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MOUZ, formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its CS:GO team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. MOUZ's League of Legends team currently competes in the ESL Pro Series, having formerly competed in the European Challenger Series.
Virtus.pro (VP) is an esports organization based in Russia. Founded in 2003, the organization has players competing in such games as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Paladins, Quake Champions and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team got an investment of over US$100,000,000 from Alisher Usmanov's USM Holdings. Since 2015 Virtus.pro is a part of the ESforce esports holding.
Aleksi Jalli, better known as allu, is a Finnish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for ENCE. He previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas and FaZe Clan as their AWPer. He has also played for 3DMAX, mousesports (mouz), ENCE, Rats of the Year, Team Curse, RAIDERS, The Hawks, and Team WinFakt.
Anders Blume is a Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive commentator and co-founder of RoomOnFire. He has been present as a caster at all of the Valve sponsored CS:GO Majors, with the exception of EMS One Katowice 2014. He has worked for a wide variety of tournament organisers including Electronic Sports League (ESL), Dreamhack and Gfinity. He is more often than not paired with Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat, also a co-founder of RoomOnFire and Jason "Moses" O'Toole, for his casts. He is famous for his energetic casts, including the use of what has become his catchphrase, "Are you kidding me?". In 2015, he won the Golden Joystick award for esports icon of the year.
Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson, better known as olofmeister, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for H2k, Absolute Legends, LGB eSports, Fnatic, and FaZe Clan. Gustafsson is widely regarded as one of the best CS:GO players in history. He has won two CSGO Majors, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015, as well as many other tournaments.
LDLC OL is a French esports organization with players competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite Battle Royale, League of Legends, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and World Rally Championship.
Kenny Schrub, better known as kennyS, is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for G2 Esports. He was named "eSports Player of the Year" at The Game Awards 2015. He was considered the best sniper in the game, and Duncan Shields, a Counter-Strike analyst, has called him the best player in the game prior to the sniper being changed. Some of his previous teams include Titan, VeryGames, Team LDLC.com, Recursive eSports, Clan-Mystik, and Team EnVyUs. He was a professional Counter-Strike: Source player before transitioning to Global Offensive in 2012.
Sean Michael Gares, better known as sgares or Seang@res, is an American professional retired Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, esports commentator and currently the head coach of 100 Thieves' Valorant roster. In December 2016, he was released from TSM over a player rights controversy and played for Misfits between January 2017 and January 2018.
Fabien Fiey, better known by his in-game name kioShiMa, is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former Counter-Strike 1.6 player.
Vincent Cervoni Schopenhauer, better known by the in-game name Happy, is a French professional Valorant player for Excel Esports. He formerly played professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) as a lurker/rifler for Team LDLC. As the in-game leader for Team Envy, and before that Team LDLC, Happy won two CS:GO Majors – DreamHack Winter 2014 and DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 – and finished second at another – ESL One Cologne 2015, a performance record that led to him being ranked as one of the best players in the game's history. Happy is considered a star of the French CS:GO scene and along with Ex6TenZ, one of the country's best in-game leaders. Before CS:GO, he played Counter-Strike: Source under the name EMSTQD.
Flipside Tactics was an esports organization based in the United States. Flipside had teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Halo, CrossFire, fighting games, StarCraft II, iRacing, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, and Dota 2. Former professional football player Ricky Lumpkin was a co-owner of the team.
Wiktor Wojtas, better known as TaZ, is a Polish Counter-Strike player who was the in-game leader for Virtus.pro. He is one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams. He has also played for AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Wojtas has been playing professionally since 2004.
ELeague, shortened as EL, and stylized as ΞLEAGUE is an esports league and American television show that airs on TBS. It was announced in September 2015 as a partnership between Turner Broadcasting and talent agency WME/IMG. The name "ELeague" was officially unveiled later that year.
Jordan Gilbert, better known as n0thing, is an American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He previously played as a rifler/lurker for Cloud9, before going inactive. n0thing is one of the most experienced North American players. Before playing Global Offensive, n0thing was a professional Counter Strike 1.6 player. Jordan won his first LAN tournament at just 10 years old. Since then, he has grown into a major figure in the CS:GO scene. His large following has garnered him popularity outside the esports scene, even appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Robin Rönnquist, better known as flusha, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He previously played for teams such as fnatic and Cloud9. flusha has won 3 CS:GO majors: Dreamhack Winter 2013, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer. The first CS:GO Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams.
Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev (Ukrainian) or Aleksandr Olegovich Kostilev (Russian), better known as s1mple, is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Natus Vincere. He is considered to be one of the best players in Global Offensive history.
Russel David Kevin Van Dulken, better known as Twistzz, is a Canadian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for top teams such as Team SoloMid, Misfits and Team Liquid. Twistzz was named the MVP of ESL One New York 2018 and IEM Sydney 2019 by HLTV.
Heroic is a Norwegian esports organization with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Rocket League, and Rainbow Six Siege. The organization was founded in Denmark on 26 August 2016 by Global Offensive players who formerly competed with SK Gaming. They became a part of RFRSH Entertainment before being sold to Seranades Global in 2018. In February 2022, Heroic was acquired by Norwegian organization Omaken Sports.