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what is EG doing in cct central eu
theyre doing the logical thing of going to t2/t3 events instead of dying every 2 months in t1
meanwhile EG Black playing in ECL Melbourne
Interesting... iirc wasnt there also a discussion at the same time that NAF could join EG to play with tarik and ethan?
so 2020 could've been the time for an NA re-shuffle, but it didnt work out at all
i think the NAF to EG
was 2021
NAF - Elige - Brehze - Cerq - Twistzz/Grim/Nitr0/Stew
depending on what period of 2020 we tlaking
if they kept Twistzz
it would prolly the best aiming na squad ever
would have done NAF - Elige - Twistzz (AWP) - Brehze - Nitr0
personally
even if Cerq didnt fall off
NAF said in an interview it was with Tarik and Ethan 100%, maybe even with Brehze
idk if it was 2020 or 2021, but Ethan wanted to stick with Valorant
punching the air rn with "NA CS what ifs"
but... what if Stewie never decided to be a primary IGL
or stayed on c9 post boston major for more than 3-4 months
stewie is a great 2nd caller

I dont remember who it was, but recently someone, probably launders, did a good video on Stewie and it actually makes so much sense
yeah its launders
but if we think about the EG coaching situation back with Stew... I think there are more issues than just the calling, right?
i meant regarding stewie
but maybe he was like that because of management, but on the other hand if I rewatch some clips from near the end of his time in Liquid with FalleN
oh
????????????????
2.2m
youre kidding me
pls someone buyout EG Black
i dont want them to be ruined by this trash ass management
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Yes, thank you
and yet still $2m prize pool for majors
Just had my worst game in my entire life in CS:GO.
Within the first half of the game I was at -1/1/14, at the end of the game (4:16) I was 3/3/19
it do be like that sometimes
yes but its still like 
only up from here
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it hurts to see 
damn
The players went and bought their own stickers on the market
a day before this came out
i sold my cph stickers one day before this happened 
Bruhh how much did they jump
let me check
i sold them for 11 a piece and had 4 of them
they were at 20 yesterday for a short amount
now at 17. i guess alot of people went and bought them so they sunk agakn
Whats going on with all the danish orgs about to go bankrupt?
First Heroic, then Astralis, and now CPH Flames //edit: also Tricked after reading the HLTV article.
can't just FaZe go bankrupt aswell so my fav roster can represented a decent org and I can sell all of the stickers? 
I sadly sold them a month ago
me dumbo
Worth the investment
Got them at 2 3 right
That's x 4 ~ 5
Just seen interz playing for C9 instead of Hobbit and went like
but Hobbit just having eye problems
poor swisher
also why do I have a really bad feeling the stickers will drop tonight when I'm asleep...
where are the stickers
innovating final CSGO major by releasing nothing
I saw a pro (I think it was broky) tweet then delete something about Paris stickers a day or two ago
fun to meme about it though
mahone as the... what?
for the Blast Overtime show
i have no idea what it is
Blast's version of HLTV Confirmed
no spunj no show
kind of

true
analyzes plays on fancy touch screen board I think, I’ve seen him do it in prior events
I hope so, Weatherman is a weird term tho
not sure if there’s a title for it, but weatherman would not have been my choice
I wanna know who the observers are though
ATK is basically the Reck and Swisher show (reck isnt even signed/ only as "standin")
since boden is now playing from sweden
MY BELOVED
Clean stickers 
I should've just sold my old stickers, they dropped down in price a lot since Paris stickers 
anyways somehow did +60€ with all my stickers
I will wait until they are on sale actually
Pick'Ems are so difficult now that "tier 2" teams can actually do a lot of damage...
Challengers stage is gonna be a bloodbath, no one’s safe
There are like only two to three absolute favorites that will go through (G2, FaZe and Mouz) but even those two can get slapped the fuck out of the Challenger Stage 0-3
It feels almost impossible to get a Diamond Coin this time 
Those are my pick'ems, but I might change one or two teams again 
looks pretty solid, I can see anyone here choking though
ye same, its just super hard to predict
I actually changed my 3-0 pick to Monte, if they beat FaZe they will surely go 3-0
"The 25-year-old and his teammates have been free agents since February 28 after their contracts with the South African organization expired"
oh
in 4h30
i dont mind either team winning
i like both teams
djay got removed from ATK aswell ???
as expected with kenny, could've stayed in G2 tho
Ur pulls?
nope
havent done a pickem in years but may as well do the last csgo one
is it still best to just go on the market to get individual stickers instead of opening capsules?
oh wait its a pass now lol
not watching much cs in ages and just looking at hltv will probably backfire
have to rep gh tho
originally had monte going through too, but no coach has me shaky on them now
could be an issue, definitly
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i can see a team like nouns, strife or atk (if they fix their issues) getting him
I see a lot of information floating around regarding salaries in CS, especially around Tier 2-4.
So I wanna do an experiment to see what people think, and if it matches the reality
What do YOU think a player in CPH Flames received in salary per month (top 25-40 team)
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thank u faze for clutching up, pickems still on
warmup game
rain popping of at the major again, love to see that 
Also wtf is going on with Eternal Fire, they are worse than EG and OG in their own way tho 
4/5 of the lineup is the same again like ??? get ur shit together
i mean, arent xantares and woxic
co owners
they are founding members, yes
but like 19 changes within 12 months including the same players getting benched/kicked and joining again
trying to compete with -chrisj +chrisj
or -olof +olof 
what da sloth doing 
Yekindar is basically playing Elige and nitr0 roles and taking away the space from oSee
guess when yekindar joined the team
the meta nowadays
is playing around your awper or at least make him your 2nd option
they basically be like nitr0 go decoy, elige yekindar go frag
they need a supportive player in the team, who might be a supportive caller aswell (but not like Yekindar)
if stewie would get his shit together and just be the 2nd caller he always has been
but wasnt he like an aggro player aswell? i dont remember him at any point being a bit more passive
he was the arT back in the day
i dont even think
we have an upcoming support na player rn
or igl
ngl
osee's rifle
is kinda good
COL won their game
poggers
looking at Elige and oSee they should've won for sure
for NAF its his worst rating since the 2-16 loss against Mouz back at the Rio major, but that was a 2-16 not a full mapper
yea
i'll take COL winning
over TL winning
COL is NA's future
the new gen
its Fang era now
not overreacting
its NA + OCE + SA era now
Grayhound wants to fuck the pickems again
Grayhound taking down ForZe 16-14 after a massive comeback!
Once again “Fuck your pick-em’s” 😂

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finally a podcast including Scrawnders, didnt wish for more
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yeah gh, rng, 100t always have
what is g2 doing not have guns twice today
whats going on with CoL CT side on Inferno 
last time it looked that bad they changed positions, like did they do it again or is g2 just having a great day?
nvm how did I not see m0nEZy going 34-9 
"Why is Grayhound playing the Major again?"
"umm... just to fuck your pick'ems"
liquid building some economy and nitr0 decides to buy mac-10 against a full buy 
what did they do
also did I just read "ace with dualies" 
yes
techno knifed to help close out inferno
only listening to matches rn since I’m at work, but broadcast was hollering
so basically like karrigan's knife kill to get into the major grand final?
I never pick an asian or SEA team as 0-3, they are the ones that are definitly winning one map
like they made so many major appearances the last few years
IHC core have been looking good for awhile, no idea why people kept picking them for 0-3
my goats
anyone who had them 0-3 didn't believe
gonna be 2-1 shortly too 
ytbytbytb

i dont understand
pain and the COL core "extra salt" were literally equals throughout 2021-22
pain easy pickem
bro
i take out forze from my pickem, and now they win against monte who are in my pickem
i expected FaZe vs G2, but it seems like we got FaZe v Ence and G2 v Apeks
but Liquid vs Fluxo is really toying my pickems
if Fluxo wins, i lose 2 pickems instantly, so I am definitly rooting for Liquid 100% and watching that game
dont fuck with my 3-0 pickem now faze
MOUZ 
...and I said MOUZ is the 100% safe pick 
anyone wanna watch party the Liquid game in voice (or any game the next days) ?
My doctor told me to stop watching na cs since its not good for my heart

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2363853/complexity-vs-liquid-blasttv-paris-major-2023-challengers-stage
Complete overview of the Complexity vs. Liquid matchup at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage!

i swear that fluxo vs liquid game was just...
now I can truely understand how NA fans must be feeling
like at the end i was at a point like "okay fluxo pls end this, fuck my pickems but make it end quick pls"
but in the end, liquid has won and i am truely happy about it. just 2 more to go
I’d join if the games didn’t play while I was at work
being a TL fan is gonna lead to a heart attack
atleast the major grand final that is on a sunday we all can watch 
TL is like BIG but 10x worse
He's right tho
CS needs to be a fully open circuit
There are so many teams that can do damage but simply can't play big tournaments because they are no partner, meanwhile look at what EG did for the last years
i need a csgo manager game
like FM
NA players about to have -5 / 20 in mental stats
strife back to back games today
faze may have shit the bed but at least i got my fluxo 0-3
I'm rather surprised that FaZe went 2-0 at first
how did we miss that?
https://twitter.com/peterjarguz/status/1651659487533473802
A few thoughts on NA CS and the new generation coming through:
Read: https://t.co/Kmg6dS1e2z
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But ye
NA needs more people like stan
Doesnt have to be igls
But leaders
Outside the server
Also about that trust part and not changing the roster
All the best t2 teams in NA have made changes in 2023
Including PA +cxzi and chop when they got dropped and momo & jonji took a break
i think one of the best examples today is Gambit Youngsters/Cloud9, they were playing together since late 2020 up until this year with the same lineup, and they made it kind of work
and I cannot think of any other team that has the exact same lineup for atleast one and a half year since Covid except for FaZe & Furia
literally every cs player i met
no more baiting? maybe my MM teammates will finally play right
I hope they’re not super strict about this stuff, I like shooting the shit with people in CS
?????????????
I was about to say their T sides look a lot like Jame calling but with worse players in that case
Like in the game against Fluxo, especially on Nuke, it looked 10/10 like the VP playstyle but in worse
So they had a 2 week bootcamo
With yekindar as igl
Thats not enough
For a major
absolutely not
"only" bro that is a full week 
It would be one thing if nitr0 arrived with 2-3 days left
But still
You have a coach
And analysts
Who could help nitr0 catch up
it makes sense for Yekindar to be the main igl for the time nitr0 isnt there, but afterwards you should switch back 100%
but what I dont like to see is that Yekindar and nitr0 still have different visions of the game and you can clearly see that in their calling
lets gooo i got 5 correct pickems for challenger stage 
I need forze to win to get 5
monte saving my pickem 
My pick'ems will be: (no image atm because valve no update)
3-0 Bad News Eagles (i dont care about 3-0 pick at all)
G2, FaZe, Vitality, NaVi, Furia, Heroic, Apeks, Ence/9ine qualify
0-3 either Liquid or Into the Breach
Still thinking about my last qualify pick and my 0-3, need to check the possible brackets for that tho
we are going to the promise land
trust in jks
G2 will go through but not 3-0
Zywoo is starting his villain arc this major
from a humble "idk i just like to play" guy to a s1mple type of player 
hoping for the best 

oh my lord Monte is playing ECL today aswell
they just dont want to stop the grind
Apeks vs 9ine was postponed tho because of the major

jesus, surprised they don't get burnt out
gotta stay sharp for the major
i mean their coach and analyst will do most of the prep for tomorrow
and it is surely better to improve in officials rather than praccs
ECL NA stats
NA next "big" talents looking good (slight 1.27 / freshie 1.25 / clasia 1.19)
ITB going 0-3 looks very possible now that they fight FaZe later today 
just hoping my boys dont choke this
dead game 
F . . K
Also Furia 0 T rounds after 2 Maps, what are they doing ???
What is this major?
Furia vs. G2 to stay in the Major, rip my pickems
mine are in shambles rn, the 0-2 bracket is rough
this major is so fucking cursed
Furia recently changed their T side but that is looking really bad at the moment
oh no, there might be a good chance that if G2 and FaZe win their games, they will face each other... 
Depends on other matches I think
Banger for elimation though
Though we would get that in the playoff stage
But nope it's fighting for elim in legends 
yes, but there is still a chance
they won't , thank god

2/5 so far with vit and heroic going through
same here, but the rest of my picks are Navi and the whole 0-2 bracket 
same
bne about to win mirage
will never trust faze again o7
naah, the last two times it went multiple OTs
FaZe can mentally recover from getting dominated
still trusting my boys
my bad for trusting their game 1s
I was confused as well
but I can feel broky's pain
happened to me a lot aswell with USP, such a shit weapon
still regretting not putting Ence or Liquid in my picks
ence are losing tho
tbf tho who could've thought that FaZe, G2 and Furia getting beaten to death
i think ence wins
i think im fucked ngl
ancient loses 2-1
we all are
Twistzz looked fucking dead inside
hM
you mean -oSee +Twistzz main awp=


i see what your cooking
actually yea, let them latvians play together and let Yekindar be the entry
why not swap naf for twistz ez
Osee doesnt deserve being put in EG
No one does
makes no sense with their roles
I want to see Twistzz and NAF in the same team + 3 other crazy NA player
not even NA player, NAF should move to his girlfriend over in Europe and compete here with Twistzz
fuck NA CS



Twistzz (awp) + NAF (lurk) + Fang (2nd) + Jonji (entry) + Walco/Daps (IGL)
top 15
all Canadian
actually crazy how bne do fuck all all year just to play spoiler at majors
Walco IGL daps coach
dota strat
only focus on the valve sponsored event
yeah fr
sadly BNE cant play at more huge events because no partner team
i fucking hate the tournament circuit
luckily I need to go to work very soon so I don't need to see faze getting beaten to death
will not open HLTV until tomorrow morning so I can cry for breakfast
Complete overview of the Monte vs. Natus Vincere matchup at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023!
woro vs s1mple
on one hand I want navi to qualify because my pickems already dead, but i kinda want woro to beat s1mple's ass
also sdy getting revenge on them would be juicy

their t side is absolute garbage right now
wait... when ENCE loses, if FaZe & G2 win their games, they will surely face off each other by a huge chance...

ence needs to go on a run now
faze are shitting the bed
throwing a 14-9 lead
It's over for faze
Faze ain't paying me though 

faze are throwing again
Ofc they are 🫡

monte v navi wild rn
@s1mpleO @KinguinLegends @EdwardCSGOD @bondik_csgo @somedieyoungCS @demqqqq @j3kiecs Take away your Ego, because the time will come when I will destroy you in tournaments, yes, maybe not for the first time, but it will come)
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DAMN man called it
S1mple can blame sdy too now 
26 seconds · Clipped by Robust · Original video "BLAST.tv Major, Legends Stage: Day 3, Stream B - Apeks vs GamerLegion" by BLAST Premier
"the guillotine in paris drops on the head of the king who will never touch the crown"
faze playing navi? rip, i needed both to go through
FaZe 2-2 oh my lord
Wait what...
Furia and G2 are out and now either Navi or Faze? Guess I will stay silver coin
Whoever gets a diamond coin this major, huge respect

Hais g2 just choked
m0nesy wasn't in today
Jks was insane
But too much loses to half buys and pistols
got bored so i made 7 "solid" teams with NA only players with chemistry and fit in mind :
nitr0 (igl) - naf - twistzz (awp) - elige - autimatic / daps (coach) - T1 - (25.2)
cynic (igl) - grim - osee (awp) - fang - floppy / semphis (coach) - T1 - (22.4)
walco (igl) - jeorge - junior (awp) - bwills - rush / axed (coach) - T1.5 - (22.8)
stamina (igl) - clasia - slight (awp) - reck - d4rty / becker (coach) - T1.5 - (20.0)
ben (igl) - swisher - pwn (awp) - jonji - motm / muenster (coach) - T2 - (25.4)
micro (igl) - freshie - cxzi (awp) - viz - marke / shakezullah (coach) - T2 - (21.8)
wolfy (igl) - brehze - wiz (awp) - hext - chop / madcow (coach) - T2 - (22.4)
F/A : cj - Nosrac - brett - cryptic - infinite - momo
one of the greatest to not win a major... 
Hoping he wins the first or second CS2 major (kinda hoping 1st one goes to Heroic on danish (home-)ground)
crazy that out of the boston faze roster that niko and guardian were the ones who wouldnt win one
not only that but NiKo was in 2 major grand finals, he was so fucking close to getting one
and with Guardian, his biggest mistake was re-signing with Navi again when they were having s1mple slowly getting his peak on the AWP. On the other hand tho, I just don't know which team he could've joined at that time
fnatic?
even considering that he can speak russian, still there was no top team needing an AWPer
was swedish back then
Mouz had w0xic, G2 had kennyS, EG/NRG had Cerq at his peak
if we go CIS, VP had Jame, Navi had s1mple
Complexity could've been an option aswell
meh
they were in their pre-juggernaut days with shazam
konfig - blamef - rush - obo - guardian
kinda cool tho
and I would consider Guardian > poizon with all that shit poizon went through
poizon was basically the olofmeister of CoL
so uh did navi choke
not yet
navi and faze having a mid off with no crowd but it’s kinda hype
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LOL
bring sdy back 
sdy is igl'ing for monte right?
fuck it bring him back
impressive results for sdy (as igl) with "minimal" prep time
monte changed igl before major -> playoffs
tl changed igl before major -> playoffs
new meta
jerry seems like he'll never leave forze
i dont think they would get him anyways
since NAVI doesnt want to give money to russian orgs
theres only sdy
yeah
spirit isnt gonna drop chopper so they cant get him
yeah
gg
ggez never doubted once
gg
gg
faze remembered they were one of the greatest teams ever assembled
still only 4/9 in my pickems, no chance of getting a fifth one
https://twitter.com/ropz/status/1658461803033112576
Major final already in Legend stage 
Hope you enjoyed the major final, GG NaVi. We are in the playoffs!
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yeah the bruvs
wtf
ANOTHER CHOKE
14-3
nip

script writers going crazy this major
i dont even know anymore
Still unsure about FaZe vs. Heroic
TL 
OG will use regali as a stand-in for IEM Dallas.
If they play good again, -degster +regali? 
Interesting 👀
oh shit heroic vs faze in 90 min
another finals worthy match
this is our major NAbros
that would be hilarious
first as a player always -daps +stan and now as a coach aswell
prolly for finals
i mean in the finals there will be the trophy
but yea might be a good chance that they will do that in the final
would've liked to see an interview between karrigan and cadiaN on that stage on who is going to be the bigger smacker on the server
oh there it is

FaZe was 5-2 and I went to eat thinking they will get the T side, then I come back to Heroic winning the pistol round 11-5 
another faze comeback is on
especially after that broky 3K
hes him
what a chaos
jame time
usually Heroic is the team bringing the Chaos, but FaZe decided otherwise
paid by the round
Vent rush
I love to see MM strats
its ogre
15-11 is absolutely doable to come back from after that 15-9 against NaVi
those are the best matches
very lengthy, very intense
anything can happen at this point
and its only map 1
faking a comeback smh
just playing some mind games 
all of this just to lose vs TL

@LobanjicaCS Leave. We don’t want ya here 😬😬😬😬😅
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siuuu
get right, my beloved
Tomorrow Team Liquid will speedrun getting those VIP seating tickets
yes
Bringing that NA state of mind to take over Paris 🇺🇸💪
Time to put it all on the line for THE FINAL CS:GO Major #LETSGOLIQUID
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Bruh liquid
zonic law 
welp c9 is the only na team to win a csgo major
apeks is NA
styko and jkaem played for na teams
heroic is NA
cadian played for the NA rogue iteration ||and swisher gf cheated with stavn||
vitality is NA
magisk and dupreeh fucked TL so much in 18-19 that theyre NA at this point
gamerlegion is not na

NA state of mind be like fastest way to get to the airport, sure
🚨BREAKING🚨
@FaZeClan has laid off 40% of its remaining staff, only months after a 20% layoff in February. If FaZe is shaping up to be the Titanic of esports, this might be the point where it breaks in half on the way down.
Read all about it on @Digiday:https://t.co/I5l0tYsb3R
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no hope
fr
eros isnt even T4/5
wtf is this
theyre in fucking advanced
aint no way
hmmmm
time to take banana control in 4k
what is gamerlegion being fed
almost choked another lead tho
oof
oh my god
diamond was already out of the question but still
SIUUU
Vitality vs GL, interesting...
Still very proud of my boys in Apeks for reaching semis, and proud of my boys in GL for even reaching the grand final
true, early 2020 was insane...
still wondering how far MOUZ could've come with the lineup they had
or even better, if they did -chrisJ who they would've taken in his spot
not 11-4 again
no wya
Sheesh
Watch BLASTPremier's clip titled "BLAST.tv Major, Grand Final BO3 : GamerLegion vs. Team Vitality"
ngl
closing the laptop right after
is kinda sus
promoting gambling in a major i see
LOL
twt no longer available

Holy shit IM
guy is prefiring everything
hes him
Actl
i think it'd be really funny if vit lost on home soil
fake knife guy got kicked out https://imgur.com/I7aLHQI
Bruh LOL

yeah i was gonna say, isnt that kinda low
i mean yea
it was never going to reach stockholm
this^^
s1mple first major/ first major since covid
also Antwerp was a huge final with FaZe at their peak vs. NaVi going 5 maps
imagine if the final was not GL but like a Heroic or FaZe, the number would be a lot bigger
inferno map 3 for the last major
i just pick one of each map with the best playoff match (and Faze vs Navi in legend stage)
is peak cs

2 rounds
Gg its over
1
ogre
LETS GO
LETS GOOO
YAAAASSAA
DUPREEH IS THE GOAT OF CSGO
i was here
Gg
G FUCKING G
Zywoo just surpassed iM by a few percentage to get the MVP
and Magisk joining his old astralis buddies with 4 majors
zywoo one paris major s1mple no paris major
zywoo 1 major in hometown s1mple 0 major in hometown
so many storylines...
Sphinx first israeli major winner
dupreeh only player playing all majors
dupreeh only player with 5 major titles
Vitality 2nd international team to make the major
Zywoo finally getting his well deserved major AND MVP
regarding the point with international team, this should mean the shift that international teams have the possibility

True
Ax1le > Niko for over a year now
scapegoat
To get buster who performed worse 💀
zonic with 5 majors as a coach, how did I miss that
absolutely
the trophy is such a joke seriously...
it’s so tiny
that is literally a children toy
for a major
its a reference to french cheese
totally not because the designer had 2 hours left before submitting his design
that looks tiny asf lmao
it is a dogs toy
gabe newell pls show up with some cs2 news
It's a shit trophy honeslty
gabe only cares about dota
It's such a bad trophy
Can't believe they made a video talking about how they designed it

its so bad honestly
blast trophy gotta be scaled down to like half the size of what it is on here, it’s tiny
stockholms looked like some clay put up together
but stockholm atleast looks better than paris
true
orbits are liars
any diamond coiners
About 8 months to the next major 
it definitly is a trophy made by nickelodeon, with all the slime on the bottom
how do i survive it 
How do we all 
But I'm really thinking right now about travelling to Copenhagen for the major weekend
Oo do it
epl / katowice / cologne / blast premier
if you diamond coined, you are not from this planet and should be banned.
katowice/cologne are arguably as prestigious
if I have enough money until then, I will surely go to Copenhagen if I get off that weekend
Esp cause g2 won 
Pc needs to be checked
The Cs 2 major will probs be top 3 for sure
yes
First major of the new cycle
now the big question is... can dupreeh keep up with playing in all CS2 majors? 
Ngl finals should be bo5 imo

for majors, absolutely
Why not till cs3 
fuck the showmatch, who cares about that

















