makazze

makazze is the in-game name of Drin Shaqiri, a 19-year-old professional Counter-Strike 2 player from Kosovo (Europe). makazze competes as a rifler for Natus Vincere, the Kosovo player's current professional home.

Natus Vincere qualified for IEM Cologne Major 2026 as a stage 3 invite, seeded through the Valve Regional Standings published in April 2026. On the active roster, Aleksib handles in-game leadership. The coaching staff comprises B1ad3.

At the Major, makazze will compete alongside Aleksib, iM, b1t, w0nderful on the Natus Vincere roster. Each player on the lineup has a dedicated profile linked further down this page.

IEM Cologne Major 2026 is the fifth Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship, organised by ESL with Valve sponsorship. The tournament runs from June 2 through June 21, 2026, with the playoff stage held at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany — one of Europe's largest indoor venues and a long-standing home of competitive Counter-Strike. Thirty-two teams compete for a $1,250,000 USD prize pool, distributed across an Opening Stage (32 teams, Swiss system), an Elimination Stage (16 teams, Swiss system), and the Playoffs (8 teams, single-elimination with every match a best-of-three). Stage 3 of the event uses no best-of-one matches, a format refinement introduced for this Major.

As a CS2 Major, Cologne 2026 offers more than the prize money: it determines invitations to the next Major cycle, reshuffles the Valve Regional Standings that decide future seedings, and is the most-watched competitive Counter-Strike event of the year. For Kosovo fans, watching makazze at this stage is the highest-profile international platform for Kosovo's Counter-Strike scene in 2026.

For full match history, head-to-head statistics, multi-event ratings, and HLTV world-ranking trends across makazze's career, see the player's HLTV profile. For Natus Vincere's seeding at the Major, the full active roster, qualification path, and the team's history, see the Natus Vincere team page. For ongoing tournament news, format updates, and roster moves leading into Cologne, see our news index.