The Smoke-Pushing Sh*t-Talker Who Saved a Dying Region: The Story of Stewie2K 2.0

He’s the most successful player North American Counter-Strike has ever seen. The chosen one, given the task of bringing glory to an entire region. But after making history, and earning NA their first Major title, he turned his sights to a new challenge. This is the story of how NA’s superstar developed as a versatile leader and made history once again. This is the story of Jacky "Stewie2K" Yip.
Written by: Niall McCrossan (@niallmccrossan)
Edited by: Brendan Fahey (@Drillbit_)
Narrated by: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@Seb_dot)
Produced by: Keith Capstick (@KeithCapstick) & Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Production assistance by: Kai Medalla (@dinonotdeenoh)
Thumbnail by: Brandon Mistele
Footage Credits:
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Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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[@TeamLiquidCS]

I see Stewie. I watch.

[@saisachinnekkanti7763]

You choke.

[@ibkuzz301]

You choke.

[@Lokitoh]

Literarlly

[@rizkybagus8360]

I would like to join liquid🙏

[@alexzhang1184]

Yes stew

[@friddlefries1140]

STEWIES WON THE ROUND WERE GOING TO OVERTIME

[@Simba-mr1je]

I can hear your comment

[@psych0CS2]

THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD PYRAMIDS. BUT THERE'S NO MORE CLAY

[@nathanjones3792]

They say you remember where you were when 9/11 happened and when Princess Diana died but what I wanna know is where were you when Stewie pulled off the clutch of the century on inferno

[@mynames7664]

@@nathanjones3792 what clutch

[@nathanjones3792]

@@mynames7664 you know bro

[@vilson911]

Somebody: Stewie is shit Stewie: Hold my smoke

[@ecke9635]

Nice

[@freescratch645]

he is awful though tbf

[@kennymccormick1660]

@@freescratch645 that's an exaggeration

[@kennymccormick1660]

@@freescratch645 yes hed not doing great atm but hes not awful

[@freescratch645]

@@kennymccormick1660 nah man, if you look at his 2.0 rating for the past couple of months he has been

[@saltier1976]

Why even bother buying smokes with Stewie on the enemy team

[@sirgeorgioalastrata4104]

Because it limits visibility

[@Paul__is__high]

@@sirgeorgioalastrata4104 no shit sherlock

[@djhh83]

@@sirgeorgioalastrata4104 you must be fun at parties

[@CallMeArashi]

To just start spraying threw it, you will catch him lmao

[@sirgeorgioalastrata4104]

@@djhh83 parties not allowed

[@St9rZ1]

Na wouldn't be the same without him

[@kims4149]

Nah . Get it ?

[@ksasidhar2980]

@@kims4149 yes actually

[@cerberus8462]

there is plenty of better players

[@wikzy.7966]

@@cerberus8462 so? His attitude and what he's done is what makes NA CS, NA CS

[@emanuelstude4912]

@@wikzy.7966 ye. I can't think of a more impactful na player than him for the na scene.

[@dv7551]

In an another 3 years: Story of Stewie2k 3.0

[@mintyfy6025]

How twistzz joined back to liquid and liquid ruled astralis for 3 years straight 😳😳😳

[@drewherman2048]

Story if stewie3k

[@alxanderthegreat7518]

@@mintyfy6025 hope nitr0 get back to TL

[@buttman12954]

hes currently dominating the valorant scene so would be hard ngl

[@matthiasfoo1217]

haha id love that

[@JohnnyWooh]

Imagine not giving up after C9 fell apart, after MiBR didn't work out, after losing finals to Astralis again and again, after losing teammates you've accomplished so much with, after moving to a foreign country just to play online tournaments. And then remind yourself how young Stew still is. What a legend.

[@Morrissey2k]

Say all you want about Stewies performance lately, but you cant deny hes been one of the most influential NA players(if not globally) in the history of this game.

[@wikzy.7966]

Hes played quite well lately, with liquids impressive performances in katowice

[@philipfalk1666]

Stewie2k is the most infuential player globally? Wtf are you talking about lmao

[@psych0CS2]

The Liquid vs Navi match on infero was a match where he popped off. Jad so many crucial rounds that liquid won because of him

[@Jacob-nw6vp]

@@philipfalk1666 NA player

[@jimmybelgium]

@@philipfalk1666 key words “one of the most”, say what you want but good supports are hard to come by. I’d put stewie next to xyp9x and krimz and rush as the best supports ever

[@choki7575]

But look at the time! Still gives me chills

[@joshuac.402]

absolutely

[@aplsed]

If Stewie2k's so good, where's the 4K remaster?

[@psych0CS2]

Beautiful comment.

[@BobaJae.05]

He did it against navi

[@Senzawa69]

Storme4k

[@joey544]

@@BobaJae.05 demo, I need a definite version! 🤗

[@u3mmar958]

-_-

[@rayenxd6123]

Astralis feels like the villain in a game

[@ailenna760]

IKR HAHAHAHA

[@2xben]

lmaoo

[@davidsekhleyan693]

It feels like some Lovecraftian monster, who is very powerful and you can't do anything with that.

[@AnnmusPnda]

I think it’s just cuz they’ve been at the top for so long. We all want an underdog.

[@adhirajdeshmukh6813]

I love these serious documentary type videos, the reason I subbed to this channel.

[@westsideasians6387]

Me too man, me too

[@Disisisisisi]

Sameee

[@VEXICAN_]

these are great

[@parthbansal2775]

If we could get another take on Olofboost, then that would complete my Score esports bedtime stories

[@nishiparashar2013]

😂

[@rabbitnassah4832]

Or simple double no scope

[@KarkySphere]

i could go for another jumping coldzera

[@djsickbeatz4005]

this format is how all the "The story of" videos should be.

[@loool792]

Aaa nope.

[@loool792]

Dimitri >>>>>>

[@gamerzss]

Pls elaborate

[@deklanevora8298]

First stewie story of had a badass intro

[@ten_cents]

nah, they all slap

[@ishowchopstick8270]

Zywoo: 12 kills Stewie2k: 14 kills Twitch Chat: sTuPiD2K

[@jimmybelgium]

ZyWho?

[@MrAnt889]

Twitch chat is so dumb just don't listen to it. People in twitch chat are the type of people that say s0mple when s1mple misses a shot.

[@stinglash9]

most of the people who watch csgo tournaments on twitch are betters. so obv they would comment that

[@s0m3_1]

Bot2k

[@matthiasfoo1217]

ignore them...the ones that use "stupid" are 90% salty Chinese players who watch stewie just to shit on him

[@sunburnbegone4024]

When riot watches stewie pushing smokes so they decide to make pushing smokes a viable strategy in their fps game

[@branclown6113]

Dude I’ve legit found it more viable just to stay in a fucking smoke. I get fucking 3k’s and 4k’s easy as hell and then enemy team starts throwing because they’re tilted. It’s fucking stupid but literally gets you free kills on the dumbass top fraggers.

[@_Caddac]

I feel like Stewie being able to take the weight of IGL off his shoulders and hand it over to FalleN will help him get back into his old ways. I really enjoy Liquid's team comp.

[@Charles-ev8sb]

mfw im trying to build a pyramid but theres no more clay

[@seishin4357]

LMAO

[@joshuac.402]

lmaoi

[@bendzzgaming9747]

He's my favorite pro player 2 years ago he's the one who inspired me to play csgo and im global rank. Thank you stewie for being my inspiration

[@pourpl5291]

Now get faceit level 10

[@whyudoit4009]

@@pourpl5291 solo q’ing

[@TDMthediamondminer1]

@@whyudoit4009 whilst using inverted mouse setting

[@brocksinclair66]

@@TDMthediamondminer1 and left handed set up

[@theonekns]

Y'all evil

[@Welux]

What's up?! Lovely Video. I really liked it. I can't wait for you to upload more!

[@SporadicallyOrdinary]

Lets go !!!! Was waiting for this to come out eventually

[@DeletedTaters001]

It was nice to see that stewie has still "got it" when it comes to fragging. People were doubting him during the past ~year on Liquid then once relieved on the IGL role he started fragging again. Awesome to see

[@simonelleholt8664]

I miss the times when they can hear the audience. the audience cheers on the team they care about :(

[@nathanmanding2494]

Jake "The Smoke Criminal" Yip

[@user-ln3bj9kn1p]

Stewie2k is still the Smoke Criminal to everyone trust me!! No one can blame Stewie, he always tries to improve and to win no matter what

[@hitokiriibattousaii]

I remember when Stewie was some guy Shroud always queued with and I wondered who he was, time flies.

[@isaacchoy6826]

Watched the old video and this comes out a few days later. Perfect

[@psychtank8681]

The compilation is a chef's kiss.

[@joca8129]

MIBR's biggest mistake, that even us MIBR fans know, was not giving more time to the stew and tarik roster if they played for at least 1 year, the results would come they 16-2'd Astralis, they knew how to beat them but the decision to kick stew and tarik were bad in hindsight

[@calwintan3040]

I felt like Tarik wasn't really comfortable as well. He came from being an IGL and transitioned into more of an extremity player

[@rmrafa183]

The first story of Stewie2k was inspiring this one is like the continuation of what happened after C9, the aftermath

[@TRuFIRE456]

LETS GOO I WAS PRAYING FOR A PART 2

[@kief7696]

14:55 Stewie left him hanging on the brofist

[@apexxvsounds1812]

I was just thinking that this was needing a reboot like last week, the score good job on this one lol. Good fuckin timing boys and girls.

[@nomercy2306]

Stewie's performance is like a sine graph. Once it becomes a y = x graph, oh boy he's going to be one of the gods of cs

[@dorofeyerikovichkozlovsky5973]

Man i always watch this story’s after sweaty games so i can still sleep lmao just watch like 5 episodes of this series and im calm again great vids!

[@potter4888]

Ive been waiting for this

[@shcaboose]

0:30 within his first year of competitive play, Stewie took cloud 9 to the top of the world? He had been in cloud 9 for like two years at that point and c9 wasn’t his first pro team 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@vincerosal751]

I mean cloud9 is his first pro team but yeah it's not the first year.

[@rayt6067]

@@vincerosal751 he played on random t3-4 teams before

[@morrisonsman1493]

@@rayt6067 those teams weren’t pro teams, he had no salary so it was semi-pro level

[@srensen3081]

mfw skadaddy doesnt get credit for legit popping off that major like a psycho

[@jpsaglimbeni]

Literally was wondering when was part 2.0 coming

[@technation7853]

Literal goosebumps. I have always had massive respect for Stewie2K. I hope for him to have a continued successful career.

[@xSkadush]

What an amazing video. Just wow.

[@4bigguys660]

these 41dislikes are faze clan members and their alt accounts.

[@matthiasfoo1217]

not just faze clans...but im not gonna bother explaining

[@branclown6113]

eh, it’s possibly a misclick. Sometimes i come back to videos i enjoy and see the dislike button clicked, and i go “wtf is this shitty button turned on?”

[@Nevrinnnn]

Maybe hes not perform really good lately, but im gonna say hes one of the most never give up NA players. Respect to you smoke criminal

[@TmoneyProductions]

This is a quality documentary thanks

[@Nokdu.]

Another Stewie vid, I'll definitely watch.

[@bartterp88]

Don´t wanna brag but I was following him since Splyce days. His fast and crisp aim is what got me interested into his matches. When he joined Cloud9 a lot of people were laughing on forums back then. `Why they bringing this young nobody to C9`, `This will flop lol` etc. I laughed and knew times were going to be interesting. For him and for C9. But I never could have known he would get this big and would do so well over all these years. And hopefully we haven´t seen the best of him yet.

[@teo4232]

imagine if stewie and brax at his peak played together on c9 that shit would be sick

[@xejru7636]

man this is just what I needed and I haven’t even watched it

[@shinsekaigakuen7712]

Seeing him stand on the table makes me hyped he was so fired up

[@brandonisburied]

sad that how na cs is dying they will have hard time finding competition finding new talent will also be rare since everyone is into valorant now

[@soakss]

nah valorant is trash

[@brandonisburied]

@@soakss ik, but not a globally accepted opinion. i think most of new comers will go to valorant for diverse mechanics. we will see a lot less young talent in cs

[@soakss]

@@brandonisburied tru

[@hmm7458]

@@soakss cs go edgy kid detected

[@user-fd4il6pi9i]

@@hmm7458 he can shit on you so

[@m1cycle71]

"Intel grand slam, something no one may do ever again" yeah navi 2021 man

[@sadgemeister3321]

he meant how fast they'll win one.

[@m1cycle71]

@@sadgemeister3321 woooosh. it was a joke lmao

[@northkoreanrefugee]

@@m1cycle71 okay schrodinger’s asshole nice “joke”

[@conrie0110]

Eyyyy good thumbnails and video again. nice

[@satriosaz8018]

been a fan of him since 2016, knew he was gonna be big

[@2kbambusleitung606]

NAs most successful ever although he was called a pugger at the beginning

[@jafar1615]

I'm happy he isn't igling like he used to. Hopefully we gonna see some clips of him pushing through those smokes lol

[@sliccmang8176]

Stewies 3k on inferno on the Boston major will never fail to give me goosebumps. what a god tier play

[@vipulchari3578]

This production quality can't match to the old ones , those some of the best video which could make anyone cry

[@gordonramsdale]

Well it is a 2.0 not original

[@kierantaylor7011]

stewie signed my profile... he’s the most humble pro IMO

[@matthiasfoo1217]

damn freal?! i tried and failed :(

[@kierantaylor7011]

@@matthiasfoo1217 tbf i did donate but he still took the time to read the donation and sign it

[@matthiasfoo1217]

@@kierantaylor7011 ah.....

[@artykillen9251]

nah Forsaken signed my usb, he the realest.

[@kierantaylor7011]

@@artykillen9251 the best 😍😍😍

[@AlderaansRanger]

Stewie2k is one of the few pros who I’ve been told is legit and doesn’t use cheats or hardware hacks. So he’s a legend in my eyes.

[@rijumonnandy6707]

Love Stewie. Y'all did a great job on the NAF story as well. You should also do a story on EliGE next otherwise it would be a great disservice to him.

[@TallTapper]

neat they are updating the stories

[@justiey]

finally some appreciation for stew, most underrated player

[@vagueequinox7543]

He is not even close to the most underrated player. Recently he has become VERY popular.

[@justiey]

@@vagueequinox7543 I mainly said that Bc I see a lot of hate towards stew

[@vagueequinox7543]

@@justiey Ohhh, well there is alot if hate yea, but I think support fpr him is just more abundant

[@justiey]

@@vagueequinox7543 yah thats true as well. i just dont like to see the hate he does get, most of the hate he gets now is bc of his bad performances lately before fallen came. at that time stew was an entry fragger and an igl at the same time. people dont understand that that alone can hinder someones ability. sorry for the big paragraph xD

[@vagueequinox7543]

@@justiey nah dw about it. Don't apologize for being passionate about a subject

[@kei579]

What's up with the background music giving me chills and goosebumps.

[@andrewchedid3536]

How many videos does stew deserve? TheScore: Yes

[@spelletjesavond]

4:32 roughly he said sk instead of mibr, big sad

[@samthatdude4814]

3 Stewie videos and there will be more. This guy is a literal legend

[@soemoe3461]

How coincidence! I watched another stewie video of your guys yesterday even tho i'm not csgo fan. I just love your huys videos

[@darrenorlando3015]

Been waiting since the day I started playing cs for this

[@Tze52]

Somebody: Stewie is shit Stewie: Throw a smoke, I DARE you

[@irregularplayer174]

The tittle should have been "the smoke criminal sh*t talker who saved a dying region" lol 🤣

[@ilicktrains8304]

The format for this video is really good, but I prefer the intros when you play clips of the player with music and casters talking and instead of talking about said player directly, It feels more dramatic and intense, almost like a movie trailer. A really good example of what I'm saying would be the "The story of Electronic" video, the intro is probably one of the best intro for any story video.

[@EvReal25]

His story is about to be extended due to IEM Dallas 2024. That was something else.

[@superlicorice3658]

can we get the story of bjergsen 2.0 after his retirement?

[@bobbigbrain3654]

he didn't do anything noteworthy tho

[@nobodyknows9216]

This is legit the 3rd vid on Stewie from theScore esports

[@matthiasfoo1217]

he deserves it

[@JoyIsNiceDK]

They have a hard on for na

[@mr.showier6901]

Finally, now we are taking about 👌

[@ianrocklein1673]

You should do one about asuna, he’s been playing insane lately

[@Mezha07]

but damn astralis is one hell of a powerhouse to cement yourself as one of the CS:GO greats you have to beat Astralis at least once in your track record to say you're the best

[@notnothaze]

isn't his name Jake Yip not Jacky Yip lol

[@jaxnfps]

Its jacky, he goes by jake

[@natoh72]

Finally something good to watch.

[@sirmatic2776]

I swear a Stewie2k vid is made once per year. Also keep em coming

[@theprogamer5910]

Pretty fast

[@ishmerru]

10:39, CRISP clean lock bois gg banned 1000000% kek

[@conrie0110]

That’s the stuff i subscribed for

[@troll6508]

dam these vids fire

[@askredditquestions967]

I remember when Stewie was first signed to C9 and every was shitting on him. Some random kid who ran through smokes in pugs they said. I'm so proud of him :')

[@azdty4574]

Now, plz create the story of autimatic so that the old skool c9 has a full storyline

[@sloth1052]

Auti left csgo for val

[@JoyIsNiceDK]

Old school? Nah dude, old school is skadaddy, nothing, shorud and those guys

[@matthiasfoo1217]

the reason i really started playing CS and watching pro play I see stew, I watch

[@QuadsAPaloma]

That MIBR team was my favorite on paper :( Tarik and Stew with the Brazilian legends

[@hammad3095]

1 view 8 comments and 33 likes damn youtube my man you drunk again!

[@frogoree]

Stewie has done some of the most work to uplift and carry NA CS over the years... but fl0m is the real one carrying NA CS at present. He deserves the most credit for that.

[@ghost_ib9928]

How come,not being rude I'm just genuinely curious

[@jimmybelgium]

@@ghost_ib9928 it’s sarcastic

[@frogoree]

@@ghost_ib9928 it’s not sarcasm. Fl0m created mythic community, runs mythic league, the mythic cup (basically a community TO since there is no NA circuit like in LoL), and uses the Mythic team as a stepping stone for FPL / FPL-C players to enter the professional scene by playing real team cs. Also, he is the biggest NA CS streamer, and regularly encourages NA pros to engage with the community via his stream.

[@enderz5614]

amazing birthday present for myself. Thank you

[@edosakasambodo6413]

stew and naf can fill any role that needed to be filled, and the fact that stew loves chaos makes him play better in pressure and i think someway someday he might be the no1 player in the game, "might"

[@uwotmetemette6333]

thescore: let’s just make the same video again

[@unknownChungus]

"Who saved a dying region " It is dying anyway!

[@Aoi0525]

now hes back GSTEW

[@saunterrrr]

Good vid. Love cs

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

"saved a dying region" me: *looks at the current state of pro na cs* Hmmmm

[@freddiechild5030]

ik his rating is AWFUL all the comments is bias liquid fans but stewie is completely washed and by far the worst player on that roster NO CAP

[@freddiechild5030]

^^ I think hes had a 0.9 rating for way over a year

[@legacyxd5737]

...don't look at Player stat, look a t their impact

[@freddiechild5030]

@@legacyxd5737 he’s washed I’m sorry he just is he’s meant to be their entry fragger but he consistently goes negative whereas twisttzz has a bad couple months and gets dropped when stewie has been playing dogshit for ageeees

[@legacyxd5737]

@@freddiechild5030 bro, there a reason he is the highest earning player in Na. The first na team to win major and grand slam :> im not a liquid fan but he been playing a lot of "fill in the gap" role for multiple team and his adaptation to it is underated and selfless. He never been the star player

[@xcalypso4077]

stewie is good, but his not that type of player who can single handedly carry a team

[@larry2281]

Good video, only correction I would make is that when you said within his first year of competitive play, he brought c9 to the top. He joined c9 in 2016 and they won the major in 2018 :P. Nonetheless, good video.

[@YuuALB]

A Legend

[@Uncircuited]

15:22 "He's never toxic" *Bad FalleN would like to know your location*