A Counter-Strike 2 league for players aged 50 and over — anywhere in the world, at any level. Some have played for decades; many picked up the game in the last year. A season of group play, then a bracket to a grand final. You play through a team, and newcomers are always welcome — no toxicity, no gatekeeping, just the match and the people in it.
The group stage is best-of-one: a single map, three points for a win. Playoffs are best-of-three, and the top four teams advance. Level on points? Round difference decides it.
A season can run as one table or as parallel groups. When it's split, each group keeps its own standings, and the playoff bracket draws its seeds from across the groups. Group and playoff results are scored separately; a player's personal stats count both (friendly matches never count).
Maps come from the active CS2 competitive pool. Both captains rank the pool privately, then the veto runs automatically and we record who banned or picked what. A best-of-one is six bans, and the last map standing is played; a best-of-three interleaves picks before the decider.
We store each map's score half by half, per side, so you can see how a team performs CT versus T across the season.
Each team fields five starters plus reserves. There are no transfers between teams once a season is under way — a player removed from a team sits out the rest of the season rather than joining another.
Captains can move players between active and benched at any point in the season. Removing a player, though, is final for that season — it's how a captain closes someone's season cleanly, without it turning into a dispute later.
Each new season carries over the previous season's rosters by default. Captains then get a grace window to swap, invite, or remove players before the lineup locks for the season.
The league has run since MMXXIV. Season VI is the current season; results from earlier seasons live in the archive, with every team roster and player stat preserved.
Your alias follows you from season to season — your record from one season sits alongside the next, even if you changed teams in between. Teams belong to a single season (the same abbreviation in two seasons is two different teams), so each season's awards stay clear.
Matches are streamed on twitch.tv/isl-league, and each completed match links to its VOD.
There's more than one way to follow along. While a match is live, the site keeps the score in real time, and the live panel shows how each player is doing as it happens. Want a closer look? Pick a player's stream to watch their point of view, or jump to the broadcast on Twitch. When the match is over, the full scoreboard, standings, and season stats are all here.
New here? You're welcome — whatever your experience. You join the league through a team, so there's no public sign-up, but don't let that stop you: if you don't have a team yet, come and say hello and we'll help find you one.
If your captain has already invited you, it's quick: open the invite link, sign in, accept, and you're on the roster. Your profile and match history live under your alias and follow you from season to season.
Not on a team yet? That's completely fine — plenty of players here started exactly there. Join our Discord or get in touch, tell us a little about yourself, and we'll help fit you into a side that suits you. No experience necessary.
Want to bring a whole team? Put together five players plus reserves and get in touch — the league staff handle the rest. Teams come in at the start of a season, so the sooner you reach out, the better.