Update brings all-new Major hub and Pick'Ems

14-3-2024 09:40

The team and player stickers will come to the Copenhagen Major hub soon.

Valve has released a Counter-Strike update bringing with it a revamped hub for the Copenhagen Major. There, players can find the revamped Pick'Em challenge, viewers pass, souvenirs and, when they get shipped, the team and player stickers — 50% of the proceeds of which go to the players and organizations.

The active viewer's pass will once again allow players to upgrade their Major coin and earn extra souvenir packages along the way. In the past, it was necessary to play the Pick'Em challenge, but this time around the Pick'Em is free, although players will not earn rewards from each event stage. All players need is to have Prime status to start placing their picks.

The changelog is:

[COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR]

- The Copenhagen Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.

- Purchase a Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Copenhagen 2024 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.

- All players with Prime status can place Pick'Em picks for free! However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from an event stage, you will have to activate a Viewer Pass before that stage begins.

[GAMEPLAY]

- Adjusted molotov fire to address a case where a player who could see through fire could not be seen by their opponent.

yay

2024-03-14 09:42

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CoL yay

2024-03-14 13:02

1 reply

BLEED yay.

2024-03-14 14:08

Pickems gonna be rough

11 replies

You bet. I'm probably gonna skip this time around cuz it's so random. Especially the first stage I don't even know how to evaluate teams at this point.

2024-03-14 09:45

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Wtf? It shouldn't be ,,ez"

2024-03-14 10:29

Just do the pickems for free and if you do good buy the pass for coin

2024-03-14 11:00

4 replies

Hmm, might do that actually.

2024-03-14 11:34

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Coin wont upgrade unless pass is activated before the event starts. Hope this saves you from time + money.

2024-03-14 12:39

Ty I was wondering this

2024-03-14 21:27

2024-03-14 21:39

yeah cant abuse which team will qualify anymore

2024-03-14 09:56

I think that this time around the error percentage will be 100x higher. U have 3 or 4 teams that u can "trust", but the rest of them u just have to make a complete gamble.

2024-03-14 10:06

This is going to be extremely hard. There are too many Bo1s, you can't "trust" any team to go 3-0 or 0-3

2024-03-14 17:03

True, i think that this major might be the one i have seen with the biggest upset potential. In challengers stage, as far as i have seen, anyone can beat anyone.

2024-03-14 18:47

lets go

2024-03-14 09:43

EZ 4 ENCE

+1 for polish powa

2024-03-14 18:51

2024-03-14 09:44

valve so greedy, making millions of dollars with these stickers without taking proper care of the game.

33 replies

another HLTV kid who doesn't understand it's completely different teams working on the gameplay and on the stickers and stuff :D

2024-03-14 09:47

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Ok, so IF there are in fact completely different teams, where have this sticker team been missing then? 1 case in a year and can't even release stickers in time?

2024-03-14 09:50

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aren't stickers late due to Wicadia?

2024-03-14 09:51

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Who set the stupid sticker rules? Where have other types of content been?

2024-03-14 09:52

blaming the rules and not the people incapable of following them is crazy

2024-03-14 19:05

The rules are bad because 1) they were not enforced before, so nobody had any idea how those rules applied 2) they limit creativity

2024-03-15 10:28

What did he do?

2024-03-14 12:12

afaik he got his signature rejected, pic was posted where he says that he hand drawn it and they still didn't accept it, then some guy finds out he just used some random font lol twitter.com/Dev1337211569/status/1767984..

2024-03-14 13:44

LMAO I didnt even see this yet. Hilarious everyones calling Valve lazy and shit but every year stickers are delayed cause players cant follow really simple instructions

2024-03-14 14:55

LMFAAOOOO bruh I legit thought this was fake, Thour deleted the quote tweet so I'm guessing Wicadia asked him to XD Can clearly see he just used the line tool across the top HAHAHAHA

2024-03-14 22:29

Stickers are usually late because of teams and players not submitting them properly, in this case wicadia but there were cases in the past pf other players

2024-03-14 09:54

Who changed the rules this year? Did the teams do that?

2024-03-14 09:55

Rules wasn't changed, problem is nobody care about them in the past until we reached a point those were drawings instead than signatures, so Volvo reminded players they would enforce rules that ask for a signature not a drawing over it.

2024-03-14 10:16

it was always like this except for rio major.

2024-03-14 11:04

afaik valve is a company of around 300 people with no traditional hierarchy, all employees are free to move between projects. it’s the same employees doing most of the stuff. obv game design and coding are different, but i think they are skilled in many fields :) tbh valve just should license someone’s AC, like faceits or easy ac. instant solution

2024-03-14 10:01

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Bro it's been like a decade since they stopped with the 'free movement' thing. But you're right, that used to be how their devs moved between projects.

2024-03-14 10:14

Really? Where did you hear that? But I suppose they are too big now for that kind of arrangement.

2024-03-14 10:42

As far as I can remember, it was Valve themselves mentioning it. It was originally 'leaked' through their own employee handbook. It probably has something to do with them having long periods of not actually developing games, but still needing to update their current ones.. so they have static teams of people providing something like CSGO updates and CS2, and Dota2, and a much smaller amount of people working on other things like TF2. Considering rumours that they might actively be developing several games at the moment, it could be likely that they would be using the 'free movement' in that department. It's a bit more complex when you're working with old spaghetti code.

its pretty well known and documented you can search valve work culture

2024-03-14 11:28

Yeah I know their free movement culture bit idk anything about them abolishing it.

2024-03-14 16:03

>tbh valve just should license someone’s AC honestly this i play fortnite which use Easy AC, afaik its not really good but still i don't feel bad playing

2024-03-14 10:59

things is fortnite uses eac and battleye iirc.

2024-03-14 11:05

Valve using anything from Epic — Not gonna happen.

yeah I know that, but they're not doing a good job with either departments lazy borderless copy paste stickers cheaters and farm bots everywhere

2024-03-14 10:04

so what? they are still part of the company and the are incompetent as hell

2024-03-14 10:34

Maybe read up on how valve operates?

2024-03-14 10:35

thats now how valve works lol, there is no real structure in valve

2024-03-14 11:40

Different teams but the same company. He said "valve" so he is right

2024-03-14 19:51

Another hltv kid who took the obvious bait

2024-03-15 12:06

Wait till you find out how much money they make off gambling to kids…I mean cases.

2024-03-14 10:46

BLABBERING BABY

2024-03-14 10:50

7/8

2024-03-14 11:19

not gonna buy stickers or viewer pass until the game is in a more proper state, giving money now would make them even lazier and make them think we give out cash anyway regardless how shit the game is. I mean they add 2 arms race maps and sell it as a content update lmao.

2024-03-14 13:24

Ez Mongolz

2024-03-14 09:48

2024-03-14 11:10

same old design, lazy valve

So if I want souvenir packages drop I need to buy viewer pass AND play pick ems? Is that correct?

You can play pickems but wont get the coin without upgrading

Thx for fast answer bro, and if I want souvenir packages? What exactly do I need to do then?

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You need to buy the pass, after which Get stage picks correct to get packages This stage 1 package Next stage 1 package Playoffs 1 package

2024-03-14 10:03

not exactly, now you can buy the souvenirs packages directly from the matches without the pass

2024-03-14 14:52

wtf? so best case I get 3 souvenir packages that I could have bought for 8.55?

2024-03-14 15:04

Well it says "get a package every time you upgrade your coin" and it starts on bronze and gets to diamond so you'd expect 3 packages

2024-03-14 15:34

yeah you are right, but it feels weird to get the diamond coin and only get 3 packages that you could have bought for less money than the viewer pass costs

2024-03-14 15:39

Probably this pickem Will be the most difficult ever to bet. In my opinion isnt worth to spend money at all. Missing the old Times where just for viewing games, you could have won souvenir cases...

Having 3 streams open on pc,phone,tablet with 3 different accounts xD good ol times

2024-03-14 10:13

so nostalgic. getting so hyped when cobblestone came on

2024-03-14 11:42

mousesports - flipside cobblestone OVERTIME LETS GOOOOOOO pretty sure it was almost 2 games cause of 3 or 4 OT

2024-03-14 14:47

Bruh I never once got a souvenir drop and I watched a shit tonne of matches. Surely you had to be to a lucky bastard to get a drop lol

2024-03-14 10:43

or 20 accounts lol

2024-03-14 11:01

Got souvenir drops on the first major, back in 2013. Only had 1 account in my life. At least had 1 drop for each major. Back in the old days when csgo was a game who required to be purchased on Steam.

2024-03-14 13:28

Bring another bunch of borderless stickers VALVE with 4-5 months on sale too and repeat twice a year, every years from now on ! I want every sticker to crash like never before. Thanks

2024-03-14 10:17

How many did you buy?

2024-03-14 11:12

I havent yet but i will soon, what about you ?

2024-03-14 11:25

What are rewards, is it worht to buy this pass?

2024-03-14 10:26

Souvenir packages and diamond coin for gigachads

2024-03-14 10:58

completely fürn HUGO....

2024-03-14 10:31

valve crying cuz it wont make 100 millions out of s1mple gold stickers valve also not crying cuz it will make 500 millions out of DONK gold stickers morale of story: VALVE always wins

2024-03-14 10:32

No one at Valve is crying, and I'm happy for them. I've spent 4000+ hours on CS alone, more like 5000+ on all Valve games. No other game comes close to those numbers, and while I've paid 40-60 € for many games I've played for max of 200 hours or so, CS has cost me 15 € once. AND I get 0,50 € minimum back in cases/skins by just playing CS weekly. AND I enjoy watching professional matches every 2 weeks or so, that are only possible due to Valve's work towards CS. I really don't get why people are so fucking salty towards Valve. They deserve the money, they deserve to win.

2024-03-14 12:45

ok dude, u missed the whole point

2024-03-14 13:04

Ok. Spaghetti.

2024-03-14 21:06

valve probably makes the most money with mouz stickers lol

2024-03-14 15:06

This diamond coin will be even more rare than the Rio one.

2024-03-14 10:38

Or the gold one from Astralis first major win.

Krakow's way more rare than any one of Astralis'

2024-03-14 10:47

that first astralis win was predictable krakow was retarded, it was so retarded it gave dupreeh appendicitis

2024-03-15 03:08

2024-03-15 09:23

For the first time since 2017 I don't want to spend any money on major... Is it just me or it's valve laziness effect that has such a huge consequence?

No its not you ... theyve become greedy to the point that they wont even try anymore. I get the same feeling even though i just bought the pass. I was eager to get a diamond coin, open some souvenirs and check new stickers .. now everything feels flat ! The same coin, the same souvenirs, the same stickers .. over and over. Boring af This time around ill go for diamond coin.. and move on

> Adjusted molotov fire to address a case where a player who could see through fire could not be seen by their opponent. So, both now don't see or see through fire?

2024-03-14 11:03

ctrl+f type VAC result = 0 close

2024-03-14 11:11

2024-03-14 12:08

Sinaser still at it. lol

2024-03-15 06:06

Script leaked in picture?

2024-03-14 11:35

can I play this without having the game installed? I don't have my PC anymore, only a crap laptop

2024-03-14 11:49

I dont think you can, unfortunately I'm in a similar boat, have not played CS in years and dont have it installed

2024-03-14 12:10

#121

2024-03-14 17:38

majors.im/24copenhagen and note the results on notepad or something like that

ooh thanks!!

2024-03-14 18:38

WHat are there souvenir coin for extra 6€? do you need them to exchange it for souvenirs?

1 more pick than csgo but still hard if not harder since 3-1 and 3-2 wont count 3-0

Definitely harder. If you pick a team to advance 3-1 or 3-2 and they go 3-0 you lost a pick. Same thing if you pick the best teams to advance 3-0 and they lose a Bo1 and end up 3-1

2024-03-14 17:10

especially factoring in MR12 bo1s...

2024-03-14 23:49

this year's Pick'Em is so difficult,I hate valve(just kidding)

2024-03-14 12:16

In the previous pickem system you had to be tactical. In this new version you have to be a brainless beleiver. :(

2024-03-15 12:22

The current situation is that the more you understand CS, the less you understand Major lol

2024-03-16 05:43

off topic, but does anybody know if HLTV are gonna have Pick Ems for this major like they did for Paris? IDK if they addressed this, I might have missed it. But the button is not there as of now

2024-03-14 12:15

looks fine to me. on cleaner side tbh

2024-03-14 12:44

gl hf

2024-03-14 12:57

and VAC still off like shit... i guess they are waiting to complete 1 year anniversary to turn on the feature

2024-03-14 13:25

anticheat waiting room zzzz.....

2024-03-14 13:27

good, it will be harder now

2024-03-14 13:30

coin but no stickers? wow didnt know you need 20 working days to use photo shop and copy a squiggly line to a premade logo.

2024-03-14 13:49

stickers where?

2024-03-14 19:04

super cool pickems system

2024-03-14 19:17

i bought the 3 souvenir token pass but what are the tokens for? do you open them like cases?

2024-03-14 19:36

you can redeem souvenir cases with these tokens after the first games are played and the souvenirs are able to be redeemed. Also, you will get 3 more tokens if you pass all the challenges for pick'ems.

2024-03-14 19:38

so after a match u redeem ur token and u get a souvenir case from that match? sry bro never done pickems before

2024-03-14 19:41

Yep, exactly that. All good, no problem. Wish you a good viewing experience and enjoy the major.

2024-03-14 19:43

ty bro +rep

You also don't need a key for those cases but chance of getting a grey are really high (unlike cases where lowest tier is blue). Make sure to check skins first and not take a random map. Mirage probably will have the Desert Hydra AWP again. Ancient the Red M4A1-S with the snake on it etc. Teams also matter because the souvenir gun will have 4 stickers (most likely, maybe 5 because of the sticker change). 1 sticker = map sticker 1 sticker = organizer sticker (for example PGL) 2 stickers = both team stickers Something like NAVI + Faze will be cooler than a SAW/Ecstatic.

2024-03-14 21:52

Guys, I'm indecisive on who to have on my pick'em challenge has a 0-3 team. I'm between Pain / Lynn Vision / Legacy / ECSTATIC Would like to hear your guys opinions.

2024-03-14 19:49