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[@tfsmarvin]

So good to see Elige win, even though its classic FaZe Games. GGs!

[@lucasscopello]

Counter strike is the best competitive game ever made

[@Xyrel24]

For me it's basically just Police Tactical Unit Special Forces (e.g S.W.A.T) vs Criminal Syndicates (e.g Cartels) that depicts real life crime acts such as hostages (e.g kidnap for ransom), bombing an establishments, genocides and illegal possession of firearms of these Terrorists. However the Counter-Terrorists (police) will try to prevent the Terrorists' (criminal) strike which is to defend by eliminating the criminals, defusing the planted bomb and or saving the hostages or the Terrorists will attack by planting the bomb or eliminate the police that will try to stop them. It's neither the CTs and the Ts that will Counter the strike, Strike the counter, Counter to strike or Strike to counter, we won't know because sometimes it's always the other way around. In conclusion these two team rivals will always have to deal with handling weaponry, utilities, corners and crossfire and have to win the round raise to thirteen otherwise it will be a tie and or overtime.

[@jaxsn-5656]

@@Xyrel24well said

[@jaxsn-5656]

Strike the counter

[@genichiroashina6372]

This match look fixed. The gambling market is the one pulling the strings

[@lnhaIee]

@@genichiroashina6372my ranked mates:

[@NewTears1]

Frozen has stepped up in a big way recently. It’s nice to see him and Elige performing well.

[@AdityaSingh-fy5vv]

Yeah good to see him going back to his mouz days and being the star rifler again.

[@From_Zero_to_German]

Poor Neo, these guys will give him a heart attack someday.

[@gigasigmaofficial]

they did gave me a slight one a few many times hahahah

[@Hussain-ok9rv]

He is Young

[@MiChAeL007k]

😂

[@jdyeetyaww]

Neo is the caster that isn't launders correct?

[@ThomasTheConqueror]

​@@jdyeetyawwno no. Neo is faze coach and scrawny is the other caster

[@RySLz]

Elige and Frozen going off. Yet another goated roster with no weak points.

[@bratan6170]

Don’t be so quick to put those kinda expectations. I wouldn’t say no weak points but it’s looking good for faze fans

[@dymatized3195]

No weak points? 3 maps almost 2 ots on different maps? Wth you talking bout 😂😂

[@DinkoDragnev-p9m]

@@dymatized3195 + G2's lack of experience was notisable in some moments. For Example at Nuke, when Broky got molly'd and they rushed to kill him instead of being pattient for an extra second. But yeah, Faze seems better than the end of the year.

[@danielslivmanis6628]

@@dymatized3195 its the faze way. They get payed by the rounds played ;)

[@sofarsogod]

faze always a superteam.

[@semm_kok2283]

🛑!Spoiler Block!🛑

[@insane2887]

Faze win

[@HudoFB]

Lol ​@@insane2887

[@armdle]

Map 1 Ancient : Faze 16-13 G2 Map 2 Inferno : Faze 10-13 G2 Map 3 Nuke : Faze 13-8 G2 Best Of 3 : Faze 2-1 G2

[@Moukraan]

@@armdle cringe

[@TommyVercetti0]

@@Moukraan what cringe about it monkey?

[@drakewilliamson567]

karrigan outsmarts snax and g2 with his big brain plays and activates and goes 1.6 mode, FAZEUP!

[@Tho-ugh-t]

hope this doesnt spoil who wins bro

[@rapidmark2700]

​@Tho-ugh-tthe only spoiler can be yourself if you voluntarily check the comments before watching the game.

[@drakewilliamson567]

@@rapidmark2700 Thanks for saying it so I don't have to, here you dropped this 👑

[@_Stargazer_.]

I am a G2 fan .. And I love Karrigan . He is a 36 yr old super star still kicking it with his brilliant calls. I wish G2 had an IGL like him .... Snax has all the experience , but somehow his calls seem to be weak . I have no idea why .

[@alcatraz_444]

​@@_Stargazer_.Hes 35

[@lefunghi6151]

Man what a start to the season this Kato is. Even the Play ins are already delivering matches THIS good, can’t wait for all the new rosters to get properly accustomed to each other. We’re in for a great year.

[@worldmadjoshglad4527]

ropz for elige big brain roster move

[@AgungWangsa]

Damn heavygod so much potential

[@Kake765]

Heavybot*

[@a1m..]

@@Kake765npcs after he doesn’t drop 1.2 every game

[@buddhastl7120]

If he drops 60 pounds he’d become a god

[@_Stargazer_.]

​@@Kake765 not as heavy as you , i am sure . Otherwise you would be in his place , playing among the best.

[@Kake765]

@@_Stargazer_. Still, he is the reason G2 went downhill, as you can see, made the team a Tier 2 team 😂😂

[@Jec-Ganja]

i counted 6 rounds from g2 that impossible to lose, but they did.

[@しぎ-j2i]

Nothing impossible in pro game.

[@El1as--]

yep G2 could've easily won this match

[@gloworms]

Never been a faze fan but I’m sure rooting for elige

[@firazrael]

Same same. Here and pray for Elige. He deserves much more

[@crazytechguy5735]

Same here, man. Well, this is a team game, so I am already into Faze now. At least, we now get to support a team that has the potential to make deep runs if not the championship itself.

[@KommandantAegis]

Get ready to stock up on blood pressure meds 💀

[@VastoG2k]

I can also root for faze at some matches only cause of Elige, the only attractive personality in a whole squad besides rain. Otherwise it is a trash team

[@しぎ-j2i]

Faze up!!!

[@Charlie-nc3cp]

30:08 "Gonna need a protractor to count all these aces" Don't let bro cook again

[@klx6265]

What a scrappy game by both sides. But elige warming up is good to see. 👆

[@plantplanet2183]

elige was getting better in the group stage.

[@dutchea]

@@plantplanet2183 they are still not in the spodek, they have to play tomorrow still.

[@dymatized3195]

A guy on top comments says faze has no weak points hahahaha 😂

[@dutchea]

@ wich player is a bad player in this team then? i will knock your teeth out.

[@しぎ-j2i]

@@dymatized3195 every teams has weak points.

[@_Stargazer_.]

I hope G2 considers -Snax + Siuhy . Or -Snax +Good rifler , Hunter IGL. This team would be 3 times better . (I am not a Snax hater). But his presence just seems to be so inconsistent.

[@thecosiek555]

you are delusional xD

[@_Stargazer_.]

​@@thecosiek555 why ??? .... Siuhy has already proven himself to be a really good IGL . Hunter also has shown to have the brains . So one of them instead of Snax would definitely be better for the team .

[@johncross4642]

@@_Stargazer_. hunter igl lmao

[@_Stargazer_.]

@@johncross4642 keep underestimating him . Just shows your ignorannce . lol

[@jdyeetyaww]

@@johncross4642honestly maybe it could be the move. Hunter just isn't a consistent rifler and is coin flip on godly player or trashcan lol. Maybe they need to put him in IGL role since he's not a star rifler

[@ohyea7875]

monesy is trying to get benched so he can go to falcons asap

[@kken2819]

obviously you're joking but g2 will never bench m0nesy, they will kick everyone and build an entire new roster around him before hes benched lol

[@JoezeeBeats]

@@kken2819he just waits for his contract to finish. Then he ll follow Niko. Mark my words 😃

[@petercarmack4867]

Some great rounds in here! Congrats to both teams for the excellent CS!

[@kenbaka1063]

Excuse me! I'm have a question? Where is Niko? I think him switching team Faze

[@John-ft4hh]

ESL I freaking miss this live I’m so sorry

[@daglishhhhh]

Man elige went massive on ancient and frozen went off on nuke. Rain was consistent throughout and sprinkle in that bit of broky magic, don’t let faze get to the arena!!!

[@vaseemshaik4899]

My thoughts exactly

[@gonzalocanas8335]

48:29 I think that table was at the end of the map...but since I'm not an expert in scoring, it's better not to give an opinion.

[@adriangabureanu5741]

Elige such a nice guy, he doesn’t even have skins 😂

[@huyquang1655]

he is color blind 😂

[@shaa7551]

oh G2, just give siuhy a call u know

[@WhatsThisOwO]

FaZe vs G2 are always my fave games, always a head to head of raw mechanical aim with a few crazy strats sprinkled in there.

[@hitana2386]

26:05 this play lost them the map... it could've been 2-0 for G2 why can't malbs just be normal

[@superaizaizaiz]

reasons. you all praising malbs if he delivers with creativity then criticize when things doesnt go your way? so unmanly 😅

[@1lukeCS]

Good call. That was super super troll i couldnt believe they lost this round. Id be tilted at my tm8 for that hahaha

[@PluckySquirrel1403]

Not at all, faze won the t half of this ot, even if g2 won this round it’s not the critical play

[@1lukeCS]

@@PluckySquirrel1403 youre tripppping if you think losing this 5v4 postplant in OT wasnt critical

[@PluckySquirrel1403]

@ not like it’s gonna win g2 the match if they had it, faze still go 15 first and had the money advantage. Don’t see any fault in malbs here everyone missed their shots too and had poor postplant positioning

[@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter]

Elige was such a good pickup. He just fits with this roster so much better than ropz and imo he’s just a better rifler. They can just play more aggressive which fits the cs2 meta rn. God I swear if broky was consistent this team would be unstoppable. Ntm he’s just one of my favorite players. He puts on for NA cs and his KZbin content is awesome. Now that he’s on my favorite team I might have to cop an elige jersey for the Texas major.

[@cryptochuckles-dh7uf]

crazy match!!! bro felt like finals ngl

[@himalczyk258]

Dude.. I think we can all agree that we would like to see exactly this as the Final game. Crazy good game. New generation of gamers coming in with Frozen, Malbs, Heavy, Monesy, maybe Elige prime coming in the back with one of the biggest legends Taz and Neo, I love this game and its competitive scene.

[@sarthakdash5727]

Snax's performance just isn't acceptable in a tier 1 tournament.

[@rozkalibrowany]

Reffering to Nuke map or Ancient?

[@cs2zax]

Love to see silver comments :D

[@cockotin]

@@cs2zax its true tho, you're just defending him cos you're polish and his your daddy

[@shin29534]

Niko is the heart and soul of g2

[@despadedespade7584]

BROKY JUST DOESNT SHOULDER PEEK EVER THE MADMAN

[@amallica]

One of the best series I’ve ever watched

[@toyotahilux9661]

1:05:42 aren't you guys curious? i've seen so many bugs in cs2 now a days even in AWP

[@GoodBoi1994]

Wow what a match indeed! Both teams played top tier CS and result could've gone either way. Also,ELIGE and frozen looking real sharp these days.

[@consoledoterror971]

crazy flick from broky man 27:36

[@helpdesk9535]

Monesy just had a bad game, why so much hate?

[@Gopstop222]

g2 without niko are t3 team

[@z0ned277]

Almost won against faze 😂 sure t3 stop sniffing crystal

[@Gopstop222]

@@z0ned277 truth hurts i know

[@z0ned277]

@ i come back when they won a tournament :)

[@Gopstop222]

@@z0ned277 so never

[@aaajest3035]

1:03:19 Aim lock

[@nurhelmanrahim8566]

😂

[@666nevermore]

Holy shit Karrigan 3k 32:02

[@nasunasu1446]

ppl keep bashing snax while the amount of Malbs carrying is pretty much the same amount of him trolling as well, so much for their new "star player"

[@shorts6074]

yeah, imagine pushing smoke at very crucial rounds... he really threw Ancient

[@klyrj2011]

the thing is if you stop being narrow minded and look at more than one game, Malbs saved them many times. Snax on the other hand literally never has a carry map, and also consistently makes poor calls. Even Karrigan has a good map once in a while.

[@nasunasu1446]

@klyrj2011 i mean G2 so far has disposed 3 IGLs since Aleksib, then Aleksib finds huge success on Navi. Im pretty sure you cant just blame it all on the IGL.

[@shorts6074]

@ bro, just say you don't watch G2 games

[@AdityaSingh-fy5vv]

When aleksi join g2, he was very new to being and igl. He got the experience there and then trained again in navi for a year. Now he's a proper igl and still makes some questionable calls under stress. Snax calling is possibly one of the worst i've ever seen. It's what niko used to call but without any defaulting, no fakes, just continuously hitting the same site again and again and again. The only igl i've seen actually do smthng in g2 is hooxi. Hooxi created such a meta on inferno that every time follows his play book of defaulting banana first and then brackets and appts. Mind u g2 had the 2nd best map win streak and the best series streak since NIP in 2014. Hooxi is probably the only good igl they had and someone listened to nexa and benched him. Niko could do calling but it was all still based around what hooxi would do on mirage, inferno and nuke.

[@eli-vu3vb]

31:30 giga brain smoke

[@thomasshelby5454]

58:42 is karrigan braindead? why dont he pulled out his knife.. he know exactly where's the bomb planted.. he killed the defuser he sees it (58:35).

[@florentinnita2513]

Some of the rounds faze looses makes you wonder if they are dumb or doing it unpurpose... How many times did broky die when he had his knife out???at this level..

[@thomasshelby5454]

@@florentinnita2513 exactly.. that third map should not be that close for faze.. they could win it comfortably.. its their individual mistakes is unacceptable at that level. team like spirit, vitality, navi would punish their mistake HARD..

[@finnmorsch4217]

@@thomasshelby5454 wasnt even close lol

[@ZoroxCS2]

1:03:20 @ 0.25 speed y u aimlock on head behind wall

[@s1noxios262]

happy to see Elige back winning

[@johnsudiro73]

Another snax masterclass. G2 need to kick snax and taz

[@rxndyrj]

Good to see frozen playing well & elige just too good. But this wont be enough vs EF if broky sleeping 😂

[@JohnWilliams-hq5yp]

g2 eliminated ?

[@djglobos]

26:41 HUH??

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

The editor had to know what he was doing. Thank you, editor!

[@naklove8041]

They say monesy is bad nah when your team inconsistent and bad communication the pro player become noob instantly

[@adriansekscinski2191]

since niko left g2, malbs took his place as star player with a tragic result, monesy plays like he dont care and hunter is hunter :) snax and heavygod playing rly good in this tournament.

[@vv_vv7992]

Frozen was so good

[@darshilgandhi45]

Niko needs monesy And monesy needs niko That's it. The synergy between them is just on another level.

[@CSGOSTUDENTPROFESSIONALAMATEUR]

Game on

[@riki-s]

absolute cinema

[@Li7ra]

I don,'t think most people comprehend how good HeavyGod actually is, even i underestimated him

[@lucaciandrei]

my 2 fav teams... jessh

[@valorantenjoyer1253]

never seen rain so hyped

[@otiniano]

Great to see Elige thrive

[@DaosIures]

Casters : "But I thought Valve nerfed the mp9 !" Guys, come on, that wasn't anywhere close to a nerf. "Crouching accuracy", really ? When was the last time anyone got killed by a static crouching mp9 at long range ? The problem with the weapon is the running and jumping accuracy with the odd double-HS thrown here and there

[@geramoran6195]

g2 is nothing without Niko , Monesy is nowhere near zywoo and donk

[@cloke3076]

Literally 2/3rd of 2024: are we joke to you

[@drduck420]

Another classic! LETS GO FAZE!

[@furytheredhead]

I will stop watching CS when Karrigan retires. He is the soul of this game.

[@lefterisdeligiannakhs3272]

what is that green thing that they useing after the round?

[@jaxzor]

last 2 Faze game felt like the major final...Faze might be cooking smth

[@hoangnguyen8698]

If this was arena game monesy would have tried more. He is a big game player after all

[@drean_3k]

Make Elige Great Again

[@sweet_amir]

Counter-Strike ❤

[@mranderson3441]

My boy Rain 🌧

[@neno539]

TAZ vs Neo is crazy

[@SK-zu8pw]

I hope faze win it all but spirit and navi seem to be on another level

[@RustCohleTX]

Snax 3/16 on nuke is brutal...

[@rishabh9627]

both falcons and g2 already look doomed for future dont know what niko was thinking he basically destroyed 2 teams with just 1 roster move although falcons are not losing bcoz of him he is still performing the best in that team

[@User-rn4bb]

They dont call falcons a retirement team, for nothing

[@abeg9959]

Falcons is a new org and team. Every new org and team has to go through a transition period. Plus Monesy and Jampphat are expected to join in 6 months so there team will get even steonger

[@Kake765]

@@abeg9959Siuhy (i doubt) Jimpphat, M0nesy, Niko and TeSes = win lot of trophy.

[@abeg9959]

@ That would be an amazing team! Hopefully they can get Siuhy and then just replace the other players with Monesy and Jimpphat who were reported that they would come in 6 months.

[@ohyea7875]

you are not niko

[@thefaded1337]

I see yall commenting on snax and heavygod, igl and newest player, what about hunter whos not preforming since..idk..long time now? They should rly consider switching him, all the bad choices from g2 menagment 😄

[@varuniz153]

nice match!

[@korbyvonrosenberg7329]

Why is snax on the team

[@Cats007-ii]

- hunter - snax + siuhy Hunter looks so curious and no idea. + his look a bit scared. Need to remove him time for hunter looking a new team for a new challenge.

[@KHOL1N]

am i the only one see how eliges crosshair twitched up every other second? or is that j me?

[@vaseemshaik4899]

Heavygod underrated!!!!

[@Touch_Me98]

Monesy Washed??

[@Kake765]

His best link partener is playing in Falcons, so they NEED to reunite, so M0nesy can play better

[@gloworms]

Guy doesn’t play his best and now he’s washed? Braindead comment.

[@aimMaxxing]

smoking the snax pack ]

[@MiChAeL007k]

FAZE Clan is the most entertaining team to watch.

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

Falcons m0nesy incoming

[@Arnabit]

so many ad breaks between! wtf ESL

[@johncross4642]

People crying about snax while the star players are shitting the bed... 🐵🧠

[@huckleberryfinn3960]

3-16 srax is the worst igl ever

[@moheexbaloch2946]

There is no g2 without niko😂

[@user-ke1qj7up3e]

Snax is not the problem. I wish Snax stay in G2 longer cause I hate monkesy.

[@Caarletito]

stats low

[@wojtekzagaj6115]

@@Caarletito what do you mean, karrigan 0.88, chopper 0.99, apex 0.91, aleksib 0,87 and snax has 0.89 rating , if you care so much about stats why spreading stiupid informations?

[@tuananhhoang7113]

​@@wojtekzagaj6115 funny how all of the IGL you've just mentioned are still in play for Katowice 😂😂

[@TopOnTops]

@@Caarletito and the star awper did nothing

[@wojtekzagaj6115]

@@tuananhhoang7113 funny that I mention top 5 teams little brain monkey

[@ModdduM]

Elige 🔥

[@shyshkas]

repeat of the fun, lost to Faze again in the semi-finals, but it was the same with Niko during the Major, Faze is a difficult opponent for G2

[@jozobeng548]

Frozen king 🔥🔥🔥 konečne do piče 😂

[@plantplanet2183]

G2 was no good in katowice, heavygod's perform is good, but niko's leave changed them to worse way:( (by the way hunter's performent is getting better in g2)

[@_Stargazer_.]

Hunter has never been the problem. He is such an experienced player at this point. -Snax + another good rifler , +Hunter IGL . G2 will be much better

[@plantplanet2183]

@@_Stargazer_. I hope they can bring back Hooxi,maybe strengthen g2 to another level.

[@theagen3js371]

Heavygod = Nexa to much sugar😂

[@NagragPadma13]

Is loser out of the tournament?

[@torinkeenan2718]

broky has been pretty weak lately. In his A game he’s a top 10 player. Faze will need him to step up if they want to beat Spirit or Navi

[@aseptzy4147]

we call goatriggan

[@1lukeCS]

Pick up siuhy

[@claudioseman7119]

Faze is a better team, since the arrival of ELIGE

[@rajatsingh2956]

Snax lost G2 the match right from the simple pistol miss on Nuke 1st round. Get rid of this guy already

[@Frey_64]

FaZe UP!

[@woosthuizen1139]

That's what happens when you let Niko go. Get rekt G2

[@CrowbarKogut]

tf they let niko go

[@CrowbarKogut]

he left himself