French CS:GO legend kennyS has change into the participant with probably the most AWP kills on LAN tournaments, in keeping with HLTV’s database. He surpassed the document that beforehand belonged to veteran AWPer GuardiaN through the ongoing BLAST Paris Major Europe RMR A in Copenhagen, Denmark.
KennyS was 13 AWP kills away from beating GuardiaN’s historic milestone heading to the Europe RMR A. He secured the brand new document of 9,208 kills after taking part in in opposition to Sprout (16-12 on Historical), Natus Vincere (6-16 on Historical), and MOUZ (16-8 on Vertigo).
GuardiaN has been inactive from skilled CS:GO since September 2022 and it’s unlikely anybody will beat KennyS’ document anytime quickly as each different AWPer has method fewer sniper kills on LAN. FalleN is the third on the listing, adopted by s1mple and allu.
KennyS performed for among the greatest French CS:GO groups all through his profession together with VeryGames, LDLC, Titan, Envy, and G2. He gained a number of championships, most notably the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca Main with Envy in November 2015, and is vastly acknowledged as probably the most dominant AWPers of all time, particularly as a consequence of his aggressive and fast-paced fashion.
The Frenchman spent a very long time away from competitors after he was moved to G2’s bench in March 2021 and toyed with the thought of switching to VALORANT in 2022 upon returning to play CS:GO for Falcons, a full-french crew who options fellow Main champion NBK- and outdated G2 teammate Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro.
“I missed it, I really feel like I by no means left,” kennyS mentioned in an interview with HLTV on the RMR on April 7. “It’s a reasonably good feeling. I’m nonetheless adapting, you already know, however I can see that it’s a lot simpler and rather more enjoyable than any of the video games you’ll be able to play. LAN occasions are the most effective you are able to do, so I’m very pleased to be again.”
KennyS and Falcons are at the moment 2-1 on the BLAST Paris Main Europe RMR A, which means they’re only one win away from qualifying for the event.
