m0NESY Dedicates IEM Cologne Major 2026 Sticker to s1mple

Team Falcons AWPer Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov made a reference to Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev in his personal autograph sticker for the IEM Cologne Major 2026 in Counter-Strike 2. At the end of the signature on the sticker, the symbols “s1” can be seen - the same characters that begin the Ukrainian esports player’s nickname.

m0NESY himself explained that he wanted to show respect to the player who influenced his career.

“A small reference as a sign of respect to the person who inspired me.”

At the time of publication, the total cost of all four versions of m0NESY’s sticker was just over 75,000 tokens. In monetary terms, this is more than $800.

The IEM Cologne Major 2026 stickers appeared in CS2 on the night of May 22. Along with the update, Valve changed the system for obtaining them: instead of the usual capsules, a special in-game token store is now used. Players can directly purchase the stickers they want, while their price changes depending on demand.

Stickers, Souvenirs and Pick’Em Challenge Added to CS2 for IEM Cologne Major 2026

IEM Cologne Major 2026 will take place from June 2 to 21 in Germany. The tournament playoffs will be held at the 20,000-seat Lanxess Arena. A total of 32 teams will compete at the championship, including Team Spirit, Natus Vincere and FURIA Esports. The participants will fight for a prize pool of $1.25 million.