BLAST Halftime Awards: The biggest surprise package of 2024 so far
2024 has been full of surprises so far in the world of Counter-Strike, especially given how competitive it has been and the emergence of donk as an unstoppable force for all tier one teams to contend with.
But who does the BLAST talent view to be the biggest surprise package of the year so far?
We asked them to give their answer for the latest in our Halftime Awards series, the surprise package award.
Photo: Michal KonkolThe talent picks
Hugo
- The MongolZ winning back-to-back international LANs
launders
Scrawny
Jacky
Bubzkji
- device as an IGL
Banks
- The MongolZ
"These guys have been grinding, sometimes playing European FACEIT from Mongolia with 150 ping and doing anything they could to sharpen themselves and raise their level.
They took tough losses at big tournaments and had early exits in 2023 but in 2024 they have achieved historic victories, top 16 at the Major and won YaLLa Compass 2024."
Maniac
- donk at IEM Katowice.
Hawka
- The MongolZ
So it seems almost everyone was surprised by something different, but that sums up just how crazy 2024 has been in CS. Still, four members of talent named The Mongolz, so they are the winners of the surprise package award.