Players’ in-game tags are crucial since the early days of gaming. For all the fans of online games and especially for esports players, they are even more important. People often judge others by nicknames, so a successful set of characters could significantly help raising in ranks. CS.MONEY Blog decided to choose the most original nicknames of CS:GO pros and tell their stories.
EliGE
Being one of the most famous North American players, Jonathan Jablonowski did not start his competitive career with CS:GO but with a completely different game. At first, the five-time participant of the HLTV top 20 players annual rating was playing StarCraft II.
This passion is reflected in the nickname “EliGE”. His favourite player is the Korean Terran SeleCT. Jonathan decided not to overthink and simply translated the nickname of his favourite player into Spanish, keeping the last two letters in capitals.
xyp9x and X5G7V
Some players didn’t bother with creating a nickname at all. A random set of characters typed on the keyboard. The most famous example of this approach is a four-time major winner, xyp9x. Luckily, the nickname of the Clutch Minister can be voiced in a somewhat meaningful way. The nickname of the k23’s captain, Daniil X5G7V Maryshev, looks more like a code in a Steam Guard. Poor casters and analysts!
flusha
Do not forget that your Smurf account can sometimes become more successful than the main one. Thus, the three-time major champion paid for his lack of attention. Robin Rönnquist created a second account with the nickname “flushatoilet”, but after a while, it became noticed. And the best idea the Swede could came up with was to reduce the alias to a more harmless “flusha”.
gob b
In some cases, the nickname has quite a lot of meaning. The legend of the German scene, gob b, has a sad nickname story. B is the first letter in the name of Fatih’s friend, who committed suicide. Thus, the player remembers his friend all the time. Gob is an abbreviation of the word “goblin”; there is nothing unusual here.
Edward
What is unusual about the nickname Edward? In CS:GO, there are thousands of people with this name, but we will talk about Ioann Sukharev, the pistol king and the legend of CS 1.6, who had nothing to do with this particular name. The Ukrainian got this alias for his hairstyle! As a child, the future vice-champion of majors in Columbus and London loved a hairstyle like Edward Scissorhands. The character embodied on the screen by Johnny Depp is memorable, as well as the game of the Ukrainian.
DickStacy
In the end, we couldn’t get past this remarkable Australian. They say that this continent is very fond of weiner jokes, and Oliver Tierney even tried to put one on a sticker in CS:GO, but Valve did not allow it. Nevertheless, a sticker with the simple inscription “DICK” is quite popular with players, and we are still sorry that the Australian was not invited to Berlin International Gaming.
As for the nickname’s history, the most likely version references the Call of Duty player Richard “Ricky” Stacy. The English often shorten the name Richard to “Dick”, and the wordplay does not need to be further explained.
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