The Top 10 Zero IQ Moments in Esports History

From time to time everybody has those… moments.
Those moments when all the hard stuff is done -- you clutched the round, made it overtime, or just about completed the comeback -- and all you have to do is take that one little minuscule step across the finish line and then your brain just… shuts off.
It happens to the best of us, even the pros.
So today, we wanted to have some fun and rank those cerebral mishaps that, while horrifying for the players involved, are pretty funny for all of us. Here are The Top 10 Times Players’ Brains Turned Off.
Written by: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@Sebdot)
Edited by: Brendan Fahey (@Drillbit_)
Hosted by: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)
Footage courtesy of: pastebin.com/qN03KL8i
Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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[@JonEffinZoidberg]

Finally... An esports top 10 list I could find a home in.

[@anon556]

Right ? Finally some representation!!

[@maybevn7693]

:( I still cant because my IQ is negative.

[@NOAH-ud1he]

Tf when you realize there might not be that big of a difference between you and the pros

[@IlIlIlIlllI_]

I gave all yall +200 iq

[@javi4496]

Same :/

[@RealRaido]

I don't understand a single thing that's going on when i see Overwatch Esports.

[@subezdo]

you just have to learn the game, but then again when i see league or dota i think the exact same thing

[@alexanderserrano9596]

@@subezdo i play overwatch and i still dont know lmfao. The camera angles in owl are just bad. I play league and fights do get cluster fcky but still noticible to see hp bars and control of fights.

[@sebastianaars8615]

@@alexanderserrano9596 i agree the game just has to complited efects and particles when 10 abilities are going of at the same time

[@modest1989]

Same league and all that shit they'll be all hype commentating what's happening and all I see are a bunch of little sprites going to town on each other in a circle

[@distaffa]

there’s different overlays they use for OWL when spectating the games , so they can look a little cluttered with overhead view , but when they switch to player view it’s a lot clearer

[@johnchen5378]

The mang0 one is more of an input error instead of a zero IQ moment tho. He was just trying to do a retreating laser and missed the stage.

[@Ramsey276one]

Even in Fantasy Strike SWITCH I have somehow done something completely not what meant... Usually doesn't help win the round XD

[@MrSlowpez10]

Yeah exactly. Every falco main can relate to this

[@devoncampbell3607]

Lucky has made a lot of 0 iq plays.

[@diegoherranz9012]

It happens, and I mean a loooooot when you learning falco

[@coolguy69verycool]

@@devoncampbell3607 the side b on the star ko comes to mind

[@CutTwice]

"WHAT ARE YOU STANDING UP FOR?" that sentence will always be one of the funniest. because he screamed it so loud the mic quality became bad.

[@snowyskunkyfox]

the way the commentator says it makes it even better too

[@magicman1542]

the “WASHIGE NOOOO” always kills me

[@ravendc5871]

WHY!!!!!!

[@bantxc5616]

I clutched a 1v5 in valorant in a retake it was insane I stood up and danced around my room little did I know I forgot to defuse the spike

[@Nathan-xm7rw]

I won a game of Siege like that, this guy clutched up against us, did a quick teabag on my body, and didn't have enough time to defuse lmao. We won 5-4 and all my friends were laughing their asses off at him

[@Chase11211]

Haha. Did the same in siege, couldn’t find the bomb, entire team watched me fail haha. Got 4 messages real quick. So bad

[@silenced8630]

How do you forget about the bomb thats ticking in the background😂😂

[@bantxc5616]

Silenced I threw my headset so I didn’t hear

[@7cknggood126]

Oof

[@nicholassteven34]

5:46 Team Alliance didn't forget to lock in their pick. They just missed the window of time for banning. Since the ban and pick button is at the same place they picked gyro instead of banning it.

[@Darkassasin20]

thank you i was very confused

[@Ramsey276one]

That is SO ANNOYING I play Switch on touch screen every time I can. Yu-Gi-Oh is a MINEFIELD with JoyCon Drift!!! D-X

[@Emelyooo]

It was a very wholesome moment though. Instead of getting upset and feeling depressed about jt, they tried to motivate each other and not let the mistake bring them down.

[@Dragonpike]

Thank you, I didn't understand it at all

[@khori_8662]

thankssss I literally came to the comments cause I was so confused

[@cortonimor]

So here's something about the Rocket League clip that maybe not everyone knows. At 11:15 When Torsos rotates back in net he calls "no boost" indicating that he plans to grab the small boost pads around net to fuel up, if possible. But when his teammate Kamii gets dunked he realizes he has no time and has to save the ball. Torsos didn't really have 0 boost though, but 12, enough to save the ball. Since he is so low on boost he can't just monkey straight to the ball or he will run out, so he has to try to play it slow to the corner. This slow play, combined with his 0 boost call from earlier, mindgames his teammate Siki into thinking he has to go himself and he own goals. So with all this information now before you I think you will agree that this is not quite a 0 IQ play. It's, like, 40 at least.

[@EpicTheSuperior]

The communication is 0 IQ, but agreed that the play by Siki is probably a 50 IQ, he knew what he was doing based on Torsos 0 IQ communication, and it could’ve gone either way.

[@nebulimes2143]

8:00 I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget moth’s face there, it looks like he just saw someone kick a puppy

[@subezdo]

you can see the pain that we've all felt in a c9

[@JackWabbitTV]

imo the Shang9 is the worst I've ever seen, but SF's C9 there is probably the highest stakes one I've seen, they lost a really important game off that one play

[@christophersmith8328]

PAIN

[@nebulimes2143]

Jackrabbit yeah but that almost makes their loser’s bracket run to the top even cooler

[@darkredsrevenge6154]

Top 10 saddest anime deaths

[@yeti4269]

8:00 Moth is known for having a straight faced response to most things, so it's always funny coming back to this clip and seeing the look of terror on his face

[@commanderaki1152]

“What are you standing up for?”

[@TheSurefireGamer]

"WHY!? WHY!?!?"

[@DrEcho]

He was standing up for his right to pop off whenever he wants and by extension, all of ours. He's the hero we neither deserved nor needed nor wanted.

[@VenneceXylopheria]

"BUSHIDO THOUGHT IT WAS OVER !?"

[@madrocts]

@@VenneceXylopheria *Woshige

[@vision7208]

the other guy was like , " ya fuck you BMer"

[@intmonkey2624]

Me seeing a zero iq count down, my brain "OH NO SUMMIT"

[@highcausejordan3962]

"It's funny how I can be considered the greatest of all time, but also equally at the same time, be the biggest buster of all time" -Mang0

[@imdieding9900]

Mang0 is me in every game.. all rng

[@danijobi]

You really didn't include G2 killing the whole Astralis team but then forgetting to defuse the bomb and thus losing the final round? Collective brain blank if there ever was one...

[@satoru556]

Cus that's too overused

[@slonkydonky1403]

Greedy kenny wanted an awp

[@patrickpena7178]

They didn't forgot to defuse for sure, they just surrendered the match to Astralis.

[@jollexd6896]

It wasn't in a vital moment though, score was like 15-5 or something

[@hpintrepid]

@@jollexd6896 Lole ex dee

[@unbr0ken878]

Haven't watched yet, but Zven dying last game in playoffs?

[@unbr0ken878]

Yep lol

[@itsikol1936]

I thought the same

[@vecislt]

I watched it live :D it was funny af. I believed TSM can win, but he literally ducked up big time :D

[@TheBigGoon]

tbh i feel like svenskeren running it down under tower at worlds is worst but that was an it as well

[@KamratHalem]

Im missing the G2 not defusing the Bomb with 5 people alive vs Astralis, that should be in the top 10

[@bodster8227]

That was purposeful, we didn't wanna live through any more destruction from Astralis

[@jaxnfps]

Seriously i was gonna say that. That's definitely more braindead then Summit's "1g"

[@nfsunderground1000]

@@Olsenator and it was more of a bug, 3klik had done a video on it.

[@vivekrajbhar4571]

only 4 players were alive on g2. KennyS was dead

[@vincentbernhard9285]

The dude that lost because of his pop-off took it well, takes one hell of a person to laugh at oneself at this type of moment haha

[@rongzhou5155]

Are you guys gonna do a video on Nitr0 stepping down and the future of Team Liquid in CSGO?

[@rongzhou5155]

jay yes

[@DeletedTaters001]

Why? Too much speculation. Only time will tell. I prefer when ACTUAL content is covered instead of speculation.

[@dragonshima_5162]

Thanks for covering Rocket League! That moment was just... i was there at the stadium. The crowd couldnt believe what happend. RL players are mental and mechanical beasts through body and brain. Something like this happening after a 9 minute overtime... it is just crushing. Not just for the player, for everyone watching. It is like a lighting striking your head, while laying on the beach in sunny weather, twice.

[@Himekocchi]

Ogawazato popping off but just having a sneak to confirm he actually won unlike Woshige at 3:27 is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[@Tyleena]

"What are you standing up for?" Will be forever burned into my mind, it was the perfect thing to say and the way he said it.

[@progue6446]

The Rocket League inclusion makes me really happy, most underrated esport out there

[@yujaehyun1925]

it looks like a really fun game!

[@jaygsxr5981]

@@yujaehyun1925 it is And it’s free now

[@yujaehyun1925]

@@jaygsxr5981 awesome!! thanks

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Shame the community is so toxic. Never have I seen so many toxic shitheads in an online game. I missed a goal in duo once and my teammate proceeded to play for the other team lmao. Sad thing is this happened multiple times to me

[@progue6446]

I'm with you man, epic/psyonix need to put systems in place to prevent this behaviour, because it cannot stand

[@alexrigano8339]

It was awesome to see an rl clip get so high on the list. Cool to see that it’s esports scene actually is comparable to bigger games like cs and lol

[@zeph4gamingegy359]

when that one clip that almost made it to the top is about throws

[@zheng0000]

2:58 they introduced him from that point as "a real stand up guy"

[@GoN54L0]

And just like that Colin gets a +1 respect for those VHS. I still have the first few episodes of Digimon that my parents give on christmas when i was 7, those was the days lol

[@AaronJBlack]

I needed this video from y’all for so long and I didn’t even know til right now

[@cjcomia4168]

Every dota2 match rn, when you're winning then someone on the team will get cocky and do a high ground dive with no vision and as a support you will try to save them, next thing you know its a team wipe and GG for us

[@JanDarkyy]

Thats a very common mistake in every mobas ranked (dota lol hots etc etc), but it is just something that should not happen in professional play

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Yeah lol or when you are winning and they are outta buybacks your carry proceeds to jungle instead of pushing towerss 🤦‍♀️

[@Vorusen]

The early pop off and then immediately getting smashed is amazing.

[@cheataah961]

Friend: "Has Rocket League made it into a score Esports vid? Me: "Yeah." Friend: "really? Whats its highest rank and what is the vid called?" Me: 😑 But truly thanks for covering more RL content!

[@JunkerWhoop]

Cheeto

[@BackToTheBasicsGD]

say the line PVC!

[@pandajmj]

I love how even if i have no idea how a game works you guys explain it so well that i can understand why something is zero iq and really funny, thank you all!!

[@thedoctah1428]

“WHAT ARE YOU STANDING UP FOR!?!?!?!” That moment always stays stuck with me when I see lists like this, never celebrate too soon.

[@ITFNBiteBayKon]

Have to say, I'm surprised the C9 by G2 against Astralis on Nuke at the Major last year wasn't on the list, that was a Banger!

[@_doxinho]

3:30 needs the classic commentary "he thinks it's all over! It is now."

[@n5vy]

That summit clip will haunt him forever

[@michaelkiker6912]

I don’t play csgo how did he die

[@ButlerPointer]

Takes on the tag "Reckless". Peoples reaction when he plays recklessly: "OMG, I can't believe you've done this!"

[@pseudo.5106]

hahaha watched the rocket league one live and was dying

[@solidale21]

If I scored an own goal in RL I flip my lid. If I did it on stage in that fashion you'd hear my meltdown over the crowd most definitely 😂

[@Shoger]

8:00 love the reaction from this dude, literally crying inside

[@sl1003]

Brain: This move is a bad idea. Should not do it under any circumstances. Fingers: Cool story bro.

[@vedicardi]

im ready to watch 10 clips ive seen 58 times each already again im that starved for content

[@ayaanparkar5377]

Lmao

[@MoeGewily]

Ahhhh..The Iron 4 Rekkles Flash! I was there live when it happened! I nearly died laughing lmao.

[@Veritazk]

10:25 I guess you could say that was “reckless”

[@northernpolaris9895]

2:55 No sportsmanspirit.... He should've told him to sit and continue.... He got no honor

[@elfantic]

True

[@LilHaseProductions]

3:08 You thought the main character of the anime was the guy on the left, but really it was my dude on the right

[@diederikeding6544]

Oh man, that moth face was so good

[@gewallaga9845]

13:54 That Ninja Scroll is legit! HAHAHAHAHAHA JUBEI KIBAGAMI!

[@liondl1081]

9:53 "..in what should have BEAN.." lmao

[@brianramirez8173]

R.I.P. Forever and always to Reckful. But his missed lethal at Blizcon should be on this list.

[@damian007567]

Should've put the wild turtel flash clip into that one, not an important match but just to funny. (+ the post game interview)

[@Nibblez]

Was expecting to see Cloud9’s League of Legend’s team losing at worlds after not banning kassadin who had nearly 100% ban rate at the time

[@cycv5881]

The closest I’ve ever been to a pro.

[@mwpuneetg]

Video about understanding silly mistakes n everything : Me : Zooming in at random times like 6:40 "Which mouse do these bloody fu**ers play with"!!!

[@diegoherranz9012]

Tch tch tch , don't call mango braindead he is a genius but plays with his heart

[@M1seryK1lls]

Ok so I never knew abt the summit story so I’m very glad that you decided not to explain anything.

[@Elra94]

The Moment you see a new sorta Fail Video from theScore esports and you know what is on Number 1

[@macdub6123]

This button-down shirt and moustache combo. Bold play.

[@ImBsal]

finally an eSports video that i can relate to

[@Mooselaneous]

My biggest 0 IQ moment: Played dubs in a smash tournament in January, my partner and I were knocked off stage almost simultaneously (I was King K Rool and he Joker) and for some reason... I did a back air and spiked him. He turned and stared at me like "bruh". I don't know why I did it, and I'm still haunted by that moment when I think of that tournament

[@user-hl9ks3nq5g]

Not only was that own goal brutal for doing it at world's, but it was also the longest overtime in RLCS hitstory and it's gonna go down as an own goal...feelsbadman

[@lordtejas9659]

*He's Just canadian he let enemy win, Didn't wanted to hurt their feelings!*

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

Nah he just has a massive ego

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

10:07 when the trees start speaking

[@zicomitchell]

I find it amusing how the only clips we see of Koosta are when he fucks up big time

[@hosannacrocket7355]

I was honestly surprised to see Rekkles in this vid. He’s so clean and calculated usually

[@Mongoliantiger]

I think most 10IQ thing in Esports was Vancouver Titans releasing their allstar team whit 2 MVP candinates and rookie of the year that placed them second just to sign in some tier 2 players that wasnt best possible options

[@ViniciusLevy92]

Shoutout for the anime VCR haha. good times

[@JAMllostthegame]

I do own a few VHS tapes of the first Pokémon movie and one with a few episodes, but I didn't get into anime until after computers and access to the internet became standard for most homes.

[@slyider1]

I was watching that RL moment live and it hurt my heart so bad

[@Jmvars]

Just yesterday I tried to jump down from upper on train B-site to the site. I had already clutched and won the round. I jumped at the ladder but the character did not stick. I did not miss the ladder, I did not accidentally touch the ground (I landed dead center on the ladder), my character just refused to stick to it. I had 4 hp, I died. My teammates laughed.

[@erratic1983]

Seeing rekkles flash in still is a heartbreaker

[@loodaangel]

Remember when the original C9 happened. Miss those earl OW days

[@bobkreme2175]

Navi vs liquid when simple tried to knife nitro and failed, then they even lost the match.. That was a real no brainer too

[@VentusOfficiall]

The rocket league clip was so painful to watch live. 9 minute overtime is already a lot of pressure on top of the fact that is was an elimnation game for worlds. I hope that guy comes back stronger then ever.

[@KreyzAim]

Late FYI: “What are you standing up for??” was a callback to an USF4 match between Ricky Ortiz vs WolfKrone 3 years before that moment.

[@rickycurley159]

Arguably, Sikii (Rocket League clip) actually did the same thing two seasons earlier, he scored on his own net to lose in OT

[@iamthealireza]

I was watching the number 2 online, not a fan of renegades, but it hurt every single bone in my body to witness that own goal.

[@jaddahrouge3777]

No clip of g2 forgetting to defuse the bomb vs astralis?

[@crescentryoshi3717]

WOSHIGE NOOOOOOO, that was such a hard breaker to see live right after his comeback on that round

[@draconidmike]

The Alliance case is in face they wanted to ban the hero, but they clicked it too slow that the ban phase timed out, and they were the team to pick after it, so they accidentally picked the hero

[@slpy_iwnl]

12:41 I love how you can see the red on his face

[@NJohnGA10]

Now I need to learn how to turn on my brain during a match

[@tymunster]

Coming into this... The C9 HAS to be here.

[@babaluweng5431]

theScore esports logo flashing in summit's clip after dying, that's so meta

[@chewy5k509]

it really cracks me up when they show canadians choke 😂

[@Fantomex]

G2 forgetting to defuse against Astralis' match point should've been on here

[@zzzlucid_dreams7560]

Mango one is overblown it was a crew battle for fun it was honestly funny and probably the best moment of the crew battle because of how funny it was and if I remember he had already taken 7 stocks. Many better smash brain dead moves hungryboxs rollout, many people running of the stage or not recovering when they didn't know it was a star ko, people taunting and not edgehogging because they thought they would die. Miss spacing a laser isnt really brain dead lol

[@spencerweiss6337]

Missing the Shahzam “exiting B” team kill on Semphis lol

[@user-vz8ic3cb7x]

Poor Siki lol. Shoulve put Ronakey's not going for a kickoff as well. Fun list

[@moistydoooood]

i wont ever forget flusha defusing the bomb against faze, then adren coming up and flusha had literally 0.5 seconds left to defuse, but for some ODD reason.... he let go of the defuse and lost the round and what could have been C9's win......... god i was so disappointed

[@JL-ef7bh]

To be fair at Number 4, Canadian managed to win the 2020 Six Invitational with his new team Space Station Gaming. The best redemption story for R6 Siege in history so far.

[@Scawtsauce]

It would be nice if you guys could elaborate on why some of these were misplays not everyone plays every game to understand how smooth brain some of the plays are

[@someonefamous951]

That chest hair is really coming along there, keep it up!

[@ellisjeong604]

Uber’s scream at 7:56 always gets me

[@ovenoven7154]

As much as EG threw the match against Empire, Canadian said he would peek white stairs again. lol

[@sephstudio737]

These are all me in every game from time to time

[@Woimandi]

Yooo i was wandering wheres the 1g but there you go top of the list.

[@HyunXP]

"Let's ban Gyro." *Pick Gyros instead.* "Oh no, oh no!"

[@alfredxzc1631]

kYxY aegis denied.. ticket to TI finals got denied. never forget 😂😂😂

[@aviore7528]

Doublelift's Lucian vs Crown's Viktor honestly deserves a spot.

[@r1konTheAutomator]

I don't play a few of these games so I don't fully understand what happened, but I don't need to. That face at 8:00 says literally everything. Shock, then stifling tears. I fully get it.

[@65MaX73]

"This late in the game.." 50 mins in, score 10-9 in kills lmao

[@SoDamnGangsta]

Is 50 mins not late in the game

[@razzendahcuben]

That's league of peasants for you.

[@faydn3150]

Alliance didn't ''forget'' to lock in their ''hero'' or their ''ban'' , they were discussing WHO to ban, ended up deciding on Gyro but had run out of time, so instead they accidentally picked it since it's the same button.