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The Story of The AWP

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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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36 comments

theScore esports March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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!

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NOOBS JUST DONT KNOW WHEN TO QUIT March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

ITS BEEN LONG SINCE I HAVE SEEN MARKELOFF BEING MENTIONED …… HE WAS REALLY A CS 1.6 GOD

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Tigas March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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.

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AMSTRONG HUANG March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Why is the awp called op u ask well op is over powered

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Tiosh March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Nerf was needed

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Coco March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

3:50 Kenny, I’ve been doing this for a long time but it’s not working.

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Coco March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

csgo handsdown has the best community in any esports

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Anant Rana March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

All new generation all awpers, dont forget dad

KennyS

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Ivan Jablonický March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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

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Twiz March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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

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Józef Białas March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

And the Owen lost 500$ to Pasha best of 3 😀

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John Jordan March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

awp is my fave cs weapon……….awp for life <3

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Just a gaming Youtuber March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

You didn't show no scopes but really fast quickscopes

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sarthak bhardwaj March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Now awp is awm

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Paul Lee March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Simple is the edgy teen of AWPing
dev1ce is the wise man of AWPing

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delta_effect March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

A R T I C W A R F A R E P O L I C E

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lantan March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

save avp man RUSH B CYKA BLYAT!!!

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Jonah Whitt March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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

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NorrdenHyper March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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.

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The Cake Glutton March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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.

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maligonako12 March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Anyone can AWP but 8 year olds cant rifle

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MonBerry March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

So in short S1mple is stupid?

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CT March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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

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sponge March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

5:03 not bogeyman, Baba Yaga.

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6T9 GaminG March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Two time i got goosebumps
9:36 and 14:35

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Philip March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

zero mention of johnny r, ksharp, or cogu?

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Big Belly March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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.

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MUFFINMEMES 4 March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

For a second there I thought this was a device video

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Ponyboy Golden March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

smooya needs some chapstick lul

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otayro March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Awp = Fallen

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Risto Karatisto March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

I really want the dragenov or a new ar in cs

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Hunter Wolf March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

"AWP AWP AWP!!!" – kids

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Overlord Musik March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

3:50 Mastur what?

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Neil Graham March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

The sound of an awp going off was terrifying

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bennie toledo March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

Awp has 2 names actually (i think) those are: l115a3 and awp (obviously)

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filegrabber1 March 20, 2019 - 1:46 pm

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.

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