How CS:GO's Most Hated Prodigy Became The Smoke Criminal

[@theScoreesports]

Be honest, how many times have you died pushing smokes trying to pull a Stewie-like play? XD

[@kyoIWNL]

all the time :(

[@NAF1R]

XD

[@bustacs2]

Haha do you really believe my silver ass could play against stewie :)

[@Cs3ka]

This tactic is the perfect example of "I might be an idiot, but iam not stupid." And i died about 10000 trying to pull a Stewie.

[@Xdrphil1]

theScore esports never. Bcz its not s stewie-like play. More like snax and jw.

[@bhaskarjyotikumar7972]

He didn't choose the smoke, the smoke chose him.

[@jmitchtheman]

The apostrophe goes after the N

[@tormodholand5250]

@@jmitchtheman 1+

[@smokymcbongwater1088]

You bloody Bhaskar. 😆😆

[@albertpedersen7949]

thats what the crackhead said

[@luca-yv4ww]

in mother Russia

[@stewie2ktv]

I never really played COD on the PC :D, but appreciate the video!

[@zimphora9170]

pog

[@erannguyen5690]

Pog

[@Shween]

cod

[@Umur64]

Peasant

[@ok-fo5wy]

Pog

[@jc8153]

“No one expects you to push smoke” Stewie is a good example of remembering Murphy’s Law

[@mayankraj2294]

.

[@chongweiwithathan2785]

Golden

[@laserdemonfrostmage8421]

That’s what happens when you make these kinds of rules

[@nandinhocunha440]

Use this in R6, you gonna get smoke (defender) on your ass

[@genasis8049]

@@nandinhocunha440 push smoke and die to his shotgun xD. It's a death sentence

[@jf.6164]

It’s easy to realize that Stewie is actually having fun on the game, and that is very good.

[@belliott88]

Agreed

[@mugensamurai]

There's a legend that when Stewie was born his mom threw a smoke and Stewie came out spraying.

[@agmt233]

He was actually born two months late. It took them that long to figure out how to get him to push that choke point.

[@AkiyaAintGAF]

:0

[@hardik3169]

Be original

[@hzhcodes5439]

Hey thats not a good thing to say men

[@vedant1595]

Underrated comment

[@JL-ef7bh]

Stewie took Ghost’s advice in Modern Warfare 2 at Makarov’s Safehouse. “Counter attack through the smoke! Push push push!”

[@nexenojustice552]

EXACTLY!

[@seankurisu3535]

Hes literally ghost

[@walkure224]

@@seankurisu3535 well, now he is..

[@reservehuman6329]

A.K.A as the "ghost" of CSGO??

[@ChrisThorne19]

What a fucking mission that was, I'm glad they remastered the campaign.

[@SuperstituM]

Because I used the song: "Smooth Criminal", and I was like hmmmmm............ Smoke Criminal? I'm feeling thank you ps. WE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWT!

[@williamfang1808]

SuperstituM love your vids keep it up

[@majdbesrour5496]

Yup all credits to you xd

[@ayar3195]

PogU

[@fedibenmansour6466]

Make how navi plays csgo

[@HERBERTinALASKA]

When you meme a player so hard the title sticks.

[@jmitchtheman]

"Stewie2k grew up playing COD on pc" That explains so much it's not even funny

[@bighorse9734]

hahahaha

[@XHG231]

A reason why I kinda regret asking for a console instead of a pc when I was a kid I shifted last year and got instantly butt fucked

[@Stoonks]

@@XHG231 same, but I switched in september, and all I gotta say about my performance when I started is oof

[@sasbttrr]

honestly console shooter games are just for kids..

[@OltskuMP]

@@sasbttrr Not the good old cods tho. Killzone games are alright aswell. But whatever cool kid.

[@olbradley]

So everyone hated him because he's good at the game..? *Seem's legit.*

[@soggyramen6031]

Reminds me of hbox where people got pissed at him because of his play style, and he ended up getting a toxic personality

[@andreibors7930]

@@soggyramen6031 crab throw flashbacks

[@stellationn]

roblox in a nutshell tbh

[@TheSaltBoiCometh]

More of how he plays he just tries dumb shit and since he’s so good it works

[@tokyomorning7951]

@@TheSaltBoiCometh nothing better than trying something dumb and it works ngl

[@cameronhammer8872]

I don't follow e-sports, but I'm getting the feeling that this is him just getting hated on for winning in a different way

[@wailmerpail]

Cause he does dumb things but those dumb things are so unexpected they actually work

[@tommylandmark5779]

minecraftian 1045 then are they really dumb?

[@Mlgfutter]

Tommy Landmark not really but he is like a silver but good he is so unexpected

[@PeasantForADay]

Just like math teachers.

[@jj-pm7wm]

@@Mlgfutter however that silver is in PL

[@skar9556]

-Shows Stewie2k used to play CoD.. -Stewie2k seen trash talking to a back-2-back major winner. . *Seems about right*

[@Clbull118]

Riot or Blizzard would have suspended that player from competitive play for this outburst. Valve instead thrive on it because they don't pander to snowflakes. And now you wonder why CSGO has superior viewership.

[@skar9556]

@@Clbull118 IDK about riot, but Blizzard wouldn't suspend him unless he trash talked about China.

[@junowee5154]

Clbull118 riot has much more viewership so I don’t know what you are on about

[@elvis1253]

He's won 2 majors?

[@skar9556]

@@elvis1253 cold won MLG Columbus with Luminosity Gaming and the Major after that in Cologne in year 2016. 2nd team roster to win back 2 back majors. Edit: He won in Cologne under the banner of SK gaming.

[@hvymtal8566]

Conventional players: Ima smoke this chokepoint to slow them down Stewie2k: It's free real estate!

[@gokucrazy22]

People talk about how stewie pioneered a style of play abusing smokes, but there's also the flip side. He forced teams to learn to be careful how they put down their smokes and how they treat them. A smoke covering most of an opening isnt going to cut it anymore. It has to be pinpoint perfect or else it will get abused

[@vincentliu2707]

gokucrazy22 I agree with you in some ways but one thing I don’t agree is that the flip side you mentioned wasn’t really a thing back in cs 1.5 1.6 or even source , smoke was really something all players including pro players considered as a ‘wall’ so stewie is really the one who sets up this new mindset of all cs go players that smoke grenade has to be treated seriously. The way he plays with smoke is just like host mentioned reckless silver 1 style but it works and wins games . Now when players play high Elo ranked games they name smoke rush strat ‘stewie’ so teammates know what they’ll do with their flash and smoke to execute the strategy.so he really is someone who changed the cs go or I’d say CS in general

[@abanjohnjamerreales6518]

HEY!

[@k7y]

he's not playing stupid, he knows how to push through the smoke. usually if you push through the smoke you have disadvantage, player on the other side sees you way before you can see them. but stewie pushes from side or jumps through (followed by a mid-air HS) to make it less advantageous for him. also he has element of surprise.

[@badoodstv2353]

They just dont expect you to push so...

[@jod8915]

10:35 So we just gonna ignore the fact that this man named his gun Asuna Yuuki ?

[@hadiffnazhan862]

Jo D and his knife is Kaori

[@lalala6458]

Man of culture

[@cathedral91]

lowkey he sounded really cringy ngl lmao

[@IkarusFD]

Culture

[@mankachu100]

Kirito likes this

[@aizwaffles4559]

8:46 Stewie2k: hey cold how mad are right now Cold: iam so happy that iam going to faze right after this game

[@BrokeBanda1]

I think he saying things made his rep a bit bad

[@Schmidty1]

5:00 BRUH, THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS COLIN LMAO

[@mileshackett4781]

We take no prisoners here at theScore esports 😂

[@Schmidty1]

@@mileshackett4781 XD

[@JoyKazuhira]

Ahaha the silver1

[@LukeMaff]

it looks like a joke that went over most peoples head.

[@b_herradurabenraffy639]

Where is colin rn?

[@ayaanrashid565]

Everybody loved to hate him... He actually triggered the whole pro cs community with his screw it attitude

[@jamrah8713]

Fr but I knew from the start this kid was insane. I too picked up cs the same time stew started gaining traction and hate. When I saw the way he played I was like “this kid is going places he plays so different”

[@toad7395]

no one likes a prodigy thats amazing at the game by doing everything so wrong

[@AwesomeGummy]

Ayaan Rashid it’s their fault if they can’t conform to the meta it’s their stupidness

[@Arahan96]

@@toad7395 not wrong if it actually works

[@M644theawesome]

@@toad7395 or maybe everyone else is doing it wrong?

[@Edgymang]

This host has trouble swearing, he gets scared of the word before he says it

[@dharshdanube6911]

This guy is too cringe man he swears too much to look cool

[@tingispingis]

@@dharshdanube6911 It's not about the frequency it's about the way he says it. If he just says it normally like a normal person it would be fine but everytime he swears he has to put emphasis on the word for no reason. He talks like those people who put random uppercase words in their comments for no reason.

[@Kerbedis1]

Cancer Police That’s EXACTLY what I thought.

[@Rectiifyy]

J 😂

[@kaherustrashcan6304]

@@bizon5174 yeah bro, like WHY does people put random uppercased words in their comments

[@Ascende.d]

"HEY COLD HOW MAD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?" literally stands up with tinder on his shirt

[@AlexValorant]

Basically "the story of Stewie2k" but shorter?

[@qeb]

when you are running out of content

[@krisptea]

Yeah pretty much

[@avey3422]

Jumping Tigger they really really are it’s so dumb

[@gordonramsdale]

So many story of id like to see

[@minhvu8057]

More like part 2

[@Jesal-]

8:40 HEY COLD HOW MAD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW ..... Im so happy

[@jemileedabear9630]

*I'm şø hąppý*

[@GoldenBoy-sq6yl]

What ur pfp from?

[@Jesal-]

@@GoldenBoy-sq6yl kaede from bunny girl senpai

[@majin_sb5478]

This guy looks like a young version of the csgo doctor agent.

[@belfedhalmohamed9152]

lmoa

[@komree5233]

@@belfedhalmohamed9152 lmoa

[@LUITESLIFE]

And here we are in 2024, he's back with the same type of aggression. What a legend. The amount of confidence it must take after not playing competitively for years.

[@witheringtie9754]

10:38 you know you’ve hit peak status when a technique is named after you

[@dannyduong7505]

The fact that he was hated back then for making stupid plays to becoming the first NA team to win the major and win the grand slam shows that no matter the hate or backlash you get from the media, use that to motivate yourself and thats what Stew did.

[@Aman_W]

CRINGE

[@samuelewaldo9470]

@@Aman_W only you and your comment thats actually cringe, the guys just saying facts lmao

[@A.Froster]

@@samuelewaldo9470 Actually it is cringe but the guy is a winner so he can do whatever the fuck he wants

[@samx23]

@@samuelewaldo9470 emojis= cringe

[@samuelewaldo9470]

@@samx23 welp this one i agree

[@Leo-cr8cg]

10:26 i cant beleive this guy named his awp asuna yuuki, wow

[@so7uuu_de]

His knife is also named Kaori miyazuno lmao

[@Leviax_]

wtf does that mean

[@so7uuu_de]

@@Leviax_ Stewie watches anime

[@opgroundzero2.0]

@@so7uuu_de So his knife is dead.

[@joselitobasence3411]

Hahaha otaku

[@kddowney8269]

8:40 how can you not laugh a professional player yelling to the other side of the stage to ask how mad someone is PURE GOLD

[@TomBoss123]

Quite embarassing if you ask me. Reminds me of COD "pro" matches where they yell at each other constantly like apes.

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

I was on his side wondering why people didn't like him until that. That kind of stunt is just disrespectful showboating. Immediately turns me off of liking a person. People like that wouldn't know competitive sportsmanship if it hit them int their face.

[@Gender_Ascender]

To some extent I miss that about esports. The fighting game community is more set up for trash talk since people play 1v1 instead of having a whole team that has to act a specific way. With team based games, sponsored teams with orgs attached seem to have stricter requirements or at least have gotten much more "professional" over the years. I don't mind that for the most part, but I do wish there were more players with some bite, some taunting, mind games to mess with opponents, or just the perfect type of charisma to talk mad shit with a smile, only for it to then be very satisfying watching them get dumpstered by your favorite player/team.

[@kenshxn7524]

8:42 I can’t stop rewatching this 😂 “I’m so happy.”

[@zions1239]

I love the narrator. He brings emotion to every lines he says like "and MAN.. did it piss people off." The facial expressions are on point as well

[@ekayallday]

THAT'S THE TICKET THESCOREESPORTS IS BACK BABY

[@timbraska6750]

5:04 He looks like a freakin' Dolphin in those smokes

[@sbtopzzzlg7098]

8:49 "I AM SO HAPPY" I ALMOST DIED LAFFING 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ukuviispert9599]

" hey cold how mad are you right now?" That shit cracked me up

[@vanyoshi8853]

Literally every COD player knows. You always go through smoke.

[@Jashin2k]

I watched the Boston Major as a C9 fan from their 0-2 comeback to Major champion. Best tournament I will ever have the pleasure of watching and experiencing

[@gordonramsdale]

Was my first time ever watching pro Cs and everything's been anticlimactic since

[@RogueDemon1199]

Same lol we need to nerf astralis

[@ImranAli-qj4ir]

@@RogueDemon1199 Navi destroyed them

[@Jashin2k]

@@RogueDemon1199 nah watching astralis is a treat if you keep yourself neutral. its so facinating how they dismantle teams, now navi has taken them down and im really excited for this major, because faze and liquid had a really good maatch up againts navi. To me that says alot about liquid and faze being able to outlast astralis. but thats just what i think

[@lile4life713]

Everyone that goes toxic be making a come back that’s why I love these videos lol

[@joekonopik2163]

stew has not been playing well recently.

[@Watchmetry-nn9xe]

@@joekonopik2163 Really?

[@DarkGenesisSo2]

To avoid Stewie in a smoke. 1. All 5 members buy a Negev 2. Spray through the smoke.

[@TheSaltBoiCometh]

“HEY COLD HOW MAD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW” this man is definitely a cod player

[@furiablelife4177]

This guy low-key one of the saltiest people I have ever watched

[@pinkinthesushi]

Who

[@Arrlic]

The host? because its all a joke. if you mean stewie then nah hes just havin fun.

[@l0lka607]

So no one is gonna talk about how NAVI just disintegrated astralis and G2 and won

[@SonekR]

14-1

[@Okieant]

We are on Reddit

[@maxence666]

Yo I am a g2 fan but omg Navi was so strong

[@reyvenlegaspi6565]

Man i think they're unstoppable in this moment

[@arhael3594]

@@reyvenlegaspi6565 People felt the same about Astralis and Liquid, even about evil geniuses. But yeah, about time Navi got some significant wins.

[@Jamesdobson92]

3:09 when you see this dudes trim

[@EunectesV1]

“Everywhere I go, I see his face.” -the opposing team against stewie

[@user-hn3hv4yo3p]

6:23 in recent activity u thought nobody would notice

[@funforalex]

what do you mean?

[@warlynx5644]

Warrior “Getting girls is easy”

[@funforalex]

@@warlynx5644 ahh thanks man :)

[@noomin7372]

“HEY COLD HOW MAD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?” Lmao

[@lukec1471]

I bought Csgo a few months before stewie, yet I’m in silver lmao

[@m.vicokevinodavillah9059]

LMFAO Surfing

[@Gameknight2169]

10:37 “Asuna Yuuki” the SAO references man

[@CurbsideT]

I totally forgot about the DanM Stewie drama 😂 He was such a clown.

[@seraphinegaming4583]

hahahah

[@seraphinegaming4583]

Crisp aim boys

[@CurbsideT]

@@seraphinegaming4583 "Crisp clean lock bois, It doesn't get much more horseshit than that"

[@argrusvfx1582]

@@CurbsideT bro that audio just went through my fucking head again, haven't heard it in like 2 years though lol

[@RangosMangos]

8:41 my favorite bit because when it switches to "cold" he its does tts and says *IM SO HAPPI :)*

[@lowbudgetname2745]

8:18 Normal humans: knife Narrator: second pistol

[@rogerjohnson9466]

trailer park boys reference gets my like, you cheeky canadians

[@AquaOnYoutube]

"He only knows how to get kills" Me: Isn't that what you just do in the game most of the time?

[@tempname7134]

In the game u dont just go for kills. Instead you prioritize on winning and to win theres different strategies, pop flashes, smokes and also roles in the game. The kills are to stop such awpers wich are annoying at times when being good and rushers, supports, etc. The game is about winning not frags

[@tonyzamora3728]

@@tempname7134 hes the fragger...and his other teammates can focus on other ways of winning. Its good to have different type of players that are good at other things.

[@udanggoreng9498]

@@tempname7134 yeah, but Stewie2k is a entryfragger, he supposed to get info and kills, THEN the support player use the smoke and flash to support the entry.

[@mattmoy24]

at dreamhack austin I saw him coming out of the bathroom and on a whim said "hey Stewie, I love your work." he looked at me like I had pulled a gun on him

[@lewisdaniels1083]

fr ??

[@wikzy.7966]

@@lewisdaniels1083 nah its a copypasta

[@HimanshuSingh-kl7go]

They are trying to build a pyramid but there is no more clay

[@michaeljburt]

the trailer park boys part literally made me lol. you're doin good things, theScore

[@niigu]

The "CRISP CLEAN LOCK BOIS" dude makes me wanna swallow glass and shit it out and then eat it again after.

[@dharshdanube6911]

He must be a troll right?idk how that idiot has so many subscribers

[@movieracket1726]

Ya know, I charge through smokes also... except I'm in Silver II

[@yeboi1635]

Hate him or not, can’t deny he has talent and confidence

[@obi-wankenobi4056]

he is garbage

[@yeboi1635]

Sentinel maybe but still won a major, so

[@OtodusMega]

You’ve been killed by, You’ve been fragged by, Smoke-criminal

[@kennyagne2922]

lol ive been pushing smokes since cs 1.0 stewie just happens to be a 1000% better than me😂

[@johnpsix7858]

Yesterday I played MM and they matched me with a Russian called Stewie3K

[@aok9153]

Cool story

[@heylook2084]

i got matched with 3 stewie2k

[@smartguy8219]

my steam profile name is stewie2gay

[@ImranAli-qj4ir]

@@smartguy8219 cool name bro

[@Etherion195]

Yeah, i also played against a silver called OLOFMEISTER

[@nicholaspatino2427]

Stewie is the most entertaining player in CS, he’s got one of those unique play styles that you just can’t successfully imitate

[@Toxicskittles13]

Watching this makes me miss Dazed as a commentator :(

[@movecount]

6:55 I've never seen how much words can contradict actions until this very moment.

[@jayd_val]

It’s funny now at 5:43 Tarik says he hates Stewie but yet plays with him to win a major

[@Filmore1991]

I admit that had me laughing how he didn't notice. 3:50

[@robbybeckmeyer828]

Stewie's rise has proved one thing to me: the elite of the CS community really like the smell of their own farts

[@opachki999]

recycling the same content 5 times. nice one boys

[@huhwerami4417]

Tfw you're having a peaceful morning guarding the entryway after smoking it then stewie barged in to vibe check

[@tomj3089]

"theyre trying to build pyramids, but theres no more clay" fucking brilliant

[@adrianvargas6572]

Even though this is 11 months old, Stevie plays unselfishly, he doesn’t give himself the best angle for shots, he goes in and does anything you want, and that’s what I respect about him

[@anmolbansal465]

Literally 80% of the low tier match making players do this. Everybody expects this in match making

[@jamrah8713]

NOW they do. Back then they didn’t. If you played cs around this time you would know

[@Aryasvitkona]

@@jamrah8713 Can confirm, I played matchmaking back then. The only smoke regularly pushed was a B Tunns on D2. That said, while I lacked the prowess, I also gave 0 shits if there was a smoke. If I wanted to be on the other side of it, I'd push it. I got so many cheap ass kills from pushing smokes I climbed to MGE purely off bullshit kills like that. It was spicy. It got even hotter when I'd do it with an awp cos that shit was just straight up disrespectful.

[@PedroGabriel-pn1gv]

"he's sounds like Ricky, from Trailer Park Boys" DUUUDE I'M DEAD HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@Mainly_Matt]

5:25 the man knew it was stewie before he even died. Legendary

[@mr.absolute8556]

You've been hit by You've been struck by a Smoke Criminal

[@Reydriel]

10:21 Damn he named his AWP after Asuna, lmao

[@JaajoChillWorld]

Ok

[@so7uuu_de]

Stewie2k be like: Ah... you think smoke is your ally. You merely adopted the smoke. I was born in it. Molded by it.

[@gamblinoob]

he does what a silver thinks in their head when they go through smokes

[@miichiro.]

"No one expects you to do that" Non-prime casual players: are you sure about that?

[@inFenity]

This just made me like Stewie even more

[@Eazy_Bruh]

I rememeber that Dan M guy. Last video I ever watched was the stewie2k vid of his haha

[@owzyh]

Extremely underrated player, doesn't deserve the hate he gets

[@gordonramsdale]

Underrated? He's on the best na team and almost never has a positive kd nowadays

[@sergeantpug3383]

Every csgo player get into there minds that a smoke is a mental invisible wall

[@brandonkey181]

Not anymore

[@paloman95]

That Dan M bit was fucking hilarious. Literally laughed out loud. Great content!

[@astral2048]

Nah they're just jealous of his ability

[@tukula7758]

10:03 legends blurred gambling site

[@ThunderhunterFTW]

“You’re pulling a Stewie” “who tf is that” “he’s like a famous cs pro” “dude I’m unranked, you think i follow any esports?” “JUST STOP PUSHING THROUGH SMOKES”

[@henrifin]

There are many cases where you should sometimes play smoke pushes. Two examples from Overpass where I've done it many times and always succesfully: B-site, 1v1, bomb dropped in monster. I am T and I'm in water. Chances are CT is watching both short and monster. I go short, smoke to create a cover to cross to monster. Instead I decide to push left preaiming heaven and then water. CT thinks I'm going for bomb. A-site retake, 1v1 or 1v2, Ts have smoked bank. In most cases they smoked the bank because they want to watch other angles. You can go through the smoke quietly because T thinks no one will push. Most likely their first position would be in the left side of the truck close to bins stairs, so pre-aim there.

[@alexthegr808]

As a 1000 hour silver I can say smokes are walls for everyone

[@myrexcontent5840]

I also hate people saying "aim lock" still better then "ThE gEaR" tho xD

[@imherzenspandauer6468]

"" He's not random, he's smart af""

[@Galavis.]

I'm begining to feel like a smoke god

[@SonekR]

Rap God

[@Galavis.]

@@SonekR Stewie remix

[@ndasss6299]

Stewie is just a Silver with Global aim

[@user-ud7cg1nf3h]

stewie: **sees smoke** stewie: Home sweet home.

[@gldoobz]

"VOCE EH FRACO!" coldzera, 2020

[@Lexxaro]

Why would you be angry at him for being better than you. Not saying he is.

[@hithere480]

stewie brought the mind of silvers into competitive cs

[@reverie8102]

SO basically he playes like an ulted pheonix running through smokes

[@noscope704]

only just realised that the narrator has the same glasses as me lol

[@Rod.Machado]

Before stewie, pros treated the smoke as a solid wall that once deployed no one can pass through.