GStew And The Rise Of The Stewcels
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I love how you get more shit for saying stew under performed, yet hear crickets when highlighting the hypocrisy with the Saudi takeover.. absolute banter
well you have to understand that cs players just don't have the critical thinking skills to handle a concept like sportswashing or genocide. they're still trying to fit the square block in the round hole, in more ways than one
well you have to understand that most cs players are still in their youth and are uninterested in the global politics. They are first and foremost fans of the game and of its "celebrities" such as Stewie2k. Shitting on an entire player base and calling them mentally inferior due to their lack of interest in worldly topics makes you a cringe onliner.
Realise that RL is a reporter in the GAMING space and that if you want to interect with those who care about the Saudi take over you should maybe leave the desk every once and a while. Contrary to popular belief, watching RL does not make you an enlightened person and you do NOT acquire his hardships and opinions by doing so.
some people realize saudis do what they want and nobody on the internet will change anything
Saudi ain’t gonna take over anything, just like in football they are obsessed with old washed up players with filled trophy cabinets. Kicked a young up and coming prodigy like boros and just bought old players because they don’t wanna spend time and effort into bringing up a monesy or Donk. You have all the money in the world and then you buy a player like snappi.. which is basically a hooxi2.0.
I just actually rubbed my hands together at this title
Richard was a hooxcel this whole time?! 😮
he hated hooxi untill hooxi came up to him at an event and told him "cs would be a worst place without you" then he started glazing him
@@MrNeoEvolution he said multiple times in this video that hooxi should be fired lmao
@@j11889facts don't matter to those people
@@CatnamedMittens room temp iq is tough
sorry, is it too late to start hooxing?
The comment at 57:00 makes me laugh because one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite comedians responds to any argument made like that: "If I see a helicopter on a tree, I don't need to be a helicopter pilot to look at it and go "Dude fucked up!"
Lol 😂
That's a naff joke. You should check out Peter Kay
Good vid. Learning on my uni exams on this video. Your ranting is quite relaxing for some reason.
haha I am doing the same learning for my probability theory exam in 10 hours with richard destroying reddit trash in the background
56:38 "licking esl ass" is the craziest thing in the video, there are only two people openingly critizing esl in esports and they both burnt a lot of bridges for doing it
Just wanted to say your word play for naming videos is so on point lately I'm here for it.
1:18:45 "Richard is the Official Man of the Yapanese Island and is a hater of All men" Almost spat my Coffee out, actual npc dialogue 🤣
IIIIIMMMMM STEEEEEEEEEEWIN AHHHHH
"There's a reason you're on the desk" only a Stewcel could give that kind of Stewie level statement 😂
Always appreciate your takes on esports. Thanks for the upload Richard.
Living in the StewSA 🇺🇸
🎵🎵
Stew's back, what'd you say
Stew's back, he won't pay
Stew's back, he'd rather play
Stew's back
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Surfin' in the USA
1:03:16 "I am narcissism" and "I am esports"- the most legendary combo
People who think Stewie can hang at tier 1 are the same people who scroll through line-ups shorts on their phones in the middle of their games instead of actually playing
I do this but dont think stewie can hang
i was waiting for this :)
Rich went off at the end it had me rolling lol
James would literally tell Hunden he is the best if he was interviewing him
NA CS fans simultaneously bemoan the state of our scene while at the same time championing the players that led us to this state. Players like Stewie and that general attitude are what is wrong with NA CS at its very core.
If i dont hear a Steiner "the numbers dont lie", ill be disappointed.
I'm sure this comment section will be able to fill another you speak your brains. Double-dipping the stewcels.
Richard "Mazel Tov" Jewish back at it with another banger
You're the King Richard!
1 like, very popular opinion.
Stewies aim has a long way to go if he wants to hop back on a tier 2 team. He threw so many big moments.
its a shame really, he didnt look lost or out of place. He looked pretty good, except his mechanics were very poor. If his aim wasnt bad he could have performed way better. I dont think stew will make it on a top10 roster but damn i would love to see it.
@@AdamTroopster isn't that a sign that he could make it back though? His mechanics being poor can be easily explained as rust, and will be the easiest thing to fix with reps. Positioning is a lot harder to learn in comparison.
@@trollface9903eh mayb it’s not like he hasnt been playing and he hopped on the game and has to shake off the rust. He’s been playing for legacy for a bit and pugging daily for quite couple months now.
@@trollface9903 his attitude matters more. if hes matured since his EG bs, then maybe. If hes the same guy, no shot.
@@lyric_cyril don't think he was rusty from lack of time spent playing cs2 but rather lack of time spent practicing in a professional setting. Also legacy was a total waste of time, since he subbed in for their primary awp, which everyone knows was never stews strength even when he was good.
I remember getting downvoted on the thread for pointing out how specifically referencing CT rating after two maps of a BO3 is cherry-picking.
I fall asleep to these rants, therapeutic
E-sports drama is still a great way to tap out from the real world (excluding the Saudi-invasion ofc). Just too bad the game itself is not getting me hyped anymore. Nevertheless this channel still keeps me up-to-date with the drama. Btw never used twitter or cs-reddit myself :DD thank goodness. Keep uploading sir!
3:06 - bruh... thats just fucking insane.
I think we need to hit the brakes and remind ourselves the expectations that Stewie had coming in to the event.
He hadn't played in the arena in 4 years, and he hadn't really played at the pro level in like 2 years.
The expectation was that every other player at the event, who did not have one or either of these disadvantages would perform better than Stewie because they were more knowledgeable of the current meta and better individually, having practiced and playing officials consistently in 2024. And even if Stewie was coming into this event off the back of his 2019 form, he was never better than Niko, than m0nesy, than ZywOo, or any of these other players. He even managed to somehow outperform ZywOo on the most important map of the tournament, the decider of the grand final.
I don't think anybody is saying this is one of the greatest individual performances in an event in Counter Strike history, but G2 winning the event and Stewie having more impact than HooXi are better outcomes than we expected, given the circumstances under which he was attending IEM Dallas
"I don't think anybody is saying this is one of the greatest individual performances in an event in Counter Strike history"
That's the whole point of the video. There definitely is A LOT of drooling morons that are saying this.
@@WutTheDeuceGaming yeah, I meant regular, normal people.
There's always examples of people saying crazy shit just to get attention
@@robertmarginean164you're spot on but that narrative doesn't suit Richard so it has to be spun differently
Ahh, more delusional arse lickers, wonderful
@@Onomynnit’s literally the entire fucking na scene saying this lmao. It’s a fuck ton of people.
Gotta love the Richard Lewis-themed Among Us these people play.
"Found his alt!"
*xXx_pyssymayker_xXX was not Richard Lewis*
Ngl I’ve thought stew was an asshole every time in a pug interaction or watching his stream. Tarik won the mvp. When I asked Tarik in his chat (I was shocked he saw it) if faze threw or they won? Tarik said both
We hooxin with this one 🔥
Stewwwwcelllsss rissseee
1:14:09 Rich you've been mentioning this bingo card for a while now I think you should do it. Generate a grid on the beginning of one such streams, check the boxes as they come along, celebrate the bingos, you can even give away free substack subscriptions to your viewers, highlight screenshots of your viewers' bingos and add new keywords to the grid. You can take inspiration from jacksfilm it was really enjoyable to watch before he started getting IRL threats for it. But you don't care about that you'll get a saoudi shiv in the stomach soon anyway
Banging out the content.
keep it coming
Keep on roasting brother it never gets old
Richard, we've been waiting for you to join the "Fuck G2" club. I am proud to welcome you, as a long-time G2 hater.
The thing I notice most about the kinds of people that hate Richards content is they're usually no older than 25. Usually closer to their late teens. None of them have the maturity to take on complex conversations. Hell alot of them can barely string a full sentence together in plain English. They'll hopefully grow out of it. Hopefully
Saying chills unironically.
Idk about you guys but Sports time at 1:22:49 kinda got me with that one...
The number of people on reddit who completely ignore stats is insane. Like yes they arent be all end all but people just disregard it entirely.
Someone responded to me saying Hooxi had been outfragging Nexa and HUNTER for MONTHS. Like bro at no point has he done so, maybe a couple of series he will but he's not even close to their fragging level. The worst part was it got like 20 upvotes so 20 idiots who can look at Nexa and Hunter having positive kd while Hooxi goes very negative and believe less kills = outfragging. I even made a joke about how Hooxis frags are bad but he has a good space / death and info / death ratio so he's a great player and no one seemed to get that it was making fun of them.
Nip=Nippon=Japan
He was probably calling you a weeb.
Also is/was a derogatory term against Japanese for some reason
Been waiting for this one...
Richard: "if g2 wins, I'll eat my words and apologize"
(this is wrong, I'm dumb)
"If g2 wins, I'll eat my words." (this is what he said)
I came for this, but he has some good points.
Stop the Stewie hype... It was just one tournament (with Niko and Monesy that is)...
Think about it... If Nitro would have played instead of Stewie, I think they would have won anyway.
Niko and Monesy peaked insanly high at that event.
Where did I say I'd apologise?
@@RLewisReports You're right... I was mistaken, SORRY...
You said "If they win, I will eat my words."
My bad
I think calling any stranger something like incel just because they're supportive and enthusiastic about Stewie2k possibly returning to high level CS again is extremely negative and inexcusable. Very uncalled for, and there is nothing reasonable about it. It's one thing to have an opinion, but whats really shown here is some clearly strong bias, bitterness, and overall petty behavior in nasty name-calling random strangers just for showing a little support and celebrating.
The support isn't the problem dummy.
That Dona person actually made me drop my jaw in amazement. How can you say any of those things and actually believe them? Was she trolling? Anyways, it was genius of Niko and m0nesy to use their worst player as a distraction and for information, good job to those 2 guys on winning the tourney despite how poorly their team mates played!
I don't think she was trolling, I guess she was just really frustrated as everyone was shitting on her boyfriend for playing bad (rightfully so)
Man I just can’t overstate how thankful I am to be able to listen to this during work today. Takes the mind off the stress of it all for a couple hours. Thanks Rich, love the long form stuff.
Love you Rich! Really enjoy your content and appreciate the insights you bring to the table. This criticism feels a bit harsh. Many American fans might not have had a lot to cheer for in CS the last couple of years, so they get very excited about even modest successes. This enthusiasm can sometimes come across as overhyping, but it's just part of being passionate about their favourite players. It reminds me of how American soccer fans were so hyped about Pulisic, as a Chelsea fan it drove me nuts, so I get it, but NA's gonna NA. Keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing your thoughts! ❤
Jesus Christ that t-shirt is triggering my trypophobia
Looks like a roster spot will be opening up on M80 soon, if so will they pop Stewie into the lineup to be the worst player on that team? We’ll find out
your on fire Richard . keep up the great work !
Accept your fate. You will never win. It doesn't matter what you say, they will hate you anyway. Btw. best ending to a show ever.
WAIT WAIT WAIT....YOUR 6 FOOT TALL?
+ MalbsMD - whoxi? And who for - vibes?
Nexa ! He was hired for the vibes 😁
Got a comment in on that locked thread pointing out Stews bad rating and of course they came at me with the "but but his teammates said he was so important because muh vibes"
like yeah mate, what the fuck are they supposed to say? you dont throw your teammate under the bus, unless your S1mple maybe
Stew won the crowd, and he isn’t hooxi. The later statement is the important one.
As cool as it was to see Stewie play again, it was not a good look for Hooxi... I like Hooxi but G2 needs to go back to the drawing board...
Besides all that what you said can go straight into the books of truth facts in esports. Spot on as always 👌 thanks again Richard!
And Dona is a nutcase that needs to be set aside and canceled.
Here to throw my drop of water on the inferno. Love ya rich
Hey Richard, I just want to say, as an mid 30yo esports/gaming loving dad, Thank you for your hard work and all the content. Your YT channel gets me through the work day and truly makes it fly by. I appreciate that you use factual information to back up your opinions or predictions but you are not afraid to clear the air when the turn out to be wrong. Please keep up the great work my friend. Thank you again!
esports fan brain wouldn't surprise now after Blast London sayin Taz won a map vs Spirit and m0nesy came in they lost 0-2 = m0nesy is the problem...
It's sad how fame can change a person for the worse
I disagree with RL a lot but I like to hear his takes in spite of our differences. The real problem with twitter and the internet in general these days is people seem incapable of respectful discourse. I deleted my twitter acct ages ago when (paid for) bluechecks got priority over more relevant tweets. Theres no excuse for this kind of abusive behavior. If you wouldn't say it to someone's face maybe just hold backspace and keep it to yourself. Keyboard warriors, sockpuppets and bots have killed the internet.
Finally a voice of reason
Stewie played like a pug star and surprised all the teams. Thats why he was valuable enough to win. He took alot of space in the map, doesn't matter about getting kills but putting pressure early in the round. Which hooxi doesn't do. Styko's review on stewie is very good
who legit thinks you are wrong about hooxi?
The Stewcels.
Already saw the stream of this for once, just leaving a comment for engagement or whatever
I'll never get over how always similar these are to you speak your brains 1 where phantomlord was exposed and people literally said "to be fair he didn't do anything except the rigs" it's so funny how people excuse so much just because they're upset cuz they liked the guy you said something about
Stewcels is low-hanging fruit as you can do that with most of the pro’s names: nikocels, monecels, hooxcels. Do. Better. smh
Care to suggest anything better instead of just criticize?
@@GenerationalDisappointment whoosh
@@Rayn-117 How so? I swear you guys that are chronically online are just insufferable
True. JKSexuals was a masterpiece.
@@GenerationalDisappointment sir, this is a wendys. no but really idk how me making a joke and you missing it makes me chronically online but 🤷
1:35:45
these na fans are just mental, it was very clear that stewie couldnt keep up and got carried
Im about to watch this whole vid based on thr title on thimbnail alone.
Im sorry.
I think people get angry when you say that hooxi is better than stewie because that should be a given. Stewie has not played in 2 years while hooxi has which is why people are mad... you are still correct its just that hooxi being 0.02 better is just terrible for a tier 1 player. And looking at stews comms and hooxi acting more as a coach was good for G2.
Richard, Stew is literally all we have to be proud of in NA CS2 :/ unfortunately we prioritize things like money and accomplishment’s while not having any integrity or morals over here lol
M80 are popping off, the canadians are popping off in Liquid. I'm not from NA but I'm hyped for Liquid. Even if they get rid of Cadian the remaining core is still interesting
"Pro's" still being unable to take legitimate criticism.
Self flatulate 😂
and look at g2 now , trash without stew
Genuinely spat my drink out, Ur a funny egg u
I think the fact Taz replaced their awper is a bigger reason why they lost to spirit, but nooo, 1 game without stewie where their awper is replaced by their coach totally proves that they need stewie
stewie> hooxey the own goal merchant fr
@@user-wq2lu3fx7b what about now dick head!
Dude lmao the stream clip "I don't care man, the shit I've seen? Shit shoulda seen it long ago" and the stage thing "I been through hell" then when asked what he means he's like "hey man I just you know did it and no one and but like me yeah I put myself in front and they did it" bro is speaking in tongues saying nothing LOL
Honestly, needs to learn how to speak with actual substance.
You are the goat but didn’t stew hard entry like every round for his team?? Hard to have good stats doing that
Same as hooxie
When you are on a team it is not a zero-sum argument. Stewie brought something to the team they needed - an outside eye to point out some weaknesses. You can't say just how many kills you get is the answer or Blame F would be the highest in demand. He brought a positive attitude and a willingness to just go forward soon as Niko said to. Hooxi is known to be a guy who carries a negative attitude, and it shows. Look at how G2 did today and you see the issue. 3 players working hard and 2 sub-par.
Which is almost exactly what he said... Stew had a worse performance than hooxi that's a fact.
And dispite that they won.
@@jebbyy32 but its all about 'THE VIIIBBEEESSS'.... screw your facts smh
@@MBorgC I mean as it turns out. Vibes aren't enough.
k0nfig a thug?? need some more info on that lol
ngl but the intangibles stew brings to a team is severely underrated. cs is mostly about stats yes but it isnt entirely about stats. we got a couple snippets that ESL/IEM let us in on the team comms, the stuff he says to the team is very motivating. keeping the team composed.
the vibe the atmosphere, the intensity during moments. the uplifting words he says. the encouragement. the no tilt. the directness of pointing out an immediate problem and then instantly providing a solution
this guy is a vet
stew also brought calmness and composure at needed times.
on the outside its obvious they still would lose if monesy, niko didnt put up their huge carry performances. the difference here in this instance was that monesy and niko did carry with hooxi on the team and they still failed to win anything in cs2 multiple times. but this time with stew, it worked. definitely something is different. that came down to stew knowing how to ensure a high chance of himself being traded.
imho.
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BTN waiting room.
Stewie2Cels ain't that bright tbh
their stats are essentially identical and yet one "can't hang in tier 1" and the other can? One has a tier 1: CS2 trophy and the other has 0. i don't think you can win a tournament with a player that "couldn't hang" never seen it done before.
“Could care less what you think” lmao
The only reason g2 won, is because zywoo went mia in the last map, stewie and nexa played like shit. Having 1 or 2 highlights per map is just not good enough to be in a top tier team. Getting carried by monesty and niko will not cut it in the long run.
Oh no… Dona with her bias with nexa is so funny
stewie2k is the most boosted player EVER since 2016 when he won epl s4
So I replied to Thorin after the Dallas win that I thought Stewie did have a good tournament but in hindsight I did a terrible job of explaining myself. To me, Stewie coming in and not being significantly worse than Hooxi and having a handful of good rounds was enough to be a "good" performance given the context of being a last minute stand-in and his sabbatical from T1 CS. In retrospect its overly charitable and I would never deny anyone saying he was an awful player here.
Stewie, wasn't there to top frag. He was there to do exactly what he was told and he did it. If you watched his interview after the vent dive on Nuke - Niko called it and he responded instantly.
@@ironwolfgaming9632so you're saying that he played badly and dispite that they were able to win. Good point there. Almost like that's exactly what the tweet said...
I am amazed people don't see he did what he was there to do. He also lifted a trophy which I doubt anyone commenting here has done.
Stewie was very rusty and got carried. But that doesn't matter because it was a great cap to end his career, couldn't ask for a better story for one of NAs few legends. And despite being carried for the bulk of the tournament, when his back was completely against the wall, and it was all crashing down, and entirely on him, he did step up. Stewie doesn't get that 3k on ancient and G2 are out in the group stage, guaranteed. Tuning in to his stream I can tell he he's washed and has no interest in reforming himself into a serious pro for today's cs. thats fine. he had a great career. his ego and personality is not good but beggars can't be choosers. GG WP stew.
The most reasonable take 👌
Not trying to be a hater, but I remember Richard saying he is trying to be less online after the major he was a part of. This feels like absurd levels of being online. Feels like pre-major Richard and not post.
You think you are almost out, and they always pull you right back in
This video about the be a fucking banger
40 views in 2 minutes? Mans fell off for sure
Get a life bro...
@@MrJeanjean2009lmao mingia was a joke
I was rooting for Stewie to do well because he's currently an underdog. Objectively did quite poor as an individual but I'm happy he got something out of it. Frankly since he went down that route of being an in game leader I believe it ruined what he was as a player. Yekindar somewhat went down a similar path and has been a shadow of himself ever since.
It's kinda sad how big of a blowup there is from the tweet that you make. Do people not realize that it's your job to interpret the results of professional cs games?
Them contacting your school is scumbag level but man that is some quality lesson material
Just from that alone you can teach people the level of scrutiny people will have to endure in our day and age from social media
Stew is incompetent and immature
This is just American fans in general tbh. It doesn't matter what a player is currently doing, it's what they did in the past.
It's the same reason why Americans believe shroud is one of the GOATS based on a couple handfuls of Reddit clips when he pugged back in the day.
They ignore their statistics, they just live in the past. Doesn't matter if they play like shit. Look at other sports as well, we Americans are mouth breathers and do this no matter what the competition/sport is.
All this shit reminds me of the daily LeBron James glazing by sports journalists. Just reaching for ANYTHING to make him seem like he's better than he actually is. First American on stage since 2019, LMFAO. The desperation to prop up Stewie is pathetic.
The absolute absurdity to think LEBRON JAMES is not in the conversation for NBA GOAT…. LOL.
1:31:10 Yeah, no, Richard, you're wrong, it's the same role but different styles of play, one might fit the team better than the other, similar to positions in other sports like basketball (Jokic and Shaq have the same role but not really doing exactly the same things) -- I think you don't know much about what it takes to win and do not play counter strike that much either.
Let me guess though, you do know what it takes to win, right? What's your expertise?
@@RLewisReportsif you can’t understand the fact that only pros will ever truly understand the game then you’re lost. Since you can’t articulate it for yourself let me: stewie has more aggressive positioning in general compared to hooxi. That means even MORE space for m0nesy and Niko to show why they are elite. Stewie plays a much more riskier but rewarding style of cs. Think about it in terms of football. You have a deep lying playmaker at the 6 or an anchor. Two players in the same position with two noticeably different play styles. It’s common sense and logic
I really enjoy RL but he literally is always taking the most negative takes on everything were enjoying
As a Stewie fan this is all accurate. I apologize that you are a victim of people's negative hubris.