Maksym Krippa, owner of the NAVI esports team, bought the team’s first gold medal in CS at a Tribuna.com auction. Ukrainian esports representatives are actively uniting as a community.
Tribuna.com reported this.
Arseniy “ceh9” Trinozhenko, a former NAVI player and current caster of the Ukrainian studio Maincast, played a special role in the charity auction along with other esports figures and supporters.
The auction, organized by Tribuna.com, was a success, and the “ceh9” medal from Intel Extreme Masters IV 2010 was sold on eBay for $10,000.
The acquisition of this medal by businessman Maksym Krippa was an important event, as it is the first gold medal in the history of the CS:GO team.
The auction participants together paid more than UAH 6 million for the auction lots. There were really valuable items on display.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), a collaborative creation by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment, stands as the most recent major entry in the Counter-Strike series. Released on August 21, 2012, the game initially became accessible to players on Windows and macOS computers, as well as on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. In 2014, a version for Linux was introduced, and by 2016, Xbox One players could also enjoy the game through backward compatibility, expanding its reach to a wider audience.
Counter-Strike is one of the most famous multiplayer video games in the first-person shooter genre. Developed and released by the American company Valve for the Windows operating system, the game is also known as Half-Life: Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike 1.6.
The game is characterized by its team-based interaction and tactical depth. Players are divided into two teams: terrorists and counterterrorists. Each team has its own missions, which may include placing or defusing a bomb, freeing hostages, or simply destroying the enemy. The outcome of the match often depends on the success of the tasks and the ability to work in a team.
Counter-Strike has developed a whole subculture of eSports, where professional players and teams compete in international tournaments for large cash prizes. This game has had a huge impact on the development of the video game industry, becoming a cultural phenomenon and gathering millions of fans around the world.