"CS:GO Through the Lens" - HLTV Photo book released

22-3-2024 11:57

Fresh off the presses, HLTV's first print is available for purchase.

12:58 Update: - The book is sold out. Sign up to the Google Form to get updates about the book, and get notified when it is back in stock via ESL Shop.

"CS:GO Through the Lens - Counter-Strike's greatest moments captured by HLTV" is a 148-page hard-cover photo book that takes you on a visual journey through Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s rich history, starting with the first LANs in 2012 and ending with the last CS:GO tournaments in 2023.

Buy the book here.

Only 800 copies are available for purchase.

Based on the exhibition by the same name, which was hosted at the HLTV Award Show 2023 in Belgrade, the book is a unique piece of memorabilia available to Counter-Strike and esports fans.

Iconic trophy lifts, heartbreaking defeats, and memorable player interactions are just some of the things that you will find in the book that is a perfect addition to any CS lover's home.

This book is made not only for the fans of the game, but also to commemorate our team that has been immortalizing incredible moments through the lens of their camera. This book wouldn't be possible without the hard work of those listed below.

Photos by:
Josip "Brcho" Brtan
Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch
Lucas Aznar Miles
João "ERROR" Ferreira
Luis "MIRAA" Mira
Petar "Tgwri1s" Milovanović
Daniel "dabo0" Bürgle

Curated by:
Lucas Aznar Miles

Design by:
Ditte Kirkegaard

Layout tech by:
Lukas Wiinholt

Introduction by:
Michal "stich" Malachowski

LETS GOO

2024-03-22 11:58

2 replies

It sold out in 2 minutes!?

2024-03-22 17:56

1 reply

i will buy if jonathan e signs it

2024-03-22 19:23

nice!

Nice idea. £40 seems a bit steep but I'm sure people will buy it!

2024-03-22 11:59

not steep at all - i'm surprised it's not more

2024-03-22 14:23

fire only 800 copies? shipping sucks and i would gladly pay for an electronic version at some point

2024-03-22 12:00

Electronic version is here free: hltv.org/galleries

2024-03-22 12:11

pog

Bought

alright

Cool, why only 800 copies though?

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Because it wouldn't be as special if there was an unlimited amount of copies.

2024-03-22 12:38

probably to see how big the interest is, now that they know, they could print out new batches

2024-03-22 13:09

unfortunately yes

2024-03-23 00:54

Yeah fair call by hltv

2024-03-23 10:00

im kinda broke atm but seeing its only 800 copies i wont be able to get it lol

2024-03-22 12:02

6 replies

Also crazy shipping

2024-03-22 12:16

5 replies

if its crazy to over there then i'd imagine it'd be fucked coming to australia

2024-03-22 12:37

45€ to au is wild

2024-03-22 12:42

how much is the shipping? for me it's only 10 €

2024-03-22 12:40

45€

2024-03-22 15:56

That is insane to be fair. Price of the book just to ship the book

2024-03-22 23:06

ordered

2024-03-22 12:05

MAKKU GOAT

ok theyre pretty cheap so copped one. 800 so its gonna be a collectors item

45eur for a shipping 💀

2024-03-22 12:10

England doesn't qualify for the €9.99 Europe shipping cost?

2024-03-22 12:13

It's Dubai in this case But 45 is still insane

2024-03-22 12:14

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Fake flag tax. 🤷‍♂️

2024-03-22 12:15

Yeah too much for me as well

Kinda messed up I bet Chinese are also mad about it

2024-03-22 12:17

Shipping to Australia is the same price as the fucking book. $150aud for a book? Really want this but over $100 is crazy

Ordered!

2024-03-22 12:12

Grabbed one

Shipping too expensive… sad

"Design by: Ditte Kirkegaard" now I need to own it <3 gj mens

Instant cop for me. Thought the shipping to America is horrendous. $50 but whatever since there’s only 800

67.99$ just for the book is too much for me, i wont even look at shipping, but based on other comments, 100+$ for a book... Enjoy your book guys, i dont have the means.

Ordered. A bit steep for 50 euros but considering I dont spend money on jerseys etc its alright.

2024-03-22 12:20

got it

2024-03-22 12:26

800 seems to be too low compared to the size of the community but fair enough Shipping to France is 9,99 EUR so it's really fair, ordered one ! I prefer to have this than a jersey and i'm sure pictures are nicely selected

Ordered, can't wait to get it

2024-03-22 12:27

it is only 60 bucks for me but i dont feel like spending that much on a book.

2024-03-22 12:29

Nice, ordered

2024-03-22 12:32

Got one :D

2024-03-22 12:33

sold out already?

I would love to buy one but like 70 euro with shipping for a book? damn

2024-03-22 12:41

Also why is E-sport merch generally so fucked. I bought a MOUZ T-shirt for fucking 80 euro when most of the E-sport merch are just China stuff with a printed logo lmao

gigantic margins for a specialty product very few people buy im not kidding when i say you could probably get a bunch of bootlegs and sell em on online marketplaces for some kow effort returns

2024-03-22 13:41

Ye but still. Atleast G2 is doing the G2 X Adidas stuff so i know i get some quality adidas merch. But most are just cheap Wish china stuff

2024-03-22 13:42

funny story, i once ordered a London Conspiracy cap from their official site, they fucking held my money for 5 months and support was leaving one word messages. charged them back and my account was revoked within 20 minutes lol. even left a nicr message in customer support for those scammers

2024-03-22 13:43

like the adidas stuff isn't also made in some east-asian factory using child labour lol

2024-03-23 11:57

For a hardback, "image" book the price is very reasonable. These are very expensive to print. Compared to normal books assuming it's good quality.

2024-03-22 12:43

sold out :( it was in my cart .... nevermind: Your order is confirmed You’ll receive a confirmation email with your order number shortly.

2024-03-22 12:49

I'd love to have more stuff like this, unfortunately didn't get to order but this is cool! I'd love things like match programs (similar to football) although idk if hltv would have the licensing to do something like that.

2024-03-22 12:53

404 Page Not Found ???

2024-03-22 12:54

Excuse me?

2024-03-22 19:02

Your only comment in basically 6 years, I agree, what

2024-03-23 10:02

Sold out :/

2024-03-22 12:55

I'd actually but this if it wasn't through ESaudiL shop

2024-03-22 13:02

Introduction by: Michal "stich" Malachowski Money saved

2024-03-22 13:10

lol

2024-03-22 13:40

Nice!

2024-03-22 13:39

Please take my money

sold out ? foook youtu.be/kpw92vH0wdc

2024-03-22 13:44

Great idea, good job to everyone involved

2024-03-22 13:54

But is there a photo of prokda

2024-03-22 13:56

I didn't get a chance to purchase one. Hopefully there will be more in stock.

2024-03-22 14:05

Hopefully not, or if, then I hope there would be something to distinguish the first 800 copies from the others.

2024-03-22 14:07

They dont care about us that much unfortunately lol

2024-03-23 01:08

i aren't buying it if there are no photos of cheaters in mm spinning

2024-03-22 14:29

Why do you need a book for that? Just queue up in Premier!

2024-03-22 14:58

good idea, but recently i had spinbotters in my team somehow

2024-03-22 15:07

This is sick, hopefully ill get the chance to buy one

2024-03-22 15:49

I have an idea. You guys keep selling merch/books of this style to fund HLTV so you guys dont need to work with gamba orgs, and the community paying for these limited merch/books is what keeps HLTV afloat rather than gamba orgs.

2024-03-23 13:17

Anyone’s order shipped yet? ESL Shop says 2 business days to dispatch, but mine hasn’t seemed to ship yet :(

2024-03-27 18:02

my book arrived... Quality is unfortunately very disappointing... L

2024-03-29 11:15

Do you know what time you ordered? ESL Shop just told me they're not going to ship international orders until mid to late April... I ordered at 12:00 on the dot - within the first 60 seconds by Apple Pay. It seems like they've prioritised the German orders for some reason. I wonder if they've sold too many by mistake and so they're having to panic reprint.

2024-04-02 10:58