The Neverending Joke That Is NA Counterstrike

[@_NightManager]

"Thank you for being a loyal customer !" needs to be a twitch sub alert sound 😂

[@FelixKaff]

Definitely! LOL!

[@outkripper]

your local NA player and fan here, suffering constantly from second hand embarrassment

[@outkripper]

FAN OF RICHARD NOT NA JUST TO CLARIFY

[@jonathaneklov6515]

@@outkripper Thank you for being a loyal customer !

[@SaintedPIacebo]

"Dang bro, they called the police on you bro?" what a quote.

[@TopeTorment]

That took me the fuck out

[@jakefromabove_og]

Richard is a man of many quotes, and now - "Water fall from sky" - Richard Lewis 2024 - is among my favourites

[@b1vcksheep]

"50 subs and I will do 10 years inside" LMAO!!!

[@S-B-R]

Counter-Strike comedy special: NA CS

[@Cxlsius]

This video had me dying 😂😂😂 appreciate the breakdown, I’m from the NA & this doesn’t surprise me at all.

[@Raxyz_0]

43:40 That was another out-of-body expirence. lmao

[@Samjie]

hahaha

[@TheFBATruth]

‘Hello Mr Teacher, Richard won’t be in school today as he is housebound due to rain flood sky waterfall.’

[@MrLodziarz]

Hand delivered by the kid of course :D

[@CatnamedMittens]

This is like that "The Horror of UK Esports" video but like 8 years later.

[@MrLodziarz]

I'm about to loose my shit and DDOS people!

[@CatnamedMittens]

@@MrLodziarz god that was great

[@Kyuubi-Shin]

"Water fall down, go into water, water come up, water go out, that is called a flood" Richard Lewis 2024, teaching plebs every day. God bless this man.

[@Fabsh27]

God almighty, this was a video I didn't know I needed, had a really good laugh :D Thx for making it through all of that, appreciate it Rich

[@wraethcs2]

Just moved to Texas and that thumbnail hits hard

[@pingpong4016]

LOL you should have been around for the great Texas freeze circa 2021. We were going to Whataburger like John snow was going beyond the wall in GOT

[@wraethcs2]

@@pingpong4016 lol I moved from Minnesota so I'm very used to that sight

[@daneb.3511]

No way the editor made a Hell in a Cell WWE match holy shit LMAO

[@Doverbendoverben]

"Thank you for being a loyal customer!" 😅😅😅😅😅

[@misterkefir]

This whole segment was absolutely hilarious. Really needed the laughs right now, thanks man!

[@ENDfilms44]

I will say that exclamation point isn't too unusual in NA in actual stuff. I think the reasoning is it's like calling out "Thanks for shopping with us!" as a customer walks out the door. Not an aggressive yell but still being heard over distance.

[@ENDfilms44]

Now the space before that... yeah the dude messed up. 😂

[@endodouble6691]

„I‘ve never taken a drug, that has made me feel thefty“ Ngl a couple bars and I stop seeing the glass in the shop window

[@andre-x1]

I lost it when he acted surprised that they called the police on someone for trepassing and stealing 😂😂

[@asg6740]

only real ones had Richard explaining basic English punctuation on their bingo card

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

29:25 just so you know it's "coup de grâce" you should prononce the final "s" sound, otherwise you're saying "coup de gras" which would roughly translate to "fat stroke"

[@Bane_Diesel]

I try my best to get my younger employees into competitive CS both watching and playing. The first thing they ask me is who is the best team in the U.S. I had a good answer once but that was almost 5-6 years ago. It actually makes me sad and it crushes my hopes of ever having a major here again. I went to all of them and desperately want another one.

[@NicholasEllis-rs3nx]

coL just whooped EF and VP with a top5 Rifler on it and aa low budget with no gambling sponsorship. Say Complexity

[@daviddoyle617]

2025 major is in texas

[@Bane_Diesel]

@@daviddoyle617 oh shit rly?

[@SenWithA3]

​@@Bane_Diesel Yes! Really excited

[@nofluffagain]

​@@NicholasEllis-rs3nxWhy do we care about gambling sponsorships? Am I missing something

[@jordandunn7357]

We do not call them rain floods

[@malooft]

You explaining floods was the funniest shit I’ve heard 😂

[@Mije101-bz8ph]

"It's not usually in my wheelhouse to talk about it" LMAOOOOOOOOO riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[@TheHappyWhale]

"Rain flood" is a typo Richard. He clearly meant to type "brain flood", because only someone with severe brain damage would expect this plan to work.

[@ethanlimberger3886]

Flash floods is what we call em when they come from Suprise storms and shit.

[@AlexValorant]

A power company wouldn't send a text by imessage

[@FoldyChair]

Duke power does in my region

[@bbboywaxr]

It is a fundamental cultural difference. And id even argue its happened in the last 15 years or so. People just dont wanna work for it combined with very little "grit" or ability to persevere as you mentioned. Gaming doesnt really teach you to work for tangible results. Only dopamine released. In NA the grind stops when it encounters any structured player or org with a solid team that actually gets along and doesnt just chase quarterly gains with 0 empathy. The propped up mental, no clear ubderstanding of being professional, for granted approach, to just about anything, is the NA cookie that gets eaten over and over csuse its too yummy to let go, and it easily crumbles under any pressure applied.. idk sounded kinda smart right 😅

[@dp2k00]

love it how the message alone got a 10 minute segment

[@KwissBeats]

"rhaneflühgé"?, where you secretly thinking of Sweden Richard? haha

[@s0meRand0m129]

were*

[@ScoopsIsTheGoat]

Rain floods is the actual correct terminology and quite common. There are many types of floods so it is important to specify in an emergency to accurately prepare. For example if the bath floods because you overfill it that is called a man made flood. A flash flood is a combination of a rain flood + lightning storm hence ‘flash’.

[@petarpartaloski8889]

🤓☝️⛈️☔️💦🤽‍♀️

[@prawtism]

The flash is for the quick speed of flooding, not the flashes 😅 or I didn't get the joke

[@frumpyglint]

​@@prawtism I think it's a joke? You never can tell in written form and on the internet. Certainly funny If serious.

[@QuantumR4ge]

🤓

[@CatnamedMittens]

Ban

[@DaRkw1ngCS2]

the best part of starting a new job is I get all my grandparents back for a few months hahaha

[@suavV.]

All in pursuit of those juicy Internet points

[@Samjie]

NA CS never ceases to amaze me. You could almost make a reality TV show from all the drama. That text message looks like something you would receive from a blatant scam asking for your bank details...

[@AegrusYT]

Great heist attempt there by Perseverance. Someone might even make a movie about it titled Rain Flood's Eleven.

[@waken]

I made it to the NA league below "pro" and the culture made me not want to pursue it any further

[@alexjames3527]

the goat channel, thanks for the content richard x

[@scrappy8494]

i would also like to note nbgee12 has been on my team before and has proudly said that he hates peple who's slur is a word that starts with n and is 7 letters long. said he hates gay people but i believe he was trying to be edgy when he said that and that he is proud of everything that he's done. not a mentally all there individual edit: he was on my team in pugs. I have never been on the same league team as him

[@scrappy8494]

he is a absolute nightmare to have on your team in pugs

[@cheesesaltpc]

As somebody who has been to several NA tournaments, Dallas has always had the most seemingly incompetent security around the event/arena. Doesn't surprise me something like this happened.

[@crewcabanger0]

imagine being perseverance. they really were scared of a bald man, a trucklover, a guy who wears a shoe on his head, a freak, and a guy named Austin.

[@gortbot]

i am waiting for the day FaceIT Admin "Sonyguy" gets a headline in NACS News Reporting™

[@ElementalDj]

sonyGOAT

[@themostfowl]

Whats even funnier about nbgee is he hasn't moved on. He just plays valve matchmaking with cheaters now Their whole clique is a cancer on the NA scene and deeply rooted.

[@SCORPAIN88isme]

if he was in a rural area I could definitely see the power company manually texting the reports honestly, but I’m from Wyoming so we’re in like 2006: rain floods is nota term we use here though

[@keepcalm3547]

I donno how late I am watching this, "DANG, they sent the police on you" - NA CS idiots, Richard Lewis struggling, and covering his face with both of his hands...... GOD DAMN how ? That's so epic.

[@nartouthere]

42:17 had me dying

[@AudicyVEVO]

As an American I agree with everything you said. Your commentary on that awful interview was golden!

[@igooog]

As someone who works for a power company, typos in official alerts to customers is not uncommon. Hell, we've even got typos in our online dashboards.

[@thijmenvanderkolk9033]

the dutch translation for flood in dutch is 'overstroming' if it would be rainflood which doesnt exist it would be 'regenoverstroming' but ive never heard it

[@Einamu]

I've heard ''water overstroming'' but nothing to do with rain either.

[@Fatkidlovecake]

This guy made a career essentially talking about counter strike. Yes you have to live eat and breath everything CS even when not playing but, you do what you love and make money. This guys a G even though he’s bisexual and it’s against my moral He is a G

[@overtone55]

Rich is successfully pushing the agenda of Big Homo

[@ElementalDj]

"even though he's bisexual and it's against my moral" I can't lmaoooooo

[@SHR3DR]

This is pure comedy gold. xD

[@IrishPlante]

A British man explaining to me what a Period and a Comma is..... This is so on the nose.

[@s0meRand0m129]

it is just basic English be it American or British , no company out there will make this basic mistake 😅

[@spencerneville8995]

I don't know why this is making me laugh as much as it is but I'm here for it ! 😉

[@smokerg4l762]

rainflood truthers in shambles

[@drainfafnir4465]

Sounds like these guys never had to lie to get extensions for school or university assignments.

[@WreveAU]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that mnmzzz referred to the Elevate team members as nbgee's "confederates"? Masterful reporting

[@kirkoids]

I cant believe he cut his hair but forgot to spray paint the SSD. Wasted

[@bigjester3932]

As an American Ive heard of flash floods before but never the other

[@kailua7]

Um actually in America we call them floods of rain

[@pingpong4016]

Richard “Rain Flood” Lewis

[@airdoty9273]

I love rain floods, gonna start saying it

[@charleslobster3592]

NA player here to confirm. My Grandmother has died about 10 feet per newport box 100

[@0owmjapo0]

gonna start saying rain flood now haha

[@er3n_genes1s21]

indeed has been a never ending joke

[@Rayn-117]

team liquids roster looks like it could do something. it probably won’t, but I’m allowed to cope sometimes

[@nathank556]

Osodank gets so much tail that the players must specifically state it's an actual rain flood that's causing outages; not a deluge of the finest e-girls and CS-thots.

[@YourBombsite]

What would the end result be if you did everything that makes RL go crazy?

[@duleduki3733]

The fact that greenwood has insane PR and actively is hiding his allegations in marseille is alarming

[@justdodge4133]

One of the founding member of Perseverance took his own life yesterday (clearly unrelated right)

[@TheJa12346]

Richard the english teacher 😂

[@prawtism]

Reminds me of Jeselnik's sick note joke :D

[@HarrisonCoe]

Americans love an extra word when naming things, glasses > eye glasses for example.

[@darkfloy5558]

another day another RL banger

[@1cedcoffee]

I mean the entire region's identity in CS is defined by a single fluke major run, that already says more than enough

[@izimonics2]

sounds like someone is still upset over a bet

[@dud2k10]

@@izimonics2 doesn't make it untrue

[@izimonics2]

@@dud2k10 you saying that me saying that doesnt make it untrue doesnt make it untrue that he lost a his bet xd

[@dud2k10]

@@izimonics2 no shit sherlock

[@guildenstern7676]

there was also that record breaking grand slam run

[@iainwalker5150]

Ranting for 2 minutes about rain floods is gold

[@chalkbell]

The state of the top of NA has degraded significantly over time, mostly because the people at the top locally are genuinely awful people that perpetuate being a shitty to person to further yourself at all times. A very wonderful sociological feedback loop as well as there being no real good human to human interactions unless you are extremely lucky to meet some more talkative or discussion oriented. In general, good communication is at an all-time low and the only thing that can truly push NA back to anything even resembling it's former relevance will have to be by having groups of people push better quality interactions between one another and set some kind of example. Not sure if it will ever happen but it's not like it is entirely hopeless

[@K1m9857]

Na scene of any games are a joke Always the first to get access to a game or a head start Still falls behind once everyone gets their hands on it Na players are just privileged, in the worst way possible The ego is also atrocious for what they achieved

[@nickk4044]

And then we complain the game is too hard and that we should get more free stuff

[@K1m9857]

@@nickk4044 100% Na players are so lazy, minus like the exceptions.... Work for the benefits and perks Just because your from na, you get a pass.... doesn't work like that

[@YukiYuki171]

Seems a bit of an unfair generalization don't you think? Have you actually looked at other scene's in games? The FGC for example NA is very competitive, in almost every game at evo for example there's an NA player winning or being at least in the top 8 usually. I mean look at melee for example, those players have dedicated most likely (almost certainly so due to the age of the game) more hours to that children's party game to master frame perfect inputs than anyone in CS, C9 mang0 for example who just won a major tourney in the game recently, has been playing at a top level since evo world 2007, even right now based off of the recent summer rankings he's ranked 3 in the world..in general there's only 3 non NA players (if you don't canada, there's 2 canadians otherwise, ultimate and other fighting games are more diverse and sees more top players from japan and so on but my point stands.) in the top 50 for those rankings...These are people who play for fucking pennies too, with placements below top 3 probably barely being enough to cover their travel expenses let alone be a profit (Mang0 only made $4,000 off of that win, it's pure passion.). Ego? Sure, but who doesn't have an ego? Do you believe there's no EU players who have an ego or feel privileged in any way? Leffen for example has a bigger ego than any FGC or smash player probably, and the dudes swedish. I think the statement is disingenuous to say.

[@YukiYuki171]

Not sure I agree with one of the final statements though, isn't one of the reasons NA has been suffering and losing a lot of talent to valorant due to not having any tourneys back home? At least part of the reason, I imagine it doesn't help or make the offer to play CS as an up incoming player appealing when you see you'd have to fight for a spot on one of the 3 orgs that would sign you in the first place (assuming they don't just get an EU import anyways lmao), and then be traveling overseas the majority of the time. Just saying having tourneys in NA would probably build up that interest too, the ecosystem just seems harsh that even as someone who dislikes Valorant (could never get into it at all or its gimmicks) if I were an NA player looking to make a career or name for myself, I'd go there. Unfortunately though I don't think there's much that can be done by any single entity (I think tourneys back on NA soil will help and bring in interest but it doesn't fix all of the issues obviously, like sponsors/teams etc, even then if all of that magically came there's still valorants chokehold on the region though I feel if somehow that was remedied we'd see a lot more talent and a healthier scene.) unless like, valve steps in and does some shit that encourages growth in the scene at this point, and the 2019 squad of liquid will likely reunite before that ever happens.

[@Gibbysaurio]

Reminds me of that time Maui admitted on Voo's video about clutching to get paid by another player to win matches for him in ESEA main haha

[@chypres89]

Hilarious. Mind boggling how stupid some people are.

[@TheRobotZ]

#rainfloods

[@Scyborg832]

You know I liked CoJo, met him a couple times in faceit and watched some content. The lack of accountability and the probable scrubbing of his comment's section (i couldn't find a single comment about the situation from the time but I'd be happy to be wrong), is just so gross and pathetic.

[@Shinigami.GK3]

Richard covering Nbgee 😭 fuck man how low can it get for us in NA

[@jakey5694]

😂

[@floodo1]

I did stuff this stupid as a kid lol Onetime I skipped school and my excuse was that I had gone to a weddding … on a weekday lol

[@xtrzne]

this is one story about one team. not sure what the whole continent has to do with this unknown team.

[@NicholasEllis-rs3nx]

Ksharp FroD Sunman tr1p Warden Swag RUSH oBo Ethan jBa Lake hexT Jeorge freshie Fang Swisher. There’s 150+ 5man “Teams” that signed up for the NA Revival Cup and there’s plenty of youn Tier2/Tier3 talent to find one player replacing Grim or Floppy it’s not over!

[@keepcalm3547]

We need more wildcard, NA is wild as duck

[@nofluffagain]

You can get delta 8 in texas and its pseudo legal (heard this from a friend)

[@ThisisGettingClipped]

Wish u a great day Richie

[@j11889]

how do these room temp iq players rise to the top ahead of literally any players with heads on their shoulders

[@nomad182]

Any player with a head on their shoulders realizes that NA CS is super fucking dead and fucks off to something else, leaving us with the cesspool of timberman/Elevate for years and years and years

[@gm0neyx]

53:24 I am crying laughing.

[@azimaini]

ok richard we get it rain flood yeah its a typo

[@RLewisReports]

How is it a typo?

[@azimaini]

@@RLewisReports ok its bad english

[@RLewisReports]

So not a typo then?

[@azimaini]

@@RLewisReports YES RICHARD IM SORRY DONT BULLY ME ;`(

[@fredriktjust843]

power company using iMessage?

[@1bird_d]

literally made more money doing youtube for 4 months than i did in my whole 10 yr "career" trying to go pro in NA XD

[@enemy3508]

I'm all for the English lesson

[@justjustinmtg]

NA cs is rough but i think generalizing all of NA as match fixing is dumb especially when its bc of a few bad apples. I dont think theres any support for NA on a organization level. No one can climb if theres nowhere to go so we get situations like these were players who want to make a living off the game have to resort to scummy activity. The scene causes the drama and the drama causes more people to fall out of the scene. Its dumb af

[@shaunl5400]

First time watching a RL video?

[@aranyak1881]

I was watching semphis' interview with mauisnake on his channel, and he said the opposite towards the end. He mentioned how him and other coaches/orgs reach out to help players, but they half-ass work, ignore deadlines, do not communicate properly etc. because they know they will go relatively unscathed. It's unfortunate because as you said, a few drama queens/lazy players can drive their whole team to shit. My guess is because many of the NA players can afford to live while earning a small paycheck since they have more opportunity and family support, so there is less incentive to give it their all vs. some kid in albania who has to choose between grinding to tier 1 or just matchfixing, no inbetween

[@justjustinmtg]

That's interesting but it also shows that people are basically living off of family and persuading CS with no real intention to win. Brazilian players and a lot of EU players make it bc they want to win and sometimes have to make a living. Maybe it's just a case of bad scouting? Good points though

[@JorgeFuller]

Why would a utility company send an iMessage?

[@toxichazmat5785]

uhh no way duuuudeee they called the police when you stole computer parts ?? damn brooo....

[@jigsaw_3156]

absolute comedy

[@ThisisGettingClipped]

51:35 LMAOOOOOOOOOOO