OhnePixel has revealed on stream his intention to attend extra Counter-Strike 2 occasions in 2025, together with IEM Melbourne and an occasion in “Texas”, which might be both IEM Dallas or the BLAST.television Austin Main.
The information comes shortly after ohnePixel’s look at IEM Katowice 2025, the place he was streaming stay from the Spodek Area. Outlining his future plans, ohnePixel recounted a dialog with a colleague earlier than his stream had began:
“I requested him ‘What do you consider Melbourne, what do you consider Texas?’ He mentioned ‘F**ok yeah, let’s do it.’ So Olaf and I, dona possibly as nicely, are going to go for certain. Melbourne, it’s going to be a $1,000,000 match, I mentioned sure, he mentioned sure, and Texas…”
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ohnePixel went on to explain how a lot he was having fun with streaming and taking journeys to CS occasions, likening it to being a child on a faculty journey, the place streaming is the ‘homework.’
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Information that the streamer is having enjoyable will come as a welcome aid to followers, after ohne took an prolonged hiatus in 2024, following stress associated to working his ‘Drillas’ CS crew and “personal stuff”.
The tip of a meme?
Ohne’s sudden attendance at a number of Counter-Strike occasions might come as a shock to many who commonly watch the German streamer.
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Amongst his neighborhood, ohnePixel was recognized for by no means leaving his home, with the neighborhood nicknamed him ‘homePixel’ in consequence. We spoke to ohne’s pal, supervisor and fellow streamer Edona “dona” Muliu at IEM Katowice, who described the origin of the meme:
“The ‘homePixel’ meme began at IEM Cologne final summer time in 2024. We have been pondering of getting ohne there, however then he needed to remain at house,e and I simply went there for the interviews. Then the neighborhood began calling him ‘homePixel’. It was form of humorous.”
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Dona outlined that after IEM Cologne had concluded, Ohne met up with dona and fellow Counter-Strike skins streamer ArrowCS, creating IRL content material in Germany’s nice open air. “It was form of like somewhat step into the skin world, to do stuff with different streamers.”, dona described.
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Later within the 12 months, Ohne took his Drillas roster to the Shanghai Main RMR, teaching the roster of their try and make the key. dona postulated, “I feel this was the primary time he went to an enormous occasion. It seems to be like he favored it and now he’s right here [IEM Katowice]. So I hope we will do extra stuff at occasions.”
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It appears it gained’t be lengthy till followers can meet the person himself at extra CS occasions quickly. IEM Melbourne’s playoffs happen on April 25-27, IEM Dallas playoffs are Could 23-25, with the BLAST.television Austin Main occurring in June, with the sold-out Moody Heart Area internet hosting playoffs from June 19-22.
