Counter-Strike

[sour nexus]

hunter actually said in the interview today that they are still finding a balance. Prior to the break, they focused mainly on their T, now they focused mainly on their CT and neglected their T a bit

[waxen grail]

hmmm

that makes sense yeah

[sour nexus]

let's give them another 3 months to click

Look at Vitality, it took them 1 and half a year included another roster change to click

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/PimpCS2/status/1685402219196071936

Jacob “Pimp” Winneche (@PimpCS2)

Frozen needs a team who can take him into the play-offs consistently, to prove he’s one of the worlds best players.

I don’t think it’s impossible this Mouz could be that exact team.

If not, FaZe can always come knocking when time is.

#IEM

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Twitter · Jul 29, 2023, 9:29 PM

[waxen grail]

the awper for big this tourney looked pretty good ngl

[wintry skiff]

mouz will be a top 5 team by the end of 2023

[wintry skiff]

sensei?

[sour nexus]

Sensey was insane man

[waxen grail]

yeah

sensey

[sour nexus]

He can be better than syrsoN for sure

[waxen grail]

shame they have mantuu LOL

[sour nexus]

If you give him the time and freedom

[wintry skiff]

mantuu watching his replacement/sub doing good

[sour nexus]

Not only that, but he is an insane hype player

[sour nexus]

mantuu rn

I kinda want mantuu to stay on BIG, on the other hand I want to give SENSEY the chance

[waxen grail]

same

theyre in a weird spot

big in general are in a weird spot LOL

[wintry skiff]

mantuu should go to complexity

[waxen grail]

i have no idea whos calling at any time

[sour nexus]

Sensey is a hype player, which is a bit lacking in BIG. Only s1n is hyping them up at the moment

[wintry skiff]

s1n is calling

[sour nexus]

same, but we get more and more s1n calling

[wintry skiff]

tabsen is free

[sour nexus]

nope, tabseN did call a lot

[waxen grail]

yeah its

a weird mix

[sour nexus]

it's basically the same like in Furia atm

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

except

theres a plan in big

[sour nexus]

s1n is calling most of the time, while tabseN is helping him in important moments

[waxen grail]

not in furia

lol

[sour nexus]

Furia has a plan since after the Rio major

but it didnt work out with arT IGL

so good they brought in FalleN for that part

[waxen grail]

except now

both are kinda calling

LOL

[wintry skiff]

furia's plan is pray for Kscerato 40 bomb

[waxen grail]

i assume hes not

[sour nexus]

still dreaming about HEN1 joining Furia again

[waxen grail]

doing the best rn

so i kinda cant blame the slump this tourney

[sour nexus]

if I look at other pros in that situation, he should've carried them to the final already

(for legal reasons this is a joke!!!)

[wintry skiff]

lucas1 isnt even active rn

since 2021-10

[sour nexus]

lucas1 is a stupid snitch ruining hen1's career

[waxen grail]

i do like furias roster on paper

[sour nexus]

if they had HEN1, arT could continue being the IGL. just +chelo for more firepower

on the other hand, they definitly need to reinvent themselves, that's why I think the +FalleN move is a great one

even tho it's not really longterm

[waxen grail]

chelo helps a lot tbh

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/dust2us/status/1685354932889640961

Dust2.us (@dust2us)

.@EvilGeniuses kick off @cctour_gg North Europe Series 6 run with a win https://t.co/CZ2gEBhVEk

Twitter · Jul 29, 2023, 6:21 PM

eg win?

[sour nexus]

north europe?

[wintry skiff]

bootcamping in eu

and CCT dead in NA

[sour nexus]

they were playing against Ryujin

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

we got blackpinklisa, ryujin

when I create my new riot account after hardware ban goes bye bye I name myself after a loona member just like I did in overwatch

[waxen grail]

W

[wintry skiff]

jdubs (na player) used to have Jennie as his esea/steam pfp

[waxen grail]

my name in valorant is yunjin LOL

[sour nexus]

then I grind Valorant if I can't find a new team until end of this year

my overwatch name is Jinsoul, my friend named himself Hyeju

[waxen grail]

incredible

[sour nexus]

guess my Valorant name will be Jinsoul aswell

but only as my 2nd option, still not done grinding the shit out of CS

[sour nexus]

understandable

but I got a better idea for minimap cover

[wintry skiff]

EG.B cant escape mibr

[sour nexus]

MIBR will stomp them

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

My only wish is for EG to never disband, we need them to bully someone

[wintry skiff]

OG

...

maybe having a G in name is a curse

G2

[sour nexus]

OG is just european EG

BIG

Eternal Fi- wait

[wintry skiff]

Eternal Fire is germanz

Xantares is german

[sour nexus]

Yes

wox1c is also german, played for MOUZ

[wintry skiff]

therefore EF is Big 2

[sour nexus]

and under karrigan, german IGL

[waxen grail]

karrigan german true

[sour nexus]

EF is Turkish BIG

[wintry skiff]

Col too

floppy is german

[waxen grail]

also

[sour nexus]

But is CoL as laughable as OG/EG ?

[waxen grail]

why is fnatic back

[sour nexus]

honeymoon

[wintry skiff]

since late 2021

when they got cold

[waxen grail]

why did afro destroy shiro

[wintry skiff]

and nato

[waxen grail]

i was not expecting that

[sour nexus]

Well yes, but after they got hallzerk and Grim, they looked promising

[wintry skiff]

grim and hallzerk inconsistent

[sour nexus]

anti strat I assume. afro is a kinda unknown AWPer, and C9 doesn't play that anti-strat heavy at all

[wintry skiff]

doesnt help that hallzerk could miss multiiple events per year due to visa issue with US

[sour nexus]

Man that doesnt make sense, he is a Swede, why has US problems with Swedes

[wintry skiff]

isnt he norwegian

[sour nexus]

fuck

I meant Norwegian, yes

Scandinavia all the same

[wintry skiff]

america mad that they cant get norway's oil

[sour nexus]

Anyways, CoL with EliGe are new, need a bit of time obviously. and if they can't figure their shit out, either drop your most inconsistent player, or the IGL and probably coach aswell

[sour nexus]

[wintry skiff]

there's no one igl in NA

able to replace JT

[sour nexus]

There is a land far far away from the Americas

[wintry skiff]

except

stanislaw

but daps isnt on col

[sour nexus]

We call that CIS

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

Why you like this

[wintry skiff]

blame NA CS disappointing me

even with low expectations

[sour nexus]

Boston and Grand Slam truely a fluke huh?

[wintry skiff]

2017-19

na was a dif time

na cs is now filled with nostalgic/melancholic people

instead of trying to bring na back

[sour nexus]

During that time, 2 majors, atleast one big ESL One/ IEM event per year

Sometimes even two, and a sprinkle of Blast

[wintry skiff]

tbh

this is an opportunity to rebuild NA

properly

fixing prac culture

toxic/drama culture

all could be wiped

[sour nexus]

matchfixing culture

[wintry skiff]

with proper infra

most of them are gone

still waiting for esic

[sour nexus]

who?

[wintry skiff]

idk whos more useless

esic or csppa

[sour nexus]

CSPPA already disbanded after they made pro scene angry

ESIC disbanded after HUNDEN won the lawsuit somehow

Hunden coaching new team. If one of the players under him ever gets picked up into t2/t1, I will blame with with hunden cheater

[wintry skiff]

hopefully

we can get a new CSPPA

for CS2

[sour nexus]

Except for nut nut, he should form a team with npl and DickStacy

[sour nexus]

Hope so too. But its difficult to choose the correct lineup of players. Like you need lower tier players to represent lower tiers, but also T1 players. But those have enough stress with travel and all that stuff

[wintry skiff]

technically

fl0m plays in ECL

so hes a pro

[sour nexus]

And retired players, they don't give a dog anymore

[wintry skiff]

get fl0m on the board

[sour nexus]

I don't want a bongJ or shoxiejesus in CSPPA

[wintry skiff]

ChrisJ represented the benched players

[sour nexus]

Nato can join CSPPA, I can trust him

[wintry skiff]

nato substitute board member

[sour nexus]

Get a player from like a bNE, or MIBR, maybe even an academy team

Not bNE but Monte, they are the new shit

[wintry skiff]

in terms of voting power

[sour nexus]

Poor Australia

[wintry skiff]

NA : 3
SA : 3 (Maybe 1 to a Spanish Speaking Country 2 to BRA)
WEU : 3 (1 FR 1 GER 1 SPA)
SCA : 3 (1 DEN 1 SWE 1 FIN)
CEU : 3 (1 BAT 1 CEN 1 BAK)
CIS : 3
MESA : 3 (1 ZA 1 TURK 1?)
ASIA : 3 ( 1 MON 1 CHI 1 ?)
AUS : 1

[sour nexus]

ASIA 1 ? could be BnTeT

He from Indonesia, he was T1 rifler, he good player

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

MESA could be one Israel, maybe flameZ or Shushan

NA I could see nitr0 doing it, he doesn't need to travel for CSPPA

[wintry skiff]

Elige Cooper/Fl0m Stamina
Fallen Vini and someone from 9z or Bestia i guess
Apex Tabsen and Alex (Movi) or someone from SAW
Karrigan Cadian Snappi
Ropz Styko Niko
Jame Electronic S1mple
Flamez JT Boros?
Techno? Kaze? Bntet
Liazz

i dont wanna give AUS to JKS since he doesnt play in the OCE scene anymore so might not be able to properly represent the needs

for nitr0, i would rather give the spot to someone in t2/t3

[waxen grail]

probably blitz for mongolz id assume

[wintry skiff]

Esea pre-season finals (20k)

only 4 teams have a coach

[wintry skiff]

bracket is favoring m80

bo3 / single elim

and im all for it

[sour nexus]

You can't really take IGLs because they are already the busiest in their teams

[sour nexus]

https://youtu.be/l7WPvv1tako?t=283

12 minute Blade interview

[sour nexus]

ayoo whats going on with case prices?? Broken Fang for atleast 4€ per case, Chroma 3 and Revolver for ~3€ per case

Operation Riptide almost at 6€

[marsh ivy]

streamers been doing case openings again

[sour nexus]

more than ever it seems like

C9

lets go they made it into overtime

[sour nexus]

what the OT

[waxen grail]

so real

GL are just

dead

LOL

[wintry skiff]

top 1%

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/anonimotum/status/1686014898545844224

Alejandro Gomis (@anonimotum)

Sources (CS:GO): XTQZZZ 🇫🇷 won't be TSM’s Head Coach.

Other moves are possible amidst allegations that the organization have failed to uphold verbal agreements to their roster.

Read on @blix_gg ⬇️

https://t.co/oQXdBuLi1m

Likes

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Twitter · Jul 31, 2023, 2:04 PM

tsm doing shady stuff

no one is surprised

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/BetBoomTeam/status/1685938094459998208

[wintry skiff]

new NA awper

[sour nexus]

I won't see my boys in play-offs, fuck NaVi

No more NA players in Cologne aswell

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/FACEITcs/status/1685335472422207489

FACEIT Counter-Strike (@FACEITcs)

Now that Global Offensive nears its end, let's discuss the true GOAT of CS:GO.

Likes

3013

Twitter · Jul 29, 2023, 5:04 PM

in terms of carrying a region, i would say Fallen, he pratically built the BR scene

my hearts says niko because he's not an awp abuser
either s1mple or devvce for actual goat

zywoo will be cs2 goat

but not csgo's

[waxen grail]

zywoo is close imo

but simple or device probably

[sour nexus]

If we talking achievements or consistency, definitly device. If we talking stats or the highest peak, definitly s1mple

[runic fog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0c0IWHmTAs

COBBLE IS BACK

maybe a fake hehe

welp cobble got found in the game files so

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/gabefollower/status/1686864401876340736/photo/1

‎Gabe Follower (@gabefollower)

Looks like @CounterStrike developers cooking seasons and world rating for Premier Competitive, this is probably a small start of big wave of changes in Matchmaking, next one will be ranks. More on this topic soon.

Likes

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Twitter · Aug 2, 2023, 10:19 PM

[covert palm]

https://twitter.com/ArrrowCSGO/status/1686880976704864257?t=R1taPuwJx8IkURm0ZhOZjQ&s=19

Arrow CS 2 (@ArrrowCSGO)

THE C4 NOW HAS INSPECT ANIMATIONS!!!!!!

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9319

Retweets

610

▶ Play video

Twitter · Aug 2, 2023, 11:25 PM

What

[covert palm]

Same.pretty much

Niko matched AWPers as a pure rifler

I think in pure best player would be s1mple

Legacy would be device

Hard to choose ngl

[wintry skiff]

in terms of legacy fallen would be 2nd for me

or at least as a case for 1st

overall : devvce - s1mple - fallen - zywoo - niko - get_right

[wintry skiff]

cis prodigies are inevitable

hes 16

[runic fog]

this is awesome

[sour nexus]

C4 skins when?

[wintry skiff]

C4 explosion skin

This might fix the leaving bomb in spawn problem

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/36815/into-the-breach-part-ways-with-neofrag

[haughty bridge]

[marsh ivy]

based

blast and esl btfo

[covert palm]

Oh shit

Poggg

That's so good for up and coming teams too and the lower levels of cs

Also means teams can manage their schedule better right

Since they have no contractual obligations for tournaments now

[deep plank]

love this from valve

[deep plank]

and yeah, I think this frees up a lot of teams

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/kBI1E3-8cBQ

[wintry skiff]

https://www.hltv.org/news/32604/furia-big-heroic-enter-louvre-agreement-partnership-with-esl-in-20-million-deal

paying around 7m$ each

for 2 and a half year of esl partnership

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/0mDL42Q_wXw

[sour nexus]

Weak from m0nesy, only 18.2 years

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/a7zlu38qWzo

[sour nexus]

I just realised how crazy this weekend will be for me, watching Cologne semis & final live and then immediatly going back home to see Odd Eye Circle

Just praying rn that Astralis advances over Heroic

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/JPzBztNmvI4

did u get a beer from karrigan and rain?

[covert palm]

holy shit dude

[sour nexus]

Sadly not, just arrived in Cologne a few minutes ago

[covert palm]

lets go astralis

[sour nexus]

lets go astralis??? LETS GOOOOOO

[covert palm]

device like he never left

[sour nexus]

I swear I am driving to Lanxess even tho they closed the outside area

[covert palm]

11-9 rn

astralis up

[wintry skiff]

he's even better i would say

[covert palm]

actually

holy shit device

he feels inhuman

[sour nexus]

Device currently has his best LAN performance in his history

[wintry skiff]

he got that cocky superstar vibe now

[covert palm]

but buzz is putting up a clinic too

[wintry skiff]

and im all for it

[covert palm]

device showing cadian how to awp

its pretty much over i think

heroic cant get anything

blame is calling a hell of a game

g2 vs ast will be fun

lets gooo ast

[sour nexus]

LETS GOOOO

[covert palm]

time got g2 to win tmr

[wintry skiff]

devvce gonna complete his trophy collection this time

Cologne + MVP

[sour nexus]

Oh absolutely

Also only Astralis core player to win Cologne

Man I hoped so much for a C9-Astralis final, but Vitality-Astralis would be huge aswell

[wintry skiff]

another NA upcoming prospect retiring

[covert palm]

Sorry device

I can't have ast winning

Let's go g2 let's go

[wintry skiff]

believing in g2

[covert palm]

Let's go niko Let's go

[wintry skiff]

in 2023

[covert palm]

Pshh man obviously didn't watch kato

[wintry skiff]

2022 was niko's chance

[covert palm]

They're back baby

Kato to Colonge

[wintry skiff]

Sunpapi will dominate zywho, 1m$ Tom Cruise & 600k boi

[covert palm]

HAHAH

[wintry skiff]

[covert palm]

Idk man feels like vit gonna 2-0

Hope snappi calls a hell of a game

[wintry skiff]

if monesy can go 75-47 vs vit

sunpayus can go 65-45

i also believ ein nertz

[covert palm]

Sunpayus

I believe in nertz too

[sour nexus]

Everyone can slap so hard rn

All of the games should be close games

[wintry skiff]

wouldnt be close games with NA teams

[sour nexus]

There is a reason why there aren't any NA players in playoff

[wintry skiff]

actually

jks is NA - he played enough EPL NA with renegades and 100thieves to be considered NA

Niko iconic choke on nuke is Team Liquid level

therefore he is NA

BlameF played on COL

[sour nexus]

cadiaN on NA Rogue

[covert palm]

G2 is NA confirmed

[wintry skiff]

Hooxi has the stats of a na player

[covert palm]

Like a true gigachad

[sour nexus]

45 minutes guys

Crowd is favouring Vitality a lot

[covert palm]

Exciting

[covert palm]

holy shit

nertz

ENCE WINS HOLY

[sour nexus]

FUCK

It was so fucking close man

Vitality loosing those T rounds with the mid smokes, either gap or spams, so sad

[covert palm]

what the

hell

was that

how the hell

[haughty bridge]

WHAT WAS THAT

[covert palm]

ence whole t side

basically dead cause of that round

its VITs map to lose now

[sour nexus]

I love SunPapi

BUT THROW THAT FUCKING BACKPACK AWAY AND LET VITALITY WIN

[haughty bridge]

WTF SUNPAYUS

[waxen grail]

sunpayus diff

[sour nexus]

i swear this man is hardcarrying his team rn

And idk how they can win this

[waxen grail]

he is

[deep plank]

wtf sunpayus

[waxen grail]

apex is pissed

[haughty bridge]

vitality util doesnt exist

[deep plank]

running like lemmings into him

[waxen grail]

WHAT IS HAPPENING

[covert palm]

what is

this hame

[haughty bridge]

almost ninja

[waxen grail]

oh my god sunpayus almost

[haughty bridge]

sunpayus 1v9

[waxen grail]

he came so close

LOL

[haughty bridge]

how does everyone run into his peeks man

[waxen grail]

ok sunpayus 1v9 again

LMAO

[covert palm]

i have doubted u

i am sorry sunpapi

holy shit man

[waxen grail]

what is it with random awpers popping vs vitally

[haughty bridge]

sunpayus = evil jame

[waxen grail]

didn’t mantuu go for like 60 kills vs them recently

[sour nexus]

LETS FUCKING GO VITALITYYYYY

[haughty bridge]

ggwp

[covert palm]

what a series though

ggwp

[sour nexus]

FINALLYYYY

[covert palm]

whats the third map ?

[haughty bridge]

1hp

[sour nexus]

Oh my lord I cant breath anymore

[waxen grail]

vertigo

iirc

[covert palm]

oh shit

i rmbr them playing this

[sour nexus]

Vertigo next

[covert palm]

i rmbr betting on that

[sour nexus]

Oh my...

[covert palm]

exact game

HAHAHAHAH

ence vs vit vertigo

dupreeh 40 kill game iirc

vertigos gonna be fun

[waxen grail]

speaking of dupreeh idk if anything would change in this game if he was in the server instead of flamez

[sour nexus]

Sunpayus is hard carrying right now for ENCE, mean while all of Vitality performing

[waxen grail]

Sunpayus is genuinely 1v9

[covert palm]

yeah

flamez playing decent

id r,br og playing alot of nuke

[waxen grail]

i like now new og has the most mediocre roster ever

[haughty bridge]

sunpayus holos going 3x in price

overpass 3rd map

[covert palm]

overpass ?

i think freya said wrong

hltv says vertigo

[haughty bridge]

yea its vertigo

[sour nexus]

Crowd was excited about Vertigo, I hope we see more than A Ramp Simulator 2023

[haughty bridge]

lmao

quickest pistol round

[covert palm]

sunpayus man

[haughty bridge]

sunpayus lottery winner

[covert palm]

holy

how

the shit

the woo is silenced

[sour nexus]

If Vita lose this, I hope devve will humble sunpayus

like ???

[deep plank]

sunpayus on a banger series rn jesus

[sour nexus]

If this guy continues he could be MVP

So depressed rn, but maden

[covert palm]

wp ence

lets go g2

lets go

lets go g2

lets go

[waxen grail]

maybe kassad was right

[deep plank]

gg ence, very entertaining

[waxen grail]

maybe ence is stacked

LOL

[covert palm]

maybe

nertz is

cracked

overall

[deep plank]

snappi igl vindication

[covert palm]

snappi is calling a hell of a game

• the stats

[waxen grail]

kassad with the ence is better than heroic in every position

[sour nexus]

Snappi is insane man

[waxen grail]

snappi is great

[sour nexus]

Always getting the talent and making it work

ENCE Intel Grand Slam when?

[waxen grail]

as per usual, there will be a dane in finals

[sour nexus]

Name a more iconic duo

[waxen grail]

astralis losing in semis at cologne?

[covert palm]

yes

lord hooxi lets go

[sour nexus]

naah, dev1ce and blameF will humble m0nesy and NiKo

putting them into their place called Airport

rooting for that ENCE vs Astralis grand final

Can ENCE start their Grand Slam run? Will dev1ce be the only core player of Astralis to get all the big ones?

[marsh ivy]

jks will bring us to the promise land

[sour nexus]

All my friends are for G2, except for me with Astralis

So if I don't write again after this game, they knocked me out

[sour nexus]

G2 and Astralis traded their players

[wintry skiff]

I told u so

Sunpapi owns vitality

I was watching , Apex.

I was watching you ruin zywoo chances to win Cologne.

Now take responsibility and leave

[covert palm]

damn

[covert palm]

G2 G2

i have to be g2

i paid 120 of my money

for their league jersey

LOL no way

g2 wins this

[sour nexus]

bro the moment Swani is on the screen everyone is screaming his name

i love this crowd

[covert palm]

i love swani

come on g2

win a major

for my tiny heart

for niko

TT

THE KOVAC BROTHERS

[sour nexus]

For Swani and Germany 🇩🇪

[wintry skiff]

Devvce Cruise owns Gambling 2 Monesy

[sour nexus]

I hope so

But now I am on the Swani hypetrain

I forgot you guys have delay by like 5 minutes, I shouldnt use discord in the break then

[waxen grail]

dualies ace WWW

[covert palm]

oop

yea i forgot about the

delay

and that your there

HAHA

[waxen grail]

nah

[covert palm]

hows the atmosphere live

[waxen grail]

niko

cmon

[covert palm]

buy round now

hooxi spray HDHD

almost

failed

[sour nexus]

Astralis used their last timeout for that ACE

[waxen grail]

who needs timeout when you have blamef

[sour nexus]

insane man

[waxen grail]

its fine

[sour nexus]

Especially when Swani is on screen

[covert palm]

man sadly we wont get cs events here

would love to be part og it

Ez 1 up

[sour nexus]

Swani waved at us while half the crowd was screaming his name, lets go

[covert palm]

Letsgo

Inferno time

[wintry skiff]

Inferno should always be last map

In playoffs

[covert palm]

NIKO

[haughty bridge]

whiffed a mag7 point blank

[wintry skiff]

Like me fr

[haughty bridge]

yooo hooxi got a kill

[covert palm]

Lord hooxi

[sour nexus]

bro this crowd only has two vibes

either screaming Swani or cheering for the cup snake

[covert palm]

HAHA

How longs the snake rn

[wintry skiff]

Love cologne

[deep plank]

pros dont fake

[sour nexus]

|||m0nesy so cocky he pushing Aps with AWP |||

[covert palm]

just m0nesy things

[covert palm]

It's overrr

[marsh ivy]

what did i say

[covert palm]

LETS GO

[sour nexus]

g fucking g, those last two rounds were incredibly insanw

[covert palm]

One of your own

Let's go G2

[marsh ivy]

well not quite

but in times like this

[covert palm]

Close enough

[marsh ivy]

its oce

[covert palm]

HAHA

Might as well incl

Sea into this

one of us one of us

Niko is having a hell of a event too ngl

What rifler can do what he does

No one

[wintry skiff]

Twistzz

Prediction tmr

Sunpapi 2-1 Jks

[sour nexus]

NiKo will slap sunpapi back to Spanish CS scene

and m0nesy going to shit on maden

And Swani being the only german to win a Cologne

[wintry skiff]

sunpapi vs zywho

[sour nexus]

Actually, someone who visited most of the Colognes had a insane theory. We can see the team panels for which team plays on which side during the playoffs, and always the teams on the right side of the panel came into the final. This time, both ENCE and G2 were on the right side of the panel

[wintry skiff]

scripted

[sour nexus]

Absolutely

[sour nexus]

Just had a small chat with Heccu

[marsh ivy]

https://twitter.com/Elfishguy/status/1688176450049085440

Jordan Mays (@Elfishguy)

Tonight JKS wins Cologne, ending CSGO on top & going down in history as the GOAT from down under.

ANZ CS is saved. Gamers are weeping in the streets, rejoice🙏

Twitter · Aug 6, 2023, 1:13 PM

it will happen

[sour nexus]

GOATks

[haughty bridge]

nuke mir anubis ancient ver

[sour nexus]

Nuke - Mirage - Anubis - Ancient - Vertigi

What a banger

Finally we see Anubis

[haughty bridge]

the last csgo tournament maps

[sour nexus]

Like everyone was most excited about that one

[wintry skiff]

Sunpapi legacy game

[sour nexus]

Sunpapi MVP without winning tournament confirmed

[haughty bridge]

i wanna watch niko lose another final again

[wintry skiff]

Ngl giving mvp to 2nd place will always feel dirty to me

Feels bittersweet

[sour nexus]

WE MADE IT WITH THE SIGN

[covert palm]

G2 starting strongg

[wintry skiff]

ence didnt want a 3-0 win

so gave nuke to g2

[haughty bridge]

[covert palm]

G3-0 ez

[haughty bridge]

darren dont watch with speakers on youre in an airport

[covert palm]

I got earpiece on

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/1uQYeXjkKMg

where is he

[sour nexus]

We made it

[marsh ivy]

cologne final rn

val champs starting in 4 hours

good day today

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/GODSENT/status/1688195924437221376

GODSENT (@GODSENT)

We are back! 👁️

Ready to compete with our 🇸🇪 2.0 roster, say hello to our team: Bobeksde, Hype, Plopski, Ztr, Golden and Kevve as our new coach! ☝️

#GODMODE

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Twitter · Aug 6, 2023, 2:30 PM

[wintry skiff]

ence bros

[covert palm]

G3-0

Ez

G2 grand slam

LETS GO

TIME TO CLOSE IT OUT

[haughty bridge]

[sour nexus]

Hoping for ENCE to win so I get more out of my ticket

[wintry skiff]

reverse sweep

sunpapi gonna turn on his monitor

[marsh ivy]

put all my channel points on g2

jks my goat

[deep plank]

jks my beloved

[wintry skiff]

all-in in Ence

[covert palm]

jks my love

Love Justin

[wintry skiff]

fuck

rip 40k points

[haughty bridge]

hooxi 3 adr

[covert palm]

Noooo

I'm about to take off

Guess I'll only see how it ends when I arrive

[sour nexus]

Crowd is a bit weaker than yesterday G2 vs Astralis

Kinda sad

[marsh ivy]

my channel points

in shambles

[sour nexus]

Tbf who would've expected that Snappi is carrying ENCE so hard rn

[wintry skiff]

tbf

[sour nexus]

And the rest slowly waking up

[wintry skiff]

the game wasnt close

till now

[sour nexus]

yea true

G2 dominated last two maps, ENCE dominating now

[covert palm]

Yeah

Come on niko

[wintry skiff]

if only inferno wasnt banned

[covert palm]

Inferno

[sour nexus]

Sadly ENCE perma ban

[haughty bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/ez4ence-hoodie-sway-dance-gif-13837888

just end it already

[wintry skiff]

it begins

https://tenor.com/view/go-t-gameofthrones-now-it-begins-knight-gif-5669614

[marsh ivy]

why would you fake a comeback like that

[wintry skiff]

content

[haughty bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-shaking-ryan-gosling-nervous-gif-5753116

[haughty bridge]

lmao the tk

[marsh ivy]

jks my goat

[haughty bridge]

the bitrate

[sour nexus]

LETS FUCKING GO

SWANI MVP

[wintry skiff]

ence in 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1JaAMVbDI0

[wintry skiff]

Yeah The Boy

[sour nexus]

m0nesy was almost killed by the trophy when they picked it up the first time

[wintry skiff]

https://www.dust2.us/news/38685/navi-reportedly-paid-135m-for-fragging-duo

" GamerLegion reportedly wanted close to $1.0 million USD for iM after his performance at the Major catapulted him to rockstar status. However, Natus Vincere was able to negotiate the price down to where the final cost was only $900,000."

[sour nexus]

that is a typical GamerLegion move

They've always done that in other titles aswelld

[covert palm]

LETS GO G2 WIN

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/TfQqfihpYuU

[sour nexus]

that is a very good video, overall his content is something else 🔥

[sour nexus]

look at the teams invited to IEM Sydney, like half of the invites are international teams

If you would've asked someone about international teams a few years ago, they would laugh at you

but now it is insane how many international teams we have

[sour nexus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYf1lCbDG0s&ab_channel=BanKsEsports

[teal bison]

ytb

[wintry skiff]

Mibr also got denied permission to play in the EU qualifier for Sidney

https://www.dust2.us/news/38789/mibr-barred-from-second-eu-iem-sydney-open-qualifier

[sour nexus]

well, sucks for MIBR

that means they might need to play the EU qualifier for the major aswell

okay they don't need to, they have a month left then

[wintry skiff]

Wont even make round of 32

[sour nexus]

They luckily won't need to

also I forgot that the Major is PGL, not ESL

[wintry skiff]

They can stay in eu

[sour nexus]

Didnt they have a Gaming house in Serbia?

they can stay there for sure

[wintry skiff]

After all better prac/scrim there

Leave spots for the rest of na & sa

[sour nexus]

You mean easier 0-3 picks for the major?

[wintry skiff]

I have faith in m80

Theyre going to bootcamp as much as possible in eu

Starting with epl

[sour nexus]

I just watch a video from C9, rapidfire questions with Ax1le

how is it that every player moving to NA (or an NA org) are getting like not buff but huge?

you can see it from Yekindar, Ax1le, even sh1ro

[wintry skiff]

They keep getting involved in eu/cis players testing us fast food videos

[sour nexus]

[wintry skiff]

Also portions in NA

[sour nexus]

NA sucks

both in CS and outside of CS

[wintry skiff]

No NA no cs

Therefore all majors are Na

[sour nexus]

well...

[wintry skiff]

[haughty bridge]

https://streamable.com/f2yffz

TIL 100 damage nades are possible

[wintry skiff]

The nade couldnt be more perfect

[sour nexus]

must be a headshot nade

[wintry skiff]

Going banana early round no armor is crazy tho

[sour nexus]

Only time you can do that is pistol round if you feel confident enough and if they don't stack B first round

[wintry skiff]

He wouldn't have died if he didn't shift

When u go banana u gotta commit

(If u have the spawn for it ofc)

Flash half wall + tech 9 is guaranteed banana control

[graceful knoll]

Looking for friends to play with, please reply or message if intrested

[wintry skiff]

Stanislaw new team

[sour nexus]

Depends on your region

[sour nexus]

atleast junior owned wiz

[graceful knoll]

EU. anyone here EU?

Just started playing again after many years

[sour nexus]

some are EU, yes

like me

[graceful knoll]

Can i add you guys? Want to have some Orbit friends

[sour nexus]

go for it

[graceful knoll]

Added you

[graceful knoll]

I cant lie i thought there would be more people in this channel

https://tenor.com/view/olivia-hye-loona-hyeju-hyejupic-meme-gif-22851397

[wintry skiff]

It's about the quality

But with cs2 we'll prolly see more people joining

[haughty bridge]

finding cs players in a kpop discord server is wild

[wintry skiff]

I mean I discovered my usual cs stack via kpop discord

[haughty bridge]

its like finding orbits in cs related servers

[wintry skiff]

Cs related servers aren't... very normal

I'm being polite

[haughty bridge]

i mean cs content creator servers

nvm theyre the same lol

[wintry skiff]

The only ok one I know is dust2us

Mainly because we're small

[graceful knoll]

I mean there used to be a huge overlay but they just all moved to Valorant

[graceful knoll]

I mean some are chill

Do you mind if i add you all i feel odd doing it without asking

[wintry skiff]

im the lone na cs fan survivor

[deep plank]

in na CS we trust

[wintry skiff]

i do not trust the new gen

i trust stan-warden-dephh

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/dust2us/status/1691196783722995712

Dust2.us on Twitter

.@stamjna and @nounsesports part ways yet again https://t.co/WhdAYiEs87

Twitter · Aug 14, 2023, 9:15 PM

@sour nexus gets free bootcamp in germany - leaves

[wintry skiff]

case in point

the day before ECL starts

[sour nexus]

what a bullshit

[sour nexus]

Wait, they are in Germany? What did stamina play? They should sign me instead

[wintry skiff]

they were

for 2 weeks at cologne (just for scrims)

ngl

if u can awp and igl

youre what they need

and

bonus point

if youre not toxic

[sour nexus]

Sounds like me

Currently bulding a new team as hybrid AWP and IGL

tbf I am hella flex regarding roles, did play every role until now

[sour nexus]

naaah there should be more behind that

tilting is just the excuse

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/HLTVorg/status/1691389369154666496

HLTV.org on Twitter

⏳🔙 On this day in 2017, the then-future Major champions came together

Six years ago today @tarik and @RUSH joined @Cloud9, with whom they would later go on to win NA's first and thus far only Major 🏆

Twitter · Aug 15, 2023, 10:00 AM

[wintry skiff]

stamina is known to be very "vocal" in his critics as an igl

he got kicked from multiple teams because of that

[sour nexus]

yea okay I know that situation from my ex IGL

he was very, very vocal in that regard aswell. Some people can work with that, some people can not

unlucky for stamina that he couldn't find the people who can work with that

[wintry skiff]

He had them when he was on strife

But one got kicked for playing while drunk

And another retired do to motivation/felt like he peaked-plateaud

I did some scouting on na prospects and now I kinda understand why we recycle pros in NA

Some needs a lot of growing

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/zerozeronation/status/1691479866971996161

00NATION DNB on Twitter

There's no question about it.

Introducing our new CS:GO lineup 💔

Twitter · Aug 15, 2023, 4:00 PM

@sour nexus

syrson

[sour nexus]

yes

we knew about that for a while now

also JDC in there

[wintry skiff]

it is

ECL NA season 46 opening night

m80 2-0

i fear

[sour nexus]

naah

BNB will eat them up

just like Winnie Pooh eating honey from the pots

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

[wintry skiff]

you dont believe in your fellow EU players

[deep plank]

https://fxtwitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1691589728007770158

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/aquaismissing/status/1691591217077690849

Aquarius (@aquaismissing)

More work has been done for the new Premier Mode in Counter-Strike 2. Seems like it's something bigger than we thought.

There's a name registration process for the leaderboards. A way to become pro through in-game? 🤔

Also, 4-man queues will not be allowed!

Twitter · Aug 15, 2023, 11:22 PM

god is good

[wintry skiff]

https://www.twitch.tv/eslcs

m80

[marsh ivy]

release cs2 you cowards

[deep plank]

8/21

[wintry skiff]

bnb map pick btw

[wintry skiff]

https://clips.twitch.tv/SlickTenuousRamenBCouch-jgj8fuPu1P2Bmu1F

avr na cs round

[marsh ivy]

anne flank lmao

banger name

[wintry skiff]

yeah

there's a reason why we tend to recycle pros

instead of picking new ones

[marsh ivy]

NA and OCE are really bad for that

part of the reason why i quit overwatch

[wintry skiff]

i did scout some NA prospect for fun

like last month

man

the amount of anti-vaxxers

[marsh ivy]

rofl

i managed to take some quick play warriors into ow contenders/semipro but couldnt get there myself

[wintry skiff]

or rt/liking andrew tate

[waxen grail]

LOL

yeah that sounds like NA

[graceful knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/nariukiyo-dj-khaled-gif-26371953

[haughty bridge]

https://twitter.com/aquaismissing/status/1691661912637907210

Aquarius (@aquaismissing)

Subtle, but significant Matchmaking changes in the latest Counter-Strike 2 update:

• From now on Competitive is first to 13 rounds (including Premier)
• Seems like the devs are getting rid of Short Competitive
• Premier matches will have 20s freezetimes, 1 overtime (the game…

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762

Twitter · Aug 16, 2023, 4:03 AM

[marsh ivy]

its valorant time

[haughty bridge]

agent skins with abilities when

[wintry skiff]

Remember what penguin said if you really want valve to change something in cs, you really gotta complain about it

Ex : Old mollies - revolver

[sour nexus]

First to 13... with the current ingame economy... oh boy...

[wintry skiff]

Good

People might have to take pistol and 2nd round more seriously now

(In mm)

[deep plank]

there’s no way they make this change without overhauling economy

Jame time saves and failed 2nd/3rd round conversions throws eco around a lot already

[runic fog]

i either hope they gonna change it back

or as you said change economy

but gotta be honest i rather have 16 rounds

[sour nexus]

keep MR30 but change the overtime system

[sour nexus]

Gamers8 using the ESL overlay?

but that arena looks sick man

[wintry skiff]

but yeah i do think overhauling the economy should be the move instead of mr13

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/heroicgg/status/1691837863732638095

HEROIC (@heroicgg)

HOW 😭

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▶ Play video

Twitter · Aug 16, 2023, 3:42 PM

[sour nexus]

oh no...

And this guy had a wallbang on cache named after him which even got patched one day

[graceful knoll]

Yup...

[graceful knoll]

I agree

[wintry skiff]

almost TL'd it

[haughty bridge]

valve started duping items again lmao

[sour nexus]

anyways, don't be distracted from the fact that Team Liquid recently lost to ENCE, 17:19 on Vertigo (their pick) and 5 to 16 on Anubis in the Gamers8 event.

[wintry skiff]

Osee top fragging

Cant win with these eu cats

[sour nexus]

they going back to airport sadly

idk how FaZe lost those games, didnt watch them

but broky being -6, only ropz and Twistzz performing good

while loosing 2 maps 14:16

[wintry skiff]

Jame "paid by the round" Time strikes again

[sour nexus]

the loss of RobbaN truely hurt the team a lot more than expected

especially after they already dropped of after the IGS

[wintry skiff]

is Neo a stand in coach

or perm

if not

make him be a stand in - they need that buff

[sour nexus]

interims head coach

signed for idk, maybe 3 or 4 months?

But like they should've done that earlier back when RobbaN was still there just to see how everything is going and what FaZe needs

[wintry skiff]

didnt they have an assistant coach

or something

analyst

https://vxtwitter.com/Complexity/status/1692219990332616739

[sour nexus]

Their analyst (innershine) left during the player break to coach Aurora

[wintry skiff]

damn

ECL NA

just give m80 the epl spot

[sour nexus]

I love this team chemistry

[wintry skiff]

shame that Obo left

[sour nexus]

they looking solid

[wintry skiff]

i watched some of the games

just need a bit more refining for flash timings / comms and they would go undefeated

[sour nexus]

I wish I could watch them games, but sadly work is in the way and my internet got worse again

Can't even focus on improving my game because ping spikes go brrrr

[wintry skiff]

sign with nouns

you'll have a week to prepare for ECL Sidney Closed Quali

Sunpapi #1

clears monesy and zywho

[waxen grail]

for overpass fl1t just kinda went insane

and they did the classic

jame and 4 pistols

into a 5v5 save

where they ended up getting 2 aks and the awp into the next round

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1692304608868352202

CS2 (@CounterStrike)

Today we're adding all maps shipped thus far in CS2 into one Casual playlist. This and more in today's Release Notes: https://t.co/wBLPW5vSqE

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4626

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236

Twitter · Aug 17, 2023, 10:37 PM

one step closer

[marsh ivy]

https://twitter.com/AstralisCS/status/1692360935824933117

Astralis Counter-Strike (@AstralisCS)

🚑Unfortunately player Nicolai "device" Reedtz will not be able to join in the next tournaments due to big accident on road.

You can help his family with your donations.

We'll attach the addresses with crypto addresses below.

All your donations will only go to the player and…

Twitter · Aug 18, 2023, 2:21 AM

astralis got hacked

[sour nexus]

But that shit is creative not gonna lie

[haughty bridge]

picking tom cruise wasnt a brilliant idea

[sour nexus]

that valve ranking is hella scuffed, especially over in NA

[wintry skiff]

Mainly based on prizepool money

[sour nexus]

thats so bullshit kinda

okay like I get the point a bit

but ofcourse a team who stays at home playing cash cups every weekend is getting ranked higher than a team competing in the biggest of the biggest of events, travelleing every week

[wintry skiff]

Well this is how Col managed to qualify for Katowice this year

And bad new bears for the first cologne on lan since covid

[sour nexus]

imagine Furia Academy one day in like top 4, getting invited to the NA RMR and thus Furia can't play the qualifier for the Major

[wintry skiff]

I dont rmb if furia is a louvre member

[sour nexus]

they are

[wintry skiff]

Furia should abuse cct South America cups

Free money

[waxen grail]

00nation no longer br iirc

[wintry skiff]

yeah

luckily we still got months before the next major

[sour nexus]

they didnt bother renaming them to Fake Natty i guess

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/GamerLegion/status/1692472080120312047

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/G2CSGO/status/1692615929119621516

G2 CS (@G2CSGO)

Ok ok we see you @KingBach 👀

▶ Play video

Twitter · Aug 18, 2023, 7:14 PM

[sour nexus]

I just lost an Inferno game against other germans that were the most readable players I've ever played against, and we lost 24:28...

And now I am on a huge lose streak

[wintry skiff]

they need eddie

[waxen grail]

ngl

VP look like theyre in good form again

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/ropz/status/1692693318235295898

ropz (@ropz)

Bring back regional online groups and LAN+Arena for the final 16 teams 🙏

Likes

448

Twitter · Aug 19, 2023, 12:21 AM

[wintry skiff]

https://twitter.com/dust2us/status/1692937110653722959

Dust2.us (@dust2us)

Toxic player causes team to forfeit after match win
https://t.co/fgkEmGCyof

Twitter · Aug 19, 2023, 4:30 PM

average NA moment

[wintry skiff]

heroic

||might as well just give em 3rd-4th every tournament||

[sour nexus]

bro what are they doing

atleast Snappi > cadiaN

[wintry skiff]

who do you even replace on heroic

they're all good but not elite

except stavn ig

[sour nexus]

you can't boot stavn for sure, he is like one of the danish star players