SteelSeries CS2 Legends vs Champions 2023

Team of legends to take on FaZe in CS2 showmatch

6-7-2023 23:26

The teams for the $10,000 showmatch played in CS2 have been announced, with FaZe taking on LEGENDS.

SteelSeries have announced the competitors and schedule for the CS2 Legends vs Champions showmatch, set to happen on July 8. The showmatch will be played between SteelSeries partners FaZe and a LEGENDS team composed of well-known names in the CS:GO community.

Polish duo Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski and Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski are the first two players on the roster, with Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács joining the ex-Virtus.pro duo to face off against his former organization.

Rounding out the roster is current Falcons player and two-time Major winner Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt and Jimmy "⁠allen⁠" Allen, who is most known for his time on SK during Counter-Strike 1.6.

NEO and pashaBiceps team up for the Steelseries showmatch

The two teams will first engage in a best-of-one warmup to start off the event, where they will be allowed to only use the Desert Eagle, their knife, and grenades. The first player to get a knife kill in the opening match will also be awarded $500.

The final will happen in a best-of-five format on CS2 maps. Given the currently limited map pool of Dust2, Mirage, and Nuke, maps will be played more than once until a winner is determined.

Date	Matches
SteelSeries CS2 Legends vs Champions 2023
08/07/2023	FaZe 17:30 LEGENDS	Match

Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and Vince "⁠Vince⁠" Hill are tasked with casting duties, with SteelSeries also announcing that interviews with special guests will happen between the matches. All the action will be happening on SteelSeries' Twitch channel as the action commences on Saturday at 17:00 .

Team LEGENDS are:

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski
Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski
Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács
Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt
Jimmy "⁠allen⁠" Allen

LETS GO R GUARDIAN

2023-07-06 23:27

19 replies

EZ FOR ENCE

2023-07-07 12:32

16 replies

Legends but no fallen?

2023-07-07 16:00

12 replies

yeah and who tf is allen

2023-07-07 17:29

11 replies

1.6 legend

2023-07-07 18:41

1.6 legend mans

2023-07-07 19:19

You 12? He's a real OG from SK Gaming

2023-07-07 21:48

6 replies

am 19. also his age isnt even given on hltv so how am i supposed to know who he is

2023-07-07 22:31

5 replies

ok now that i was on liquipedia he seems to have been insane

2023-07-07 22:34

HLTV not even a particle of sand in the Sahara of the internet. You can check Liquipedia, that ain't new, for instance.

2023-07-07 22:36

3 replies

i did as you can see above

2023-07-08 00:28

2 replies

We posted almost at the same time. I'm sorry.

2023-07-08 00:32

1 reply

yeah well

These kids...

2023-07-08 09:47

im 19 :(

2023-07-08 22:00

I don't understand what the f is NBK doing on the team. There are soooo many non active legends who could play instead... SpawN, cArn, Kuben, ceh_9, dan, RobbaN, Loord, walle, Sunde, ave, starix, markeloff, Storm, fRoD, Potti, Archi, ins, whimp, Gux, elemeNt, mJe, fisker, xeqtR, ArcadioN, threat, nasu, cogu, Friis, delpan, hpx, snajdan. And I could continue....

2023-07-07 22:37

+1 Agree. cArn, Potti and RobbaN is a pretty realistic one. Also walle, RobbaN, ave, Loord, fisker, markeloff. They really are legends on that bunch you named.

2023-07-08 00:38

Who's dan?

2023-07-10 08:48

GUARDIAN BLOWS THEM AWAY LIKE A HURRICANE

2023-07-07 20:30

Allen hype!!!!

2023-07-07 22:32

Dud.... Allen!!!!! Lesgoo

27 replies

Who invited NBK lul

2023-07-06 23:57

17 replies

yea damn who invited one of the french goats of the game?

2023-07-07 00:41

13 replies

still playing so not a legend.

2023-07-07 00:52

8 replies

well neither NEO or GuardiaN has officially retired so what is your point?

2023-07-07 01:03

4 legends and nbk

2023-07-07 10:35

2023-07-07 11:59

Stop barking beggar

2023-07-07 16:25

0/8

2023-07-07 01:58

Nice logic bot

2023-07-07 02:57

why not get kennyS instead?

2023-07-07 13:05

huh??????

2023-07-07 10:31

THE kingmaker

2023-07-07 03:21

actually he is natural born killer

2023-07-07 06:48

He is always been know as another mid french player

2023-07-07 10:40

signed up 2023, makes sense xd

2023-07-07 18:59

XD talking about that bit Allen is here

2023-07-07 07:34

newfag baguette

2023-07-07 08:38

Clearly new here...

2023-07-07 09:57

Yeah man iam hyped!

2023-07-07 00:49

A showmatch where smooya couldn't sneak into? Thats rare.

2023-07-07 01:28

They had to put The legends into the name so smooya couldn’t slide in this time hahah

2023-07-07 10:25

guess they had some criteria this time around

2023-07-07 18:20

who's allen?

2023-07-07 05:22

liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Allen/Resul.. He is oldschool Swedish legend, back in the day they were going to all those lans and takings 1st places and getting all the girls they wanted.

2023-07-07 06:54

thanks dad

2023-07-07 09:37

damn nice

2023-07-07 10:10

1. Who the fuck is Allen? 2. How are you from Sri Lanka AND a fan of Santos FC at the same time? 3. o you think Santos can beat Goias on Sunday

2023-07-07 16:26

2 awpers

let the legend league be established, please, please, this csgo restores the pleasure of watching, or it looks like cs go will end -let the legend league be established, please, please, this csgo restores the pleasure of watching, or it looks like cs go will end -let the legend league be established, please, please, this csgo restores the pleasure of watching, or it looks like cs go will end

2023-07-07 00:32

Deagle only dummy

2023-07-07 08:20

nais

2023-07-07 08:59

snooze

ladiiiiiiiiii

allen pog (never heard of him unfortunately)

28 replies

kid spotted

2023-07-06 23:35

15 replies

mad I wasn't watching 2009 cs1.6

2023-07-06 23:41

4 replies

why not?

2023-07-06 23:52

He was 4

2023-07-07 00:05

You missed the best part lol

2023-07-07 00:08

I was watching in 2009 and I don't know any allen tbh

2023-07-07 00:21

Why are boomers still here? I thought you start paying attention to real life instead of video games once you're over 25

2023-07-07 07:50

9 replies

boomers must be now 60+

2023-07-07 09:02

Real men never grow up when it comes to video games xd

2023-07-07 10:26

I was as ignorant as you when I was a kid as well.

2023-07-07 14:33

How old are you, good sir?

2023-07-07 14:35

I reached level 30 this year, still follow the scene from time to time.

2023-07-07 14:36

Firstly, congrats on levelling up! And I was just joking when I wrote #103. I myself have crossed level 25

2023-07-07 14:38

Thanks! Ah, right. My brain is just slow today, must be the old age lol.

2023-07-07 14:43

Ooh. We never stopped paying attention to the games. Will be fun to see Jimmy play again. Hated to play against him back in the days. Very solid player.

2023-07-07 15:37

''How dare they still follow their passion of their favourite game instead of having a wife that constantly complains and a dead beat job? ''

2023-07-07 19:43

Sk legend with gtr & f0rest

10 replies

BIG Clan have taken over the capital N at the end from these guys

2023-07-07 06:47

actually gtr and f0rest were more like fnatic legends, even if they made the biggest transfer in cs history from fnatic to SK.

2023-07-07 10:24

I meant allen was an Sk legend. and he played with gtr & f0rest on the team. but I can see the confusion because of my lack of grammar usage "Sk legend, played with gtr & f0rest" would be more clear

2023-07-07 10:27

7 replies

aaaaaaaaaaaaa okay okay now i get it :D also i think that this 3 guys never played, cuz when f0rest and gtr joined SK, they were : f0rest gtr delpan face robban. IN that time allen was already in retirement. But i am not 100% sure for this.

2023-07-07 10:30

I think they played a couple tournaments but tbh it was all before my time. I just heard a lot of stories when I got into cs in 2010.

2023-07-07 10:34

haha, i watch cs from 2005 when spawn heaton potti were beasts :D

2023-07-07 11:04

I've heard stories & seen old videos of those legends.

2023-07-07 11:09

I have so much to talk about that times haha.

2023-07-07 11:38

When f0rest and GeT_RiGhT transferred to SK they intended to have f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, RobbaN, face and allen as their lineup, but shortly after allen had to step aside due to an illness and never returned until now. Then they had dennis as replacement for allen but he didn't play with them for long before they picked up Delpan instead and became a winning machine.

2023-07-08 19:13

Oooo i remember that, thabk you for this reminder 😁

2023-07-08 21:07

me neither, european dinosaur

2023-07-07 00:46

Easy 16-0 for FaZe Regards

2023-07-06 23:28

Yeah I really don't know how they're going to try to make this seem competitive in any way at all

2023-07-07 06:09

Maybe faze will play r8, sawed off, p90 Negev etc

2023-07-07 07:16

It says the first game is deagle knife and grenades only but that still doesn't seem fair

2023-07-07 18:46

+1 especially against faze who are arguably the best deagle team in the world

2023-07-08 07:04

Right!?

2023-07-08 16:44

1 imposter

yeah who tf is nbk

You can't be serious

2023-07-06 23:43

well im not... so

2023-07-06 23:51

German humor detected

2023-07-07 00:33

That tweet calls them ex-pro legends. NBK isnt an ex-pro though. they did him dirty

Do you think NBK cares?

fair, but they didnt have to do him like that

2023-07-06 23:45

I think they didn't realise they were disrespecting Nathan tbh

2023-07-06 23:46

yeah, pretty easy to forget he's on falcons. especially after they stopped being french

2023-07-06 23:47

The ones who really did him dirty are mouz tho. I expect NBK to win more titles before he retires, no cap

2023-07-06 23:49

yeah he got scammed by mouz. they'd probably be about the same with him for JDC tbh. idk if he'll win more titles but this Falcons team could make a major

2023-07-06 23:50

They'll make a major, i trust. They have beast boros now

2023-07-06 23:53

I'm really shocked Boros went there instead of staying on monte or going literally anywhere else

2023-07-07 06:10

Me too, but gives me some hope that Falcons will be a contender

2023-07-07 13:14

Would be cool to see for sure! I always like watching them and the T2 circuit in general

2023-07-07 18:50

Falcons to my knowledge is a pretty big org in that area and has signed players from Jordan before. so maybe it's more of a "home org feel"? Falcons is also pretty rich iirc, they have decent teams in a ton of esports

2023-07-07 16:53

Interesting, I hadn't heard of them before cs

2023-07-07 18:49

They mostly have middle eastern teams to my knowledge Normally the best middle eastern teams

2023-07-07 19:18

Good to know!

2023-07-08 16:43

+1111 Wheres spawn 🙄🙄

2023-07-07 09:23

omg allen O_O

Need potti and spawn

2023-07-06 23:29

true, and zet!

2023-07-06 23:34

allen? WTF

id love a showmatch with xeqtr, element & co :o

2023-07-06 23:36

2023-07-07 01:46

make eoLithic great again !

2023-07-07 11:48

ez 4 legends

2023-07-06 23:37

allen wow

2023-07-06 23:40

Cool, should bring back more people like allen for some showmatches, especially from Sweden, legendary player pool is so high.

Allen is a 1.6 legend for sure but damn does he even know how to play csgo at all?

Doesnt matter since theyll play cs2

2023-07-06 23:44

I don't know why but that made me laugh, thanks. Have a good evening.

2023-07-06 23:55

i am glad you like my silly joke mens)) you too have a good evening

2023-07-06 23:56

so is NEO, and well... he does know how to play csgo

2023-07-07 01:36

Yes but neo has had an entire career in csgo. I didn’t think Allen even played it

2023-07-07 02:53

Hydrogen bomb vs Coughing baby

This is the perfect comment

2023-07-07 06:11

dont dis faze like that pls

2023-07-07 10:42

cant believe a mf named allen got beta key before me.

maybe because he brought many things in cs esports' history than you will ever do in your entire life posting here?

2023-07-07 11:50

informing people that n0rb3r7 has same majors as s1mple is just as important; it's a task of a lifetime for me.

2023-07-07 11:52

you clearly mix things you dont even understand.

2023-07-07 15:48

you clearly overestimate this allen guy and underestimate the importance of posting about n0rb3r7

2023-07-07 15:54

you understand the period of 2006-2011 for counter strike in general put all what we almost know now? contracts, orgs, esports growing... wining a major doesnt put a player in a good position to make history in a game... its a trophy

2023-07-07 15:57

he should get invite to CS Source legacy fanserver then, not cs2 Showmatch.

2023-07-07 16:08

POG

AdreN ((

Damn thats some serious talent in their primes

unfortunate Im too young to know who allen is (thanks Liquipedia) And why is NBK there lmao.

What the point of it? Aint no one gonna watch it

Don't worry I'll be the 1 viewer

2023-07-07 06:12

So cool! Allen... that's a name I haven't heard in a while. Too bad it could not have been another Swede like zet, walle or Tentpole (:

2023-07-06 23:58

Really wouldn't mind a showmatch in CS2 with all 1.6 legends

2023-07-07 01:47

it's not a showmatch if theres 10k on the line tho

2023-07-07 01:07

Tryhard showmatch

2023-07-07 10:29

holy fk allen, such a 1.6 legend known from like SK 2008 and obv SK 2011 with GTR & f0rp

allen back in business >:)

2023-07-07 00:37

Finally no getright or smooya

2023-07-07 01:00

Lesgo GuardiaN

2023-07-07 01:08

Jimmy Allen most swedish name ever

2023-07-07 01:09

who is allen?

2023-07-07 01:30

cs 1.6 legend was active from 2004 - 2011

2023-07-07 01:32

NBK? lil bro thinks his a legend ain't no way lil bro you ain't him you will never be him

2023-07-07 01:31

Relax kid. You were too busy sucking that pacifier to even realise NBK was out there winning majors

0/8 better luck next time

2023-07-07 17:04

where is walle

2023-07-07 01:35

Super Team Legends

2023-07-07 01:40

wow allen, that's a random blast from the past

2023-07-07 01:59

GuardiaN <3

2023-07-07 02:05

10000 for first place. it is not showmatch

2023-07-07 02:17

40yo allen lesgooo

2023-07-07 02:41

Guardian == +10000 respect for the event managers.

2023-07-07 03:01

allen :O legend is back

2023-07-07 03:26

get to see guardian in something after so long, will be epic

2023-07-07 03:57

NEO <3

2023-07-07 03:59

PLAY OFFICE

2023-07-07 04:55

Would love to see a retired/non active players only. Cmon, faze will never play a serious match, otherwise would be a 16:1 for sure

2023-07-07 05:02

16-12 ez put your bicycle

2023-07-07 05:25

OMEGALUL botguardian 🥲

2023-07-07 06:50

Ladislav "CYKA" Kovács

2023-07-07 06:51

xD lmao , s1mple yes?

2023-07-07 09:24

yes :D

2023-07-07 18:23

wladyslav suka kowac

2023-07-07 10:33

Allen about to be signed

2023-07-07 07:18

lol ALLEN!! its been ages

2023-07-07 08:17

Nbk by far the best current player on that squad

GuardiaN u mean

2023-07-07 14:21

Legend Allen! He never adapted to csgo, did he?

2023-07-07 08:39

has allen even played csgo?

2023-07-07 08:50

Holy fucking fuck how did they get Allen

2023-07-07 10:04

allen! woooow

2023-07-07 10:22

allen holy shit that's an old name Btw he's younger than f0rest damn f0rp truly is the GOAT

2023-07-07 10:36

Just give us a showmatch in CS2 with 1.6 players

allen what the fuck nice throwback

2023-07-07 10:44

omg allen

Interesting

16-0 incoming

2023-07-07 11:25

“Dust2, Mirage, and Nuke, maps will be played more than once until a winner is determined.” Clowns, just keep it a bo3 final, why would u leave a chance for the same map to be played twice in one match :) if u dont have all 5 maps released yet, just keep it bo3, but anyway, its whatever, showmatch anyway, so i guess its fine.

2023-07-07 12:23