Copenhagen might not have been the place where Counter-Strike was born, but it’s definitely where it lives.

If New York is the city that never sleeps, Copenhagen is the one that never stops pugging. It’s an unusual city in that it’s not unusual at all; it does everything that a European capital city should, but is otherwise pretty… unremarkable?

It feels unfair to say that, but it’s pretty quiet, clean and efficient. Until Counter-Strike is on.

Nothing really sums it up more than the showmatch; the Royal Arena was packed from about 4PM for a game that starts at 8. It had a packed house - but it didn’t really need one. Kjaerbye took it a bit too seriously, but at least he showed up on the Major stage one more time.

Despite the chaos of the betting companies’ tiff, vibes around the arena were consistently wonderful. There’s policemen doing 1v1s in the arena, security guards teaming up with the public to oust the betting companies’ banners and of course, the SteelSeries x FaZe party bus.

Copenhagen was probably only so quiet and clean because everyone was in the Royal Arena, in truth. One thing it does better than a lot of Counter-Strike cities is that it still feels alive late at night, even on Easter.

Cologne can be tough to find a drink after all is said and done, but we were never short of a pint or six.

We deserve it, for all the hard work we’ve been doing for the last few weeks.