Several graffiti on Counter-Strike maps commemorate real esports moments: olofmeister defusing in a fire on Overpass, the jumping AWP plays of coldzera and s1mple, Dosia's grenade on Inferno, and the Danger Zone win of Furlan and GruBy. Valve added these tributes back in CS:GO, and they work as small monuments to the players. Below is what each one means and where to find it.
Not every picture on a wall is a tribute. The goose near A site on Dust2 and the many shop signs on Inferno are there for atmosphere and serve as reference points. With the move to CS2 the maps were rebuilt on Source 2, and Danger Zone was removed together with Blacksite, so the last graffiti on this list now survives only in screenshots. For the sprays players apply themselves, see our guide to graffiti in Counter-Strike.
Olofmeister on Fire
One of the best-known examples is the graffiti honoring Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer on Overpass. The drawing on the wall of the yellow building at B site shows a CT defusing the bomb while standing in flames. That is exactly where olofmeister found himself in the ESL One Cologne 2014 semifinal: he finished the defuse even though the whole area was burning from a Molotov. Sacrificing himself, he won the round for Fnatic and gave the team a decisive lead against Dignitas.
Winged AWP
Another notable piece is the winged AWP, which can be found at B site on the same map. It is inspired by a round from the semifinal of the MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016. Coldzera, playing for Luminosity Gaming against Liquid, took down four opponents with the AWP as they tried to push B. Three of those kills came without scoping in, two of them in mid-air. Luminosity were behind on the map at that point, and the round turned the game in their favor.
Attack Without Aiming
A similar image sits on Cache, near the entrance to B site: a winged sniper who has lost his scope. The moment behind it happened in the ESL One Cologne 2016 semifinal. In one of the deciding rounds s1mple, left alone against two opponents, chose to play aggressively instead of waiting. He killed one by jumping down on top of him and hit the second from long range, again without the scope. The skins s1mple uses today are covered in s1mple's skin loadout.
Smart Grenade
The tribute from the PGL Krakow 2017 final celebrates calm calculation rather than aggression. In one round of Immortals vs Gambit, the Gambit players were outnumbered and decided to save their weapons instead of retaking the site. Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov still wanted to punish the opponents. He moved up seconds before the explosion and landed a grenade right in the corner where the Immortals players were waiting out the round. Immortals took that round, but Gambit seized the initiative in the following ones. To mark the moment, Inferno received a drawing of a perfume bottle shaped like a grenade.
Wolf on the Roof
Finally, one more graffiti was on the roof of a house on Blacksite, the Danger Zone map used for a showmatch at IEM Katowice 2019. In the final phase of the battle royale, facing two players who had teamed up against him, Furlan worked out exactly where they were, climbed onto the roof and attacked from above. Blacksite then got a graffiti of a wolf with the signatures of Furlan and GruBy, the winners of that match. Danger Zone is gone from CS2, but its Danger Zone Case is still traded on the market, including on LIS-SKINS.
Tributes like these are not limited to maps. Weapon finishes hide their own stories, covered in references and Easter eggs in skins, and the best sprays you can apply yourself are collected in the 10 best graffiti in CS2.
