Award Show: Talent, Event, Streamer, and Creator of the Year nominees unveiled

20-12-2023 17:56

The Community Awards, decided exclusively by HLTV users, are a new part of the HLTV Award Show presented by 1xBet.

Who will the populace choose?

To pay tribute to important parts of the Counter-Strike community that are hard to quantify through stats and numbers, we have come up with a new category of awards for this year's ceremony: Community Awards.

Decided 100% by the vote of active HLTV users, Community Awards will be given out for the Talent, Event, Streamer, and Creator of the Year to show who the fan favorite was in 2023.

The voting will start on December 21 at 12:00 and end on December 27 at 23:59 . Voting will only be accessible to HLTV users who have registered before the release of this article.

Streamer of the Year voting

Creator of the Year voting

Talent of the Year voting

Event of the Year voting

Also, check out the HLTV Award Show page.

Find the list of nominees as well as an explanation for the methodology used to decide them below.

Talent of the Year

As evident by the high number of nominees, this category was a difficult one to decide. Ultimately, we decided to include the talent with the most appearances at S-tier tournaments in 2023, with the logic that the best talent will be at the best events.

We have decided against breaking the award into categories such as caster, analyst, and host, as ultimately many members of talent switch between different roles, and some events such as ESL Pro League approach broadcast work completely fluidly.

Notable omissions from the list are Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell and Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron, but the two Brits fell short after just a few top-tier event appearances in the second half of 2023.

Talent of the Year nominees, ordered by S-tier event appearances:

Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez
Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks
Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy

Event of the Year

Using a similar methodology, the shortlist for the Event of the Year was created by looking at S-tier events and the best A-tier arena events from different tournament organizers.

To limit the dominance of the biggest organizers, we have chosen the two most successful events for each company (with the help of data from Esport Charts). An exception was made for IEM Sydney which was included as the first arena CS2 tournament ever.

Event of the Year nominees, ordered chronologically:

IEM Katowice
BLAST.tv Paris Major
IEM Cologne
IEM Sydney
CS2 Asia Championships
BLAST Premier Fall Final
Elisa Masters Espoo

Streamer and Creator of the Year

Finding the most successful streamers and creators was not easy, but we again wanted to have statistical backing to the shortlist we presented for voting. With the help of Stream Hatchet, who provided a detailed data analysis of Counter-Strike Streamers and Creators across multiple metrics, platforms, and content formats, we had a list of the top 100 in both categories.

We then went from the top of the list and double-checked that the user was primarily working in Counter-Strike, and made sure that each person was only on the list where they were ranked higher, eliminating duplicated. For creators, we focused on YouTube, and prioritized those that didn't gain most of their views through short-form content.

That left us with the following ten Streamer of the Year nominees, ordered alphabetically:

bystaxx
fl0m
gaules
izakooo
jaxiTV
Lobanjicaa
ohnepixel
olofmeister
rootthegamer
trilluxe

And these are the nominees for the Creator of the Year, ordered alphabetically:

3kliksphilip
Anomaly
Cachorro1337
HS Top
NadeKing
nartouthere
Polex
Shoke
Sparkles
SuperstituM
SwaggerSouls
TheWarOwl

Stay tuned for the voting which starts on December 21!

Announcing HLTV Award Show 2023 presented by 1xBet

The HLTV Award Show presented on 1xBet is the annual celebration of Counter-Strike, which will take place on January 13 in Belgrade, Serbia. The suit-and-tie, red-carpet event will feature community, panel, and HLTV-decided awards, and will culminate with the reveal of the Player of the Year.

If you are interested in attending the HLTV Award Show, reach out to Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin via Twitter or email ([email protected]). The show isn't open to the public, but all industry members are welcome to attend.

talent of the year: maniac or freya event of the year: katowice or paris major (zywoo major W) streamer of the year: ohne creator of the year: 3kliks or nadeking

2023-12-20 18:04

16 replies

Superstitum omegalul, imagine a frog walking at the award show

2023-12-20 18:02

2 replies

letsgoooooo

2023-12-20 18:20

Team winnings t1 events in CS2 Superstitum: How s1mple really plays CSGO 5. Idk seems like he really likes s1mple, i could be wrong though.

2023-12-21 07:06

streamer of the year and creator of the year : psp1g

2023-12-20 18:08

Ohne? He's a bit... obnoxious

2023-12-20 18:17

4 replies

feel whatever way you want about him but it's an objective fact he's been the most popular and influential CS streamer the past year

2023-12-20 18:18

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I wouldn't say the most popular and influential because Gaules is still there but for sure he's the most that has grown in your community this year

2023-12-20 18:38

ohne will win it 100%, for how much gaules has a HUGE viewership, ohne did all these numbers in a year, while gaules have had that follow for a while now. I might be wrong tho

2023-12-20 18:46

1 reply

you aren't wrong tho

2023-12-20 21:43

Nart should win he put out a vid everyday with new stuff from watching demos for weeks straight Also F flom, that neck beard has no business being anywhere near CS. He's trash at the game and a trash human, he needs to go get a job at Walmart's return section. He takes up room in NA.

2023-12-20 19:25

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Nart was and probably still is doing gods work

2023-12-20 20:44

What did Flom do that was so bad lol, literally have never heard of drama surrounding him

me when i dont know anything about NACS

2023-12-20 22:08

nt fl0m go push baskets

2023-12-21 08:24

+1, Nart deserves it

2023-12-21 11:59

I don't know about creator and streamer but I agree with you 100% for event and talent

2023-12-20 19:52

2023-12-20 18:01

I wouldn't say the most popular and influential because Gaules is still there but for sure he's the most that has grown in your community this year Edit: sorry, wrong reply, it was for the #25. Really sorry

2023-12-20 18:37

I forgive you

2023-12-20 21:27

pimp ez

NadeKing's Estonian?

According to HLTV: hltv.org/player/23309/nadeking

2023-12-20 18:14

yes he is

2023-12-20 23:09

zywoo will take everything ffs dark days for us

Who's us?

2023-12-20 18:23

s1mple fans

2023-12-20 18:26

can't wait

Event of the Year should be voted based on technical aspects like format, etc or purely by how enjoyable it was?

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I think it should be voted as technical event, which makes the whole packet work best with what games they have and possible who is innovating on how to develop events to better products. But because people are people, the winner will be major, with possibility of cologne, because people only think of prestige and storylines. And because those two events had most eyes watching.

2023-12-20 22:58

would be logical its the major as everyone can qualify for it , it s the best/ more fair system also the production was really good also it was last csgo major it was the goal of the year for evry teams

2023-12-20 23:44

Let me ask you like this; if this vote was in last year, do you think major would have won? (meaning either antwerp or rio major)

2023-12-20 23:49

i don t know cause i don t remember much about the events. i don t think it will be the major this year but i like every team can qualify for it, it gives a special vibe and we get more upsets and everyone come with best preparation possible.

2023-12-20 23:55

That is fair. Yes I agree and I very much do appreciate that aspect of major. Whole major cycle to be exact, storylines really do get crazy if one just is good enough. My point was that I have hard time seeing any other event than major winning this kind of vote unless major organiser fucks the thing over by himself. I have hard time imagining any kind of event that could beat a good major. But then again, its voting and maybe I will be surprised.

2023-12-21 00:01

Last year Antwerp or Cologne would have won for sure.

2023-12-22 14:18

ohnepixel? this guy acting like NA Streamers and youtube jesust bro wanna be ishowspeed

2023-12-20 18:03

wtf hahaha

2023-12-21 07:42

No bleh :(

not even close

2023-12-21 02:47

Where is KRL for streamer of the year?

ez W for Maniac

yes CS2 Asia Championships and Elisa Masters Espoo my favorite tournaments

Cooper should be here.

2023-12-20 18:07

+1 mr Bald head deserves to be there. Better than 80% of these people listed

2023-12-20 18:56

Highlight of the year should be community awards too!

Pog can't wait

ohne my drilla

Loba streamer of the year lmao

launders, paris major, ohnepixel, nadeking

man of culture

MA DRILLA winning it easy

2023-12-20 18:09

nadeking is a proud estonian i see

Event of the year :- cologne/katowice , sorry major.

How can you vote kato/cologne, when you can't even recognize which one was the better one of those two.

2023-12-20 22:57

What?

2023-12-21 08:44

What what? You can either vote Katowice or Cologne. And since its vote, if half of people gives votes to Katowice and other half to Cologne, because people think those are equal, can means both of those events be rated lower than the actual support would be.

2023-12-21 09:20

Cachorro1337 supremacy begins, bro was nominated for Content Creator of the Year for click baits and stealing content from foreigners

2023-12-20 18:19

W, the worst youtuber

2023-12-20 19:03

nartouthere deserve credits he helps also pro players

thanks so much <3

god <3 I improve a lot because of you, continue with this work

2023-12-20 18:43

no way this is nart! bro u a god!

2023-12-20 19:46

Thank you HLTV for the nomination for content creator of the year. I am happy to hear my hard work this year got recognized.

you should win it. gl.

2023-12-20 18:27

good luck nart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

talent of the year: donk!

2023-12-20 18:22

talent - none of them deserves it, cs casting talent is dogshit creator - nartouthere for being the one that is actually useful streamer - obvious gaules

Are you dumb, cs has the best casters

2023-12-20 23:07

Scrawny - just like him for his communication skills during the interviews etc. BLAST.tv Paris Major - Major with interesting graphics, content, results... ohnepixel- this guy is just so fun to watch (most of the time xd), his community and interviews done by Dona are also good points of his streams, also he is my drilla nartouthere - awesome videos for every utility etc. This guy just has to get it for the effort he is putting into his videos.

2023-12-20 18:24

This will be fun! Great the community can get involved

2023-12-20 18:25

Ez 4 Anomaly

2023-12-20 18:29

streamer of the year: forsen

2023-12-20 18:33

+1 rigged awards

2023-12-20 20:24

Ez for fl0m

Cooper >>>>>>>>>> m0e>fl0m

2023-12-20 18:57

Bro really said moe.... opinion rejected

2023-12-20 18:58

For me its: Freya (Maui 2nd) Kato or Cologne or Sydney Ohne 3kliks or Nartout

2023-12-20 18:34

smooya robbed for streamer of the year

NartOutHere is on if my favorite YouTubers for csgo, he isn’t nearly as popular as the other nominees however. But the guy puts in so much time to his videos I’m glad he is getting some recognition for the hard work.

thank you eraze <3

2023-12-20 20:59

Of course you are an HLTV’er lmao. You’re welcome!

2023-12-20 21:04

Why no br casters in talent??? Crack michel and maestro big apoka cast games. Hltv will never understand.

"As evident by the high number of nominees, this category was a difficult one to decide. Ultimately, we decided to include the talent with the most appearances at S-tier tournaments in 2023" maybe learn how to read first?

2023-12-20 19:56

they appeared in every single S-tier event, no wonder portugueses are known for being stupid

2023-12-20 20:10

Ofc they do international casters :)

2023-12-21 08:47

bleh or hedje

2023-12-20 18:45

Event of the year hands down CCT Witnessed some Unbelievable CS throughout the year

Would be great if Sidney wins it, crowd was amazing, but event itself was not as big I guess, so I think it will not get it

Kato or Cologne SHOULD get it but Paris will get it for obvious reasons

2023-12-20 19:21

ngl, Sydney was great, the matches were really good to watch as well, might get my vote!

2023-12-21 11:22

Ohnepixel for the win, easily the best CS streamer. Im not a fan but i admit he is the best. He plays, watches pro games, talks skins and reacts to fan content etc.

2023-12-20 18:47

HS Top it's Russian guys

2023-12-20 18:48

ohne my drilla will win this

2023-12-20 18:49

maui ftw

2023-12-20 18:50

Such a shame to leave me man Cooper out of the list

Maui Fl0m Nart

2023-12-20 18:59

imagine putting Pimp unironically in the category talent of the year

2023-12-20 19:02

cachorro1337 kkkkkkkkkkkk the clickbaiter

idk why people keep saying that, guy is out there putting content for the community. besides, nowadays you'll hardly find any youtube video that doesn't have clickbait, it's the norm, if you don't have that, you don't get views, simple as that. edit: I don't watch his videos, have probably seen 2 in my entire life

2023-12-21 11:25

psp1g where??

2023-12-20 19:08

Vote loba

2023-12-20 19:12

bruh where is virre

2023-12-20 19:22

SwaggerSouls is american, just moved to Australia I believe

2023-12-20 19:24

Swaggersouls lmao, did not expect that but happy surprise.

No Thorin in the Creator of the year. nice mickey mouse Award

2023-12-20 19:30

Be ready to vote for OhnePixel. Our MADRILLA will win!!!

2023-12-20 19:41

talent: sjokz rest whatever

2023-12-20 19:44

Thank you for the nomination <3

2023-12-20 19:49

You're the best bro <3

2023-12-20 19:53

GOAT

2023-12-20 20:21

Deserved!

2023-12-20 23:18

Remove pimp pls. This guy is annoying af. He cant even speak proper english.

Talent: Freya Event: Kato Stream: ESLCSb Creator: Vital. I'm sure he's creating rewind 2021 as we speak.

2023-12-20 19:54

I appreciate you for thinking of me :)

2023-12-21 10:52

Easy Anders Cologne or major Olof Sparkles

2023-12-20 19:59

HenryG Cologne or Katowice Bystaxx Sparkles Thx me later

2023-12-20 20:04

2023-12-20 22:34

The austincs snub is crazy

2023-12-20 20:13

if Major isn't Event of the Year, whole HLTV will be canceled by Valve

2023-12-20 20:17

Talent: Maniac/Freya Event: IEM Sydney Streamer: Ohne (though I don't watch much, his impact in the scene is undeniable) YT: Nart (is constantly uploading multiple videos per week, searching through hours of demos, hardest working out the lot from what I can tell)

2023-12-20 20:20

Talent: Freya/SPUNJ Event: Paris Major Streamer: Ohnepixel/TrilluXe Creator: 3kliks

2023-12-20 20:26

Event: Katowice Streamer: Ohne for sure 🤝 Creator: Anomaly and None. 💫

2023-12-20 20:30

talent - Maniac/Freya event - Katowice/Cologne streamer - Ohnepixel/Gaules creator - Sparkles/NadeKing

2023-12-20 20:31

talent of the year: Freya event of the year: Katowice streamer of the year: gaules creator of the year: 3kliksphilip easy not even close!

Talent - Freya 1, Maniac 2, Scrawny 3 Event - Major 1, Cologne 2, Katowice 3 Streamer - Ohnepixel 1, Gaules 2, TrilluXe 3 Creators - Nadeking 1, idk the rest.

2023-12-20 20:49

Isn't Superstitum turkish?

2023-12-20 20:52

Event of the year has to be Sydney, even though it didn’t collaborated to well with europe timezones. But the atmosphere was amazing + it was the first cs2 event. They rly deserve a major..

2023-12-20 20:56

Sydney did not perform well compared to other events. Its just that it was the first cs2 event so some technical problems were expected and accepted.

2023-12-20 22:53

It would be cool to have cosmetics creator awards as well. For how Influencial stickers, skins and workshop maps are, it would be nice to see the workshop creators get some spotlight in a CS specific awards show like this.

2023-12-20 21:03

No award for Richard Lewis? He will be devastated

2023-12-20 21:11

same talents every year so i guess same winner gg Spunj Event ofc you have to pick last csgo major even though it was joke streamer who cars creator who cars they should seize format and add fraud of the year

2023-12-20 21:25

I would actually very much appreciate format vote. We could actually see some improvements over years and have real effect on what formats tournaments run.

2023-12-20 22:55

Look who is counting the votes. He’s a lock.

2023-12-21 01:51

tbh i like him too so im ok with that

2023-12-21 16:03

I are no see Thorins :(

2023-12-20 21:26

Maniac - the best analyst by far Paris major - great event. Zywoos first major Olofmeister - actually really fun streams 3kliksphilip - someone who does alot for the cs community

2023-12-20 21:38

Pog.

loba? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2023-12-20 21:59

Ez for loba

2023-12-20 22:12

penguin robbed

2023-12-20 22:21

The problem with talent vote is that Spunj is there, so nobody else even has a chance. No fault of Spunj of course, he is the best. Actually I just recognized another problem. I mainly watch OLVARI in finnish stream so I actually have no idea which talent in english stream has done best. Well, first world problem to be had.

2023-12-20 23:01

Best talent: BanKs Best tournament: BLAST.tv Paris Major Best streamer: ohnepixel Best creator: 3kliksphilip or TheWarOwl

Launders IEM Cologne Streamer: fl0m (altho I would’ve chosen Stewie) Creator: Warowl

2023-12-20 23:08

Just vote for the talent that has had the most cultural impact. EZ. Who do you talk about the most after events? nadeKing IEM Cologne

2023-12-21 00:03

No Houngoungagne in the content creator list? Is it because he spoke against all the gambling/betting scams that poison the CS scene?

2023-12-21 01:02

Ez 4 gaules

2023-12-21 01:52

To be truth shock creates exclusive content that is not connected only with actions inside game. Interviews, videos about his team and building PC club look much fresh

2023-12-21 01:58