The Evolution of Competitive FPS Gaming

A New Chapter in Counter-Strike’s Legacy

When Counter-Strike 2 was announced, the community had mixed expectations. Some were skeptical about whether it could match the legacy of its predecessor, while others embraced the innovation. Now that CS2 has firmly taken root, it has become clear that this title represents more than a graphical upgrade. It is a foundational shift in how we view competitive shooters in the modern age.

CS2 brings new dynamics to an already refined experience. With updated visuals, responsive movement, and new utility mechanics, players must now adapt more than ever to succeed. Valve’s switch to the Source 2 engine was not merely cosmetic – it introduced new physics, lighting, and a cleaner netcode, all of which affect gameplay in subtle but meaningful ways.

The Competitive Scene and Meta Shifts

Since its full rollout, CS2 has made waves in the professional scene. Map control has become more nuanced due to responsive smokes and updated hitboxes. Economic decisions feel tighter, making each round more strategic than before. Teams that were dominant in CS:GO have found themselves re-evaluating their playbooks as fresh rosters and rising talents adapt quicker to the new format.

What makes CS2’s competitive appeal even more engaging is the increased emphasis on utility usage and team coordination. Smoke grenades can now be reshaped by bullets and grenades, allowing for clutch plays and surprising retakes. This kind of depth has made CS2 not only harder to master but also more satisfying to watch at the top level.

Accessibility and Player Engagement

One of the notable changes with CS2 is how accessible the game has become to new players. The matchmaking system has been refined, and the user interface is more welcoming than ever. Skins and cases still play a central role in player engagement, with the marketplace remaining vibrant. Many new players are entering the scene, not just for the gameplay but also to experience the trading and inventory elements that make CS2 unique.

This growing interest has also fueled the demand for CS2 accounts, especially among players who want a fresh start or access to higher-tier matchmaking. Third-party marketplaces have capitalized on this trend, offering a secure and efficient way for users to explore competitive matches without long grind sessions.

Game Design and Community Feedback

Valve has made a point of listening to its community during the rollout of CS2. From early beta feedback to post-launch patches, updates have reflected real player concerns. Whether it is the balance of certain weapons or bug fixes for new maps, this ongoing dialogue has helped CS2 remain dynamic and relevant.

One major design shift is how visual clarity has been improved. Many elements, such as player models, environments, and particle effects, have been redesigned to avoid visual clutter. The result is a cleaner experience that supports better reaction time and more enjoyable viewing in tournaments.

The Role of Skins and Marketplace Culture

The skin economy remains a massive part of CS2’s ecosystem. Rare knives, gloves, and weapon finishes are still as desirable as ever. With the launch of CS2, older CS:GO skins have transitioned over, sometimes increasing in value. This cross-title continuity has added stability and incentive for players to stay invested.

Interestingly, this ties in with broader gaming trends. Many players active in multiple communities – including Roblox – are drawn by similar collectible economies. There is even a growing overlap in user bases, with some CS2 fans also exploring ways to get Free Robux to enhance their experience in other titles.

Training Tools and Utility Practice

For serious players looking to sharpen their skills, CS2 offers a number of training tools that surpass previous titles. Workshop maps for aim training and utility lineups are constantly being updated by the community. Custom servers provide even more advanced scenarios for reflex and strategy development.

These resources lower the entry barrier for players who wish to compete seriously. They also help semi-pros and content creators keep pace with the evolving meta. With such a wide base of knowledge sharing, the skill ceiling in CS2 continues to rise.

Looking Ahead

CS2 is not just a new installment in a famous series. It is a modern platform for tactical shooters, a bridge between legacy gameplay and today’s expectations for responsiveness, accessibility, and content integration.

Whether you are a returning veteran or a brand-new player, CS2 offers a refined competitive experience that respects the past while embracing the future. The community remains strong, the professional scene is evolving, and new players are finding more ways than ever to participate.

With its open ecosystem, marketplace culture, and ever-evolving gameplay mechanics, CS2 has firmly established itself as a modern classic that continues to grow alongside its community.

Recently, FACEIT, a popular gaming platform, informed us about an increase in the cost of downloading demos which are essential for analyzing our users’ matches. Unfortunately, we cannot afford such additional expenses, so we will be forced to partially limit the ability to upload & analyze FACEIT matches for users without a subscription.

Here’s how FACEIT match uploading and analysis will work going forward:

• Users with a Scope Lens or Scope Prematch subscription will be able to upload an unlimited number of matches. For them, everything remains the same as before.

• Users without a subscription will be able to upload & analyze up to 10 matches per month, while still having full access to analytics, 2D replays, clips, and available match statistics.

• New users will automatically have 5 matches uploaded right after registration, and can upload 10 more matches during each month — helping them explore the full potential of our service right from the beginning.

For users who only play CS2 Premier, Competitive or Wingman game modes on Steam, not on FACEIT, nothing will change. Match uploading and analysis will remain completely free and unlimited.

We’re doing everything we can to maintain access to high-quality analytics, clips of the best in-game moments, and progress tracking in CS2 for every player. These new limits will help us ensure stable performance across the platform and continue developing new, powerful features and tools.

At the same time, Scope.gg is always open to dialogue and partnership, so we are ready to discuss any possible cooperation that will allow us to maintain free access to matches.

Scope.gg Team

Hey! The new Premier mode in CS2 became really popular nowadays. So many players that have liked Competitive mode tried to get their CS2 Premier Rating as soon as possible. 2 months after the release of the new game, we've decided to check how CS:GO Ranks correlate with CS2 Premier Rating. Here's the data that we've shared on March 7th:

This may be due to the following statistic: In 90% of the analyzed matches, the game was played for -115 or +360 premier points.
It's important to keep in mind that this data represents only the post-match rating changes, not the changes observed at the start of the match or during the side-switch. For instance, if a player on the winning team has just received their rating, while the others already had one, it might lead to a situation where 5 players receive a -115 adjustment, but only 4 receive a +360, potentially skewing the graph.

It appears that there was an assumption that the Premier Rating had to consistently increase. We will continue to monitor these numbers, updating the correspondences every couple of weeks, and delve into additional data to gain a more detailed understanding of how the Premier Rating operates in CS2.

You can read more about how CS2 Ranks & Premier Rating work in one of our latest guides.

Grenades in CS:GO are one of the most important aspects of the game. CS 1.6 didn't have incendiary grenades or molotovs, so when they were added to CS:GO & CS2, there was a lot of criticism towards the developers for changing the game's structure. This addition changed the whole concept of tactics, and for eight years now grenades have been an integral part of competitive play.

It's one thing to add grenades, but you still need to learn how to use them in the right place at the right time.

How to quickly choose a grenade?

To quickly and timely use grenades, you have to create an appropriate bind. With just a single key press, you can get a molotov or a smoke grenade instead of going through the buy menu. This feature is not used by everyone, although it's simple and useful. So a couple of years ago the CS:GO & CS2 community was perplexed by the fact that some pro players didn't use these kinds of binds.
They can help decide the fate of the round or even the game in a critical situation when every fraction of a second is important.

Here are the console commands to create the quick grenade selection bind:

• bind "button" "use weapon_molotov" – molotov;
• bind "button" "use weapon_smokegrenade" – smoke grenade;
• bind "button" "use weapon_flashbang" – flashbang;
• bind "button" "use weapon_hegrenade" – HE;
• bind "button" "use weapon_decoy" – decoy.

What's the difference between 64 and 128 tickrates?

You've now learned how to quickly select grenades and the appropriate binds for that, but for some reason your nades don't always fly where you want them to. What should you do when that happens? It's due to the tickrate. The two most popular tickrate types in CS:GO are 64 (matchmaking) and 128 (FACEIT, ESEA, professional matches).

The tickrate is a unit of measurement of the frequency of the server receiving the client's data and sending it the response data. The higher it is, the faster the transfer of information from the client to the server and vice versa. This value is used in any network game where dedicated servers are involved.

From the above statement, we can make the conclusion that the higher the tickrate, the more accurately grenades fly. Before you learn grenades (especially smokes), you should figure out the tickrate of the server you will be using this acquired knowledge on.

What's about CS2?

The developers of CS2 introduced a new 'subtick system' that should equalize the use of grenades. As the devs say :“The new architecture allows Counter-Strike 2 server to know instantly when you take a step, fire a shot, or throw a grenade.” The developers promise more responsive actions (shooting and grenades, as well as movement)". Now all of your grenades will always land at the same spot, so you don't have to think about the tickrate and its' impact on nades anymore.

Jumpthrow

You already know about the benefits of grenades and how to quickly choose them. But even if you learned the grenade for a 128-tickrate jump, it still doesn't work correctly half the time. Why?

There's one bind that will help you hit a smoke grenade 10 times out of 10, and it's called jumpthrow. Jumpthrow is needed for hard throws of grenades at long distances, when it becomes impossible to throw a grenade the usual way.

"Why can't I just throw a grenade when I jump?"

Throwing a grenade manually while jumping might bring different results each time. This is due to the fact that the time of pressing the throw button will always be different relative to pressing the jump button.

Jumpthrow bind:  bind "button" "+jump;-attack;-attack2;-jump"

Runthrow

Now that you know about jumpthrow, what is runthrow?

The game is always changing, and so does esports – the tactical part of the game continues to improve at all times. More and more complex and unique grenades are constantly being found and added to players' arsenal.
The following runthrow bind will help you throw grenades while moving:

Runthrow bind — bind "button" "+forward;-attack;-forward"

This is what it looks like in-game:

Runjumpthrow

Runjumpthrow is a mix of jumpthrow and runthrow, that allows to throw a grenade in movement and in jump at the same time.

Here's the alias for runjumpthrow nades with 1 step:

• alias "+RunJThrow" "+forward;+jump;-attack";alias "-RunJThrow" "-forward;-jump";bind "key" "+RunJThrow"

GL & HF!

We've added the ability to upload & analyze Premier matches to let everyone always stay in touch with their in-game performance. SCOPE.GG provides unique CS2 stats that help people get better in the game. Jump in & start analyzing your games to significantly boost your CS2 skills!

How to track my CS2 stats & get an access to the match history?

To start tracking your matches on SCOPE.GG, simply log in with your Steam of FACEIT account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to see your CS2 stats & match history.

Check it out:

· get an access to the detailed stats: AIM & Grenades, Clutches, Economy, Heat Maps & First Duels

· check your Highlights and analyze Mistakes

· watch the 2D Replay - the feature is avalaible for free!

Always stay in touch with your latest matches - set up the Autoupload feature. Just copy & paste your Recently Completed Match Token & Authentification Code. You can find them here and get notified your performance in recent matches. Our Steam bot will send you a message with the link to your last played match.

Good luck in CS2, player!

Time for the fresh update on SCOPE.GG! Read more about the changes in this article.

What's new?

FACEIT ban tracker

Almost 1.5 years ago we have added an option to use SCOPE as the tracker for banned players in your recent matches. The feature allowed to see who has got VAC banned in Steam. Now it's time for FACEIT players.

SCOPE.GG will now track players that get permanently banned on FACEIT and it includes bans for cheating, smurfing, etc. Banned players will be highlighted on the 'My matches' page & on the 'Scoreboard' of the match they've played with you.

At the same time our Steam bot will now notify you whenever someone gets banned on FACEIT. Don't forget to add the Bot to your friend list, you can set it up here.

Self-analysis in Prematch Analytics

You've asked, we delivered! Now new users can get a full breakdown of their own play style on FACEIT: common positions & zones of agression. The self-analysis is avalaible for the map you play the most.

The new feature is avalaible only for new users in Prematch Analytics section or via this link. We would like to give all users the opportunity to try the Self-Analysis in the near future. Let us know if you want to try it on our Discord!

That's it for today. If you want to suggest your own coolest idea for the next update, don't forget to share it with us on our community server.

SCOPE.GG. Feel the game.

This bunch of updates on SCOPE.GG presents you with an updated Prematch analytics section, fancy 3D effects for grenades and players in replays and also fixes for several annoying bugs. Read more about the changes in this article!

What's new?

Prematch analytics 2.0

We have finished working on the updated Prematch analyticstool, which has been updated with several features to help you analyze your opponent even better. Thanks to you and a lot of other users on the website, we got many suggestions and made some major changes. Now you can better understand how your opponent plays at different stages of the round: before setting and after setting the bomb, as well as analyze his gameplay on the attacking side.

Prematch analytics has got an updated algorithm for finding favorite positions, as well as a new "Recommendations" section. It contains useful tips and grenades for countering your opponent on their favorite positions.

You can suggest your own counters or show a useful grenade for any position on a dedicated #prematch-rec channel in our Discord community.

The Prematch analytics is still a work in progress. In future updates we plan to add the grenades that each of your opponents commonly use.

Update 0.25a & 0.25b. New 3D Effects in Replay and Performance

With minor updates 0.25a and 0.25b you can enjoy new visual effects in Replay and Performance tabs of any match. Take advantage of the effects by toggling the 'VFX' slider on the left side of the screen. You can also enable or disable player nicknames and set up automatic round switching.

New 3D effects include:

• new animations for HE grenade explosions
• new Molotov animations
• new smoke animations
• flash effects from exploding flashbangs, incendiaries and player shots

Bug fixes

As usual, the update contains several bug fixes and minor improvements to make Scope even more convenient to use.

• Fixed a bug that caused "Replay" and "Performance" tabs to stop working if they were opened in a new browser tab;
• Fixed some localization files;
• Fixed a bug that caused automatic rounds switch to disappear after clicking on it;

The latest update is already available on the website. Analyze your opponent even more effectively and enjoy the new effects in your match analysis!

And if you want to suggest your own coolest idea for the next update, don't forget to share it with us on our community server.

SCOPE.GG. Feel the game.

We compared the ranks of ≈500K players before (July 22 - Aug 10) /after (Aug 1 - Aug 10) patch of August 1, 2022.  

Here are the results:

Got a lower rank than a previous one: 45,6 % of players;
Got the same rank: 33 % of players;
Got a higher rank than a previous one: 21,4 % of players.

Interesting facts:

Maximum rank growth: from S2 to LEM;  
Maximum rank loss: from SMFC to SE;
Only 0.005% of players boosted their ranks for 10 positions.

Always be aware of your stats to rank-up faster - visit SCOPE.GG: check your performance, in-game mistakes, rank progress. Feel the game!

The next update on SCOPE.GG gives way to the integration with CS.Money. A new feature will allow you to learn even more about the weapons stats' and skins in a match.

What's new?

Skins = skills

The work on the new section — "Weapons" in the "My matches" tab allowed us to add more useful statistics for all types of weapons. There you can see the stats of each gun with at least one kill in the match.

The new section also allows you to find out the inventory cost, weapons' K/D, the best weapon in the match for each player. Skins! We haven't forgotten about them either. Skins for each weapon in the match are available for viewing.

Fixed.

We fixed a rare bug that occurred while completing the tutorial on the "Dashboard" tab. That's because of it that you could have problems with loading and checking out one of the important pages with stats.

The latest update is already available on the site. Check the statistics, enjoy the skins in your last matches right now!

Well, if you have long wanted to suggest your coolest idea for a new update, do not forget to share it with us on our community server .

SCOPE.GG. Feel the game.

Another CS:GO Major is in a full swing. We decided to compare 'the best' and 'the worst' to show you a quick statistical review for the Challengers Stage. Are you ready?

We start from the best player of the Challengers Stage at Major - @degsterof. Abdul helped his team (Team Spirit) to qualify for the Legends stage and managed to show an insane performance during 5 maps he has yet played.

The numbers speak for themselves.

We also compared the snipers of all teams participated in the 1st Major's stage to understand who was the best one by TTK (Time To Kill) ratio. Here are the results.

Here are the quickest snipers of the Challengers Stage (the best Time to Kill):

1. @farligcs  – 170 (ms)

2. @w0xic  – 181 (ms)

3. @FalleN – 183 (ms)

Time to get some fun!

We have also created a funny Suicide Squad of the PGL Major Antwerp Challengers Stage. Here, we have collected the players who made some unforced mistakes. So, look what do we have here!

Marcelo Cespedes unfortunately died from the fall damage in one of the rounds.

Özgür Eker didn't escape the bomb, which killed him twice.

Matheus Anhaia just died from a self-flash. We hope he needed to save his teammate.

Aleksandr Zagodyrenko blinded his teammates 42 (!) times. Be careful and don't do these mistakes. You can check all of them in your every match on SCOPE.GG by just click on the Performance tab.

Lukas Rossander couldn't handle this nade for a long time. He managed to die with the nade in a hand 6 times.

This is it! We hope you liked this funny & interesting stats about your favourite players.

The Legends stage is starting tomorrow! Don't miss your chance to enjoy the best CS in the world. We will deliver some more stats during the Major in our Twitter & Discord. Subscribe to be the first to check it!

An update? We have something to surprise you! Read more about what SCOPE Lens is, log in and enjoy the new features!

What's new?

A new way to use SCOPE.GG with a SCOPE Lens subscription!

Maximum opportunities for the best results! We always stay in touch with you and other SCOPE.GG users, who help to make our services better every day! Today we're introducing SCOPE Lens - a new way to boost your own analytics, find teammates and take your CS:GO experience to the next level. We did not forget to add some features you have long dreamed of. You know what 'HLTV demos' means?

What can I do with a SCOPE Lens subscription?

• Save & analyse an unlimited number of matches.

Now your matches will not be lost. You can find any of them at any time and check your favorite moment!

• Upload any .dem files (including ESEA, ESPORTAL, HLTV, custom demos, etc.)

Now you can add, analyse & check absolutely any .dem files anytime and anywhere!

• Track progress on the "Dashboard" page for all uploaded matches or the desired time period.

With SCOPE Lens, you won't have a 30 match limit to check your progress.

• Find & learn even more new grenades on competitive maps. All custom grenades are now available!

• Use advanced teammate search with more enhanced filtering. Use any maximum number of parameters specified in the form!

We tried to completely change the search and added a huge variety of parameters that will help you find the right person even faster!

Click on the new button in the top right corner and enjoy your SCOPE Lens right now!

SCOPE Lens subscription price is the same for any region - $4.99

You can subscribe for a whole year (with a 20% discount) or for a month. The current version of SCOPE Lens is only the first version of the subscription, which will be gradually refined, supplemented and improved.

At the same time, you can continue to use all basic SCOPE.GG services for free!

Fixed. Reworked.

• The "Dashboard" page now shows the dates the matches were played instead of a total amount of matches.
• On a match page you can see which player is also a SCOPE.GG user.
• On a match page you can see which player has SCOPE Lens subscription.
• Added a new category in the "My Matches" tab with a list of uploaded .dem files.
• Fixed a bug with displaying candidates - those users who added you as a friend in the teammates search. Try it yourself! Now the list is displayed correctly.

We hope you enjoy the update. It's time to log in and enjoy SCOPE Lens! Well, if you have long wanted to suggest your coolest idea for a new update, do not forget to share it with us on our community server .

SCOPE.GG. Feel the game.

Our users love chickens so much! So, we also decided to check the relations between these little birds and... the PRO players!

We've carefully spotted, collected and analyzed TOP-5 chicken lovers out of the 12 last big CS:GO events. Who will become the next Colonel Sanders?

It's interesting how the number of "fried" chickens varies from on tournament to another. ESL Pro League S14 became the #1 in the list (644 chickens counted). V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 & Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals are the events with the least number of chickens in players' stats (41 and 83 respectively).

And here’s the list of the top-5 chicken lovers at those 12 tournaments. Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire became the absolute leader in the list — 137 chickens. Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy managed to become the #2 with 66 chickens spotted. Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov (57 chickens) & Robin 'ropz' Kool (56 chickens) surpassed Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen who has added 53 chickens to his own stats.

Honorable mentions: 7 players have 40 or more chicken score:

• Audric 'JACKZ' Jug, 50
• Emil 'Magisk' Reif, 49
• Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck, 47
• Abay 'HObbit' Khasenov, 44
• Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov, 41
• Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski & Hampus 'hampus' Poser, 40 each

2834 chickens were fried in total during the 12 last big events by all players.

Being the second best team in 2020, Natus Vincere continued their dominance throughout the new 2021 season. As a result, his CIS team earned the title of the best team in 2021. The 'Born to Win' managed to demonstrate an incredible performance during the season and earn more than $ 4 million in prize money, breaking the previous record of the Danish team Astralis.

Natus Vincere started the year with a confident victory in the BLAST Premier:Global Finals, but the next two tournaments already clearly showed that NaVi's form is far from ideal. Within the framework of IEM Katowice and ESL Pro League S13, the "Born to Win" failed to demonstrate a stable performance and get into the prize-winners. That is why the leadership of the team made one of the most important and decisive decisions this year: replacing the main team of Yegor 'flamie' Vasilev with Valery 'B1T' Vakhovsky.

At the next DreamHack Masters Spring tournament, the titans of the CIS region easily reached the Grand Final, where they beat Gambit — 3:0. The victory in the tournament with a new player marked the beginning of the total domination of NaVi both in the region and on the world podium. During the year, the team reached all the finals of the tournaments where it took part. Only in two of them did NaVi lose to one of its main competitors in 2021 - Gambit.

We have to make a particular chapter about the Natus Vincere's performance at the main tournament of the year — PGL Major Stockholm 2021. s1mple and his team started their path from the Legends stage and did not lose a single map in the entire tournament. In the grand final of the tournament NAVI managed to beat the G2 Esports team and become the first team in the history of the CS: GO majors to finish the championship with a 100% win rate. Team sniper Alexander 's1mple' Kostylev not only won the title of Major, but also became the most valuable player in the tournament.

The team led by coach Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodensky finished this year with a victory at BLAST Premier:World Finals 2021. The year for the team can be considered the best for the organization itself without any doubt. After the return of LAN tournaments, Natus Vincere managed to win 4 of them in a row. As a result, the team from the CIS region collected victories in 10 tournaments this year and became the best team in 2021.

Interesting statistics

• In 2021, Perfecto managed to become the winner of 103 times clutches 1vx.
• During the season, s1mple made 18 knife kills.

More useful statistics are always on Scope.gg

Top Teams of 2021:

• # 10, BIG
• # 9, Team Liquid
• # 8, NIP
• # 7, Astralis
• # 6, Virtus.Pro
• # 5, Team Vitality
• # 4, Heroic
• # 3, G2 Esports
• # 2, Gambit
• # 1, Natus Vincere

In 2021 Gambit managed to significantly boost their results compared to their 2020's performance. This helped the team to get on 2nd place of the best teams in 2021. After the addition of Abai ‘Hobbit’ Khasenov, the roster began to rapidly get in shape and demonstrate incredibly stable play from tournament to tournament, especially in the online format.

At the beginning of the season, few people imagined that these youngsters from Gambit could become one of the strongest teams not only in the CIS region, but in the world as a whole. Closed borders, Covid-19 restrictions and the transfer of most of LAN tournaments to online format have helped Gambit outperform most tier-1 teams. Already within the framework of IEM XV - World Championshop, the team led by nafany rushed in one breath to the Grand Final from the Play-in stage, beating MOUZ, Heroic, G2 and Natus Vincere along the way. In the final match the team managed to beat the Virtus.pro team with a score of 3:1 with minimal losses in terms of maps and took the victory in the tournament into their piggy bank. Gambit sniper Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov became the best player of the tournament. The MVP medal was the first in his career.

At the next S-level event - ESL Pro League S13, the Russian team also managed to demonstrate phenomenal form, once again reaching the Grand Final from the Play-in stage. After EPL, it became clear that the dominant Natus Vincere had a serious competitor both in the region and on the world stage in general. Nevertheless, commentators and analysts, delighted with the success of Gambit, predicted that the team would not be able to maintain the same level of play after the return of LAN tournaments.

The first LAN test for Gambit in 2021 was IEM XVI - Cologne. In the group stage of which Gambit were able to deal with their opponents and advance to the playoffs, where they lost to the FaZe Clan team with a score of 1-2.

The victory over Natus Vincere in the RMR-tournament IEM XVI - Fall: CIS allowed Gambit to qualify for the main tournament of the year as Legends. As part of PGL Major Stockholm 2021, Gambit managed to confidently made it to the playoffs and get a ticket to Avicii Arena. After the victory over FURIA in the first match, the Hobbit team was unable to withstand their main opponents of this year Natus Vincere — 2-0.

As for the entire CIS scene, 2021 was a truly breakthrough year for Gambit. The young team was able to surprise the fans and demonstrate the highest level of play, having achieved numerous victories at tournaments of various sizes. Gambit made this season interesting for the fans and were able to impose a fight on most of the tier-1 teams. Almost until the end of the season, the Gambit team managed to keep the chances of becoming the best team of this year. The second place in 2021 and good prospects for the upcoming season for Gambit.

Interesting statistics

• sh1ro inspected his weapon 114.301 times in 2021.
• In 2021 Gambit managed to kill 535 chickens: 173 of them were slain by Ax1Le.

More useful statistics are always on Scope.gg

Top Teams of 2021:

• # 10, BIG
• # 9, Team Liquid
• # 8, NIP
• # 7, Astralis
• # 6, Virtus.Pro
• # 5, Team Vitality
• # 4, Heroic
• # 3, G2 Esports
• # 2, Gambit

For the last couple of years, the results of G2 Esports are getting better, despite numerous changes and the transition to a fully international roster. The last season was no exception for the organization. An unsuccessful start to the year & an unfulfilled dream of a championship at at least one high class tournament of the year only helped G2 to demonstrate stable results. And it is impressive: 3rd place in the ranking of the best teams of 2021.

After several unsuccessful performances, G2 decided to bench kennyS and get JaCkz back to the active roster. Despite skepticism about the future of the new team, G2 began to perform much better without a sniper in the roster. The reorganization of the roster allowed G2 to advance to the semi-finals of all tournaments in the first half of the year. At the IEM XVI - Cologne, the first major LAN tournament of this year, the French-Balkan team defeated most of the favorites of the tournament and reached the grand final. It was the final step in any high-class tournament that caused the greatest problems for G2 in 2021. This championship was no exception: defeat in the match against Natus Vincere - 0: 3.

After the summer break, G2 noticeably lost ground. At ESL Pro League S14, nexa's team failed to qualify from the group and set an anti-record of the tournament, losing 5 matches out of 5. During the tournament, the team could not show optimal performance in matches with Sinners, forZe, etc. The autumn BLAST Premier also failed to please the fans of the French-Balkan team - the roster also did not show the desired result already in the group stage.

PGL Major Stockholm became one of the most important tournaments for G2 in 2021. An incredibly confident and stable play from the start of the tournament allowed G2 to reach the Grand Final and fight in the match against Natus Vincere. Nevertheless, NiKo and the company did not win the desired trophy of the main tournament of the year. G2 lost their Grand Final  match with 0-2, once again stopping one step away from the championship. Immediately after the Major, the team parted ways with the head coach maLeK, who had been the ideological inspirer of various versions of the team for three years. MaLeK was temporarily replaced by former team analyst Jan 'Swani' Müller

Despite the unsuccessful start to the season, G2 managed to confidently demonstrate the highest level of play in 2021 and get into the top three of the strongest teams in the world. The squad managed to consistently perform throughout the year and get to the final stages of S & A level tournaments. However, the lack of a full-time sniper and the psychological component did not allow G2 to achieve victory in any of the grand finals they've participated in.

Interesting statistics

• JaCkz made 87 mistakes in re-buying kevlar. His teammates uselessly re-purchased armor only 6 times in 2021.
• In 2021, AmaNEk received 1,034 fall damage.

More useful statistics are always on Scope.gg

Top Teams of 2021:

• # 10, BIG
• # 9, Team Liquid
• # 8, NIP
• # 7, Astralis
• # 6, Virtus.Pro
• # 5, Team Vitality
• # 4, Heroic
• # 3, G2 Esports