The Story of Stewie2k: From Pug-Star to Superstar

Jake "Stewie2K" Yip didn't have an easy road to superstardom. Playing CS:GO hurt his grades and his relationship with his family, but he kept going.
He kept playing CS:GO because he knew he had what it took to be the best. He kept playing CS:GO to silence the haters. He kept playing CS:GO because one day, he was going to be a Major Champion.
This is his story.
Edited by: Brian Van Huynh (@beevanhuynh)
Written by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Narrated by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Graphics and Animations by: Christian Pearson (@Chr_Pearson)
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[@bruhmane1944]

Shroud and nothing supported him RESPECT

[@iforgot383]

Honestly I love these 2 players so humble and kind!

[@modzn7904]

YEAH

[@justinj.421]

Nice Good yep

[@fransiscusasisi3426]

Yeah... Shroud and nothing is a person who make stewie2k became a good player right now

[@tenebrific3166]

RESPECT+

[@kwokkevin1]

"If you don't think Stewie was the best pick you get, you don't know the scene" ~ Shroud. Stewie proceeds to help c9 win a major, Shroud knows all, Shroud is god

[@royalpoop5122]

It's a shame he was a shit lan player

[@jvr3746]

recently he's been good at lans not csgo lans but still lans nonetheless

[@DJVevyVevs]

I mean he did do phenomenal on a few of his last official lans almost like his old self was back before the season ended. I chalk his inconsistency in CS up to his lack of passion that he himself admitted to as the reason why he stepped down

[@PaintFame]

this still accurate?

[@antarticstorm7991]

@@PaintFame ye

[@davidmensik2320]

This sounds like a perfect story for an anime about cs:go

[@padmeteratai3658]

This is already an anime

[@PapiDaniel]

I was literally thinking the same thing after watching haikyu

[@davidmensik2320]

GenoyTexy lol

[@davidmensik2320]

Apetska so you think watching an anime is something people should feel bad about? So they doesnt deserve to be in society? So they dont have right to speak? Thats sounds familiar, like I heard it before, but not with tv shows, but with a Color of skin...

[@apetska4817]

@@davidmensik2320 yes you are absolutely right

[@roduu]

"He was raised by his ant" - Damn; must've been a strong ant

[@r3mii619]

rodu 😂😂 I’m done

[@marshallcarhart579]

The ant also had cancer...

[@kushayrusha]

Checked the reply to check for any r/woooshable comments

[@theunusualdispenser9474]

rodu Yeah then again Ants are ten times stronger than you or anybody you know

[@roduu]

@@theunusualdispenser9474 relative to their weight yes, but we are way stronger than ants in reality, because we're way bigger

[@oscarsparkes6625]

The C9 vs FaZe game was one of the best I’ve ever seen

[@Alex-pt9di]

True

[@aidand918]

Being a C9 fan and watching it live I literally have never been so nervous watching a cs game

[@fransiscusasisi3426]

That is one of the best grand final game ever

[@anakinskywalker8704]

Yes! But I think NiKo, rain GuardianN deserves it more. I was c9 Fan

[@bysternuvnen8676]

Eleague Major. Astralis vs VP

[@Tactical_0ni]

Stewie making tons of money & set for life. While being happy with his job. Here I am struggling to pay off my Student Loan & making less then what I anticipated. Shout out to Stewie for following his dreams man.

[@rikittu]

Cost of everything is so much in America(am i right? Haven't heard about student loans outside of the USA)

[@waveee]

Calvin I guarantee it will get better bro

[@dmitriygryaznov9210]

To be fair, sometimes you follow your dreams only to realize you are not very fit for them. I'm very glad it was not the case for Stewie, but one should not always feel bad about not following something they wanted.

[@thotslayer3214]

Yeah but white still sucks in commander

[@lukeonorato9815]

Calvin esports career doesn’t pay crazy and since they retire in their 20’s, I personally believe and education is important. Esports is a beautiful thing but I think in 30 years or probably less lots of the ex esports players (minus very successful streamers)are gonna struggle financially. (I think there’s a way to do both and then commit to one)

[@anthony.esper21]

I don't even watch nor play CS:GO, for some reason this channel is making me want to watch the game. The editing is on point! Well done!

[@skuets5708]

Michael Zhou It is though

[@pwhit765]

Anthony Esper strongly recommend you do.

[@ThereAreTwoGenders]

I'm an OG I'm 25 started playing when I was 11. cs 1.6. There are older versions but that's where I started. Ever since I started playing I never played really ventured to far away from cs. It was always my go to game. I played competitive COD for like 4 months on gamebattles or something when I was 14 but that shit was too easy. Came back to cs. This is the best fps pc game ever. You won't regret it...IF you take the time to learn it and learn what you're doing and literally practice. Remember you are going up against ppl that have played this game for over a decade. Yes different variations of cs but none the less experience is experience

[@alexgandy2488]

Anthony Esper ikr never played Csgo. I watched so much of the 2017 finals

[@alexgandy2488]

Matthew b if competitive COD was “too easy” why didn’t you play competitively lol

[@uservenny84]

Stewie's hair is always on point.

[@zaneitsuki1561]

ɳɕɾʘ STOP.

[@krisostomoyabarrera2255]

Tru

[@l1meus564]

I thought I am the only one that things of that

[@condor2279]

Dude is Asian, they always have the perfect straight black hair.

[@blitzluvsu2]

ConDor Foreal though

[@hazu3895]

School: yep, we raised him.

[@bichupichu288]

School: you must complete school find a career! Stewie: Hold my beer

[@yowennalcachupas9559]

@@bichupichu288 hold my smoke

[@mckenzi4608]

Students started spraying AK in school School: Video games

[@TheGamer-dj5sr]

school always take the credit when we're famous

[@taylorirving6420]

Imagine 5 years later we see a person that started off with Roblox csgo

[@zach-hn5hc]

Me xD

[@miskaste6413]

Me - 12 year old with 100 hours into real cs and 10 competetive victories, gold nova 2, playing decently against gold nova 2s and 3s, started with roblox cs

[@schlimetime4938]

lol your trash kid

[@ronan7129]

roblox csgo is gayer than gay people

[@name-fi2iv]

My opinion is 21flaw at least the makers of roblox csgo made something not like you you sayin its gay because you cant even make one brick on roblox XD

[@usernamenumbers6652]

Meanwhile I’m losing against easy bots

[@alberasdws2dsa264]

same

[@hunttbl5650]

How is this possible

[@hamesansyiem1841]

Easy bots? Really?

[@usernamenumbers6652]

Hamesan Syiem not anymore. I made this comment when I first started

[@DarkTheFailure]

Darkstealthgamer bruh i losing against no bots

[@andriod8014]

Currently he has a total of $950,000 in tournament winnings (exception of his salary) which is more than other CsGO players that played way longer than he did.

[@peytongorshavitzki6933]

"Utterly dominated by SK" shows screen and its 14-15 SK. comon man. ALSO they didn't drop shroud he retired.

[@joshbuttler7475]

Omegxx what do u mean a better team? He just wanted to stream

[@chrisbeatty743]

He said dropped out to better the team. As in he left the team for streaming so c9 could replace him with someone who still had that competitive drive. He didnt say left for a better team

[@osamajaved4897]

If today cloud9 is one of the best clans in the world it’s thanks to shroud either they’ve admitted it, without shroud it was not possibile!!

[@rainy6563]

@@osamajaved4897 agreed

[@lucienthomas317]

It's bc they 3-0'd them.

[@ivantheawesome409]

Stewie’s story is unbelievable, I have so much respect for his perseverance and determination Edit: amazing job theScore for making these awesome player documentaries

[@hafer8762]

Ropz has a much more struggling past...still pay respect for stew tho bc he was my idol

[@jefferyzhong6135]

along with the fact that his parents never supported him, he essentially had no backbone to get supported on

[@InfectedByZanza]

Imagine being the only one without family in the stands to congratulate you when you win the Major...

[@Gutsziila]

"Utterly dominated by SK" 16 - 14

[@1farin]

Haha wack

[@yashrj025]

SK defeated C9 3-0

[@themonoloco8245]

@@yashrj025 were they all close games like the 16-14?

[@lucienthomas317]

@@themonoloco8245 no

[@JT_621]

Was 3-0 in a best of 5

[@vitalino1981]

Well this explains why stewie is so passive aggressive. He had a rough times a lot. 😔

[@looweegee252]

@AHuskyWithTourettes nobody deserves to be passive aggressive. It's weak. Be actively aggressive.

[@looweegee252]

@Silver X real talk

[@Skatingnoob]

@@looweegee252 that actively causes conflict, there's a reason people dont constantly do it, not smart

[@jfl7204]

tbh I feel bad but sometimes absent parents are better than shit ones

[@lovelycrits5428]

uhhh no its cuz hes a pug-stomper and ex CoD player B R U H

[@AhmedAli-vm4ce]

Noob Normal Pro Expert Asian

[@engrish1852]

lmao

[@dota2freaks]

Yeah man😂👍🏻💪🏻

[@bichupichu288]

Don’t forget the last one: Luigi

[@OtodusMega]

Minecraft veteran

[@bichupichu288]

next: Gilbert

[@D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

watched just about all of that boston major. was happy for c9 and stew. solid video guys.

[@169iq5]

Shroud wasn’t dropped, he left to continue streaming

[@AlexG-wk3nh]

he was dropped out of the first team and was a back up/trainer

[@Felix-wy5hk]

By3me true bro....streaming everyday make him better n rich

[@AlexG-wk3nh]

true , very few people make a living from ESports, shroud has just had new crates come out on Battlegrounds, he will be making good money now

[@dgc8963]

@@AlexG-wk3nh Shroud asked the manager if he can be a backup because he wanted to full stream.

[@slahser]

Oceano Oceano g

[@Trewf-]

"this is the worst attack ever" *ruins career over skins*

[@mauz791]

swag finna be back

[@dotalegendery3998]

@@mauz791 in valorant

[@seyiesu923]

who is that guy tho?

[@Rhakjellg]

@@seyiesu923 swag

[@Jack-di1ho]

@@Rhakjellg no its steel lmfao

[@lolomomario76]

The part about turning 18 sounded like it was about a porn audition.

[@jeromej1234]

Wait, it’s not?

[@1farin]

@@pixelatedcorgi low key stewie can smash me anytime he lookin fineee

[@emotional8003]

Louis Skelhorn I was laughing so hard at your joke and my hand shook for some reason and my phone fell out of my hand and landed on my tooth

[@4kcarat]

@@1farin i think you are a guy, are u geyyy?

[@1farin]

@@4kcarat no homo

[@skatersridge]

theScore keep making these videos i love them so much

[@Quixzable]

The face clan/team entrance feels like introducing the main villain of the show in that major story part

[@schlafanzyk]

They were the perfect villain though.

[@Netrune07]

It's FaZe not face

[@mannygaming6087]

I literally have the same problem with family and school...except I'm broke and suck...

[@alexguo7343]

same

[@shoaibahmed514]

Lol

[@hedrickoYO]

lmao

[@mur3e366]

Manny Gaming m8 u gotta grind

[@lyqoh9254]

Then either get good at games or at life

[@josh-qj2zu]

“Signing him wasn’t a mistake” Stew: Hold my beer *joins sk*

[@josh-qj2zu]

Although ik he got em a major win, just thought it was funny

[@aal834]

This did not age well. Funny comment btw

[@PjPhan0822]

Lel

[@pelezito788]

Stewie's Parents: "You're not going to play this game, you have to STUDY." Stewie after his 18th birthday: "Reality can be whatever I want".

[@抖音美女收藏家]

Truth is if he listen to his parents and study harder to be a lawyer or doctors , his life will be much more better then now coz as you can see his channel is dying no one watch it and his not going to make lots of money out it and 5 years later people will forget about him not every streamer is like XQC or pewdiepie can make the money that is enough for their entire life by streaming

[@ls3_urmom]

@@抖音美女收藏家 he has a net worth of 2 million dollars, if he went to school to be a dr he would still be in school and in debt. not saying to play video games for a living but in this situation youre wrong

[@抖音美女收藏家]

@@ls3_urmom yes and is gaming career is dying nobody watch his video anymore , if he become a doc and yes he will be in school rn but he can make more then 2 million

[@ls3_urmom]

@@抖音美女收藏家 he can sure lol but he already made 2 million dollars at 25 he might make that in 20 years as a doctor

[@N0L1F3z]

@@抖音美女收藏家he just won another tournament.

[@masterdamnyt691]

Stewie: (The kid whose parents never supported him) Shroud's parents: lol

[@Rurik_Luci]

Papa shroud is adorable Literally my parents went from being like stewie's and became like shroud's

[@21daz]

@@Rurik_Luci Damn bro u lucky. My dad is like stewie's (a bit better tho) and my mom is worse than stewie's. I dont even have a PC

[@kurayami8338]

@@21daz men don't complain abt having a pc lifes hard yah know

[@shaiyanalnoorrahman4649]

@O_O Lel Sorry

[@claytonnicholsii6450]

P

[@KAMObaby]

Stewie a savage skipping school for weeks lol

[@theunusualdispenser9474]

Cyy Underage spotted

[@olibethdasco8413]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH I left school for 1 month 😂 I only go to class when there’s an exams and quizzes so still passed

[@_bxbylhorenz]

Ez me skipping for a month

[@enguilbertfrancisco1003]

Me 1 week absent haha

[@paparapacquiaoxd2050]

Ez skipped whole semester, didn't attend all the subjects just to play cs and still not good.

[@ahrenortile8909]

Remember shroud is stewie's mentor and idol.

[@MaggotDiggo1]

When the student surpasses the mentor.

[@sailangexpert6090]

@@MaggotDiggo1 shroud is playing more than csgo lol, he need more 💰

[@ianreprado341]

@@MaggotDiggo1 he didn't surpass shroud i think Shroud stepped down for the new players and mentored them

[@yareugae638]

@@sailangexpert6090 and therefore nothing wrong with that u make it sound like it's a bad thing lol, i would too do that

[@1atem]

@@ianreprado341 shroud stepped down to be a full time streamer without worrying about comp csgo

[@alcan9952]

All this QUALITY content filling my feed brahs... TY

[@harky7632]

Connagh Duffield you look familiar?

[@coldest1252]

honestly moe was right he didnt really fit with nothing and shroud but with tarik and rush he owned, of course he was nuts with nothing and shroud but with tarik and rush he was insane

[@pepsiboy4274]

Coldest1 with tariK took igl it and tarik strats evolve around autimatic and stewie2k was the best decision c9 ever made

[@kevinp665]

Bro use a comma yeh?

[@Mallyx]

jordan n mike old

[@risingsun559]

But for some reason he switched his team. I really hope he can stay with c9 to win some more majors. I'm sure mibr will comeback stronger but for them to win any title is a little bit far for me.

[@kenshiku]

Hahaha ... moe ... hahaha

[@krejziks3398]

When you're on the top everyone like you, when you're at the bottom no one remembers you.

[@burritodoge8450]

"The kid whose parents never supported him" What would you do if your a parent and your kid suddenly quits school to play video games?

[@syahmi518]

Burrito Doge ask him to perform both categories?.. Passion and Education is important .. You just need to push yourself?. Are these word will change their mind?

[@syahmi518]

@@vxva you wrong bout this part..studies and education is not always bout working under people or money ..it is more than that,...do you ever think yo provide job for jobless people ?.. helping other who needed through education?..if you insist to think education is bout brainwashing and it just a factory to build worker-ready human ..its ok ..everyone had different perspective bout education.. *pssttt a ..im really sorry bout my grammar mistake ..hahaha

[@rek3018]

Let's not compare us to those older generation parents.

[@turbo558]

@@rek3018 say it louder brother

[@MrSuper12321]

They didnt just not support him on that. They borderline abandoned him to his aunt most of his life for work and then the moment they get a call from school they want him to wanna care about what they want for him? Yeah, most parents would frown on their kid quitting school to go pro, but most parents would have some ground to stand on and would have some sort of relationship built with them, not just "This will look bad on me so i must stamp this behavior even if ive never cared about him before"

[@notretrojim]

when ur silver 2 but have global elite aim

[@1farin]

I quit cs:go cuz i got scammed $340 dollars of skins and knives, but im good at awp flicks and my aim is not bad.

[@MomodinhoFN]

@@1farin now since is free to play people download hacks free and ruin the game

[@MomodinhoFN]

@Luke Goff wrong, now every match I play has a cheater in it, unplayable, since that I don't even touch my computer cause of it. Valve Anti-cheat system does literally Nothing, So for me it's a big good bye to Csgo

[@marcel_mooh3592]

If you say you have global aim but ur silver2. Then Im a god aimer at supreme...

[@urmalbirti1719]

@@1farin give me your skin's😂

[@andy30765]

Now he is in the best team in the world, LET'S GO LIQUID

[@godjape9603]

0 majors lulw

[@saulgoodman4769]

@@godjape9603 Stewie got a major lulw

[@danday457]

Best team in na not in the world that would either go to navi vitality or astralis and that’s just right now not over the years

[@saulgoodman4769]

@@danday457 That's odd that Liquid is ranked #1 in the world then, very strange.

[@Kiouk]

Team liquid for da best

[@ivarkarlsson3134]

10/10 video, I got goosebumps the whole video great job

[@brendanabbott3469]

Ivar Karlsson same lol I have so much respect for stewie

[@faker3033]

lo have you seen the braxton one(swag) it s even better XD

[@GrimReacts]

Stuff like this inspires me to really grind in this amazing game.. emotional shit!

[@pooh-3411]

Cruxal hey there fellow musician

[@deplann5360]

right when i saw this i just thought of your intro

[@user-ln5yo4ir9v]

Cruxal Please talk slower

[@Frag-Adapt]

Silver 4 right?

[@arond6790]

Frag Droid what are you talking about yo

[@derozeo8649]

now look at him winning IEM Dallas 2024 with G2... what a player

[@phamduydat8964]

Very nice video. I had goosebumps from the major

[@ishunyu]

Seriously...

[@vetra8599]

sameee xd

[@nghiaphan05]

Vl

[@QuacK_001]

just like you might get goosebumps from a heartwarming story, or your favorite sport team winning a tournament, hes getting goosbumps from something that passions him, leave him be

[@-skies-3294]

I honestly think that the thescore should deserve a lot more credit they put up all of these videos with excellent commentary and editing thank you for entertaining me!

[@cnaizhen]

Watching this video 4 yrs later, it is amazing to me how much this channel has regressed. The quality of the video is SO GOOD compared to the videos published for the last 1-2 yrs now.

[@germytv]

i mean to be fair, why keep up amazing levels of qualty when u can just make decent vids and get the same money or more cuz the channel has grown

[@cnaizhen]

@@germytv To me, the quality of videos made these days is quite bad. I had actually been wondering why I bothered to view their videos for a couple of years until I chanced upon this video. I do not believe that I'm the only viewer who thinks the same, but poor videos alienate viewers, just like what happened to BuzzFeed.n

[@James-ju6yx]

this was the peak of content creation. This won't be topped for a long time especially story of shroud also.

[@cnaizhen]

@Andy T I have nothing to say if you cannot guage the quality of content in this video versus any other recent videos of the same channel.

[@maggoteater2290]

Fax

[@joaquib2723]

his story makes for a great anime. It's got all the arcs in there with the final episode being them winning the tournament

[@nosleepsender]

lmao yup

[@abishkarjungshah4539]

Yuck. Anime would make this immensely cringy

[@draconicreconcile]

Actuslly, that sounds about right lol

[@daddyjuicing7083]

@@abishkarjungshah4539 Yikes... saying yuck and calling it cringy, thats a haHAA from me

[@NickRitorto]

even his success is boring. well earned but boring

[@mrindavoz7766]

Thank you so much theScore Esports for putting up stew's story.. Another legend in the making..

[@Regulated907]

Mrinmoy Biswas I hate to be that dude but the time stewie was getting picked up is when I was getting into pro cs and I knew he could be great. I loved watching the under dog prove every one wrong.

[@mrindavoz7766]

Regulated907 yeah, this guy went on to the big stage so quick that everyone questioned.. Hell yeah he answered them all back. Stew's reply to Thorin -"sup *****". Lol

[@ecl1pse551]

Hey shroud retired, he didn't get dropped

[@schlafanzyk]

He just retired to save face for everyone. They would have had to drop him eventually if he didn't leave on his own. C9 kept him on that roster purely as PR. He was a huge asset for business. However, his heart was not in the team game - and it showed towards the end. Shroud is more of a one-man army. He doesn't shine in organized team communication. Ironically, the roster he would have fit in the most, was the major winning one he was not a part of.

[@ascend4252]

@@schlafanzyk yeah shroud was more into streaming when that time came,he play csgo in the morning but stream other games in the evening even if a tournament was coming up the next day or so. he'll get kicked out of the roster even if he didnt retire,well i respect him it was of his own choice.

[@velfare]

Glad that he left.. overrated player..

[@DominicNS]

@@velfare he isnt overrated, but his performance went down a lot near the end because as he said himself he lost the care he had for the game and wanted to play other games

[@hvrst6241]

@@velfare at his prime he is 100% best aimer

[@visionx1095]

"The kid who's parents never supported him" same here 😭 its hard for asains like me

[@burritodoge8450]

No wonder its hard for you, because you can't even spell Asians right

[@PhoenixUri]

@@burritodoge8450 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Konstantineeee]

-rep

[@lntneru9472]

we all do Btw im asian too hello to asians here!!!!

[@kennygibson1712]

Asain...

[@brendanm3775]

I’m not crying you’re crying

[@kushayrusha]

Brendan M I’m not crying either *wipes tears secretly*

[@ericpark7695]

16:15 thought he was rapping to the background music lol

[@ratnakarrao2351]

Lmao

[@JacquesLuu]

Who's cutting onions ? ffs

[@kimthongly4557]

Jacques Luu You cried? I only got emotional xd

[@mw2Gamer13]

I thought i was the only one

[@oni0n747]

me.

[@P_Corleone]

Daim

[@anthony.esper21]

Damn onions!

[@aidenyangzhangdanggang1228]

Finally the stewie story is here, surprised you didn’t include his high school fight

[@user-lg6fg7dn6o]

haha ye i was thinking about that

[@skemise1518]

Lol, why would that be part of the story, this is a story about his csgo career, not from his high school

[@wombatZ]

Skemise what fight

[@glennwhite7903]

i want to hear this story

[@user-lg6fg7dn6o]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYncd2enfLitfac

[@kryzencs]

This man has a major championship but simple doesn’t Damn

[@OK-ri8eu]

now if you don't mind let me just finish my silver game .. nice video

[@Brickwallhood1]

kaneki x accurate af

[@kinangeagle133]

Stewie2k’s story is somehow like mine Minus the pro plays

[@lntneru9472]

NZXEagle yeah same

[@GalluZ]

Me too.

[@ethanyow8237]

Me too lmao. 6 months late

[@NickRitorto]

yeah guys your story is that you are a failure. just like most of us

[@zoooobear2655]

Look at the kid now, part of the number 1 team in the world fragging out of his mind.

[@ChuPuc]

number 1 team?

[@kenziehans6598]

Zubair Sylvester no.1 is astralis, u mean no.2

[@goobygrooves4232]

@@kenziehans6598 actually liquid is no.1, astralis is actually no. 3 Source: HLTV

[@ATS1031]

RKArKane eh everything is online so u can’t really judge who the best is atm

[@debabratasarkar1776]

@@ChuPuc Y E S.

[@umeshdhaked7638]

i also discovered CSGO 2014. and i am still Gold Nova.

[@techmounty]

Umesh Dhaked Well maybe you don't have 10k hours into the game

[@zuhnjx4091]

Rolf i started playing csgo at 3.2017 im 12 yo and dmg with 700 hours

[@k0vae]

Jusuf 'ScreaM' Ibollari let's 1v1

[@huntervgt3888]

3000 hours and stucking at LEM... halp

[@mltv_edits]

Umesh Dhaked Tu chutiya hai

[@swagliketeenx]

C9 Stewie 😢

[@horstcs]

No

[@theofilluseliezer8549]

Lil Swag he is doing good in sk

[@big-boned477]

idc he should still be at c9... it was too soon

[@theofilluseliezer8549]

ThatGintoKid the only problem is language in sk if stew join liquid that's other problem

[@coomsicle]

he's a traitor

[@alihassan4060]

Me: *throws smoke in any game* Stewie: *hey*

[@Black_CoreyNFin]

Best esports channel on youtube!

[@horstcs]

Hello Friend ok

[@richjohns6132]

Cloud9 deserved every piece of that major.. no one can say they didn't earn it!

[@ondrejtatarka6640]

lol

[@sucdeportocale1532]

I do

[@neonicplays1364]

@LucifeRy im just pissed that faze blew 6 round in a row

[@justasilverguy]

I think this is the perfect story to represent how you can do anything you want to do, no matter what holds you down, like his family not supporting him and his pretty bad grades in school. He just wanted to play cs and he played cs a lot and got GOOD at it. Inspiring.

[@DBGxo]

Honestly, this channel is amazing. professionally made, interviews, gameplay, and sources it's amazing and so well done.

[@Johnny-ju6di]

He went professional after 1 year of playing csgo?

[@lup1n626]

No he played when he was young

[@Complexyz]

Yes

[@UngovernableU]

Natural talent

[@fongchye1946]

Azur like 4 years ago...😂

[@player764]

He played when he was much younger, as you saw from the earlier clips, CSGO looked like what it looked like back in it's early years.

[@cardboardpackage]

He really signed the contract after midnight. a true legend

[@martijn5792]

i already know this vid's gonna be insane :) gj

[@horstcs]

martijn :v Yes

[@deetarg2225]

true fact 90% of the parents wont support gaming 😖😖😖

[@johannespbh]

and 99% of gaming addicted teens will not make lifetime money with it. school/university on the other hand..

[@samuellalmuankima71]

@@johannespbh school/university on the other hand is still not worth it when you have to take student loans just to get a degree

[@splurghetti]

@@johannespbh Plenty of pathways open up for eSports players. University is a 30/70 chance and usually sucks. I would rather lose my small school chances and pursue my dream than lose my dream and pursue my small school chances.

[@heywatchme101]

Only 1% make it to the top of gaming it's a risk. Have a backup

[@johannespbh]

@@samuellalmuankima71 i forgot America has a 3rd world school system

[@PsychonautTV]

Shroud, an OG bro to Stew. Respect.

[@davidduanes9574]

This is some movie level shit.. The strong red collored villain who won easily everytime they faced, you have the hero who is not expected to win, they also had the goodguy blue collors. On the big tournament our heroes are facing failiure but they climb back and closely beat the big bad villain in the finals! Unsupported kid who everybody doubted about proved everyone wrong, underdog team comeback from almost droping out again to the big victory.. I would watch this movie Now stewie decided to run chapter 2. He was expected to be even better with this new team but they are struggling. Now they are gonna start over, slowly get back up and in the final of another major they will meet his old team - c9

[@addzee9865]

When stewie became a thing I liked him but my brother said he was trash so I was like “eh” but one night I was watching clips and I saw stewie. Just the way he played and got this mad ace. I knew he had potential.

[@chrisavila7158]

Your brother is an idiot

[@Braiining]

Those video was a blast to watch. It was so perfectly made. The build up of stewie’s story and everything bad happening in his life and not seeing success. And then showing how FaZe kept on being the team they would never win against. And then they finally showed they had a chance against them. Then it came to a ton of intense matches, and then the final game going into overtime, until they finally beat them and the announcers explaining how important this was to stewie.

[@user-ud7cg1nf3h]

I don't see why the parents should get ridiculed. Parents didn't grow up in this technological age. New professions are rising up from pretty much anything, even hobbies like gaming. Cut them slack. They believed no good could come because a team offer isn't just an everyday occurrence (and they neither that it'd be a sustainable profession). Besides, eSports really does get a lot of backlash for what it is. Most people see it as a dumb thing. Not that I see it that way.

[@jeffreyou19]

Andrew Park well parents grew up in a different era and want you to have a happy life. They don’t want you to join a career that sounds dumb to them and they have no idea what it is. Plus it’s a super risky route because the esports field is very competitive and super risky at such a young age.

[@user-ud7cg1nf3h]

@@jeffreyou19 Mhm.

[@CIARUNSITE]

Ya we shouldn't ridicule that. We should ridicule the fact they dumped him off on a family member. They sound like incredibly shitty people.

[@krishnaraju6790]

@@CIARUNSITE I'm pretty sure they didn't dump him there..just like any immigrants parents that thought it was best for him to get his education in the us..even though they were working outside. It's immigrant problems..for us it's quite understandable.

[@CIARUNSITE]

@@krishnaraju6790 Except it said the parents lived in the US and worked in Asia, not that they lived in Asia. Dumping your kid off on a family member is not how you give your child a better life.

[@snipi5884]

C9 became my favorite team all because of Stewie, but hearing him leave C9 left me heart broken. I hope he comes back

[@casteroyste]

The Story of Stewie2k: From Pug-Star to Superstar, more like: The Story of Stewie2k: The Smoke Criminal.

[@railroad_riley5084]

I feel bad for shroud. Unless he’s happy he left the team and csgo

[@Kore_YT]

I think at the time he left cloud 9 he was making over 50k a month before taxes just from twitch subs

[@krisostomoyabarrera2255]

He "retired"

[@visualkr]

He wanted to leave me told them that he will be their backup so that he can focus on streaming

[@supasf]

I know he makes more money now, but it was really exciting to watch him at pro leagues

[@marvin9189]

I've always believed in Stewie, he is my idol. I've been watching him for so long, I love him He is the only csgo player i've ever haved faith in. I dont really know how to describe how much i see up to him. Im so happy he got the life he wanted, he is an example on that people can be what they want. By working hard, practicing. Stewie is awesome, i love him. I just hope one day i'll meet him. Love you Stewie!

[@pleurplur1396]

when his parents saw him win money they prob realized at that moment they fucked up

[@eternaleffect2499]

I love how everyone just declared picking stew2k as a dumb decision without every knowing about how good he can be

[@WilliamTravisIto]

yeah bro ur so smart with that hindsight 😎

[@felixyu4979]

Statistically esports is garbage as a career. You're 92500 times more likely to get into Harvard than go pro in esports, and esports aren't stable at all.

[@manju1045]

@@felixyu4979 but if you dont go to school for weeks to play video games you might as well pick the esports career because you've probably built up your skill pretty far like in stews case

[@felixyu4979]

@@manju1045 Right but what I mean is that you shouldn't be not going to school in the first place because that just leaves you with less options aside from esports. It's just too risky in my opinion.

[@tajgi6354]

better than bedtime stories

[@Hunt3rK3nw4y]

0:25 "There's a good chance he's not going to become a good player" - Thorin (Too much work to type all that) *Stewie and C9 wins Boston ELEAGUE Major*

[@tooturbo]

He said the same thing about boombl4

[@ayoubsbai6339]

Stewie2k's story with Cloud9 is pretty similar to Messi's with Argentina

[@romanosuprano3490]

。。。

[@blink5731]

no lol Messi didnt win he was just so close but stew did won 1

[@JosukeHigashikata44]

Lmao dont tell me your counting olympic gold as a trophy

[@Konstantineeee]

lol messi grew up with a opportunity already given too him.

[@JosukeHigashikata44]

@@Konstantineeee You are aware Messi grew up poor with a hormone deficiency right? His story is amazing any way you cut even counting upsets with Argentina and I say this as a Madrid fan.

[@mokakola7777]

Years later, I still get goosebumps and a buzz in my body watching that solo B-hold...

[@syntax6965]

Stewie has a computer but gets confiscated Me:dont have a pc still playin at a cafe iam sad:(

[@ascend4252]

in your case its actually better than not being able to play at all,stewie and my situation is the same rn (not that i would be going pro though) by same situation i mean i also have a gaming pc but gets confiscated and not being able to play games.

[@kattsnake]

Lovely video, if there would be a part 2 of this story it would be quite the Cinderella story. I'm glad for Stew.

[@catknight9x]

Now he has it all with Team Liquid!!! Lots of respect for this young and talented man!!!

[@VeryNaughty]

Hey Stewie is richer than his unsupportive parents so thats a win

[@oof-ih8ok]

imagine getting mad at your kid for not doing well but you're not doing well at being a parent

[@tenj1n]

He shouldn't have went to SK though, kinda weird seeing how he idolised C9 and won a tournament with them after so much hard work and then decides to join another team afterwards.

[@NeilSharks]

Nocturnal inside team problems

[@Jooffee]

money

[@aha3255]

Nocturnal no

[@iamalolicon7758]

..in the end. no matter what u do. no matter how u do it , in this society. winning is all that matters

[@zephkcsgo8210]

Is probably because he wants more,in 2017 SK (actual MiBR) won literally EVERYTHING but a major,if stewie has a forward looking mind,he obviously had to accept the offer,he struggled a lot with C9,I am sure that struggling a bit with MiBR isn't a problem for him,specially cause they got a DreamTeam now,and getting to the top is just a matter of time! :D

[@pedro8769]

And now he's back

[@chawa1094]

It's basically a video from Cloud9 and a thanks for stewie2k also a farewell, good job theScore Esport I love your videos

[@gabrielnwodo9632]

It’s so sad because it’s clear he belongs at cloud9.... Like honestly. As a C9 fan I can never see him in any jersey other than a C9 jersey, but we wish this legend well!

[@lolgamer4265]

Gabriel Nwodo well you probably wouldt said that before he joined c9

[@gabrielnwodo9632]

LOL gamer Nonsense, please elaborate, I hve no idea what you’re on about

[@jeremykenn]

i can't believe this is 5 years ago already

[@scepii]

Im crying, such a beatiful video! C9 is my favourite team and has always been. I remember when They won the major i started crying then aswell because i was proud of them, especially stewie. He is my idol and i will always support him no matter what, and btw holy shit the major final was the best csgo game in history

[@ThereAreTwoGenders]

In cs since 1.6 never had a favorite team or org. Players change orgs a lot so I just followed my favorite player. Which has always been swag, stewies cool too tho

[@horstcs]

Ya boi Scepii Where?

[@sokoninaruu]

Maybe, but Cloud9 can't win without Crowd9

[@scepii]

Horst King what where xDD

[@horstcs]

Ya boi Scepii what do you not understand about my question

[@god_lushen8128]

I wonder how his parents felt knowing their boy was still amazing even though he went down a different path in life. One that they wouldn't even imagine taking.

[@parkscarlett8586]

I really hope his parents can accept and reconcile with him after seeing the success he had made for himself, similarly to his brandmate Doublelift and his parents (minus that day tho).

[@god_lushen8128]

@@parkscarlett8586 Agreed

[@druzzi9054]

“Wasn’t easy” “parents over seas” Ok ik it’s not good to always have parents travelling but considering he games, that’s a W

[@terraaw7680]

Deruzzi *parents gone* "I see this as an absolute win."

[@dreugh424]

Normal people: *Fuck, my parents are overseas* 😔 Gamer master race: *Fuck yeah, cs time*

[@mafia302]

Deruzzi idk how people could say that honestly.

[@jamelpiclit3062]

I mean, it would have been better if his parents supported him. Fail or win, they give him the best support to him. Would have been better for him emotionally.

[@druzzi9054]

@@jamelpiclit3062 but thing is they don't, so it's better that they are away, get u r point tho

[@jijingebob]

2017 is the year for sk and faze So for C9 to win the Boston major is a miracle

[@idkwho6439]

JiJi no it wasn't a miracle. It was destiny...

[@tatrotzz3643]

JiJi but they won it in 2018 so ….

[@zach-hn5hc]

2018 is for MIBR

[@hectorlam8197]

and the coming years for wherever the hell Stewie2K goes?

[@SaturnXDD]

Amazing video. Great job guys!

[@jojoisgeexp]

Jesus he started playing at 16 and was basically picked up by C9 at 17. Insane

[@rayzhang9453]

yes its insane but he was also playing 10+ hours everyday and also exacerbated his relationship with his loved ones... which is I risk I personally wouldn't take

[@rmrafa183]

I'm still watching this up to this day, making this my motivation, this is his story in CS:GO , I'll convert into my motivation in another angle and perspective

[@thatsnotgood1435]

Asian parents be like: u gonna play? u cant stay

[@lakshmanbalaji11]

If someone pushes you down, wait and prove them wrong like Stewie2k 🔥 such a inspiration

[@Skia-kw8dh]

i think the initial reason these analyst thinks he can't perform really well in the big stage with a very big team is because.....to be really honest...he has the face that cracks up under pressure...he doesn't have the "pizzaz" so to speak. But I never felt so glad to be wrong at something because this guy...this guy is amazing. despite every negativity thrown at him...including his parents who didn't believed in him...at such a young age...he surpassed every shit and prevailed.. most kids his age..hell, even adults, would eventually give up and roll over if they were in his shoes. I'm surprised this guy could even stand coz his balls, not to mention his heart, must've been the size of a fcking basketball.

[@lastprism5115]

Is it pizzaz or pizazz?

[@Skia-kw8dh]

@@lastprism5115 it's "pizzazz" actually