Event of the Year 2023 - Community voting

Welcome to the HLTV Award Show presented by 1xBet Community Awards voting.

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.

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Event of the year 2023 by 1xBet
IEM Katowice
BLAST.tv Paris Major
IEM Cologne
IEM Sydney
CS2 Asia Championship
BLAST Premier Fall Final
Elisa Masters Espoo
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interesting
2023-12-21 12:02
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#95
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Brollan | 
Sweden EntonXD
Interesting how its not even a challenge
2023-12-21 16:00
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3 replies
Yeah easy cologne
2023-12-21 17:35
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2 replies
+1
2023-12-21 18:49
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i voted cologne sydney close second and DH Atlanta in my heart
2023-12-21 22:55
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#2
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ropz | 
Finland wormi
lets go elisa gang
2023-12-21 12:03
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2 replies
#45
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Elisa, Finland is the best at hosting events. Closely followed by Australia.
2023-12-21 13:03
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+1
2023-12-22 04:37
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#3
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Malaysia Bolehland
Asia Championship was best TYLOO TOP 1
2023-12-21 12:03
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2 replies
Flag checks out
2023-12-21 13:07
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Based, CAC no.1
2023-12-21 14:24
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Where’s betbom dacha
2023-12-21 12:04
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6 replies
+1 best event of the year, bo5 reverse sweep
2023-12-21 12:41
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meh, thanks to the organizers the event was not good, which is sad because if we’re talking about team performances only it was very enjoyable, but the casters reciting a gambling advert once every other round, twitch ads rolling in crucial moments, tech problems and allegedly integrity problems ruined the whole thing imo and this is coming from a spirit fan
2023-12-21 13:16
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3 replies
#56
cadiaN | 
Poland v3rq
+1 casters being forced to read ads during the game was cringe as hell. And the spectator HUD was horrible too.
2023-12-21 13:30
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1 reply
forgot about that horrible hud, could never figure out if people were low hp or just dead
2023-12-21 13:33
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Really just said it for the meme, the organisation side was a complete shitfuck. Good team performances though i agree
2023-12-21 16:08
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+1
2023-12-21 14:57
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> vote for the remaining three categories below. where?
2023-12-21 12:04
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4 replies
Below
2023-12-21 12:05
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#14
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Europe pro_lapse
> vote for the remaining three categories below. for how many categories?
2023-12-21 12:11
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1 reply
Remaining three
2023-12-22 16:37
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nvm now it's there
2023-12-21 12:12
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Mickey Mouse Cup of the Year
2023-12-21 12:05
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1 reply
KKKKKKKKKKKK
2023-12-22 04:51
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#8
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South Africa Criticle
ez4kato
2023-12-21 12:05
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no way paris gets this
2023-12-21 12:06
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4 replies
+1 based name
2023-12-22 02:45
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Why not? It was great, so many upsets, so many close games, great crowd, great production, no delays That Heroic - GamerLegion game will probably be remembered as one of the best upsets ever I'd argue that Faze - Navi was the best groupstage game ever at a major Some heartbreaking matches like G2 - fnatic which had 3 close maps, and Niko said goodbye forever to his chance of winning a major in CSGO We also got to discover some new talents like iM who had an insane tournament despite being unknown, that was such a breath of fresh air, instead of watching the same players and teams over and over again I really enjoyed watching that major, for me it's by far the best tournameent this year, and one of the best majors in recent times
2023-12-26 19:40
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2 replies
my name
2023-12-26 21:15
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I think it was down two the finals match ups weren't the best. You had a few tier 2/3 teams who made deep runs which meant viewers didn't have the best of the best matching up. Vitality also arguably didn't have the hardest run (not to take any accolades away from them). Lets not even mention that trophy...
2023-12-27 09:03
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#10
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Australia Pennings
IEM Sydney best event of the year 100%. Best crowd, Best final, Punch above its weight in viewership, first cs2 event.
2023-12-21 12:07
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12 replies
I agree
2023-12-21 12:11
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#28
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Slovakia artyone_
+1
2023-12-21 12:22
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Flag checks out
2023-12-21 13:07
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#49
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Norway Snaids
Hell yeah, i live for the aussie crowd
2023-12-21 13:11
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i selected sydney not cuz it was the best, but cuz it surprised me the most how good it was since i didnt really expect anything from it
2023-12-21 14:34
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#106
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Brazil lilpeepBigCityBlues
literally the worst i couldnt watch any match cuz of time
2023-12-21 17:21
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2 replies
Just because of bad timezone doesn't deserve to be not voted for , now you know how Australians New Zealand and Indonesia etc feels #118
2023-12-21 18:55
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1 reply
when you don't see anything of an event, you can't vote it for the best... Or the best event of the list is that you couldn't watch
2023-12-22 06:32
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+1
2023-12-22 06:56
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That's correct answer
2023-12-22 08:25
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Couldnt even watch a whole match. Was a shit event. Cologne >>
2023-12-22 14:20
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1 reply
#171
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Australia Pennings
Average NA room temp IQ
2023-12-23 04:53
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IEM sydney with aussie drunk audience
2023-12-21 12:08
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1 reply
Hey we were watching our drinks!!!
2023-12-21 13:55
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#12
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United States notawaffle
iem sydney for sure
2023-12-21 12:10
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#15
juho | 
Finland Gedolt
Elisa Masters most cultural impact
2023-12-21 12:12
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kato or sidney hopefully people wont vote for paris just because it was the major
2023-12-21 12:13
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2 replies
they will :clueless:
2023-12-21 17:25
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paris had such weak playoff games
2023-12-21 19:02
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Elisa Masters so EZ. Major to Espoo when?
2023-12-21 12:13
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3 replies
#19
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Finland Owava
Major to Tampere, to an actual good venue ;) Espoo was good for that tournament tho
2023-12-21 12:14
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1 reply
Or Helsinki halli/Hartwall areena when its no longer russian owned
2023-12-21 12:16
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+111111111 Finland best crowd best country best people
2023-12-21 13:37
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Cologne because ence vs vita on nuke was absolute banger game
2023-12-21 12:16
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IEM SYDNEH
2023-12-21 12:16
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Just not the major
2023-12-21 12:17
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Kato ez
2023-12-21 12:18
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Paris major of course
2023-12-21 12:19
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9 replies
+1
2023-12-21 12:21
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+1
2023-12-21 12:44
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+1
2023-12-21 12:51
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+1
2023-12-21 13:18
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+1
2023-12-21 14:09
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#81
Faceit level 10  | 
apEX | 
France Alyex
+1
2023-12-21 14:40
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#92
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
aNGeldusT | 
Sweden eeVjoX
I picked this one as well
2023-12-21 15:45
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That trophy though...
2023-12-22 08:31
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#185
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France Gabenjaa
+1
2023-12-24 04:33
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Elisa for sure!
2023-12-21 12:21
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#29
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France Shinoyogan
Paris major had one of the best crowds of all time, and GOATwoo got his well deserved major win/mvp, easy choice. (lets just forget about the trophy)
2023-12-21 12:22
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8 replies
AU crowd is top 1 in world, Paris only got close because it was majore with imported crowd.
2023-12-21 17:26
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the event on its own was bs tho. plenty of talent didnt got hired bc of the ESL v blast/faceit shit, some talent was put in the wrong positions and doing stuff they never did before (Dinko being flamed right, left and center for doing something very dificult he has never done before), and then as justaposition you have banks "Why are players so f**king lazy cunts?" - I still wonder how this guy is loved after this shit when Dinko was getting the flak for doing a job he never done before. Ynk (arguably one of the best analysts was left out) - the only positive thing about the major was only the home crowd, anything else was quite shit imo
2023-12-21 18:29
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6 replies
#133
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Poland BAN_ANIME
wait what was dinko flamed for?
2023-12-21 21:58
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5 replies
for those losers interviews and such cause he was too cold and shit like that when the guy literally never done that, but did it at the major bc the major is the apex for the talent to be at...
2023-12-21 22:24
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4 replies
#138
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Poland BAN_ANIME
weird, imo both shouldn't be flamed it's not THAT serious
2023-12-21 22:44
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3 replies
yes but then people was like: he has no empathy, the player just lost, give him some rest.. and on the other hand you got Banks calling players cunts and saying that wants to smash their heads with the mic, and were all good cause he was joking... (when he wasnt, it was one of those open mic stuff that caught him off guard)
2023-12-21 22:51
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2 replies
#142
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Poland BAN_ANIME
idk i listened to it again and I didn't feel like he was serious about it
2023-12-21 23:05
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1 reply
he was serious about it mate, cause he does those interviews and players are like: yes, no, maybe, later.. no, maybe, yes... not only that, but in a place where we talk about conflict of interests and stuff like that, he represents 3 different orgs for some reason. welp, it is what it is lol
2023-12-21 23:14
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#30
Faceit level 10  | 
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Slovakia artyone_
lets vote for Sydney maybe it will help them get major one day
2023-12-21 12:23
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Where's Gamers8?
2023-12-21 12:26
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1 reply
#79
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Austria lil_Woody
idk, maby to small
2023-12-21 14:38
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#32
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
India ga7axy
Cologne obviously
2023-12-21 12:33
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1 reply
#96
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England Triturn
+1
2023-12-21 16:01
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Paris Best crowd, best winner, best underdogs team And the last major
2023-12-21 12:35
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3 replies
Underdogs are not a good thing in my opinion But yes best event anyway
2023-12-21 12:52
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Paris major was not that good if you don't count the "valve sponsored event" part. Sydney was much better.
2023-12-21 17:27
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#182
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Brazil gu1zera
flag
2023-12-24 00:08
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, Betboom Dacha
2023-12-21 12:44
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Betboom Da(t)cha
2023-12-21 12:44
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IEM Cologne actually sweeps this completely, entire event featured the best counter strike of the year. The only legit contender is IEM Sydney which had a bunch of unstable and uncertain rosters and lots of lower tier teams in attendance with a boring af playoff (outside of the final)
2023-12-21 12:48
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Cologne was absolutely epic. vote Cologne.
2023-12-21 12:53
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Sydney was more hype imo, Cologne wasn't that interesting because of GO already being dead at that time. For me it's either Sydney as the first big CS2 event with a perfect crowd or Katowice.
2023-12-21 14:43
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Sydney for sure - craziest crowd ever, give them the major !
2023-12-21 12:56
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Elisa EASY
2023-12-21 12:58
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#44
Faceit level 10  | 
United Kingdom kennyvenom
Where is IEM Rio? that was great to watch for me
2023-12-21 13:00
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#46
Faceit level 9  | 
rain | 
Palestine vsnoobie
Sydney was the best
2023-12-21 13:05
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my account is new, anybody knows how many time i need wait to vote?
2023-12-21 13:14
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1 reply
#134
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Poland BAN_ANIME
only accounts that were made before the voting are able to vote >Voting will only be accessible to HLTV users who have registered before the release of this article. hltv.org/news/37580/award-show-talent-ev..
2023-12-21 22:00
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#52
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Karppanator
Why is Elisa even nominated? It's DQ'ed from this category because it's not a T1 tournament.
2023-12-21 13:20
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Where bb dacha??
2023-12-21 13:20
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#55
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Europe richwilde
paris major obviously
2023-12-21 13:21
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#58
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Finland Gulaash
im clueless, only watched the major :S
2023-12-21 13:33
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Blast.TV if we are being honest here. Otherwise i would choose Elisa :DDD
2023-12-21 13:42
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#62
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Finland areufu
Where is Canada?
2023-12-21 13:44
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ez for Paris
2023-12-21 13:49
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Imagine someone voting for paris with cct legend stage
2023-12-21 13:53
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#66
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Australia jkass
I voted Sydney
2023-12-21 13:54
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Voted for Sydney. Best crowd and atmosphere, they cheered for everyone
2023-12-21 13:56
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Paris cuz it's awesome to see a team winning from a country where the event is held
2023-12-21 13:56
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#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
magixx | 
World mcs#
Paris - awesome crowd, production and Zywoo with his first major <3 Btw, it was the only major of the year, so...obv choice
2023-12-21 13:59
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sydney shit timezone paris shait games i dont remember katowice or cologne. Which should i vote
2023-12-21 14:12
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3 replies
Just because of bad timezone doesn't deserve to be not voted for , now you know how Australians New Zealand and Indonesia etc feels
2023-12-21 18:49
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2 replies
didnt ask
2023-12-21 19:30
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1 reply
#155
Faceit level 10  | 
jks | 
Australia Tandoura
Quote “ i dont remember katowice or cologne. Which should i vote ” As you can see you have actually asked.
2023-12-22 06:15
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#73
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Romania g4briela
definitely not the paris major
2023-12-21 14:16
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why not gamers 8 as well? i think it went reasonably well for a first time event and political hacks stay away please
2023-12-21 14:17
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CCT ROBBED
2023-12-21 14:17
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1 reply
true
2023-12-21 15:20
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Can’t you hear the bells sing in Cologne?
2023-12-21 14:19
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Paris ofc, best LAN in years, the event where people finally understood tier1 team is not an an organization but the actual players which play for the team and the results they achieve together as a team
2023-12-21 14:44
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#84
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Germany hltvfinest
Blast dead last, even roobet cup was more interesting
2023-12-21 14:59
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#85
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Georgia Megobari
Ez for Australia <3
2023-12-21 14:59
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all boring
2023-12-21 15:00
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where is esl pro league ?
2023-12-21 15:01
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1 reply
#88
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Germany KEMSN
yeah thats the question... would take pro league too
2023-12-21 15:10
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#90
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Hungary StraYzie
ESL Pro League S18 easy
2023-12-21 15:21
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1 reply
#125
Faceit level 10  | 
ropz | 
Argentina rawe1337
Indeed
2023-12-21 19:19
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none
2023-12-21 15:40
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Major is Major. But I'll be biased and vote for Elisa
2023-12-21 15:50
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2 replies
The major sucked Cologne was quite good Kato was meh
2023-12-21 16:20
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#131
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Emvi
Same 😎
2023-12-21 21:15
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#94
Faceit level 10  | 
United Kingdom S3TUPP
Just realising now that all events were mid this year unlike 2022
2023-12-21 15:56
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#97
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
based | 
Japan Art
nice
2023-12-21 16:02
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#100
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden Hasklon
cologne sweep
2023-12-21 16:27
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#101
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden fued
#1 sydney #2 elisa
2023-12-21 16:42
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iem sydney was unexpectedly good
2023-12-21 16:54
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#103
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Lesotho dustvoxx
sydney goated easily, the ence faze match alone does it already
2023-12-21 16:59
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Dallas because ENCE won
2023-12-21 17:03
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this year the best was gamer8, but it is not here(
2023-12-21 17:17
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nocrowd8
2023-12-21 19:12
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#110
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Brazil lilpeepBigCityBlues
either elisa or paris major
2023-12-21 17:27
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IEM sydney do NOT flag check me
2023-12-21 18:02
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#113
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Germany Sol1taire
WHERE IS GAMERS8 - THAT WAS THE BEST
2023-12-21 18:15
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I loved the Aussie crowd so much energy and yes I'm Australian but I loved it and it was my favourite
2023-12-21 18:43
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wtf wheres IEM RIO
2023-12-21 18:44
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1 reply
In Brazil
2023-12-22 08:15
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COLOGNE EZ
2023-12-21 18:55
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Man I really wanted to vote in this community vote, created an account just to vote but seems like I can't since the account is too new.
2023-12-21 19:01
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#123
Dosia | 
Brazil lewd
voted
2023-12-21 19:09
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Paris was the best event of the year, Sydney had the best crowd, Blast Fall Final was the perfect "final event" of the year with the best story-lines and rematches, better than Blast Worlds.
2023-12-21 19:48
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who cares
2023-12-21 20:05
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elisa 100%
2023-12-21 20:52
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Cologne easily clears any other event this year
2023-12-21 21:12
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Where tf is iem dallas 2023?
2023-12-21 21:27
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Cologne 2023
2023-12-21 22:06
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should be cologne
2023-12-21 22:10
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#144
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United States diskez
Paris Major getting no votes? Best Major I've ever seen
2023-12-21 23:16
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#145
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Russia medmut
PLS ALL VOTE FOF ELISA FOR KEKW RESULTS
2023-12-22 00:56
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Pro League is always the best event because it's such a large body of teams with triple elimination. Love that shit. It can be such a slug fest and everyone has a chance. Plus the events are always chill and it's so long that there's always players coming on and talking or casting. Pro League best league. But I voted Cologne because HLTV hates it I guess.
2023-12-22 01:35
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IEM Katowice because I bet like €400 or something before the tournament and won about €2500 with G2.
2023-12-22 01:37
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#149
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Brazil CS_KING
I didn't watch Cologne and Sidney. For me it was Paris major because the last major vibes and that crowd with trumpet was giving me chills
2023-12-22 03:56
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IEM Sydney.
2023-12-22 04:19
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#151
Faceit level 10  | 
Macau ningqiqi
Paris major > kato/cologne in this year, it's best Major in CSGO i think.
2023-12-22 04:22
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paris~ last major in csgo saaad
2023-12-22 05:57
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IEM Sydney.
2023-12-22 09:07
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#163
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Australia Caveman_
If IEM Sydney does not win I will do nothing except be slightly annoyed
2023-12-22 13:40
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#165
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Czech Republic Semi96
voted for paris even though as a major it was kinda mid, but I dont remember the other events lmao
2023-12-22 14:22
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IEM Sydney was the most entertaining to watch with Faze and Complexity shocking everyone with that final match
2023-12-22 15:19
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EZ Cologne
2023-12-22 19:58
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1 reply
+1
2023-12-25 15:26
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#169
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World 888F!NAL
IEM Katowice most interesting, high quality CS and good storylines
2023-12-22 22:42
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I would like to add a CS Hall of Fame where every Award Show 3 or so players get introducted. Maybe the first year you can introduce 10 Players. What do you think?
2023-12-23 00:55
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#172
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Israel RoyBenji
To be honest I voted Paris 100% only because Vit won the major
2023-12-23 05:12
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The major is the main tournament of the cs
2023-12-23 10:05
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Iem sydney was crazy though, amazing grand final
2023-12-23 15:03
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no worlds 2023 on the list? wtf
2023-12-23 18:06
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Probably Cologne. Katowice second close with great final and upsets. Major was ok, playoffs were underwhelming. Sydney is the only other real contender among these, and it was just a good event not the best one
2023-12-23 19:31
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why cant i vote for epl world series americas season 5?
2023-12-23 23:39
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#180
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Brazil gu1zera
ELISA IS MAJOR <3
2023-12-24 00:07
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#181
Faceit level 10  | 
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Ukraine Xe0m
sydney easy
2023-12-24 00:08
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extremesland
2023-12-24 01:07
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#184
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Scotland steeshy
Wheres BB Dacha?
2023-12-24 01:56
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For me it was IEM Sydney, incredible crowd
2023-12-24 13:34
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Rio Major best rest is irrelevant.
2023-12-24 13:36
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Rio Major was 2022
2023-12-24 20:25
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Rio major >>>>
2023-12-25 06:11
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#190
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Russia rainsjer
Okkkkey
2023-12-25 10:37
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Ez 4 elisa
2023-12-26 02:07
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#193
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Russia 1_vs_9
I was at Cologne, it was cool. But c’mon, there is a single Major in the list, it definitely should win, regardless of (if any) organisation issues. A Major is always the most exciting to watch, because all of the team give their all on it, because of its prestige. The best strats and tricks are saved for it, a lot of mindgames and dramatic stories going on. And of course it has the most thorough, compelling and fair selection of the teams to go to the main stages. I’m not defending the flaws of the latest years major’s system, but it’s good just because it takes a lot of matches to be played, and of course it’s not something that’s feasible for other non-Major LANs
2023-12-26 03:19
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Sydney/Cologne
2023-12-26 07:23
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I’d like to pick the major but the bracket was so funky lol
2023-12-26 07:44
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Dallas was electric. Faze vs ence was the best match all year. Call this a write in vote because none of the others seem worth it. Oh well, maybe I'll refresh my memory from the other events earlier in the year when teams seemed to care more.
2023-12-26 09:06
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#197
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France Kaiers
Major for the trumpet guy
2023-12-26 12:18
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Espoo ez
2023-12-26 14:33
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