HLTV

HLTV
Owners	Better Collective[1]
Founder(s)	Martin "Rosenchef" Rosenbæk; Per "Nomad" Lambæk;
Editors	Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles; Luis "MIRAA" Mira; Milan "Striker" Švejda; Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin; Bünyamin "BenjaCS" Bektaş [2]
Key people	Martin "Rosenchef" Rosenbæk (CEO)[3]; Per "Nomad" Lambæk (CTO); Petar "Tgwri1s" Milovanovic (CCO);
Current status	Active

HLTV, formerly an acronym of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the Counter-Strike community[4] with over 4 million unique visitors each month.[5] In February 2020, the site was acquired by the sports betting group Better Collective.[1]

History

HLTV's old logo

HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Rosenchef" Rosenbæk[6] and Per "Nomad" Lambæk.[7] It was initially known for covering Counter-Strike and Half-Life news. HLTV started storing GOTV demos for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive when they were introduced in 2012. It has since evolved to include news, statistics, and analysis for the professional esports scene of Global Offensive.

Since late 2015, HLTV ranks the teams based on their own rating system.[8][9] HLTV have awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) medals to the highest performing player at each tournament. They also award Exceptionally Valuable Player (EVP) medals to players putting in an above average performance. In 2016, HLTV launched dust2.dk, a website dedicated to the Counter-Strike scene in Denmark. They followed this up in 2017 by launching dust2.us, a local website for the Americas. Data, such as professional match results, are fed through from the subsidiary websites to HLTV.[10][11] Since 2010 with the first version of Counter-Strike, HLTV has ranked all of the professional Counter-Strike players based on their performance that year. In May 2019, HLTV was officially integrated into Global Offensive, where you can now find professional tournaments, provided by data from HLTV.[12]

HLTV has received many visual updates throughout the years, with the most recent one taking place in 2017.[13]

In 2020, HLTV announced that it and sister site dust2.dk had been acquired by Better Collective, a sports betting group based in Denmark.[1][14][15]

HLTV Rating

The HLTV rating is the most widely used rating system in Global Offensive, and is often used outside of HLTV.[16][17]

Rating 1.0

Rating 1.0 was introduced to HLTV in 2010 with the first version of Counter-Strike. This rating was based on the number of kills per round, the survival rate of a player per round, and the amount of multikills a player got, which is known as the impact rating. The higher each of these values are, the higher rating a player would get.[18] The HLTV 1.0 rating came under criticism for being too similar to the Kill/Death ratio.[19]

Rating 2.0

Rating 2.0 was introduced to HLTV on June 6, 2017, as an updated version of Rating 1.0. Added were two new factors, Kill/Assist/Survival/Traded (KAST) and Average Damage per Round (ADR), whilst the impact rating has been changed. KAST measures the percentage of rounds where a player contributes by killing an enemy, assisting a teammate, surviving a round or getting revenge on an enemy for killing a teammate, trading. The impact rating is based on multi-kills, opening kills, 1vX situations (clutches) won and more non-disclosed factors. Rating 2.0 is meant to be more accurate than Rating 1.0, since it includes more factors to measure the player's performance.[18] Despite these new adjustments, it is still considered by some to not cover enough.[19]

HLTV Top 20 players

Each year, the HLTV staff rank professional Counter-Strike players based on their performance, and write an article explaining their choice. These rankings are based on how successful the player's team is, the individual performance based on the HLTV Rating 1.0 and Rating 2.0, and MVP/EVP awards given by HLTV. They have ranked both Counter-Strike and Global Offensive players. 2012 was excluded due to it being a transition year between Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source to Global Offensive.[20]

2010

1. Yegor "markeloff" Markelov
2. Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund
3. Martin "trace" Heldt
4. Sergey "starix" Ischuk
5. Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev
6. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
7. Filip "NEO" Kubski
8 Danny "zonic" Sørensen
9. Andreas "MODDII" Fridh
10. Marucus "delpan" Larsson
11. Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
12. Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl
13. Christophe "SIXER" Xia
14. Danny "fRoD" Montaner
15. Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer
16. Johan "face" Klasson
17. Bum-Ki "peri" Jung
18. Richard "Xizt" Landström
19. Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
20. Harley "dsn" Örwall[21]

2011

1. Filip "NEO" Kubski
2. Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund
3. Yegor "markeloff" Markelov
4. Martin "trace" Heldt
5. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
6. Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas
7. Michael "Friis" Jørgensen
8. Finn "karrigan" Andersen
9. Marcus "delpan" Larsson
10. Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl
11. Karl-William "kalle" Haraldsen
12. Eduard "ed1k" Ivanov
13. Richard "Xizt" Landström
14. Johan "face" Klasson
15. Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev
16. Andreas "MODDII" Fridh
17. Timo "aslak" Verkoperrä
18. Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski
19. Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov
20. Sergey "starix" Ischuk[22]

2013

1. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
2. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
3. Richard "shox" Papillon
4. Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov
5. Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt
6. Richard "Xizt" Landström
7. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom
8. Jesper "JW" Wecksell
9. Spencer "Hiko" Martin
10. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
11. Adam "friberg" Friberg
12. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
13. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
14. Nicolaj "Nico" Jensen
15. Yegor "markeloff" Markelov
16. Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev
17. Eduoard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux
18. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
19. Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski
20. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth[20]

2014

1. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
2. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
3. Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski
4. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
5. Jesper "JW" Wecksell
6. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
7. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
8. Richard "shox" Papillon
9. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
10. Vincent "Happy" Cervoni
11. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
12. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
13. Paweł "byali" Bieliński
14. Adam "friberg" Friberg
15. Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
16. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
17. Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt
18. Braxton "swag" Pierce
19. Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey
20. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz[23]

2015

1. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
2. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
4. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
5. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
6. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
7. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
8. Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer
9. Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt
10. Jesper "JW" Wecksell
11. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
12. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
13. Richard "shox" Papillon
14. Egor "flamie" Vasilyev
15. René "cajunb" Borg
16. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
17. Filip "NEO" Kubski
18. Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
19. Aleksi "allu" Jalli
20. Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham[24]

2016

1. Marcelo "coldzera" David
2. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
4. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
5. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
6. Richard "shox" Papillon
7. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
8. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
9. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom
10. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
11. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
12. Egor "flamie" Vasilyev
13. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
14. Emil "Magisk" Reif
15. Fernando "fer" Alvarenga
16. Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
17. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
18. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
19. Lincoln "fnx" Lau
20. Dennis "dennis" Edman[25]

2017

1. Marcelo "coldzera" David
2. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
3. Fernando "fer" Alvarenga
4. Håvard "rain" Nygaard
5. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
6. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
7. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
8. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
9. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
10. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
11. Abay "HObbit" Khasenov
12. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
13. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth
14. Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke
15. Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
16. Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný
17. Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev
18. Ricardo "boltz" Prass
19. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
20. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski[26]

2018

1. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
2. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
3. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
4. Denis "electronic" Sharipov
5. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
6. Keith "NAF" Markovic
7. Emil "Magisk" Reif
8. Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander
9. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
10. Marcelo "coldzera" David
11. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
12. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
13. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth
14. Tomáš "oskar" Štastný
15. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
16. Miika "suNny" Kemppi
17. Timothy "autimatic" Ta
18. Håvard "rain" Nygaard
19. Robin "ropz" Kool
20. Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså[27]

2019

1. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
2. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
3. Nicolai "device" Reedtz
4. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
5. Emil "Magisk" Reif
6. Denis "electronic" Sharipov
7. Keith "NAF" Markovic
8. Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte
9. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
10. Robin "ropz" Kool
11. Nikola "NiKo" Kovac
12. Özgür "woxic" Eker
13. Jere "sergej" Salo
14. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højslet
15. Justin "jks" Savage
16. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
17. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
18. Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov
19. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
20. Ethan "Ethan" Arnold[28]

2020

1. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
2. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
3. Nicolai "device" Reedtz
4. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
5. Denis "electronic" Sharipov
6. Benjamin "blameF" Bremer
7. Robin "ropz" Kool
8. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
9. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
10. Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische
11. Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif
12. Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund
13. Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač
14. Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos
15. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
16. Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles
17. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
18. Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato
19. Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage
20. Vincent ⁠"Brehze⁠" Cayonte[29]

References

Fitch, Adam (February 28, 2020). "HLTV.org acquired by Better Collective for €34.5 million".
"Liquipedia HLTV". Retrieved 25 June 2019.
Nymark, Jens. "Millioner følger dansk computerspils-guldfugl". Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
"Better Collective acquires CS:GO Platform HLTV". March 2, 2020.
"Dansk nyhedssite for Counter-Strike-fans er klodens største". Incuba (in Danish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
Martin, Rosenbæk. "HLTV Martin". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Christiansen, Jesper. "Danske Martin og Per fik en genial idé: Nu følger millioner de to guldfugles 'hobby'-projekt". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
"HLTV Ranking October 1st, 2015". HLTV. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Vejvad, Christian. "Fem danske Counter Strike hold på HLTV top 30!". GDK (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
"Dust2.dk" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Lambæk, Per "Nomad". "This Is Not Even My Final Form". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
"Release Notes for 5/14/2019". Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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"HLTV.org joins Better Collective". HLTV.org.
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Chiu, Stephen. "Breaking Down Criteria CS:GO Edition, Rating KRIMZ and GuardiaN". VPEsports. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1is". "What is That Rating Thing in Stats?". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Sardegna, Christopher. "Exploring Problems with Counter-Strike Rating Systems". Retrieved 25 June 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1s". "Top 20 Players of 2013: Ranking". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2010: Introduction". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2011: Introduction". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2014: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2015: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1s". "Top 20 Players of 2016: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2019: Introduction". Retrieved 20 January 2020.
Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2020: Introduction". Retrieved 28 January 2021.

External links

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[auto-1] Fitch, Adam (February 28, 2020). "HLTV.org acquired by Better Collective for €34.5 million".

[2] "Liquipedia HLTV". Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[3] Nymark, Jens. "Millioner følger dansk computerspils-guldfugl". Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[4] "Better Collective acquires CS:GO Platform HLTV". March 2, 2020.

[5] "Dansk nyhedssite for Counter-Strike-fans er klodens største". Incuba (in Danish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[6] Martin, Rosenbæk. "HLTV Martin". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[7] Christiansen, Jesper. "Danske Martin og Per fik en genial idé: Nu følger millioner de to guldfugles 'hobby'-projekt". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2019.

[8] "HLTV Ranking October 1st, 2015". HLTV. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[9] Vejvad, Christian. "Fem danske Counter Strike hold på HLTV top 30!". GDK (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2019.

[10] "Dust2.dk" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[11] Lambæk, Per "Nomad". "This Is Not Even My Final Form". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[12] "Release Notes for 5/14/2019". Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[13] Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "A New Beginning For HLTV". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[14] "HLTV.org joins Better Collective". HLTV.org.

[15] "HLTV has been acquired by Better Collective". March 1, 2020.

[16] Chiu, Stephen. "Breaking Down Criteria CS:GO Edition, Rating KRIMZ and GuardiaN". VPEsports. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[17] Villanueva, Jamie. "The Best CS:GO Players of 2018". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[rating-stats2-18] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1is". "What is That Rating Thing in Stats?". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[problems2-19] Sardegna, Christopher. "Exploring Problems with Counter-Strike Rating Systems". Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[top-20-2013-20] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1s". "Top 20 Players of 2013: Ranking". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[21] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2010: Introduction". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[22] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2011: Introduction". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[23] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2014: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[24] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwri1s". "Top 20 Players of 2015: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[25] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1s". "Top 20 Players of 2016: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[26] Milanovic, Petar "Tgwr1s". "Top 20 Players of 2017: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[27] Burazin, Zvonimir "Professeur". "Top 20 players of 2018: Introduction". Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[28] Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2019: Introduction". Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[29] Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2020: Introduction". Retrieved 28 January 2021.