{"id":122419,"date":"2025-01-07T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=122419"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:30:57","slug":"mauisnake-hltv-awards-2024-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/mauisnake-hltv-awards-2024-picks","title":{"rendered":"MAUISNAKE\u2019s HLTV Awards 2025 Picks: Insight & Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the third year in a row, I was asked to be on the panel for the <\/span>HLTV Awards<\/b>. In 2022, I voted for Ax1Le as Closer of the Year. In 2023, I voted for Magisk as Anchor of the Year. Funny how neither of those players was up for nomination for any awards this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

I took my 1st and 2nd place votes for each category seriously. Every vote you give for 1st place receives 5 points. Every 2nd place vote garners 3 points. Each 3rd place vote gives 1 point. Because the 3rd-place point award is minimal and there were very few awards where it really felt like a 3rd-place nominee had a chance compared to 1st or 2nd, I decided to use a couple of them as statement votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will not be voting the same way next year, as I believe all these votes should be made public, similar to how the NBA reveals all eligible voters\u2019 ballots and judges them. Once I sat down with some of my choices after the fact, I found it hard to justify some of them outside of a specific condition I made for 3rd place (you\u2019ll understand once you read my AWPer 3rd-place choice, for example). If anyone is too far out of line or ridiculous in the NBA ballots, they can be excluded from the next year\u2019s vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

AWPer of the year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1st: m0NESY<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2nd: ZywOo<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 3rd: torzsi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"AWPer<\/p>\n

    First and second are clear as day. <\/span>ZywOo <\/b>was an incredible AWPer this year, winning the Cologne MVP once he began to wield the weapon more frequently. However, a six-month stretch where he mostly chose to stay away from the gun in favor of the M4A1-S or any rifle made his campaign for AWPer of the Year a bit shaky when faced against the best sniper in the game right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The obvious question you may have is why I listed <\/span>torzsi<\/b> as third. Torzsi\u2019s floor in arena games was impressively high despite his team crumbling around him. I find this to be one of the most difficult aspects for any player\u2014not going down with the ship. Whereas <\/span>sh1ro<\/b> had to be carried through several arena games by donk and the rest of Team Spirit (including magixx in the Grand Finals of Shanghai), torzsi was the only member of <\/span>MOUZ<\/b> who showed up consistently at<\/span> IEM Katowice<\/b> (1.20 in Arena), <\/span>PGL Copenhagen<\/b> (1.11 in Arena), and <\/span>IEM Cologne<\/b> (1.15 in Arena). These performances, while the rest of MOUZ was crumbling, were consistently admirable as his riflers (xertioN, Jimpphat, and Brollan) all struggled in these same arenas.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Despite<\/span> sh1ro<\/b> being the overall better sniper for the year, I think it\u2019s safe to say sh1ro\u2019s rating is likely the most inflated of top-tier players right now due to the fact that over 15% of Team Spirit\u2019s lost rounds end up with him saving. I have voted for sh1ro in years past, so maybe you could chalk this one up to<\/span> voter fatigue<\/b> as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Opener of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
      \n
    • 1st: donk<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 2nd: NiKo<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 3rd: XANTARES<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"Opener<\/p>\n

      I actually will not be explaining 1st or 2nd for this one. <\/span>XANTARES<\/b> wins over <\/span>EliGE<\/b>, who would be my 4th-place vote, for a similar reason torzsi did for AWPer of the Year. He actually got reps in arenas and was practically the only win condition for <\/span>Eternal Fire <\/b>all year. XANTARES felt like he was carrying harder in games, as I would rate JT higher than MAJ3R for his calling, along with the game-planning behind Complexity being better than Eternal Fire. XANTARES was the game plan. He was the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Closer of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
        \n
      • 1st: b1t<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 2nd: jL<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 3rd: Spinx<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \"Closer<\/p>\n

        The <\/span>T-side<\/b> lurks from all three of these players were great. This one came down to the eye test. The number of lurk kills <\/span>b1t<\/b> found all year from Palace on de_mirage was simply absurd. It was like clockwork. <\/span>jL<\/b> was an incredible clutcher, and he and b1t were <\/span>1a<\/b> and <\/span>1b<\/b> for me here. I almost feel bad I couldn\u2019t give them an equal amount of points. jL felt like the better overall player, but I gave slightly more points for being a truer lurker, in the sense which is how I perceived b1t. <\/span>Spinx<\/b> was a decent third due to his consistency on offense for <\/span>Vitality<\/b>. I liked flameZ\u2019s offense as well, but he wasn\u2019t nominated in this category. My 4th-place vote would likely go to <\/span>frozen<\/b> for his incredibly high floor with a FaZe that had consistency issues throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Anchor of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
          \n
        • 1st: b1t<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 2nd: Jimpphat<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 3rd: zont1x<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \"Anchor<\/p>\n

          B1t<\/b> was just a stud for <\/span>NaVi<\/b>. I called him the <\/span>prince of pit <\/b>for his work on the defense of <\/span>Inferno<\/b>. His <\/span>A holds<\/b> on <\/span>Mirage<\/b> were also fantastic. He still plays ramp to kill and modernized the position in what used to be a \u201cplay-to-give\u201d spot. <\/span>Jimpphat<\/b> was the most impressive <\/span>B anchor<\/b> on<\/span> Mirage<\/b> all year, but on big stages, he consistently left me wanting more. <\/span>Zont1x<\/b>\u2019s discrepancy between his <\/span>CT side <\/b>and <\/span>T side<\/b> was so apparent\u2014with how much of a rock he was on <\/span>Spirit<\/b>\u2019s defense and how unimpactful he was on their offense. That being said, I wasn\u2019t going to vote for a 35% headshot player (this is a joke; he just wasn\u2019t as good as the other two).<\/span><\/p>\n

          IGL of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
            \n
          • 1st: Aleksib<\/span><\/li>\n
          • 2nd: apEX<\/span><\/li>\n
          • 3rd: bLitz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \"IGL<\/p>\n

            Aleksib<\/b> and <\/span>B1ad3<\/b> combined to create the <\/span>best offense<\/b> in <\/span>Tier 1<\/b> CS all year. I know other people thought that was too bold of a claim (SPUNJ on Talking Counter, lol), but I said it midway through their Grand Final appearance streak and still hold onto that for 2024. <\/span>ApEX<\/b> was working with a team that was not communicating well. As impressive as their players are on <\/span>Vitality<\/b>, I do not see who the tertiary voice is for that team behind flameZ. You have a dissatisfied Spinx, soldierly ZywOo, and timid mezii. In some of the biggest games all year against NaVi, apEX called some great shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

            I had to give credit to <\/span>bLitz<\/b> for maintaining a consistent top-12 team with a great, team-oriented style that found success without any players I would have considered Top 20 on my own list (video discussing my picks also released via SkinClub).<\/span><\/p>\n

            Coach of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
              \n
            • 1st: B1ad3<\/span><\/li>\n
            • 2nd: hally<\/span><\/li>\n
            • 3rd: maaRaa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              \"Coach<\/p>\n

              Refer to my Aleksib point for why I voted for <\/span>B1ad3<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Hally<\/b> was constantly credited by all members of <\/span>Team Spirit<\/b> for creating the system they used to win tournaments and achieve their deep runs. This is also why I did not put chopper in my Top 3 IGLs\u2014donk was even raging at chopper midway through the year during Spirit\u2019s struggles (this was shown on Jerry\u2019s stream as he translated the Russian comms).<\/span><\/p>\n

              MaaRaa<\/b> made the bold move of cutting multiple Mongolian players to revamp <\/span>The Mongolz <\/b>and elevate them to higher highs than they had experienced before. Despite already qualifying for a Major, he wasn\u2019t satisfied and dug even deeper into the Mongolian LAN scene to make ruthless moves to find more skilled and disciplined players who could fit his system.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Highlight of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n
                \n
              • 1st: jL PGL Copenhagen Deagle\/AK Ace vs G2<\/span><\/li>\n
              • 2nd: donk Shanghai 1v5 vs Heroic<\/span><\/li>\n
              • 3rd: skullz Shanghai 1v4 vs FaZe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                \"Highlight<\/p>\n

                I voted for<\/span> jL\u2019s play <\/b>at #1 because it took place in the semifinals of the Major on Map 3 and against G2, who were already up 3-0 on that third map. This changed the entire face of the match and led to jL winning <\/span>Major MVP<\/b> along with <\/span>NaVi<\/b> capturing CS2\u2019s first Major trophy. It\u2019s pretty difficult to argue that anything else was more important all year.<\/span><\/p>\n

                I am considering whether I should change how I vote for this next year. I credited events that happened during the Major and Major playoffs as being the most important. That deserves the distinction of Impactful Play of the Year, but I might have voted for a m0NESY play at ESL Pro League or BLAST World Finals if the focus was purely on skill and shock value.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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