The Story of kennyS: The AWP Magician (CS:GO)

Kenny “kennyS” Schrub didn’t have your average ascent to greatness. But the French prodigy, who grew up in the world of Counter-Strike, has become synonymous with the game’s tradition of highlight plays, and even the mighty AWP itself. This is his story.
Thumbnail image courtesy of: @HLTVorg
Written & Narrated by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Edited by: Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Illustrations by: Christian Pearson
Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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[@alexdelarge5800]

"the awp is not the best weapon for the 1v1" KennyS: *hold my croissant*

[@jimzimmer2048]

Alex Martinelli why

[@alexdelarge5800]

@@jimzimmer2048 because yes darlin'

[@rolozaf]

Hold my baguette

[@haroonq2456]

@@rolozaf spagette

[@skelerex5463]

please , stop with "croissant" , "baguette" ... Actually it's cool

[@reny7752]

I'm happy that I grew up saying AWP instead of AWM

[@3d_g1ft3d6]

Fell that asf im 15 and im raging when i hear AWM

[@le4chehenry324]

@@3d_g1ft3d6 AVP is worse

[@MrLeoHaslett]

Awm is probs the best arctic warfare rifle

[@RahulSingh-zo7sm]

I don't know what you're saying because originally it was AWM in cs 1.6

[@mortenhansen7552]

Rahul Singh in 1.5 it was AWP. You young skrubs know nothing about CS

[@AbdulqadirAjabsha]

A video professionally made 🙌... I literally watched over 12 of your videos after this one.

[@jaems3592]

I watched more near 30

[@ancient3668]

Abdulqadir Ajabsha same, the videos are so good

[@RidamZ]

That happened to me when i watched the story of shroud

[@paulgnp2376]

same

[@r_ex_7]

What do you expect it's esports themselves

[@ohmyjoash]

Imagine being so good at the game that valve tried to nerf you lmao

[@user-hh8kv1xk1t]

@@iamguyfawkes1474 No.

[@user-hh8kv1xk1t]

@@iamguyfawkes1474 Did you call me a boomer lol? And sure, its your opinion. In my opinion S1mple just blows him out of the water. Their primes compared, their prodigy days compared etc. Kenny has never reached his level.

[@PCNebula]

@@user-hh8kv1xk1t oof rekt

[@user-hh8kv1xk1t]

@Cloud The Cloud Lol I wasn't even rekt.. Just cba to think of a comment back as I don't really care that much.

[@gabrcraw7365]

@@user-hh8kv1xk1t you got rekt just deal with it

[@eemeli224]

I guess you could say he took the awportunity

[@mcdanieldecena9426]

hAHahAAHa one fake laugh for ya

[@mtnduwu]

That's just awphul

[@-11kay53]

Stop watching SovietWomble

[@eemeli224]

@@mtnduwu I thought it was pretty awpsome

[@notretrojim]

That joke was awpful.

[@doneaccount]

His reaction time is much faster than my eyes could blink.

[@ryanmadej6694]

Done Account even in x0.25 is so fast for eyes

[@pilubolaer5886]

@@ryanmadej6694 Keep in mind that demos are at lower tickrate

[@schizballs]

@@pilubolaer5886 well most people have a reaction time of 200ms, its not that his reaction time is that much faster than the average person, but rather his muscle memory is in sync with his reaction time in order to pull off stuff that looks inhuman, or he just prefires

[@Shyvorix]

@@schizballs Yep. Most players don't have super wild reaction times (usually .175 or lower) but rather incredible game sense, hand-eye coordination, and simply tons of experience. Matters 10000x more than simple reaction times, but some individuals so have wonderfully fast times (Shroud comes to mind since he was somewhere in the .125 or .15 in his prime iirc).

[@draculu]

10:50 KennyS had 31 kills and 6 deaths after clutching round 12, that's insane.

[@baremangus3576]

Wtf

[@VinZz__]

196 ADR rofl

[@itspersonal7469]

"kenny your outnumbered 3 to 1" kenny: "I like those odds"

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Alternatively: "That's unfortunate for them." Also alternatively: "So what you're saying is that I'm the favorite?"

[@john-ek9gv]

Shipmaster: They outnumber us 3:1 Kenny: then it is a even fight

[@bruhh489]

@@john-ek9gv even would be 5:1 lmao

[@noelayal9465]

kenny be like: hold my spaghetti real quick

[@russianinvader2560]

So it's a even fight...

[@notraynah]

When you don't play CSGO but still watch the whole video, how to know when someone makes good content.

[@technologic667]

Sqackly same

[@welven2321]

Lol I don’t even play anything related with cs lol

[@zeqi5672]

Sqackly same

[@quixers8907]

same

[@kingflame252]

I want to get csgo as I'm fascinated of the game... All because of this video

[@stew_9657]

They call me the Negev magician

[@urspeciesfeces1823]

They call me the “smokester”

[@bhabisonrai6582]

*supressing fire*

[@patrickstar2603]

Amd they call me the terrorist.

[@sunkillersharkny]

@@patrickstar2603 they call me stupid

[@gaylordilovedick6580]

le0n@rd0 that's the most relatable thing i have seen all day

[@dellorttoguoy4060]

valve nerfed the AWP because oh him LMAO

[@sulphurous2656]

Honestly after all these years, many older players wouldn't mind seeing the AWP have it's movement speed increased again.

[@syrm7_959]

@@sulphurous2656 plz say how was the awp before i mean what changed exactly

[@headphonesz6527]

@@sulphurous2656 Old awp is OP AF. CS source, AWP is king.

[@zoffdestinygames]

SyrM7_ its was a little bit slower than the scout and the scope wasn’t so blurry af

[@syrm7_959]

@@zoffdestinygames actually i think uts better now Idk why but holding awp will be heavy anyway But u dont think the scope change is a right choice

[@melo_kun]

Man this video makes me feel like I am watching a documentary on a news channel lol

[@tunakanski]

Vulturnus X you are

[@Tyler-fx9hf]

Same here boi

[@karnel9850]

.

[@slyxia6990]

Same

[@justablackguy8878]

"I really tried to be strong" "But i couldn't hold my tears backstage" Damn that hits differently

[@dekhyperLP]

I feel u bro

[@badoodstv2353]

Hits the softest spot.

[@kripzzy6732]

Lol

[@jacob-zz6my]

yeah

[@marceio]

Hi the thescore esports... idk if you’re gonna read this but I work at the Peruvian airport and we only get 30 minutes a day for WiFi (I know, it’s stupid) but I can truly say that watching this was the best way to spend those 30 minutes... great vid, keep up the good work!

[@theScoreesports]

That's very kind of you to say! Thank you so much for watching, we appreciate the support! - Miles

[@urspeciesfeces1823]

Damn that sux

[@ratsnroplive6380]

Wtf... 30 mins sweet jesus

[@Chris05MC]

oe enserio solo tienen 30 minutos? :v

[@zeusebdane8726]

Too much drama. So gay

[@SofiNabeel]

One player’s happiness is another player’s tears. I’ve been seeing these videos: GuardiaN losing in that final made me sad and KennyS winning made me happy. It’s such an incredible two way thing. Beautiful and ugly at the same time.

[@nightfall445]

For me... Its like faze vs c9

[@juaniskandarsyah5668]

6:00 i agree with him saying "whenever i put my crosshair on an enemy player, and clearly shot first,i feel like i should be rewarded with the kill"

[@RainbowDark]

I don't have quite the words but I want you to understand how good is your work on this video, really.

[@theScoreesports]

Rainbow Dark Thank you very much, happy to hear you enjoyed it :) - Miles

[@Tyraelxadrias]

This has got to be the best documentary on KennyS and how he alone changed the gameplay of awping. Great Job with the video!

[@sbcookies6240]

I completely forgot how many teams there used to be so many dead teams now

[@KonekoKat.5]

3:25 AWP-rtunity

[@nightfury4125]

Stop

[@KonekoKat.5]

@@nightfury4125 do you mean... Stawp🤔

[@mohpkhall622]

lel

[@nanshan959]

@@KonekoKat.5 StAWP

[@dogegotfamus8197]

What dead players say : aw What AWPers say : awp

[@das3610]

Having met kenny at dreamhack masters Malmö last year, he seemed like a cool and funny guy. But seeing this side of his story and him really shows a different side of him. Well done guys!

[@noahdickow655]

kenny wasn"t at the dh winter 2017 lol

[@lebronjames5287]

Rare Pepe HAHAHHAA

[@das3610]

Rare Pepe sorry, dreamhack masters malmo, I messed it up, I’ll edit it

[@Pikkun0va]

FaZe FalleN Omg why ur names FaZe FalleN? irony smh

[@das3610]

Pikkun0va iOS erm... ok, so now people getting judged for a name? Irony smh

[@xeefii]

He wouldn't be where he is now if he didn't steal his mom's credit card.

[@ayda2876]

what

[@ronaldjrfrfr4656]

Hes talking about cobble cases

[@shiroyasha7324]

What do you mean?

[@howardzhang2612]

cars the dragon lore he has

[@momero6398]

@@shiroyasha7324 r/woooosh

[@810wasaninsidejob9]

JW got screwed over just as much as Kenny after the AWP nerf. JW was infamous for his fast, aggressive style and he hasn't really been the same since.

[@kaifiak]

Nah he found his play faster than kenny, but he still was gutted

[@tobias2461]

not true, yes JW is infamous for exactly that, but he managed to still be like that

[@m_swizzy22]

The only players who didn’t get rekt by the AWP nerf are Silver 1s, because they couldn’t hit AWP shots regardless

[@iamguyfawkes1474]

XD

[@alvinsalting7798]

Sml

[@itschita9825]

The Information, the video, the clips...everything is just perfect

[@b0timatic]

Such good content. You guys should absolutely do more videos on a similar line. I also realize how much compiling and work this took though, so mad respect

[@classicgaming2244]

69 likes ahahahahahahah

[@Craevlishous]

Can we just appreciate how well put this video is! Amazing work!

[@kers76]

We're in augist 2019 and Kenny Schrub is still the AWP God

[@slyxia6990]

*2021

[@Glazefps]

*2022

[@finalform587]

I remember watching this a month or so ago. A greatly put together video with a very compelling introduction. Good job.

[@user-zm3rx7bn4m]

Seeing Kenny cry brang tears to me dude

[@MrDextroll]

matt brought*

[@shr1mpleTV]

I almost teared up

[@endershot2112]

matt same bro

[@extremecanary2171]

Same here

[@echoes.2417]

Seeing matt english is bringing tears to me guys.

[@MrMu2sS]

At first i didn't believe that U made this video, it's a crazy good quality content! Wtf this should have much more appreciation! Keep up the great work

[@theScoreesports]

thank you for watching! We appreciate your kind words 🙌 😊 - Miles

[@13k1ngs]

MrMu2sS Yeah, I seriously thought this was a upload of a documentary on TV

[@pinkosu4484]

i found another full metal alchemist fan eh?

[@madhavgoyal1068]

Believe me... Never in my life has any movie or video brought me this much chills as you guys do in your each and everyone of your videos.

[@ParallelicBeast]

*In Mother Russia Weapon Choose You*

[@disgustingweeb]

da

[@that1randomnerd420]

*Rush B CykaBlyat!*

[@frickman8065]

Kenny is french

[@arbaazkhan4887]

@Elite Noob how is that a woosh?

[@reapd2576]

*In Baguette Francia Map Surrender To You*

[@nou4533]

KennyS to enemy, “Excuse me, uhh, can I just noscope you from across the map?”

[@barandemir4533]

The Best Awper Is Cs History!

[@wenomechainsama7711]

+1

[@christianbale9276]

nah

[@addyyy01]

Obviously

[@elmiinjo]

Baran Demir with no debut about that. It's still amazing to watch him how he plays easily with AWP.

[@fazalahmed8394]

Yep cs history is sure a good awper

[@ipapi7500]

He Look like Shroud little brother LMAO!

[@visionx1095]

But more better

[@stonepeters4396]

@@visionx1095 about as much better as your grammar

[@stonepeters4396]

@side xd ''more better''?

[@paulc83]

@side xd it's only "better". Boi.

[@xYottabyte]

@@paulc83 It's "Even Better"

[@justasmiksta9872]

true fans are still waiting for that day when kennys wins another major

[@ushift]

These videos give us the history. This is real love for the game, the skill, the talent, and the future. Please keep this series up. This will bring esports up!

[@David-qs9yl]

So good. Got emotional at some parts. Loved it

[@justinangara2916]

David that sounds so nerdy

[@David-qs9yl]

Mango Coconut It might, but that's how i felt

[@nikilnikil8027]

Love @thescore esport This video is professionally made.. Btw "AMAZING WORK"

[@remuvs]

Man, at 17:25 you can see he's trying his absolute best to not break down :( Give that man an award and a hug!

[@shibamiori8631]

thank you theScore esports for making videos like these. they are really inspiring for people who love eSports!

[@cressidas]

these videos are soooo well made. channel deserves more recognition

[@elitesniper1114]

Wrecker i

[@Luisknowstooons]

I look at KennyS as one of the only players where the team built around him and still be really successful rather than having a team full of godly people.

[@chado9496]

This channel is amazing! Making E-sports felt around the world by showing us the history of these young superstars to understand how they made it to where they are.

[@notachillguy2872]

I got goosebumps bro. Great work and great story about my favourite awper

[@kaidoddk]

Shobhit sharma same

[@arne1881]

This was amazing. Im so glad i found this "the story of" series. This one almost had me in tears! Im going to watch the rest of em tonight!

[@theScoreesports]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :) - Miles

[@rishabhpatel2317]

Meanwhile '' s1mple '' still chasing his first MAJOR

[@longstew]

simple is more then good enough for a major but his team doesnt mesh that well

[@kyvintalks]

@@longstew "The Struggle of S1mple, carrying but losing."

[@longstew]

@@kyvintalks simples Career in a nutshell. Drop 70 kills still lose

[@andreyllosa9106]

@@vtp349 yeah guardian wasn't picking up frags that much anymore unlike before

[@PANDEAD2]

S1mple is toxic asf to his teammates he will never win a major if he doesn't get rid of the attitude problem

[@riseabovehate9476]

20:20 Hey look at Kenny's hair. He turned super Saiyan Blue !!!!

[@TKanoWrites]

3:25 the Awpportunity?

[@lapinus]

That's what i thought XD

[@Mila9355]

Tensei Kano Best fucking joke i've ever seen

[@EllisHudsonn]

Gg

[@off-alfa]

Stop

[@Flowerboy.flores]

Tensei Kano ohhjh snappp

[@nagarajannethi]

Thank you for this!! A lot of effort must have gone in this, Thanks !!

[@felixkiyotaka7981]

10:00 you can see the shake and kind of tears in his eyes. Man he went from that to a legend. Respect to him

[@m0rk18]

Your way of telling and editing these videos is, spectacular.

[@lmelc]

Without knowing it this was a video i subconsciously wanted to see just to hear a full story on my biggest influencer to cs. Great work with the video man, ur hard work is greatly appreciated. I respect what u needed to do and what u did to make this amazing video/biography of the worlds biggest awp super star to have ever played the game, it must have taken a heck load of time to make this. Keep up the good work !

[@theScoreesports]

Potato Thank you very much, comments like this make our day. Glad you enjoyed the video! - Miles

[@lmelc]

theScore esports ay u deserve it 😊

[@harishdominic7483]

great piece of work :) awesome video

[@lbett.9876]

awesome video ! and for sure KennyS is the best AWPer so far ! Keep with the good work !

[@om0206]

They should make a part 2 where they talk about his glorious moments in mid-2017 and then his, as well as G2's slump in 2018 and their slow return to relevance in 2019 and then their run in IEM Katowice 2020

[@wtkprol]

Such a great channel. I'm on a mission to watch every single one of your features. Thank you for putting out quality content.

[@theScoreesports]

Thank you for watching, we really appreciate the support! - Miles

[@NezBs]

This video was honestly so well put together. I loved ever bit, props to you🤙

[@ChristianHelms]

Gotta love a great story like this. KennyS is a monster. Love watching the man play the AWP like it's an instrument.

[@CommonSenz]

This video was pretty solid work dude. Liked the story arc and all.. kennyS knifing GuardiaN must be written in the legendarium of CS GO as a battle of gods.

[@podo9032]

Gotta say you guys are producing amazing informative quality content and i would like to thank you for it.

[@theScoreesports]

Colonel GBS You're welcome, thank you for watching! - Miles

[@Humnbrd]

That's quality content right there. I'm glad that I'm subscribed to your channel, keep up the good work. Great quality, music, clips.

[@jfeemh8470]

I'm a simple man, I see Kenny I click

[@AlbertKimMusic]

I found this very emotional

[@kaunsah1596]

Best video ever for the best player! Thanks

[@ffffff4580]

Wow you really made this interasting and good. Editing and the voice was so good omg i love you

[@Hollowdude15]

This was an nice video to watch and good editing :]

[@aking6787]

best Awper in CSGO history, simple, zywoo, guardian, no one else comes even close.

[@gamedad6452]

20:22 is my favorite eSports caster call of all time, amazing.

[@michaelabdulnour7762]

you mean anders blume

[@FryTV]

Thank you youtube for finally suggesting something great! Amazing video, guys, really top quality content!

[@adamcannon5829]

not kidding ive never been glued to a youtube vid before nice content

[@psunknown4376]

this video has so much emotion and its so well made

[@jeanbernard6016]

wow, amazing upload, commentary and clips, good job guys, keep it up !

[@starroyals2188]

What a great video you made about story of kennys this video made me cry😭

[@nvs_official]

I watch this video to get inspirations and every single time I see it, I. get. goosebumps.

[@jeevanpillay]

I remember back in the day, when I was playing CS and absolutely obsessed with the AWP because of Kenny

[@unknownuser5600]

AWP magician??? YOU MEAN AWP GOD

[@335DARK]

Damn love this video brings back memory’s from watching the majors. Thanks for this video

[@rishiviratverma7498]

You made me more and more prouder for kennys....who says gaming is not an emotion...i felt his tears..🙁....but the whole world know him as csgo awp pro..love you kenny❤️❤️

[@johnathanjonker4386]

I remember the first Esport I watched was team Envy playing and winning

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

at 8:54 why does the commentator sound like he's trying to stay quiet so he doesnt wake his mum up lol

[@ajames5821]

Lol

[@grahm_6873]

*mom

[@ByTeDeluxe]

Grahm_ its different in other countries but its like centre or center, works the same

[@arjaymelevo3776]

+Grahm_ mum is also correct

[@grahm_6873]

No only mom works

[@nygmaa]

Super vidéo ! Well put together, I cried.

[@joshuasmith776]

nygma me to I cried to

[@Maxel53]

I love how he's always with apEX

[@Dazai_861]

Back for a revisit here after watching the recent kennyS video, "When talent isn't enough". Really sad to see the single greatest AWPer to go out like that.

[@michael22000]

I don't play CS:GO, I don't follow any of the pro players story nor the tournament. It's just you're the one who create this video, and I like this kind of content that makes me keep on watching this 22 minutes video :) Thanks for the great video!

[@mayurdorge564]

So much hard work to make video man...keep it up

[@charlesmiacobanks1291]

Mayur Dorge o

[@unnamebacon513]

Loosing is a bad feeling and a sad thing especially when you're in the finals

[@swaggershatter2529]

And especially when you can’t even spell the word losing.

[@kokostormgaming2120]

swaggershatter no the spelling of losing doesn’t make a difference with being sad

[@swaggershatter2529]

North Pole Ballers And comments like these don’t even matter especially when you’re replying to a 2 month old comment

[@DrSnegg]

@@swaggershatter2529 10 months later and both your points still make absolutely no sense.

[@ScriptyVijay]

Kennys is the best 😍✅

[@jaden3393]

My Bruddah dis way to awp

[@r1ain.602]

Did is way to pro awp

[@darker2162]

He sure is

[@kyleferreira677]

you don't have to type "is". All you have to say is "KennyS the Best"

[@corovgaming6304]

Kyle Ferreira not funny

[@Rannyie007]

WOW, this is amazing content!

[@fuzzzywan]

kennyS played CS at age SIX? If I played CS at age six my parents would have killed me lmao.

[@ironbeagle1610]

Ur mom would have one tap spanked you

[@1.8millionvolts87]

@@ironbeagle1610 lmao

[@eo4722]

And wtf about me i was plAyiNg like when i was 4 fucking years

[@tayson7600]

GOOD

[@MinecraftWillZoBoB]

bruh what? i was allowed to play black ops 1 when i was 6 xD but my brother is 5 years older than me so that’s how i played

[@michael2305]

"Bringing instant ruin to the AWPosition" I see what you did there...

[@aeuyn]

This is one one the greatest stories ive ever heard

[@19sanso]

I love these videos. So interesting and professionally made.

[@shadowsds5146]

To be honest this video was way worthy to watch, really appreciating, how perfectly is this video made.

[@-_7027]

Sad a legend like kenny is now benched, hope he returns better than ever

[@IlyaTomash]

Music from Valiant Hearts was so on point, I got goosebums at that moment

[@jayendrap4]

That knife to Guardian tho.. 😍

[@amir4real656]

Jayendra Pratap 15:40

[@aqwaa3057]

Man I Love this Player...

[@psychostine14]

Before shroud . Kennys is my highschool idol..

[@sirrox9023]

One of the best videos I saw! Really great work. Maybe ScreaM next? :')