Cologne Was F@*king Insane
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2022
- This past Sunday IEM Cologne wrapped up and I am not being hyperbolic when I say it might be the greatest counter-strike we have ever witnessed.
FaZe defeated NAVI to cement themselves as the current best team in the world, Twistzz is now undoubtedly the greatest player in NA history, and despite the heartbreaking loss, S1mple is still the GOAT.
This was such a good weekend for CSGO, so let's dive in and break it all down.
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This is the FIRST ever esports LAN I have had the opportunity to attend, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life - the atmosphere was insane, hearing myself and the crowd involuntarily yelling when someone pulled off an insane clutch, and rooting for FaZe to pull off the triple crown - I will remember it for the rest of my LIFE
Same here, I'll be back next year
Same here!
I had the same with Antwerp major
Same here it was fucking amazing!!
Same! Next year again!
Twistzz is the NA goat
by far my dude
Don’t disrespect stew like that
@@kamikazee stew is washed
no he didnt. its like comparing device to pre major winning s1mple. EliGE has been a top 20 player since 2017, he was the first and still is the only NA player to be top 5 in the world, and also carried Liquid during their IGS win. Twistzz has skill, but he's not as good as elige, he just wins in the achievement department.
NA GOAT and he still young
Twistzz has proven himself! He has my respect for being an absolute beast in NA! This was simply crazy! The game never died but this maybe a new rise in CS:GO!
he got better since he play with Faze, he was a jerk and so stiff back in lolquid (maybe bcs the environment) just like everyone else in that team lol. Faze is a chill team, so it got into him, not just that he got better in game but irl too as a person.
@@spacey9707 l0lquid relegated him into a support rifle and still wins liquid some crucial rounds. like on inferno 14-15 against vitality.
now he can do what he wants. hes a flex rifler btw. can main rifle,entry, support, lurk. he was that consistent.
@@spacey9707 funny u say that as he is playing a lot of support roles right now in FaZe.
@@unsungheroes8556 support roles are the best clutch since they are the last players to live, in most cases
Even though i was rooting for NaVi, beeing in that arena was probably the best experience i've had these past few years.
Same the crowd was so good.
I was in the crowd cheering for faze it was so insane I started hugging the random guy next to me and shit. We went absolutely insane
The beauty of sports u are a true sportsman
Same. See u all next year guys
@@wtbdarkness2900 hey been thinking of attending next years event and was wondering is the premium tickets worth it?
this was my first ever csgo lan tournament and it was amazing, now 2 days afterwards when watching the highlights it just feels unreal that i really where in the arena shouting my throat to death for faze
16-13
13-16
16-19
16-9
16-14
it's just the most competitive Bo5 ever.
well, if not the most competitive "best of" series ever
Also, 1,5 mill viewers is insane
And another reason why a grand final match should be Bo5 anywhere, especially at major
Not a chance dude, this is by far the best grand final every since cs go was created, literally , thats why the b05 was good because both team are almost equal in strenght. The other b05 are just meh, i just turn it off half way because its so predictable
@@willisbronze9984 This and the Astralis vs Navi reverse sweep were the best finals for me
@@onigiri_19 Yup that one aswell, but what hold me back is because that tournament was shit
I don't like bo5 either. It's way to long and it's difficult to build stats around the map pick, because both teams have one permaban and the rest is being played. I don't need a third map, if one team dominates on the first both
That was easily the most enjoyable IEM Cologne final we've ever had, great work from both teams, and any doubts about Twistzz were eliminated multiple times in this tournament.
Nobody doubted twistzz
@@TalesByAJ You ain't been on the HLTV forums then lel, every day was at least "omegalul twistzz"
@@AdamTaylor-RDL never take what hltv forums say too seriously, most threads like that are baits
@@1atem some of them yeah, but all of them? hell naw. He had some doubters, everyone has doubters, even s1mple has doubters lol, no one has full 100% of everyone behind them
You where not in the arena 2018, right?
even s1mple him self said thats the most difficult match hes ever played
I think he meant "finals"
Sadly he had a poor series with respect to his usual performance. He ended it with 1.09 rating where usually he'd be 1.2 or higher almost all the time
with a stand-in lul
@@xeln1419 sdy went nuts for a moment then disappeared in some moment as well. We will have to wait to see them practice more I guess. Perfecto on Ancient was God like lol
@@xeln1419 stand in excuse is bad,faze won Kato even with stand in too. Just except the fact faze r better than Navi right now. They even defeated Navi with bloomb14 both in epl and majors too.
I watched the grand final live for 7hours and it was fucking lit
I think that comeback from 15-4 to 15-15 that hurt navi's mentality the most. They began to doubt themself to be the best despite having the firepower
And faze probably maintained a lot of confidence after the comeback. They maybe would've been broken if they would've lost 16-4 on their own map pick.
That’s what destiny is brother! When you are destined to win, you make impossible comebacks and clutches and nothing, not even the GOAT can stop you.
no u wrong
Can we also take a moment to appreciate the casters for the grand finals?
They truly elevated a fantastic game to a heavenly brawl.
Machine and Spunj are the best caster duo rn
Csgo Major finals needs to be BO5 it truly brings out the best for both the last 2 teams.
Wait, CS Major finals aren't BO5? What the fuck?
Its criminal that major finals are bo3 and that cologne isnt a permanent major. It has proven itself countless times
the problem of bo5 is that, online viewers are most likely not to watch the whole thing because of its long ass duration (ex: final of cologne is 7 hrs). It is also unhealthy and draining for players like, imagine focusing for 7 hrs straight
@@frostedleaff5586 also cs might not be the best game for that for the amount of maps played in the map pool but yea definitely draining for the players
@@carlosmillan5568 imo its better that is was a bo7, otherwise it wouldn't be so exciting and thrilling.
Its my first time watching a cs tournament since im a dota frog and i dont really play fps but shit was fucking wild and fun, made me play the game daily now. Production was really dope too.
Also love how both teams respect each others skills and capability.
Nice. Reminds me of how I got into CS esports was because of S1mple. Now I've been following CS pro scene for a long time now and each tournament didnt disappoint me, unless my fav team Navi got eliminated or not part of the event and some shit xD next tournaments will be lit asf, we got ESL Pro League Season 16 next month and the Rio major on October-November sheesssh
Also yeah the productions in CS what makes it more entertaining to watch
I was expecting Dimitri
As a twistzz fan and a fellow Canadian I’m happy to see him succeeding again
canadians on top as it should be
Praise on canadians
Twistzz has similar accolades to Stew, similar mechanical skill to Elige but there’s more to a player than that
i’ve never heard a story of Twistzz being toxic or hard to work with. can’t say that for the others. NA GOAT for sure
it's because he's Canadian :)
The only time I remember him being "toxic" was the 1v4 clutch against Mibr where he said "Shut the f*** down!" XD
@@a5hen a bit of trash talking isnt toxic. but constantly doing it or even trashtalking your teammates is.
@@fishermansfriend6726 That is why I mentioned toxic in between quotation marks, friend.
@@a5hen my bad didnt see that lol
Bruh I was there in the arena, getting goosebumps watching stuff back already LMAO. The crowd noise that you could hear on stream did not do the actual noise justice btw, we were insanely loud xD
Yep, the noise of the crowd was at least double that loud and in 2018 it was even more crazy. Who cares about the commentator, give us the pure crowd feeling at home.
What a finish to the great cs season. Feels good to have a rest and then comeback to the scene with roster changes, Major in Brazil which has a potential to set a new viewership record, IEM in China and Blast World Finals in UAE. Fantastic year for cs:go
The most even match I've ever seen. To me both teams are on the same level no matter which wins
100%
I’ve been a fan of Twistzz for quite a while and love seeing him go off even more recently and getting some well deserved W’s.
An absolute blast of a tournament this was. ENJOYED EVERY BIT.
this was the sickest set i've ever watched live and as a canadian, LETS GO TWISTZZ
I remember my first match witnessed was the Boston 2018 major final, that day I picked a random team to follow and it was FaZe, even though they lost the major, I still became a fan of those guys, and through the years I've seen them struggling and showing glances of greatness but I've never stopped being a FaZe fan. This three tournaments were insanely emotional to me, and watching Karrigan and Rain succeed after too many obstacles is an example of perseverance that I'm going to follow over my entire life.
This is not just esports.
I'm so unbelievably grateful that I had the chance to witness this legendary event.
This was the best series I've ever seen
bruh this video is F@*king INSANE.
Twistzz although he isn't on a NA team cus NA cs is dead, he is the last hope of NA.
NA CS is just bad, if you count out brazil. And it was never good.
@@flortrupp 2019 Team Liquid won a Grand Slam so idk about never but certainly hasn’t been good since then
@@thenightmancometh93 in a phase where cs was on a low level, between astralis and navi. The liquid from that year was the same level the actual liquid is and they got recked and had luck to reach quarter finals. Its like Bayern München playing a bad season, so the Bundesliga title goes to a different team after Bayern won it 10 years in the row. Most of the time US CS is low t1 niveau if you rate it in european standard. If liquid had to qualify against european teams for the major they would often enough fail to qualify. If US CS really wants to improve consistantly they have to get on the EU market instead of staying in the US Open bubble
@@flortrupp so it wasn’t that Liquid was good, it’s that the entire EU scene was so bad that no team from the whole region could beat them for months? Alright lol
@@thenightmancometh93 they where good, but not nearly ASG good as teams where at astralis era or now with navi and faze. Thats a fact.
There's a guy with a sign that said "cologne > major" and i agree
No
damn you guys got get right to host this episode? sick
that ancient match at the final are fucking lit.
EVERY PLAYER got a moment of brilliance on that map
The crowd was insane. Insane weekend!!
This guy is so enthusiastic
Twistzz really is a generational talent my guy has expectations from the day he was still a rookie and people expected him to be the Best NA has ever seen, HE DID and still surpassed some more expectations, and here i tought liquid was his best hope to win a major. i was wrong
been a faze cs fan since the teams purchasing and it makes me so happy to finally have a roster to be proud of especially with the niko team let down
Niko is overrated and "karrigan was the problem" Lol
Personally, I think it's both funny and insane how much of a coincidence it is that FaZe have two different members called "Twist", you have old school trickshot FaZe Twistt and now you have eSports FaZe Twistzz
Not to mention the rains..
wait wait wait wait they made a CS video where Dimitri is not the first thing I see... for some reason I'm impressed
Couldn’t believe Twistzz did not get the MVP
It's a tournament wide MVP which confuses a lot of people, it's not just for the final match. I was rooting for my boy Twistzz to get it as well, but yea, s1mple honestly makes sense.
I think Broky or Rain should have got it
S1mple's stats for the whole tournament are crazy. Twistzz's stats are nowhere near. So a deserved MVP for s1mple.
They should get a Grand Final MVP and a Tournament MVP
S1mple was dominating outside the finals, that's why he was awarded for MVP of IEM Cologne. His stats dont say otherwise
Nuke and Mirage had me stressing hard I couldn’t even smoke my doubie 😂
LMAO
That zaza🤩
I'm so happy that I was live in the arena :D
Ok.... The random case open at the Cathedral was crazy and awesome indeed! Not only that.... We had Jesus there too!
I was so into this tournament that my hype for the Final got my gf watching her first video game tourney and she was hyped as hell (despite her starting to watch it on map 5, Nuke). I’m happy that I got my gf introduced to this so her and I both enjoyed it.
It's nice to share your hobbies with your gf
being there live in the Arena was unreal. Was my fourth time in the Cathedral but this Event was something else!
i was in that crowd and let me tell ya it was insane
After this cologne, Every team's gonna want Twistzz
I only saw CSGO for only about 2 years, and maybe have to say, there is only 2 moment i remember the most, Cadian's clutch and 2 round Twistzz rush and bring the winner for Faze, just must say crazy. Never saw something like that in CSGO before
It definitely was EPIC and unforgettable!!!!
What a grand final!🤩
I hope you enjoyed us screaming literally 24/7 in the arena =D
SUIIIIIIIIII
God, if this is any indication of how the rest of the Lans will go. Rio is about to be nuclear hot
Twistzz was absolutely insane for FaZe. Dude was clutching round after round and stepped up when needed most
Is this a CS video without Dimitri?
So glad I was there live in cologne. Faze UP
The only match that i consider more thriling than this one is Epicenter's Sk x virtus pro bo5
CS:GO at its finest
This year is exciting me mainly for the Rio major, I bet is going to be the best crowd perfomance of all time, my only wonder is if the players are going to be able to keep it up
Nah
Too bad there'll be no BR teams on stage lol
This video was F%*king insane. Holy Sh*t
its funny how its he played amazing in the finals if its simple but its he played well all tournament when its twistzz and perfecto
For everyone talking about why Twistzz not getting MVP...MVP is a tournament achievement. It is not given for one good game/matchup. Twistzz had a good final, but s1mple had good tournament. s1mple's stats for the whole tournament are much higher.
Yeah, I think the focus needs to be changed to- there should be a separate award for Finals MVP. Because when it comes down to it, Twistzz wound up being one of the biggest reasons FaZe raised the trophy in Cologne, and Navi didn't.
@@MaFiaMediaHD Twistzz had great final, but Broky would get that finals mvp. But Twistzz had great semis too, S1mple didnt have a amazing play offs he dominated group stage
@@bizarro4587 Broky definitely wouldn't have. Twistzz had the most impact by a mile. Broky narrowly had the most kills total (6 more than Twistzz), but MVP isn't based off of kills. After that Nuke, there's no doubt a finals MVP would've gone to Twistzz. Spunj talked a good bit about it on the Globally Offensive podcast.
The actual issue was the got the MVP title and 10 seconds later took a shit on sdy. Also, taking off your medal and being a sourpuss is disrespectful, not just to the public but to the organisers and the 3 people you shook hands with on the stage.
@@AB-cg9np , I agree with you, but it is a different topic what he did after getting the MVP. It is not related to the topic of getting the MVP itself.
Cologne always delivers man
When navi won ancient I just could feel like navi wins then I see faze win mirage and that FaZe's nuke was ridiculous, I rewatched and am glad I watched the final map.
1.250.000 viewers and it was A NON MAJOR. God, thank you for csgo.
Couldn’t watch much of it but some I saw was amazing during the finals
Everyone saying Cologne was fking insane but noone said Cologne IS fking insane
CSGO needs a Finals MVP and a MVP
Cologne is always something special....such a shame it isnt a major anymore :/
the twistzz plays reminded me of gambit when they just pushed A vs astralis on train final map targeted dupreeh in ladder and just smashed them last 2 rounds without any answers. From what seem like a neck and neck game they absolutely disolved astralis in those final rounds and twistzz did the same thing just as an individual
The problem with nuke is that there are so many angles to hold that whem you slip past one it could break a holl a defense site in this case the 2x main rush from twistzz
such a good match
Sheeeesh Twistzz is so scary when he went aggressive 😳
Astralis finally showing they actually can Press mouse 1 on the enemy team
The best tournament of all time!
What a fairy tale comeback For Karrigan
You look a bit like N0thing and GeT_RiGhT and I can't unsee it. Not in a bad way though. love them both. ❤ great video as always ^^
even if twistzz gets his second grand slam, he wont be considered the GOAT, there is only one right answer and its not close. The GOAT is simply s1mple. This is coming from a third party perspective, s1mple is just that good
Zywoo will surpass s1mple once he get good team. Till than s1mple is better.
2:17 instantly thought of TI7
Waaait a second.. Is thar [USA] by Anamanaguchi in the background?
Can someone explain how CSGO's league system works? I've recently started watching CS and have noticed that there is multiple tourney like IEM, Grand Slam, BLAST, and ESL Pro League. I know that the world championships are the majors, but are they all different tourneys or do they all tie in together?
So there's different hosts for tournaments.
Blast runs their own tournaments
ESL runs their own
IEM runs their own
Certain ones happen each year and are huge events:
Global finals (blast)
Majors (valve sponsored)
Cologne
Katowice.
Each determines points on hltv. Better placements in higher tier tournaments give more points. (Major win is more points then winning Dallas, ect)
Its confusing at first but honestly it doesn't matter all that much. Just know what is an S tier event and what isnt. But even then the most important thing is who is playing at the event
It's similar to tennis. Each team has a ranking that qualifies them to take part in a tournament. If their ranking isn't high enough, they can try to make it to a tournament through open qualifiers.
sure, I'm not the most familiar but I can give you the basics. CS:GO operates on a circuit system where different tournament organizers hold various events and leagues. These tournaments are completely independent of each other, but can earn you circuit points which can earn you an invitation to the Valve-sponsored majors. There are also various qualifiers which allow you to earn access into the bigger tournaments, but some are just invite-only. There's also leagues like ESL Pro League which have longer periods of play and then a large playoff tournament finale. The "Grand Slam" refers to winning 4 S-tier events within a certain time period, and comes with a bonus $1M, which has only been achieved twice by prime Astralis and prime Liquid so far, with Faze possibly closing in on it now.
That's the basics as far as I know. I might have gotten some things wrong, since I only watch CS casually, but hopefully gives you an idea of things. The way CS esports is structured is very different to something franchised like League, Overwatch, or Call of Duty, because the only thing Valve actually involves themselves in are the majors.
@@psych0CS2 Im also new too and have a question. Ive seen a lot of people bring the term "Tier 1 Team/Player" what exactly does that mean? and how do you check that? are there lower tiers?
@@90enemies yeah tier 1 basically is the top 10/15 team that plays in a big arena like cologne/katowice/etc.
twistzz did that shit on back to back rounds through the exact same spot straight disrespectful
Shoutout to the Anamanaguchi album in your room.
Devin seems like a nice guy but is narrating is a little too low energy/monotone for my tastes. Maybe I’ve just gotten used to the way a lot of the other hosts put emphasis on certain words and use different tones in a performative way. It’s just with this video I just felt like I was watching somebody tell me what happened whereas usually I feel more immersed in the events/story. Just my personal thoughts and opinions though, i’m sure there are some people that really liked his more relaxed vibe.
Twistzz HAS BEEN NA's GOAT for quite a while.
Cologne overall was just a great tournament. The final was amazing, but being an astralis fan I started to feel hope again
my guy representing canada lets go
Cologne? Is it some kind of perfume?
I was there. It was electric. I’m positive this was the best cs/final/bo5 of all time!!
The real mvp was the guy opening the knife in the crowd on his laptop lmao that shit was funny as hell
Fae is on 3 wins now in major tournaments! do they need to win 1 more for the intel grandslam or do they need to win 2 more tournaments? they had Katowice, Antwerp and now Cologne...
Only 1 tournament which is epl. They have to win in order to get grandslam now.
One more. They have 5 more esl tournaments to get it. This includes epl, esl one rio and another unknown iem this year
What makes IEM Cologne and ESL better than Valve's Major events is that they set a Bo5 for the Grand Finals.
Hope iem rio best of 5
Iem rio? Major
@@adictedseon8913 if its a major and somewhat valve is involved. valve hates bo5. so ull get bo3.
Faze up till my days up
I was rotting for the game to keep going just so Tarik could watch it and after he watches 3 bo3's the game was still going hahah
twist getting droped from liquid was the best thing for him
Is that an american performer telecaster on Devin’s wall? nice
Honestly Faze makes the lan grand finals the greatest every single time
nice golden knights jersey plus a blue jays hat and a csgo fan seem like my doppelgänger
More hype than the major tbh, I can't get behind best of 3's. Best of 5's showcase the teams resilence and strength on multiple maps
Was there not any prime day deals on beard trimmers? Holy lord.
We need to request valve make major final BO5 as well
The greatest counter-strike event? whooa.. hold your horses there young fella.
05:38 goosebumps confirmed !
faze and navi was like liquid vs astralis in 2019, 2 titans fighting each other to see who would reach the highest