The IEM Cologne 2026 Major stickers came out a few days ago, but the community has already started analyzing them not only for how they look, but also for what they contain. In some of the autographs, players seem to have hidden small personal details, inside references, and symbols that are not always visible at first glance.
Not just random design
It is important to clarify right away: not all of these discoveries have official confirmation from the players themselves. But some of the details look so specific that the community already sees them not as random design choices, but as very deliberate Easter eggs inside the Cologne 2026 autographs.
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Wicadia left someone else’s nickname in his autograph
One of the most interesting details was spotted on Wicadia’s sticker. In his autograph, fans noticed the nickname of Aurora content creator buerenay.
If this really is an intentional reference, then it turned into a very local and warm gesture. It is exactly these small things that make Major stickers more interesting, because they stop being just a signature and turn into a small story inside the design.
XANTARES hid family meaning in his autograph
On XANTARES’s autograph, people noticed the letters B and A. They are believed to be the first letters of his wife’s and child’s names.
This is one of the nicest examples of a sticker becoming not just stylish, but also personal. If that interpretation is correct, then XANTARES quite literally wrote part of his family into his Major autograph.
bLitz counted his Majors
On bLitz’s sticker, people noticed a drawn number 8. According to the community’s logic, this is a reference to the number of Majors he has already attended.
It is a very simple but very cool move. Instead of some abstract symbol, the player may have encoded his own Major history into the signature, and for people who have followed the scene for a long time, that detail reads especially well.
Moseyuh added his full Chinese name
In the case of Moseyuh’s sticker, attention was drawn to the beginning of the autograph, where he seems to have written his full Chinese name in characters.
This is one of the most striking discoveries in the whole set. That kind of approach makes the autograph much more personal and culturally grounded, rather than just being a stylized Latin nickname.
Swisher likely hinted at his engagement
On Swisher’s sticker, people noticed a diamond drawing. The community suspects this may be a reference to his proposal to his girlfriend.
If that is really the case, then this is another example of players using an autograph not only as branding, but also as a place for a personal symbol. And it is exactly these things that often make a sticker memorable for fans.
Snax may have played on an old cult meme
In Snax’s signature, people noticed a small apple. It is being linked to the long-known phrase “The Big Apple and Snax is hungry,” which has been associated with him since 2016.
This already feels more like a pure old-school reference for people who have been in the CS scene for a long time. If that really was the intention, then Snax very elegantly pulled out an old meme and hid it inside a new Major sticker.
Gizmy drew a GOAT
On Gizmy’s autograph, fans saw a small GOAT, meaning a goat. The reference here reads almost without explanation — it is an obvious play on the phrase “greatest of all time.”
These kinds of things always work well in stickers, because they look both like a joke and like self-presentation at the same time. Light, clear, and meme-worthy enough to be remembered.
Boombl4 added a kitty
One of the cutest details in the entire set is Boombl4’s autograph, where people noticed a small cat.
This is not some complicated code, but rather just a funny visual element that immediately catches the eye. Sometimes the simplest things work best.
dem0n put his coach into the autograph
In dem0n’s sticker, the community noticed the nickname of his coach — coolio. So the autograph turned out not entirely solo, but with a small tribute to someone from the staff.
This is interesting already because most of these Easter eggs usually revolve around family, memes, or the player’s own brand. But here, if everything has been read correctly, we have a direct nod toward the coach.
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Cologne 2026
The Cologne 2026 autographs turned out to be more interesting than they may have seemed at first. Some of them appear to contain little stories, family hints, memes, inside jokes, or simply symbols that matter to the players themselves.
And that is exactly why these stickers feel worth looking at not only as cosmetics for a skin, but as a separate piece of tournament culture. Because when one signature hides a wife, another hides a Major counter, and a third hides a kitty, it is no longer just a set of autographs, but a real collection of small character moments.
