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CS2 Huge Pickem Update Austin Major | New Team Stickers | Train Souvenir Package
New CS2 Austin Major Pickem Update!
The Counter-Strike Austin Major brings together the top 32 teams worldwide which qualified, classifying them to 3 stages and a final playoff stage. With the new update for the Austin Majors dropping on 23/05/2025 when is the last day to lock in your pickem? that's 30th of May to lock in your final pickems as the majors start on the 3rd of June this article will help you navigate on what you need to know for this new CS update.
Austin Major Format:
Stage 1 Austin Major Participating CS2 Teams:
Stage 3 Austin Major Participating CS2 Teams:
PLAYOFFS Stage Austin Major Participating CS2 Teams:
TBD
TBD
Is the Pickem Challenge Free?
Unlike CSGO, in the early days where you had to purchase individual team stickers for Pick'Ems, CS2 introduces a free-to-play Pick'Em Challenge making the stickers not required to lock in so what are you waiting for!
For the collectors and Pickems enthusiasts, know that players they need to purchase a viewer pass if they want to get their Austin 2025 Major Coin & get extra Souvenir Packages by activating the Viewer Pass.
This message will pop up if you choose to participate in the pickem challenge for the austin majors without an active viewer pass
How much is the Austin Major 2025 viewer pass for?
As you see there is 2 types of viewer pass options you can choose from either the normal Austin Major Viewer Pass or the Viewer pass with additional 3 Souvenir TokensThe price here is either 10 dollars for the normal pass or 19 dollars for the upgraded version
Austin Major 2025 Viewer Pass Benefits
Apart from getting the pickem coin, souvenir packages and experiencing the thrill of pickems, the viewer pass comes with additional features and benefits.
For starters, if you have a favorite team you're rooting for then you should know that 50% of proceeds from CS2 stickers, player autographs and other items are shared with participating players and organizations, supporting the competitive community.
Fans can also place picks, use graffiti to show allegiance, and support their favorite teams and players directly through purchases and participation and non the less A new Active Pass Leaderboard allows comparison of Pick'Em performance with friends which could always be fun.
A new Active Pass Leaderboard also allows comparison of Pick'Em performance with friends which could always be fun.
Will There Be Player Charms or Team Charms for The Majors?
We all heard rumors of this possibility to have charms of your favorite team or players ever since VALVE came up with an update that allowed designers and creators to customize charms which are open for submission, however unfortunately it doesn't seem like we get additional charms for the major, maybe at a later stage, or there will be a new format to the souvenir drops where they contain special charms
How Does The Austin Major 2025 Coin Look Like ?
OG CSGO players might recognize this as an Operation Breakout coin, but no this symbol, similar to how the shanghai majors had a dragon represent China as a symbol, I believe Austin Texas had a similar approach with what I think is a skull of a bison, could be a bull or a buffalo as there is some similarities there, overall really cool pickem coin, and like other coins the ultimate coin is the diamond version of this
Apart from getting the pickem coin, souvenir packages and experiencing the thrill of pickems, the viewer pass comes with additional features and benefits.
For starters, if you have a favorite team you're rooting for then you should know that 50% of proceeds from CS2 stickers, player autographs and other items are shared with participating players and organizations, supporting the competitive community.
Fans can also place picks, use graffiti to show allegiance, and support their favorite teams and players directly through purchases and participation and non the less A new Active Pass Leaderboard allows comparison of Pick'Em performance with friends which could always be fun.
A new Active Pass Leaderboard also allows comparison of Pick'Em performance with friends which could always be fun.
Will There Be Player Charms or Team Charms for The Majors?
We all heard rumors of this possibility to have charms of your favorite team or players ever since VALVE came up with an update that allowed designers and creators to customize charms which are open for submission, however unfortunately it doesn't seem like we get additional charms for the major, maybe at a later stage, or there will be a new format to the souvenir drops where they contain special charms
How Does The Austin Major 2025 Coin Look Like ?
OG CSGO players might recognize this as an Operation Breakout coin, but no this symbol, similar to how the shanghai majors had a dragon represent China as a symbol, I believe Austin Texas had a similar approach with what I think is a skull of a bison, could be a bull or a buffalo as there is some similarities there, overall really cool pickem coin, and like other coins the ultimate coin is the diamond version of this
Austin Major 2025 Legends Sticker Capsule:
This Sticker Capsule incapsulates the legends of the tournament that made it to the CS2 Austin Majors which includes the following teams
This is how the following stickers look like
This Sticker Capsule incapsulates the legends of the tournament that made it to the CS2 Austin Majors which includes the following teams
This is how the following stickers look like
Austin Major 2025 Contenders Sticker Capsule:
This Sticker Capsule incapsulates the Contenders of the tournament that made it to the Austin CS2 Major which includes the following teams
This Sticker Capsule incapsulates the Contenders of the tournament that made it to the Austin CS2 Major which includes the following teams
- Complexity
- Wildcard
- HEROIC
- B8
- OG
- Nemiga
- BetBoom
- Imperial
- NRG
- FlyQuest
- Metizport
- TYLOO
- Fluxo
- Chinggis Warriors
- Lyn Vision
- Legacy
Player autograph Sticker capsules & M0NESY Sticker scrape off:
you can find player autograph capsules along side the team sticker capsules.
Is There a S1mple FaZe Player Autograph Sticker?
No there won't be a S1mple Faze Sticker & instead we get a player autograph for broky
you can find player autograph capsules along side the team sticker capsules.
Is There a S1mple FaZe Player Autograph Sticker?
No there won't be a S1mple Faze Sticker & instead we get a player autograph for broky
These stickers by far could be the most creative and customized stickers int history of Counter Strike, here are some examples of sticker Foil, Classic, Holo, Gold & an example of donk sticker as well as a scrape off for M0NESY sticker
Team Graffiti:
Apart from the Pickems & Souvenir Hype, you get unlimited graffiti for the duration of the majors once you purchase the viewer pass
Apart from the Pickems & Souvenir Hype, you get unlimited graffiti for the duration of the majors once you purchase the viewer pass
As you can see each sticker condition comes with a unique design and features which makes it more creative than the stickers that we see in the past, we also got mutliple warhammer sticker capsules to celebrate the Warhammer Skulls 2025 event by releasing four Warhammer 40,000-themed sticker capsules.
Unlimited Austin Major 2025 Souvenir Packages?
It has always been engraved in the culture of the CS2 esports community when it comes to the majors a large chunk of the player base have always been trying to farm souvenir packages, you must remember the hype back when we had cobble stone and everyone had the lottery winner feeling just by getting a chance to get the dragon lore souvenir skin, However with this update, the souvenir packages can be bought for 3 dollars and you can select which match you want the souvenir from which wasn't the case in CSGO as it would be a random drop via watching on twitch.
Given that previously these were very rare and limited, does this mean now you can just purchase as many as you want with no consequences?
Austin Major 2025 Souvenir Train Package:
This is the souvenir package that investors and collectors will be having their eyes on, especially that this is the first time we see train being played in a major cs2 tournament after many years, there already exists a train collection from the armory case, but we don't know yet if this souvenir train collection will reflect the same with souvenirs such as the AWP LongDog or will it be a completely new collection
Austin Major 2025 Cache is Back?
Doesn't seem like there will be cache anytime soon, but perhaps we might see it in a show match as the community is hyped about cache!
It has always been engraved in the culture of the CS2 esports community when it comes to the majors a large chunk of the player base have always been trying to farm souvenir packages, you must remember the hype back when we had cobble stone and everyone had the lottery winner feeling just by getting a chance to get the dragon lore souvenir skin, However with this update, the souvenir packages can be bought for 3 dollars and you can select which match you want the souvenir from which wasn't the case in CSGO as it would be a random drop via watching on twitch.
Given that previously these were very rare and limited, does this mean now you can just purchase as many as you want with no consequences?
Austin Major 2025 Souvenir Train Package:
This is the souvenir package that investors and collectors will be having their eyes on, especially that this is the first time we see train being played in a major cs2 tournament after many years, there already exists a train collection from the armory case, but we don't know yet if this souvenir train collection will reflect the same with souvenirs such as the AWP LongDog or will it be a completely new collection
Austin Major 2025 Cache is Back?
Doesn't seem like there will be cache anytime soon, but perhaps we might see it in a show match as the community is hyped about cache!
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