Talent, Event, Streamer, Creator, and Skin of the Year nominees unveiled

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10-12-2024 21:00

The Community Awards return for 2024, 100% decided by HLTV users and presented by 1xBet and Skin.Club.

The Community Awards will be decided by HLTV users, with voting set to start on December 17

The Community Awards are back for 2024's HLTV Awards, featuring five awards to be voted on by you.

These trophies are ones that are hard to decide objectively, making them perfect to hand over to the people to decide.

The voting will begin on December 17 at 12:00 and end on December 24 at 00:00 (Midnight CET). Voting will only be accessible to HLTV users who have created accounts before the release of this article.

Winners will be announced at the HLTV Awards on January 11 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Now, let's start to list off the nominees — and explain our methodology.

Talent of the Year by 1XBET

Like last year, this is a tricky one to narrow down with such a large group attending similar amounts of events all around the world.

We used a points system to decide who would make it in, with 2 points for 2+ weeks long S-tier events, and 1 point for all other S-tier events.

We then got our top 10 but with a tie from 8th down to 13th, so the nominee list will feature all 13.

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

Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks
Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy
Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović

Event of the Year by 1XBET

Our list has been created by limiting ourselves to S-tier events and excluding online events, group stages, and tournaments without a live audience.

There's a maximum of two events per tournament organizer, in which case we look at peak viewers and hours watched divided by airtime using data from Esports Charts to determine the top two.

Event of the Year nominees, ordered by chronology:

IEM Katowice 2024
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024
YaLLa Compass 2024
BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024
IEM Cologne 2024
BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024

Creator of the Year by 1XBET

With a whole coterie of Counter-Strike content creators out there, we have leaned on the advice of Stream Hatchet to provide data on the best creators.

This uses a mix of views, engagement, and average watch time over 2024 to create a nominee list of 10. We also eliminated creators that weren't primarily making Counter-Strike content.

Creator of the Year nominees, ordered alphabetically:

3kliksphilip
Anomaly
NadeKing
NartOutHere
Polex
shoke
Sparkles
Superstitum
TheWarOwl
Virre CS2

Streamer of the Year by 1XBET

Like with the creators, we had help from Stream Hatchet to provide data on the best streamers.

This uses a mix of airtime, watch time, peak viewers, and average viewers for another shortlist of 10. We also eliminated streamers that weren't primarily making Counter-Strike content.

Streamer of the Year nominees, ordered alphabetically:

Eugene "⁠Aunkere⁠" Karyat
dima_wallhacks
Erik "⁠fl0m⁠" Flom
Luciano "⁠forg1⁠" Forgione
Alexandre "⁠gAuLeS⁠" Chiqueta
Piotr "⁠izak⁠" Skowyrski
Costin "⁠jaxi⁠" Vrînceanu
Mark "⁠ohnePixel⁠" Zimmermann
Özgür "rootthegamer" Alagül
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip

Skin of the Year by Skin.Club

The newest addition to HLTV Awards, the Skin of the Year is made by starting with all 34 community skins added to the game in 2024.

HLTV then internally voted on the 34 weapon finishes to create this top 10.

Skin of the Year nominees, ordered alphabetically:

To find out more about the show, head over to the HLTV Awards page for all of the information about this year's event, see the full list of awards on offer, and check out a bit of the history of previous HLTV Awards shows.

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POG

2024-12-10 21:00

11 replies

skin of the year 💀

2024-12-10 21:51

129

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Defo Freya

4 replies

god💀💀

2024-12-10 22:04

2 replies

ez for: freya pgl major copenhagen 3kliksphilip ohne zeus

2024-12-11 08:08

1 reply

Ohne doesn't get it for skipping 3 months of streaming

2024-12-11 13:14

flag checks out

2024-12-11 03:44

Degenerates

2024-12-10 23:15

my skin thnks in adv for ur vote

2024-12-11 05:48

--YALLa Compass 2024 production was outstanding in UAE, innovative. First win for Mongolz and great tournament graphics and vibe Scrawny, Hugo, or Launders probably talent of the year, --Creator of the year, it's difficult to justify anyone but NadeKing for 2024 specifically. --Streamer of the year Fl0m or oHnePixel - they've become bigger than themselves. -- Skin of the Year: it seems Purple is popular nowadays, the Zeus skin for its Novelty and creativity probably should win

2024-12-11 10:05

you somehow managed to get everything wrong lmao

2024-12-11 10:20

6/8

2024-12-11 14:09

Pog

Wheres maniac?? He contributed the first month of the year too🙈

2024-12-10 23:44

Skin of the year ain't no way man

2024-12-10 21:02

128

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lol yea wth

2024-12-10 21:03

money talks

2024-12-10 21:06

*Shane McMahon enters* ching ching bling bling cut the cheddar

2024-12-11 00:14

And who is going to accept the award?

2024-12-10 21:17

20 replies

I'd take both trophy and money

2024-12-10 21:22

a man wearing a cardboard cutout of the skin obviously

2024-12-10 21:30

i assume the creator of the skin?

2024-12-10 21:48

12 replies

They going to invite all of them to the Award show? I don't think so...

2024-12-10 22:12

You know video calls exist, right? youtube.com/watch?v=ysQuUSFkLGc

2024-12-10 22:22

didnt maniac steal one of the wives of a skin creator and there was drama about it on twitter?

2024-12-10 22:57

9 replies

"wife of a skin creator" Ok this is enough internet.

2024-12-10 23:16

8 replies

it happened, the skin creator blasted it all over twitter about how maniac was telling his wife "you deserve better than him" stuff like that

2024-12-10 23:24

And you believe all of it?

2024-12-11 03:33

6 replies

its on twitter, directed at maniac and its a back and forth. judging by his recent drama it looks like it could be true

2024-12-11 04:01

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Not trying to be disrespectful, but anyone who cries on twitter about "his wife getting stolen" has a mental problem 100%. This is obvious to any healthy person in a balanced relationship. You can easily be mislead by social media posts. Especially when people have grudges against each other.

2024-12-11 13:09

man i dont care its not my wife, im just saying for maniac to go and do that to someones wife is kind of a douche move

2024-12-11 22:47

Fair enough

2024-12-12 00:07

I didn't at first but after all the evidence came out I don't doubt maniac would do something like it

2024-12-11 08:54

What evidence? Pictures, videos?

2024-12-11 13:10

??? The skins have creators, they didn't spawn into existence by themselves

2024-12-10 21:52

#56

They don't have to, they can call. ohnePixel didn't participate in person when he won last year

2024-12-10 22:13

I bet he was invited though and not going was his decision.

2024-12-10 23:11

Yep.

2024-12-11 00:46

"by Skin.Club" bills need to be paid

2024-12-10 22:21

Sponsored by skin club wdym

2024-12-11 05:28

Where Thoorin

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and richard lewis

2024-12-10 22:17

and Maniac

2024-12-10 22:34

Hltv dislikes them both

2024-12-11 07:44

Yeah.. hes hosting/creating three great cs podcasts its a shame he isnt on here :(

2024-12-12 00:28

Compare the nominees to his presence in his own podcasts, other creators' podcasts like TechGirl's, countless interviews with pros, legends and other personalities within the scene... An absolute joke he isn't present in the list, when most creators in this list have dumbed down lazy content. People can think whatever they like about his twitter presence or their perspective about him as an individual, but to say his content doesn't deserve top recognition within the community is simply dishonest. Maybe it has to do with the fact most of it being long form discussion content, which a lot of the community don't have the attention span for.

2024-12-12 08:32

skin of the year? ez for p250 sand dune and if it isnt in there I will go on 20 minute hunger strike

p250 sand dune is already skin of the century let the ants fight it out

2024-12-10 23:06

inheritance ak-47 easiest skin of the year of all time also who allowed anomaly's ass in that list

skin of the year lmao

2024-12-10 21:04

if inheritance doesn't win it's fraud

2024-12-11 12:05

Sorry but vaporwave clears

2024-12-11 14:53

No Dallas :(

Dallas is cursed. So far every team that has won it disbands within a year or two and ends up in T2.

2024-12-10 21:10

Agree, the Dallas final was absolute cinema. And insane storyline

2024-12-10 21:15

Flair Dallas was a trophy for cheaters

2024-12-10 22:16

Maniac snubbed

2024-12-10 21:07

AK-47 inheritance and m4a1-s black lotus are just gorgeous

no dona smh

2024-12-10 21:09

1XBET of the year by 1XBET of the year 1XBET btw, does anyone know who is the main sponsor? can't find in the article

sponsored out of pocket by @JNUPS and launders lan 2

2024-12-10 23:08

I don't see Maniac on this list. Did something happen?!?!?

im so glad anders isn't in the list. its great those involved know he doesn't belong there. altho why the heck is banks there. same repeat questions "how do you feel?" in the same mundane voice. (i hope they replace banks next year with someone worthy)

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obviously your opinion is yours and all that, but you understand the list is put together based on events worked in the year ect? Hope you win you over in 2025 at any rate.

2024-12-10 21:59

15 replies

PLEASE dont reply to random hltv users brainfarting as usual

2024-12-10 22:08

Baited hahahaha

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Yea I admit it

2024-12-10 22:14

ur better than this….

2024-12-10 22:20

why you got world flag mr anders

2024-12-10 22:26

You should add a hltv user of the year category, and people will quiet down I think.

2024-12-11 01:26

That's what we yearn for.

2024-12-11 11:04

@goomglayer ez top1

2024-12-11 14:07

I would never

yes mens … everyone likes you

2024-12-11 14:12

Nah some hate me for some reason

2024-12-11 15:01

wtf

2024-12-11 16:14

Perhaps your lack of presence in those bigger events came naturally as there are people with broader vocabulary, and done with passion and genuine*** hype. Now, there is no bait here. I shall explain to you why others are more fit for the job, or more importantly --- why I'm happy there are more of others this year than you. 1. I understand that you're shocked by something every 2 rounds. "I can't believe this" "this is shocking" 'how has he done that?' in one form or another, re-use lines. In case you're not attentive how these players do what they do, allow me to remind you: They are pros. They make plays. Pros make plays. Do you make plays with your casting? Ask yourself that. 2. Filler language. Listen to yourself when you say ABSOLUTELY. You emphasize this word so much more than the game itself. There are plenty of other british folks who repeat this word over and over, and that in itself is a failure. You happen to one-up it, and worse by adding strong emphasis when you say it. Absolutely, definitely... The reason people use filler language is because they lack actual content. Take a lesson or two from those who cast with their heart. spunj, machine, harry, hugo. even bardolph is a joy even if not popular. They invoke plenty of wordplay to spice things up, instead of highlighting words that have no intricate meaning at all. Do you even understand what absolutely means? Yes i hear them use it sometimes, but it doesn't come close to your or henryg's usage of it. Strangely enough, henryg's vocab is a bit broader when he casts with others. 3. Talking about comfortable number of rounds. "Should be happy with an 7-5 as CT". And then you follow up with some prediction and as usual, you're wrong. "I can't believe they came back from this" I laugh each time you make these predictions. People are fighting for every round they can get. If you saw faze vs furia recently, even from a 10-2 half, they still fought to the point its close enough. "comfortable scores" is no more than false narrative. There are many more things worth mentioning, but that'll require me to recall your casting and that'll upset me. And oh, you said opinion? My opinion is, if you put sugar and chocolate on steak instead of salt and pepper, it wouldn't taste good. Yes, it's my opinion, and they can be within reason, no? To me you're the es3tag of talents. It's no joy to anyone watching that fella play, just as it's no joy hearing you cast. People love watching donk, mongolz, zywoo and even lesser names like snow/biguzera doing crazy things, and I mean this as a reflection to casting. Not everyone's a donk, but being br0 is good enough. I won't complain. If you do an es3tag then there will be an outrage. Think of this in talent terms. No need to be all defensive with a "hltv troll". You know what I speak of here has a degree of truth, work on yourself. Might be a tall order tho as it's difficult for anyone to have a personality switch.

2024-12-10 23:33

Keep scrolling, Anders, I read it for you and it's not worth the time. The community loves you ♥️

2024-12-11 09:04

You're better than this, Mr. Inhuman Reaction.

2024-12-11 00:16

Can't wait for bookie of the year by 1XBET

2024-12-10 21:11

No Phy?

I know he really deserves it. Relying on views/watch time for nominations so dumb.

2024-12-10 21:57

Skin of the Year is so stupid

2024-12-10 21:12

can we just give all talent an award, except for Pimp of course. they're all amazing, we truly dont deserve them

Participation medals :D

2024-12-11 08:53

Scrawny!

2024-12-10 21:14

no thorin in creators is a joke again like last year. also shoke and not raiz is weird. shoke is from Georgia btw

2024-12-10 21:16

this

2024-12-10 22:05

aint no one care bout thorin lil bro

Ohnepixel best coach of 2024 AND best streamer of 2024

2024-12-10 21:20

Hi it me OnePixel gold gold gold

2024-12-10 22:43

and longest rejuicer award too

2024-12-11 02:13

For Talking Counter and HLTV confirmed alone Spunj should get the Talent award (plus his casting… although Machine deserves just as much credit there)

best host of the talking counter podcast when?

2024-12-10 21:28

easy for scrawny

2024-12-10 21:31

NO DRAGON SNORE IS THIS JOKE

event of the year and no IEM Dallas? Crowd made it look like a major final

2024-12-10 21:32

It’s just spunj or machine and it’s not even a debate.

2024-12-10 21:45

No COOPER no CARE

yea

2024-12-10 22:37

You sure that's not an ugliest skin of the year award?

Shoke from Russia? What?

PHYCS definitly creator of the year

2024-12-10 21:54

where is MANIAC

2024-12-10 21:58

flair

Let's go Dima ! Dima but no psp1g tho ??

Nadeking is Estonian? I was dont know this info, ty hltv

2024-12-10 22:10

how can these streamers even compare to ohnepixel lmao

2024-12-10 22:18

so many dogshit events but no iem dallas? what a joke

2024-12-10 22:25

Scrawny is 100% talent of the year

People are stupid. They vote for who they like, and not who is best at what they do. Very apparent with Spunj winning color caster. Being paired with super fake Machine doesn´t make it easier for him. I wish Spunj would get another partner. It´s clear they get along, but they aren´t supplementing each others at all. Too much nepotism in CS talent scene....

100% agree with you! Machine is the most* overrated caster by far, not even a competition.

Agreed. Male votes for Freya and Brazilian votes for Gaules should not be counted.

2024-12-11 00:17

Id like to say the winner will be MACHINE. This guy has changed his style this year to allow Spunj to accel. This dedication to the craft by creating a near perfect team thru self reflection and friendship.. MACHINE is a clear winner to me. Doubt you read this, but... Why does the Swedish navy have Barcodes on their ships? So they can SCANDINAVIAN.. Scan the navy In... ... this was me GOOD LUCK!

2024-12-10 22:31

its definitely me rigged.

It is a joke that thorin is not atleast nominated to creator of the year. Love him or hate him, he should atleast be in contention. Also "skin of the year" lmao...

2024-12-10 22:55

anomaly gang member and superstitum one trick pony edits, are there really no other creators? dima_wallhacks should be in streamers and content creatos.

2024-12-10 22:56

skin of the year kkkkk

2024-12-10 22:58

yalla compass among the best events of the year??? LOL also skin of the year okay I guess we're out of ideas here

2024-12-10 23:01

Banks Kato 3kliksphilip Ohne Inheritance any other opinion is wrong

2024-12-10 23:05

Anomaly clears 3klikwhoever by a mile

>clears maybe in gambling dramas lmao

2024-12-11 01:07

His travelling/LAN/Event videos are golden. Who cares about him opening boxes

2024-12-11 02:55

>clears >the only cultural impact he has is screaming kniev

2024-12-11 08:18

Banks EZ

2024-12-10 23:10

For a split second I thought rootthegamer was zelensky

skin of the year is so sick actually for those creators

2024-12-10 23:14

Is the skin of the year even going to have the original artist go up and accept the award or is it just going to stop at gamba advert

2024-12-10 23:23

Canadian duo because NIP Amkal Copenhagen or Cologne (so far, depends on if the Shanghai playoffs deliver) I don't watch any Izak because flag Black Lotus or Chrome Cannon

2024-12-10 23:45

guys, they forgot to mention maniac, he did loved the predator sponsorship

2024-12-10 23:46

Where is KRL in the nominees for streamer of the year ????? I'm disappointed.

2024-12-10 23:54

Banks, Copenhagen/Cologne/Shanghai, Sparkles/Anomaly/Superstitium, ohnePixel/Gaules, Inheritance/Chrome Cannon/Jawbreaker/Black Lotus.

2024-12-11 00:05

fl0m

2024-12-11 00:10

who is this current major's post-game interviewer? moustache fella, sometimes takes desk position. i think he should replace banks in all future events. techgirl, rlewis can host desk just fine, they are good enough.

2024-12-11 00:12

Anomaly, Superstitm, ohnepixel as nominees. Guess the awards are more than worthless.

2024-12-11 00:15

Best Talent: Launders (Funny edgy man - seems cool) Best Event: Perfect World Shanghai Major (Even though the timings were terrible for me I enjoyed the production and storylines) Best Content Creator: WarOwl (Polite, well mannered and makes excellent, exciting content) Best Streamer: Ohnepixel (I enjoyed some of his community streams earlier this year but the drillas fiasco has really left a bad taste) Best Skin: AK Inheritance (Love the navy blue on white theme) Honorable mention: There's this channel on YouTube whose name I can't remember, he makes amazing sticker crafts. Short, to the point videos with the best crafts I've ever seen. Edit: Also where do I vote anyways?

2024-12-11 00:24

The voting will begin on December 17 at 12:00 and end on December 24 at 00:00 (Midnight CET). Voting will only be accessible to HLTV users who have created accounts before the release of this article. they prob make a new post

2024-12-11 08:19

Where is anders?

2024-12-11 00:34

back to back strimir oty?

surely he actually goes to the awards like he's been saying and no homepixel this time

2024-12-11 01:01

Where’s thorin

2024-12-11 01:04

Shame that Dallas can't be nominated due to the limit by organizer (picked by peak viewers). Was the most kino by far. Insane storylines, crowd, etc.

2024-12-11 03:30

POLEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXX

2024-12-11 03:52

Black Lotus skin...BEAUTIFUL!

2024-12-11 04:18

Why is jL not nominated for creator of the year?

2024-12-11 04:56

where is maniac?

2024-12-11 04:59

call your girlfriend

2024-12-11 08:55

ill make you my girlfriend, no homo

2024-12-11 13:25

If Virre doesn't win content creator... Epic movie maker putting out banger after banger in a few days after every stage of the event Vs nerd vloggers yapping yea ok

2024-12-11 05:37

Where tf is IEM Dallas

2024-12-11 05:39

Lau and scrawny, you got my vote.

2024-12-11 06:13

Honored to have been nominated amongst GOAT creators. Thank you everyone for your support <3

2024-12-11 06:30

Nart out here carrying NA CS, keep up the good work

2024-12-11 10:04

Mfs complaining about "Skin of the year" after voting for Ohne as "Streamer of the year" lol

2024-12-11 08:03

Sadokist where?

2024-12-11 08:15

Espoo and RLewis snubbed for their respective categories :/

2024-12-11 10:03

JAXI REGELE

2024-12-11 10:09

Foreskin of The year

2024-12-11 10:25

skin of the year woah

for skin of the year "kickflip" would be the only true option...such a hype it created thanks to an awesome trailer etc..... (yes I know it wouldn't be possible since it wasn't added)

2024-12-11 11:11

Jaxi Apartments foreveeeerrr

2024-12-11 13:28

Ey, you got Ohnepixel's age dead wrong. Ain`t no way that his big-head old-looking a$$ is a day under 35!

2024-12-11 13:42

How does superstitum keep getting nominated?

2024-12-11 14:59

no sjokz Sadge

2024-12-11 17:45

Interesting.

2024-12-12 12:50

hope black lotus will win

2024-12-13 14:42

EZ FOR AUNKERE

2024-12-13 18:57

anomaly xddd Even I had bigger impact in the cs community with my hltv threads alone

2024-12-15 01:37

Add hltv user of the year too

i can't do talent of the year (banks, freya, hugo or launders) Event of the year: Katowice Creator of the year: Sparkles (im waiting for this #1 dragon lore) Streamer of the year: Dima_wallhacks (he has been popping off this year and has been live all year not missed 3 months) Skin: Gold Toof

2024-12-15 22:40