What if you had a secret strategy that was so unprecedented, so dominant, that using it might not be worth it? When you finally used it, and it paid off, how would you feel?Counter-Strike has always been a strategic game. But those strategies also evolve, even on maps that have been around forever.Boosting has always been part of that.But the boost that Fnatic used at DreamHack Winter 2014 on Over

s1mple is one of the best CS:GO players in the world.But being the best doesn’t mean being the best teammate. However, s1mple has come a long way, especially since joining Na`Vi. From falling AWP kills, to throwing AWPs, here is the best of s1mple.For more videos like this one, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

When you're a professional Counter-Strike player in a premier tournament with a bucket of cash on the line, killing your own teammates is probably not the best strat. And yet, it happens. Whether it's one player who's just so in the zone they're headshotting anything that moves, a blind spray through the smoke or just bad communication, we compiled the ultimate list of CS:GO team k

Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev is one of Counter Strike Global Offensives best young players. A skilled rifler, an assassin with the AWP and a wizard with a pistol, the young Ukranian prodigy can do it all. But S1mple has garnered a reputation for himself among the community as a talented, but brash player who doesn't always get along with him teammates.This is his story.For more video

This week, on an extra special episode of Versus, we’re doing something we’ve never done before.Every week we ask you guys to vote in the top right hand corner to crown a champion. You choose the winner and we move on. But not this week. This week we’re bringing a returning champion out of retirement. That’s right guys, this is Hypest Caster Calls, part two. We’re put

There are few things sexier in CS:GO than a one tap. Left clicking on a head and watching it explode is just so satisfying.When we started building this list, there was one question on everybody’s lips: Is a one deag a one tap? Debate raged fiercely in the office — should we have two lists, should we leave deagle headshots off entirely? In the end we settled on a compromise: put one de

Before winning the Major Tarik was No_ShirtTV.Tarik is known for his entertaining, and sometimes bizarre personality. But he also had quite the reputation for questionable decision making, giving him the nickname: Peanut Brain.These days Tarik is proving all the haters wrong as he plows through the competition with Cloud9. From his early, whimsical career to the highs of a Major title, here is the

We’ve all been there. You get solo-killed on top lane. Lag gets you rekt. You lose your Euls at 34 minutes.And you rage. It happens. Who doesn't feel the urge to smash a three-hundred dollar mouse from time to time? This week on Versus we’re comparing the very best rage moments from the pros of Dota 2, CS:GO and League of Legends.Keep in mind we're only looking at pros and ex-p

Aleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev and Egor "flamie" Vasilyev will stay with Natus Vincere's CS:GO team, according to Na`Vi CEO Yevhen Zolotarov.Official: s1mple and flamie stay with Na`Vi— Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) March 23, 2018 This news follows a report from HLTV that the two players were in talks with SK Gaming as potential replacements for Epitácio "TACO" de Melo and Ricardo "boltz" Pras

Epitácio "TACO" de Melo has left SK Gaming, the player announced on Twitter Thursday.27 meses e hoje, finalmente a despedida [PT-EN]Read: https://t.co/uUTfDrqPWE— Epitácio (@TACOCS) March 22, 2018 TACO has been with SK since July 2016, and has played alongside team captain Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo since November 2015, when he joined Luminosity Gaming. It is unclear if TACO was kick

Consider the pop-off. Perhaps the purest expression of esports joy. Now let’s be real here, we all know that the Fighting Game community has the best pop-offs. So if the FGC is the standard, which of the big three esports is the heir apparent to the pop-off throne?For more videos like this one, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

theScore esports Daily is a once-a-day briefing covering the top news stories from around the world of esports.Old Spice sponsor Overwatch Contenders leagueOld Spice has signed on as an official sponsor of Overwatch Contenders North America. We're excited to announce that @OldSpice has joined the team as an official sponsor of Overwatch Contenders in North America! pic.twitter.com/2rAIH7PQr9— Over

Since the summer of 2012, we’ve been treated to nearly six years of increible Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition. But if you haven’t been watching CS:GO for all that time, we got you covered.From the controversial 2017 DreamHack Montreal finals to the back-and-forth heroics of NaVi vs Fnatic at ESL One Cologne, here are our Top 10 most memorable grand finals in competitive CS:GO history.

Once upon a time, Fnatic was known as the best team in CS:GO.Recently, Fnatic fans were treated to a return to glory as the core crew of KRIMZ, JW and Flusha showed us they still got what it takes… with the help of newcomers Golden and Lekr0 of course.Here is the best of Fnatic at IEM Katowice.For more videos like this one, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Team Kinguin have picked up former Virtus.pro player Wictor "TaZ" Wojtas, along with fellow Polish player Paweł "reatz" Jańczak, the organization announced Monday.TaZ and reatz are replacing Portuguese players Ricardo "fox" Pacheco and Christopher "MURiTiS" Fernandes, making Kinguin an all-Polish roster. Reatz last played for Pride Gaming, while TaZ is best