Despite not being at the same level as 2018, the team was still able to win big tournaments, most notably the StarLadder Berlin Major. In 2019 Astralis continued to dominate in the early parts of the year. Their utility use was considered the best in the game's history, and never was a team able to be so dominant for such a long period. The team dominated the CS.GO scene and were levels ahead of everyone else. In 2018 Astralis won back-to-back Majors, the Intel Grand Slam, Dream Hack Masters Marseille, and much more. With Magisk, dev1ce, gla1ve, Xyp9x, and dupreeh as the core, and zonic as the Head Coach, the team dominated CS:GO for almost 2 years. Astralis the best team in the history of CS:GOĪstralis won their first Major in Atlanta in 2017. So let's talk about the biggest dynasties in CS:GO competitive history: teams that proved they were above everyone else for a substantial period of time and that they were almost unbeatable. Teams might win one event and then not even make it to the finals of the next one. The competition is also very fierce, with the top teams battling each other in the final phases of the tournaments. For a start, there are a lot of tournaments teams can't go to all of them. With this format, staying the best team in the world for a long period of time is difficult. This means that we have a lot more tournaments than, for example, in League Of Legends, and we constantly see the best teams in the worlds battling against each other every month more than once. Only the twice-yearly CS.GO Majors is an "official" tournament organized by Valve, the creators of the game. The format of the CS:GO competitive scene allows independent tournaments organizers to do their events throughout the year. It had one of the biggest esports scenes in the world, with tournaments all around the year with top teams from all around the globe. Launched in 2012, CS:GO was the main FPS in the multiplayer scene for years without any competition. Who are the best teams to ever play the game and what made them so successful? With PGL Major 2021 underway, we thought it was time to look back at the history of CS:GO.