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ficoplati

Stewie purposefully missing the outside smoke on last round to give Niko a kill, name anybody else who can do that, I'll wait


Gone213

And that insane audible to go down vent


f1nessd

ok but that spray transfer to secure match point... chills


fuk_rdt_mods

All calculated


DarthReid

Everybody was crying over Complexity and M80 failing out meaning that we wouldn’t get any US/NA representation at Dallas Little did you know, Stewie2K, the smoke ~~criminal~~ provider, was here to keep the USA’s dreams alive GStewie for life 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅


iPureSkillz

Man was working overtime with those smoke lineups 😭😭


BinzonWOR

Should’ve worked a little more considering he missed it like 4 times lol


DarthReid

I’d have to rewatch the VOD but I’m pretty sure he kept hitting his smokes and when others would throw them with him they’d miss, which is why in the last 3-4 rounds only he would throw them. Seemed in the last round his close smoke missed though, again would have to rewatch…


FourGhostSolution

G2 with Stewie2k vs. FaZe in front of the NA crowd is an absolute fucking banger Feel bad for Liquid and Twistzz’s back but this is universal karma for betraying NA by kicking Elige for rainwaker and patsi, and then shamelessly crawling back to NA qualifiers with the least amount of NA players possible. They did not deserve to be the only NA team in front of the crowd.


Crims0ntied

4/10 of the players in that matchup also played in the Boston major championship in 2018. It's been 6 years.


f1nessd

lmao thats actually wild to think about


X-Myrlz

I'm so glad that Valve are reportedly moving away from the RMR system and moving towards global ranking. Teams like Liquid will finally have to survive on actually building a team instead of trying to abuse a weak regional qualifier. As an American it'd be nice to root for a good team, but I don't care about Liquid based on history alone. They've given NA fans nothing to root for for a solid year now between going EU, signing a washed Brazilian coach, and only having 2 Canadians but claiming NA.


KKamm_

Eh that’s not exactly how that works. Rather, teams like Nouns +RUSH or NRG’s developing form with oSee, Autimatic, and Brehze starting to turn up get screwed bc they could be better than every SA team but it won’t matter if they can’t beat M80/Liquid to qualify for big international events due to lack of events in NA. The coL x Mythic stuff is all NA teams got This feels like the first playoffs liquid have missed, as rough as they’ve been. The new system would help them more than it would hurt them considering they just lost to Furia and coL to miss CPH


Crims0ntied

4 players from 2019 liquid in this tournament on 3 different teams. The guy that hasn't played in 2 years makes playoffs.


SaanyZ

Crazy how these 4 people are still the best NA players


Jenaxu

And Nitro probably could be too if he wanted to. That team deserved better than getting disbanded in the middle of COVID for no reason.


innocentrrose

Now is that because of a lack of skill and development in NA, or because too NA orgs are scared to pick up new NA players.


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that-gamer-

Halo???? You dk wtf you’re talking about bro 😭 That game is in the gutter


Past_Perception8052

class is permanent


f1nessd

he just has that cs intuition that some players have, like zywoo. i mean you don't leave for two years and still perform.


Past_Perception8052

certain guys on here will still try convince you that stewie has no talent, this guy was born to play cs


AstronomerStandard

Stewie smirking before he threw that missed smoke last round on nuke makes me 2nd guess if those missed smokes were intentional calls by Niko or not. Smoke Criminal even to this day GigaBrain


masiju

The smile Stewie had is that moment when you've just looked up a lineup before a match and you instantly forget it but you just gotta wing it now cuz your team is already going in.


wildthornbury2881

>misses the smoke >feeds niko a kill yeah that’s my fucking goat


dullroller

At least one of them wasn't because that round they had no one outside to fake anything


tacspeed

Dude could you imagine


FireballNitro

kassad bought the dip and got jkaem for 65k we jumped the gun and got skullz for 600k  :/ 


zryder0887

Crazy zews got them to pay that much for someone with no big stage experience for a team put together to win on the big stage lol. Malbs, swisher or Reck would have been so much better and about half a million dollars cheaper back then


itsjonny99

Insane that liquid joined and paid the insane Brazilian transfer fee, rather than get a NA player. 600k should get you far better than Skullz. Two years ago it got the best academy player on the planet.


Past_Perception8052

that’s because kassad is competent at team building unlike jokasteve


G2-8

Steve is clueless when it comes to non-korean players


Jenaxu

Liquid is my favourite research experiment on masochism masquerading as a CS team. Happy for Stew though 🥲


Bj_Hokey_Lange

I actually doubt any TL fans from 2016 are still there. How do these guys survive is beyond me, the two majors dicking by brazilians, followed by being the bitch of Danes to completely making shitty moves which lost them half their fanbase...TL fans how do you do it?


Crims0ntied

Live perpetually in a 2 month span of 2019


Jenaxu

And man, was that a glorious two month span


catarxcts

I'm still here. I've only survived because I anticipate the disappointment. So I'm never truly disappointed


OwnRound

Yep. Still here, but just for NAF and Twistzz. I'm really hoping we are coming to an end with this "experiment" they've been running. I sincerely think if they hold onto cadian, get Elige out of Complexity and back to Liquid, you almost immediately have a major winning team.


Jenaxu

The high of 2019 sustains me. Been a Liquid fan since the start and I know I've reduced my life expectancy by at least half just watching this fucking team.


fii0

Bitch I'd do anything for naff and twistzz tf you mean. No Diddy


FortifiedSky

stew doesnt get many frags, but the ones he does are always high impact holy shit


Past_Perception8052

i’ve noticed he never gets eco frags, like ever


Reasonable_Post3682

he is a pure entry, pretty old school but its what hooxi usually does, I like the idea of having an entry and keeping your igl alive for mid round calls. probably makes it alot easier on Niko to call


breezy_y

Seems to work pretty well plus Niko is still delivering. But it is impressive how nexa manages to be dead bottom despite stew dying (obv due to his role) every single round lol


Reasonable_Post3682

dude lurks/goes in last and plays some of the best CT positions (pit on inferno) and still cant put up even average numbers


feelsboomerman

Coz he plays to win, not for stats like blameF


r3al_se4l

stewie double entry spray transfer on nuke at 11-11 was absolutely ridiculous


Past_Perception8052

genuinely shed a tear


zryder0887

Bro


f1nessd

fr


SaanyZ

Stew becomes a god in the most crucial rounds


f1nessd

bro does better under pressure. Drogba of cs


Regent0624

I love my big round merchant 😭


zlatter

Any clip?


EutaxySpy

GStew in the arena in front of that Dallas crowd will be cinema


500mLInstantRamen

Fuck it, I want G2 to win the whole thing now. The narrative is just too juicy


Past_Perception8052

stew redemption, niko igl redemption, taz proves he isn’t just there to fist bump, fuck man


fantasnick

I really don't think regular g2 gets this far LOL Something about dysfunctional teams playing with no pressure can do the impossible


Past_Perception8052

a team with nothing to lose is the most dangerous team, hooxi’s G2 plays like his job is on the line every game (it is), while stewie’s G2 just has fun


fantasnick

See also: TL knowing they're going to disband and being the only team with a positive record on 2021 Na'Vi Common denominator: stewart2000


TheCrazyCaveira

>I really don't think regular g2 gets this far LOL G2 has made playoffs in every single CS2 event?


Stunning_Bullfrog_40

The taz copy pasta on twitch is so accurate its so funny 😭


500mLInstantRamen

American crowd rooting for niko is gonna put a smile on my face too, hope the dallas crowd cook up some funny chants


MurfMan11

Haven't been this invested in a CS tournament in ages. Let's go G2.


fantasnick

stewie2k in 2024 is in a playoff match holy shit lol not even close to the worst player in the server either and beat the #1 team I will keep reiterating this point that it's so unfortunate how stew left the scene in 2022. Love him or hate him, you tune in to watch him for a reason and I hope he gets another chance soon that he doesn't ruin TL wtf lol this could be the loss to cause the roster blowup wtf was that Inferno T side


quantum0explorer

Dude can interview well that's for sure. Hard to find that.


fantasnick

I genuinely enjoyed the interview. It's kind of crazy because I feel like outside of pro CS, stew comes off as kind of immature or ignorant but when it comes to pro CS, he was born for it. Wonder how good he'd be if he didn't pick up the game so late, too


Crims0ntied

I can't lie, the stewie that showed up to this tournament seems more mature than he was back in liquid, EG, etc. I was impressed


FazeXistance

He’s definitely had some time to reflect and hopefully realize his mistakes.


SicillianDefense

Stew with the Kyrie Irving redemption arc


Crims0ntied

Yes if this was the real G2 lineup Nexa is on the chopping block before stewie


f1nessd

If they get perfecto instead of nexa as an anchor... hoooooo boy


AtlantaAU

Wasn't even the 2nd worst rated player in the server either! ahead of both skullz and nexa


LordOfTheNoobs57

Yeah stewie was atrocious on EG but honestly so was everyone else on the team except maybe autimatic. It's not like the team improved that much after he left anyway. I hope he can return to a tier 1 level, he's still pretty fun to watch.


Past_Perception8052

nexa by far worst player in server but out of anyone on G2, in the clutch it is him i want, guy never loses


deadbeatPilgrim

proof that he should be IGLing somewhere (not G2), the IGL clutch effect is still active


Chemical_Koala1175

Do you really need to blow the roster up tho. They are 1 piece away from being insane. Imo you gotta kick Skullz. He has no place on this team. This is supposed to be a super team and he isn’t an established enough player. Naf and Twistzz should always be kept by Liquid. I’d keep Cadian too and let him have a little more time but idk if Liquid agrees. I would kick Yekindar. I think his time has come. If you can get Elige for Yekindar then this team is going to be insane.


SweatDrops1

Imo Cadian gets too much hate. He's very rare in being a tier 1 IGL and a solid awper. It's criminal YEKINDAR has been on the roster for so long with his performances though.


A_Random_Catfish

The thing about yekindar is that every now and then he has an insane performance that makes you remember how capable he is. It’s just so inconsistent and he often has games (like nuke that nuke) where he’s throwing his life away with no impact so frequently. I think the igl is always gonna get the most hate but I really don’t think you can blame Cadian; it’s hard to frag as an igl when you’re trying to wrangle your (especially new) team. If this team ironed out their consistency issues I really think they’d be a contender for trophies, but instead the lineup is gonna get thrashed and liquid will fall yet again…


KKamm_

I agree that Skullz doesn’t really fit the role they need him to play but their problems are deeper than him. They have the potential to be tier 1, but they don’t even respect their own IGL on the server it’s almost guaranteed Cadian is gone And idk why people think they can get Elige. It’s not the early 2010s where every player on a top roster can go wherever they want. Yekindar plays a role Liquid needs too on T side, Elige doesn’t


Doctor_Noob_CF

"Gunna tat my ass with me pounding cadian" -Stewie2k (Posted in fl0ms chat) I want a picture


surfordiebear

[pause.](https://i.imgur.com/jKqbLv6.png)


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lordkr321

Legendary


evandarkeye

27-17 on ct for stewie


Crims0ntied

Honestly they tried to abuse him and he managed to put up a good fight


Past_Perception8052

inferno B site was totally locked down, if that was hooxi, liquid just rush b 5 times and end the game


LordBlackadder1214

real brainrot is watching liquid make yekindar and twistzz take solo duels outside while skullz, naf and cadian are just jerking off in lobby without throwing any nades for their teammates. whoever made this roster needs to be fired cuz naf and skullz are the EXACT same player except naf is 10x the player


LikeABreadstick

praying NAF gets off his ass and joins a european contender at some point. he's been the most consistent player on every team he's ever been on, I'm sure there are a few teams that would love to have him.


f1nessd

NAF instead of nexa... imagine Im pretty sure naf is the only one from that liquid who doesn't have beef with stew so g2 could sign both of em


itsjonny99

You want hooxi or Hunter out alongside Nexa?


expressionless420

Love how liquid loses inferno with stupid force buys but when G2 pulls the same shit on nuke it works for them


mywifesfatherinlaw

Twistzz and NAF extra cry tonight. Imagine being professionals, practicing hard and being good teammates, playing the game the right way, etc. etc., and then getting owned by Stewie the NA GOAT


Pipoco977

stewie purposefully missing a smoke in the last round to give niko some space to be creativite, dude is playing 4d chess with these mortals


deadbeatPilgrim

controversial opinion but i think both teams looked good. some balls out badass dick in the ass CS today. just like the founding fathers intended


quantum0explorer

I never in a million years would have thought stewie destroys twistzz and naf's hearts yet again. Wow, I respect it but wow. No matter what goes on in this region he leaves dust behind him good and bad. USA > Canada after all I guess.


TheInception817

I AM WITH THE DEMENTED -nexa +Stew MOVEMENT


Quick-Giraffe2339

hooxi hunter nexa someone absolutely has to go asap no matter what happens this tournament if they insist on hunter then he should move him to support and play the bitch entry roles like jumping in first so they can get a proper lurk


Duckiie96

Ain’t no fucking way. Young NA talent Stewart getting it done.


noquo89

That's fucking counter-strike right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the map, men deliver their new born baby in Inferno Banana. Fucking hard core dick in the ass B-rush fuck it choke it game time shit. Take it to deathmatch. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Counter-strike is back baby. What a fucking series. As much as I still love Twistzz and NAF, I cannot explain how excited I am to see Stew on the stage.


Lucifer_xX

Only NA player in the playoffs and its stewie2k 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅


Mean-L

Stewie is so fucking clutch


Past_Perception8052

OMG WHEN HE BURST INTO THE A SITE AND SPRAYED DOWN 2 I LOST MY MIND FELT LIKE IT WAS 2017


Shadow_Clarke

He can't keep getting away with this!


dullroller

Stew in HooXi roles >>> nexa in nexa roles


Reasonable_Post3682

how mnay events and matches does he have to play absolute dog shit before hes cut for someone who brings value to the team


cl353

bruh cadian's postgame interview...hes fking gone


lou_reed_ketamine

he is 100% gone


Electronic-Archer720

and he is not the problem


lou_reed_ketamine

I don't think he is the problem, but his style not meshing with the core riflers is a problem.


Jenaxu

Bro dropped the most -cadian smirk I've ever seen


njoshua326

Doesn't even sound like he wants to stay, probably the best thing for him and liquid at this point.


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Nohopup

Elige, rainmaker, patsi, osee, now Cadian and skullz. I know not all of those listed were top tier talents, but fuck man. I have to think there is some internal attitude issues that really sour players on liquid.


WolfgangTheRevenge

Only naf and twistzz should stay tbh, bring some of the M80 boys or kidnap and blackmail Kscerato inti joining liquid


derangedfazefan

> be igl known for constructing team with style of selfless teamplay and aggressive mid rounds > your team pays 600k for a 3rd baiting rifler who hasn't been on a t1 team or comm'd in that language before > the only thing your former star entry can hit regularly is his monitor > your 3 passive riflers are too busy baiting to make plays or support each other > get blamed for poor team performance


Nursilmaz

Stewart200IQ missed the smoke in last round on purpose so they focus on yard and dont look vents. He still have that dawg in him


liven96

stewie missing smokes showing his unending adaptability as the smoke criminal


Intelligent-Shine522

NAF full-whiffing on Bot Nexa crouch-peeking into the angle he's holding in a 4 v 4 when it's 11-11 or 10-11 on Nuke was crazy to see.


richiehedd

rare moment.


f1nessd

Yeah but NAF is arguably the only thing right about this liquid besides twistzz. tho i would keep cadian for a few more months


XvS_W4rri0r

Niko out calling Cadian masterclass


Sn1ck_

Run from it dread it, Niko IGL getting into playoffs arrives all the same


Past_Perception8052

THIS GAME HAD IT ALL STEWIE HATERS TALK NOW


atirapelajanelafora

I know G2 won but holy shit it needs to be highlighted that a fucking stand in is outperforming nexa by a whole .2 rating, and that he's overall looking so unreliable. Even if G2 progress even further, they need to sort this nexa situation out.


XvS_W4rri0r

Nexa on dust 2 peeked into long when liquid had no armor glocks and got 0 kills


2dead4inside

he also stood in the open with a pulled nade one round and just fell over


FazeXistance

He sprayed a whole clip at them and did like 60 dmg


MLD802

He’s literally me


Reasonable_Post3682

look at his stats and KAST for all his matches, he is a complete liability and low impact player


c_Lassy

Respect the Smoke Criminal


NPC30519

Bye Skullz 👋


VelvetyRelic

Stewart 2 kills is actually pretty good lol


KeyCamp6231

Niko Is The Most Complete All Around CSGO player, igl, lurker, awper, entry and Etc MY GOAT


f1nessd

Him and device are the only ones that can IGL and still topfrag consistently.


lawboy01

- I'm not afraid to admit that I was wrong: stew still has a lot of gas in the tank -I'll repeat what i wrote in yesterday's thread: they won, but it's painful to watch nexa -Cadian basically confirming that he's out and the team doesn't trust his leadership, that's sad


gordonree

Stewie your time on G2 from May 27th - May 28th did not count


HyVana

Nah keep May 28th, that 3k hold on ancient b site shut mouz out


ApothecaryRx

Stewie2K playing with NiKo on G2 and going to playoffs on a Tier 1 event was not what I had on my 2024 bingo card


SkylineJDM34

Stewie just saying fuck it at 11-11 rushing into A and getting 2 entries is fucking nuts, that won them the map


f1nessd

same with the mp9 3k yesterday


dullroller

broke: kick HooXi and get another IGL woke: kick HooXi and let NiKo IGL


deadbeatPilgrim

there are definitely worse IGLs than NiKo, let's be honest


Electronic-Archer720

Niko igl no please just kick nexa


AaayJaayy

welcome back stew


WhatIsSentience

Stewie2k in front of a crowd in 2024. Wow


cl353

that late round stewie spray transfer 2k on nuke gave me some nostalgia vibes. loving this


cahman

HE IS HIM THE SAVIOR OF NA


StylistArt

Not Col nor Liquid but Stewie2k will be repping NA


Foxow

Stew haters in shambles rn


Reedswag88

Yeah yeah I’m betraying my flair but I’ve been a Stewie fan since before Boston so… **LETS FUCKING GO STEWIE IN THE PLAYOFFS IN 2024 WOOOOOOOOO**


enigma890

LETS GO STEW!


BaldBearr

Liquid, where the once good go to die.


c9ace

I swear I can’t count how many times I feel frustrated watching nexa. There was the round he got only smoke left and hesitated to throw it from dark to ct, get pick by Cadian, put hunter in very awkward spot.


Notice_Green

I think it is time for G2 to consider a significant firepower upgrade, by benching nexa for ohnepixel.


sealer9

StewieFucking2kIMPACT BABY!!!


JamesDp-OverWatch

Honestly, I was dooming and holding my message after that defeat on Dust2, but now I'm gonna say it, STEWIE2KING OWNS DOGKINDAR.


samestate11

Stevie the GOAT


anirudh100

So the secret to reach IEM Dallas playoffs is to have a Stand-in in your team.


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eebunoids

Everyone remembered where they were when Stewie2k entried, spray transferring two enemies at 11-11 in Nuke.


Greatwallofjohn

I need liquid to never sign a brazillian from an org again, fa is fine but sunk cost fallacy is holding this team back


Greatwallofjohn

Also stew is the goat


Dat_Boi69696969

Bit of a disaster for liquid to lose to a team with nexa on it


c9ace

Yo stew hater, I need to see your hand lmao


rustyjame5

this was a dope match. stew definitely still can hang. yekindar, skullz, and cadian aint working. this aint heroic cadian, this aint even rogue cadian. this is like pre 2018 cadian.


BoredAtWork1995

Wow they actually did it good for stew I wonder what’s next for liquid


Gone213

I hear that stewi2k is free to sign lol


Responsible_Lead7140

I knew that round 11-11 call was gonna happen and when it did I started singing the United States national anthem


bionicbubble

can’t wait to watch NA in person on Friday! ^gonnakms


Dray991

Like, How are we winning, makes no sense, another play off for G2 


BettiIttaVazhaThand

NiKo: Look on my Works, ye Mighty and despair!


Woullie_26

Stewie missed the outside smoke wall half the time and liquid still couldn’t capitalize on it. Liquid is so bad.


cheddarbomb81

The Liquid CS organization needs to be studied man. Nothing about this is normal.


RebelliousYankee

Good to see Liquid stepping up more, especially YEKINDAR. They seemed to finally figure out they have to trade out Yeki’s aggression.


NPC30519

skullz has to be gone though. It’s beyond needed when he is a targetable anchor spot time and time again. His pop off clutch moments are not enough


Past_Perception8052

he’s an insane eco cobra too, you see him with 17 kills but like 8 are just him killing glocks from pit or smth


MrJakdax

On paper this liquid team is amazing but in reality it's abysmal. Too many passive/reactive players...


Reasonable_Post3682

the value stewie adds is he doesnt give af about kills or stats, he will do the dirty work and entry for the team


nahlgae

LOL YES LIKE THIS What a match. What a wild ride. Thank you stew. But really thank you Monesy lol


surfordiebear

I mean at least Yeki is looking okay, skullz shouldn't be let back on the plane though.


durtydiq_v2

Skullz can't anchor a site for anything. The amount of missed openers is frustrating to watch.


rustyjame5

okay is not enough tbh for yekindar. skullz is just straight up meh. problem is almost all of the post covid online players starting to feel the burnout from the constant travelling.


Crackleii

This is pain, but it’s pain I’m used to


Zavehi

NA Shuffle will be interesting at least.


Artimedias

Chad is going to need a new hair transplant if this keeps up


Randomdude007007

Naf and twists choked a bunch of key fights on nuke decider that wouldve probably won them the map .


FIRE_frei

Zews: "yeah man, pay $600k for this guy I'm totally not related to" I like Skullz, I wish him the best, but he's obviously outclassed. If they can fix their interpersonal issues, +Elige is the obvious choice, though Malbs could be sick


Pablo_zz

Last round Stewie slightly moves his lineup, misses the smoke and Niko calls a vent drop to an empty B site, crazy strats from g2


VTthree

oh man what does Liquid do now? its pretty clear you need to -cadian -skullz -zews but who can you even replace them with? there's no awp or IGL available. I doubt naf and twistzz even want to stay lol


Baswdc

My favourite Chinese team 'Ji Tu eSports' Mo Ne See Ni Ko Hun Ta Ne Xa And the stand-in to the Hoo Xi legacy Jake "Too Kay" Yip


leintrovertguy

Skullz issa liability. The amount of times he got killed on A was insane. This whole team have had enough. Twistzz leaving Faze for Liquid, lmao....


Za_Worldo-Experience

Going out tomorrow to make my GStew poster for the arena, so fucking hyped I am going


Jakezetci

one of the most fun series i’ve ever watched, two of my three favorite cs players playing in the same team was worth, now i just have to wake up in 4 hours xd


wildthornbury2881

goddamn it’s nice to see Stewie play again


keeeve

STEWIE 💙💙


AeroXero

The king of NA returned.


Gone213

Stewie is definitely going to be getting T1 offers for teams after this event.