Holy shit. That pursuit of excellence speech re: Devices tweet….Gave me chills. Imagine that speech in a BO5, final map to decide the champion and in rolls Richard Lewis during a Tac timeout to deliver that banger. Fuck
"I know cus im a goat" 😂 i wish i could find it in me to rag on you Rich but yes. Yes you are 😂 absolutely an all time great bit of Richard Lewis reporting.
18:08 Thanks Richard. Needed that today. I was just listening to the whole video as background sound and that part just stuck with me somehow. Had to come back every once in a while when I felt work wasn't going my way.
17:40 Man, I just happened to be hitting the bag while listening to this one and that segment got me laying into it. You could actually coach, great speech.
I did sports in hs and college for fun but I always wanted to be the best version of myself. I did something similar to device and I regret it especially after the rich speech. I was losing interest because I would have to train by myself in rain, heat, cold, etc. I took my spot on my college team for granted and when I posted something it was wraps. The only difference is that I’m a scrub and device is an icon, which is why he doesn’t get the magnifying class except from purists. Hearing that speech is what I wish I heard from my head coach instead of what he told me instead. Don’t take these spots for granted, keep your head down and keep grinding. I lost my final two months of track and field, working hard and on the come up, because “I was upset and not having fun”. If you are blessed to be in a spot like I was or device is, focus on the long run, not the now because the prize is sweeter at the end
On the topic of home crowd advantage, it'll be pretty cool to have karrigan getting the Danish fans. Like okay donk didn't flop under the pressure of the Kato grand final, playing against NEO's team in Poland, but what about if it's in Copenhagen and karrigan makes a sick call and the entire crowd is screaming to get him out... no Astralis really opens up the potential for some more interesting storylines
Glad to hear such a healthy attitude with how you deal with criticism Rich. I’m a pharmacist in NZ, and while I support free healthcare, it has made a lot of us very entitled. Every day we have many negative, angry situations with people who are upset that we cannot do what they want. The few really heartwarming good ones do make up for the bad ones.
3 Journalist of the Year awards... a Lifetime achievement award... 20+ years of experience in eSports... they are a good bonus 3:40 this is why I watch Richard LMAO
i swear astralis benching blamef is beyond me because he is a stellar rifler but garbage igl, so what they do is bench blame to make device the igl so they didnt even have to bench the mf in the first place
I previously commented on the Hunden issue, agreed on Richards point about "burn it all down".. As much as I enjoy what is happening to Astralis, I again have to agree with Rich.. dev1ce is why I picked up the AWP.. this is a pathetic reincarnation of what he used to be. It saddens me to the core, that a player that I looked up to (and in some form still do), has ended up being a shell of himself.
In the LCQ when I saw the match ups and realised, if they beat Astralis, 9Pandas go straight to the final, I knew they'd qualify. You could see how much it meant to them when they lost to Amkal and you could see how washed out Astralis (and even Guild) looked, it was obvious and only a limping GL could challenge them.
As a Liquid supporter, I was glad I was right too Americas RMR a tragedy of course but lets put it in perspective with the story of 3 'super' teams: Astralis, 3 man solid core, adds Stabbi duo - Loses to nobodies and implodes Falcons, snipes the 3 man ENCE core but snubs Nertz - Loses to nobies Liquid, put together 4 sets of players in a brand new player, has played a 1 LAN qualifier in 3 months, loses to America's top 2 teams
I'm Staehring at the result but I don't believe it. It's hard to even know who is to Blame, what a big F. Like, br0 come on I'm a-stavn-ded that they just left players to their own dev1ces when it comes to tweeting about this. The way this whole thing was handled has just been so sh-jabbi.
pushing staehr out to do the losing interview just brought blameF down in my eyes, wanna lead... then fucking lead, stand tall and hold yourself accountable when your team fails
The gloating is insane and i'm here for it f00k ASTRALIS and dev1ce (yes i know hes a great player, but as it turns out he doesn't seem to be a great human being) also as a avid heroic fan and cadiaN f00k stabbi.
Look at how Vitality elevated their play for the Paris Major. Pound for pound Vitality is a way better team but they definitely played much better to qualify and win. Compare that with Astralis and they just kind of folded.
i just knew when the (deserved) outcry to astralis performance happened pimp would bootlick the players to his hearts' content why are danes, who are in no way related to the team, so eager to just defend astralis for no reason? you know astralis, the team that will bully and use their massive capital to dick on smaller teams any way they can. beside hltv which is just cs 4chan i saw no personal attacks by people that matter btw, just laughing and ridicule. which was completely merited. but danes get their panties twisted in a bunch whenever astralis gets criticized. danes remind me of superhero movie fans. when you critize marvel avengers part 45/b: revenge of the slop they are almost identical.
I feel like Kevin Hart . Richard help us !! help us ! Help us! you have a voice . use it . Who cares about pro scene of the .5% we need anti cheat help. you have a voice ! Use it! HELP US Bro Help Us
Device tweeting that mid tournament is totally out of pocket. Esports competitors are sometimes very soft, I have trouble remembering hardly any pro sports athletes who say they are "not feeling it" mid tournament. Maybe you're not feeling it, but shouldn't that stay in the locker room to avoid bringing down your team publicly or giving the opponent a mental edge? Seems basic.
I follow CS casually so I never really heard all the conniving shit Astralis pulled over the last few years. Sounds like a truly terrible organization. Can't imagine rooting for such a shit org
We take the LFN boys for granted in esports. Even though there are fans that support these guys, the scene has done a terrible disservice to all of the work they have done. It feels like the attitudes towards LFN are slowly shifting as we go through the esports winter. They've won awards and as impossible as it is, there could be no greater award than to have the community at large actually support them. (-Reddit that's GG hopefully lasered from orbit so world can heal)
only thing i disagree with is about ruggah, might be a nice guy but is a complete fraud of a coach. most success he had was with north.. then a shit spell at optic, then FOUR YEARS at og. yeah that og who were an eternal shambles. then the second he leaves and they get a new coach, a completely random mix of "mid" players puts in a decent performance at blast..
i rather take a hungry 30 year old that wants to proof a point over a guy that achieved everything and is satisfied with his position and is just going through the motions. just watch pacman box after he became senator. it's just not quite the same anymore.
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Astralis really went from 3 major wins in a row to not attending 3 times in a row 😂
Poetry
The lebron james of cs
I gotta respect the consistency they are either consistently good or consistently ass I'm actually impressed
We used to pray for times like this
i need 18:12 to 19:09 clipped up. the GOAT really speaks to us
legendary
that was a banger
This hits hard
goat of eat burger
Rocky Balboa got nothing on Richard, TODAY!
Astralis should really get one one of those personal injury lawyers after this humiliation, cause where there's a blameF there's a claimF
this is a cook
Fucking howling 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Actual poetry LMFAO
I love how Richard couldn't predict that astralis would mess it up even more by having device igl
What a fucking incredible speech. 17:51
Life changing
Holy shit. That pursuit of excellence speech re: Devices tweet….Gave me chills. Imagine that speech in a BO5, final map to decide the champion and in rolls Richard Lewis during a Tac timeout to deliver that banger. Fuck
18:09 I needed to hear this.
Theres this vet coach named Hunden who I think would really slot in well as a coach, I hear hes a good guy
At this point, you pray HUNDEN returns and sorts these idiots out. We know the man is _committed_ to winning at all costs after all.
@@zettour. Nah. Fuck 'em kids.
Nothing has made me happier in this Major cycle than both Astralis and Falcons not making it to the Major.
18:09 should I set this as my alarm Richard?
"I know cus im a goat" 😂 i wish i could find it in me to rag on you Rich but yes. Yes you are 😂 absolutely an all time great bit of Richard Lewis reporting.
Shame you don't coach, legendary pep talk.
Feel bad for Staehr. He's really getting the short end of the stick when performing very well for a young Danish talent.
Starting to feel like Astralis is turning into a graveyard for young Danish talent, much like NiP is for Swedish talent.
18:08
Thanks Richard. Needed that today. I was just listening to the whole video as background sound and that part just stuck with me somehow. Had to come back every once in a while when I felt work wasn't going my way.
Saving this video for later just to hear the part where he digs into device. Actually crazy good motivational speech. Props.
17:40 Man, I just happened to be hitting the bag while listening to this one and that segment got me laying into it. You could actually coach, great speech.
I did sports in hs and college for fun but I always wanted to be the best version of myself. I did something similar to device and I regret it especially after the rich speech. I was losing interest because I would have to train by myself in rain, heat, cold, etc. I took my spot on my college team for granted and when I posted something it was wraps. The only difference is that I’m a scrub and device is an icon, which is why he doesn’t get the magnifying class except from purists.
Hearing that speech is what I wish I heard from my head coach instead of what he told me instead.
Don’t take these spots for granted, keep your head down and keep grinding. I lost my final two months of track and field, working hard and on the come up, because “I was upset and not having fun”. If you are blessed to be in a spot like I was or device is, focus on the long run, not the now because the prize is sweeter at the end
18:11 I really needed to hear that. Thanks, Richard.
18:09 you have no idea how much I needed to hear this
On the topic of home crowd advantage, it'll be pretty cool to have karrigan getting the Danish fans. Like okay donk didn't flop under the pressure of the Kato grand final, playing against NEO's team in Poland, but what about if it's in Copenhagen and karrigan makes a sick call and the entire crowd is screaming to get him out... no Astralis really opens up the potential for some more interesting storylines
fucking amazing the speech you spit out here
I came into this video expecting a classic Rich Lewis banger rant, but this was so much more. Genuinely powerful stuff. 🖤🖤🖤
Really beautiful and articulate comments on how much of a sanctuary esports is for some of the younger fans.
Glad to hear such a healthy attitude with how you deal with criticism Rich.
I’m a pharmacist in NZ, and while I support free healthcare, it has made a lot of us very entitled.
Every day we have many negative, angry situations with people who are upset that we cannot do what they want. The few really heartwarming good ones do make up for the bad ones.
Loved the example with Audley Harrison lol
just found your channel couple days ago! This video is a banger! thanks for your work! you are the GOAT
'Seized!? Robbie Williams, what year is this!?' haha brilliant
The device part was fucking awesome 😮👍🏻
3 Journalist of the Year awards... a Lifetime achievement award... 20+ years of experience in eSports... they are a good bonus
3:40 this is why I watch Richard LMAO
I mean, you can't deny this, glowiing REALLY wanted to go to this major. He was always a decent player, but he wiped the floor with Astralis and GL.
Unironically this man is an incredible speaker
"kick blame for an actual IGL only things you can do". If only richard knew at the time cant wait to hear that reaction to device IGL
Plot twist: they matchfixed
Falcons AND Astralis not making in the major. My god that is some special shit right there 😂🎉
Banger video. Don't follow cs closely anymore but Astralis not qualifying for the first danish major made me check in. What a disgraceful org.
i swear astralis benching blamef is beyond me because he is a stellar rifler but garbage igl, so what they do is bench blame to make device the igl so they didnt even have to bench the mf in the first place
I previously commented on the Hunden issue, agreed on Richards point about "burn it all down".. As much as I enjoy what is happening to Astralis, I again have to agree with Rich.. dev1ce is why I picked up the AWP.. this is a pathetic reincarnation of what he used to be. It saddens me to the core, that a player that I looked up to (and in some form still do), has ended up being a shell of himself.
Man what a run down memory lane intro Asstralis fuckery. Another banger by Mr.Lewis
3:36 this is GOLD 🐼🐼🐼
Hallelujah Rich. Sing that shit from the tops.
That girl leaving Device really wrecked him. Never been the same since. Shows how weak mentally he's always been.
Hes always had stress related bowel/gut problems. Seems like he was near the edge mentally most of his career and that whole drama tipped him over.
Good shit, my man. Karma is sometimes real.
Christmas coming early this year
Device moving to IGL has to be the worst move of the year.
Love your work Mr. Lewis.
Astralis paying the ashole tax for Stabbi is even funnier now with how they're performing
I don’t always agree with your views but this video is pretty spot on.
In the LCQ when I saw the match ups and realised, if they beat Astralis, 9Pandas go straight to the final, I knew they'd qualify.
You could see how much it meant to them when they lost to Amkal and you could see how washed out Astralis (and even Guild) looked, it was obvious and only a limping GL could challenge them.
As a Liquid supporter, I was glad I was right too
Americas RMR a tragedy of course but lets put it in perspective with the story of 3 'super' teams:
Astralis, 3 man solid core, adds Stabbi duo - Loses to nobodies and implodes
Falcons, snipes the 3 man ENCE core but snubs Nertz - Loses to nobies
Liquid, put together 4 sets of players in a brand new player, has played a 1 LAN qualifier in 3 months, loses to America's top 2 teams
30 year old destroys "dAnIsH sUpEr TeAm"?! :O maybe I can be a pro, I'm only 27 xD
Good shit Richard!
Holy fuck Richard one of your best videos!
I know this is all monologue... but your monologue (you know when) made my ears perk up. Astralis makes me cringe nowadays. Bless Staehr.
"Proves that its a fallacy that pandas dont like to fuck"
Got me on that one
A Richard Lewis Astralis tant about Astralis for 44 minutes? Count. Me. In
Its sad how we getting told to handle these players with kid gloves they need to be called out for poor performance by everyone.
I really want to hear his reaction to the roster Australis ended up with.
I'm Staehring at the result but I don't believe it. It's hard to even know who is to Blame, what a big F. Like, br0 come on I'm a-stavn-ded that they just left players to their own dev1ces when it comes to tweeting about this. The way this whole thing was handled has just been so sh-jabbi.
12:29 tweets arent showing up because you need an account to see profiles now
Astralis, stabbi and device getting fucked brings a smile to my face.
21:10 this is what separates a true GOAT from a player who just had a few good years. Sad to see him decline like that.
39-year-old Rich 'could be your dad' - now that's a superior 'your mum' joke \m/
Ill remember that shit for life
I almost never comment on youtube, but your content has always been top tier as well as your writing, fuck Astralis, bunch of actual clowns.
pushing staehr out to do the losing interview just brought blameF down in my eyes, wanna lead... then fucking lead, stand tall and hold yourself accountable when your team fails
The gloating is insane and i'm here for it f00k ASTRALIS and dev1ce (yes i know hes a great player, but as it turns out he doesn't seem to be a great human being) also as a avid heroic fan and cadiaN f00k stabbi.
19:07 he's wittery me
We need update on device becoming an igl now!
39:15 You list only 2 logic things to do. Astralis choose to do the third option
Astralis deserves everything it had coming to them
Im an idiot. Can anyone explain how Xyp9x was "cheating with the fans"? Were they cheering louder when the opposing players were getting close?
Waits for launders hatemaxx comment
Why doesn’t g2 pick up blameF? He’s passive as fuck, exactly what they need and can frag as an igl
You and launders exposed Astralis. Their ownership keeps failing and not holding themselves accountable. Leadership is thin without gla1ve.
Look at how Vitality elevated their play for the Paris Major. Pound for pound Vitality is a way better team but they definitely played much better to qualify and win. Compare that with Astralis and they just kind of folded.
People are calling them Stabbi because on paper they're equally shit now
Karma is a bitch, huh? 🤣
Jabbi has been completely horrible since being at astralis, maybe 3 1.0+ rating maps
i just knew when the (deserved) outcry to astralis performance happened pimp would bootlick the players to his hearts' content
why are danes, who are in no way related to the team, so eager to just defend astralis for no reason? you know astralis, the team that will bully and use their massive capital to dick on smaller teams any way they can. beside hltv which is just cs 4chan i saw no personal attacks by people that matter btw, just laughing and ridicule. which was completely merited. but danes get their panties twisted in a bunch whenever astralis gets criticized.
danes remind me of superhero movie fans. when you critize marvel avengers part 45/b: revenge of the slop they are almost identical.
I feel like Kevin Hart . Richard help us !! help us ! Help us! you have a voice . use it . Who cares about pro scene of the .5% we need anti cheat help. you have a voice ! Use it! HELP US Bro Help Us
Device tweeting that mid tournament is totally out of pocket. Esports competitors are sometimes very soft, I have trouble remembering hardly any pro sports athletes who say they are "not feeling it" mid tournament. Maybe you're not feeling it, but shouldn't that stay in the locker room to avoid bringing down your team publicly or giving the opponent a mental edge? Seems basic.
God i fucking love how JKS catches flak even in a video entirely devoted to Astralis lmao, that smile fr fr
I follow CS casually so I never really heard all the conniving shit Astralis pulled over the last few years. Sounds like a truly terrible organization. Can't imagine rooting for such a shit org
I dont really play counter strike but still enjoyable view
Thanks for the context
Next up, richard lewis talk sh*t on team liquid.
Asstralis
We take the LFN boys for granted in esports. Even though there are fans that support these guys, the scene has done a terrible disservice to all of the work they have done. It feels like the attitudes towards LFN are slowly shifting as we go through the esports winter. They've won awards and as impossible as it is, there could be no greater award than to have the community at large actually support them. (-Reddit that's GG hopefully lasered from orbit so world can heal)
I’m sorry if this comes across as fanboyism but anybody who doesn’t take RL seriously in this space is an absolute clown.
only thing i disagree with is about ruggah, might be a nice guy but is a complete fraud of a coach. most success he had was with north.. then a shit spell at optic, then FOUR YEARS at og. yeah that og who were an eternal shambles. then the second he leaves and they get a new coach, a completely random mix of "mid" players puts in a decent performance at blast..
i rather take a hungry 30 year old that wants to proof a point over a guy that achieved everything and is satisfied with his position and is just going through the motions. just watch pacman box after he became senator. it's just not quite the same anymore.
Taltk that shit🔥🔥🔥