![]() ![]() ![]() 5.6 Players That Have Attended All Majors.5.5 Players With Most Majors Appearances.Valve is the creator of game technologies (Source, Steam) and numerous best-selling game franchises (Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Half-Life, Portal, and Team Fortress). Last year witnessed explosive growth for CS:GO, with player numbers growing by more than 250% and content contributors grossing more than $3.5 million dollars selling their items and maps for the game. All of the matches will be streamed live via continuous high-quality coverage provided by ESL.įor the first time, the tournament qualifiers will take place offline at a special LAN event, with funding for both the event and travel support for all participating teams provided by Valve.ĬS:GO Major tournaments draw record-breaking audiences, with more than 500,000 concurrent viewers watching the Grand Finals at DreamHack Winter 2014. They will be joined by eight teams to be determined through upcoming qualifiers. Taking place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland from March 12-15, the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will feature the eight quarter-finalists from DreamHack Winter 2014. Janu– Valve today announced a $250,000 prize pool for the CS:GO tournament at ESL One Katowice 2015. Performing before an audience of millions of fans, they are ambassadors for their game – the strength of professional Counter-Strike comes from the integrity of its players and teams.ĬS:GO Major Tourney At ESL One Katowice 2015ĬS:GO’s Fifth Consecutive $250k Major Returns to Katowice But as CS:GO grows, it’s important to consider the substantial impact an individual professional Counter-Strike player has on the health and stability of their sport. In 2014 we witnessed the explosive growth of CS:GO as a competitive eSport, and 2015 has already started strong. Professional players, their managers, and teams’ organization staff, should under no circumstances gamble on CS:GO matches, associate with high volume CS:GO gamblers, or deliver information to others that might influence their CS:GO bets. Therefore we will be directing our CS:GO event partners to not allow any of the following individuals’ participation in any capacity in Valve-sponsored events: We can confirm, by investigating the historical activity of relevant accounts, that a substantial number of high valued items won from that match by Duc “cud” Pham were transferred ( via Derek “dboorn” Boorn ) to iBUYPOWER players and NetCodeGuides founder, Casey Foster.Īll together, the information we have collected and received makes us uncomfortable continuing any involvement with these individuals. The details are in this DailyDot article: Recently, allegations of match fixing in the Cevo Season 5 match between iBUYPOWER and came to our attention. Take a look, and let us know what you think! We’ll continue to share data as we make further adjustments to maps in CS:GO. In Cobblestone, the bomb is planted far less frequently (in this respect, Cobblestone is more similar to Nuke), but is protected by the T-side very effectively. ![]() Dust2 and Cache still look fairly similar, the bomb is planted in nearly half of all rounds, though CTs tend to defuse more often in Cache. To find out how the T and CT side got their wins, we can break down rounds based on whether or not a bomb was planted.Īnd now some differences emerge. Overall round outcomes don’t tell us much about what happens in an individual round. Overall round outcomes are a broad first-pass, but we can already see some interesting trends – Dust2, Cache and Cobblestone tend to produce similar results. The round results below show the likelihood of the T (orange) or CT (blue) side winning a round, using data collected over the past month from the highest skill groups in competitive matchmaking.Ĭlick here for a full dataset that breaks down each map by skill group. Check out the results below, and let us know what you think! OVERALL ROUND OUTCOMES Others, like Cobblestone and Overpass, have changed dramatically. Some maps, like Dust2, have not changed much since our previous post. ![]() We previously posted map balance data, and it’s time for an update! Below you’ll find some current statistics for the Active Duty map pool. We’re always looking for ways to make better decisions using data. ![]()
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