Is Flusha The Most ROBBED CS:GO Player?

[@snooples]

love flushas attitude man was chill w being the villain cuz he was better than everyone else anyway, the way pros are now i dont see another personality comin around like his so hes someone to remember for sure

[@gabrielrus2927]

old cs personalities will never be topped in esports

[@danderich2768]

Tge community in cs is cganged, people start leaving it fun fact, and change new life

[@neilnair5388]

the whole fnatic squad during the Fnatic era gave us the most unique experience, be it jW and flusha going for knife kills in the most crucial serious moments or olof finding huge impacts like defusing in the molly. Krimz being the consistent understated no nonsense rifler amongst a buch of fun guys...CS pro scene would never be so chill and impressive to look at the same time

[@TheJakeSweede]

He wasnt even a villain, he was just an outcast that was ahead of the pack. People MADE him a villain, they made him a villain in their own minds. He was never a villain, always a good guy, helping out other pro players in time of need, and always being real and was always good at the game. He was a scapegoat and he was crucified, but he kept on his great attitude.

[@Psrrrraj]

I liked JW because he was chill but he would purposely make the haters more mad

[@m1lkbags]

Goodbye to one of the goats. Senor Vac will be missed dearly.

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

No he won't.

[@xdjustin739]

You won't be missed either Riley.

[@oscarnilsson4906]

@@TheSearchForTruth88 us true fans of the game will

[@ThyXsphyre]

@@TheSearchForTruth88 Why do people feel the need to make comments like this? I see it all the time everywhere, like for example a tweet about a movie "No one will be watching"

[@mum-your]

@@TheSearchForTruth88 just do it man, noone cares if you are alive or not

[@launders]

ah shit i meant pronax not krimz sorry :D :35

[@ThomasHuayra]

7:58 This ace happened briefly before the smoke minimap bug came to light and I remember looking back at this clip and see Flusha's eyes go to the side of his screen and then back immediately after the kill on Rain and wondering if that was the smoke minimap bug at work. Nevertheless one of my favorite moments in CSGO Esports, it was such a fantastic display of who Flusha really was as a player. The skill, composure and game sense was so amazing.

[@llllNEOllllchannel]

Aahahahah all this time I thouth that he just guessed position of rain in smoke. Like went full yolo and just randomly sprayed in smoke xD

[@pickles4907]

I always thought he just heard him because he starts to move faster just before he starts shooting

[@benxbec9]

The Autimatic + Flusha C9 roster was one of my favorites in CSGO because of how much brainpower was on that team. I'll never forget C9 vs Faze on inferno with that crazy P250 play that saved Faze and stopped C9 from top 8 at the major. Also what could have been with that Auti + Flusha + Sunny roster, I think BnTeT might have been involved too, just such a cool collection of players.

[@TheHabadababa]

"Vac just too good nowadays, I gotta step down"- flusha probably

[@Noseflap-watching]

The irony 😂

[@colosousaurs]

I will admit back in the Fnatic era I thought flusha was cheating but now I see it’s clear he’s one of the smartest players to touch the game, I’m happy you cleared his name and shoutout to flusha for being a great guy congrats to flusha he deserves those 3 MVPs

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

You got brain rotted. He was cheating.

[@pcxPOT]

I'm still 100% convinced he cheated.

[@dulussy]

@@pcxPOT you are just simply outing urself as a bad cs player if you genuinely think this

[@pcxPOT]

haven't played the game seriously since 2016@@dulussy

[@arishatz91]

He cheated 100% His cheat even malfunctioned a couple of times.

[@MrEdde1234]

I remember being at that game vs ldlc at dreamhack 2014, the crowd was going absolutely wild. Just incredible to think that this specific moment now is a part of the historybooks. So sad to see him leave, but everything must come to an end unfortunately. Happy to see that his legacy will be a positive one. He truely deserves it

[@OffensiveFarmer]

To be honest i was one of those people who thought Flusha and other pros were cheating, some of the clips were just too sketchy for me to wrap my brain around, then i got better at the game and watched my own demos and was shocked to see how many times i would snap to enemy heads behind walls, i remember one game where i got like 3 wall bang headshots so i watched the demo and on one of them i somehow tracked an enemy head that was running for about 2 seconds before i wall banged him. If it was a demo of anybody else in the world i would have said without a shadow of a doubt that they were cheating but since it was my own demo and i know for a fact that i don't cheat it completely changed my mind on all the pro cheating accusations i had.

[@CreX_official]

Very good analysis and also self reflection. Good job man!

[@downnnnnn]

Rewatching flusha and bro was so ahead of his time. You see so many things he does based on util and timings that no one did back in 2015/2016. Not to mention his nade usage

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

He was not ahead of his time. He had xray and some kind of aim lock. Makes those times of "smart" plays very easy.

[@fica1137]

​@@TheSearchForTruth88WH on LAN 🤦‍♂️

[@cobie_]

bad ragebait, try again@@TheSearchForTruth88

[@Cloudy_4x]

@@TheSearchForTruth88 Silver comment

[@blehhsyn]

@@TheSearchForTruth88shhhh you are silver and faceit lvl 1

[@GenerationalDisappointment]

My friend just started recently watching CSGO and I have such a hard time conveying how legendary some of these players like Flusha and Olof are because it was one of those phenomena where you just had to be there at the time to understand it. Nice shoutout to Swag too, that will always be the saddest story to me in esports (that doesnt involve tragedy of course)

[@decadent5341]

Hi! If you're interested in the lore and history of the game, as well as some sad/tragic stories I recommend you to look up Troubley (this one is freaking wild) oBo and Cyx. All incredibly tragic but still interesting imo.

[@Xeryph_]

I MISS PRO MATCHES ON TRAIN 😭

[@EliteLurker760]

damn Launders I see you out here changing the title three times. ALRIGHT ILL WATCH IT 😂 Thanks for all you do man 🙏

[@gobucsgobolts3238]

Legend Senior VAC

[@DocYAYAYA]

I feel bad for anyone who didnt get to see the 2015 Fnatic team play... they were the main reason I got into CS. Even the Fnatic team with Dennis was fun to watch when he was just destroying people on pistol rounds on his own. They were like the first team I can remember who could win an actual full eco round with USPs or make it damn close.

[@esa8143]

Bro just made me fall in love with flusha's playstyle in 12 minutes despite me only knowing his name before.

[@TZoomed]

First time I’ve seen that ace on train since the game was first played, always remembered that ace thinking of how cold and calculated flusha played. Great video dude

[@OhhhPez]

I don’t know where I found this quote, but I’ve always had this from him saved in my documents “Do stupid shit, but do it with confidence” and I’ve lived by that.

[@swaghaver56]

it was really nice seeing joe d'audio

[@MvanReiner7]

such a great player! i really enjoyed this tribute! thanks launders

[@daansmits8345]

Lovely video, Launders! Also fantastically edited.

[@annekedebruyn7797]

I am glad that his public image turned around before he retired. I also miss the old AK sound.

[@CreX_official]

Than you so much for this video @launders! This was a well deserved reflection on flusha!

[@Hawko133]

I think Flusha was still very mechanically skilled. It wasn't his strength, but it wasn't a weakness either. His one taps and spray control were both obviously well practised

[@scordatura9259]

I got shocked TBF when I watched prime flusha highlights. His aim was way better than I remembered

[@TheJakeSweede]

in his streams playing fpl, he was often outaiming his opponents (great mechanically skilled players) and was often first on scoreboard

[@launders]

he wasnt bad mechanically, much better than lots of IGLs and "support" players but considering he was a major mvp, and top 2/1 player in the world its pretty amazing that he wasnt known for his mechanics at all.

[@HaasTheFirst]

Awesome video. God I love the kato 2018 clutch. Got into watching pro matches with the Boston final, but that kato final really sold it for me. Was a fan of flusha from the get go, just before discovering s1mple :D

[@Danny-iq8rv]

Lau, Krimz has 2 majors, he only won the Katowice and Cologne back to back in 2015. He wasn't in the lineup for the DH Winter 2013 win.

[@AstroSully]

Yep he joined Fnatic with Olof from LGB. One of the greatest transfer move ever.

[@Rikimaru_tm]

Yeah, I don't know why he said Krimz instead of pronax

[@DrThraxFTW]

That "flusha was one of the least mechanically talended" argument is so weird for me, thats not how i remember him at all. His aim has always been refined and above pro average, he was just not very relaint on aim because of smart positioning and decision making.

[@benshorthouse2979]

As always man amazing production quality! Love the content

[@Julian-rx7dd]

i liked the video - not because im glad he retires but because his story is so epic - thank you for telling it well

[@GiantFlamingClasher]

I think the fact that he was able to elevate that C9 team into a handful of decent runs at ELeague, Kato speaks volumes to just how smart he is. He raised the floor of Kioshima and made Auti one of the best close range awpers in the world for a short while.

[@decadent5341]

agree. So sad he couldn't really focus on the game at that time cause of personal stuff

[@TheJakeSweede]

autimatic was a great awper, better than skadoodle was, very talented, he always spoke highly of flusha in his streams. I think i vaguely remember him saying that his only actual friend on the team was flusha as well, but it was so long ago though, so dont really remember

[@turbines]

@@TheJakeSweedeska is one of the best awpers ever wdym

[@decadent5341]

@@TheJakeSweede yeah, they were/are good friends. The plan was for Flusha to create a roster with auti and sunny after Fnatic. But the org pulled out/it went south

[@fica1137]

​​@@turbinesif he never won the major nobody would remember him, he was mediocre awper but because he's from NA and he won the only major for NA he's hyped up despite not being a top awper.

[@scrat0294]

It's actually impressive how you can go to any highlight short or compilation of basically any pro nowadays and find some tinfoil hats in the comments ranting about how they are obviously cheating and everybody's in on it etc. It's baffling to me that people suck so bad that they can't believe it when professional athletes are actually good at the thing they're doing.

[@hampusj6047]

Doesn’t change the fact flusha is a cheater

[@AstroSully]

Well said

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

Because they are cheating. Use your eyes. There are hardly any top pros these days that are actually legit, compare top clips now to top clips from 10-15 years ago. Same age range of competitor, yet somehow today they are robotically snapping onto people perfectly with no readjustments? Yeah right.

[@eddieplaut2349]

crazy to think about how I felt watching Dreamhack Winter 2014 Olofpass boost at the time vs. now. like all of the vitriol I had ever felt for anything in my life channeled into fnatic and flusha specifically. couldn't feel more differently now

[@mtndotshdws]

Nostalgia pangs

[@ScratchMB]

Yo Launders, good to see you’re still active with counterstrike, I was reminiscing on my past with the game and saw the old groups I was in then saw your group and was wondering if you’re still involved in the game. I remember when I first met you on kz_colors_v2 and you taught me how to kz, I spent 6hours on the map to only make it half way through lol. I eventually was able to beat the map in sub 24mins. Great video as well man, flusha was a legend, I really enjoyed the part where you brought up the different mechanics in the game because once I started getting good at the game it was apparent to me that aim wasn’t everything. My aim wasn’t the best but my game sense was different, I frequently got called a cheater on cevo, esea, and faceit and it wasn’t because my aim but for my ability to predict movement and outcomes. I miss those days, and I wish I was able to make it further in the game in terms of advanced team level play and official league matches, but I’ll never know what potential I had because I gave up on the dream I once had with the game. Thank you for letting me relive some of the moments in this video, and for teaching me how to KZ!!!

[@robertmarginean164]

flusha is the smartest player in csgo history for my money. I'm not talking about overall strats and IGL-ing like gla1ve, but simply in terms of in-game decision-making. It feels like every single time he's in the right place at the right time and, watching from the opponent's side it genuienly feels like he already knows what you're gonna do before you even know it

[@sophidomi.]

found out 2 things 1. launders was the glizzy gobbler 2. flusha

[@dropthemac7428]

man, I was just thinking about the whole Flusha situation a couple of days ago, then I got recommended this video today. If he truly was clean, his story is probably the saddest one in CSGO's history. I'm honestly still unsure, and I'm sure most of his games are legit. But his top suss clips are so weird, I still see them when I'm trying to sleep, like a horror movie stuck on repeat. You brought up Ange1's clip competition, but there were so few clips that was found of him truly looking suss. One thing is certain, Fnatic got way to much hate when they were at the top, I still feel bad thinking of how the community treated them. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@AstroSully]

10:22 Couldn’t agree more on this. Fnatic got hated on here because of the accusation. 2014 and 2015 were wild times. Everybody hated on Fnatic while they were winning damn near everything.

[@josiahjohnson375]

Hotdogs everyday is rough. Gotta grind. Great recap. I remember most of this but its fun to look it over. I didnt know about the angel challenge tho. Jump cuts are getting a little much tho

[@singular9]

Flusha is who got me into cs

[@starseed-]

I was always apart of the crowd thinking he's a cheater, but Lau, you worded this and explained it all so well. Dope video.

[@bobsagget5931]

That gabagool talk makes me want to go to the Italian market and rewatch the Sopranos.

[@TheRambory]

great video mr. lau

[@anD_halfwayCrook]

looking at the clips now just shows he was way ahead of his time. To think that perfect smoke spams have become pretty normal by now and in 2015 his whole career was stained because of them is mad

[@vinceback]

loved this vid

[@yannis2184]

6:02 Elmapuddy now coaches Gen G Valorant for the APAC franchise league

[@YOUnoobGER]

I really miss the 2012-2015 era, olofmeister, flusha, jw, get right etc. I remember that a player was asked or said in an interview if he was the best or wants to be the best and the camera zoomed onto olofs face and he made a "wtf you serious" expression.

[@eulogieh]

Great video of one of my favourite players ever. He was so creative and fun to watch - who would you say is the modern flusha these days?

[@launders]

lurking is a lost art.. so hard to say

[@muntmunt3155]

Flusha Fanatic is the OG Fanatic, heade that team something special. The God damn Master

[@frkcybtw]

I didn't really get a chance to watch many Eyeballers matches, but even towards the end of his time on Fnatic he was still performing well. It's crazy how well the ex-Fnatic players have continued to stay relevant in tier 1 CS. Definitely my goat roster for longevity in CS.

[@TheTinnin]

flusha is my all-time goat. unique person and gamestyle

[@brixfrancis1234]

Flusha's my favorite fnatic player. His game sense was insane. I'm going to miss Señor VAC

[@darkace6401]

Flush’s is my GOAT cs player I feel like he affected the way cs is played more than anyone else in history

[@fisken2000]

Would have been nice to show the abundance of sus clips that led to the mouse lifting meme. I don’t think he ever cheated, but there were some genuinely sus clips back in 2015 where his mouse would look like it would lock onto people because of mouse lifting, and the first time he ever said that it was mouse lifting he wasn’t even joking. Sad to see flush retire, amazing player.

[@the_bottomfragger]

All we need now is for flusha to release his *"If I Did It"*

[@bcp-7]

small detail you forgor - krimz wasnt in the original fnatic lineup so he only won 2 majors

[@TheAlexallica93]

my favorite player

[@aimlevel]

Man I don't even know what to feel anymore. Great Video.

[@KEROVSKI_]

Hold on, Ang31's clips primarily show normal crosshair alignment towards opponents concealed behind walls, without involving sudden flicks or extraordinary wallbangs. This approach also encompasses regular crosshair placement and a consistent grasp of optimal positions. The suspicions surrounding Flasha were conspicuous, and my intuition always hinted at his use of cheats. Why was Flusha the sole target of cheating allegations, while others remained unaccused? You distinctly mentioned that it was established professional players, not casual Matchmaking novices, who leveled accusations at Flusha. In numerous critical scenarios, he displayed an uncanny ability to locate opponents, swiftly aiming through walls and securing headshot eliminations. I anticipate the counterargument: "Well, he might have memorized head-level positions in those spots." However, there was an instance where an adversary was crouching in the connector, which appears to demonstrate unadulterated aim locking during such instances. Moreover, his usage of grenades was exceptional during that period. Skilled players can execute precise grenade throws when they have knowledge of enemy positions. How does one transition from a phase in their career characterized by extraordinary frags, only to suddenly cease manifesting such prowess? Why the absence of questionable clutch plays, seemingly improbable wallbangs, and extraordinary maneuvers? Even the impeccable grenade usage? Currently, he seems to have transformed into an average player with a 4K Elo rating, though this achievement is potentially facilitated by queuing with a premade team.

[@henriksirkku]

that train flank was possible only because enemy team was not holding site properly, you get insane clutches when enemy gets cocky and plays remaining player 1by1 seen it hundreds of times

[@cyruschan6823]

Banger video, does anyone know the music at 6:20 for lau’s fav flusha ace?

[@rjirangkun]

Flusha would be the lovable legend if he plays in this era

[@mr.a2592]

when you talk about the intangibles, flusha is the goat

[@chrisyang5138]

Very well explained. Ofc braindead people always would think someone is cheating by seeing one clip, them knowing nothing about the game. Happened later with Stewie, Ropz, etc... I remember when Stewie said he got cheating accusations, that's when he knew he is able to compete at the highest level.

[@haaa911]

Flusha one of the coolest and ballsiest players ever man, the get lifted and señor vac stuff is legendary

[@decadent5341]

his private company in sweden is even called Mouselifting Ltd lmao

[@cardinalityofaset4992]

7:13 this and c9 winning major were the best grand final matches of all time

[@WhyitJellyDonut]

I agree the Gabagool headphones are pretty damn good. Esspecialy with a loud window ac unit 10 feet from me.

[@Cyclically]

flusha professional mouse lifter

[@zA1dN]

Like always great content, in the name of the CS community, we say thank you! :D

[@almightycs2]

I always used to joke that he doesn't have a knife in case he'd get banned 😭

[@minibeech03]

i still have my source mindset sometimes where jumping and ladder shots were essentially never happening, 0% chance. now people jump shot all the time. Still urks me a bit because its super unrealistic. especially with the kickback of some of weapons.

[@falc0n717]

Krimz only won 2 majors. Pronax was the other one who won 3 majors alongside flusha and JW

[@houseking9211]

flusha jw and krimz are and will always be my favourite players of all time

[@nicolerodriguez7453]

something funny is that after watching some flusha's vids i decided to start shooting smokes and wb objects like he used to do and my rate of kills through smokes went really high. Like, this might be a bit stupid but u notice that he knew what he was doing it wasn't just random spraying

[@launders]

ofc, you think they’re there for a reason! flusha just always trusted himself

[@marius-oc7ox]

i think this launders guy likes flusha

[@frni8871]

0:38 Krimz has two majors.

[@gadjman]

As someone with practically no mechanical skill, players like flusha and xyp9x are the kind I always look up to. Their intelligence, positioning, and playstyle are hard to do well and underappreciated. Much love

[@srai5333]

If you cant out aim them just out brain them.

[@tomng1126]

What song is in the background launders?

[@iamsadlmao4415]

Thx for this, I loved fnatic back then and it always made me so sad watching everyone hating on them... Jw pig, flusha cheating, olof boost etc. etc. Great video, flusha is a true legend.

[@ethanblack5642]

I need to start watching old tournaments again so I can have more Lau I comment to help statistics

[@oscarnilsson4906]

Such a legend of the game. Single handedly denied NiP of their "deserved" era (only won 1 major which is insane) in the early stages of the game, and also denied superteam Faze the Katowice 2018 which maybe could have led them to sticking together longer. He was for sure the bully of the beasts.

[@toddenxd]

him and jw are my fav players. So fun watching them play, always good games. They dont play "ordinary" cs

[@Kappatalism]

Flusha was my favorite player in 2014 2015 ESPECIALLY because of all the nonsense hate he and JW got, both CS legends with crazy major runs

[@buddhapest]

is Joe D'Audio from joyzee?

[@boblolrus]

Thanks!

[@rafaelvieira8061]

The dude who changed brazilian cs for good

[@Caleb-bf8sh]

"do stupid stuff but do it with confidence"

[@motionwithoskar]

Flusha is the goat, i remember whenever i was super into cs I would always watch the demo and watch how flusha & jw played, always thought they played very different.

[@VERYR4RE]

s1mple's gamesense is so good he has build in radar hack, but flusha's gamesense is so good he has build in wallhack

[@icjinu]

STELLA video, keep it up! 😊🙏

[@slayer5690]

Prime Fnatic were like Alabama in college football, everyone hated them but they dominated. Another banger launders vid

[@MaxWell-kv5pl]

nice watch

[@Chompylol]

"it's never been the case that the best aimer was the best player in the world." NiKo entered the chat.

[@lavrentiygavrilov9220]

Настроение было плохое, а щас все прекрасно)

[@Murphmonster69]

More Italian ads pls❤

[@Dean_AZN]

The only people that would know if he was actually cheating would be the admins and referees at the tournaments. I won’t name people but I have a good friend that worked E-League events that won’t go on record but when I asked the question; “Did Flusha ever cheat?” his reply was “There’s a reason we made them give us a list of their gear, so we could order it in, scrutinise it and then place it in isolation. So it’s only being used when playing.” Now obviously this isn’t a definitive yes to him cheating. But it does make you think why would they do that? I personally don’t believe he cheated at events post equipment scrutiny but there’s no way of knowing if he did or didn’t before that change was made and standardised across the sport and it’s events.

[@aanjneygupta]

hunter might be the closest player style wise to flusha in the scene rn. the way both of these players craft their lurks is nothing short of artistry. although I feel like hunter gets set up by his better than flusha ever did for such plays which makes him all the more impressive.

[@LinatictheGamer]

0:38 Doesn’t krimz only have 2 majors? It’s Pronax who also has 3

[@Young_Bourdain]

The accusations were always there but truly I never thought Flusha was cheating. I remember the shox witch hunt too. For me the only player I routinely did not understand their plays or timings was fallen. To me, if anyone was ever cheating at LAN, it had to be fallen.

[@ollienewman4901]

LOVE the vid Launders, great take on Flusha, esp with positioning. Felt good when the cam was on him to see smart play > loved me some JW shenanigans but flusha was my early goat