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.
This was reported by Tribuna.com.
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 Maxim 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.
