for to ask about VRS and all these things so I know okay so it's though we
don't say that we that's massive but I've been seeing you at every second event
now year out there it's open over the place on the monitor stuff has that
thing pretty good I've been working with in since one year yeah I'm actually
gonna walk with them for two more years so I just bought 20 to 28
can you correct me how many many many more because I feel like it's really
interesting you know I've been on the scene for like more than a decade
and I've been myself like a fund of like Zoe product and when wireless
Yes, it came out with Logitech G-Prens, then Zoe was just not there on the market, you know?
So first of all, Zoe came like I think three or four years after.
So since now, there are number one in China, they want to come back in Europe and actually
like putting like all the resources needed to actually like come back to it and I'm really
hard, happy to help them, you know.
I'm really glad and proud because for me, like Zoe's more than just a job, just a brand,
It's actually a family who delivers the most for the years and they don't like to sell things.
No, no, this is great because look Prof.
I spoke to Shoncher 4.
I said, listen, I'm going to turn it into a sponsor bit and they're going to send me a thousand
Hertz on it.
Oh my god, that'd be great for me, right?
So this is great.
Wait, it's only 600 Hertz.
It's only 600 Hertz.
Maybe I haven't tried.
Shoncher.
So now we're going to be a world going on.
Now, look, it's not the anchor of the year.
It's not the endgame leader of the year.
It's the best player of the year.
And someone who's been a goddamn good player in his time.
And you saw the counter strike go down in 20, 25.
And it's debate right now, it's raging on.
Now, we know Rob's is in the conference.
He's going to be third.
Right? We don't need to.
We don't need to.
Rob's to be third.
It's between Donk and Zywood.
Now, you're French.
I think you're going to maybe a bit of a bias.
Can you put that to one side?
Who do you think did the take number one tonight?
because the thing is like, how can it not be top one
when you want two managers the same year
and you're being both MVP on the both?
That's what I'm saying.
It's just impossible, you have to be number one.
Now, if he's not, the two men that you need to blame
is this guy right here and this guy right here.
OK.
How many baguettes will be broken on his back?
I love the video.
I was ready to cross before it.
It's like, we're a bit public only.
Well, someone's got a credit for not,
so they're not like being instructor in a little trouble.
Well, you already have a tough time going at France as a Brit.
Yeah.
And you're going to have a harder time in the future if he's not number one.
Because this, look, I was going to save this one for a little bit later, but let's
go into it.
Shocked to see it.
This is another one of my landmines.
I wanted to try out the conversation, gentlemen.
Here we go.
So this can be for the whole group.
Is I where your goat?
Oh.
The goat?
For now?
Yes.
In my opinion, in my opinion, is I would like his above simple.
And don't you just too early, you know, but you have also like to take one thing in consideration
is in 2025, don't did better that what he did in 2024.
Why I think like, in 1995, maybe even like 99% of the planet, what he achieved in 2024
is like the last time performance of a player that you think like he's going to happen
only one time because he's in his prime, you know?
And in 2025 he did even better, which is like totally like really curious.
Now he just have a time, but if he brings the same consistency for 3, 4, 5, 6 years,
he got everything to become the good.
So right now, the U.S.A. is your current goal.
Yes.
Okay, does anybody else agree with that?
He put it very well.
I mean, problem for me is whatever I say, people that are more complain about the
gold search for an HLTV, which you always have.
And the issue of that, that's the most ridiculous thing.
That's the most simple.
I mean, what people have to understand, we did that as a CSGO thing, you know, like
because it could go to CSGO, which I don't think is debatable,
so like that's what we did, right?
We haven't necessarily decided to do this
with Kyle Goat right at this moment.
So, okay.
So, that's it.
Is there anybody who doesn't pay the salaries?
Like, I'm asking, this is a jet.
You can have your opinion, you don't have to agree with shops.
I mean, in terms of achievements,
in terms of like, what he accomplished there is,
I think there is no way to say he isn't.
But there's a lot of public pushback, right?
People are talking about people
like to say he's the Goat, but he is the Goat.
So, what has he got?
He's got three major titles, three major heavy pays,
the only player to have that 20 in the pays and three world number one.
I think for me that the reason why it feels weird to call in the gold because it's
like so unfinished. It feels like he's mid-way through his career.
But we can't simply go and he was still got it.
Yeah, but that was the second. I think it's the only poor end of the year.
Towards the end of the CSC as Goaera when I was like, you know, kind of coming to a conclusion.
That's how I felt at least. Or he was so much ahead of everyone else that there is no
point of having a discussion and obviously I want to write
now is, but you have Donk as you're explaining.
Someone that could over time, like Eclipse or a match
what he has been doing.
So for me, it's just like he is the best player in terms
of everything in Counter Strike.
If you look at Login Javiti and their accomplishments,
but it's still not even close to what he will be at the end of his career.
Yeah, for sure.
So who has like five more years of winning tournaments for sure?
Yes.
It could be ten.
And I think the biggest problem to be honest, why maybe sometimes people do girls like
the girl, or the number whatever, is because he's not really active on socials or whatever,
and I know him from a perspective, and he's very good human being, he's very kind
and stuff like this.
But when you look at him on the camera or how he's acting, he doesn't like good what people
say, like an aura or he's not that much like carries magic and people love that.
And sometimes actually some players are getting like higher runs in my opinion because only it's a good touch of orange and the car race, you know
In my opinion, you're for example, would you say you're not gonna talk about me? I'm a guy
He's the person I and he was a great player. Yeah, so he's got both
But I think that imagine if I would have like that all right, that
Terrismatic things like you could turn into his or a coach
Me, I was or a coach bro. I tried he doesn't care
He's quite charismatic like in person. I feel like yes, you know he has a good vibe
It's a show. Yeah. Oh, no, but it doesn't doesn't care about doing it on a screen
I'm like proving it to other people which is just
When he can't good, it was third last year then. Yeah, yeah, you see like you cared about that
Yes camera camera shot on Harry
Zy when Zy will turn nerd when Zy will came third
So first time he hasn't been in the top two Harry. You you made him hurt on the inside Harry
me personally.
Just like the gotpita done it for 15 years.
Just like the getpita you know what?
It's me now.
It's not much enough to say.
I think again, my biggest kind of problem with Darling's eye with the goat
is that he will be more goated than he is right now.
Yeah.
But I think it's still the thing like,
I think he isn't a bit like Ness, he has a personality as well.
And also, when you see someone being this good at 24,
like there's not really any indications going to get down.
I think you have to think about it as if CST landed some more or then it would be to go and they make it quite simple
I think it's you can't be harsh and it's still on the
Yeah, I think it's just one of these pub conversations right over the bar as one of the euro conversation
Exactly. You kind of do it in reflection in a rather than doing while it's happening
So I think there's always time for these conversations. Yeah, yeah, sharks and nubas come and back in what you think
I'm so sorry. Oh, you like train. Yes. Yeah, sir. I see. I did train
I do agree that that might still be like a lot of changes because it was really
sad but at the end of the day honestly I think teams tried to actually like walk more
on this and it started to actually become interesting in my opinion and when he started
to get interesting it just got removed.
Well I maybe he just needed some tricks on change some adaptation and stuff like this so
I'm really sad and honestly that's only my personal perspective but I never really like
I think it's a boring map, especially if they don't bring any chains of 8, because it's 3 like T side
And it's gonna be only defaults, our boat like micro-adjustment and stuff, and every game can
I look the same and we all know how an abyss can be run them, you know?
So, I'm not, I'm not the final, but it's coming back, especially because it don't have any changes, you know?
You know, I'm going to pause now. You're going to have to learn. I'm going to say that I believe
a newvers will have changes. Okay. That's what I'll say and then we can hear sources. People can
take what they want from that because I agree if it has to have changes then it's a bit. But I believe
you'll be able to know. I believe that a newvers will have changes. So we'll see what happens. But
Yeah, I'm trying to start with our profit.
What will you get into?
I saw tweet pop up.
Oh, I missed it.
It was from, I think it from, I don't know how to rest in the game.
I am in Stein, the analyst, assistant coach from G2 now.
Yeah.
I mean, we've been on the top now.
Now the Falcons, he said that if don't
doesn't win number one this year, it's going to be like the best
statistical year ever, but not rewarded by the number one
ranking on H.O.T.
Oh, Jay.
I was just an interesting one.
There's another tweet out there.
But there's that same one, yeah, that's the same one.
So we brought that, but okay.
I mean, it was something struck you and I did speak about
in terms of how hard it would be to rank here
against each other and where both sides
and don't would rank in that list.
Because I think, you know,
I think they'd like to talk pretty
in over a year's of players.
So when I comparing 20, I don't know, 20, 21, 22,
I think both, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21,
like that one.
Statistically, that's definitely one of the ones
or any one in terms of awards.
So I mean, that's the one that's the year that's
10 blood, 8 MPs, right?
So both that is the clear end of ward-wise,
that was a big year that we were considering,
possibly, it's like the greatest.
Anybody's ever had.
And honestly, there's a conversation to be had
for both of these to be better than that this year,
which is crazy to say to be honest.
And then I think I'd say 2018's until this little line
and everything, and right,
battling against the guy's team of all time.
I think it's, but yeah, it's very hard
to actually compare against different areas.
It's that classic thing isn't it?
when you see a video of pelai playing football
and you're like, that's just not the same sport now.
I don't think it's quite as bad in Canisbury
but it's similar in terms of,
if you drop donk in 2015, I don't know what it would look like.
Just one thing, I've been a bad host here.
Should I do some shampoo?
Yeah, sure, I'm not.
Prof, could you pour this into depth?
Would you like some rackier?
What is this?
It's a local delicacy, you could say.
I don't know, bro.
It's a thing, you're like, I'm someone who,
like to test new things, you know, like, new experience.
The problem here is like, we are live, you know, we are live on internet people are watching.
So I'm not sure, you know, I also need to take care of my image, you know, because I'm trying to stream, I'm trying to do some youtube content and stuff.
So if people see me, drone too fast, then I don't know if it's gonna be good about it.
They think I'm drunk.
Oh, so no matter what you do, they're going to think something.
Okay, so you want to do that one more time?
Let's get a truck.
I don't know.
You never have a bus on road.
Let me.
That's the old man booth.
Anyone else?
No, just you two guys.
You don't have to say that.
She's cheers.
Is this from Serbia?
Makes me want to have some warm inside.
Not too bad.
Yeah.
Not too bad.
It's pretty smooth.
Actually, it loves a shot to you.
Thank you for the gift.
I'm sure that's enough.
And I think you were signing up.
See, you signed up on time.
Now listen.
I assume, why do I have to sign up on working?
It's nice.
It's respectful.
It's nice and respectful now.
I would ask me to be to my own wedding, for example.
You would.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, is that throwing me under the bus?
Thankfully she can't hear anything right now, but you know shout out one time to my girlfriend
Yeah, that's very nice isn't it?
Okay, you think by Tyler gonna sweep the woods to not that?
I mean, has to...
I agree, how could they know?
It's just not possible, you know?
You can't even try to make some question about it like you just...
You can't, you know?
It's probably the best years after China ever had since the start of contest right?
Haven't you thought about the Asris era?
I'm not sure.
I mean the only one that realistically actually compares is an IP, but obviously that comes with a lot of with a lot of
You have to take something you have to take something in consideration about the NIP theme, okay?
I'm gonna tell you one thing and it's very good. I'm going to play against all of the
Number three. I'm going number three player 2013
Me two number three number three
Number three, yeah, number four, and then you.
Yeah, I first and get right with where too hard,
you know, it was probably.
But one thing about the NIP record,
it was at the start of CSGO.
And I know if people actually knows
what the series is, it's very behind it.
Okay.
Okay, we all have been invited to Seattle.
I think it was in 2021 to play like so better of CSGO
and we try to give some feedbacks to Valve,
but how the game can be improved and served
because it was quality.
Okay, that's the first part.
Second part.
The thing that we just learned a few years after is before years ago actually was released in 2012.
When we all started to discover this game and I'd be players, have a bit of a key.
They could play on since three months after they were playing.
So there have been grinding three months of flying just against both against whatever
because there was no players, of course, but still you can actually get used to the movement
to make any of these things to the spread.
Whatever, you know, since you have three months in advance, you know?
and he's not moving.
This explains what I didn't win anything.
Exactly.
You've been getting paid.
Thank you very much, sir.
OK, then, OK, now look.
So why aren't you the go to CS2 right now?
That's a great question.
You had all the accolades.
Oh, well, turn it off.
I didn't.
I didn't want to really get back into the server.
I heard that there's these like rules about whole of fame.
So I just thought, you know, I better say retirement.
Same to yourself, other ones.
Yeah, better to say retired.
You know how it goes.
Sean, what do you got in the hole for him in your racket?
Me? Yeah, I don't know.
I still didn't mean to mean to me.
There's an anti-french bias, I feel.
There is, yeah, yeah.
I'm not going to be mad at him.
I'm not going to tell that panel either.
Shark is not you are, man.
Oh.
Now listen.
How many times have you nominated the sharks?
Now listen, there's a hole.
There's a back close.
I don't think he nominated you anything.
Oh, wow.
Just let him just put it.
You're getting through the 1.5 at 1.6 players, though.
Now, we're going to watch it.
Well, he's the CSGO and source player, right?
He did both.
I know that source is all of the British
account of the players that I had, all right?
But the French have been good in a couple of titles.
So we'll give that to them there.
Who are you here with tonight?
Are you here on your own?
It was my wife.
OK, beautiful.
Of course, like a couple of friends.
That's, you know, we meet here in a happy too.
Like, can you say a source here?
Yes, I'm actually excited to see him like a nuns,
because you know, I've been doing that like the past two years.
And I know how Trace would it can be?
Definitely.
And I'm not sure how he's been a hundred of these because even this year is going to be bigger
because we have one sozons.
Yeah, but once again there's a similar story behind the scenes.
Oh, this time they got some preparation inside beforehand.
Oh, yeah, we brought them in yesterday.
All of the announcers to see the stage to, you know,
acclamatize to how it works.
So it's the same story just like an IP, you know,
you have to do the hard way.
Someone else has the easier way.
So I'm going to get fucked on my life and that's not always bad.
I think that's good for them. That's a really nice thing.
The real test is if they say finalists or no man in.
Yeah, it's a difficult one. That's a difficult one.
Oh, I'm getting, I'm getting live reports right now.
We have an interview with none other than donk.
I'm here with donk.
Oh, don't.
Hello.
How are you feeling tonight, don't?
I'm feeling, thank you.
Do you know that castle is not coming this year for a warts?
Yeah, I'm to be honest depressed.
Who cares about him?
What?
Who do you think is going to be the player of the year, don't?
I think... I didn't... I don't know.
Thank you, Donk.
Insightful has ever there, an Ajax and Donk.
He's new in-game leader, so very responsive to that one.
So that's his... Find something.
That interview, wasn't it?
Magic's turned around on the music, it's so much.
What did we learn there?
We learned the now magic's notice what it's like to interview him when it's off
It is tough interviewing the spirit god. I had some messages these are private messages from
Magic's about I'll leak them. Okay, doesn't matter
So I was talking to him. I asked him obviously we know he's very connected to K so get they have a strong connection
Sure, we don't know really why or how but we know I think there's
So I heard maybe he's not coming,
gas, magic, bro, ask your guy,
why he's not coming, go to happening.
And he's like, yeah, he said he's not coming.
I was like, why did you tell him he's gonna make you sad?
He said, no idea, a lot of thumbs down,
and I was like, maybe you can convince him.
He's like, there's no way.
We need to humble that little shift.
Ha ha ha ha ha, in fact, I might do it myself.
There you go. There you go.
I can't do it.
Well, he's only 17, right?
Yeah.
He's a young man, he wouldn't even be able to drink abuse here.
That's true, it kind of kills the vibe.
So, yeah.
But I feel like this is kind of a build up for the Falcon's versus spirit of 2026.
And Magic has the IGL.
I think there's a motivation for Magic to destroy this guy, to kind of humble him.
As he said, yeah, yeah.
This is a fun, you've given us a fun topic right now.
Chuck, do you reckon by touting and continue their dominance this year,
or do you think we might have a different team in the conversation?
I think we can have different teams and also hops, because if I live by 18, my French mates
I think it was a competition itself.
Well, these guys, do you think Diri at the end?
Nah, not yet.
Okay, no problem.
Dad! I would actually put like those on teams,
above three, four, twenty, twenty, six.
I would put a spirit because I think the double change was actually like perfect.
This was any then.
I think the T-Side was definitely lacking or something.
It was too easy to read them.
Honestly, it's a lot of, like,
they want a lot of T-Sides because they don't.
Yeah, it's good.
But the thing is, like, if they actually can improve
the tactics overall and I think Magic is a right guy to do it
because he's very smart.
He can very sacrifice for the team.
And I think he's going to be more in the meta for sure.
So I think they can be really more dangerous on that side.
And bringing another, I mean, bringing back Zentix as an anchor
because they were looking like lacking of it. You know, it was really hard. You can test.
Thing is like, I was like, me or can now play like more position where he can shine, you know?
So for me, it just makes sense. It's a paper and I think spirit can be ready during Jerusalem,
going to be 26. And you have also to remember that don't say like several times that he always loved
magic. He was always like a photographer who's him and he always like praise him. So I think he's going to be like,
I'm really happy, maybe 20-26,
just going to be even better than I thought.
Imagine if he keeps it up there.
That was the question of 2024 and 2025.
Can't don't continue to do what dog does.
If he is able to keep that up, going on and even eclipse that.
What are we talking about?
I know this kid is nuts, but it's something else, isn't it?
He's getting up to your friends a thousand more than anything.
Well, I mean, just in terms of, you know, we still have as a Kenny S, right?
Like, you can have these really crazy teams and then the game changed and
like, obviously, that's anything I could see stopping done because if the game
like, fundamentally changed in a way, he'd have to like, remodel how he played with his other
than that, I don't see what would stop it until you know.
What about, like, five nerves, it, but you'd be right?
What about bullets, yeah?
Yeah.
What about deeps in nerves is pretty transfer, maybe?
You know, going back to the good old days, like 15 years ago, when you
I think that spray was only about bats.
Yeah, he can sound.
Or maybe he can, I mean, I agree.
He can.
They're both new up again, and that will nurse don't anyway.
Exactly.
It is harder to open this to, if it's shorter, right?
I think it's just down the five bullets,
or if they want to be being put in this down to it.
I actually love that.
You love it?
Yeah, I do know why people are,
I should like having a problem with that, you know?
It's totally fine.
Well, how many good openers do we have?
We've got five.
We've got Montecille.
We've got Mullidore.
We've got Shiro.
We have four in the top six.
Okay.
All right, it's the ones that are really good.
The good ones are really good.
They're like five, six, decent ones,
and then everyone else is in the country.
How did they win the rest of the top 20?
Told you.
And that's it.
And we're very happy about that as well.
What do you do to make it?
Snats are like a bikini.
Yeah, that's a yanker with it.
We'll something like that, I don't know.
We're out of that goal.
Grog.
Put the starts in a bikini.
That's been the thing at the moment.
I'm sure you've been seeing it.
Everyone's good. Jimmy's not here. We know he's busy and it's a van to the UK and I want you to have a job off of that
So, oh, you know, yeah, it's taste croaks. What up into the fortune cookies, Prof?
Where are the fortune cookies? That's the question. I've been asked it all the hot. Where the actually I know where they are
Okay, I go on get some. Yeah, for you. I'll go bring some if you want. Yeah, let me just let me just take this so I'll take every no, I won't take the microphone
That could be weird. I'll leave it here. You can't stop it on the way. All right, we'll live for a second
Alright, well, gentlemen, trying to think what else I got in my love with a little newspaper right now.
Okay.
Oh, hold up. We've got a whole of fame back ready. Let's head over to see what stickers being
getting up to it.
Hello everyone. We are here for the whole fame maps together with magic. So we're this
thing it out and we're seeing a lot of common faces that are actually hanging around just behind
That's anything about the map that you personally like this like what do you like to be here one time?
I've no idea what is this? Let's let's just check. Let's see how it goes. I mean,
et cetera, it's something about one of the most can you can scroll a little bit one of the most
accomplished players at the crucial time in history the switch between one point six sort and go all the way to
to see us to we have legendary net blind up with 87 or zero online.
So all these things happen, but do you think this is kind of still possible?
And nowadays in contrast to have this kind of record since the early days of this game?
No, I think the biggest and the hardest win streak we had was in 2025.
About the donk specifically, do you see him one time being here?
I mean, you're his IG alright now, so he might as well enter this.
I'm not sure if me and Donk were Donk without me capable of winning 87 maps in a row
or not on this day and not on CS2.
If you ever do a Q, face it, do you think you can pull 87 wins in a row?
No, please, we're lucky to have a 2 win streak.
I mean, you're giving away E-Loss since the new year, right?
Exactly, exactly, I pick all of this for everyone.
Okay, so can you show us a little bit what you can do on the map?
It's kind of like just a shooting gallery.
Yeah, I can aim on Gip right.
One tap, one tap, he him here, there, over there,
and then we go here, and there's something else.
I think we can serve on this.
This keyboard sucks, I don't have straight lines.
You just go forward.
Oh, there's the rooms. There was a room for get right and this is the room for forest.
Yo, can I out aim him?
Wait, I'm actually going to.
Yo, I might be going to.
It's just behind you and look at your screen right now.
No?
I think you can serve on this map too. Do you know how to serve? Are you good at movement?
I can't serve without. Okay, okay. You can't write now, but in general, can you serve? Of course.
Co-Go. Marquello. We have Marquello here. Let's see.
I'm not sure if he's actually here today with us, but he definitely deserves his own little tomb in this.
And noobies looking like by way, and nobody's the same. This is very much looking like a noobies. What do you think about that?
We're in the correct room. Let's find cobbies room real quick and shoot
And he probably going to shoot and he probably going to actually shoot me. Oh now just
Just a friendly guy. Just a friendly guy. Yeah, we are not shooting
We are not shooting here.
Legend is right behind us. We can't shoot them.
Exactly.
We're good. I think we're going to check it out a little bit more, but we're heading into the next segment to see you there.
I'm glad the Steaker just had the stress of having to interview a member of Spirit.
It's one of the hardest things you have to do on a broadcast.
It's even if you're somebody from the Spirit.
Yeah, he's right. It doesn't look a little like an Uber.
like an Uber, we got Seeds joining a Seeds Union hearing, coming in live and direct, we got
lots going on right now.
Can I see who back?
Yeah, you can't go hang out with your wife, go say hi to everybody.
Thank you for your time, we appreciate it.
You welcome, I just wanted to thank you guys, that a beautiful person as well, again for
this issue to be, you know, I'm not going to be on the scene tonight, so I'm not going
to be able to to say anything for such issues, so I want to say it now, but thank you
again for everything you are doing for the content I've seen, like, you much appreciate it
and it comes to strike we'll not be the same results we'll get used.
So thank you very much for the bottom of my heart.
That's lovely. Thank you, sharks. I'm sure you're a striker and...
I'm sure you're a shark.
How did that warm your heart?
Yeah, little bit.
Yeah, that's not good.
But that's positive thing.
We've seen since the last one.
We're happy with that.
Alright, see, we've got you joining us, mate.
We just had a French representative.
I guess you can now represent the Russians.
Who's going to be the world number one tonight?
We need to give him a microphone.
We didn't give him a microphone, that's kind of important.
I think that we're going to do number one.
So for the place for Montices,
say everything college rating is working.
Okay, do you think it should be dark?
Oh, yes.
Oh, okay.
These two gentlemen right here on either side of the ones
who are deciding.
We're just on fleeting my DMs, you're talking about all the EVPs
that we haven't out at all turn minutes.
It doesn't show up on this profile.
He's like, what's going on?
Are you going to fix that?
I'm not sure.
not because it was not really an EVP at the time.
It's like three foot problem.
It's a little talk about it.
We can get that fixed.
We also have another addition joining.
That's one of the Red Comparine.
On the campus, Mr. Flamesy.
Oh, he's right now.
We also have joining us at Yikinda.
Hello, Max.
Thank you for joining us.
So we've got to see you.
And you came to joining us in the center.
Just awesome.
Who he thinks is going to be number one.
He said, is that where do you think?
I think as well.
Okay.
Should be Zaiwu or do you think it should be done?
Well, I think it honestly depends on like how the list was made, like what was the idea behind it?
But you can ask these guys if you want.
Yeah, like for me.
I test, don't should be number one.
But reality is that we should be number one because of the just more trophies.
If you get so many trophies in a year and you place your consistent as a team,
your big piece and part of that success.
And that already should be eliminating the player higher.
Okay, sorry, I should drink some water. People don't have a sound. I'm drunk. They could be right.
Ah, Marx. Quick one mate. Where's Fola?
I so he feels 100 feet when he's reflected.
Yeah, 110 feet. Yeah, he's playing from Miami. He's Miami. He's a home.
Yeah, with his lovely dog, the lovely wife.
Lovely yachts and everything else.
everything else. But it's just like he has a business that he needed to do at the start of
this year. He's a busy man. He's a very popular man. And honestly, we don't mind playing with him
even from Miami because I played with many players who tried to play from home overseas and
phones, one of those players who doesn't really change the amount of impact he adds to the team.
And yes, he needs to wake up at like 4 a.m. to play the scrims but if it's easier for him to do
that. He can do whatever he wants. Okay, all right, let's say we're going to
keep the tour you here. Don't go anywhere. But I have just heard that we have an
interview with two of your teammates. Let's jump in and hear what that is said.
The house is Kcerato and Moldoy here with me. Kcerato, they'll be a bit of a
throwback for their year 2025. Can you reflect on it a little bit? Because Furia was
probably one of the teams that was on the upward hill until the second major and then
and it had a felt flat, so do you consider it a good year?
Of course, but we started from the bottle and we waited at the top, so it was a good year for us.
And it immediately for me from all the other, for everyone who was the best year of first year, these years are going to be good.
And you added these guys.
I mean, these guys is a model that we're ending again, aren't into the lineup.
And since then, the trajectory went upwards.
Can you guide us a little bit through that, like, this is a pretty big cultural shock as well for you to play with guys like these.
Are you enjoying this? Is this something that we will still see the Furia advanced to get for the next year or is there something that you are expecting as well?
When I joined we have
Problem with my English and
I don't understand maybe 10% in game, but you know when you talk every time and when you try to speak with team
you're in the show for every time and now we don't have more mistakes with my English
but before we have so many mistakes but now it's easy for me it's easy for us
because sometimes I can count I can count but it's something to say
I don't know what's happened this year.
Let's see what's going on.
I confirm it's better.
Okay so when you're done you expect it here when you're just kind of like calling
Thank you. Well, I mean, I'm learning Russian, so give me 10 years.
All right, so we have clearly some differences in the language here, but if you are able
to beat such teams throughout the year as you beat in 2025, this can only go upwards, right?
So the mistakes are going a little bit down and the language is going to be better and better.
Let's see how 2020 6 goes. I wish you good luck guys. See you in the talk.
He's a Molodeoi additioning for the next season of karate kid, or is that like, Kazakhstan?
I'm not sure, like, what exactly is it?
Yeah, I think it's very brave and I think if he likes it, he'd go for it, you know, kind of kind of thing.
Off the topic, Stico Man, I love Stico, he's so passionate, like you can feel, you can feel how he's been doing super nice.
Yeah, no, it's lovely.
I don't know, if I'm right, the model says the build with today, yeah?
Is it?
Well, the build with today.
Birthday, yeah, yes.
Wow, how he brought their motor. I didn't do my check. I do like a liquid pity about they check every day
I'm in a cast. I didn't do it today. Who was it about that? No, you can ask a flamey. He
No everybody knows the affirmative player. Yeah, he's here, right?
So many of these. Yeah, okay, we can check it. He knows everyone's got a nice vibe about that. Probably it's
How well he's amazing. He numbers of girls in the place. I don't call he's doing it
But it's amazing really. You should put him in magic center room because magic is the same like he knew the weather condition
of when he won the marriage like a day off back in Shanghai.
He's clapping, he's snapping.
Yeah.
It's a tragic life to troll.
I'm pretty sure you got trolled.
But I'm not like 100% of the 98%.
Yeah.
It's very important if they're playing a vitality.
Well, that could determine a lot tonight.
It's not what it doesn't mean.
Would you say poor air quality?
It's quite foggy.
Or it's not a fault.
Yeah.
It's not weird.
It's cold.
And then it seems that much snow is crazy out there, isn't it?
Yeah, I've been in the cars, been slipping in the slimy.
I came from 35 degrees on the beach in Australia to this,
and now I think it should, of course, but it can't we do the
cross-not here. Would you guys come to be a water-chown Australia?
A bit of a long fly? No, it's the ashes and so on.
Yeah, there we go. I want to be, I want to go to the Australia because I've never been.
Come on, but you work. I want sure means like every year you have to go to Australia
And I'm not doing that. What if we've moved counterstrike to Australia for the whole year?
Every tournament. You need to play by the first cousin. That's all right. I work something out. I got the government on the line. We're working out.
Well, we got these fortune cookies here. Let's give one of these guys. Anybody want to go into this? Sure.
Yeah, one as well. Yeah, see what they say.
You can have one. I don't have one. I don't have one.
Yeah, there we go. Look. He's going to hold the mic. You've got to hand three. Got the mid-dollar on right now.
There we go. And are you going to eat it?
I will but I just need to eat it.
It's good because you're not going to eat it.
All right. What is it say?
You know that cheap good game this year.
What are you doing this year?
It's more about life.
It's all the enemies.
Yeah, what's outside of the game?
I don't like to buy a house for my family.
Can we have one more dog maybe?
Okay, let's see.
That's nice.
Okay.
Enjoy my episodes, isn't it?
I feel, yeah.
What do you got down there, you can do?
You are a cheat.
You are dreaming this year.
We got the same vibe.
So, we need to come back and play in the same team?
Yeah, I do.
To make it happen.
Should I give us like different?
I hope so.
But it's like what?
That's what it is.
All of them say it.
It's not supposed to be a good idea.
Oh, that's a different one.
Okay, nice.
It's something new.
Your evening will be better than your expected.
Okay, it's not as good as the game firm.
It sounds good.
It is great.
That's good.
I'm trying to get it.
That has some bullshit connotations, I think.
For some slack.
What are you going to get out of tonight?
No, that's not.
It was just more like about the perception maybe for once.
No, I'm going to get out of the way.
All right.
So, community will approve of the you bit.
What you dreamed you could not.
drain, you came up for the year.
That's a hard question, you know.
I've learned, especially after liquid time and liquid
sound, but I've learned to just live in the moment.
Nothing about the future that much and just kind of do whatever
I have to do, you know.
But if you would ask me, I would want to reach up 20 again.
I would want to win more tournaments.
And I would want to enjoy playing with fall and as much as possible.
Do you want cash to cover it?
I don't want to know this coming. I don't care which map, but any other map please please.
I know this B site is the worst site.
Right? That is the case.
I think the, I mean basically I have around C2 and it is.
You just need to stop like this.
What is the map change?
I think A site is much harder to pull.
C2 is on?
Yes.
C2 is on.
Like I'm playing cave.
And you're using the anchor.
Oh, you're giving your positions out already.
No, we played the numbers before.
Like with this line of every training thing.
Yeah, well, okay, he's gone out of the team.
He's always gonna go, what's the map?
Like this doesn't matter.
As if they prep this unobased map in a lot of day.
We're not sure now.
You know what's funny, you know what's funny?
But they change happened, right?
Did it happen in the end?
No, it's not.
Yeah, it happened in the end.
Before screens, we started the new map.
And Yuri was going over his nose,
to write down new notes on the new, on the map we're going through, right?
And he's like, oh, he's opening some notes,
and it's like a new business and he's like oh we have to spin set up this set up where he's
reading it out loud for me and trying to remember like on the new map like what is it
what are these setups and then I understand okay it's a new business everything he's like
yeah and delete delete all the setups and then the evening the update comes and I'm like
do you have that do you have the set up selling he's like nope oh yeah okay I'm back to the
drawing board there now listen gentlemen something like to do on HTV confirmed is
skidding it and right now we've got one of those live and in real life so let's do
what I've got up to with Skidney and IRL.
I'm with Ash and we're doing a Skidney club, Skidney and we'll find out if Ash is
in nerd, if you're talking about this, he has skins.
You're ready?
I'm alright, you're cool.
Who was Ash on TV number one player of the year, the most times?
No hints, no hints.
There's some.
Okay, I'll go simple.
No.
I think he's hiding.
I will watch the camera.
No, it's over.
It's over.
What?
It's over.
Okay.
Which other following players has never been promoted into the main team for a man Academy?
Oh, it'd be Montessir.
Huh?
Montessir.
He was sold, so it's not him.
Exactly.
I think it's been a little bit slow, man.
It's correct.
Who of the phone has never been an actual TV number one rank player?
I know the answer.
You know the answer.
Yeah.
You're okay, you're held.
No.
How do I say one person you say if he's wrong?
Yeah, yeah, I would I would have gone forget right. No
It's not get right he was in 2013. How do you remember these things all of a sudden?
It wasn't 25 to know and how old can he has done?
Those there was a man can he has can he has?
Wow correct
You do what yeah, yeah, who did not get on the ward as L.C. ours wait, 23
Well, you had
That was a year when everyone in the major so it should be something apex one of the major
So come build up
Nico maybe nuts
There's one little kill here. Yeah, yeah, I want to see maybe it's not a Nico. Oh
Oh, I don't know. It was opener. Okay, honestly. I want to see mercy
Wow, you're so smart
I got like a little voicemail. I had telling me the answer to go. Okay, four out to five
Correct and you're a genius
Thank you.
We don't have an award for you.
I honestly don't know what does it mean,
but you read it.
Thank you.
It's a picture of me.
It's like a community of 180 of the year.
I think it feels like it's the bad way.
It's a good, a medical aid.
It is in a good way, I guess.
I'll take you.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
For Ash there, I think the one idea was a bad one, but we are giving away a lot of awards tonight.
You can do a 15th this year, right?
15th year.
Well, last year.
Thank you guys.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
Like I know I should have been 25, but it just because I'm 15 years long.
Thanks.
Everyone just missed the money changing hands off camera.
But we do have another award to give you here this evening.
And one that might be nearer and dearer to your heart than 15th in the world.
Strucker could you have this down? We'll go to see can that you can to congratulate
So round of applause everybody
For the top of the night man showed the camera camera number four over here
The top of his nightmare of the as we can see the man who
Probably see a lot of his monitor. Yeah, you know honestly like why I started playing so close
It's just like I'm a shot person. I just don't want to be seen
You know, I said he'd be a porn star
That was that was all the dinner then you can do has a ring on
I'm sorry, but that's what's simple said.
What do you mean?
No, I said like you're simple thing and whatever.
I don't understand the reference.
I'm sorry, I'm so stupid.
You're all right.
All right.
I'm leaving this mess.
Thank you for your time, Marks.
We'll see you a little bit later.
Thank you, sir.
I'm sorry for the year, isn't it?
Yeah.
What am I?
Well, it's different.
Yeah.
Honestly, like when it's going to happen,
I'm gonna stand up before they call and start walking and start walking. I'm gonna do the Ronaldo. All right, and if
Honestly, I'm always gonna be I don't win. It's rich. It's rich. Well, it's with win.
Don't. Okay, okay. Thank you, sir.
What we got is interviews flying in. I believe we got one with eight packs. Let's head on over.
I'm here with A-Bix and I'm gonna be a good night for Tim by 30 tonight, you know?
Exactly. I also think so. Yeah, I will I guess yeah
I think we're gonna get some nice trophies. We get some nice trophies in 25. It's gonna be a good way to handle here
Are we getting drunk tonight?
Bro, of course we will. It's the last time I would get drunk for a long time. It's I then I would do a full
drive so I'm not gonna eat much and try to book so yeah it's gonna be
important to enjoy today okay just be seated to have you in months yeah yes thank
you all right party tonight I'm a lot of what's likely coming to
the way of our party we've got another guest joining us on the couch right now
Prof is back with us but most importantly Hall of Fame and now all of
thank you joining us thank you thank you we're happy to be here
How'd you have the watch yet? Or does that come later?
Oh, I stayed one the word.
You will have my different one.
Why did you come with the watch on?
You should have come ready for the new one.
Maybe I wear it too.
Hey, now we're on one hand.
That's a bigger statement if you have them on one hand.
I'm going to do that, yeah.
All right, all right.
Thank you for joining us, sir.
A lot going on here tonight.
Had a bunch of you guys coming in.
I tend to be asking the question,
because this is whatever one I'm talking about.
Who do you think suit me number one?
I think it's going to be cyber.
Everyone signs that I would no one's feeling the don't.
I mean, if I'm gonna be honest,
I think don't have the better you individually,
but I think it's impossible to not give it
to Cyborg with the year they have the graduates.
They're like, when most of the last time,
someone went back to back major,
like major embodies and all these stuff like that.
Yeah, that seems everyone's following
very similar logic, gentlemen.
Are you following similar logic?
I will not say anything.
I'm cleaning the fifth.
How are you?
I can't wait to make you a strong one, that's a show.
I'll see you.
Okay, alright.
What?
We'll see what has to do on Fault here a little bit later.
But what do you think is going with?
I think it's going to be Rob's.
That's crazy.
Did you see his tree?
Yeah, yeah.
What did it do?
You know the classic image of a one clown in Fault Soltis?
Yeah, yeah.
Me and the top three.
Did you see that?
Thanks a bit over with the white top of the video.
Yeah.
for the tutorial of your words, both of us.
It's been some good propaganda.
No, propaganda.
Prof. Ganda.
Hello, sir.
Yeah, I don't know.
Hello, I'm back.
Yes, I'm just mingling around, running around.
I'm stuck.
How is it out there?
It was wild.
It's much, much better here.
I love it here.
Okay.
I don't know why I fall off some mic.
It's really working.
I don't get it for me.
Okay, all good.
It seems to be working.
I don't know.
I'm just looking, checking all of the, all good.
I don't know what I was talking to.
I mean, okay, you can do it on all here for you guys.
You guys see, see, he gave me a mysterious business card.
I feel like there's others in the address.
Yeah, there's an address on it and I don't want to go there.
I feel like something bad you're having.
I don't know about you guys.
I'm not going there.
I'm just putting it out there.
No random queue, okay.
Other than that, I don't know.
Good.
How are you finding the evening a lot?
I mean, last time I was on the Asia Theatre Awards, I was talking, right?
Yeah.
And that was really good.
different level and it's amazing. I think it's very very good in a
month and it's cool to be here and all people are looking so short. I was
thinking maybe it will be a little bit like in between for a lot of people but
yeah it's looking really good. I think Prof. Ivovish
should be dressed up these days of people aren't dressing up he kicks them out. I mean
that year we had simple and track suits and yeah yeah yeah that was the
I always remember like the morning of the show I go down to the hotel and I'm like I'm getting outside and I'm in a suit
and simple looks at me as he's like why you dressed like that?
Do you mean I can't I was like so confused by the question but later I understood the question later
Oh, if I got one for you obviously you're in the hole of the fan now, right?
If you were picking next year's hole of fan is
I mean I think next year's hole of fan
I have a question, I think, or I think, coaches should be available.
So, I mean, there's a lot of people living in different teams that should be available.
But a lot of people are coaches, right?
Yeah, but I don't know. There's a lot of people they saw are too big.
I don't know. I want so many people.
Let's say that you could pick anybody right now who hasn't been inducted.
Who would be your top three?
Top three, man. I would put them on the spot, man.
That's what I do.
I'm going to go be a little biased but people from my team in Fnatic for his
and Patricia, I know he's retired. I think he deserves it.
And, can I ask, I think that's, there are a lot of people in 1.6 but I don't know
and know them in the top of my head. So yeah, we've got to see a school.
So you're a bit more new, Jen. Yeah, we're even though it's high.
Yeah, that's still because there's so many old schoolers from back
put it to 1.6 times wherever the 1.5 times.
I've got this got party in there, and we definitely need
to get there right now.
Sure, like a rope bun, neo, some make very like people
that are cultured, right?
I think there's a lot of people.
But it's also hard for you guys because you have like three
games to go through, right?
Yeah.
It's 1.5, 1.6, cisco, cisco, cisco, cisco, cisco, cisco, cisco.
Did we have an embargo of source players?
Yeah.
I think yeah.
I think we would say, yeah.
They have money.
The thing is, anyone that was good in source was good
and cisco, pretty much.
I guess RPK is he was decent and see what he was like.
What he was in source for resources didn't match.
Yeah.
But you would say like from what he did in source, right?
You would bring that into the CSGR conversation.
Yeah.
At least I would.
Right.
And I'm going to the committee.
So I think the thing is like, I guess source doesn't have that love.
About the other one, dude.
Who would you pick them?
So I can't be able to spot them.
I'm on the other spot.
I put you on the spot.
Look, I think that, you know, it's a delicate,
a delicate conversation.
You know?
I had a meeting today with the panel.
There's some big minds in there, I haven't a bit of a chit chat.
Did you see Monacy coming in at number four?
Yeah, I saw it.
Did you think that's an accurate placement for Mr. Monacy?
I think it's so hard because you didn't put it either in number three or number four.
It's so hard.
I would not like to be you guys to like,
every question is like insane because you can make a
I came to a boat site, but I would probably put in number three, but at the same time I am a strong fan of ropes and there's a reason why every year he owns win proof.
It's like every single thing he has been successful and I think there's a reason for that.
Okay, well I guess what we've got monacy standing by let's hear what he has to say.
I'm here with Baby God himself, honestly,
previously opt for G2 sports who owned me maybe eight times in 2024 and I haven't
won a single match against him yet.
So how do you feel about this evening?
About this evening, very promising.
A lot of people here, I'm happy to be here as well,
to see a lot of people coming from CS.
What is it going to be the player of the year tonight?
Baby God.
I'm shooting for Donk.
I think it's going to be a little bit awkward.
Okay.
And we also have a special award for you.
Since you're here, and you're probably going to like this one.
This is the Chinese girl's crush of the year.
And you're the winner this year.
But what is this?
I think it's good to be eliminated in this kind of award.
I think it's good to be winner in this award.
It's going to be good to be winner in only this award this year.
Thank you so much, guys.
Thank you.
All right, I got flames here.
Prof, what time is this a ceremony star?
He wants to know.
It's a huge screen behind you with the schedule showing that every minute or two.
And it goes like that and it's all the screen.
There it is.
So it's only, wait, don't we have the community in World's before?
The community in World's is going to start soon, probably.
Yeah, that's you.
Okay, I think you're on the air maybe?
Well, that'd be apex too, wouldn't it?
I think both of them have culturally impact for sure.
So before we go to the community ward, which is a half past, right?
Yes.
Okay, can I get here too?
What is going on?
Mr Anderson, hello.
Oh, well.
Should we get into what we have all of here?
21 to 30.
Yeah, we can show that.
This is, this is, so these are the players you just missed out.
Here, should I say this?
For sure.
But I'm more interested in getting the Monosier ward.
I don't know what I nominated for that one or...
I think you won it back in 2015.
Okay.
Makes sense.
Yeah, but we'll have to see if they can back down the awards and stuff.
Fins being marked up right now.
We're getting a bit of audio for him.
I think we've got to get him up here, but there we go.
We've got Harry and we've got Milan here who are deciding the awards.
And if we jump into it, we'll take a seat.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us.
Lovely necklace.
Did he ever have one?
No, he didn't win that.
I mean, he didn't win the medal.
We did it with the grandstand.
No, as soon as I, like, dropped the one, they've been everything.
So I don't know.
Do you think you were the problem with here's the solution?
Very good-an kind of, no.
I'm not going to ask you out there.
Yeah.
That's something for Fiend turns, but yeah.
You can't lose the better team, that wraps it all up.
Oh, that's a...
I put him in the spot there as well.
So hold on Fiend, I assumed to be holding Fiend, I know.
Oh, sorry.
Only one of them left.
We're going to have that soon, even.
Who is it?
You can 50-50.
Look boys, we've got to go through this way. You guys are here. We'll see what you have to say about this.
We have players 21 to 30 in a 20 25 headed to the awards. So let's bring that up on screen.
So coming to the 21 heavy guard, heavy guard, heavy guard,
he just missed out by one spot.
I like it.
You got him.
What is it, man?
Okay.
He's doing stuff on really.
Okay, all fixed. We'll get him back up, marked up.
Kia Suka coming in at 22, wonderful at 23, with cardio at 24,
year, at 25, the cars he coming in at 26, I think is the longest I've won now.
Yes, well, we're the total ones.
Otherwise, I think for sure.
9, 10, at 27, even Matt is coming in at 28, here 29, to near and then 30 to
round things out.
Latter.
Okay.
That's it.
When we saw it with that conversation, when did you join spirit because he had a little bit of a rougher year with spit out
It was a heroic start, and then we had was it it was like after London it was September
Something about they played EPL. Oh, yeah, so it's October but beginning of October, right?
Yeah, but he was in the team before that had a long break right here
So the fact that he's made this up 30. Yeah, you can't get it in a row
Yeah, that's why I did it really good in a row
Yeah, that was a big part of why he made it this far, I think.
The heavy-gone one was the one that there was a lot of community controversy about him missing out.
I feel how do you feel about a player that has got a message at the top 20?
I think it's all a good and bulk, especially from 16 to 20.
I think the team resolves really shows who's getting in.
When you get further down the list, it's a rather individually under, of course, the
and the piece and stuff.
He probably got a had a big and repeal thing in last.
There was a great the people at that team,
the best of five fans, and he got the repeal,
right, it's another one.
So I think he should have been 18, 19, somewhere in there
but also think the reason why is with this mouse
had a subtle consistent year with many some folks
that they took some of his base and now there's all right.
So they took some of those bases where,
if you look individually,
I think that should have been in touch with the next time a car is in case you pay on a list
but only we're playing Tier 1 Counter Strike for six months.
Right and they've made it from position 21 to 30 right there.
How does that go in terms of justification?
Well, Kiosk is especially what's really rough in terms of the sample in terms of that
because statistically he obviously was somewhere up there and people were wondering whether he would make it or not.
But we...
Oh, there we go.
We can hear Leschka.
I don't know. I think we keep going.
Yeah, all right.
We're going to keep talking as a bit of a speech channel, all right?
Okay, so good luck with this.
Yeah, this is going to be tough for me.
But effectively it is a sample thing where he obviously didn't play more than happened
a year.
And that was a difficult thing to gauge with any of these players.
We actually compared him quite a lot to a dexter case from playing 22,
where a dexter or had basically four big events
appearances in that year.
And performing really well statistically,
But it just wasn't enough to make it in effectively, you know, so we just had to bump him towards the, towards the bottom
You did very well
Hey, he did very well there. That's the top thing. That's the kind of part I'm hearing
You guys should come to a couple of analysts. That's how things go
What up?
It's on here. It's all one. I'm spacing out. That's where you can't you don't do this. You just do the talking
That's what I always said all of go in. Yeah, that's what I said. What did you say?
Yeah, I said. Really got a couple of teammates like that
I don't know, I just speak them all.
Time to check it out, huh?
Yeah, but they good soldiers, aren't they?
They do it that time.
When they're Listern?
Yes.
When are they not Listern?
They're not.
Got to speak them and talk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So anything else there on that Listern, we want to dive into
the other people at home and the forums, we're going to get
checked about that immediately.
Which one of you think could be the most controversial
Harry I'll go with you.
I mean, it's always going to be heavy-gots.
So if you don't know, I have to think.
I think back and forth from now on.
But laddo, it's 30.
If you know, get some people chatting.
I mean I think it's interesting when you get to the bottom in terms of like
someone like Enzineo or Zontix or someone who is kind of more of that kind of stable player
on a very good team versus those individuals but I think we we're going to
went to Latter again the MVP in having like very numbers versus the top 5 top 10 teams
I think that's true of all three of them at the bottom and Matt is very, very close to that
London MVP as well because of that so you know I think that's where we lean
at the bottom of the top 13 you know where does it come well I mean I do have like
But the start of the day for me was like 31, you know, I think it was 31, I think it was 2, 2, 3, okay, it's around that
I think I knew it was just a video for them
Alright, alright, don't know, I don't want to hold you for too long
Because there's a whole lot going on we got the whole ceremony kicking off
Is there anything that you guys want to say to the people at home? Because I'm going to throw it to an interview with Seiko in a second
You're on the spot right now
Now you do streaming this what you do you
Fuck yeah, go watch my screen. Okay, thank you
See you next season. I'll see you see you. You got a one more trophy this year
Yes, and so we're just gonna be hard to win more
Hopefully we put one in there. Yeah, make it would be nice there
I'm in a tournament. What do you swap for a major? That's what you can do in
Yeah, but how many tournaments would you swap for one major next year?
It can go in like 5-20 minutes a week and one minute.
There's no kind of no crack as no colonel is rocked.
We are full.
Really?
Okay.
On meters away everybody watching.
But this is the colonel.
Oh yeah.
Who won the last colonel, maybe?
I didn't.
Who won the last colonel?
I don't know, dear.
It's...
It's a hand.
But it wasn't you.
Thank you.
It was a pleasure to stay.
Oh, what the fuck?
It's funny.
You could have let him have that.
I am in time, I said something to him.
I'm sorry.
You have me, Jeremy Peepin.
And the conversation was that you did that to everyone in the team.
And I was only reading, they can see something.
And now it's the whole of fact.
But now I can also say, do you have two meters?
Sure.
Yeah, see, still flexed.
Yeah.
That's why I'm in order for him.
I'm coming back next season.
I'd love to keep you here.
But I have to keep us on schedule.
So we're going to throw it on interview and see what that's all about.
I'm joined by Missy here at the Gensburg.
It's a little bit chaotic behind us, but we're here.
And we're leaving a message for 2026.
But also, we're thinking about 2025.
It's a little bit of thinking back.
And how successful it was for you?
Yes, I mean, I think I've got a good little message to put.
So I will try to read it out as it's going. Let's do it and you guessed it guys again.
Alright, we're a little hard at the end. Okay, so we're going to just show it this way for the camera.
Let's do it all again. Do you think it's possible? With this team it's always possible.
I mean we did the impossible last year so I want to do it all again absolutely great and to top it off we got that 4 chain cookie here for you
So you know how it works you probably open a couple of them throughout your life of course a few 4 chain cookies have been opened
Not sure many have come true, but maybe this one we'll see
I was just not going to be anything blogger or anything like that
Let's have not
Okay
You will appear in your favorite teams vlog
Okay, was your favorite team out there the vitality outside of vitality or what's it's a fun
Phase maybe there's got the aura have a name phase
So maybe maybe that carigan vlog sometimes soon we'll see we'll see this wild call
But before we see that we head back to the coaches
All right, well, see if you can end up in a phase. Well, we'll see that for mezzy upper anchor of the year tonight
So we'll see how he does with that one. Now listen, we are going to head over to the community
woods very, very shortly but just one last final piece of sponsor conversation. Maybe
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Profi, you're right.
Oh good. Godmother, we're just checking about the community awards. It's going to be starting
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Colors Collective's got a table right here. These are the first ever CS playout figurines.
They're four inch premium PVC collectibles. Let's see if we can get them on camera.
Here on strike is one shot. If he has a one shot, maybe he's got it. There he got it.
Maybe it's better on your shot. This is, yeah, I can grab it if you want me and simple.
The vestive, right? It's not like, ah, here it is, right? Yeah. So this is, this is simple.
This is from concept up to pro 3D modeling. Can painted final products.
so someone's on the brush as there are these beads made by the same manufacturers behind
the biggest names in collectibles. People for both hardcore CS fans and series collectors
pre-sale live now and the only time you could secure a simple figurine. Do I get to keep this
one? Yeah, why not? No, I'm talking to anything so it might as well be yours. Simply you're going
home with me. So here's the one we'll see him in Cracker. Yeah, we'll be teaching with the salt
the so cool I will say that one goes but that's that oh no he's lost
these legs don't know don't lose his legs bro he's lost these legs we'll have to
lost the piece and back together like there he is he's back together now don't lose
you like doing one more time I got a photographer over here coming maybe
Michael could take the photo of that all guy could take a picture he can't
any now could take a picture being simple all right here you go he's coming
going okay so this is where I thought of him and he shoved out the
way this time. So here we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. This is a simple two
guts I guess. Proof. Two goats. Two guts. Talking about that talent of the year.
Yeah we showed that. Can I get you coming up? Yeah. You nervous? Not really. No. Okay. I want
to share the love as if I couldn't get a fryer. Can we rig it? I would. She was my boat.
Okay. That's thanks, bro. What do I lose by launching like four votes? No, no. That was
Thanks the first year.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, listen everybody.
How's things been going?
Have it happy?
Yeah.
Pretty good.
How are you doing?
Yeah.
You've been enjoying it?
Cool.
You come back next year?
Well, I stopped to have this.
No, I know.
I never stopped.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I never stopped.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Well, there was the fortune cookies going.
And it seemed quite good.
Strackle was happy with the fortune you read.
Yeah.
Okay, all right, all the ending. We'll get ready. So yeah, I just feel you made the same joke as him you guys are just kind of the same
30 miles I can't open up
Bripped it all because that's not for body strength and
Good luck. Use your teeth, baby
Hold up
There you go, I hope I didn't kill people at home with the audio now. Oh
Oh, oh, I've made a mess, we can't get the vacuum cleaner right here. Oh, it's tasty.
This is one of the last thing we're doing. I'm going to go ahead and know an outbreak.
It's another one that says the same shit. You will achieve your dreams this year.
All right, let's go to a break. They will guys give you immediately once. Don't go anywhere.
Oh, there's that point.
Don't mind me.
Oh, there's been confused.
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Hello, hello, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, welcome to the HLTV award show in 2025.
The third consecutive time, the best award show is organized in Belgrade. And honestly,
we couldn't be more proud. You know what this night is all about. It's about competitiveness.
It's about, you know, the best in the world, being the best operator, being the best
being the best anchor opener, the best team in CS, right?
But it's not only about that, it's also about casual gamers, right?
Because in some point, it's about fun.
And if we don't have fun playing Counter Strike,
and we're not doing it correctly.
Today, on the community stage, we're going to have five different categories,
just basically similar like last year.
We have the best talent of the year, the best content creator,
the best streamer, the best skin, and I'm missing one, let me check which
did I skip even. Of course, the best event of the year, the last but not the least.
I see some familiar faces in the crowd. I've seen parties on CS2 ladies. Hello,
there ladies. Welcome. Welcome. I saw jacks going, going and scrolling around.
This guy looks so good, it makes us all of us the rest of us look bad.
It's ridiculous, honestly.
I saw team brutality coming to the place to the area.
And I suppose they're expecting to win some trophies tonight,
but who knows what's going to happen.
Let me check before we start with the finalists and with your words.
Do we have someone from the talent finalists here near the stage?
Yeah, by the rays of hand, can you show by the rays of hand if you're here I can't see you because of the light.
Yeah, do we have someone? No.
So if you can hear me, if you're here in the building and you can hear my voice,
and you're one of the finalists for the best talent of the previous year, please approach the stage.
That also means for the streamer of the year content creator of the year. Where's Dima? I already talked to Dima. Dima, where are you? Dima? Oh, there you are.
So, Dima Wallhacks, not Dima Wallhacks, that's what he said, so I have to name in that way.
And I suppose we're about ready to start and kick off the show with the talent of the year.
So, let's check out the three finalists.
It's done.
Thanks.
Finalist presented by one expert.
Freya Spanjian banks, if I remember correctly, banks wanted last year, so he's defending
the title here.
Let's see who's the winner for the year 2025 talent of the year James Banks ladies and gentlemen one big round of applause
Banks wasn't able to attend this year, so I suppose we have a video prepared
Hello guys. I hope you're enjoying the HR TV award so far
Sadly, this year I can't be there in person. My wife is pregnant, we're expecting a baby.
So there's a lot to get ready for, but I just want to take a moment and say from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me to win tonight over the year. It feels amazing to win this award again.
The fact that so many people enjoy my work, like what I do, the podcast, the content, the interviews, or being on stage.
And I also want to say a big thank you to HLTV for putting on the award show. This is a true amazing celebration of Counter Strike.
and there's one that this game deserves.
We have the greatest game ever, the best esports in the world.
We continue to have amazing experiences,
visit other countries, just look at Budapest, 20,000 people in that arena.
It's a moment in my life, I will never, ever forget.
I'm so grateful to be part of this amazing community.
I don't want to take too much of everyone's time.
I just want you guys to enjoy the rest of the awards.
And I'll just say the famous quote from G.
If you love Counter Strike, then I love you.
Enjoy the rest of the award show.
Have a drink on me.
One big round of applause ladies and gents back to back winner James Banks the only guy
who did the same thing is on a pixel is actually chasing the third one. The third title
this year we'll see what's going to happen. I think I skipped something at a very beginning
because I don't think we were warmed up enough at this very moment because there are a lot
of you here in front of the stage and I can barely hear you clap. So if you can please give one big
ground of applause for HLTV, we're doing the whole thing, organizing the holy rent,
let's warm up our hands, please ladies and gents. For HLTV, give it up, give it up, yeah now we're
ready, now we're talking, let's move on, we have the second award for the best event of
2,025. Here are the finalists.
Starlight a blue pest major.
I am color.
Finally, this is not going to be an easy one.
You know, battling out with two major tournaments.
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
And a starlighter was just a month ago.
Maybe even less.
Do you guys remember Austin?
You know, back in June?
Yeah.
Yeah, well, let's see, which is the best event of
two thousand and twenty five.
Give it up for Starletter Budapest Major.
Come on, you can't do better than that.
Come on, give it a round round of applause.
Congratulations, sir.
If you have anything to say.
Hi, thank you.
Wasn't expecting this, but yeah, thank you to HLTV.
Thank you to all the partners of the major
I think it's all the fans to all the guests last but not least,
hi to my wife, and thanks to Valve and Longly for the story.
Yeah, thank you.
Thank you for organizing a great event.
A well-deserved trophy.
Well, this has been great, I suppose.
We're halfway there, almost halfway there.
I guess here, feel there with me?
Yeah, come on.
Give some support to me.
This is my first time as well.
doing this I think I deserve some support that's better not great but better moving on
we have the best skin so guns getting tattoos what a year to live in and actually getting
a reward for that amazing 2025 let's check out the finalists for skin of beer
Locating Shino.
Empower a full squad.
Finally, presented by Skin Club.
Yeah, baby, best skin of the year, last year, in Heritans,
inheritance one as the best one. But this year, the best
skin is AWP, Princeream. Give it up for AWP, Prince
ream. Do we have a winner coming on the stage AWP?
JTP and Z is the nickname if I'm not mistaken. JTP and Z.
Do we have him here? Does anyone see him? Oh, we have a video prepared.
Hi, it's J.T.B.N.Z from Thailand. It's an honor to be receiving this award tonight.
I'm here with my family. I like to thank them, my friends, fans and players around the world.
for the love. You guys are the best. And this law is not only for me, but it's also a win for
every artist out there who still believes and makes real human out with the heart. Your creativity
matters and it's much more powerful than the NEAI tools out there. Please never give up.
If I could do it you can do it too. Thank you.
One big round of applause for the best skin of the year. And now we have the last two categories.
It's probably the most interesting one for you guys.
The content's best content creator of the year
and the best streamer of the year
and interestingly enough, the same finalists
for the streamer of the year as a year ago.
So this should be interesting,
but before that, we're gonna do the best content creator
of the year and your finalists are.
Ambults.
Naked King.
Virat.
Finalist presented by one expert.
Ready?
Yeah?
Let's see, the best content creator of the year.
I'm going to read it my way because he asked me to do so.
Dima Wohacks!
Give it up!
People are going to think I actually knew that you were the winner,
especially on your stream.
This belongs to you, man. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Oh wow.
Please, please, please.
Yeah.
Thank you very much everybody.
I want to thank my family for not kicking me out when I was 18 and I broke loser
with no aspirations.
Personal rules, well, I want to thank my editors who made all the videos possible.
People watching and I'm almost well.
Thank you very much.
And lastly, I want to shout out to dear friends of mine, the both streamers as well,
rent and drop those boys. They helped me out a lot actually like so much. And yeah, guys,
use me as a living proof that you know, even from sweatout, even from hardships, you can still achieve your dreams.
And you know, it's always about the journey and not the destination. Thank you.
Thank you.
Demolid is in Jens, aim bots, wall hacks, however you like it, but the best content creator of
2025.
And now approaching the last category, I can see it's a little bit more crowded now and see
Shocks joins us, join us, Hachocks.
Hey buddy, what's going on?
A lot of familiar friendly faces who can't wait to see who's the best streamer of
and here are your panelists.
Only pixel.
The flow.
Have a look.
Finalist presented by one expert.
Maybe Vitality won back to back major trophies in 2025, but back to back winners on a pixel
in 2024 and 23, right?
His chasing for his third title, are you on it?
He's not even listening to me.
He doesn't even care, you know, he's just talking to his friends
while opening the envelope.
I'm actually a little bit nervous here.
But let's see.
The best dreamer of 2025,
give it up to, of course, on a big soul.
Come on, and you can do better than that.
Come here, bro.
This belongs to you.
Way to go.
You did even a better job than the fatality did in 2025.
I don't know what you're going to say to the audience.
I've prepared nothing.
I didn't think I was going to win.
I appreciate everybody for voting, I guess,
and I community.
No, of course, out.
But also, clap it up for everybody else nominated.
Flumber's doing his only band right now in America.
Clap it up, please.
Flumber, man, for everyone on everybody else's role.
Come on, man.
And again, thank you so much.
Thank you for this award.
Thank you so much.
Shout out to my dad as well.
It's a thank you.
Sir, on a pixel winning, winning it three years in a row
that has to mean something.
We're about done with community awards this year.
First of all, I want to thank you all for joining the show.
I want to thank you all at home who actually voted this year
because this is actually more important than what's
going to happen in the next hour or two.
Because this is decided by defense,
by the hardcore fans, not the guys experts in a dark room talking about who's the best
player in the world, but you guys decide who's going to win the trophy and I think every
single one went into the right hands.
Thank you for that.
Yeah, give it one big round of applause for the end of the award show and if you're a community
award show and we're going back to the couch and the boys.
Thank you for your attention.
I don't know about the boys, there's me, and I have Kenny, yes, so Kenny, I'm going to get
your microphone on, we're going to get that work and all that one second, give it another
talk for me mate.
I don't know.
There you go, so I lost striker, I lost Harry, and I lost Proff, so you're here and I'm
grateful to have you mate, you're going to help a lot to me, how?
You look amazing, Chuck.
Well, thank you.
I want to see it.
I'm gutted right now, Kenny, I didn't win town in the year.
I lost the banks.
You lost the banks, that makes I've been a doing great job.
I need your help next year.
Oh, no, it is.
Well, this is what banks is doing post in Portuguese
and Mandarin to get people to vote for him.
Yeah, banks has been really smart.
He's been working hard to get this.
Definitely, yeah.
Do you know how many languages I tweeted in to get votes?
Knowing you, you only know one language.
I tweeted in no language, was Kenny.
Yeah, exactly.
I thought that it would prevail
without the need to campaign.
And I was wrong again.
Let me teach Chinese later.
Yeah, that, that, look, Shesia.
Buket Shia.
Right, when I saw you, when we were in, in Trump do.
Yeah.
And I'm walking past you.
And then you're talking to a security guard.
And man, you're not, oh my god, this guy.
Can I, you can, you can do it, the real deal.
Yeah, I granted video.
You were even doing like Chinese desks?
You don't desks?
I did Chinese desks.
How is that?
Well, I have a good relationship with Perfect Wolf.
They are the good guys that invited me for a desks.
That's nice.
So I'm just leaning on like, I still need translation sometimes, but most of the times I can handle myself in Chinese here.
I saw the perfect world, I did an interview with them when we were doing that chunk duo event, the perfect world guys here.
And I said, there's so many castes and numbers of the town crew who would love.
If they do an event or they would get down there, we'd love it there. We have a great time trying to do awesome a real light-shang high.
It's where are you living?
I live in Shanghai.
Okay, Shanghai's great.
Yeah, they come to join us. They're a little bit late.
Gentlemen, you were late. What's going on?
Oh, they were eating, okay. Well, we'll get your microphones on a minute too. Kenny, I've been asking
everyone who's joining us tonight, who they think is going to get the world number one. Okay, simple as that. You don't be
Don't get the chance. I think I think don't I think it's it's a top topic because are we judging the most
Successful pair of the year. Oh, are we judging the best pair of the year? I think individually don't has been
in the best period of the year.
Like this, I think that was like this.
So individually, also like, we did the serving,
but I think we also have the trophies.
So I'll go for that one for this.
Yeah, I think everyone's going to very similar logic, right?
So these are the two men who decided.
We don't know, they once said they've been very tired.
I'm already sorry for you.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Someone asked to do it that night.
So we'll wait and see because we're just filling now
for a brief period of time,
while everybody's going to go and start entering.
So we probably get a couple of minutes
everyone's going to get inside, take their seats and then we're going to get the main
award show underway. You just have the community, they've got the panel and then we've got
the top player in the year as well as the top team and all that good stuff. You think
by Tality, you're going to sweep the rest of the awards other than both Langey?
Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, I mean, it's a bit sad that it's a bit unfair that you
can't up to reward all the players from my touchy because you know, I said it many times,
but I think Macy is the best thing in the world when you exclude the big free, you know,
Okay, because of the rawly-hars in the steam, because of the performances they had this year,
I think it's the perfect middle ground to balance the steam together, you know?
So I think Macy is, well, I think Macy's the best thing in the world. I like Macy very much.
I really like Macy's.
Someone's beating my language.
About British player.
That's a controversial one.
That's a British player.
That is crazy.
I never thought I'd see a Frenchman saying that, okay.
All right, well, that's big praise for Femmistimezi right there.
Now, as all for yourself, you see the landscape with allping and counterstrike right now.
Obviously, Zaiwu, he is the author of ITALITY, but I wouldn't say he's the same as like a
monastery or a shiro or something. If you're looking at the rest of the
opportunity of the world and you're going to pick best all part,
takes out out of the conversation. Yeah, who are you saying? Well, I mean, I
mean, I'm not really objective. I'm only, I'm only fond of the idea is a good
from mine and I will love his insight obviously. I think I also played with him in a
like a triad of a romantic and I realized that he was really competitive as well for his
own age and I think he has a little potential to become more than just a great offer in
this story of the strike. Obviously, Shiro is one of the most underrated
films in the story of the strike, definitely. I mean, he's getting it razorly
to be by Donk, but she wrote, I've been filming a novel,
since he became a professional player basically,
and I also have a source platform on the other side.
Okay, you like what you're seeing from all that?
Yeah, I think more than I've been really impactful in a,
in clutch moments, you know, like I can, I don't think it was
Schindu or Hong Kong or Pof, maybe that may range game against
Hardtons, was like something that left him off and me.
So yeah, I have a source platform on the other side.
Okay, all right, all right. Gentlemen, did you just get what's going on there with the community? What's your paying attention?
I didn't get to hear most of it to be honest. I don't know. I don't know who I'm so I can do that.
Yes. Well, you could have let on made up my heart broken right here. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't vote for you. Oh, good. I was simple. That's all I got. I did vote for you. I appreciate that. That's very nice. Yes. I said next year Kenny can help me. So I can do some posting mandatory. Oh, very speaking.
I'm going to get in the pan and make sure.
OK.
So I can vote for Chad.
All right, yeah.
Well, you couldn't know.
I think we're going to hate you.
They won't look like that.
Yeah.
You couldn't tell it yourself.
Cut right.
Yeah.
I've got anything to knock up on that, should you?
Right?
Yeah.
I don't have one.
How you got it?
You've mastered it, actually.
I don't know.
Before I come in, you're a dream.
I have a page of a machine that should be so much better.
We'll find a way to break it down.
All right.
Nice.
We need to be breaked.
That's what we do with everything else, apparently.
I'm just looking over here to make sure everything's looking all good.
So we can't head at Kenny.
Either you want to say the people at home before we head to the outbreak and head inside.
Well, I'll just have, you know, like I had a long car here.
I have talents.
And there is a lot of people watching us and putting credits on what we do and how we do it.
So we all everything to the people watching us, that being me or those of players,
and even also here on the sofa.
So I know I've been away for a while.
I needed to put myself for the PTAs in the main building,
but I miss everybody.
And thank you so much for being for existing.
OK, beautiful.
All right, let's do this.
Everybody, let's head to an app.
Let's get things underway.
The main words, the panel awards, the top player in the world,
that's going to be coming your way very shortly.
This is the HOT TV award to prompt you by one expert.
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I can't see, baby, baby
I can't see, baby
I think I'm gonna cause some of my enemies.
I think I'm gonna die just a life like that.
I like I'm gonna cause some of my enemies.
I'm gonna die just a life like me.
I like the point cause you'll have to be in the middle of the world to work like me.
Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.
I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die
I'm a little bit sick of you.
Get the shit out of my car.
Come, come on.
Come on.
It's all about you, ooh, ooh, it's all about you
It's all about the way you come, I can't wait
It's all about you, ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all about you, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You don't wanna push, smile, look, look, look, look, look
There's a skin getting off, oh, no, oh
Let's put in my face and talk
I wanna give this a show, show, can't put it, so nice, it's dark, oh, no, oh
Just baby, you know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I get a fever baby, whenever you come, I don't know what to do.
I get a fever baby, whenever you come, I get a fever baby, whenever you come, I get a fever baby.
If you come and have the king, you'd best not miss.
Plotting and scheming moves me when I need to take a master plan is at play.
The payoff, doubles, fast to back, to back, to back, only renenting success, challenge
to keep nothing on the door, but none can enter.
Maybe the return of a legend, the goat, can make the difference.
The major, Texas Holden and all the parts have been dealt.
It's too late to call the bus, all in, or cold, and it's one era of rising and
being a Steve is remembered.
New season, Renew Tonga, a wise old professor, and just one more superstar.
It's time to go again.
Devouring the hours in pursuit of perfection.
A second major.
And a second chance at glory.
Back to back and into the history was.
The race is ended.
Playtime is over.
And greatness will be the war there.
It is my absolute honor to welcome you to the fourth annual HLTV Awards presented by
one expert.
My name is Frespis.
And my name is Connor Garvin, it is our privilege to be your host tonight.
It is truly being a story here of Counter Strike, one where one particular team redefines
domination and I'd like to argue that all started right here.
right because last year, Apex was sitting there and like a loser telling us he was going
to be a champion. Well look at you now, Dan, a champion, sitting in front of a bunch of losers.
And it was incredible to witness, you know, champions rising in that second half of the season
trying to become contenders. Yeah, I mean, after your fury, we're able to secure the number one
rank and win three consecutive trophies. After miles, we're finally able to overcome vitality
in Cologne, and Falcons able to do the same in Hong Kong.
After we had the most stacked major playoff bracket of all time,
tell me Flamsey, where did vitality end in the HLTV world
rankings anyway?
Number one, that's right.
Number one, well I think moments like tonight,
it's important to not only be celebrating excellence
and applauding greatness, I think it's only fair
that we reflect upon what we've learned
in the past 365 days.
For me, I learned that you should never ever mention
Turkish Counter Strike, or never ever not mention
Turkish Counter Strike, isn't that right, Spunch?
In Kalanish, yeah, I learned some really interesting
Germans.
Wait, I thought that guy said no, no,
Connor, German, Slang.
Oh, okay.
And lastly, the hardest lesson of all,
There's just no points arguing with Kassad.
We are in his hometown, right?
Is anybody seen Kassad as he in the building, anyway?
No, Freya, he's not here.
Because it is so much easier to stay at home,
typing shit on your little pink keyboard.
LAUGHTER
All jokes aside there, before we get into tonight's awards,
we're beginning with something very special.
in 2024, HLTV introduced the whole of thing, where we saw the likes of Heaton, Party,
Get Right, and for us all being welcomed.
And this year is no exception, three more storied names will be joining that list of legends.
Without further ado, this evening's first inductee.
He made Counter Strike in Brazil.
From nowhere, he became one of the best operas of his generation.
his supremacy turned him into the most decorated Brazilian player of his time and earned his place in history.
Two CPL titles, and yes, WC Championship, and a legacy of dominance.
Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Kogo!
That's one more time for Kogu.
I have so heart to say something.
Yes.
Wow.
There are no what.
I used to be good to being a friend of a lot of people.
in front of a lot of people in the crown, playing... I'm a little bit nervous right now,
but I try my best. I see a lot of face here that are chasing the dream, the same dream
that I used to chase back in the base. And one thing that we have all in common here is
we put Counter Strike in top one priority, above nightclubs of the drinking, above family,
friends, girlfriend, even my health.
I play a lot of tournaments,
injured play a lot of the pracks that I didn't want you,
but this is Counter Strike.
We put top one priority, and I'm pretty sure a lot of you
guys do the same.
And back in the day was really hard guys was really hard,
because we never knew Counter Strike would be this big.
And I just want to say thank you for all my sponsor
all my friends, everybody who is cheering for me.
English is not in my name language,
so I'm sorry for something, and I'm so happy to be here.
Thank you so much, HLTV.
Thank you, my friends, my family, my everyone who's
a part of me, and that's it, guys.
A chivement and luck.
Now, to be the player, they can say they inspire the likes of Fallen.
I mean, that alone is an accolade worthy of legendary status.
Add to it his CPL and ESWC achievements, which you get is a more than deserving Hall of Famer
to kick off the night.
Such an incredible name to be adding to that list.
checking in intimately with our two other Hall of Famers throughout the duration of the night,
but I think it is time to kick off our first panel of ward.
Guys, we really need an opening. Don't worry, our guard goes.
The first man in fully understands the importance of sacrifice, consistency and handling the inevitable pressure that comes with a difficult start.
to present our first award as a player who is synonymous with this category, haven't taken
many different kinds of jewels over his time. But it's been a while since we've seen him
grace our screen. So I'd like to warmly welcome them back. We shouldn't the best of luck and say
Go break a leg. Please welcome to the stage. It's conflict.
That's nice. Lovely to see you all. I'm honestly very nervous, so just so you all know,
but ladies and gentlemen, Counter-Strike is about passion, it's about team work, it's
about a clutch moments that happens in game. It brings all players and fans together and
and it creates moments that lasts for decades.
From small plays to big finals,
this game continues to grow and inspire.
And tonight, we celebrate those
who make Counter Strike special.
And your finalists are...
Don't.
One of the gomen's rook and planks all over here.
There's the light up, don't go for the axe.
Flames.
The Kinder.
One bullet, sir.
What a cheesy voice!
Oh, life for you, Kinder.
Finalist presented by one expert.
And the winner is...
Donk!
Second time, second in the role. Okay, fix it. Thank you. What can I say? It's like, it's the
merit of my team, of our structure, our coach and everything about this and what can
I say, I gave and I will give all my blood, all my fresh, everything can be my life
to be the greatest and be the part of the greatest team in sales history.
So I want to say thanks to all fans, the close friends, the parents, the family, and everyone
in my organization that supports me.
And I think it's more about them, not me.
Thank you guys, and I think that's it.
Another incredible year for a young man who has redefined the role of opener with
my nothing stats like dogs, it's actually hard to imagine a world where this award will
ever land in the hands of anybody else.
Truly a generation of talent like no other, but we do have plenty more stars to be crowning
It's time to get into the second category.
The next two closes are second award of the night honours those that when the pressure
is attired and the time is at its lowest, are always able to keep their call and come
up close.
Our next announcers are counter strike icons in their own right, but together they're
a whole different beast.
She has recently worked her first official major broadcast and he may very well be the number
one German commentator.
I'm not quite sure because I can't really understand what he says.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Donna and O'Ne Pixel.
We did not know what to say for this award, so we asked Rups with one of the finalists,
What can we say?
And he doesn't know either, so what are we supposed to say?
Yeah, I'm prepared as always.
I'd say someone didn't do it with homework,
but actually we neither.
So we're thinking we're just gonna swing it.
Yes.
Shiesome.
OK, so let's get right into it.
The finalist's far.
The closer off the year are.
Cruising.
Raps.
I'm looking for an act to race in a double.
Keep on giving the power to be made through the bottom.
K. Sirron.
Raps.
presented by one expert.
And the winner is Rob.
Rob the cool.
Another one.
It's a great honor to see any kind of an award and this is a big one.
It's just one honor to be recognized for all the work and the main reason I'm here today is because of my team.
I have been part of the three teams, which were in my last phase, but it's 25 with my salary.
It's been such a high, I'm something I've never experienced in my life.
So I would like to first and foremost thank my team, the staff, and the organization.
What? Not for everything.
Let me guess in 2025, I've done some interviews, and I've heard the comments.
I know this one of them say that they've managed to give drops a French accent.
So, I still love them for everything despite of that.
And I would like to thank my partner and girlfriends Laura for always being there.
She's the one who is always there for me and she's the one who goes to bed most nights alone because I'm away at tournaments or I'm writing a game for late hours.
So thank you, I'd like to thank my mom, of course, for, thank you mom for giving me
the opportunities in life to be here today and Charlotte to my cat, yes and now it's
trophy to break. Thank you.
I'm taking home HLTV's closer of the year, but this year has truly been like none other
corner. As this captain once said, somehow, Robs cheaper than butter has been able to
excel by talented to new heights, nine trophies in 2025, a second year so ground slam as well
for Robs making him one of only two players to have a do so. It's incredible.
Now the couple trophies down I think it's about time we check in with our friend Skiko
With top four of the years of our moment. See welcome to the show. Hello guys. Hello everyone
Take it really really take it in but first I want to ask you a little bit about the year before obviously
Top four finish something you have expected or do you have set are you sitting sites on a little bit new
to hide for next year.
Obviously, yeah, I'm putting on more high standards for myself
to improve every day and show better season.
I did last year, it's always, I mean, this is CS, you know,
you can step back, you always have to step, do better, you know,
every day and time to improve.
There's a quiet story here because you're breathing down
his neck, this whole event.
I mean, this whole night so far, right?
Molder is writing for the view, but he's been staring down
your neck throughout the whole season,
he's right behind you, and it's very similar
because you're coming from the same region
and going into international teams, breaking through,
I went to ask a little bit about that.
Do you have some kind of a hidden rivalry
that we don't know about, there's just friends and bender?
Of course, we enjoy just play CS.
I mean, we all, when we play on the server,
we all competitive, you know.
We always want to be better than someone else.
So it's no rivalry with your band.
I mean, you have rivalry, but we're friends outside of the game.
What has Falcons in store for us in 26?
One more supercell, yeah?
I mean, that's perfectly fine, but before we go to...
Before we go to the next segment, obviously,
Counter Strike's biggest night is going on.
Just a little bit after a break,
because my link is going on right now.
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Before we get back to the awards, I'd just like to take a second to appreciate the
great minds that came together this year to decide who walks away with what.
It's not an easy job to dictate these awards and so I believe that deserves a quick
round of applause, please.
Well, shall we see what that conclusion was for our next award, it is time for anchor of the air.
I can't kill down here! Where are I here? Where are I here? Where are I here?
You can't lie.
I can't agree to celebrate those. You may not always get the sexiest of positions, or may not always get the most public of praise.
But I'm sure if you asked any one of their teammates they would adorn them with appreciation.
Some people call your next presenter, Harry.
Some people call him Henry, but I'm lucky enough to call him the best friend.
Eight-time major commentator and one of the very few to cast an IEM Colone Grand Finals.
Welcome Lord Hugo Byron.
Thank you. I'd like to start by thanking HLTV for putting on yet another incredible
award ceremony. Everyone looks fantastic. What a way to start a year, reliving the best
moments of counter strike, celebrating the top teams and players and getting all the talent
drunk for free. I see you over there. Being an anchor is no easy job. It's all about reliability,
system C, one missed shot, one wrong step can cost your team the round. It's about as forgiving as your average HL TV 4 on poster.
But let's be real. We need anchors and we need good anchors because without them we're going to see even more saving on inferno and nobody wants that.
And so let's finish it off because anchor the year is such an important award and it comes down to putting up game saving performances on the biggest stages in the most important moments.
It's not just one event, but every single event.
So without further ado, here you are, finalists.
Easy.
We need to get some of these.
It's...
We're trying to find a way to get the whole.
First line, we're in it.
Heavy gold.
We're in it, we're in it, we're in it, we're in it, we're in it.
Finalist presented by one expert.
Your HLTV 2025 anchor of the year is...
...Messie!
I think it's been one of the best years of my life, it's been insane so much to look back on with fun music.
and so much to look back on with fond memories,
it's been incredible.
Of course, Q-Shoutouts are my team.
I think it's been after a turbulent, stressful 2024.
I think just a big shoutout to all of them,
all the staff, putting their trust into me,
into 2025, and just so thankful for them
and putting on the best teammates,
being there for when things are low,
when things aren't going so well, and you have big shout
them and of course family back home we can't forget them I think all my family that
always stay in a blade watching all the games I'm reading crazy places, play all these
different time zones and also of course big shout to my partner at home, pretty much
solo parenting at home it's a tough job and yeah just a huge shout out so thank you so
Thank you.
Those players that deserves a special sort of appreciation
is careers defined by his ability to fill whatever space he needs to,
and we praise his willingness to do everything that is asked of him.
I believe the first ever British player to actually take home an individual player award at the HLTV Awards.
Trinidad, I don't have a Canadian country, Mersey. Thank you for that one.
Speaking of kings, though, Connor, I think it's why we cry on our next Hall of Fame.
My name is a inspiration to generations of operas who came after him.
He will aggression into his game.
Mastered it and became an unstoppable force inside the circle.
The world's best player of 2010, a massing eight trophies across the record setting year and one of the most dominant runs we've ever witnessed.
Now, sadly, Markleoff couldn't join us tonight, but he was kind enough to send this acceptance video.
You know, in order to be inducted into HLTV Hall of Fame, thank you guys, I'd like
to thank each TV for doing so much for seeing community all these years, a special
thank you to Miraj Mashaich, aka Arbolaid, who gave us an opportunity to build a team
of those years ago.
Thank you to my family and close friends.
Thanks to all my teammates that play with of the years helped me to improve and be a better
player.
wouldn't be here without you guys. Thank you. And finally, I would like to thank everyone
supporting Ukraine. Your help means everything to us right now. Thank you all and bye bye.
Wonderful words from Marthler. As you can see, some of those former teammates that he was
thanking have joined us here in the crowd tonight. We've got the likes of Starix, Zeus,
And on side other legends from the region in Flamesi and Seas is absolutely great to see the turnout hit from it.
From one generational superstar onto the next however, our fifth category.
The op and those who wielded our icons of Counter Strike, accepting the responsibility
means you must be able to materialize mind-blowing moments or define the defense.
To hold the op is to hold yourself up against Counter Strike's greatest players.
Now the eagle eye amongst you might have noticed that somebody was missing from that legacy
Navi Row, and that's because he is presenting our next award, and he should know
at thing or two about judging a good opera, having played alongside Marka Law of
Guardian and Simple, and during his almost six years in on-law the managed to claim
15 trophies, but he's welcome to the stage. It's Edward.
Hey, hey.
It's drama, Bill Grant.
I'll say hello to everyone who's watching us online.
I would like to take a chance to say that you were to Bart Markloff.
I'd like it to get no one his parents, older brother, he must wear it himself.
And I've been warm welcomed in their family house for many times.
And they had no reason, but they were so kind to me all the time.
And I will remember them for my whole life.
So, absolutely the legend served cheers for Markloff.
So, Opers, yeah, I had a few of the best in my teams.
Oh, this Opers, I really hate them.
You know why?
Because they stole my freaks all the time.
They always have better statistics.
Because they are saving all the stuff so long, you know?
And what is important is to stole my glory of true real hardworking rifle.
Yeah, I know that you fool me.
Cat Demon.
I'm kidding, of course I'm kidding, I love them guys, I love them, I love them, I love them,
I love them, I love them a lot of kids, child.
And the series is speaking, all of us are so important in a team, they are so important.
Why?
Because they are almost all the teams in the country, like he's there, they have built their
against structure around the snipers, you know.
is his role to be the star.
Yeah?
That's true.
It's always Caesar for sniper to get some entries on the map.
You know, it's so important to have your sniper on a team, always been on focus.
You know, and same time.
I mean, it's a big responsibility to be an sniper.
And a lot of pressure at the same time.
Okay, enough of C.S. theory?
Yeah?
Let's move on to our finalists.
Shiro.
Madison.
Sign.
Finalist presented by one expert, ah, no surprises here, and the winner is Zai Wu!
Hello everyone, it's you know me and it's tough to talk to anyone in front of and yeah it's
to be there tonight and it's good evening.
I just want to say thanks to all my teammates
that has been quite a couple years,
like we couldn't believe it.
I think we played in the same.
Without them, I couldn't play this amazing open,
amazing skill.
I did.
Obviously, thanks to them, thanks for what I did to support me
and to them.
Leah and my girlfriend to support me every day.
with it, so we are not always tough. And thank you guys, actually, to be
as well, to put this events really high. And thank you guys to be here tonight, so
thank you.
APPLAUSE
Ever the humbills are truly a monumental year for him. The first player since
cold zero back in 2016, he went back to about major MDPs within a single
calendar of the year. That brings his total MDPs up to eight for 2025. There's a
It's a wonderful and the chosen one.
Yeah, there really is.
And that's not the only awards I will be nominated for tonight.
But first, let's check back in with Stico, shall we?
If you've been following face throughout this break,
it's a bit of a thermal, but not for a face glance,
see a steam, right?
Good to have you here.
No roaster mace.
Done throughout the roaster mousse mace throughout the of season.
Feeling good for the 2020-26?
Yeah, I finally had some vacation, right?
the last two breaks with it, robs left, thank you, robs.
And after that, we had to get some players back into Lanham.
So, pin a strange year, but I look forward to next year for sure.
Stranger, a little bit of a rebuild as well,
but ended up with that Cinderella story at the major.
Everyone is calling it face, bullshit, whatever,
I'm tired of those words.
You clearly earned it in a way.
So, any reminiscence, for the 2026,
that what base did at the end of the year
It's going to be pushed through to the 2022 sex.
I mean the goal is obvious to do in a trophy.
It's been rough on six or 17 days.
I've seen people running on tour every day.
So yeah, they get the goal is to win trophy next year.
And come back to the top.
2020-25 was really bad for us,
looking forward to next year and trying to push the team
and face them back on the map.
First I jailed it.
I'm interviewing today.
So I got to ask the question.
all of us woke up in Belgrade and everywhere in the world
to the news that the new business back in the map pool.
Any words on that, and you shout out to Valve
or maybe Train was something that we were kind of looking
for to play more?
I'm just happy Train is out of our permanent band.
So Valve is giving us a helping hand.
Maybe we can win a trophy with several map pool now
instead of 1,5,6.
So thank you, Valve, and I love you guys.
This was scared again, Frey on Colner, back to you.
We are blessed with some characters in Counter-Strike, aren't we?
Thank you, Martin, and thank you, Kerry.
Quick housekeeping.
Just break from the script, guys.
Let's try to keep the applause going until your winners reach the microphone.
I know it's a long time, but it makes it extra special.
Unless you're really important, like, prof.
Let's keep our phones in our pockets, too.
Thanks.
We are over halfway through panel rules.
and this next one is for the coolest.
So, what's the play?
Rush B.
being gay leaders are the captains of the ship. They are the last player to stop believing
a day of the first to pick you up when you have been put down. Minds, filotaxics, heart, full
of passion in gay leaders are integral.
Most of us are lucky if we have a master one role in Counter-Strike. Yet your next presenter
has gone from playing at majors to coaching at majors and now fits right into his newest
place standing in front of the cameras, a man of many talents, which are hands together
for Hooch.
who, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, thank you.
First of all, I'm really happy that it became a tradition
to meet all of you in a beautiful city of Belgrade,
every year to celebrate, to show to your works.
And this year we have two times more attendants,
so please give around to applause for each other.
Thank you.
I have a big honor today to introduce you the best I jail
So 225, in my opinion, in Game Leader, plays a key role in any team, and often is underrated.
Together with the coach, the shape, sorry, little bit worse.
Let's see what.
It's always like that.
So the IGL handles a lot of things both inside the server and outside the server.
Together with the coach, the shape the identity of the team, and grab the future victories.
Being an IGL is an art of knowing when to be flexible and when to be strict.
It's about making the hardest decision in the most crucial moments.
I could talk about how significant this role is all night long,
but likely for you my time is limited.
So let's hear the finalists.
The moment.
Let's.
APEX.
Finalist presented by one expert.
It's a big surprise.
The winner of the IGL of 2025 is...
...Apex.
You're the way to come!
Wow!
Sorry, I had to speak French, of course.
What did I tell you last year?
I told you something a year ago
that me and my team will try
and give our best to bring as many trophies as possible.
And again, that's what we've done.
First of all, thank you to these amazing players.
I'm lucky I have four players in the top 12 in the...
in the world, it's just amazing, I mean, like every IGL will hope.
They will have that, so I'm a lucky guy first of all.
Of course, the staff as well, without them, I'm nothing.
They're working hard and helping me to be the best version of myself.
Of course, vitality has been like the best organization for me for a long time.
They trusted me, even in dark times, 22, remember?
to need 24, remember?
So they still believe in me and I guess this year we delivered.
Of course, I'm going to also thank my lovely girlfriend.
You know, only girlfriend of prayers,
know that it's not easy to be with a player that's walking hard every night,
that's going to tournaments every two weeks,
and it's not so much, so thanks to her for this amazing job as well.
Of course, also to new.
When I talk also, but let's say I would like to thank
new.
It's been also the guy that trusted me all years
long, even in tough moments once again.
So, he needs a big shoutout as well because he's not
here tonight.
And lastly, I will also thanks my lovely, sorry,
agents, agency, jump, they've done also amazing job for me, like focusing on
my game and not focusing on the sides and that's a crazy up so thank you everyone
thank you for 25 and hopefully 26 will be ours as well thank you
a journey almost 14 years in the making four-time major when it apex once
every frugger now mastermind sure he plays with some of the very best in the world
but who is it that they trust his leadership he's calling his vision his
vitality damn right for him but not every critical component of a
counterstrike team does their work from inside the server
that over time I never thought it was gonna end and what about my clutches that
So come on, come on.
Come on.
Oh shit, you're going!
Whoa!
Yeah!
Oh, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Yeah!
Go!
So you can go home by Sonic in 2023 and played in both 22 and 24.
This category celebrates the excellence of what we term the critical sixth man of any
roster and tonight Connor we get to discover.
Who else will be joining us?
Yes we we.
Do you have an idea or should I call the now?
No, no, I'm just thinking.
Because not everybody gets to work with superstars.
It's hard to put into words just how impactful our next announcer has been on the current generation of young players.
Please give a warm welcome to the one and only.
Ash.
If someone would have told me that six months ago, I'd be on the HL to be a
watt stage with a culture of the year trophy in my hand. This isn't quite how it would
picture of it. I would have had a cocktail in one hand, a trophy in the other, and
we were in a much more expensive suit. But instead, I'm here giving the award away to another
coach, like some retired expert, come on, HLTV.
For seriously, thank you, VHLTV, for the honour present in this award tonight. Coaching
is a privilege, it's an honor.
It's something that takes years and years to master.
We really talk about the difficult side of coaching.
And these nominations are here to recognize,
just how difficult it is, and truly how much each of you
deserves this.
This award is for the next, where you're events,
and it's 3am, and you're making sure everything is perfect
for the next day.
Washington is out on a team walk and doing activities.
For the disagreements, you resolve before big issues happen,
Refect the team or the individual.
For the patients that you show,
where things are going badly
and others in your team doubt you.
For the consistency of showing up every single day
regards what ever is happening with the same module.
Now this is possible without support of our loved ones
and those around us who share the same journey.
We do appreciate you even though we probably should
say more of them.
Here are your finalists.
Oh, Mauda.
Extads.
Hallelujah.
Finalist presented by one expert.
On the winner is...
X-Tas.
Hello everyone, you know we have a sentence in Viteric, we are nine.
So I want to share this trophy with my assistant Coach Matt.
My coach's performance, Jack Orger and we don't know.
And our manager, Pesh.
Of course, I want to thank my players for your trust, for your artwork,
and their amazing people, you're.
Thanks also to vitality for trusting me all these years.
I will keep focusing on being better for my team and our fans.
I want to dedicate this over for my wife and our children, probably watching.
Even though it's not good because it's a bit late right now, but it's okay.
You know, we are off on the way chasing our dreams, our trophies, but they're always
there for me and they are my greatest support, so thank you for this.
Thank you guys.
The first time the exercises taken home, HLTV, and one expats coach of the year this year,
saw him planning his first ever major title in Austin, going back to back in Budapest,
at becoming a driving force for vitality, outside of the server.
Just another vitality champion, but this, this just in, I hear Skiko has found us another interview down on the crowd.
Now, if there would be a number of words for the most improved player of the year, I'm pretty sure.
But great to be with me, round of applause. This guy would probably get it.
Thank you, thank you for, honestly.
Yeah, I thought I had a rough year before, and it was very hard, it was very hard, I feel like many people think they understand how hard mentally it was, but even with that, I feel like it's even harder than it looked like honestly.
But thanks a lot. Thanks a lot to my team. Thanks a lot to Furrier for believing me.
Thanks a lot for my agent who reached out to Furrier and he's like,
Oh, do you want to watch the Kinder and the Furrier were like, Oh, that's a great idea. Let's have it.
So yeah, I mean, it's the people around you that make a very big part of your success.
And I'm very thankful to everybody to my fiance, to Furrier and to all the fans. Thank you.
talking, talking about the season that just happened
to you through a turmoil in it, especially
in the second part of the year.
I want to talk about that a little bit.
So it's been a cultural shock.
I've been, you know, it's a difference
between the whole style and the language and everything
within.
And you've been pushing teams that wear up on that stage,
already, for example, vitality for players or plus coach,
you've been pushing them to the limit.
So is this Fourier that we will see in 2020, 2006?
Yeah, it's hard to tell, you know, you can't, you know, we live in the moment we live in the day.
Like, today we have shits, grims, for example, and honestly, like, any tournament the same day can happen.
And I believe it's a game is moments, and Vitality is, for example, very good at capturing these moments.
And we want to become exactly like that as well.
be the full force from you, you can do our intro to the rest of the night together with
your team but I'm throwing it back, corner in for you, take it away.
Thank you, Cico, thank you, you can do it. The only man in Counter Strike who's had a
documentary made about his fall-off. Just one more category remains in our panel
walls but before we dive into that I think it's time that we take a breather to reflect
the one more being uncredible year in our one extraordinary moments.
It's good to be here, and if you don't dunk, dunk, dunk, dunk, because it gets you very
hungry for the next few.
I'm sure I'm going to break it.
These dreams, fights!
Don't you hate it, dude!
Alright!
Thanks for stopping.
Oh, shh.
Bonus. Still a kiss.
Watch it out, Mike!
Go, stick!
Whoa, stick! No, stick!
For God's sake!
Who's this?
I might be the only one that misses this
Yellow has planted wonderful up-up on jungle.
Huge advantage here for Wanderfuck!
Oh! Yeah, I just feel I'm fast, I love you.
Teams enjoy doing.
I'm leech.
13.
Right, play.
Oh!
I'm getting one.
Is this the back?
This is not my free real.
That's not enough.
Then throw a double ball and throw.
This is my pistol.
That's not enough.
Number one!
Ah, the ridiculousness of counter strike truly knows no bounds.
Should we keep the chaos continuing corner at times to get in?
to a highlights of the end.
The beauty of watching council strike is you never know when you're going to witness the greatest play of the year. Those are the moments the keep us glued to our seats because the highlight of the year can happen in any round. It can happen at any tournament and yet no matter what we put it on that special pedestal.
In fact, these moments don't often happen at the majors,
and that is exactly why we selected this next presenter.
One of the best broadcast talents in our space,
a man who does incredible work, but never at the majors,
Bill Grey's own Yanco-Pount of Itch.
Hello, everyone.
It feels my heart that for the third year in a row everyone is here in Belgrade.
Even bigger this year can give around to the applause to HLTV and Relog for throwing another impeccable event.
As Freya mentioned, good news.
This is the last award before the intermission.
So everyone can pop up on Sam Rakia.
But please for the love of God, can someone cut off the talent.
Otherwise, I don't think we'll make it through the second part of the awards.
Highlight of the year personally, I was disappointed that, you know,
Apex giving the middle finger to thousands of Americans in the heart of Texas wasn't included.
I would have voted for that, but jokes aside, these are the moments that,
whether you're just dipping your feet into Counter Strike or you've been around the game for decades.
It still blows your mind, it still makes your skin crawl,
still has your jumping out of your seats and it's for moments like these that fans
pay so much money to come to the bigger arena and feel them and feel in person
that energy. So without further ado, here you're finalists for highlight of the year.
Twists!
Finalist presented by one expert.
And the winner is...
...Dunk!
I just fucking destroyed them.
What a pleasure it is to watch players push our game to its absolute limit.
How many times have we all sat back and thought to ourselves we've seen it all?
How many more times do we get sucked right back in with utter disbelief?
I think Donk is probably the reason for half of those.
Yeah, I've very, very, very acceptance speech.
of the night so far as well. As Jan can mention though we are going to take a brief
into mission for those of you in the broadcast we're going to go and back to the
captures for those of you in the venue you've got 15 minutes to go outside get
yourself fed and watered and join us back here for the second half of the award
show and to conduct our final full-of-a-fame inductee.
She said she loves you because she can't love me. But they love you!
I won't play window anymore.
Let's go now!
Yeah, you're all one expat.
I'm going to the next one.
Oh, it has been the light.
Throw it by me.
Oh, it has been confused.
Let's spend the few.
I'm so...
Mama's so...
I won't get so full Mama's
There are a lot of people here, I mean, oh, how's that?
Strike up.
It needs to shut up.
Here's my Aegis there for a second.
We're back.
We're at the halfway point of the HLTV Awards presented by one ex bet, we thank you to Sponsors
Skin Club.
All right, dummy, we're with Prof Pruitt Harry, and we've got a man who's just robbed
to his head, you feel.
It was stolen from me, taking from your hands.
I'm not sure.
Honestly, when I was sneaking about it, I felt like I was going to have an imposter syndrome.
I'm standing up there.
I'm like, okay, you know.
I kind of, there was no place throughout the entire year.
And then I'm just left there for, like, a plane December.
Surrounded by players.
You've got a word for being exceptional throughout the entire year.
So, um, I feel robbed, maybe, like, five percent.
Okay.
I talked to Argy with the one you've had.
Yeah.
But I don't know.
I feel like, I feel like you're about one week or three is more memorable.
memorable it's just you just see it the one in five it was good it was
unbelievable but it's also kind of slow but probably run it only one in the
time I kind of threw it right they had two five he wants lost to this year so
it's obviously kind of their problem and I'd say that you know it's
I mean you know at the end of the day it's like at least it only happened
because errors are made but here you go again
I feel like baby mine was a bit different because the pressure was being high for a couple of sides.
You know the people that are voting, there are people who are bungsers, you know, working in teams and so on.
I definitely know that people who are voted for me, I appreciate them.
I'm not, I'm not really sad about it.
Yeah, very tough.
But like 2022 when I got it.
That was the worst HLT award of all time.
without a doubt. The rocks are up so missing second to monies online.
Yeah. Yeah. We have to change stuff. We have to change stuff. You know, it is what it is.
It's the goal part. We'll keep moving things. We need to.
Now look, no real surprises there. Gentlemen, in terms of the pound of the woods,
we've got the score of the year up here. Everybody bought Flansy from Vitality,
and they have put out a bit of constant white there where Flans is getting out to celebrate
made the achievements, but I think it was pretty much expected, wasn't it?
Yeah, I think it was, actually watching the panel come in, because I obviously got
the results and everything. It was just quite funny, just like, who's not going to put
a vital fee play first? Right. And there was a fee, it wasn't completely flawless, but
I think we all do that. What do you think, twist, any, anything you would devote differently?
I don't know. I think Carrigan voted for you guys for phase. For what? I mean, I think
phase was I didn't even know it was one person for team thing okay I just
got sent a link here's like yeah fill us out I was like all right and I see
that I was the person who did it for the team that was like okay I feel like
I was fair yeah yeah I mean it's hard to to gauge from a player perspective
because like you know don't he's the amazing player but I don't really put him
in the open room.
I'm more techier of traditional entry-figures
that are usually in first, mostly.
And I feel like when I watch Donk play,
usually trading people going into bomb sites.
And that's the hardest rule usually is going into the bomb
site first, and actually doing it exceptionally well.
And that's where I kind of put a geckender
and flames kind of even kind of a head,
because I feel like they get sacrificed a bit more.
And you don't really want to sacrifice Donk to be honest,
you know?
That's probably the only part that I would change
In terms of my own voting, I put Molli-Dway Monacy,
and I was like snipers of here.
You know, I'm fallen and was up there.
I think number two I think is second.
I do all from here.
I also put Halle in coach.
So I think a lot of things would be fair.
How do you go, sorry?
Yeah, what was your vote for number one highlight of the year?
I mean, I put myself.
I don't have.
Yeah, why don't I want to go in there, yeah.
I see that.
But I know it was a tough selection, I knew it wasn't going to be too easy.
Sorry, he's back. Welcome back, Tiger. One thing I wasn't going to ask you, because
you would, would you do in the burden is quite interesting. When you're picking
in-game leaders and coaches, it's a bit harder with those times of roles because for a coach,
especially, you could, you probably know you talked about the players you hear was, how do you
go about making up your mind with those choices?
I mean, you kind of have to try to look at impact and you only can go off of where you
kind of see the dynamic of teams. So, for instance, like with Blade and Howley, like you
kind of see that the whole game is kind of involved around their vision, you know? It's like
they're playing a lot around how they see things. And there was another coach that I was
getting kind of the same five-saw. I was kind of getting the same five from like saw, you know,
It goes with G2 and now there's tremendous impact and they went in the event.
And it's hard to engage the team like the Tality with like X-Tas because they have 4 players on the top 12.
And they have IGL the year, so it's hard to kind of see the impact.
But of course it would be our robbery to don't kind of put in their because he has to have something in hand.
Yeah, yeah, no.
Yes, they have cultural impact on the team.
Well, that's what I look at as well, right is the sense that we're just saying,
I'm honestly enjoying a strangeness.
But I look at it right with the trophies, that's the marker, right?
You know? Hello, Elia. He would get him in any piece he'd better talk to us in a second.
Well, while we get him, Mike's out. Let's just jump over to an interview with Stryker and we'll be back with Chris.
And obviously, he all Mike got ready to go. Let's see what Stryker has to say.
Yeah. So I just talked to an e-co and unfortunately, he obviously didn't come away with any words.
But he's enjoying the ending anyway. He said no surprises and he liked that that don't speech, you know, so at least there's something there
Back to you guys in the couch
Wonderful. It's great to get that indirect
Insight there from Nico. I don't know why we couldn't get him live
But it's a great to have that track right there. It's around the reporter. Eli, you're marked up now. You can hear me. I do hear you. Okay
We were just talking to Mr. Twist as a structure. It's back now
Yeah, that was great. We loved that. We were just so glad to hear about the panel awards.
Did you just went down? Was there any surprises there for you? No.
Do you think should have won the highlight of the... I think, don't?
Do you think there's a 1v5?
I think it's just more on everything. It wasn't the stage. I think it's more...
I think it looked better, you know? Also, it was a clutch, not a fight.
You've had a few words this evening, mate.
What's going on?
You know, Jim, Claude, what's happening?
What's happening in the evening, mate?
Or?
Yeah.
I mean, I'm enjoying the show, just chilling and watching
how people are feeling in words.
I mean, I want to want, you know, which one?
Which one?
Oh, it's crazy.
Oh, no, I saw it.
Yes, we had an on-stream.
You're the heart-probe of China.
I'm going to disgrace.
No, I mean, I think it's funny.
But it's fine.
But yeah, I mean, I'm just enjoying the show.
I was thinking to come or not,
but I think it's nice to see all the people
and she was also for all the people who are nominated.
I mean without the people, the show wouldn't exist in Russia.
You guys are a big player to get about in here, right?
Yes, yes, we have a good team since two days away.
How things going? Everything is going good.
No, it's fine, it's fine.
It's fine, it's fine.
Okay, it's after vacation, you know, sometimes some practice can be harder,
but it's good.
Okay, slow instead of getting back here to things.
Just working on this steep schedule a little bit because it's after the flight and the water.
Watch the steep schedule looking like at the moment.
Right now I steep a bit of, I mean less than I expect you know five hours, four hours.
Yeah, I'd be tired on the show.
Maybe you can see.
Fair enough.
Nah, yeah.
Are you guys back at Pracet Ross?
Yeah, we've been playing since the fifth.
Okay.
All right.
Cool.
You didn't have to bother with an Uber's at least.
You don't have to bother with an Uber's at least.
I think we got that on long yeah yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be a good match for
it. Things out there already you know you get no the
It's already fighting again now we have a 7 map pool it's all good you know
that's that well you got to have to. I assume that I strongly suggest that the map
is gonna have change so we won't know until it enters the pool anyway right so
after way to see with all of that how do you feel about that earlier with them
I know it's going back I do like on them but I don't think the change
should be replaced and I think it should be something fire or something like
old map like Mirage doesn't go in all upper, upper and so on.
First of all in the fire, no, it's not the best map in competitive, in my opinion,
you know, in a period of open, but you know, and notice is also not the best map for teams.
You know, when you play CT side, you don't want to play anywhere, because the T side
that has so much control on the map and you just, you know, like you're getting
I send this to every time, you know, wherever you go.
But I just feel like it's not fair to the train,
you know, and after getting it,
we're getting replaced with the loobies.
Very often.
If you get it, they replace train with a train with more trains on it, though.
Like it's just less fun.
Yeah.
You want to see the map with more train?
It's a work up to that.
I think they just change the good thing.
I think I like having, you know,
people actually being able to go and stop
for the trains about time.
More verticality.
Yeah.
And I was just a whole gimmick for the map, and it's just,
I know some people started practicing on this map because before it was the old one was more
You got used to the map you know before when it was in CSGO and CS2 they changed it and people started getting used to it and how they
Removed it so
Yeah, so I'm not sure whether we're moving. I mean that was city side of the mentally made a change. I made it even more city side
Yeah, and I guess when you watch it from a viewer perspective
It's almost like you see the same thing every round.
How does that happen?
It's a very slow.
But then you look at inferno,
it's even more than that.
Yeah, I mean inferno is just pure default.
Like you win this map by defaulting.
And the trend is different.
I was actually explaining to people that I feel like the map is so complex
that the average viewer cannot appreciate what's actually going on.
From a T-side perspective.
And the optimization of the shit on this map,
you know, the FPS is coming.
Okay, so this is my episode, yeah, I think maybe about just all that as a least played map at the
major and there was like at that over here personally, I probably would have like to see a map like
Ancient maybe go out. I feel like it's getting a bit out of David. See a lot of the same thing all the time
You know flash the mid player out hope he kills to life is good rush going
We're going to head over to what Stico is up to.
Apparently it's got us an interview.
We're alive just now.
All the way down from Australia.
We have a representative savage.
Welcome here to the night.
The intro is amazing.
I'm loving my night.
It's crazy just meeting everyone.
players, the vitality players, and I've watched from Australia so far away and seeing them
in person.
It's like I feel like if there's like you kind of know them, but you don't, and they're
just so lovely, and just meeting everyone, it's an amazing night and it's been so
good.
I want to ask about your journey throughout this year, because it's been very hectic,
I assume, with the VRS being implemented, you being locked in a region that is kind of like
overlooked for the most factor.
Are you staying in Europe?
because you have an international squad with two European players in, right?
So, are you staying in Europe? How are you dealing with all this?
Is this even possible to grind as you want to grind for Australia?
Yeah, it's really hard last year. We didn't have many lands.
So, we ended the year with zero land points.
If we had to have like 300, we would have made the major.
But we just had no lands in Australia.
We didn't have much support back there, like China and Mongolia.
They're both having a lot of support and a lot of money.
So, we struggled a lot. We won pretty much every event in Australia.
Black West were traveling so we didn't have to even burst them and we ended up it was just eight points seven points every game
So now we've gone around Europe right now. We're trying to play these these lands and just getting enough points and
We're literally in a box right now like there's two rooms and we're staying in one of them and then our PC is gonna be in the other ones
So we're just putting everything with candidates to this girlfriends about come with like guys like we'll be back
I swear we just need it. We need to go out and we need to get the the points because this is this system now
Now, we are all fighting for the points,
but this is the play for 2020, 26 as well,
you assume that you're very just staying here,
just grind all those events, whether it's online or offline
and you just have to kind of like go through it
and kind of break through this way.
Yeah, I think that's how you have to do it.
Just supporting these little small lands
that are various, versus push them to the on HTTV.
And I think this is the meta now.
I know the Huns are over here as well.
Before we have probably coming up,
And I think that's what you guys have to do
if there's anyone in smaller regions,
trying to do everything you can,
bring some prize money together
and just try and play it some of these lands
because you need to be able to do it.
Like you need to get, do this to actually have a chance
to get invited to events and get to the major.
So that's my advice as we failed last year.
We should have gone into events, we should have done more.
So we're like this year, we gotta go to them.
And we gotta push.
You live and learn and this is where I want to end this as well.
If you are looking from the smaller region,
This is probably the guy that is trying to, you know, with his team, break through them all.
So let's see how it goes, but back to the couch, I'll.
Well, back in business, let's keep a bit of a VRS conversation.
Governor, you can be a fun one here, boys.
And our VRS is outside of everybody loves.
I really enjoyed.
And we did a panel on the other day.
So we're up to the scrubber this now.
Just looking at where the VRS is tomorrow.
And fuck, because you guys are number three.
Honestly, that's a pretty good spot.
Not bad.
And Faze is a seven, which puts you guys in positions to pick and choose
whatever events you want at the moment essentially. So I'm a little bit curious, right?
Both you guys are playing in a bounty which is going to be taking place just next week,
a couple of days from now and then after that's crackout. But how are you guys involved
picking and choosing what it does? I know from the conversation we're having the other day
the players gave it more sour for their faces. That's the same with Falcons.
I want to see if you guys get to pick and choose what events you're going to attend.
I mean we have any discussions for tournaments we would rather play and what tournaments we would rather
sometimes have a skip, you know, maybe for the team performance we would be the best or for
trail but also sometimes you need to understand that the situation sometimes can be hard for
some players and some tournaments you just feel not able to play.
So a little bit of a difference scenario there.
Do you guys are you able to share so let let's say that we were looking at the first six months
I'm picking and choosing what events you're going to go to now
It's up to the two is when they make a public and I'm sure there's already invites that out for some of these events
But what what events are you guys going to be a Tuesday attending Rusty?
Can you can you share which ones that you're going to?
I mean then I can watch it. Okay. Oh, okay
We do skip a skip some events in the first season. Okay, I can not share some are going to be all here
I think there's some pressure on it, but we have Calculi King.
He's going to epic run.
Yeah, thank you man.
I think there's some frag at Dolphi isn't there.
I think he's going to do a great run.
I feel like we, in a very small way, have met our season.
Consistence.
I've got to look forward to playing the events that we have chosen.
Have you guys been in like decent breaks between events or are there something
that are backing off to each other?
Or, you know, we're not giving away to him actually.
But you know what have you mentioned there's enough time to re-purper between tournaments?
Yeah, yeah, I mean we definitely discuss a lot of practice time.
Some events are back to back.
We already have our dates elected for time off.
So yeah, I think we've done it in the various tournaments.
Okay, is it same for you guys, Tennessee?
Yes.
You give him a...
I mean, I mean, we're discussing as a team, the tournaments that we want to play.
but obviously for the coach, for the assistant coach, for an assistant, for the manager, they're more deciding, you know, than first, but obviously
If he's a question to both or not, for example, we're gonna discuss it. Okay, all right, let's turn this out. Let's head then. These two gentlemen, you see next to you, pull you fall anything you want to say to them?
Oh, these guys, strike her in Harry. I mean, I mean, it's fair enough. I mean, that's fair enough. I mean, I don't know what they mean. Should you have been third?
No, I don't think so. I don't think I deserve it in for a thing. I think maybe if you would put me lower
I wouldn't be frustrated because the level I showed you here it was on the best and
I mean obviously that I had some good tournaments and
Maybe some good matches of course, but there was not the best consistency over the years
Harry said the payments stop coming in. He's the man who's been putting you up there in the rankings
He said that the money stopped coming in. What's happened? I don't do the know him. I'm also
I don't know, I don't know.
You give me that.
You give me that answer.
I'm not deciding, you know, this is all my choices.
It's more a choice of you guys, of course.
And obviously, I mean, I just think it's also a might for community, you know,
For journalists and for everyone to decide players who is like number one
with number two, who is number three. We're just here to play CS and trying to be the best version of ourselves.
Okay, alright, we're giving us a full pair here tonight.
I mean, that's how I think that's how I've been thinking for a long time already.
So, give us some spice, you got anything?
No.
Come on man, it's good.
Hey, sticking to his guns here.
Uh, who do you boys think, uh, it's gonna be number one.
Browse or you reckon?
With how the wars are going, is that okay?
But do you think it should be Zahle or do you think it should be done?
I mean, if you have to say this ranking has been like, I mean, you guys always put just
to fight things in the order group, but you cannot, when you read it, you're like, okay, yeah,
everything checks out the mix-ins. I'm not sure but there's a two-six you know I'm
not really looking at who is the who's the guy this year who's number one.
You're playing against these players this is the thing right so like from your
optics takes stats out of the conversation just from you as a player going up against
these players right here do you think is the best. I know the team game I know all
of that rabbit, so much shooting you in the face, pretty hot.
I mean, I didn't get the place spirit that many times as you.
I'm not going to lie by a place that I have a lot, and a lot of elimination games,
which is played them first, and it's a tough time.
I don't know, I mean, I would have to say it's a wound.
I was just difficult to play against.
I mean, his team got even better, you know, there's no weak link.
Of course, when you play spirit, you're like, yeah, don't go to fucking block side.
know there's ways you can plan around it. I know when I was leading this is definitely a thing,
you know, like you tried to maneuver your way out of that situation. Do not run into them.
But yeah, I mean if you base it off that then yeah, don't just have a more of a threat, you know,
people would probably plan to avoid this player. But was I who I feel like it's hard to
avoid, you know, it's an opera. It's the same with this guy. Like, you know, like, when you're trying
to plan playing a G2 or Falcons before, it's like, you know, try to make this guy over
rotate, you know, try not to, try to find him not at this spot, you know, and, um, that's,
I mean, it's difficult to say who's number one.
Okay, alright, what do I say about a C?
I think first of all it's two different players, two different unique players that are on the
scene.
First of all, he's, I mean, he was more entry than, what more entry last year than, oh sorry,
2014, the last year, now he's going more as a second than trying to try and give more impact, I would say, because he's in the same
name. So as I said, it's two different players, two different roles. They have two different roles in this hard to compare them.
It's in the video, I would say, I think, donk is more sharp. I think donk is, I mean, in the video, donk I think is number one in this year, this is my opinion.
But I mean, when you look at the eye, you just know that this guy can do everything, you know?
Like he can do everything, you know?
But whatever the fuck you want, you know?
So, it's hard to compare as I said, but I think he will be number one this year.
Okay, all right.
Last year, sorry.
Not, yeah, well, yeah, this year's...
It gets confusing, doesn't it, okay?
I want to do this.
Now, unfortunately, Ross, this one isn't really fair for you because
Canada you're gonna struggle actually we can make one so we've heard of this world cup thing, right?
The Kobe happening
Laser very laser in the year. Let's just play a fun little game in now. We don't need to worry about
We don't even need to worry about having an in-game leader or anything like that
But
I can argue about it all the things exactly. So honestly, let's go with this, right?
You have to pick you plus four Russian teammates and it can just be like a hug who would be your like a
a late-level Russian team for the World Cup to win the trophy.
Problem, that's easy, if you believe you want to play in a park like Facebook.
Yeah, but I'm going to take your sukeh.
I'm going to take don.
I'm in cool there, you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, I'll take chopper as an ideal.
But you don't need an ideal.
Ah, just park?
Yeah!
Oh, man, okay, your sukeh don't...
I'll take shuro, maybe.
What?
Shuro?
Oh, I know, I can lengthen his vote.
A beautiful band, put your ball prediction there, one second, shoot and the last thing's
way.
What are you, Arthur Neer?
Wait, you kind of today, that's good to hear.
You kind of have your own post-prodition.
You can rotate, sorry, it's way.
Okay, alright, fair enough, what about you, Rust?
You're struggling a little bit with the Canadian position, can you even name, well, the
new and cape?
Um, sorry for being mean, enough, text.
Okay.
Alright.
This is where I get stuck.
We're going to back some of the stuff.
This is a spang.
Okay, yeah.
Spang is low.
There's, I mean, I'll just be the pug.
Yeah?
Yeah. I'll just algae all the pug.
Oh, yeah.
So, a fan can be in there.
Maybe steal?
Okay.
I can't just make it a wetsuit.
Yeah, maybe steal.
Nice.
You guys are in trouble.
You might lose the team.
I'm sure there's,
Unfortunately it's a shame I don't follow the region enough. I wish the region was better
I feel like if there was Canadian events maybe it would inspire more players to have more
this lands.
Modern lands?
Modern lands.
You're from London.
You're from a country.
Yeah, I'm from a country.
Yeah, not really.
Beautiful.
All right boys, I don't want to keep you here as prisoners.
You want to go join your, you loved one.
You're just some time, but I think I'm now, but I think you're the only one to think.
So, gentlemen, thank you for joining me on the set of Pro we say goodbye.
I mean, thank you to you guys for hosting this event.
I enjoyed it, but these guys do it.
No, no.
I mean, let's be real.
What you guys are doing for C.S. in the industry?
I mean, you know, some years ago, I'm just collecting my H.T.B.A. war that can't you get to,
and the first event of the year now we're here, you know, now there's hundreds of people here and people are actually getting celebrated for what they do and
it's because of you guys, you guys make these possible, so thank you to you three here and everyone else at HOTD.
Lovely! Alright, I'm free! Yeah, thank you so much again, so as well I just wanted to say that we also have this
ceremony once and a year and we have to respect that we just need to respect everyone who is working on it and
trying to just make this show for everyone who's coming. You know who's watching and yeah, thank you guys
As well, to the left, to the right, to the behind on the stream forever. Beautiful. All right boys, get back in there
Okay, you guys see that everything and we'll keep things rolling with us right now because everyone don't be sure. I'm done doing the look
It's a rack here there. If you want some
jeet drink
Thanks boys, thanks very much, don't fall off the stage.
Oh, you're going to look at this, they go on the big step down, all right, Steve boys.
I was just going to say with what the mind of seeing set up the end,
you've never been in all the different locations.
How about what?
About, you know, when he was like, thank you to everybody around here.
Oh, he took the lead.
You know, I'm trying to get a bit more comfortable here, boys.
Yeah.
My legs fall in a slave, it's so full on a part.
You guys have people have things to offer, because now it's the big moment up next.
where you guys will be judged for everything.
Honestly, this bit's compared to 15 to 20, this bit's the easy bit.
Like once you get higher up the list, it just sort to yourself and we're kind of
we're bound by the criteria pizza made up like 15 years ago really.
Like that's ultimately we spread three of the five days that we were in
causal day, we're on the star of the list, and then the end just.
They kind of falls into place, but it's also because you body kind of gotten into
gotten into the habit of things and how it works and what you're comparing all that stuff.
Like obviously we don't do it that often it's just only once a year and so during it,
especially without Peter for the first time also was kind of a challenge in a sense of making
sure that we do honor all the legacy that is behind him and obviously as a creator.
So that was the difficult part of the beginning and then later on we just got into the
group of things.
Why did it wise Peter set the way?
He feels like it's time for him to be a bit basant.
Basically, yes, he was prepping you.
It's like, I don't think so.
I guess that's kind of what's happened.
It's like, it was how it turned out.
I think knowing Peter for a very long time,
he's always been the person that says,
when he doesn't have his heart in it,
he's happy to leave it behind.
He doesn't want to be the guy deciding things.
When he doesn't want to be,
he's not as involved as he used to be.
So I respect him completely for that.
For, you know, baking the choices step away
if he feels like he's he's not completely in it anymore, you know, so he's
not. I don't think so. I haven't think so in terms of the world.
Okay, I haven't seen it a long time. Yeah, he's still involved on some of
the one he took the years. I'm like he's gone completely, but just he didn't
feel like he could trust himself enough with the awards effectively, which is
a very respectable thing to do. Okay, all right. Are you, uh, the
Harry, because since you've come in at the top of content that you're
doing in the podcast, you're up to in the top of articles, you're putting
out on HOTV. Obviously you're very data driven that the way that you're able to display that
and then explain that is something that is not that we haven't had before but I think
you're in the way that you're doing it and the frequency that you're doing it and maybe even
the way that you're changing the way that the audience looks at the game. Right is that so
where is that? Is that in the background of you like, I don't I'll be honest where is this come from?
I think the articles were kind of because I like football so much and there was so much
much of that kind of data journalism in sports already and I think that was just kind
of a gas and I got lucky with when I started, basically that no one else was doing it.
Because I think, it was some amazing people out there now.
I think Beat Ram is a somewhere around there.
Yes, he's doing it.
I've done it over there.
I've wanted to do for years and I don't have the coding knowledge to be able to do it and
like he can, but yeah, I think it's one of those things as well.
I think it's really nice to see the panel all about here as well because that was something
when I joined, I really wanted there to be kind of role-based awards and it's so hard
to get these players into their roles and everything like we have to just hear like
like he's such a specific role and kind of all around with it's hard to recognize but I think
overall you know like there is credit now for the different roles that maybe there was
and the full we have this hard to watch there and everything.
Where would Twist's fall into what category? I think he's telling me to close her but if it evolves
would it be in a support? Yeah because it's that thing we're like the easiest way to describe it
He's kind of the luck of the comes back to the pack, right?
Sure.
Because that's very hard to make into a snappy one-word thing.
He's clearly not supposed, like, he's not really a closeer.
Like, he's not really an opener, but it's just one of those things where there's always
going to be players that don't fit into the box and, you know, that's just...
At least he was high on the top 20, I guess.
Yeah, with his sight, obviously, he's pretty, this time in phase and then now back on the team.
I always looked at him as, like, a facilitator, but who could also deliver.
Yeah, I got to look at the stuff that he would do with drops, certain bomb sites and helping
against his team and stuff, but then have a player who
wants needs to be able to perform can get the rounds
that are essentially an empire rounds of their self.
So yeah, it's going to be ever evolving.
I think this is the fun thing, right?
In terms of the best players and stuff throughout a year,
that's always going to be as it is.
In terms of the criteria or how we judge it,
those things can change, we get more information,
the game involvement, et cetera, et cetera.
But the way that the game is played
is, I think, evolving all the time.
We've, you know, had it pretty standin', we have an all-power,
everything game leader, we have rifles, but what those rifles have become
and what works in the meta, that's the fun part of this.
And this is the, you know, when the conversation
gets a little bit vanniness and a little bit, you know, stubborn,
it always seems so silly to me because that's kind of the beauty of this.
Is it is always changing when we get to reframe things and see where it's going?
It'd be great to be able to, you know, it's so hard to make predictions
the way the meta would shift or how things would go because it's such a new one.
And that vein, here's one question.
Yeah.
Do you think there's a world in which a significant part of the scene shifts away from the
yacht?
Do you intend to just start running without us?
Like a very primary style offer as we have kind of the meta being still.
The case now where every team has a very sickness significantly dedicated
dedicated opera. Do you think there's a world considering the opera market is very bad? I mean
that's whatever. Up to maximum of ten like operas that you'd really want to get a team
and everything else. There's a lot of the dark kind of interchangeable but not you know
blowing anybody's minds. So some of these lower teams are they going to try and start trying
to see whether it is possible in CST because we haven't really seen it to a large degree.
Definitely says the thought with that one there because yeah you do see teams you keep trying
these open, is a not-fight. The thing is, I think if the map
pool found itself in a place where you could run a lot of maps
without reliance on auction. A lot of two sides you could run without an
all-power, you can say. I don't know, it's a big one, yeah. But CT
sides in terms of like just map control from it. It feels like, you
know, you've, you've heard them about, but have to be overpassed, right?
You know, you're not playing overpassed by an all-power, right? So, it would
become one of those really sticky conversation. I look, someone should
give it a go. Why not? That's right. That's one of my prediction was
I was kind of heading into this season almost where I thought Anastralas might go that way, you know, for example, because they were obviously going to have to shave the way from Denmark
Either one way or the other and obviously the offer market is what it is.
I think it does.
So the whole thing is always going to be avoiding the cloud-line situation, because you need to kind of fare the primary offer to function, like even if it's not the best offer in the world, you keep the economy differently if there's an offer on the other side.
So I think it's more about when you look at the Elite Orpers only more the Doys really like
Not a full rifle a lot of the half right like so people I'm honest these I really
They've already kind of shown but to be an Elite Orpers you kind of have to me just an Elite player sure, and I think more of those are like
65% or kills or something which is why it's very free when I was a bit low
But not many people are doing that what more of those doing now. I think and that's kind of the future is like no JDM's left. Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not talking about economy, it's just,
it's a, it's a still a star roll,
but it's a very different route.
Yeah, for sure.
All right, well, we have everybody's on the head back inside.
Right now, as we go into the meat and potatoes,
the head to TV awards presented by one expert.
Let's get inside and let's get down to business.
It's so good!
I'm going to kill you.
Yeah, it's a fire night and nothing's done
We're gonna watch you move on
And if you need a little rock in this car
I'll be the one you call me
It's only you
I'm scared, no, come
But if you don't trust me
I'm just a girl in the mirror
And my dreams will be made out of it
I'm just a girl in the mirror
Oh, there's been plenty of them.
Throw it my face.
Oh, my face.
Welcome back friends to the 2025 HLTV award show.
I hope you've had the chance to refuel, to refill, and to refresh.
You've been an excellent crowd so far tonight.
Thank you for that now.
How about we bring this home?
Tonight we've had the chance to celebrate so many greats, but what about the people that
helps them along the way that nurture them through their journeys, that gays in the building
blocks to succeed?
I think it's about time that we celebrate the unsung heroes.
Those like a blog you know, what player do you feel like hasn't gotten the recognition
they deserve this year?
I've seen people speak about it, but for them, transitioning from his role.
Also maybe you could put something for your Kinder, because I feel like he has a huge
impact on the team.
You can see it's moving around the map based on his lurking.
It's working for them very good, at least this season.
I wouldn't go with Brawler.
I think he really brought something unique to their playstyle.
I think they're very versatile and very hard to find a pattern to his calls.
So I think he had a big impact on that roster.
Frozen.
Some of his stats goes under radar, and especially with the new stats,
he has been shown to have very important kills and not only
extra kills and not winning rounds for the team.
So I think they're not under ready player,
that maybe people don't see as we haven't been given to others.
It's that easy because the first part of the season would have been one way from us.
But we're seeing some of them, I mean, maybe Spinks, maybe Tulsi, I think they've been really consistent.
And believe me, that's what I wanted a holiday thing to do with the system.
I don't know how the cool is going to do, but I think Fashi is an amazing coach.
I can keep definitely in business with his flowers.
Two great person great mind for the game.
One of the best pickups the cool it has has had.
Probably your fans outside don't know how much the staff, the managers are providing for the players.
like if somebody lost a mouse, we need the fucking mouse in 10 minutes, like boom, the mouse is there, you know?
Eddie has gone a lot of shit from the community, but Eddie is doing so many great things for the team.
And I think he used to want that have Tiffany down to it, because without him, I think I would have crashed this year,
but he's doing great job to lighten up the team.
I mean, the observers, obviously, I don't know their names, but it's like, you take it for granted for your watching games,
but I actually think that they're pretty smart on how they're doing things.
And I think they are some of the unsung heroes.
A lovely reminder that Counter Strike and all its success stories are built on the hard work of dedication and countless individuals.
Too many to name and yet so many worth celebrating.
So many heroes joining us here in the building tonight, including our last Call of Famer.
He has major trophies. He has major MVPs.
He has major graffiti's.
And how many not callouts carry the weight of his legacy.
Sweden is home to many legends.
But he has carved himself out of pedestal that stands alone, distinguished.
Back to back major champion,
once a major MVP in 2015's best player of the year.
Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Ola of My Sir.
Thank you guys. Thank you.
The time for it, man. I guess I'm one of the old guys now officially.
Okay. First of all, I just want to say it's very, very great honor to be a part of the Hall of Fame on 25.
To join some of the absolute legendary priests that are already in.
This is something that I'm extremely proud of and yeah, it's hard to see just that in that club.
I also want to thank, obviously, my old teammates, some of them are here today and very nice to see you guys.
But all from L.E.B., fanatic and face, of course, you guys should meet with the player I am.
I will not be here without you guys and also some of you guys didn't boost at me, but you guys most importantly,
You put up with me, I can be a little bit annoying sometimes, so thank you for that.
Also, I want to thank my big brother who is here today in the crowd.
And as a little brother, you look up to your big brother.
So you were the one to go to the pizza first of all in our house.
I just waited next to you to play come strike as soon as you went for a toilet break.
I rushed to your PC and started playing.
You got mad at me but I think it was worth it in the end, you know.
Here I want to thank my dad who saw the note here and the more, but for letting me pursue
this crazy career, back then it wasn't really a career, and so thank you to him and I want to thank
Thank you.
And I obviously want to thank my family back home, my wife and my two kids, to the fans,
thank you so much.
Thank you guys.
Thank you to the, yeah, to you guys and also, thank you, come straight.
And thank you for the Rolex.
Maybe guys.
We're standing a version could not be more deserve.
One of the icons behind the Oso-dominant finale.
The first ever player to be commemorated with an in-game graffiti
after years of one-colon 2014 and a definer of so many playstyles
for generations to come. It truly could only be all of my stuff.
And so we've reached our final five awards of the evening.
One last time, thank you to the panel that helped decide those previous victories, but from here on out, it is HLTV themselves who decide the winners.
So, let's get right into it. It's time for rookie at the end.
Every legend wants to do right at the beginning.
Before their first haste to victory, and hands on a trophy.
This year, one newcomer stepped into the spawn lot,
and made it thrown.
Feelers, hungry, ready for anything.
They've learned from the best.
And now they're ready to chase them.
This is the rookie of the year.
We all know that Counter-Strike exists in a world of ever-increasing pressure, especially
as you get closer to the top.
To navigate that world, without a wealth of experience, deserves all the more praise.
And it's for that reason that rookie of the year is one of our most coveted awards.
Our next announcer is not only known for his time on very games, not only known for his
mechanical prowess, but most importantly, known for his one-taps.
Please welcome to the stage, the Hatchon machine himself, it's screen.
I don't know what called this slide.
It's been a long time, man.
I haven't been here around these beautiful people.
I'm really happy to be talking about the new rookie today.
I believe guys in life, everybody needs a challenge.
A challenge is very important, guys.
It gives you what motivates you every morning to wake up.
I have challenged myself many times, guys.
I've succeeded sometimes and many times, I have failed.
But today, I'm challenging myself to compete in college work again.
You can't do it twice again.
This is the game where everything started for me as a kid.
I will always remember, man.
Oh, I'm a little bit more old, but it's fine.
I think I can still be the next rookie.
I think, baby.
You know, there's no age for this, right?
Anyway, guys, let's get into it.
Everything is now.
You're finally star.
Oh, my god.
He's okay.
Let's know that's one, two, three.
Over there, as well as he has to get started.
Whoa!
That's a nice one.
McCas.
Oh, look at this.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Hey, hey, fly down!
Oh, man, this is the heart, or guys.
Not gonna lie.
And the window is...
Mode on!
The first thing I want to say is that I have built it today and it's for my youth.
First thing, first thing I want to say to my team, thank you for
I would like to ask you when I joined the food here.
Thank you for asking me when I joined.
And I want to say special for Marix and Fallen and Furia
because Furian, Marix and Fallen are absolutely a lot.
Every time, I have problems in screams,
sometimes in trolling.
It's true.
And we have problems with this.
But I'm young and I have some mistakes.
It's life.
And the second thing I want to say, thank you for support, full support us and me.
I live, I love Counter-Strike, it's my dream.
And it's my first year in this Counter-Strike big, co-evil.
Thank you guys. I believe you like Counter-Strike too.
And thank you. I'll go ahead and stand. Thank you.
I know you say this first HLTV official match in May of 2024, less than a year later
for a year took a gamble and it is a gamble that has paid off in spades.
Also ranked number 6 in the top 20 of 2025.
Can we think of a birthday present for more or more of myself?
And outstanding year with so many outstanding plays going on on the side of the road.
Our next award is for the ladies that love counter strike.
The women's scene has been shaped by teams who dare to dream bigger.
Improved year after year, the talent and teamwork have no limits.
Through resilience, chemistry, and pure determination, they reached higher than those around.
Every round is statement. Every win a message of the stage is now there.
This is the women's team of the year.
HRIO who have made waves in their respective fields.
All three have made it to the Grand Finals of ESL impact during 225-2.
I've taken home the trophy, but only one can take home the title as women's team of the year.
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All while advocating for women's participation and representation and gaming, founder and president of Radiant Sapphire.
Thank you.
Being here tonight is deeply personal for me.
I've been a part of Connishrike for a very long time.
My first Superie I'll play it in was 2003.
I was watching Legends.
Thank you.
Being here tonight is deeply personal for me.
I've been a part of Connishrike for a very long time.
My first Superie I'll play it in was 2003.
three hours watching legends like Pottie, Cogu, K-Sharp, who are here tonight.
I've done the math, that's longer than a lot of the finalists that I have been alive.
I've been a player, a champion, and now I am someone that helps bring kind of
strike's moments to life. One of those biggest moments where your
or clutches in a major and I missed it,
it wasn't me, it was definitely a Prius.
So, you know, as someone that has had kind of
like shape them over the years, I've had to fight
to be seen, as well as a lot of the women
that are competing today, but tonight that work is seen
and tonight we get to celebrate their excellence.
The finalists for the women's team of the year
didn't wait for validation.
They showed up, they put in the work
and they proved round after round
that they earned their place in Counter-Shake.
The finalist represents more than results
on a scoreboard.
They represent leadership, longevity,
and the commitment to keep building
season after season,
culminating in title-winning performances this year.
To ever play or watching,
especially the young women hoping to be here one day,
this is what it looks like
when talent is given the stage that it deserves.
It is my pleasure to present the award for Women's Team of the Year, and your finalists are.
Faith and Queen.
M. Aviyah Fee.
Fyria Fee.
Finalist presented by one expert.
And the winner is Big Akepa.
Hello guys, nice to meet you all.
It's all the emotions right now, because I feel like you're seeing our dreams come true right now,
So thank you guys for being there for us.
But it's special thanks to my OPT-mates.
Like we did all together.
We sacrificed a lot.
We were fighting every day for this trophy.
And I could have been more grateful
for this people next to me.
So let's make some noise for them.
But of course, it wouldn't be possible without organization behind us, so I really
went through the time under Bitcoin now, like they believed in the women's scene from
the day one, and it's something amazing to win our for them to right now.
Thank you guys.
But right now, like, future of whom is seen is really unknown, but one thing is for sure that I want to address this award right now, also to every ghetto or women playing out there, because it only means that we deserve to be seen.
this award is also for you guys so thank you one more time and yeah I just want
to cry run out thank you guys
for a full roster that has had less than half a year to flourish congratulations ladies
for achieving all that you have with such a short runway in such a competitive year
a huge achievement for them but only three more awards remains so I think for one
One final time, it's absolutely check in with our friends, Diko.
Hello everyone, a little bit of a different set of this time,
but we have a content creator of the year.
Rod of applause, team of all hacks.
Thank you so much.
Now about the content, this is a little bit different,
because in Kyle Shrag is incredibly difficult to create a content
around the game that doesn't get any content published.
Is that right?
That is very right, yes.
How do you make the do it in 2025?
and what are going to improve in 2026 for you? Let us know.
First of all, I'm making a way bigger map for KZ. I did it this year, or 2025. Sorry.
So, I'll make it way bigger with my good friends, Lily and Zen and Angel.
There will be helping the out and more challenges. Just more ideas.
Any one that you want to give this award to, and there's a flame zero right by my right side,
You already did it once when you won the award, right?
So what's the story behind that?
You just asked me for it all.
I mean, I'll give it to my now.
I'll give it to my friends.
Plames the congratulations to being
a content creator of the year now.
LAUGHTER
Well, my team, it's a well-being on stage.
And I wanted to get a cheer for you to go on stage with them
because I will look empty-handed.
So thank you for giving it to me.
I'll go on stage and look at part of the team now.
Tides good.
Well, this is all part of the moment.
We're giving here and we're giving to Connor Shrek, but right now, it's time to give it to the break.
She said she loves you, but she can't love me!
But I love you!
I won't find anyone in one.
What's going on?
Let's go!
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As sprayer so elegantly said earlier tonight, 2025 was the year where domination was redefined.
The greatest teams leave behind Mord and trophies. They leave legacies. Those who came before the
Dynasties through trust, discipline and unshakable belief. This year, another line of this
of this carved and a empty history from the first round to the lost. They were formidable.
When a matter of post, they became unbreakable.
This is the team of the year.
French legend shocks once put it best. We are the five fingers of one hand. Counter-strike is an
art form when five human beings can find that perfect flow. Trust. Communication team play.
That's what makes up the connective tissue only built by the very best to work in tandem.
That is the hardest part of Counter Strike.
So we announced our next award is one of Counter Strike's all-time greats.
Co-founder of Ninjas in pajamas. One of the most mechanically gifted players in Counter Strike
history and 2024 HLTV Hall of Famer please put your hands together for potty.
What a great honor being back here at this amazing event.
HLTV Awards is something really special.
I'm really happy to be the announcer of team of the year, since this price is what
Counter-Strike is all about for me.
Showing up tournament after tournament day by day grinding all the practice, all the hours
you put in, achieving something special together with your teammates.
I think that's something everybody in this room striving for.
I can go on and on how important this price is,
but let's go on to the finalists.
I'm out.
Viteality.
Spirits.
Finalist presented by one expert.
6.7.
This is kind of hard opening.
Team of the year.
Vitality!
Well, today, the president of IITNU is not there, so I'm going to talk to the
of him, so I'm going to read some things, I guess.
2025 belongs to Vitality.
Vitality belongs to Counter Strike.
This is more than a game first.
It's a last story that started almost eight years ago
with a hundred percent French lineup
and a simple dream to become a reference.
Today, we stand here at one of the best
in the history of Counter Strike.
Inside an organization that is no global leader,
no one of the first exists without the industry.
What makes our project strong is our shared vision
from top management to the players
driven by one obsession to the best
and to stay the best, not for a moment, for years.
We're here for the long run.
Thank you for welcoming us, H.E.S. ago.
Thank you for opening us tonight.
Everything we built, we're building with respects
for the game and our community.
We would like to also thanks everyone working at vitality
because they've not known that they do such a crazy work for us.
And the goal is to be the best team of Contest Fakere.
Thank you.
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I don't know what I'm going to do, but I don't know what I'm going to do.
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
I don't know what I'm going to do, but I don't know what I'm going to do.
I believe the Kings of Counter Strike and 2025, you could see in their faces,
they're rickching to get up here and what an incredible year they have had starting off with a mind-blowing series
windstrie and ending out the year with not only nine trophies of their name but an ESL grand slam as well
undoubtedly the most dominant team we've seen in counterstrips in the industry. And now all that's left are the very best players of the year.
Every generation has its trailblazers. Those who make the impossible feel inevitable.
The woman who came before showed that excellence
those no boundaries.
This year is no difference.
Poise, precision, and a presence that defined
every match they play.
This is the women's player of the year.
And a war to honor the most outstanding player in the women's scene.
And for the first time since the award was introduced by HLTV,
we are guaranteed to have a brand new name.
Second home is trophy tonight.
To present this award, we've called upon a woman
who does more podcasts with Thorin than any sane person
should.
A three time major broadcast talent and co-host of the B-Sight
Batties.
Welcome, TechGirl.
I wanted to tell you a little story really quick and it's about my friend Shaz.
So, anyone who's familiar with the woman scene would know her.
She passed away a few years ago.
but she was someone who broke barriers
and changed the future for a lot of CS players.
Because you see, Shares has actually
the first ever South African Counter-Strike player
to lift an international trophy.
She joined a woman's team and won a Copenhagen Games.
For me, that was a moment,
and I know it was a moment for every Counter-Strike player
in South Africa, so allow us to believe
that even though we lived in the bottom of Africa
with really shitty pain, there was a chance we could go overseas and be one of the best.
So I'm not telling you that story right now because every single one of you here has
a player that you watched and you saw them reach the ceiling of counter strike and then
they smashed it and that's the reason you're sitting here tonight. It's the reason we all
love, see us so much, and these players who show us time and time again how damn
who this game is. I know some of you don't watch the woman's scene. I know some of you
might not know the players that you're about to see. But just know that every single one
of these ladies is someone shares, and they're inspiring players every single day. In
years to come, those players will be sitting in the seats, others professional players,
broadcast talents are working behind the scenes,
because that is the legacy that these women
will leave behind.
So please make some noise for your finalists
for women's fair of beer.
That's great.
Beacon.
Good game.
Vizina.
Finalist presented by one expert.
This is the plan I was the most worried about, opening the stamp envelope.
And the winner is Astron.
Hello, everyone.
It is an honor to stand in front of you and to receive this award.
I am very stressed, as you can tell, I just stand in front of you guys.
Basically, this year has been amazing for me and for my team,
and I would like to thank big first of all and also my teammates
for being here all the time if you're trusting me and for every decision that we went through,
they were always by my side and always believed in me.
I would like to also thank my partner because he's always been by my side too,
through the journey and I would like to thank my family also,
who is watching me from home.
And I would like to give this last thanks to ESL for giving a chance for women to pursue their career in CS.
And even though 2020-26 is uncertain, we want to still keep fighting and we want to be represented.
Thank you very much.
We're trading at 1.2 zero across the last five events of the year.
Coupled with her responsibility as the in-game leader, Astro was able to break away from
the other finalists and it's really nice to see that sort of leadership rewarded tonight.
Such a beautiful speech after Undoubtedly what is an emotional but an exceptional year.
But that does leave one final category remaining.
It's time to get in to our plan at the year.
Every year, one player rises above the rest.
Those who came before turn skill into legend.
Ice-cold clutches in a possible spray-haskar moments that made history.
At this year, the bar has risen.
off the ground of the left of our counter strike, showing brilliance of the pressure,
and manufacturing moments of the magic.
This is the play of the year.
To be the player of the year, that's a fleeting dream so many never come close to achieving.
I mean, few can rise through the ranks, and even fewer know what it's like to stand at the very top.
very top, even if it's only for one year. This is the achievement that every single player
in this room thrives for. Don't, would become one of a very select few back to back HLTV
player of the year. The rifle, once again occupying the throne of the expense of every author.
So I will become the player to hold the most HLTV number ones in our game's history. Reclaming
his place at the top after the destruction of Donk in 2024.
rocks with surpassed his highest ever hate-shel TV placement in his eighth consecutive year
inside the top 20 and undoubtedly the transfer of 2025.
Our final announcer is one of the most important early figures in competitive counter strike.
While he hasn't graced us inside of the server in quite some time, we all know his name,
his impact, his positions. North American Counter Strike Legend makes some noise for K-Sharp.
All right, we made it.
It's hard to believe Counter-Strike has released over 25 years ago, and to someone who has
been there since the very first day has been an incredible journey.
The top players throughout the long history of Counter Strike have all made an impact,
not just in the server, but also on the legacy of our game.
Their game play inspires not only their teammates and fans today, but also future generations
of players that you have to come.
I hope in 20 years the players we honor tonight will have the same privilege that I do
to pay tribute to those who've come after and to help carry forward the greatest game
Ever made.
So without further ado, here are the finalists for Player of the Year.
Don't.
Here, creeps into the mines.
Sni-woo.
The impad is gone, I see.
I'll be back for a while.
Rops.
We're not close to the city!
How is he going through?
Finalist presented by one expert.
And your 2025 player of the year is...
Zyru.
...
Well, it's good to believe on top again. So we don't get this one this year. But
next year I'm hopefully you get it. That's obviously what's the good idea for my
I'm in for myself, I'm in without them, without their T.R.
I'm nothing.
And I just want to say thanks to them for my staff,
teammates, family, all the people cheering for me this year.
Thank you for everyone, thank you for making this virtual events again.
And thank you guys for this evening.
Thank you.
I'm a massive congratulations, Zylu.
Who, Zylu, if you will get sent back out here.
We're a community, our lucky two cheer for the likes of Zylu,
and I'd like to take this opportunity now to please invite number two,
dog, and number three, robs, to join us on the stage, please.
Please.
We are not listening on here.
Thank you guys, it was a great year.
Guy Wu, Donk, and Robs, your top three players of 2025.
It's good.
And so that concludes the HLTV Awards 25.
So that sad, isn't it?
Firstly, I want to thank the audience for traveling out to Belgrade tonight to celebrate the best game on Earth.
Of course, we want to thank HLTV for bringing us together once again being the home of can't strike for so many years and so many more years to come.
of specific, thank you as well to plough.
It's a vautomere.
Everybody who's involved with this production
knows the amount of effort that you put in.
And you should be proud of yourself
because tonight is indeed special.
This is the gold standard in our industry for award shows.
Thank you so much to the entire team of Relogue,
as well as keeping this train on the tracks.
And do we have so much to do?
And of course, a big thank you to this sponsor
is presenting partner, one-x-bet, and skin club.
I'm going to go slightly off-key, sir.
Thank you, Connor.
For coming and joining me on stage, you spent a thousand good commentators and it
is such a pleasure to get a host of stage of them every single year at HATL TV Awards.
And one final thank you, the Council strike, you're giving us a community to belong to.
We love you.
Good night.
3-7 she loves you but she can't love me but I love you
I won't play window anymore.
Let's go nuts!
Play your rules.
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I know now we're not to look for these things.
It's not worth the trouble.
We keep it so far.
I know now we're not to look for these things.
It's not worth the trouble.
We keep it so far.
I can look at you where I want
So if I meet you then
It won't seem so high
You're trying my heart
Don't lie to me
We're back! It all happens. I will. We're number one. Fourth time. Oh yes. The first ever.
Maybe the first for a long time. Well, there's a good argument for that. There's a very good argument for that.
Gentlemen, is the internet on fire? How did you check that? I didn't have a room. I haven't checked.
No, no, Proftall meets a, I've got a dive sport mode set from September.
Ah, okay. Professional advice, you know, you can thank me for sport mode.
But what about your strike? You're going to brave it? You're going to get it since my
year. I don't mind. I don't mind. I don't mind getting into it.
There's going to be a lot going on. There is some real petitioners for the don't case over
the last month or so I think. Yeah, I mean, there's there not to be blamed, of course.
I mean, I understand people's point of view, but ultimately we have criteria that we follow
on that we believe are more important than just the stats and obviously the stats case did
speak somewhat heavily in favor of donk but ultimately you know in terms of the awards
we decided that Zaiwu was better at 11 out of the 14 events that they were both at and that
tells you a lot of the story right I mean if we decide throughout the year that so many events
that Zaiwu was better how could don't be number one in our point of view.
Yeah I think the people are going to probably bring up simple from 2018.
Right, that's a case we look back at and if I use the same kind of terminology, the score there was 6-6 in terms of events that they played together.
The awards were actually not that far apart for the gap this time.
I think you put it's the gap between Donk and Zyru, is as big as Donk and Monacing.
So there's a pretty significant gap in awards.
We've roughly the middle as well, I just think it's like...
So we used to do it like comparison, even we did it.
The first time we opened the spreadsheet, we were like,
oh my god, okay, don't because I had them.
Like every corner and don't so had,
but it's, it accepts the most important ones,
which are the ones, you know, right,
to start of the sheet, which is, yeah,
I mean, these, the music is, and that's kind of,
you know, at the end of the year you have to trust
what we do throughout the year.
And I think ultimately that's what made it.
Yeah, it's not overwhelming for time.
Yeah.
Pretty much, I would say everybody that we asked,
you came up here on the couch, we asked you, they thought,
and everybody thought it was going to be X-I.
people making argument for donk in the sense of like we're talking like
raw output but we're talking about different things that's suppose right this is
an award that has a whole lot of history we got screamed running us right now
we're getting marked up we're getting a bit of an earpiece in as well and we're
getting going so walk in one of those hello sir hello hello hello hey don't
magnitude yes you again and we're just going to give him an earpiece
strike it. I think it's one on the table on the couch to his left.
We didn't get that in, yeah, that he certainly can hear us. So it's going to get very loud
in here in a second night. So you just walk those in. Can you hear me?
I can hear you going to hear me. I can hear you. I can hear you now now.
Everybody hello. This will save a lot of problems. See, so we're winning number one. Is that
what you expected? I mean, who wouldn't expect it like that? They have like the best here.
We have seen you a long long time. I feel like so and he had like nine of the peas or
Hey, don't be pleased. Yeah, so that's how to be put. Yeah. Yeah, I think there was obviously a big conversation online about whether it was going to be
Talk where it was going to be so I would but
Zy would text in the end then we were just breaking down some of the details for that
But you dropped you you're out there when you're giving the award mate tell I never knew coming back to the server
I was talking to you about it. It was just yesterday you were telling me you and your brother was the situation there
Yeah, I mean I've been thinking about it for a while
you know when I was on the other side I'm not gonna mention it because you know
now but seriously like I'm not as young anymore so you know I just want to
finish where I started basically and also join my brother you know play
together with him and kind of like grind a kind of a dream we can grind
together I feel like I can't decide today it opens up like you can just grind it
up like from the bottom to the top I feel like it's not easy because it's very
completely but yeah as I said it's a challenge I'm challenging myself to
this and it's gonna be probably my last year's of completing it okay is there
any more details you can tell us you plan with your brother but any other
players that we'd be doing I mean it's definitely players that that have
been playing before and people know about it's gonna be a French team okay so I
can't say more about it because it's gonna get the notes very soon I think okay
not sure when but it should be a non-spiracy okay that's exciting alright well
Well we can take a look right now. We've got a top 10 graphic from the awards. I guess I've
lost that week here. So just rounding this out because we obviously had players 2 and 3.
I think it was pretty obvious who was going to be the third player in Robs. I think there was
no conversation there. The real chat was about was that Zimbabwe won or was it Donk coming in at
number 1. So Donk after coming in at 1 number 1 last year this time around he's going to
have to take that second place. Obviously, Montesy 4th, it's Eurofb. Molotoy gets rookie of the
The year comes in six place sevens for Flamesy,
frozen in a eight, nineth for case of Rado and a 10th for Spinks
at the highest rate of play of the mouse throughout the year.
So just taking a look at this, in a flat area, look.
With all the criteria and everything you talk about,
the Spinks one, so talk me through that one.
Oh, we lost, we lost, Nira.
We lost Harry, but we can give it, we can get him a handheld, oh,
there we go.
Maybe I'll start to take this on there.
I think it's one of these things, right?
Well, you know, Matt has to get credit for someone, right?
The community seems to think that Cycran's is over near coach for the year,
then the player shouldn't be in the top 20.
It's like, well, this team is making deep finishes every time, right?
And the way the criteria works is it's about pushing your team forward
and Stinks and towards the end version off and got off credit for that.
And, you know, even if they mess up the final or mess up the elimination game,
like what you do perform matters as well, and ultimately that just.
Like I think on our EVP points, the scale we use all the time,
like things could have been even higher.
Like we did punish him compared to that,
for some of those kind of elimination moments.
And you know, ultimately like him being a top-tem player,
it was never really in doubt, considering how many of all he picked up.
Okay, all right, so he could have been higher.
If, okay, interesting, interesting there.
All right, is there anything?
I don't know, I look at that, and I go, yeah, fair enough.
Right, because I, I don't look at all the excess
in the ocean the same way that the two of you do to be grading players but nobody there seems
to agree just to me as far as a top-down player for the world as concerned. Are you back online?
Thanks, sir.
Thanks a lot, man. I don't worry about a man. We've got plenty of stuff to fix around here.
A screenwriter question for you, right? When you have all these players in the world up
to be at the top-down up there but we can go broader than that we can bring the bits of
the world in the conversation or twist that's pretty good aim as well.
You're known for the one-touch for the headshots for the aim when you look at the modern
play up, who do you think has the best aim in that regard these days?
I mean, probably don't, right?
Yeah. I mean, donk means every single duel he goes in, so I don't think we can say someone else.
I think it's either donk or twist.
Okay? Yeah.
First get high price?
No, I think twist has been like a top aimer for a long, long time.
And even on the spot this one too, I feel like he's succeeded like the switch as well.
just well, especially when on Facebook he's been playing like really good. I feel like his aim
like really fits this game as well, the way he shoots. So like it's kind of like a bursting
bursty shoot, you know, it's not like a one-top, but it's like very bursty, very like
in-star headshots, basically. And I think that's, there's a reason why he's also like
he has the highest percentage headshot I think. I don't think you guys do this because I
the Hatchel percentage stuff.
I don't know if it's anywhere on the side of the city.
It is that. It's still there.
Yeah, it's still there. I think it's...
You see, it's more as a style stat than a kind of ability one.
But, you guys never gonna keep looking,
or word to someone who has like the highest Hatchel.
Maybe they get 100% in a year or something.
That's it.
I don't want to be funny, man.
Maybe next year I can be there.
We'll be one of these awards that we haven't dealt over here.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
We do something we can bring up on screen right now. This is to do with the odds
For all of the awards and the categories, so if I guess before we go down to where today to see the odds now
How are your younger and closer to the screen tonight, sir?
What can you read the odds from where you're sitting?
I mean my size is also down the drain. Okay, but I can see as they all begin with one. Yes
It's like this just
Yeah, no, that's it. That's a good point. So I would have the bottom there was that 1.02
that is what that says, I think.
Okay, well the bookmaker said a pretty good understanding
of what was going to be going on there.
Looks like the women's player,
the year that one was a bit more off the debate.
Women's team of the year is the same.
So with that one, a bit tougher,
we didn't just have imperial boundaries
destroying the scene.
I was a few more teams taking to the trophy this year.
So that bit tougher to decide for the women's?
Yeah, I mean, we got some help this year.
in terms of for the actual committee, it was kind of like a high group between
it kind of hated TV or than a panel award in there. So we made this sheet as always
this actually that we always use, but then we got kind of loosey, new, brand-un, um,
Freddy to join us on a cool, like all kind of impact talent, we've been able to watch the games,
fully and kind of have the context that helped us, and then they kind of all voted on what they
thought at the end and kind of that's where we ended up. And it might have been the same place we ended up,
that it was kind of nice to be confirmed that we, you know, the staff spoke to the same thing that they'd kind of been seeing with our eyes for whole time.
Okay, how does that, this is maybe a tricky question right now, but how does that move forward into 2026 with their impact?
Well, we will have to see, I mean, we obviously want to continue with this, it's not like we, we will just give up on all the women's awards just because of impact.
Yeah.
There are some other, gentlemen, the organizers stepping up to the plate, that at least with smaller things,
We're hoping that that will continue and in terms of our perspective, we just kind of want to go and
You know have those four guys help us a little bit more throughout the year so we've got the end of the year
We also have a little bit more groundwork behind the award. You know, so we can actually have some of these awards
Handed out to the women as well during their tournaments. Maybe not I don't know whether we're gonna announce it or nothing because we don't
We haven't really talked to the details
But we do want to have some a bit of a better framework behind it because this year we kind of came to the realization that
once it became difficult to call because of this team on this this impact
but it didn't even make it to the other one. That's even wanted this impact and a lot
of tournament just went all over the board basically. Yeah we really had
we needed a bit more of a groundwork framework thing. The toughest thing is always
kind of, because you're just missing like classes hold on because of one
coverage style. It's a lot of other times which makes a lot of sense from the
coverage department but it's when you're making the award I think it's kind of
it's only so much a big stats patchy if every event the HTTP covers can
can actually help, because you know, someone like Keriya, who kind of had a great year coming
into it from what they were all saying, but then on the stats, maybe didn't look as good
because of where she played really well. And I think it's stuff like that, so we probably
will have a bit of a blend next year between kind of what they see watching and what's
actually on the H to be stats players.
And I wonder if we've seen them in more mixed tournaments, right?
We would that play without factor in?
I'm during your landmines, you know what we've done even though we're going to happen.
We'll have to weigh and see with that.
Okay.
Scream, thank you for joining us for the feel here at the end of the surf.
We can get you out of here and you can go.
Why don't you go ahead?
Before I leave, I'll tell you thank you for the details for inviting me.
It's a pleasure, guys.
Really a pleasure to be here.
But the CS community, as well, love you guys.
One tap, it's a bit of a buck.
There he is back, all right, good to see you.
Thank you very much to Scream for joining us right now.
Okay, well, this has been another year, gentlemen.
Look, it happens very quickly.
I felt like the boot of this made you was just winding up the other week, but it's because it was.
We've had what three weeks, four weeks worth of a break, and we get back underway in two days time.
Right, Tuesday, Bounty kicks off and it all starts again.
So do you guys get any rest or I know we're just going to take some time off.
What happens with your employees?
Guess who we're sending to Bounty.
I don't know, it's online, just at the meat.
Oh, okay.
I'll get some water.
Oh, look at them.
So then after fancy, that's when I can actually get some holiday.
Okay, that's nice.
Similar, similar here, more around there probably.
So are you going to crack out?
Not to cover it, I might visit for part of it, but not for the full thing.
For once, it's in a long time, I haven't been to this big one.
I will not be to this big one.
We got podcasts of sure, what's coming next for you with the podcast?
Yeah, I mean we're going to do an award one with an, I don't know if I can really
guess that is a special one.
Okay, it's going to be fun.
It's might be quite difficult for me to survive the hour,
But really, okay, yeah, we're going to be so much more critical.
Really, we're going to have to wait and see because you might
tell I don't know, I just look like an idiot now.
But it should be a lot of fun and
Cheneetil get what they want, which is my head on the pipe.
Fair enough, that's exciting.
Okay, we're going to get out and go again Wednesday, I think.
Oh, we have once tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the first.
We don't want tomorrow.
I think people can probably guess who is going to be joining us.
Do you think they care if I say?
I think you can see.
Okay, so people are interested tomorrow at 12.
We're going to have all of vitality joining myself and Striker, I'm not sure if Pops
can be there.
Can't remember that.
Well, the seat for you and I'll see you for me, but there was no seat for him.
I'm going to be sitting down with him for about an hour and a half to two hours, kind
of recounting the year that was 2025 and talking through all of that goodness.
And hopefully getting a chance to kind of preview a little bit of what's going to be happening
for them in 2026 with everything that's going to be coming up.
So that's the podcast sphere.
Anything that you guys are taking note of that you might be adjusting in the way you
do business regarding this the next year or for this year excuse me. I mean it's the one thing
we did talk about was kind of online stuff. We make our lives a lot easier if we could just
not use online stuff. But we're going to have it to think about it. But I think ultimately the
criteria that for the actual top 20 is probably not going to change probably ever to be on a
focus. It's so much history there. It's not as simple as changing it even if we wanted to.
and that's not what we're saying we do. It would be weird if it suddenly
the criteria changed from the kind of MDG to system that we've kind of had for so long.
Okay, that makes sense. With the online stuff, what do we got? We got bounty and then EPL.
And then it's bounty second season online as well. Must be, I think, yeah.
Okay, they're not where they're flying there. They're teams.
They're not doing it. They think everything else, they've lived to land there.
Yeah, I heard it. So it's three group stages over the course of the year.
something like that. I didn't mean maybe some qualifies that the top why is. Maybe they
shouldn't be that good. I mean we will still consider it in the overall stats and all that stuff,
but we will not necessarily involve it in the overalls discussion potentially, you know, some of
these online games because they were very difficult to contextualize just because they do
happen online. A lot of these events are like especially like Monti, it's like number one versus
a number 32 team or whatever it is, 13 team. And so that that is not necessarily useful in terms of
words doesn't really tell you about how a player performed. He compared to the one part of
it now, so it's because of that effectively.
All right, dude, it's very enough there, right? We used to have such a hard line on this back
in the day, right? All my stuff was just absolutely dead. I think that the pandemic kind of changed
everybody's opinion that because we have to. So, yeah, okay, all right, all right. So anything that
you guys want to say before we say good night to everybody, um, I just want to apologize for my voice
failing, it was alright. It's I power through it. I have to say it was it was pretty rough,
but I'm glad I got through it because it's been really nice to see it. At a such a bigger scale
compared to last year, much bigger, much better I would say from a lot of perspectives and I'm just
just happy. I'm just proud of Proft and his team because ultimately those guys are the ones that
deserve the credits because they put all the stick together. We're the ones deciding the awards
But ultimately this is a completely different scales that they have to put together, you know, so yeah, very happy with that
Nice, how did you find it time on the couch?
Yeah, it was fun, it was fun, then this was okay, we go for it
Lots of things happening, lots of middle parts people come in and people go and but yeah, you were great
Thank you for joining us
Thank you, Ron
All right, we'll see if Prof decides if you can be back in the next year
Oh, we'll find out
But yeah, we need to really knuckle down that picture out the Prof and well
I guess it's main focus on him, the logistics man, to make all this possible,
however everybody watching at home enjoyed this.
And I think it's important as we head into another year of Counterstrike to remember
why we all started playing Counterstrike. The awards, the tournaments.
This is the serious side. This is what Counterstrike has evolved into.
Counterstrike for people who were getting into the server and just playing the key was fun.
Right? We were doing it. We were playing 32 player Aztecs servers.
We were playing Warcraft 3, Mark. We're playing Ice World and Pool Day for hours on the ends.
and counter strike even though we do have this elite level. We have everything going on. We've got
all this money. We have these tournaments where we have these awards. We have this prestige.
It's rooted all in fun. Right? It is a video game at the end of the day. And where I think
everyone who's involved in this space knows how lucky they are to get to be a part of it day
and day out. And everybody playing at home and enjoying it. We have to remember, you know,
there can be a bit of vitriol people can get a bit of arky on the forums on Twitter all that stuff
put it into the end of the day. This is all for fun. So big shout out to everybody involved in counter strike
I'm looking forward to another year in 2020.
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