might be kinda late ngl

I feel like riot just needs to invest into CIS and it will be a big region. Problem is that CS and dota are on football level of popularity, kids see cs and dota and football like equal stepping stones for a professional sports career

I really want for mongolz in cs to take the next step, their best chance for an S-tier trophy comes at Bucharest, they are the strongest team there and their closest conteders are EF/faze/g2/falcons. Faze and g2 suck, falcons are kinda mid, so I would love to see EF/mongolz fight for their first S-tier win

Is it like fully dead? Kinda crazy to see so many of them in dota/cs but then val is just empty

w0nderful isn't even the best ukrainian awper, it's jambo and r1nkle

meanwhile cs casters calling standing in between a smoke and a molly ''edging'' just cuz a twitter post with the most likes named it so

and there is a huge difference between how important val and cs are for navi

system works but it requires a consistent awper. NaVi got their biggest win with w0nderful still being good. It's just that something has changed in him since Cologne. 0 Confidence. This navi need an X-factor, someone to create a spark for the fire, and monesy is just that guy

I honestly want B8 to somehow git gud and shit on them with their cs rejects (npl and headtrick), I would laugh like a hyena if I have seen that shit

yep :)
bro bought several hotels in Kyiv, probably to set up events whenever the war ends

ropz is a fucking demon tho, going 30 for 30 on 64/128 tick test and finding insta spawns for xbox in cs go using m_yaw is wild

ah so they sign mid one-season wonders for big money but can't splash the cash for monesy?

thing is, w0nderful isn't just choking, it's not like s1mple where he is the goat when it comes to group stages but he crumbles in the finals, w0nderful just has 0 confidence. wrong crosshair placement, bad positioning, tries flicking too much but can't hit them. Like they had the semis vs spirit in katowice, close overtime on dust 2, and magixx (by far spirit's worst player) just wide swings into w0nderful, 0 flashes, 0 smokes and just deletes him THREE TIMES out of 6 rounds in overtime. Just a typical w0nderful moment for you: https://youtu.be/_NKWvOjIWBI?t=12910
0 flashes, shit buy against him, teammates set up in positions which basically require him to kill and he just dies and gives away a CRUCIAL round.
''until things really become muddy''
They are muddy. Don't let their playoff appearances fool you, it's just farming against low level teams like furia, get into playoffs, meet someone like spirit/mongolz/ef and get shit on. If they remove anyone other than w0nderful then I just wish for this org to suffer the same faith as fnatic and nip in cs:
aleksi is the best IGL of 2024, jL is a god at big games, b1t is the most consistent anchor in the world and iM is the perfect space creator for this lineup. put monesy into w0nderful's shoes and this team contends with vitality on tournament basis and shits on spirit

ay let's keep w0nderful even though he is a certified choke artist, but we won't sign monesy who would give us a vitality contending roster, naaaah, let's keep xqc

sh1ro won't come and there is no need for him. monesy has an expiring contract, was brought up in their youth system and is not pro-war and is currently signed for g2. but navi won't sign him cuz ''we don't want to deal business with russians''

the entire org runs on their cs team who just happen to have the greatest coach in all of counter strike.

that's just a mechanic though. both players neeed to run in the same direction and it also requires you to strafe correctly not to fuck up the movement. If he fails it he blocks both of them and loses his team the timing which is essential if you want to get an early advantage.

I just don't understand their direction:

• ''we don't want to deal business with russians, which is why we won't sell our cs players to russian orgs and won't sign any russians
• ''proceeds to buy shao and suygetsu''
• ''keep shao for like 2 years now
• refuses to buy monesy EVEN THOUGH HE IS THE PERFECT FIT FOR THEIR CS ROSTER
  Wtf is this org

perhaps one slot for every region winner and no ascension tournament for the region?

pack up the bag, kick everyone and hand over the slot to team spirit/mouz. crazy how they had the money to buy an fpx four but then couldn't do anything with it

time to go back to cs unc

yes and that makes egg first, chicken second

See metas and comps as technical regulations in something like Formula One. If Ferrari brings something massively overpowered which is within regulations, most teams will follow them. why not create something of your own? cuz it takes more time to find either for the same outcome or for something less impactful

no they haven't, which is why they think of it as a high school sport drama where the characters suck, suffer thru training and then win.

chronicle instead of nats = most trophies won

they were the first org to condemn the war and moved their HQ to Belgrade along with their staff. Also allowed for their Ukrainian players in dota, yatoro and mira to be openly against the war and host charities for Ukraine. They are clear

spirit are serbian

navi has so business staying at franchising, spirit is a way better candidate

cuz cs casters just love to talk shit, especially if it was pro league or something. Like they are drinking beer during pro league games, theye are almost unfiltered

david luiz at arsenal man, why did you make me cry

vitality and gentle mates to toronto it is then

imagine an Omen TP but you don't know where you end up, the ultimate gambling device

Omen TP but random should be the ult. Either you TP one meter away from where you were, TP into enemy's backline or simply TP on the Operator's crosshair. GAMBA

ange1 can call up his buddy s1mple to carry him, just like s1mple did for him in cs, I feel like s1mple while high and drunk still outaims 2ge

there are plenty of other esport players from Ukraine who help by donating their money to the great deeds, like helping the refugees, donating to restore the destroyed towns and buildings and help fund the volunteers :) I don't wanna say that ange1 didn't do it, but I don't see any posts yet

yeah, round-robin done incorrectly :D

WHAT a performance from ange1, 30 reposts, 12 political posts liked after his team lost yet another round, 5 posts arguing with JL, 4 beggings for navi ceo not to end the franchising contract, 2 snus packs consumed and to top it all of 1 ''We still looking for ourselfs on stage, bad game from us.'' after getting shit on, truly GOAT status

it's fucking tier 2 :D

bro was too busy arguing about:
-the return of ex-cs pros to cs from val with jL https://x.com/OfficialANGE1/status/1873857064319308286
-late games https://x.com/LATEKSgg/status/1880412219168682040
-whatever this is https://x.com/PawlowskiMario/status/1895816763138588892
-arguing with derke's take on util/aim https://x.com/OfficialANGE1/status/1896726566576550112
-advertizing nataNk(also didn't navi screw him beecause they first tested him and then just let him go?) https://x.com/nataNk1wnl/status/1900109589036544234
Bro just grind the game you are paid for lil bro, doesn't seem like you are trying grandpa. So sad to see navi's money go into this paycheck stealer when they can just afford to +monesy to make their cs team unbeatable

wasn't it that the lower placing team still goes to ascension? But given that they qualified to champs it is likely that the level between them and the ascenscion candidates is really big

first ever tie in the history of franchising

TS was founded by fucking scam afaik, so not surprised

I have to admit that I disliked him in 2020, but now I know I was dumb. Like jamppi got broken down mentally because some fucking CIS youtuber thought it was funny to make thousands of kids/teenages send jammpi toxic messages

bro I am so happy to see jamppi get the respect he deserves after the bullshit he faced in cs

ever wondered why stuff like march madness bracket or world cup predictors end up never having the perfect prediction

ban navi so that they can spend more money to make their cs roster better, thank you!

I would rank s1mple over zywoo cuz s1mple achieved more with less. Like there is no way a team with zeus flamie and edward was supposed to be at the major final or semi final, or liquid with jdm and hiko and nitro

I don't care about the scenes here, and i would argue that fallen is a figure of SA CS, not coldzera. I rate them based on what they achieved and had during their careers. If donk suffers a decline just like cold then he will drop for sure. If we rank cold all time after his 2nd top 1, definitely top 4, right now, top 10

just needs a clear major win over the favourites and not tier 3 teams and I will rank him higher than s1mple, might even do with another cologne win

I feel like we are way too early into cs2 to have this conversation at all :D