End of an Era: The Story of CS:GO's Last Major

You don’t always know when will be the last time.
You don’t always get to choose when an era is over.
We knew for sure that, as the last CS:GO Major, Paris would be the end of something. But it still managed to surprise us.
The Paris Major showed us exactly how far Counter-Strike has come.
And just like the game itself, it wasn’t what we expected… but it was even better than we thought.
Narrated by: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Written by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Edited by: Jason Durante (@JayJay_Durante)
Produced by: Danielle Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen) & Brendan Fahey (@Drillbit_)
Thumbnail: Bennett Grainger
Footage courtesy of: pastebin.com/J...
Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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[@lukeX2m]

Every time siuhy got a kill and the crowd doing a siuuuuuu was truly amazing and incredibly hilarious

[@OhDuur]

Yeah and still doing it even though it was the opponent of the team they were rooting for !

[@trentonp.8632]

I really wish the did best of 5’s for majors like they used to it makes the finals feel so much more dramatic and… well, like a finale

[@aprilnya]

maybe with MR12 they can start doing it again

[@balo1948]

The Guy with the trumpet needs a extra video

[@xrmza1623]

The most epic and unforgettable closure in csgo. Best story in esports.

[@lawrenz9306]

End of an era

[@jayceebalante9160]

That intro with Scrawny's casting was sick.

[@GrimReaper..]

Scrawny delivers every single time 🤌🤌

[@realheadshothero]

Scrawny is one of my favorite casters

[@GrimReaper..]

@@realheadshothero Yes mine too. knows damn well how to sell big moments♥️ Do you remember the line that he said when G2 lost to Fnatic at the legends stage.....hot damn For me: 1.Scrawny 2.Moses 3.Machine 🤌🤌

[@ransum_]

@@GrimReaper.. eh for every sick moment like that, there's 10 where he's screaming and trying to create a dramatic, hype moment where there isn't one.

[@GrimReaper..]

@@ransum_ that's what casters have to do....get the talent over

[@PerpetuallyPedro]

Dupreeh being the only player to win 5 majors is so fitting. The ultimate support player, congratulations to Vitality.

[@ofriblum1685]

Dupreeh did not play support neither at astralis or vitality but i get your point and i agree it’s nice that the only player to win 5 majors was never the star fragger of the team

[@Inveist]

he's not support tho lmao

[@xRob]

the ultimate support player used to be xyp9x

[@niks660097]

@@ofriblum1685 faze once built a team of star fraggers back in 2016, look what happened..

[@jii-ro7083]

He was entry fragger

[@zeektom4010]

Zywoo is basically the embodiment of csgo. Born on the released date of the game and won the last ever major of the game

[@EkeDeke]

for a second there i had a stroke, and thought how the fuck is that mann born in 2012. must be some secret baguett power

[@tanyukai9560]

Same day not year

[@ohayou828]

@@tanyukai95601.6

[@pops1cle187]

@@EkeDeke Zywoo is born on the same day and year CS came out not CS:GO

[@vincentm3895]

​@@tanyukai9560same year also! Just not csgo

[@tor2886]

Dmitri literally carries this channel so hard.

[@sannii2222]

frrr

[@theUBERsashimi]

Yep. He actually makes content. The other guys just want to be on camera. Most of their videos honestly suck, and are more annoying than a watchMojo video.

[@greycat3373]

he carries if the monkey is not on screen imo lmao

[@TransparentEclipse]

Dupreeh cemented himself as a top 5 player in csgo history. One of the best players in the game from release to end. 5 majors, always competitive, hltv top 20s, he’s just him.

[@JasonSab849]

Hilarious, S1mple, Zywoo, dev1ce, NiKo, ColdZera, get_right, Forest, KennyS, the list goes on, Dupreeh is maybe top 20

[@codino97]

@@JasonSab849 f0rest has no place in a cs-go top5 maybe all of cs and top 2 in 1.6 but in go he has no place in the list get_right was the best player in go by far for close to 3 yrs

[@dakota8381]

@@JasonSab849 Dupreeh is better than Cold, Kenny, Forest and Get_right

[@greycat3373]

​@@dakota8381because he's the only one with winning 5 majors right?

[@IrishSpuds6]

Majors don’t = best player He got kicked right after Don’t get me wrong I love dupreeh even if it doesn’t seem like it But don’t say he’s a top 5 player he’s maybe top25 let’s be honest here

[@jaybertmullon9847]

Scrawny and the trumpet guy was a legendary in Paris major

[@nadav147]

As an OG from 1.6 CS, this video brought tears to my eyes.

[@bryceinnerst7963]

yikes

[@Joyexer]

I feel that.

[@Joyexer]

@@bryceinnerst7963 Dude isnt emotionally attached to anything in this world. Get a grip.

[@bryceinnerst7963]

@@Joyexer “anything in this world” obviously thats not true and you know it. im jus sayin crying about a video game when you arent even the one playing is a bit silly

[@Joyexer]

@@bryceinnerst7963 I was obviously exxagerating. And then you dont even understand what makes esport so great.

[@Neshler]

Last major prepared us for the next level of upcoming stars and teams. Even as to partner teams being irrelevant soon.

[@F1stzz]

They'll never be "irrelevant", cuz those teams are the very reason why u mоrоn are still allowed to watch any CS events for free & why this Esport is still somewhat profitable (even tho barely at this point) overall.

[@44r0n-9]

No they won't, you're absolutely delusional. Any talent coming up the pipeline will be bought by those organizations and they will stay on top. That's how this works.

[@xlgapelsin6173]

@@F1stzz Valve is currently in talks with orgs that valve sponsored events won't be allowed to have partner teams but they'll stay

[@F1stzz]

@@xlgapelsin6173 read, plz, once again what you've just said & tell me what sense does any of that make.

[@xlgapelsin6173]

@@F1stzz In valve sponsored events no partner teams. If tournament organizers do tournaments without backing from valve they can still have partner teams in those tournaments

[@YesMyMahiru]

Looking forward for CS2 Major

[@thatmtrx1421]

Dimitri's narration for this is A MUST Such emotion, such drama Perfect storytelling on this one. It makes me proud of cs.

[@kingboo_2237]

Dmitri deserved it I mean he's the CS FAN BOI On the channel am I right?

[@psychological9890]

The Paris Blast Major is basically the underdog major, just about every high profile team barring Faze, Heroic, and Liquid all bombed out before the playoffs.

[@Hanging_Pawn]

Heroic,liquid,faze all where in play offs lmao.

[@arugula517]

@@Hanging_Pawnthats what they said…?

[@JokidouPGM]

@@Hanging_Pawn "barring"

[@LauraLovesHugs]

@@Hanging_Pawnuh yes that's what they said lol

[@Palewanderer001]

Vitality?

[@_sentrility4574]

Two incredible stories collide in grand finals, but in the end, "one shall stand. One shall fall." So happy to see every player on Vitality to get their sense of accomplishment from this win

[@oneask1]

the fact that a world leader put a csgo tournament in his campaign promises really shows how much influence this game has on the world

[@icantthinkofagoodnameso69f89]

Who

[@ThatsKami16]

@@icantthinkofagoodnameso69f89 french president

[@nix294]

@@icantthinkofagoodnameso69f89 you didn't watch the video or what?

[@steriofoniq]

I miss my teammates. I always imagined myself on the stage fighting alongside them in a Major. Now married and a dad of two, I retired from playing. Watching this video brings me to tears. CS:GO is just not a game, it is a part of my life. Thanks to all CS:GO community.

[@Glly]

congrats man

[@seandeib619]

Jesus christ...Dimitri's narration is beyond human. Listened to the whole video while walking around a supermarket...doing my shopping. He somehow managed to keep me in goosebump territory the whole time!

[@jefflum4040]

Even thought I was hope for a different team to win, it’s hard to deny how perfect of an ending this was. Hopefully we get a perfect new start

[@LordMegatherium]

Close to. Perfect would've been Vitality winning 2:1 in OT and somebody vomiting because of the adrenaline dump :D

[@BairyHall]

Dupreeh the only player who participated in every Major and only winner of 5 Majors - fucking Legend

[@launders]

thanks for revisiting this. special one for me :D

[@TheGrassNPC]

This video enough to make a grown man cry, cant believe its the end of CSGO i still remember watching the trailer over and over again when i was younger

[@Forotosh]

I absolutely fell in love with this GamerLegion lineup. Such good chemistry. I'm so sad we'll probably never get to see them play together again after that major final.

[@grasul265]

kennyS era >

[@SajidAliMohammed]

im not crying..you are....moment for me and it will never get old 😂😂

[@mrjman2541]

man that trophy looks butt ugly.

[@bryancarreon3189]

The Paris Major was full of heartbreaks and surprises, seeing Navi and Faze fight a spot for a championship stage was full of mixed emotions for me because I wanted them both to qualify for the champions stage, but sadly only one will triumph and newcomers conquering the teams that we expect to qualify(G2, etc.) and win was something that the world is telling us now... The end of an era indeed.

[@Jurez1313]

Just looking at the size of the crowd from the first major to the last gives me chills....incredible video, incredible game, love watching esports unfold into such an incredibly popular spectacle since even before the early days of MLG. Not old enough to have watched Quake but, old enough to appreciate how far competitive gaming has come and how far it may yet still go. Thanks for the recap TSE, and hope you have content for years and years to come.

[@andreas4959]

These kinds of videos from TSE always manage to get me emotional, god damn it you guys ❤

[@devoidwolker4171]

truly a sendoff this game deserved - one can only imagine what CS2 may bring....whatever the case may be....we will always remember all the joy and memories cs:go gave us

[@ph8808]

Sad that this released right after Dupreeh got kicked so we’ll never see this roster play again however still he is a legend with most majors attended and most won with 3 different line ups.

[@TopOnTops]

Niko just proved being the Biggest Choker in CSGO history especialy Majors

[@Sawyers-Vlogs]

I cried watching this and I've never play counterstrike before. Truly amazing

[@1nterzept661]

- 4 tier 2 teams got into the Playoffs - Zyw0o finally wins a Major and proved he's the Greatest of All Time. - dupreeh became the only 5 time Major winner - Apex wins his 2nd Major after 8 years - Spinx became the first Israeli player to win a Major - GamerLegion being the unexpected Grand Finalist - G2, NaVi and many Top 10 teams eliminated in Group and Legends. Blast Paris was the best ending to CSGO

[@chuckbass7276]

pftt be real, Stewie2k is the real goat

[@1nterzept661]

@@chuckbass7276 yeah the guy who won one major then fell out of relevancy, sure.

[@jamesj7072]

@@1nterzept661 how tf is zywoo the goat haha I mean he is really really good but not the goat

[@UnspokenChicxulub]

The perfect pronunciation of "La marseillaise" made me very happy :3

[@TheSwiftDJ105]

This was my first time watching a major after playing the game* for nearly 8 years. Man was it something. Can't wait for the Copenhagen Major. *I'm still silver 1 lmao

[@detfiL]

Farewell CS:GO I will miss you

[@Joyexer]

Bruh, its still the same game just with a huge update it deserves.

[@detfiL]

@@Joyexer Yeah but think about how CS:GO started, it was just source reskinned. This is a new engine, it will be different to some extent. Eventually

[@detfiL]

I'm not saying its a bad thing, I'll just have great memories on CS:GO

[@kakuja2977]

Long live CS, may tilt us sometimes, but it remains the king of FPS (Trashlorant e daters get triggered)

[@dlpheonix]

If so many slots weren't tied to orgs in the leagues all the "new" players would have been in t1 teams for 2 years or more already.

[@Wulpul]

A fantastic major to end CS:GO on, honestly. Great matches, great casting, great crowd. It was all there! I look forward to what CS2 will bring :D

[@mynamejot8623]

Even though GL lost the final, they should absolutely be beyond proud of themselves for doing what they did

[@nbengaard]

Incredible tournament. Crowd was amazing. The trophy? A little disappointing. Just a little.

[@RajPatel-wc8ed]

Loved the video, but you guys forgot to give Zonic a shoutout. He is the only coach in CSGO to win 5 Major trophies. What a legend.

[@Demicore]

I was sad there was so little in the way of narrative building from Blast during the major, glad to see you taking care of it for them.

[@degenwow]

What an incredible documentary!

[@jsmaster4779]

Definitely gonna miss this game. As the one that got me into Counter Strike in general, it’s got a special place in my heart. What a helluva run it’s had. Here’s to more with CS2

[@SirMrMoon]

"We stand on the shoulders of giants" To see older players, the titans, fall, brings a tear to my eye. I'm gonna miss CS:GO, It was always there.

[@maltebrdsgaard6808]

Not to take anything away from this great video, but i feel like zonic doesn't get the recognicition he needs in this video, also being a 5x major winner

[@trifonivanov3174]

what about swedish CS? Fnatic? NiP as well?

[@anghika4132]

why does siuhy reminds me of max verstappen

[@QuadSake]

class video, class major, class game

[@ImYourBias]

It was hard to appreciate the trashed pick’ems in the midst of it, but the way it played out really encapsulated CSGO’s story. Baseline skills have risen to the point where everything has to come together perfectly. It set the tone for the move into CS2.

[@slavi98]

As a wise man once said “We’ll come back” -shottysteve

[@spacey9707]

its official: dupreeh is the greatest player to ever touch the game. attended all major, winning 5 throphies.

[@addisonperez1550]

Fkin hell theScore esports back at it again. MADE ME CRY "AGAIN" video production never fails.

[@adirazulay216]

I liked the last sentence dimitry said, "if the next's game major will be half as good as this one, cs will be alive forever. i hope it will be and ill get to play it in 20 years from now.

[@tobiasfrlundjakobsen1342]

I think its about time to start takling about dupreeh in the same category as get_right and simple. He is and will forever be one of the goats!

[@idemOwasd]

I have spent more time in CS than being with my family. I play CS since 1999. I used to play it in my birthday, christmass, summer. Thanks to this wonderful game since it came out made me another person different from my hood, even tho im not playing CS its like that favorite grandpa that i always feel supported. Enjoy life and youth guys !

[@braydenrichardson8879]

The one complaint I have about the major is the fact that the trophy was probably the worst one yet and blast usually makes good trophy's so I was surprised by that

[@sneakyfleeky825]

Looks like it could be a trophy for Splatoon

[@decencysins7801]

Yeah I agree. It looks so goofy 💀

[@Jman-ej7ny]

W Last major it was fun to watch

[@aviewerofu]

Hey, are u guys really going to ignore MSI coverage just coz it’s not a popular team that won? It’s been over a month now and apart from the 16:47 video nothing has been uploaded about MSI, JDG deserves some credit and to be more popular

[@braxter8138]

making such fake hype about last major even tho cs2 is basicly the same with few updates just like in league of legends. Mid season patch. some few differences but here its a whole new world, new major, last major

[@AnupamPatrapatanupam4]

Guys give credits to the Coaches behind the scene, Zonic ashhh. They were incredible to help these 2 teams.

[@essencessentials]

Yeah, well, the chosen one didnt even play with you poor people, cause you couldnt even figure out the point of UMP, and never mind the entire econ. And then, 10 years later, they complain about stagnation. Petty.

[@Knightsthatsaynih]

"Legendary Danish IGL Cadian" is a bit rich. He's good. But there are two legendary Danish IGLs -- Gla1ve and Karigan.

[@chimp6861]

honestly ppl are complaining about the new tourney single elim rules but its way better for the fans and for the players since it keeps it way more exciting since your team could be eliminated in one game you have more people watching the match even with up and comeing rosters meaning more money for the players and more excitement for fans meaning a better chance for the community to grow and reach a bigger audience

[@Cuberider]

Came to the game when Sweden was still on top. Safe to say this video left me in tears.

[@Joyexer]

Sad for me tho, that Scrawny had to cast the final. I just cant stand that guy. Talking too much bullsh** for my taste.

[@Sussurrus]

Vitality a french organization with 2 danish players and danish coach... easiest match-ups too.

[@xavierkrantz1098]

Will Counter Strike get a NEW Major with new teams getting a chance to pick up and play

[@NikosHand]

i fucking love CS.

[@teedr6149]

woro2k the cheating. the guy who was caught cheating on faceit and is somehow allowed to play in a major.

[@CazDesignStudios]

Seeing Vitality destroy Gamer Legion was pretty fun, esepecially Nuke.

[@x4v]

CSGO is the greatest esports game of all time, and the best FPS game. CS2 has big shoes to fill

[@magnusgullikstad3893]

Dupreeh should be in the goat debate, 5 majors? You have to be do something right

[@petarradelic4869]

to say simple is the best that touched the game ever, is very arrogant at least and an insult to other ones who stand out. cheers ;)

[@waty0usay1]

"greatest player ever" and they show s2mple, who is the second greatest, come on guys.

[@ThaPugster]

Wish heroic didn’t lose out to a fluke, the finals would have been much more hype

[@98-carlmarkmarak22]

Gamer Legion should have stayed together and play more tournaments , they were really really good

[@widestcat7407]

I don’t know anything about csgo but I was against gamer legion as soon as I heard that goofy ass name.

[@VaSleep]

Im confused. If paris was the last major what about the iem in cologne?

[@LordOfTheJizz]

I don't even watch eSports but fuck, 5 years of my life are now over

[@galahad4787]

grandfinals should be Bo5. you cant change my mind

[@markuskalmi2745]

my friend plays csgo without crosshair mge and 150hours lol

[@ssnn5711]

thats crazy a yellow team won csgo and another yellow team won cod champs the year of the yellow team winners

[@kheldaur2107]

With Valve in the helm, it´s really a possibility that Paris wasn´t the last csgo major.

[@decencysins7801]

Wdym? It really was the last CSGO major

[@Nppsol]

24 seconds ago. Damn guess im not sleeping

[@spk._]

scrawny really did relay his emotions well

[@Reqipem]

crazy hamburger

[@whapakwhapak]

never forget s0mple was banned for cheating no cheat no win for s0mple

[@iProsenjit98]

What a era is had been From Nip 87-0 run Rise you Kenny's OlofBoost , Burning Defuse Fnatic Domination C9 unthinkable Major win ,Rise of Astralis,Then Liquid timeline,Rise of Navi along with Astralis downfall At last Faze Domination and Vitality wrote the last page on the book CS2 ,we are waiting

[@N1ghtmares5]

One of the best 30 min of my life

[@nopeyep2542]

Might be late to comment this but here I go : When the Major happened I was literally returning home from getting deployed, I went all the way to Paris to watch the whole thing unfold. I've been a Vitality fan since the early days of the team, actually met Apex at a bar once and got to drink a beer with the guy in 2019. Anyways. The emotions, the cast, the crowd... Everything was so awesome, I cried when Vitality won cuz hell why not. The crowd was insanely supportive of other teams as well. Met fun people at the Major, got to finally meet a good friend I met on CS in 2016 when we were teeenagers and now the guy is an engineer and a dad. I guess it was just more than an event for me, because I've been playing CS:GO since 2013, it was the last, and it was a goodbye to a game that I've spent so much time in my teenage years and early adult years. That single event gave me so much emotions, not only because of the game I love so much, but all the history alongside it, especially the personnal history. I'll always miss CS:GO, because I'll always miss the simpler times. To whoever would read all that, thanks a lot, and enjoy the journey in and out of the game

[@armandclement2692]

Thank you for your service .

[@Dean_AZN]

I’m so happy to have been with CSGO from the start till the end. Can you believe the first time I ever played CSGO was on a goddamn Xbox360? 😂 but seriously, it’s a beautiful game and Paris was a fitting end.

[@bazzakrak]

And another video that neglects to mention the man behind them Zonic, who also now has won 5 majors. Yes he does not shoot and do the killing, but I would think that he has a pretty hefty hand put on the scale when it comes to preperations for the games. Like saying that Man Utd in the 90/00s won lots of trophies but never mentioning Sir Alex Ferguson in the same sentence

[@westy9447]

As a Dane I love Vitality winning, 3/6 of their people were Danish (Including ZoniC the coach). On a different note, as said in the video this major was such a clash between new vs old players, I haven't followed CS for a couple of years, and I could not recognize half the names in this Major, however, I knew everyone on Vitality so I could not be happier.

[@AsoSnT]

The French are insane counter strike players !

[@kimi9824]

I enjoyed watching the trophy getting memed and criticized XD