Counter-Strike Esports

Counter-Strike


Release Date:
2000
Prize Money Awarded:
$13,601,765.10 From 1024 Tournaments
Recorded Date Range:
2000-12-09 to




Counter-Strike (sometimes referred to as Half-Life: Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike 1.6, and shortened to CS) is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve Corporation, originating from a Half-Life mod by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. The first public beta was released on June 19, 1999, the developers of the mod teamed up with Valve on April 12, 2000, and the game being completed and fully released to the public on November 8, 2000.

The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won by either completing the mission objective or eliminating the opposing force.

The best Counter-Strike 1.6 players came from all around the world: MiBr from Brazil, multi-game teams WeMade FOX and eSTRO from Korea, North America's Team 3D and Evil Geniuses, but the top talent centered around Europe, with Swedish teams being the most dominant at the game.



Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Game)
1.Sweden f0restPatrik Lindberg$191,485.83
2.Sweden cArnPatrik Sättermon$173,572.35
3.Sweden dsnHarley Örwall$170,588.24
4.Poland neoFilip Kubski$143,554.64
5.Poland TaZWiktor Wojtas$141,694.64
6.Sweden RobbaNRobert Dahlström$130,176.27
7.Poland LoordMariusz Cybulski$128,847.79
8.Poland kubenJakub Gurczyński$127,800.87
9.Denmark zonicDanny Sørensen$116,209.57
10.Sweden walleDennis Wallenberg$110,306.50
11.Ukraine EdwardIoann Sukharev$105,520.22
12.Ukraine ZeusDanylo Teslenko$103,017.17
13.Germany KapioNavid Javadi$102,363.77
14.Sweden GeT_RiGhTChristopher Alesund$101,970.66
15.Denmark aveAlexander Holdt$98,452.09
16.Poland LUqŁukasz Wnęk$96,869.30
17.Austria goreFranz Burghardt$94,457.34
18.Ukraine starixSergey Ishuk$94,291.92
19.Germany tixoManuel Makohl$91,777.78
20.Sweden TentpoleKristoffer Nordlund$90,492.33
21.Sweden ArchiOscar Torgersen$85,859.89
22.United States StormTyler Wood$84,849.41
23.Sweden insOskar Holm$84,136.64
24.United States fRoDDanny Montaner$83,709.41
25.Ukraine markeloffYegor Markelov$82,283.88


Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$718,934.185.29%
Offline/LAN$12,882,830.9294.71%

Comparisons


» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-$148,708,856.23
» CrossFire-$7,709,018.81
» World of WarCraft+$4,451,227.49
» StarCraft: Brood War+$6,045,849.42
» WarCraft III+$7,296,864.59
» Counter-Strike: Source+$10,488,542.81
» Heroes of Newerth+$10,528,319.38
» Halo 3+$11,283,685.70
» Halo 2+$11,975,002.63
» Quake III Arena+$12,403,659.08

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.Sweden Sweden$2,872,890.85
2.Germany Germany$1,507,730.74
3.United States United States$1,494,285.27
4.Russian Federation Russian Federation$1,127,428.11
5.Denmark Denmark$1,032,975.87
6.China China$854,662.89
7.Poland Poland$762,200.13
8.Ukraine Ukraine$719,584.97
9.Norway Norway$450,603.12
10.France France$411,101.22

Other Notable Players

The following players may not have necessarily competed in this game, but have contributed to the competitive scene in other ways.

United States SirScootsScott SmithContent Creator