ESL to create Esports Hall of Fame

ESL has announced that it will create a Hall of Fame to honour those who have contributed the most to a wide range of esports games.

The first induction ceremony will be for Counter-Strike only and will take place as part of ESL One Cologne, scheduled for July 8-10, but in the future the Hall will include players from other titles, including Dota, League of Legends, Starcraft and a fighting game.

For a player to be inducted, he or she will need to have had "a career that is worthy of being inducted" and will have to be retired "for at least a year", ESL's Creative Producer, Ken "Hot_Bid" Chen, said in an interview with Yahoo Esports.


First induction ceremony will take place at ESL One Cologne 

The nomination and the voting process will feature a panel of experts including "writers, commentators and experts" within each scene, Chen explained.

For now, the Hall of Fame will be restricted to the induction ceremonies, but ESL plans on creating a physical space where fans will be able to "go through the history of Esports" as if they were at a museum. 

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markeloff | 
Russia vierchatura
good move by esl
2016-03-28 21:28
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Albania trisohunterino
Topkek
2016-03-28 22:08
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Georgia zb118
Lel
2016-03-28 22:10
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Spain jorgeroe
ez for kio
2016-03-28 22:27
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Portugal ImB0P
ez for fiffy
2016-03-28 22:48
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ez for Thooorin
2016-03-28 23:13
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1 reply
No Thorin = Not legit
2016-03-28 23:17
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Mexico roboha
tes Edit: Yes*
2016-03-28 22:24
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France BaguetteHD
yes Edit: Tes*
2016-03-29 07:47
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Iceland fatboislim
sey Edit: esT*
2016-03-29 14:36
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#208
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United States TomBombadil
element, HeatoN, potti, cArn, zonic, walle, cyx (would be cool) I suppose cogu and fr0d are considered as active now Why not someone like Volcano who's had an impact at the top level throughout 3 different iterations of CS and is also a creator for de_cache. Or Storm and Warden who were on 2 of the best teams in 2 different games and also played at the top level of CS:GO. Those last 2 may bring out my NA bias, but the point still stands that they were accomplished in multiple iterations. It's tough limiting it to retired players.
2016-03-28 22:43
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#218
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markeloff | 
Russia vierchatura
IMO they should also have pros from 1.6 that were really good, and still are in GO, for example: f0rest, gtr, taz, neo, markeloff, edward, starix, zeus.
2016-03-28 22:52
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#219
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United States TomBombadil
I agree, Out of everyone I named, I'd probably put neo, f0rest, and GeT_RiGhT above them all.
2016-03-28 22:54
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#220
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markeloff | 
Russia vierchatura
definetly.
2016-03-28 22:54
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zeus? markeloff?
2016-03-28 22:55
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#222
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markeloff | 
Russia vierchatura
why not? markeloff still has a positive rating, and can still play against top teams. Besides zeus` bad fragging, he is still a great igl, and without him, navi wouldnt be top 2.
2016-03-28 22:56
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Zeus isn't igl anymore at all its starix
2016-03-28 22:59
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Dude, starix is calling...
2016-03-28 22:59
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1 reply
#226
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markeloff | 
Russia vierchatura
okay, my bad
2016-03-28 23:00
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#251
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markeloff | 
United States mmotorcycle
+1 markeloff hasn't missed one major in the past eight, that's pretty solid.
2016-03-28 23:37
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will have to be retired "for at least a year"
2016-03-29 02:22
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#311
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United States TomBombadil
That's why he said, "IMO they should also"
2016-03-29 05:49
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- all of them + Gaben No Kappa FfS
2016-03-29 00:02
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#268
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United Kingdom J0E-
HeatoN has to be there... CS wouldnt be what it is today without HeatoN
2016-03-29 00:11
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2 replies
#304
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gabs | 
Europe GandalfThePimp
+1
2016-03-29 04:14
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#313
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United States TomBombadil
I agree. He may not be the greatest of all time but he was at the peak of the game at one point and continued to make CS great when he stopped playing. Doing more than just being a great player should be considered when deciding candidates.
2016-03-29 05:54
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Cyx should be there 100%
2016-03-29 10:11
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#339
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Norway PyShu
XeqtR ofc...
2016-03-29 12:32
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Inb4 Hunden
2016-03-29 01:30
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#316
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ZywOo | 
Qatar takecarem8
Haha yup
2016-03-29 07:48
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#322
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Sweden proffs
Thank mr esl spam this copypasta all over reddit or bad luck will come to you
2016-03-29 09:32
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#323
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World tNaCarN
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t.. First Inductee Thresh. Undefeated in doom/quake won a ferrari started xfire made millions and is the face of FPS competitive video games that you never knew about. Wasn't for this tournament we would of never seen CS as big considering the game they played was Doom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Fong
2016-03-29 09:42
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Xyp9x | 
United Kingdom ColdOverrated
n1 Edit: Wictors should be Hall Of Fame :o
2016-03-28 21:28
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Thooorin first inductee.
2016-03-28 22:07
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ez for ODEAG
2016-03-28 21:28
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3 replies
+1
2016-03-29 00:21
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you misspelled Hunden
2016-03-29 01:32
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1 reply
odeag>hunden
2016-03-29 04:05
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#10
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Israel sweetz
Pasha should be there
2016-03-28 21:28
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#91
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Korea tai1177
Pashas not retired... Plus i dont know why Pasha would be on there in the first place lmao. Itll be old 1.6 legends like HeatoN, Potti, and SpawN who'll be nominated first.
2016-03-28 21:38
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#93
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Israel sweetz
pasha is kinda tired now
2016-03-28 21:37
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#101
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Korea tai1177
Well then Pasha needs a nap Kappa
2016-03-28 21:39
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#103
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Israel sweetz
he is a naab no kappa
2016-03-28 21:39
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#198
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United Kingdom greenhound
the jew can't read and thought it said retarded not retired
2016-03-28 22:30
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2 replies
#204
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Israel sweetz
normiee detected
2016-03-28 22:37
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#310
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India Mr. Patriot
Lmao
2016-03-29 05:19
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WHERE IS NEO THE LEGEND?
2016-03-28 23:19
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#95
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Portugal prassa
only pros in the hall of fame,not streamers
2016-03-28 21:38
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#151
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United States Say Apple
inb4 Moe in hall of fame
2016-03-28 22:01
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1 reply
JoshOG in HOF
2016-03-29 01:33
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#234
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World emythrel
streamers wouldn't have had "a hall of fame worthy career" and thus there is no reason to even post what you just did...
2016-03-28 23:12
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pro for hall of fame.. pasha ???
2016-03-28 21:42
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2 replies
neo taz kuben loord for sure they make history
2016-03-28 21:44
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1 reply
these pro has nothing to do with pasha :>
2016-03-28 21:44
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Israel gr8b8m88
im michael jordan ama
2016-03-28 21:28
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#141
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World TheTourist
you're not even 1st, gtfo.
2016-03-28 21:51
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#154
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Israel gr8b8m88
im 11, youre 141. YOU have to get the fuck out.
2016-03-28 22:02
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#190
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Turkey J1T_T3R
lol you're 11? gtfo kid
2016-03-28 22:23
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1 reply
#193
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Israel gr8b8m88
ayy lmao
2016-03-28 22:27
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Nigeria -hemson-
n1
2016-03-28 21:28
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Germany w00t_m8
great! can't wait!
2016-03-28 21:28
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#261
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Iceland Iceland
Go see it live you fucking hacker.
2016-03-29 00:00
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Germany w00t_m8
Wait...and you are...? :O
2016-03-29 00:11
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Iceland Iceland
I am Iceland.
2016-03-29 00:12
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#272
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Germany w00t_m8
And drunk as well... 😂
2016-03-29 00:25
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Belarus Starvoid
yay
2016-03-28 21:28
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awesome!
2016-03-28 21:28
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Romania ORTEGA
awesome
2016-03-28 21:28
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#33
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Canada mellowk
kewl
2016-03-28 21:28
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YEAH BROTHER
2016-03-28 21:28
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#40
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North America dudsz1
LOL
2016-03-28 21:28
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#41
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Per0N | 
Sweden pajala2united
Nice
2016-03-28 21:28
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ez for hunden
2016-03-28 21:28
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World vasqaaa
Nice!
2016-03-28 21:28
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good shit
2016-03-28 21:28
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cyx first inductee pls
2016-03-28 21:28
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i hope he will be there :)
2016-03-28 21:35
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#127
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Luxembourg crawleroz
that would be scary and inappropriate I think but a pic of him would be great
2016-03-28 21:47
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haha :DDDDDDDDDD lol yeah
2016-03-28 21:58
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Ez joelz
2016-03-28 21:28
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Ez for ence
2016-03-28 21:28
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#52
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NiKo | 
Poland Jaruzel
ez 4 NEO in the future
2016-03-28 21:28
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#53
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flusha | 
Pakistan sanos
LANTARES inc
2016-03-28 21:29
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Ez for pyth coz he is retired from major now.
2016-03-28 21:29
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Gave me a kek
2016-03-28 23:03
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W0w
2016-03-28 21:29
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Bosnia and Herzegovina NOREEL
Wow nice
2016-03-28 21:29
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2ez4olof
2016-03-28 21:29
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ez for ence
2016-03-28 21:29
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#60
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World runnr
Will this be ESL events exclusive?
2016-03-28 21:29
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#61
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NEO | 
Poland ByaliBrutal
Dosia Wax Figure ez
2016-03-28 21:29
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3 replies
#72
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Germany whattts
+1
2016-03-28 21:32
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cant, people might have sex with it.
2016-03-28 22:09
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#175
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Tynka | 
Latvia Ricix
Sexy dosia
2016-03-28 22:10
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#62
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Norway LakSeey
ayylmao
2016-03-28 21:29
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HeatoN to hall of fame!
2016-03-28 21:29
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#80
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Sweden Goldorak
this
2016-03-28 21:34
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it should include all popular titles before, such as warcraft3, broodwar, and quake My list CS:neo forest potti heaton ksharp etc. W3:Sky grubby moon etc. brood war:flash jaedong boxer yellow nada etc. DOTA: Loda 820 vigoss zsmj etc.
2016-03-28 21:33
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#112
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shrek | 
United States Lokier
will have to be retired "for at least a year". i agree with neo/forest but they would just have to wait.
2016-03-28 21:43
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oh didnt see that one. thx for the info
2016-03-28 21:45
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#183
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United Kingdom zvpRz
Definitely GTR, markeloff, pronax, Edward, flusha, JW, olofm, KRIMZ (once retired), cogu, face, starix, element, cArn
2016-03-28 22:18
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#214
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KiMaRR | 
Lithuania disesion
no fucking way. it is hall of fame, not immigrant camp of fame, we need few MOST HONOROUBLE names, not a bunch of top tier players. gtr, carn, flusha, jw, element
2016-03-28 22:50
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#327
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South Africa Lasagna
>flusha, jw >hall of fame pick one
2016-03-29 10:33
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#333
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KiMaRR | 
Lithuania disesion
fuck, i meant pronax instead of jw. 3x major winner.
2016-03-29 11:06
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#237
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shrek | 
United States Lokier
i also don't know what they're definition of "retired" is. Do they have to stop playing the game all together? or just competitively. If they stop playing and "retire" but come back say 6 months later and start coaching are they still eligible
2016-03-28 23:14
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#244
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United States SaltLord
It would make sense to be out of the game conpletely. HoF is like a lifetime achievement type award so seeing how careers ended is also important.
2016-03-28 23:23
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#119
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Austria db42
grubby played wc3 on twitch yesterday :d
2016-03-28 21:44
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4 replies
15 hours stream PogChamp
2016-03-28 22:05
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fuk i missed it x_x he's my esports idol
2016-03-28 22:51
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2 replies
He stream Wc3 every weekend
2016-03-29 10:45
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1 reply
oh ok thanks for the info, definitely will watch next time
2016-03-29 15:18
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flameZ | 
Netherlands xtrmx
first should be Thorin of course.
2016-03-28 21:30
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#67
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Flarich | 
Latvia 6matko
IMO, GTR the 1st inductee
2016-03-28 21:31
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#83
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United States chr1spe
Well that is impossible since he isn't retired.
2016-03-28 21:34
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#90
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Flarich | 
Latvia 6matko
Oh, failed. Sorry, misread that moment :) Actually SpawN could be inducted, but i doubt that. In this case, there are waaaay too many contenders, would be interesting to see the final results.
2016-03-28 21:37
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spawns career wasn't that long and he didn't even win that much players like neo and f0rest will probably be inducted when they retire
2016-03-28 21:57
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#350
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World sHocke
Heaton/Potti/element/Xeqtr had a lot more impact on cs than SpawN.
2016-03-29 14:01
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I'm just wondering who they are going to put in this hall. Are coaches counts as retired players?
2016-03-28 21:31
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good question, think it will have to still be a year without playing official match to be inducted for performance as a player, and a year without coaching an official match to be inducted as a coach (if that ever happens), but coaching should not count as playing, unless you step in to play like threat is for nip. in other hall of fame set ups, you can be active as an executive or w/e and be inducted, so if they want to induct organizations or businessmen or what have you.
2016-03-28 23:06
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Ez aslak
2016-03-28 21:31
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#70
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jL | 
Canada DankInTheBank
GTR best CS player ever (1.6 and CSGO)
2016-03-28 21:32
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#89
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Greece hekzy
He wasn't the best player in 1.6 nor is he the best player in CSGO. But I agree, he is the best CS player.
2016-03-28 21:37
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#177
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Germany xlex
i are think that
2016-03-28 22:11
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#366
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jL | 
Canada DankInTheBank
He was one of the better players in 1.6 and for him to become the best in CSGO (olof currently is but overall). f0rest could also be a contender for best cs player ever
2016-04-01 01:21
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#367
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Greece hekzy
I agree in CSGO he was the best but at this point you have to give olof the "best CSGO player of all time". In 1.6, i agree. He is still the best CS player.
2016-04-01 06:35
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#71
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Poland qsyy
expected
2016-03-28 21:32
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#73
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United Kingdom Alth
Will be pretty hilarious if ESL claim it as the "Esports hall of fame", yet again alluding that ESL believes they essentially are the whole of esports.
2016-03-28 21:32
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#74
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Russia Reph
Nice ESL)
2016-03-28 21:33
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#78
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lueg | 
Czech Republic Lueg
))))
2016-03-28 21:33
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#75
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REAL | 
Norway kakkopp
potti elemeNt
2016-03-28 21:33
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#76
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Germany SchaffeR37
n1
2016-03-28 21:33
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#77
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World Kitulu
Neo will definately be awarded when he retires.
2016-03-28 21:33
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#79
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Aleksib | 
Finland y0nes
Heaton, potti, lurppis & natu incoming
2016-03-28 21:33
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#81
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Argentina ECSBOX
i expect markeloff, f0rest and spawN
2016-03-28 21:34
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"retired for at least a year"
2016-03-28 21:37
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#102
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Argentina ECSBOX
oh, so i expect spawN
2016-03-28 21:39
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#82
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Other UndercoverMuslim
Creat hall of shame for kqly, freak, sf , s1mple, flusha etc.
2016-03-28 21:34
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2 replies
freak? Never
2016-03-29 05:10
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#362
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Italy xythhh
flusha? lolwut
2016-03-30 13:48
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#85
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acoR | 
Denmark Gazil
Ez Ken chen
2016-03-28 21:36
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#87
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China Night Vigilance
expected. Viva la eSports! )
2016-03-28 21:37
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#88
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United Kingdom Mio1
POGCHAMP
2016-03-28 21:37
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ez for Izakooo
2016-03-28 21:37
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Hall of fanboyism. papaBisex top1
2016-03-28 21:38
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#97
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United States Moderate NiP Fanboy
Rip Thorin
2016-03-28 21:38
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#99
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Slovenia yung_voodoo
hmm my nomination would be fRoD but he hasnt been retired for a year... maybe some other legends like Rambo, moto, Volcano, method, shaGuar
2016-03-28 21:39
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KQLY inc
2016-03-28 21:39
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#104
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Europe MICHU.FAN
ez for NEo
2016-03-28 21:40
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#105
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Macau BoxxyBabe
SpawN, come home. We miss you
2016-03-28 21:41
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#107
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NEO | 
Poland -Furi.
Would be really cool to have some kind of ring for each Hall of fame inductee.
2016-03-28 21:41
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KQLY EMILIO HALL OF FAME
2016-03-28 21:41
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#110
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World CoPTerR
Make a hall of shame for banned players.
2016-03-28 21:42
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#111
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Italy VoHiYo
BoxeR to be the first HoF.
2016-03-28 21:42
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#113
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
ez for LeX
2016-03-28 21:43
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#115
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United States Mikeybeast9
CYX please add him first [*]
2016-03-28 21:43
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#121
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Turkey HR^
ez for SpawN
2016-03-28 21:44
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#122
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Latvia shevijs
Hosted by ESL, RIP Thorin.
2016-03-28 21:44
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#123
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Poland n1u
Hmm... Heaton, Potti, Walle, Spawn...I don't know who more, a lot of guys. Edit. Cyx ofc!
2016-03-28 21:46
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#124
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Nifty | 
Moldova towerzz
kqli odeag swag xantares xenn dukii hunden jw and DOSIA pls make it happen
2016-03-28 21:45
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#125
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Austria Wozza63
Yahoo esports? That's like a grandpa trying to stay cool by being like "yo im down with the kidz isnt it right?"
2016-03-28 21:45
0
#126
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North America Foxaika
A fighting game?
2016-03-28 21:45
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#128
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United States lnflnlty
#1 potti, #2 heaton, #3 ksharp
2016-03-28 21:47
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#129
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Lithuania alon9
HUNDEN
2016-03-28 21:47
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#130
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Czech Republic CS amateur noob
Spawn, Heaton, cArn, zonic
2016-03-28 21:47
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#131
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Poland kemorsky
cyx, spawn, face, walle, trace, neo, taz, kuben, loord, luq, get right, edward, zeus, markeloff, trace - they will all most likely join the hall of fame. Good move by esl, noobs will be able to check out the legends
2016-03-28 21:47
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#206
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COLON | 
United States MAY0
HeatoN
2016-03-28 22:38
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#243
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Puls3 | 
World bigb1rd
G5 fan boy spotted
2016-03-28 23:20
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1 reply
#248
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Poland kemorsky
Good for you.
2016-03-28 23:28
0
kqly swag and dazed ez
2016-03-28 21:47
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#133
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Kyrgyzstan m0e-k-
Kqly Kappa
2016-03-28 21:47
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#135
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World STAboss
Me
2016-03-28 21:48
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#137
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Bulgaria FoXy
I'll receive my invitation soon i believe :}}}
2016-03-28 21:49
0
ez for thorin. o wait Kappa
2016-03-28 21:50
0
kassad to Hall of Fame ez!
2016-03-28 21:50
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#142
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shox | 
Germany rakFABI
FIFFY !
2016-03-28 21:52
0
Thooorin
2016-03-28 21:54
0
ez fatal1ty
2016-03-28 21:58
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#150
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dennis | 
Portugal publ1c
HeatoN, SpawN, elemeNt, ShaGuar, walle, dsn, cArn, Potti. These are the most Popular players since the beginning in my opinion.
2016-03-28 21:58
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6 replies
#176
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United States obi_wan_kobe
Prolly no one in ESL know that CS 1.6 was actually a game
2016-03-28 22:10
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#180
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Greece hekzy
Yeah, you know.. The game that built their company and owe everything they have to it. P.S: low quality bait
2016-03-28 22:15
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#181
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World toffeltat
Yeah i also have my doubts that most of the current player base knows them.
2016-03-28 22:17
0
I sure hope so, given that 1.6 was only a version of a much longer-existing game.
2016-03-28 22:38
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#197
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mir | 
Serbia Krimzynn
cyx
2016-03-28 22:29
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#330
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Finland Rank-
walle and his brother mini-walle had a document made of them and competitive Counter-Strike when some people could actually manage to start to make their living out of it. Could be something that weighs in the cup when thinking of nominees ontop of walles great career. :)
2016-03-29 10:47
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#152
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Finland LLRRKK
ez 4 ence
2016-03-28 22:01
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#153
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Sweden capS94
Heaton spawN
2016-03-28 22:02
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#155
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kNgV- | 
Brazil vicTHOR
so fcking nice!!!
2016-03-28 22:02
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#156
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Albania WarGandhi
GTR and f0rest should be there even before retiring.
2016-03-28 22:04
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#157
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Germany LANDWHALE
N1, looks like we have ourselves an eports wrestlemania
2016-03-28 22:04
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#158
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Ukraine MacheteAk47
Neo Inc
2016-03-28 22:04
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3 replies
#163
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United Kingdom JM_aimer
"For a player to be inducted, he or she will need to have had "a career that is worthy of being inducted" and will have to be retired "for at least a year""
2016-03-28 22:07
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2 replies
#166
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Ukraine MacheteAk47
Kqly then
2016-03-28 22:08
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1 reply
#168
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United Kingdom JM_aimer
yes
2016-03-28 22:08
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#162
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Reunion assa123
ez joelz
2016-03-28 22:07
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2 replies
#164
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United Kingdom JM_aimer
ffs :D
2016-03-28 22:07
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1 reply
#170
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Reunion assa123
nt friberg
2016-03-28 22:09
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#169
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Europe Pear_
This will be interesting to see, surely. A good initiative by ESL, we need something like this. Considering they would have to be retired for over a year most names will probably be unknown for many of the new fanbase. Surely the first players will be the old 1.6 legends, like heaton,potti,element,xeqtr,ksharp,cogu,carn, spawn, etc..I wonder how they will choose though, based on achievements alone? Popularity? Inb4 lurppis will be the first since he knows all the experts xDDDD
2016-03-28 22:09
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#171
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United States Cecilboots
You can be in the HOF before retiring. Happens in basketball all the time.
2016-03-28 22:09
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2 replies
#199
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mir | 
Serbia Krimzynn
No it does not. At least not officially.
2016-03-28 22:30
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1 reply
well, if you retire for a year and then make a comeback. Like Mario Lemieux played official NHL games after being inducted after his original retirement.
2016-03-28 23:18
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#173
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Russia razorVJ
elemeNt & HeatoN inc.
2016-03-28 22:10
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#178
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Brazil cristiadu
inb4 markeloff and cogu actually retire because they know they would be there, and that they will not achieve anything better in csgo.
2016-03-28 22:12
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#179
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World bort321
meh, kind of lame
2016-03-28 22:14
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#182
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Germany DerMitDemBlunt
nice idea. hope they consider non esl events as well as a criteria.
2016-03-28 22:18
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Actually pretty nice.
2016-03-28 22:20
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#185
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Russia zldn-
NOA, SK, MTW etc best days of my life:\ now iam too old for this skins and cases:( but still global :D
2016-03-28 22:21
0
great idea :)
2016-03-28 22:21
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#187
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Faroe Islands vatarn
elemeNt & potti had the biggest impact on the CS scene
2016-03-28 22:22
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#188
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Belgium FnX^
i'll make a case for SpawN in this one
2016-03-28 22:22
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#189
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Spain Ayrr
n1
2016-03-28 22:23
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element, heaton, rambo, ksharp, xqter, potti, sunde, carn, dsn, luQ... and a memory for bullen and cyx (*)
2016-03-28 22:29
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You're doing hall of amazing players that were fan favorites. Have to have atleast dominated the scene personally and as a team to get such credits. Will be a very small list. NEO/f0rest/Heaton are the only huge names that come to mind.
2016-03-28 23:45
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#342
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World LOLintro
wtf what happened to bullen?
2016-03-29 13:13
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#195
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Russia Cilet
HeatoN, SpawN, Zonic, Potti, Kuben and so on..
2016-03-28 22:28
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#196
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Korea jetrooo
C O O L L E R O O L L E R
2016-03-28 22:29
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#200
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United States turtles.
Finally time for taz to retire
2016-03-28 22:30
0
HUNDEN for President
2016-03-28 22:36
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#202
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COLON | 
United States MAY0
When Fallen retires he will get instantly inducted
2016-03-28 22:36
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#203
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Johnny R. | 
Spain shooterr
Volcano, Rambo, ksharp, HeatoN, Potti, ShaguaR, fisker, ahl, element, SpawN, cArn, XeqtR, Roman, and more .. so many names
2016-03-28 22:37
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#207
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Twistzz | 
Sweden DiTzZ
This is great for CS!
2016-03-28 22:43
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#209
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United Kingdom vanqu1sh
toxjq plz
2016-03-28 22:44
0
KQLY, Sf, smn, cLy should be there
2016-03-28 22:46
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2 replies
#215
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Boombl4 | 
Germany GeoRg___J
yeah and ibp + all NA Teams
2016-03-28 22:50
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1 reply
and emilio
2016-03-28 22:57
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#213
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Boombl4 | 
Germany GeoRg___J
add a hall of shame please +Kukli
2016-03-28 22:49
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#217
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World Michael.W.
Johnny r.
2016-03-28 22:51
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#227
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Denmark Jpay
I vote Heaton since he was the earliest player to dominate the counterstrike scene and he has been a contributor to counterstrike ever since. In my opinion the most qualified to win. The people who are too young to remember might think otherwise but he is the guy!
2016-03-28 23:00
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flusha ez
2016-03-28 23:02
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#232
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NEO | 
Poland SzeregowiecPL
NICE !
2016-03-28 23:10
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before everyone gets too excited let's just remember this is ESL creating it... we saw how terribly they butchered the team rankings when they first came out so I have reservations about their ability to rank players, so to say. great idea of course! but yeah, ESL :P
2016-03-28 23:12
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ez pashabotceps
2016-03-28 23:13
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#241
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Brazil EliteNZK
Ex6tenZ The only guy that stopped NiP! MONSTER!! I Hope he win a major.
2016-03-28 23:20
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skadoodle pls for best awper n/a and shrood for reking everyone
2016-03-28 23:25
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#247
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Sweden NIP Fanboy #1
Fifflaren should be on the hall of fame!
2016-03-28 23:28
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#249
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FalleN | 
Brazil happynezz
Fallen for support e-sport in Brazil
2016-03-28 23:32
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#252
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World Paulo Chico
cogu heaton, potti, spawn vesslan element
2016-03-28 23:40
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1 reply
#318
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United States meh00143
XeqtR
2016-03-29 08:14
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#253
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France HawkSquad
guardiaN inc
2016-03-28 23:42
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#254
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GuardiaN | 
Other Darge
The best thing of it is than since ESL is doing it, Thorin won't have a say.
2016-03-28 23:43
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#255
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Poland Toxyczny
Pls add -neo -taz -pasha -f0rest -gtr -markeloff -edward -zeus -xzit
2016-03-28 23:44
0
HeatoN ez first inductee
2016-03-28 23:49
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#260
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Brazil BonezMC
deserved
2016-03-28 23:51
0
HeatoN, potti, SpawN, elemeNt, cogu.
2016-03-29 00:01
0
#263
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World Reformative
quake players?
2016-03-29 00:01
0
PHOON!
2016-03-29 00:04
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#267
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China Zyphon-
Sick move by ESL especially the museum idea! definitely HeatoN, potti, spawn, Element, cogu, markeloff & F0rest when they retire, and M0e
2016-03-29 00:04
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#273
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f0rest | 
Germany Gloin
F0rest, GTR and Neo should be the first to be introduced, unless they wanna feature some of the old legends that don't play anymore. oh nvm wrote this comment before reading through, players gotta be retired for at least a year. Probably will be HeatoN first, I also hope for cyx
2016-03-29 00:28
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#298
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United States sighteyed
it says u have to be retired for over a year....none of them are retired, and there are a ton fo people that should be inducted before get_right. Yes he will be in there eventually but there are tons of players that paved the way for him...
2016-03-29 03:44
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#274
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Sweden larsbananas
What? Why? Who pays for this? This is in my world an extremely bad business deal :P
2016-03-29 00:29
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#275
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Israel Drizzy
Kewl, now they'll finally use my picture.
2016-03-29 00:32
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#276
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Finland RaptoRStillAlive
kinda cool
2016-03-29 00:50
0
Noice
2016-03-29 00:56
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#278
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Serbia Viskoza
cArn
2016-03-29 00:58
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#281
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Liechtenstein killahakan
ez HeatoN
2016-03-29 01:14
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#283
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Ukraine half3lyfe
Another trophy for olofmeister
2016-03-29 01:30
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#289
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Lithuania kexas
Will cheaters be excluded?
2016-03-29 02:21
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#291
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Portugal pshhh
HeatoN, Potti, Method, SpawN, elemeNt, XeqtR, shaGuar, Sunde, ave, vilden, zet, prb, etc.
2016-03-29 02:22
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4 replies
why them should be at the list?
2016-03-29 04:12
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3 replies
#312
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Portugal pshhh
Every single one of them have marked a generation, and they meet the requirements.
2016-03-29 05:52
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2 replies
you dont even born at that time, you have what 9 years? that was the most faggot answer i haver seen
2016-03-31 12:08
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1 reply
#365
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Portugal pshhh
I guess you're not much of a monologue guy then.
2016-03-31 14:46
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#292
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Canada B0MBER
shaGuar better be in it... Greatest Canadian Cs player.
2016-03-29 02:57
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#293
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steel | 
United States KairuGuddoIn
"... a fighting game." Please at least name the game. is it the Street Fighter series?
2016-03-29 03:01
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1 reply
ESL didn't name it.
2016-03-29 18:33
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rofl cant wait for all the troll ppl to get in
2016-03-29 03:01
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#295
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North America BADVIBES
Better add Cooller... Also some Halo people like Ogre 1 & 2, Walshy, and Tsquared
2016-03-29 03:15
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#297
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United States sighteyed
fatal1ty will be one of the 1st inductees
2016-03-29 03:42
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#300
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Mexico Jordi
heaton, spawn, cArn, elemeNt, potti, fisker, vilden, snajdan, Ksharp, volcano, and more & more players
2016-03-29 04:04
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Isaac Newton, Saquille Oneil and Lady Gaga should be at the list
2016-03-29 04:11
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eGene, diGitaL, XeqtR, elemeNt, vesslan, Potti, HeatoN, zonic, Midway, Ksharp, shaGuar, Steel, gAuLeS, markeloff, solo, Sally, mooN, Johnny R. and more...
2016-03-29 04:29
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#307
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United States BernieSanders
Please bring cyx to HOF <3
2016-03-29 04:29
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Who give them the right?
2016-03-29 04:49
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#314
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roman | 
Palestine ndr[o]
this will only upset many players.
2016-03-29 06:59
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#317
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pNshr | 
Bulgaria moderexx
Ex IBP FXYO B1GGY emilio and all other major and cheat banned
2016-03-29 07:50
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#319
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Finland jUPPE!
HeatoN should be first.
2016-03-29 08:20
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#320
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Lithuania RTJ
potti 4 sure
2016-03-29 08:23
0
nice idea
2016-03-29 08:51
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#324
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Finland hahalolxd
How about lurppis? Mb natu ?
2016-03-29 09:45
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2 replies
#332
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Finland Rank-
If talking about the finnish players how abaut diGitaL? GuA? Melv1n? Ruuit? contE?..
2016-03-29 11:04
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#343
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World LOLintro
i think only ruuuit deserves to be there.. what a player that guy was insane to say the least..
2016-03-29 13:14
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#325
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Germany crs.
i know they have to retire, but why do all the people forget about fallen? He did so much for CS in brazil and what did others do beside being good at this game and gaining popularity this way?
2016-03-29 10:06
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#328
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Sweden BenneDoT
Seems like a lot of people are forgetting about Carn.I'm fairly unsure about it myself, because He might not have been a star player, but I see him as the pronax of 1.6 and he has always been a good figure in the scene. Done alot for esports outside of the game too and been the core of some of the best Swedish lineups. I think they should only select one player per year and the players they select should only be the best of the best judging by the players impact in the game but also in the team and outside the game. The players that get inducted should be good role models for a complete player. I think of players like Heaton, neo and Fallen.
2016-03-29 10:41
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#344
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World LOLintro
you can't compare cArn to pronax as cArn brought many players to the fnatic lineups in different generations and they all succeeded and then he went to management and look at the fnatic teams he has signed..
2016-03-29 13:15
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HeatoN was one of the few guys who made CS what it it today. He built the bridge.
2016-03-29 10:47
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#335
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Europe mirrinn
cArn
2016-03-29 11:36
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#336
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Europe t.o.p
cool
2016-03-29 11:58
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#337
Faceit level 5 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Switzerland zaViM
DEFINITELY FALLEN (when he retires) for what he's done for CS scene in his country and his continent. Hope he can also win something on CSGO, fucking deserves it
2016-03-29 12:14
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Fiffy
2016-03-29 12:14
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#340
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Denmark TrekZ12
Damn this is a tough call. With so many Legends in this legendary game. I hope they make categories and ofc also a HoF for CSS. My top would for sure be. 1. Heaton - No one did so much for CS than Heaton, Hands down a perfect Hall of Famer. 2. Potti - Damn a tough call to make Heaton over him, but Potti should get into Hall of Fame for fucking sure. 3. Whimp - Ofc a Dane but also one of the greatest so ofc i want him to be there :D 4. Cogu - AWPing? i Are think that 5. cArn - One of the greatest minds to ever play this game, should be a hall of famer and all know it. So sad that this is only for Retired player.. If it wasn't then Neo should get in first. The greatest player of CS no doubt about that. CSS is another story and should be in no order. Wantz, php, HaZ, uN, Fetish, WT, Helblinde, Fiffy <3, rattlesnk, eXce, Rytme And the whole old Fnatic lineup (Proph, Blaze, Xertion, Airaid, Darky) Guardian is number 1 if he retire.
2016-03-29 12:35
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#345
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Norway KristofferM
Heaton, element, potti, spawn, vilden, fisker,ave,sunde,zonic,REAL,Naikon, prb, zyx, Walle, robban, zet, Lots of great players, I probably forgot like 20 great players that should be inducted.
2016-03-29 13:16
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#346
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FalleN | 
World Vechnyp
botright top1 no doubt
2016-03-29 13:18
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#347
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World LOLintro
They should start with 3 players from each continent. solo/jungle/termi from asia Potti/cArn/NEO/f0rest/HeatoN/elemeNt from EU (exception) fallen, cogu, fnx from SA fRoD, ksharp, shaGuar from NA Fifflaren from csgo.
2016-03-29 13:20
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I think we need an eSports Hall of Fame. I am happy there will be one and I hope they will do it properly. First I hope they will not select more than 5 players in a year, and just 1 or 2 per game. It needs to be Hall of Fame, the best of the best... not hall of very good. For example Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame might induct seven or even ten players in one year, as a result very few actually give a shit. Induction to the Hall of Fame should be the highest achievement, the most exclusive club there is. Second of all, fan voting should have very little to do with who gets inducted. Organizations with large fanbases and players from countries with lots of fans get unfair advantage that has nothing to do with how they actually performed. I also fear for bias, if ESL is the sole host. Will winning ESL hosted majors mean more than ESWC or CPL?
2016-03-29 13:52
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#349
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Denmark Frankness
element, HeatoN, potti, cArn, zonic, walle, SpawN, shaGuar, KK, Whimp, mooN and Johnny R If they taking teams there where great in there time i willl pick nip SoA SK The Titans noa/mtw navi
2016-03-29 13:55
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LUq kuben loord SpawN HeatoN walle zonic cArn :D
2016-03-29 14:20
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#352
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Sweden Iswayodds
hunden,dosia,maniac,ozstik3r, sextaaaaares aswell.
2016-03-29 14:33
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World bronhi
SpawN, elemeNt, heqtr, potti, zonic, cArn, dsn, kuben, fisker, HeatoN.
2016-03-29 15:39
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#357
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Bulgaria b0xeR4et0
Most retarded thing ever. It will fail hard
2016-03-29 17:17
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forest and gtr automatic once that retired
2016-03-29 18:41
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#360
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Germany GioPlayTV
Cyx from Mousesports.. :( RiP.. he was a LEGEND!
2016-03-30 00:40
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#361
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Italy xythhh
they have to create also a wa(c)ll of fame, with KQLY, emilio and others
2016-03-30 13:47
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#364
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Serbia NESi [w]
awesome
2016-03-31 12:11
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