COACHING Na'Vi; Evolving to FIT the CURRENT Meta; s1mple's GAME SENSE - Strat Book 12 (feat. B1ad3)

[@RikitoG]

Going to update timestamps while watching throught, so far it's: 1:46 - How did you become IGL, was it something you wanted to do from the start? 3:20 - CIS region as outsider looks like there's not many IGL that want to commit to it for long time 8:42 - stereotype in 1.6 of most CIS teams being very slow and approach of playing from "script" 18:08 - did using "script" style help you in csgo majors while you had to work with not that big talents 25:13 - old style cs and switching to more modern style 30:20 - vision of AWP in flipside and use of WorldEdit as AWPer 36:23 - what motivates b1ad3 to play since he was never on big team with big salary 40:30 - B1ad3's callout spots system that hiko found "weird" when he was stand-in 45:20 - s1mple transition from awp to krieg 53:01 - s1mple insane game-sense and understanding of the game 1:01:00 - is s1mple unique to other great players you played with? 1:03:40 - coaching player that good like s1mple you don't get credit for wins and get criticised when losing 1:09:39 - Flamie confidence and coaching him 1:15:38 - Electronic living in shadow of s1mple and his strengths 1:20:48 - individual player decision making in structural team without igl's micro-management 1:29:03 - Gambit having systematic approach to the game and playing together for long time in the system 1:32:35 - thoughts on ax1le 1:37:02 - how much influence b1ad3 have on navi style is it more his style or boombl4 1:45:47 - Navi potential and goals

[@SUNSPYtm]

48:36 - if we could just bloody have TWO s1mple's

[@alulim6964]

Legend

[@nickzimmerman7008]

You a g for this

[@brasstin]

I’m ng n I’m mnr

[@atefatef7090]

Thnks bro

[@jeremy5077]

Mad respect to Blad3 for coming on the show.

[@adakt]

Criticising someone like Blad3 but then getting him to sit down and explain. Is the reason why Thorin will remain the top content creator in the CS scene, period. You can love him or hate him but it is what it is...

[@karioa2346]

Mad respect to Blad3 as well

[@c.l.8213]

Really cool to get a long form strat focused interview with a legendary in-game leader from the CIS region! Thx, Blade, for agreeing to do this and ofc Thorin for setting it up and asking great questions 🙏

[@j0rdeh]

The madman actually did it. This is gonna be fire!

[@FranciscoSanchezXO]

Blade is underrated. The thing about csgo is that you’ll never REALLY know how much a player/coach adds to a team unless you’re playing in it.

[@Expanses02]

Fair point for coach, but as for igl you can kind of get the calling side of things from the server.

[@mymicisasian1410]

@@Expanses02 That's somewhat accurate but now with how online cs works, you don't know whether the igl is doing all of the calls or if the coach is calling some of the key strats and whatnot.

[@Kaiser_Johan]

Respect for Blade for doing the interview

[@ObjectiveGamer]

19:42 “...and then they’ll realize we are trying to seed hesitation in their head of what we’re going to do, then we’ll use this script...” amazing to hear that thought and feeling is actually considered.

[@Expanses02]

That's why b1ad3 was the master of such scripted tactics.

[@vladick_bb]

Holy shit. Lets fucking gooooooo. That was unexpected

[@davidlancaster8284]

I think if you give your 100 percent focus on listening to B1ad3, there's so much you can learn. That well doesn't run dry.

[@skorbs1114]

Thorin, whatever happens, don't leave cs, pls. You're the best

[@dari191]

I dont get it why people say that Richard and Thorin hate Blade. Its just obvious Navi is stagnating with the best player to ever touch the game and that change might therefore be necessary. Big probs to Blade who agreed to this interview knowingly or not

[@VideosNoOne]

Its all Navi fan bullshit. Thorin has even given props to Blade when he dragged every shit flipside team to a major since his teams had very good basics. BTN is kinda tongue in cheek so they of course joke more in there.

[@obi-wankenobi8237]

Well they won everything now with Blade so there's that :)

[@praetorrus]

Specific names for map quadrants were definitely not Blade's invention. Moscow teams used this system since CS1.2 I think (so early '00). We literally printed maps, wrote names for every spot and then members of the team had to learn all the names. It was also noteworthy, that back then teams usually had unique names, as when you play in small clubs, screaming some positional info could be heard by your opponents that were sitting right beside you. So every team tried to have their unique names to 'cypher' their actions.

[@Expanses02]

It is actually very useful for high level play, but due to more popularity of pug spots this system kind of died out in my region.

[@peterenis3507]

yup getting the ep done was the right call blade is an insane guest we wouldnt wanna miss

[@clifflenoir4323]

This was such a great interview. Thanks to Thorin and Blad3. Fascinating insights into players and evolution of the CIS region

[@ioannp.5274]

Guys, don't forget that current roster of Gambit was also scouted by Blade two years ago. True genius of the game.

[@WoolleyWoolf]

"Tai-wan" - I was like "why does he keep mentioning Taiwan?" Blad3 meant, "Tier 1."

[@BasedRaven96]

I love how honest Blade is. Keep it up Thorin!

[@robreid5229]

Banger as usual with this series. His critical assessment of his own players was very honest and interesting to hear.

[@Finn-jp6pn]

This was great. Really hope Flamie makes a come back. Guy has been around for so long and has still so much to achieve

[@ArthurStephenHicks]

Sadly, it never happened.

[@levkhromov4852]

Since Thorin mentioned couple of btn ago, that hes still in good relations with blade i was really expecting this interview. I wonder why Thorin havnt interviewed Lmbt before. His eng is fluent and hes the only cis coach that worked in t1 eu team. Unless there are some personal issues.

[@Jansk1h]

Might be that lmbt just doesn't want to be interviewed. He maybe too busy or too shy for example

[@RM-xq7gf]

1:10:12 *crispy aim*

[@christopherstalker4494]

how did blade agree to this??? what a sick interview

[@the_bottomfragger]

Apparently Thorin had no clue either lol But it takes balls from both people to do this.

[@iliarsl]

@@the_bottomfragger huge balls, especially considering how much criticism b1ad3 and navi are under.

[@KeefeL]

@@iliarsl oh how things have aged. What brilliance

[@meranonymandig6962]

Here after PGL CPH

[@josiahjohnson375]

Feels bad for flamie. His confidence affects his decision making and his poor decision making affects his confidence. That's tough. Also, all you NaVi fans who think he hates NaVi and is unfair to them just watch this and calm yourselves.

[@thebigsam]

Saying thorin doesn't hate Navi or CIS region in general is pretty stupid too tho. It's not like he never threw bullshit at them

[@josiahjohnson375]

@@thebigsam does Thorin throwing bullshit at someone indicate he hates them? I'm pretty sure he does that with everyone. I think it is pretty clear that Thorin hates the lies and corruption that thrives in the esports world

[@thebigsam]

@@josiahjohnson375 ok, let me be more clear. I meant uncalled bullshit, like removing CIS rmr and Major qualifiers, calling old navi scandalous for made-up stuff and shitting on every big CIS player except for S1mple. Not that everything was uncalled for or that CIS is the only one, but it's clearly not even a "love-hate" relationship

[@Poslan1]

very interesting ty for inviting legend indeed

[@peterenis3507]

HOLY SHIT HE GOT BLADE

[@Kuna-xc5os]

Mad lad

[@lokim0215]

respect for him to be honest about flamie situation

[@Marius12500]

Great piece! I salute to your hard work.

[@Канада-у2ы]

Respect for B1AD3 from Canada

[@niklas8612]

To quote Mike Goldberg "Are you kidding me??!"

[@DocYAYAYA]

Electronic is literally like Niko when hes on form. They can win a game on the rifles like pretty much no other players can do. Navis biggest problem is they play way too slow on T side and way too passive on CT side. You have all these top aimers but dont play to the strengths of them

[@merkkiscs]

Didn't know blades english is this good. Hopefully we'll see him more doing english content! Only negative thing is his microphone!

[@Rogueeeeee]

Sooooo excited about this guest, thanks for the great content

[@AM2K2]

Thought I was seeing things when this got uploaded...

[@kevinharsha4801]

Interview isn't authentic he's got the stream running in the background... stream sniping!!!!! Love the content as always thorin

[@SUNSPYtm]

Thank you !! haha yes !! this was my fav F3 thing on Mirage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWPYo2iqm5qSY7s afterwards interview "perfect T side"

[@archie1337]

Great discussion. Interesting inside into blades thinking and what NaVi is working towards.

[@1nsaneme973]

Insight*

[@sonnyyu386]

THIS IS THE VEDIO WE WANT! NAVI 4EVER

[@xyrsze999]

I’m a watch this thing, but if you find the simple section first can you put the time stamp. I want to hear this coach dudes opinion on GOD.

[@schwii.-9306]

anticipating Thooorin's new video, " Dev1ce joins NIP"

[@itsmonsta8614]

The thumbnail is a fucking banger

[@Expanses02]

Its funny but I don't think thats intentional.

[@airbreyaresports5871]

B1AD3 was so far ahead of his time that when he made his name he knew AD would eventually wear number 3 for the lakers and win the championship.... brilliant guy!

[@arislanbekkosnazarov9644]

Interesting to watch, especially after NaVi dumpstered the competition in the second half of the year

[@metin4yt]

Hello Thooorin, can you talk about G2, C9 and possible outcomes at msi?

[@vchair23]

This was really good

[@BricksAndButter]

This came outta fuckin nowhere

[@trasherplay3361]

B1ad3 he is genius in csgo

[@NoradNoxtus]

WTF!!! Richard will appreciate this! :D

[@maksim6548]

Звучит как шутка,Блейд у Торина))

[@pavlo9528]

гг можно ставить против нави

[@jeffrey8770]

yes you ruski is big big JOKE

[@greatcat4229]

@@jeffrey8770 bad bait. Try again later babe

[@thebigsam]

@@jeffrey8770 bruh, the little froggy boy didn't deserve his spot, why bait

[@littleretard2295]

@@jeffrey8770 The frog is coach of Vitality

[@bench-]

smart guy

[@overtone55]

Great interview, thanks for setting it up

[@gestoren]

Нихуя не понял но интересно было

[@chehenskiy_gambit]

Ждем Блэйда у Льюиса

[@markedone150]

the dumbest thing blade could have done is to strip simple of awp and make him play a rifle...wtf.we already seen this with guardian and how much simple wanted his awp back after guardian left

[@tozecaralhos]

it deeply bothers my OCD that the "T" in Strat is so spread from the "A"

[@nehegavshdb]

its christmas already wow

[@superchris08]

BuT i ThOuGhT ThOrIn AnD rIcHaRd HaTeD bLaD3 (insert spongebob meme here)

[@nykxssss]

He agreed on doing this? Lmao

[@DASUPERCATMAN1]

Wtfffff how does this video exist! But anyways Im a Navi fan so I'm happy as I can br

[@gem.2674]

oh man

[@lushkan]

Cutting the good part of the s1mple intro 0/10

[@R1SEYY]

he's trying to get that yt monetization lol. A bunch of the sweary intro's have been cut :c

[@swagman1011]

No way he actually got him

[@despicablearmfinder5274]

timecodes pls? At least when they talk about s1mple?

[@Expanses02]

See top comment

[@sergiomaktay1259]

Нужен перевод

[@orzuodinaev3067]

Timecodes?

[@nickdaboss03]

What happened to the rest of the s1mple intro?

[@Имзлат]

Странно, что видео не с зевсом пхаха xDD

[@АртёмТор-к2ю]

Зевс по английски ни слова сказать не может. Но было бы интересно послушать

[@Kuna-xc5os]

POV: Thorin spits in the face of every delusional Navi fan

[@krispy6154]

when do they talk about s1mple

[@Ihtppl]

Hahahahaha, that's epic shit

[@nikitamarynich1794]

I don't like his calling style but the guy at least has balls of a man

[@Expanses02]

But he isn't the igl though, boombl4 is the caller most of the time.

[@klimchenko7037]

Вот бы кто русские субтитры написал(((

[@Andrey_Maestro]

Нихуя не понял, но очень интересно!

[@wellfy5424]

ало торин ты чего? наш блейд

[@sn0t532]

This is more intense than Richard's hate for America

[@DA_YAR]

Блейд не понимает английского языка на протяжении 1 часа 50 минут/Blad3 don't understand English for 1 hours and 50 minutes

[@winty6104]

А по русски?

[@Vlad-ortho]

Increase speed to 1.5. Thank me later.

[@federicob9103]

You wouldn't hear thorin 😂

[@ulan4eg]

PaHo

[@Ultraskill23]

Защо тропате по Pete, много добър комедиант е

[@andyclarke7154]

Don't choke now ;)

[@songohan4975]

Биба и боба

[@ImaTip]

oooofs

[@unponchik]

Блеат дай субтитры))

[@a1merprotop709]

blad3 xD

[@zoletil5444]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

[@gailstuff]

privet iz cis :D

[@jone5741]

pls do ru subs ty

[@clearmole6103]

Call the Russian-speaking coach of the team, I know that it will be watched by his fans who do not understand English, and do not add subtitles🤔😔

[@Thooorin]

I no longer have any interest at all in CIS fans. Let their own content creators make content for them. This isn't for them.

[@guy_sax_epic8723]

Everything that I want are timecodes for questions

[@vedser]

@@Thooorin is there a way to get unbanned on twitter? :)

[@clearmole6103]

@@Thooorin This is the speech of a CHSV-person. You are chasing a hype,and you don't care about other people

[@NoiseOfUnreason]

@@clearmole6103 It's funny that you think Thorin's ego is the problem here and not your own.

[@dreWww322]

Блейд делает вид или рил понимает английский ?)))

[@myyoutubechannnel4]

рил понимает )))

[@adacoo1046]

Ok blade. So you admit you have the best player but admit your team isn’t good enough. You’re the coach then wtf are you doing lol

[@codybelcherr7323]

First

[@gevinvl7256]

а почему нет русских субтитров знаете же что русские будут смотреть

[@BKSM5]

Учй английский ;)