CS Leeks

Counter-Strike Pros as Pokémon, a thread 🧵 NAF as Slakoth

@Mynajef_ Never say never

the worst CS2 news page you know will make a post with the caption "DID VALVE JUST LEAK THAT CATS ARE COMING TO CS2?"

Hi everyone! As an orgless team, it's financially difficult for us to be able to practice and compete full-time and still attend the important local LANs required to accumulate VRS points. We've started a gofundme to ask the community for help to raise funds that will be used for travel expenses and bootcamps to help sustain this project. Thank you very much to anyone that chooses to support us. ❤️🙏🫶 gofund.me/9dd586021

@dust2us @JoshNissan @SBETeam 🔥

Breaking: @JoshNissan returns to competition with @SBETeam dust2.us/news/69727/bre…

@Mauisnake 12 for 12

after a 2024 in which i worked the least events since my career began, 2025 was the bounce back 12 events 12 grand final desks 9 countries 2 majors 113 broadcast days 87 days streaming 69 podcasts over 150 days working away from home loved every second of it. here's to 2026

@whirlyys In your dreams maybe

Donk top 15 👀

@JTcsgo @FaZeClan Awesome run and always a joy to watch, keep it up!

Just too many missed shots or mistakes from us today, gg’s @FaZeClan was a hard game

@QueenNiyo Please watch today

@quacke69 You know ball

im late to this but here you go

🚨 LOOKING FOR WORK 🚨 I'm Ludvig "quacke" Nilsson and I'm looking for work in esports and gaming! 👋 I have several years of experience in diverse roles such as writing, podcasting, social media management, casting and more.

big thanks to @Mauisnake and an anonymous supporter (ko-fi's weird like that) for their generous donation to my ko-fi page. funds will help me get to Belgrade for the HLTV awards and buy a new SSD drive to store my data at ko-fi.com/btrams

@peterjarguz Rooting for you to come back stronger 🙏

Devastating. Invested almost two years into this project, and for it to end this way is heartbreaking. That's esports. I wanted to rebuild my way but management had different ideas. I'm not finished with competing, especially when I was so close to being back at the top.

Austin Major Stage 3 🇵🇱 Snax ✅ 🇧🇦 huNter- ✅ 🇬🇹 malbsMd ✅ 🇷🇺 m0NESY ❌ 🇧🇦 NiKo ❌

⚡⚡⚡ 1+ Million Peak Viewers for #BLASTtvMAJOR @FalconsEsport vs @MIBR New milestone for #AustinMajor @CounterStrike 👇 escharts.com/tournaments/cs…

@ivanthetruth Just in lurking mode 👀

"How bad is Faze" x.com/ivanthetruth/s…

m0NESY at 17 yo

@muenstergg This is awesome 🔥🫶

2024 was an interesting year for me. First 3 months I wasn't sure where my life was heading. After my contract with EG ended in January I wasn't sure where to find work or if I even wanted to keep working in esports. I felt lost and noticed symptoms of depression arising and wasn't sure how to recover. I knew I needed something to get me active and give me purpose so I picked up photography as a hobby to get me out of the house and hopefully prevent me from spiraling. It worked. I loved it immidiately. As always, @fragadelphia was hosting events and I wanted to practice so I offered to shoot for them and they graciously accepted. Since that first event, the Frag team has brought me on board as a staff member and even assisted with travel and housing accomadations. This was a win-win-win since it gave me a perfect opportunity to practice and build my portfolio, a great way to give back to the community, and Frag got a free photographer and extra set of hands at events. Through good vibes, hard work, and quality output, I've now become a media lead and I'm excited to be even more involved in the future of Frag. Within 4 months of volunteering my portfolio grew to a point where I was able to leverage it for paid work. Without the opportunity I got from Fragadelphia this wouldn't have been possible so quickly. On top of the occasional freelance gig, I now contract for a production company who sends me out to events for photo coverage and the owner of the company likely wouldn't have given me the time of day without the portfolio I'd built by working with Fragadelphia. Just goes to show that with a little bit of skill and focusing your energy and time into the right places, it's possible to get very quick, positive outcomes. On the mental health side of things, I've been able to get a profound level of fulfillment from volunteering at Frag. Low level Counter Strike is already under-documented. Most of our events don't meet the requirements to make it on to HLTV so photographing them feels like a way to legitamize the work we're doing in North America. Capturing the growth of the players and our community through my lens feels like I'm contributing to the building of stories and the creation of history. It's extremely rewarding being able to capture moments that likely would've otherwise been mostly forgotten. Players having professional grade photos taken also feel more validated in their competitive pursuit. I've already heard from some players that having these photos helped with explaining to their parents why they love Counter Strike so much. Being able to show them my albums made it much easier to explain and easier for them to understand what it is about these events that's so special, why they're worth practicing for, and why they want to keep coming back. With their parents being more onboard, they feel a much greater sense of support while following their passion. The sense of fulfillment I get hearing these types of stories is impossible to describe. It makes me very happy to be able to continue giving back in new ways to the community that gave me so much these last 10 years. 2024 was an amazing year for me but shifting careers is not easy and took a lot of work. Only being 9 months in means it still hasn't been the most fiscally responsible move, but for my mental health it was definitely the right one. I plan on continuing to improve and grow so that I can reach a point where it can be something more financially viable for me. I'm extremely excited for 2025 and to continue following this path I've created for myself. Massive thank you to the Fragadelphia crew for accepting me and giving me the opportunity to help host and grow their events. Shout out to @thestevesquatcH @NVS_frag @TheBonamant @sphaxa @OriginalChezpuf @iwGray @tylerrefsnider_ and all the volunteers who've helped us throughout the year.

FRYQUEST: aliStair to pursue new career opportunities at local Macca's

@karriganCSGO @Team__Spirit ❤️

Big brother, I wanted to let you know I gave everything I had, we once again finished 2nd in the major but there will be more chances. GG WP @Team__Spirit

@statsmeister1 The crazy thing is NAVI actually won this map! Team play >

Good morning

@chetsingh #FreeChet