It’s the most iconic gun in Counter-Strike and the only specific weapon in all of esports to have a position named after it.
The AWP isn’t just a sniper rifle. It’s a living, breathing art form. A brush that gamers have been using to paint beautiful, bloody portraits for nearly two decades.
And it’s due to this tumultuous history that the AWP remains one of the most infamous and influential instruments of digital death ever created.
This is its story.
Written By: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Edited By: Daniel Cole (@RandomTens)
Narrated By: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)
Graphics Support: Diego Bernal
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Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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Hey Everyone, at 0:26 we messed up and accidentally showed some footage of a Scout instead of an AWP. Thanks @Vickey for keeping us accountable and as always thanks for watching!
ITS BEEN LONG SINCE I HAVE SEEN MARKELOFF BEING MENTIONED …… HE WAS REALLY A CS 1.6 GOD
at 4:40 who is that random saying awp is for every body ? i cant even call him an bot. cause even easy bot know awp is way not for everyone and not so easy to handle as he trying to say 🙂 seems someone never held and awp in this game yet.
Why is the awp called op u ask well op is over powered
Nerf was needed
3:50 Kenny, I’ve been doing this for a long time but it’s not working.
csgo handsdown has the best community in any esports
All new generation all awpers, dont forget dad
KennyS
i think this video lacks the footage of guardian… most of pros would say he is the superior AWP player in the game and device isnt even in a discussion
Man I haven’t played 1.6 in sooo long but have spent sooo many hours on that game and I forgot how loud that damn game is lol
And the Owen lost 500$ to Pasha best of 3 😀
awp is my fave cs weapon……….awp for life <3
You didn't show no scopes but really fast quickscopes
Now awp is awm
Simple is the edgy teen of AWPing
dev1ce is the wise man of AWPing
A R T I C W A R F A R E P O L I C E
save avp man RUSH B CYKA BLYAT!!!
The one thing they should do to the awp is increase aim punch with and without armor. If you get shot first while you are using the awp you should get punished, which is what aim puch will do
All this did is made me realise again that Counter Strike is such a legendary game that been with us for nearly 20 years, and all Valve do is screw things up, they could do so much with this game but they're too busy milking it.
People that still complain today about the nerf are not real sportspeople. The gun is definitely better now, it's more realistic and more fun to see it used. Big plays come out of real mastery.
Anyone can AWP but 8 year olds cant rifle
So in short S1mple is stupid?
being awped is what makes me quit CS every time i get back into it. Me being bad doesnt help either, but it is sooooooo disheartening being awped every round
5:03 not bogeyman, Baba Yaga.
Two time i got goosebumps
9:36 and 14:35
zero mention of johnny r, ksharp, or cogu?
Around 3:20 you say the AWP is the only weapon in the game that can kill in one shot regardless of armor, although the AK-47 also kills in one shot to the head regardless of helmet. In addition, I believe (I haven’t checked in a long time) the Auto also one shots through helmet.
For a second there I thought this was a device video
smooya needs some chapstick lul
Awp = Fallen
I really want the dragenov or a new ar in cs
"AWP AWP AWP!!!" – kids
3:50 Mastur what?
The sound of an awp going off was terrifying
Awp has 2 names actually (i think) those are: l115a3 and awp (obviously)
why is smooya is to damn negative about it, as if he wants to remove it from the game. Like how a new player complains about how OP it is. I don't understand this. It's like a random mm rant.