One of the top female CS:GO players in the world, Olga Rodrigues, has joined the Chinese team HaoShengGaming after leaving the Brazilian club FURIA, according to her new company. Her presence will be felt by her new team, without a doubt.
According to a report, Olga requested to quit FURIA after days of negotiations. She was the top player on the team, averaging an excellent 1.39 rating across 45 maps played in 2022. Despite Olga’s valiant efforts, FURIA has never been able to defeat Nigma Galaxy, the leading female team in the scene. The Brazilians lost all three of their encounters with Nigma Galaxy in the 2022 ESL Impact grand finals, and they were defeated once more this year in the semifinals of the ESL Impact Katowice tournament in February.
Olga has been a member of FURIA since 2021 and was instrumental in the company’s development of female CS:GO. Now that Olga is a member of HSG’s seven-player roster, she will probably replace Wu “XiaoWu” Xinni in the starting lineup. Wu “XiaoWu” Xinni missed the most recent competition HSG participated in—the Asian ESL Impact Cash Cup earlier this month—and was replaced by a free-agent player, Fang “LEO” Dongmei.
One day following the third season of ESL Impact kicked off in the European, North American, and South American divisions; the decision was made official. The teams from Asia will play in a wildcard qualifier for a berth at the ESL Impact season 3 finals in Dallas in June, even though the region does not have its own division this year.
Olga will probably play fewer games in 2023 as a result of this move. However, she will have the chance to attempt to qualify for the RMR of the second CS:GO Major in 2023, which can be tracked on gg.bet/en/counter-strike. It is because HSG can only send its female team to the open qualifiers as it lacks a male squad. Unless she were promoted to the main crew to play alongside KSCERATO and Yuurih, that would never happen on FURIA because the organization already uses its male team on the Major circuit.
For The Second Time in a Month, CS:GO Surpasses Its All-Time Player Record
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive recently shattered its all-time concurrent player record like the boss that it is. While Counter-Strike has been since 1999, this version of the game is eleven years old. Less than a month later, CS:GO has already achieved a new milestone of 1.4 million concurrent gamers.
In February 2023, 1.32 million people set the previous record. According to SteamDB, the new record was set on March 11 at 13:00 UTC and involved 1,420,183 players concurrently. While many have been speculating as to why the game has had this kind of sustained growth thus far after its release, any explanation ultimately circles back to the game’s basics, which are its cornerstone. CS:GO used a humble gag in their Twitter account to celebrate the new achievement while taking a break from torturing supporters with jokes.
The first several years of CS: GO witnessed significant adjustments because it wasn’t launched under ideal circumstances. You could make a compelling case that, in addition to the game’s inherent goodness, the $400 knives were what ultimately kept it alive. Something that just started as a console version today is the best competitive first-person shooter of all time, and by far the most played game on Steam.
The Counter-Strike community is now at a fever pitch about the prospect of a new game, whether that means CS:GO transferred to Valve’s Source 2 engine or a true Counter-Strike 2. This is one fascinating backdrop for the situation. Fans are undoubtedly fuming at Valve despite its silence. It appears that many of them are playing CS:GO to distract themselves, thanks to database leaks and accusations from esports figures.
