My Top 20 Counter-Strike Players of 2023 

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13:32 Number 13 and onward the number shown in the video is 1 ahead and actually spoils the next spot lmao

stavn and jabbi next to eachother on this list, so poetic

I could not open demos on my laptop in CS2 so we had to stick with this format- I hope you like it !

A bit unfortunate that some of the 'title cards' for some players is messed up. (brokys has footage of hunter, hunters has footage of sunpayus). Other than that, great format.

Always enjoy the clean / simple editing and calmness in these types of videos. Really relaxing and easier to take in compared to most other content.

a little number 13 and 12 intro editing error

for what it's worth I enjoyed the little 30s-1minute quick rundown of the player before revealing them. allowed me to try and guess who you picked. Would enjoy seeing this in the next two videos

Started watching CS in 2017, watching the minors leading up to Krakow. NiKo quickly became my favorite player, but in the last couple of years it's almost been even MORE fun to watch hunter. His consistency, calm nature, and incredible skill is so unique. He reminds me of fer and rain in those ways, and those are two of my absolute all time favorites too. What a legend.

part 2 waiting room

ur editor is fantastic, feels like the whole video has a vibe that perfectly matches you while being distinctly different from most content that is being put out nowa days, laid back but high quality, no yelling or attention grabs, just good content and good vibes, good shit VonVorter

Sh1ro had such a big downfall this year. In the first half he was the only player to rival Zywoo, with some peoppe saying he might even beat out Zywoo for number 1 if Zywoo deopped off even a little bit. Not he's not even cracking top 10. Hope he comes back man

Magisk better be on this list that man have been insane this year

I love the little descriptions Launders gives us before naming the player so we can guess who it is 😂

LOVED this style of video, great work!

I love what you said about xertion, I’m really excited to see how far he can go

Finally faze broky is appreciated. I'm a big fan of such a calm killer ♥launders I'm edging to your bug no PAUSE

If Daddy Rain is not on the list, I don't want it.

Where is the next episode? 😎

Heck yeah! Great to see the top 20 again

great vid lau, love the visuals

beautiful video launders, such a good narration!

editing sooooooooooo clean with this one!

Was driving home today from work and thought when this was going to come out. I got home sat on my toilet opened RU-vid and here it is!!!!

I disagree with stavn being here tbh. It's not because of the incident but because whenever it came to big matches and finals he was never on the server, consistently being near the bottom. While he was the most important factor in why Heroic were going so deep into tournaments he was also the reason why they never won anything, with Cadian usually stepping up to the challenge.

Love this Video Lau. It's a refreshing sight of things and style. There's one fault. The first showing of the player is wrong for broky and hunter. Keep up your nice work!

I paused the video after top 19 cause i was tired after work and needed some sleep, so i went to sleep and dreamed that top 18 was NAF, it was crazy. When i wake up i couldnt remember if it was a dream or was for real and had to come check. Nice list for now.

December 17th passed but still no video?...

So stoked for this bro

thx launders and great casting. i would say ropz 1. broky and rain high up

Thank you for our annual Christmas present

Lau the GOAT for putting rain top 10.

Great video lau, I noticed a small error. When you shower off hunter, the title card was for sunpayus. Then for sunpayus, the same title card. Just wanted to point it out

we love you, lau 🇨🇦

I feel you did Elige a little dirty there at 19 tbh. The man picked up a new team and a new game and instantly put them in the top 5, that's a legend right there.

Thought I'd see Lau in the bathrobe again, swimming in the sky. Anyways, let me watch the video

Wow really disappointed in you launders, I wasnt even on this list????? Better be there for 24 man. Love you 💗💗

Trying to guess what player is coming up based on their introduction is alot of fun

yo are the preview numbers desynced? spoiled the reveals :p

Lau, for the 13th spot the animation shows 12 and for the 12th it shows 11, a little editing mistake but its understandable, I love the video though, waiting for the next ones!

the splash screens were off, it showed the next player while talking about the current one. Showed hunter when talking about broky. Showed SunPayus while talking about hunter.

Broky getting on here makes me happy. I feel like he gets left in the dark because it’s cool to hate faze, but he has vastly improved over 2023

Baby wake up lau's top 20 just dropped

lessgo an annual event to celebrate

stavn and jabbi - in my mind all i see is two guy buy the pool singing "i'm an island boy"

That date just looks really good on you.

Actually I can't even imagine a real top-20 list without Jame. Yes he might not have much of the highlights, but this man is a creator of the unique gamestyle, which makes VP one of the hardest teams to play against even without big star players. His calmness, discipline, ability to control the economy on the server and the fact that it is so hard to kill him on server makes Jame one of a kind

SunPayus's sheer dominance felt Top 5 at times imo

I expect donk to enter the top 20 next year. Thought he could maybe get a hugh spot this year.

Love your videos man, but you gotta fix your mic quality ong

number 13 'player card' thing isn't here and displaces the other player cards lol

I've got some questions for you on a few of these Mr. Lau or rather the exclusion of a few, though I'm sure you're just saving them for the later...

Launders has officially turned into the Anthony Fantano of cs...

its so crazy how broky is 13. There are so many elite players this year

Some edits in this video seem a little off (for example, niko and hunter?? @ 13:30, m0nesy at jabbis segment?? 7:52) Otherwise nice video lau

Going to shoot the gun early and assume I also don't know the last two players. I guessed 1.5 (couldn't decide on the two options from CA) right off your clues. Also sup with the awp? Seems fine to me whenever I decide to use it.

The graphic in #14 shows Hunter instead of broky

@launders Deeemo review of "Senzu" in Mongolz vs Col game? 1.4 rating in the bo3, 2.16 rating in inferno

thanks for listing me

EDITOR WHAT HAPPENED. Why are the “number X” cards mixed up at the end???

twistzz being 14th??? this man is crazy.

Editing mistake @ 13:26 and 15:36?

Based Laugoat putting Xertion in his top 20

so we back coach

Theres at least 5 players in this top 20 i would sub out for Rain.

I personally like the previous intro music more

From broky's intro video onwards, the player displayed is not the one being talked about btw. (e.g. 15:43 shows SunPayus, not hunter.) Great stuff otherwise though, love your casting and videos.

I feel like twistzz at 14 is a bit too high, all the faze fans that I know feel like he has been way too inconsistent this year, and has been a huge reason as to why faze has struggled prior to cs2. He held them back massively in Rio , Paris and Cologne, three of the biggest tournaments in 2023. There was this talk about him no longer being motivated after winning pro league early in the year , something that he sort of confirmed himself. I don't think a late surge in cs2 is worthy of a top 14 placement. I mean other than Karrigan, he is the only one that dropped below a 0.9 hltv rating , and he did it multiple times (in some of the biggest events too). I have higher expectations of a top 14 player, and especially of a faze rifler.

Sh1ro from 3rd best player on hltv last year, to lau’s no. 15 this year

It was so scary not seeing Sunpayus on the top, thank god

Since CS GO has been officially discarded, would you make a video on Top 20 CS Player on all Time. I would love to see your view and opinion.

huNter is such a smart player he's one of my favorites to watch

@lau Hunter's intro vid is Sunpayus and not hunter

love you lau

big mistake on editing which spoiled the next spot, idk when it started but i realized at broky, which spoiled hunter, then it kept spoiling

Electronic and B1t better be here

I can't believe launders actually pot SANJI TOP 1 2023.

xertion is really underrated

I need to watch sunpayus more because I didn't realize he was so highly rated. tbh most ence matches I've watched deep in tournaments he doesn't have as much impact as I expected. I guess just undersampling bias tho

I just dead inside on number 15…

THE DAY IS HERE

Stabbi duo still together even in launders list

Okay I didn't expect those in your 16-20 spots to be in the top 20 at all tbh, let's see how things unfold

I honestly quite like the list so far. Very fitting that Cadian is here at 20 when last year, his CIS counterpart was in at 20. Jabbi definitely had a massive falloff over the second half of the year, so he went from a top 10 player to maybe a top 15 for me. Sh1ro, because of Cloud9 not being a Blast partner, didn't get a whole lot of play during the year, and because of Cloud9's passive style emphasizing saving the AWP, his HLTV rating is inflated, at least to me. The one thing that seems strange to me is Stavn. Sure he's definitely been disappointing in the biggest games, but with all the deep runs that Heroic has had this year, I would have thought he was a top 10 player at the very least.

ok who is missing now? blameF device zywoo spinx? monesy niko? electronic s1mple JL Bit? Kcerato Fl1t? Donk? Frozen Ropz Jimmphat? who else?

Is the awp really that much weaker? Id like to see the facts 🤔

Still waiting for Broky Week

I think lau messed up the images of the players for some of them, like 12 and 13

why my boy Naf catchin strays lmao

monesy clip in the jabbi segment

you pulling our leg with donk

I feel like broky could be higher in that list...

15:42 Spoilers :C

When Top 20 KZ Players list???

Instead of showing brokys image you showed hunter image. When it became hunters turn it showed sunpayus instead of hunter. You showed sunpayus 2wice

Broeki intro has mistake you show nr 12 before his gameplay

Im sad that b1t isnt in the top 20. Wouldve liked to see him 20-15 maybe. Not too far behind twistzz

BROKY 🐐

Nice picks but i picked KSCERATO #18 to replace xertion

A little error in the animation from 13-11