I can't believe it. That was an insane performance by NaVi. All odds stacked against them, yet they somehow manage to destroy Astralis on Inferno. Wow.
It's actually ridiculous how some people talk about top players. I saw a comment on some TH-cam video recently claiming s1mple has bad crosshair placement and movement, all he does is rely on flicks. When I replied saying how ridiculous that idea is, multiple people defended the original comment.
I questioned this argument a few days ago on Reddit, after he had a 1x5 Ace on Mirage FPL. His crosshair placement was absolutely perfect, even at high sens. People need to get their heads out of their asses, leave 2015 behind and watch the matches now. He's improved a lot since then.
you're right, he doesn't have bad crosshair placement or movement at all. I think it's just in comparison to other players who have put a lot of work into their crosshair placement and movement (e.g. twistzz, niko, xantares, etc.) it looks a little clunky even though the way he plays is clearly fully functional.
i think people look at how s1mple when he runs around the map when hes not actually expecting a fight. when he is actually ready to fight he has great crosshair placement
He's right. Bad doesn't mean faceit level 5 bad. Compared to other top mechanical skill pros he is worse in some isolated aspects. He has bad movement *compared to electronic* he has bad cross placing *compared to niko*
I think given the fact that s1mple rose so quickly and was seen as that best it was inevitable that he'd grow an ego and that would effect his teamplay, but he is definitely maturing i'd like to assume and I think the way these matches are turning out are reflecting that
I think you're right, but part of what made s1mple so notoriously skilled was his ability to exploit teams through timing etc and become this super explosive/impactful player when he sees the opportunity. I'd like to see more of that given that recently (imo) he plays more reserved than he used to.
@@meza917 True, though maybe that more aggressive style of playing only gets him kills as a opposed to actually winning a game, because of how hard it is to do it consistently, even for s1mple when playing at such a high level. Times when that play is effective its talked about a lot in the community, but what about when it doesn't work, he just dies and then nothing is thought of it, just his team lost. idk but I do agree that he was more explosive before.
@@Lopyz yeah, I think his style of play is really hard to integrate into something consistent but when he gets into his groove u get this kinda performance or that 21 kill ct nuke half, absolutely nuts.
Rose so quickly?? He was destroying teams back in 2014 lol... destroyed a prime NiP that same year... he never had a "quick rise" he's been around for years.
10:00 Thats exactly the reason I also think S1mple should be number 1. Even if Navi plays bad he almost always perfomrs to his level. Zywoo doesn't do that as often if his team struggles. Hopefully he will get it this year.
Always funny to me when people call s1mple selfish. Have you guys all forgotten the countless times he was on a deag in a forcebuy while bot_zeus and bot_edward had aks? Or all the times he took rounds over by himself because he had no support at all?
How could you call zeus and edward bots? Zeus got left out of Na'Vi , formed a new team and won a major with them.And after that Na'Vi wanted zeus back. So shut up if dont know what your talking about.
@@stefanbraescu5374 Why so mad? Have you seen those two guys playing for the last couple years? Have you seen how they were a shadow of their former selfs? Both were great players once. But for the last 2 years at least they were terrible.
@@stefanbraescu5374 mechanically zues isnt impressive, never has been thats not what he brings to the table for his team thats why people call him botzues, as for edward today hes washed up sure, but he will always a legend.
I really appreciate the energy you bring to the CS scene. You have a lot of passion for the game and you can see it when you're casting or doing these demo reviews you always look like you're having fun. It just makes it that much more enjoyable to watch!
And i wan't to add to that intro rant that if on vitality, na'vi or astralis they chose to support someone else and try to make him the star player it won't happen 100% because they might not be able to deliver as much as atm team star player
Perfect video, exactly what I thought when watching: s1mple stepped up right when needed the most and basically won the most important rounds right in the end for the team. Highest impact you could imagine.
The thing with the top 3 players, they all work in their system, or in s1mples case, lack of system. I do not think you could put device or zywoo in navi (if there was no language barrier) and they would be nearly as effective as s1mple. S1mple is the system in Navi. He has to make plays for them to win. I don't feel the same way about device. When he went on leave, didn't they get much better? Not a shot at device, a top player all time. But my point is he won't win you games as much as s1mple will. Zywoo, I'm not sure he could play without structure either. The pressure of being your own leader, and not making the right decision or relying on getting the first kill. Like go to Dust 2, s1mple is almost always tasked with getting the first kill. If he doesn't and it remains 5v5 for majority of the round, Navi will lose. With all that being said. I don't know if s1mple could play in a super structured astralis type team. I feel like he doesn't have the restraint possible for that
This is the first time I have seen the straight pov of s1mple and it's something else. His AWP looks and sounds 3x as powerful as anything I have ever seen. (perhaps it's your audio post processing). But he is holding angles on the very pixel and must have a reaction time below the 180ms to covert the shoulder baits into frags, again and again and again. It's astonishing.
Please Perfecto demo !! especially his nades game on inferno or nuke. he had crazy nades dmg in inferno and nuke this last tournement and also his DPR was very low
Great casting Launders, you and scrawny are a great duo. I've noticed he is doing most of the hype casting and you do more analytical casting when the dust has settled. Is this something you have decided before hand or is it just natural for you two? It definitely works but I would love to hear you go full Sadokist and cast during multi-kills and close rounds every once and a while. Really enjoying the Blast format and production.
ive noticed s2mple has been playing less aggro and more for the team and i like it a lot i predicted navi to win and im horrible at predictions so im happy
7:23 👀👀👀👀 On a more serious note, imagine shittalking someone for being the best played on their team, and sometimes getting the resources due to that fact. And half the time he *doesn't* get those resources and still manages to always have a positive K/D and high rating, let alone his other stats, regardless of his positioning or "role" in the round. S1mply baffling.
One thing that became super obvious is that boombl4 and perfecto stopped buying s1mple an awp every round, and everybody played more for themselves while playing for the team (if this makes sense). I would notice that boombl4 would go consistently negative needing to fully support s1mple, but this tournament shows that they compensated for the previous overcompensation of helping s1mple.
Late ass comment but can you review a demo of my boy NAF really living up to his name this tournament, his CT side on D2 against EG comes to mind first but others may be good as well
I know it's off topic but I wonder how someone like you would approaches improvement. You have a lot of hours and experience and a lot of people would presume that you have hit your ceiling. Do you agree with this sentiment? Even though playing cs is not your focus given your other obligations, how do you think you would take a serious crack at raising your level of play? At least in theory. Always appreciate your analysis
Bro I hate lv2 faceit when 3 of your teammates buy awp in t side inferno after losing 4 rounds in a row, holding mid and banana from the same spot and until 30 seconds left
It was funny how Navi managed to 2-0 Astralis and completely destroy them, but not Vitality who played better than Astralis. Top 3 teams give us fun games to watch.
4:20 Nope. After this day there is no clue that simple should be number 1. @Launders you look Ver good on stage in the suit. Like the colors and it matches u really good #nohomo Enjoy the cast aswell
i think you could compare s1mple to someone like michael jordan. different level, extremely competitive, has high expectations for everyone, and toxic :)
S1mple does some things better than ZywOo, and ZywOo does some things better than S1mple. A single number next to their name on a leaderboard means nothing when talking about the complexity of counter strike skills.
Haters only hate. S1mple is more than just kill on eco and stats. half of his kils is not because off mechanical skiil, Is because he is really smart, Knowlege in the game is on next level. And there is no other player who put a lot of hours in the game, is hard work.
when it comes to players like device and zywoo getting called that they are getting too much support thats kinda a myth but has a little bit of truth in it as well..and its about simple cs..dont get me wrong i am not coach but i'll try to explain ..in cs depending on the side there are always the more aggresive roles like entry fragger but there are also supporters..so when people say that device for example get supported by his teammates no,thats a big lie..the thing is that the supporter always watches his back and covers some space for him so he has less angles to peek..thats true,but thats proper cs..on the other side u have also a secondary support player like gla1ve who is a utility maniac and an information gatherer..so,my point is: You dont get to call those players that they get supported a lot by the team..instead,u should give credit to the team that everyone is on the same page and focused enough to play cs at a level that they know absolutely what is everyone's job in the team and how it is played ..ofc imo atleast these players(besides s1mple) wouldnt have the same stats if it wasnt RpK and ApeX for Zywoo or Xyp9x and Gla1ve for device..but finding a team consisting of 5 players that everybody know its job shouldnt make u mad at the ones to get the stats because of course everyone makes his job so the superstar of the team gets the stats but stats dont really matter that much ofc!
That game comes down to naf shoots firat hs simple simple has an awp tho so he shots 2nd and kills him and the fact that simple is trading people thru walls and elige choked against boomaich to many times
Astralis in the grand final played worse than IBP against netcode guides. And I don’t think they were even throwing this time. They were missing the basics. Navi played good but astralis just played awful.
especially in Inferno. They dont do default like slowly taking banana or spam wood wall in light room to prevent pushing like they usually do. And their tactics on eco and force buy rounds all total dog shit. Cant believe my own eyes
I really do think s0mple has come far, he came in doing flashy plays and being the star player. Most of the time being supported heavily. BUTT I feel like he is a lot better at being an all around good player nowadays.
I hope this is directed at your colleagues, the perpetrators of these statements. Literally in this event, the first day navi loss, maniac and pimp were floating this idea around and speaking it like gospel in the stream, then semis & finals came with navi winning and they change their tune. This rhetoric casters do towards generational talents like niko & s1mple when they fall flat is so toxic, it's disgusting, when we've witnessed how hard s1mple had to carry zeus/flamie/edward when they underperformed most of the time.
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I can't believe it. That was an insane performance by NaVi. All odds stacked against them, yet they somehow manage to destroy Astralis on Inferno. Wow.
It truly was a BLAST to see
Frodo.
What a win!
@@launders they won vs vitality and astralis even though u thought that they will lose
It's actually ridiculous how some people talk about top players. I saw a comment on some TH-cam video recently claiming s1mple has bad crosshair placement and movement, all he does is rely on flicks. When I replied saying how ridiculous that idea is, multiple people defended the original comment.
Yeah people are stupid
I questioned this argument a few days ago on Reddit, after he had a 1x5 Ace on Mirage FPL. His crosshair placement was absolutely perfect, even at high sens.
People need to get their heads out of their asses, leave 2015 behind and watch the matches now. He's improved a lot since then.
you're right, he doesn't have bad crosshair placement or movement at all. I think it's just in comparison to other players who have put a lot of work into their crosshair placement and movement (e.g. twistzz, niko, xantares, etc.) it looks a little clunky even though the way he plays is clearly fully functional.
i think people look at how s1mple when he runs around the map when hes not actually expecting a fight. when he is actually ready to fight he has great crosshair placement
He's right. Bad doesn't mean faceit level 5 bad. Compared to other top mechanical skill pros he is worse in some isolated aspects. He has bad movement *compared to electronic* he has bad cross placing *compared to niko*
I think given the fact that s1mple rose so quickly and was seen as that best it was inevitable that he'd grow an ego and that would effect his teamplay, but he is definitely maturing i'd like to assume and I think the way these matches are turning out are reflecting that
I think you're right, but part of what made s1mple so notoriously skilled was his ability to exploit teams through timing etc and become this super explosive/impactful player when he sees the opportunity. I'd like to see more of that given that recently (imo) he plays more reserved than he used to.
@@meza917 True, though maybe that more aggressive style of playing only gets him kills as a opposed to actually winning a game, because of how hard it is to do it consistently, even for s1mple when playing at such a high level. Times when that play is effective its talked about a lot in the community, but what about when it doesn't work, he just dies and then nothing is thought of it, just his team lost. idk but I do agree that he was more explosive before.
@@Lopyz yeah, I think his style of play is really hard to integrate into something consistent but when he gets into his groove u get this kinda performance or that 21 kill ct nuke half, absolutely nuts.
@@meza917 exactly, that's the problem consistency. Can imagine it being way too intense, if even possible. Either way a legend in his own right.
Rose so quickly?? He was destroying teams back in 2014 lol... destroyed a prime NiP that same year... he never had a "quick rise" he's been around for years.
10:00 Thats exactly the reason I also think S1mple should be number 1. Even if Navi plays bad he almost always perfomrs to his level. Zywoo doesn't do that as often if his team struggles.
Hopefully he will get it this year.
Always funny to me when people call s1mple selfish. Have you guys all forgotten the countless times he was on a deag in a forcebuy while bot_zeus and bot_edward had aks? Or all the times he took rounds over by himself because he had no support at all?
How could you call zeus and edward bots? Zeus got left out of Na'Vi , formed a new team and won a major with them.And after that Na'Vi wanted zeus back. So shut up if dont know what your talking about.
@@stefanbraescu5374 Why so mad? Have you seen those two guys playing for the last couple years? Have you seen how they were a shadow of their former selfs? Both were great players once. But for the last 2 years at least they were terrible.
@@stefanbraescu5374 man did you see those 2 at the end of navi, they were pathetic
even though i do respect Zeus and Edward, this "bot_zeus bot_edward" punchline is too good not to laugh ))))
@@stefanbraescu5374 mechanically zues isnt impressive, never has been thats not what he brings to the table for his team thats why people call him botzues, as for edward today hes washed up sure, but he will always a legend.
I don't know why, but Lau gives me cool teacher vibes
I really appreciate the energy you bring to the CS scene. You have a lot of passion for the game and you can see it when you're casting or doing these demo reviews you always look like you're having fun. It just makes it that much more enjoyable to watch!
coming after the finals ended as a navi fan... :D
As an astralis fan I have to say navi played really nice cs
@@atfb19007 Thanks. Astralis unfortunately not playing their best (esp on inferno) added to it as well, was a good match regardless
And i wan't to add to that intro rant that if on vitality, na'vi or astralis they chose to support someone else and try to make him the star player it won't happen 100% because they might not be able to deliver as much as atm team star player
True
Well said, people think the star is created when in reality there is a player that shows they are the star first
Launders you looked sly af in that red suit
So hot
Perfect video, exactly what I thought when watching: s1mple stepped up right when needed the most and basically won the most important rounds right in the end for the team. Highest impact you could imagine.
Your analysis shows how good you have read on players and teams. Keep it up.
Im expecting a video of xyp9x' comeback into the scene in 2021, with great performances this tournament
man! yesterday cast at blast finals was amazing, synergy between you and the other caster is amazing at this point.
omg do the "fan voice" more launders! lmao
The thing with the top 3 players, they all work in their system, or in s1mples case, lack of system. I do not think you could put device or zywoo in navi (if there was no language barrier) and they would be nearly as effective as s1mple. S1mple is the system in Navi. He has to make plays for them to win. I don't feel the same way about device. When he went on leave, didn't they get much better? Not a shot at device, a top player all time. But my point is he won't win you games as much as s1mple will. Zywoo, I'm not sure he could play without structure either. The pressure of being your own leader, and not making the right decision or relying on getting the first kill. Like go to Dust 2, s1mple is almost always tasked with getting the first kill. If he doesn't and it remains 5v5 for majority of the round, Navi will lose. With all that being said. I don't know if s1mple could play in a super structured astralis type team. I feel like he doesn't have the restraint possible for that
This is the first time I have seen the straight pov of s1mple and it's something else. His AWP looks and sounds 3x as powerful as anything I have ever seen. (perhaps it's your audio post processing). But he is holding angles on the very pixel and must have a reaction time below the 180ms to covert the shoulder baits into frags, again and again and again. It's astonishing.
hard carry every game = good teammate in my books
Please Perfecto demo !! especially his nades game on inferno or nuke.
he had crazy nades dmg in inferno and nuke this last tournement and also his DPR was very low
@launders love your content cant wait to see his demo on inferno againts astralis
Great casting Launders, you and scrawny are a great duo. I've noticed he is doing most of the hype casting and you do more analytical casting when the dust has settled. Is this something you have decided before hand or is it just natural for you two? It definitely works but I would love to hear you go full Sadokist and cast during multi-kills and close rounds every once and a while.
Really enjoying the Blast format and production.
5.12 - i lost my shit with that voice. LMAO
I love how lau s some parts of youtube video commentary comes into blast match commentary :)
You should do Yekindar 27-5 CT overpass vs furia at some point it was sick
For real
NAF vs EG dust 2 please boss
18:13 he sees the shadow so early ez kill on FalleN
So early that the video isn’t loading lmao
Also, please do a video about Perfecto's grenade usage. I think he out-naded Astralis on Inferno.
ive noticed s2mple has been playing less aggro and more for the team and i like it a lot i predicted navi to win and im horrible at predictions so im happy
7:23 👀👀👀👀
On a more serious note, imagine shittalking someone for being the best played on their team, and sometimes getting the resources due to that fact. And half the time he *doesn't* get those resources and still manages to always have a positive K/D and high rating, let alone his other stats, regardless of his positioning or "role" in the round. S1mply baffling.
Great video. Literally spot on
One thing that became super obvious is that boombl4 and perfecto stopped buying s1mple an awp every round, and everybody played more for themselves while playing for the team (if this makes sense). I would notice that boombl4 would go consistently negative needing to fully support s1mple, but this tournament shows that they compensated for the previous overcompensation of helping s1mple.
it does make sense. It shows they are more confident in themselves and S1mple also recognizes it.
Another great video, my dude
Thank you!
nothing better than a fresh deemo and some hummus
maybe does somebody know where i can get these cool looking glitched or whatever profile pic backgrounds of cs pros?
wow demo longer than the intro🎉🎉🎉🎉
now you can do a video on how they lost against them on inferno last week in over time
00:00 to 10:52 gold,pure gold
Late ass comment but can you review a demo of my boy NAF really living up to his name this tournament, his CT side on D2 against EG comes to mind first but others may be good as well
lau you bodied them
laundry bro why u remove scrims/fpl videos from yt? loved watching u play
i misread the title as "s1mple is a good lemonade" at first lol
I know it's off topic but I wonder how someone like you would approaches improvement. You have a lot of hours and experience and a lot of people would presume that you have hit your ceiling. Do you agree with this sentiment? Even though playing cs is not your focus given your other obligations, how do you think you would take a serious crack at raising your level of play? At least in theory.
Always appreciate your analysis
Bro I hate lv2 faceit when 3 of your teammates buy awp in t side inferno after losing 4 rounds in a row, holding mid and banana from the same spot and until 30 seconds left
do you think simple would have reached this high of a level had he stayed on team liquid? i like to dream about what that team would have looked like
the problem with these discussion is htlv. they weight team accomplishments way too much
s1mple does bait sometimes because he is the awp and he is the best player and they do it on purpose so that they win rounds
YES one for Device and Zywoo pls
Its the Navi era launders
The intro is so satisfying aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Glad to see navi win an event, s1mple needs to fill that trophy cabinet
lau, please get your hands on B1t's notebook!!!!!!
Best analyser IMO
Zywoo & Niko farm eco kills a lot
launders spitting the truth
It was funny how Navi managed to 2-0 Astralis and completely destroy them, but not Vitality who played better than Astralis. Top 3 teams give us fun games to watch.
4:20
Nope. After this day there is no clue that simple should be number 1.
@Launders you look Ver good on stage in the suit. Like the colors and it matches u really good #nohomo
Enjoy the cast aswell
20:30 this reaction is so funny but wtf are you even supposed to say
7:22 😳 I mean if ur offering.....
i think you could compare s1mple to someone like michael jordan. different level, extremely competitive, has high expectations for everyone, and toxic :)
S1mple does some things better than ZywOo, and ZywOo does some things better than S1mple. A single number next to their name on a leaderboard means nothing when talking about the complexity of counter strike skills.
Haters only hate. S1mple is more than just kill on eco and stats.
half of his kils is not because off mechanical skiil, Is because he is really smart, Knowlege in the game is on next level.
And there is no other player who put a lot of hours in the game, is hard work.
when it comes to players like device and zywoo getting called that they are getting too much support thats kinda a myth but has a little bit of truth in it as well..and its about simple cs..dont get me wrong i am not coach but i'll try to explain ..in cs depending on the side there are always the more aggresive roles like entry fragger but there are also supporters..so when people say that device for example get supported by his teammates no,thats a big lie..the thing is that the supporter always watches his back and covers some space for him so he has less angles to peek..thats true,but thats proper cs..on the other side u have also a secondary support player like gla1ve who is a utility maniac and an information gatherer..so,my point is: You dont get to call those players that they get supported a lot by the team..instead,u should give credit to the team that everyone is on the same page and focused enough to play cs at a level that they know absolutely what is everyone's job in the team and how it is played ..ofc imo atleast these players(besides s1mple) wouldnt have the same stats if it wasnt RpK and ApeX for Zywoo or Xyp9x and Gla1ve for device..but finding a team consisting of 5 players that everybody know its job shouldnt make u mad at the ones to get the stats because of course everyone makes his job so the superstar of the team gets the stats but stats dont really matter that much ofc!
Can you do this with Stewie?? A lot of people doesn''t understand what he brings to the table at all. They're all easy to shit on him.
i second this
I used to like Vitality more but I cant after seeing Apex mald so many times after a missplay.
I'm so glad you were wrong about your winners pick. So nice to see NaVi take it home
I picked NAVI :D
@@launders Ah, my bad. Regardless, super stoked they actually managed to play as a real team. Was excellent seeing b1t and flamie both do excellently
That game comes down to naf shoots firat hs simple simple has an awp tho so he shots 2nd and kills him and the fact that simple is trading people thru walls and elige choked against boomaich to many times
goodmorning lau
Love it tbh! Clean water nice air :D
@@launders all good things :)
simple is like kageyama
why isn't s1mple buying a molotov when he has money?
s1mple is like cast iron the longer he is used the better it will get. The guy plays 7 fpl matches for shitts and giggles.
I comment to help statistics
Astralis in the grand final played worse than IBP against netcode guides. And I don’t think they were even throwing this time. They were missing the basics. Navi played good but astralis just played awful.
especially in Inferno. They dont do default like slowly taking banana or spam wood wall in light room to prevent pushing like they usually do. And their tactics on eco and force buy rounds all total dog shit. Cant believe my own eyes
I think they are scared of navi
No shit Sherlok XD
I really do think s0mple has come far, he came in doing flashy plays and being the star player. Most of the time being supported heavily. BUTT I feel like he is a lot better at being an all around good player nowadays.
Navi only won because it wasn't a bo5 lol
I hope this is directed at your colleagues, the perpetrators of these statements. Literally in this event, the first day navi loss, maniac and pimp were floating this idea around and speaking it like gospel in the stream, then semis & finals came with navi winning and they change their tune. This rhetoric casters do towards generational talents like niko & s1mple when they fall flat is so toxic, it's disgusting, when we've witnessed how hard s1mple had to carry zeus/flamie/edward when they underperformed most of the time.
Adult s1mple
Does anyone have s1mple's current crosshair code?
Cs go pro settings in Google. Most time very accurate settings
@@bafaxx851 yeah I checked a little while ago and it was still his old crosshair but it's updated now. Thanks n
The weakest teams of all time? Except maybe vitality
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Nah hltv says he is statpadding eco fragging baiter talentless overrated player
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