Where's YEKINDAR? A Counter-Strike prodigy struggling.

[@MTGFaded]

I think it’s extremely important for players, and organizations, to take inside looks at their players and themselves to truly understand what could be causing server issues. Really well done Liquid and Yekindar, takes a lot to do something like this, I’m hoping for the best for you personally, your career, and for the future of team liquid. I’ll always be a navi fan as they got me into esports and cs but as an american i’ll always love the team

[@launders]

good luck yekindar o7

[@sundaystef]

Launders lan 2

[@yaboibunsen363]

shut up bitch

[@genericapplesauce]

Yo how do we get you a checkmark

[@nartouthere]

i believe in the yekindar comeback arc

[@benjaminscott3368]

star player with Karrigan numbers

[@dmvbawse4265]

It’s been over 2 years bruv

[@alexkim789]

10:55 transition is CRAZY

[@W4LT3Rego]

credits to you guys in liquid and yekindar for being transparent about this!

[@fuzzanderson]

Let’s go my man Mareks, u are absolutely deserve a good things 💛

[@heapoorzelvies4712]

tbh I think after cs2 gets more refined or yeki gets used to all the weird changes in the game, he'll find his form. He's been doing better recently imo, so ether he starts swimming now or he sinks. I hope he swims all the way to the major. Good luck if you're reading this yeki o7.

[@STYKO]

Amazing piece of content. Well done!

[@TeamLiquidCS]

thanks!

[@pr0fy_gg]

A much needed content. I watched Liquid from it's reigning to downfall yet I'm still here. Shit happens but I still believe in Mareks, this team. There’s always light after dark.

[@lordkentar]

I was really excited with Yekindar joined Liquid, and everyone is allowed a rough patch. I believe in the Yekindar comeback and look forward to buying another Liquid Major signature sticker set!

[@peepopoo4387]

Everyone is allowed a rough patch besides the guy who arguably made TL CS what it is. We're truly in bizarro world.

[@sudhanshupanta8108]

​@@peepopoo4387made as in pile of shit?

[@tinokosova3356]

YekiGOD. Keep that head up brother 💙🤍💙

[@blairhearnsberger5885]

Marerks - North America loves you my brother. We got your back.

[@koolaiddude7685894]

Yeki is smart. Hearing him on the casts you can tell he knows this game WELL and loves tf out of it. I really hope he can figure out how to overcome this rn and come back strong.

[@elided07]

I can't wait for yeki to find his form again. He was one of my favorite players to watch. aggressive, smart, and crispy aim. it felt like he was in the opponent's head all the time.

[@svenssokolovskis4287]

Yekindar aint that bad he is finding his way back I see him in the pro scene for sure go Marek 🇱🇻

[@itGurt]

Humanizing the players. Based content Liquid. Yeki ❤

[@Fujaxx]

We can't lose YEKINDAR 😮‍💨🥺. Keep it up and we love you ❤ 😊

[@potatoz1295]

The second coming of Rain, Niko and Electronic type of player even before Donk. If others can find their confidence again, so Yekindar, VP days was insane but now is the important time for him to find his footing again and he will bounce back.

[@fallendore]

through struggle you can find peace and through peace you can find your form again, i believe.

[@PreZurv]

This was amazing, love you Yekindar, you deserve the support from everyone

[@atheee]

Didn't expect Team Liquid to post a documentary about how shit yekindar is

[@tech4172]

Seems like yekinders power up is actually Family and friends.. atleast to me thats what I got from this. He started playing well again after that chill period with his close ones so why not let him refresh n then become the Beast again

[@DougDinkaDome]

Not trying to joke or make fun, but would it help if he wasn't so close to the screen? He said he moved to doing that because he did it once and got a deagle ace. Maybe its time to try to sit back a little bit.

[@metetutuncu6143]

we need you back bro love you

[@AMeNz0r631]

How close is this guy to his monitor when he plays, that's insane

[@pedro_luppi]

Great guy, awesome story. we'll bounce back

[@0725038]

Take a break! Don't play AT ALL for at minimum 3 weeks! Reset your brain, focus on something else entirely, don't talk to your team, go away. Thinking you will get better by keeping playing is insanity. It goes the same for any other task in your life and for everyone. If you dont take a break when everything goes wrong, it can lead to depression. The brain needs to rest and reset.

[@robertsgarselis1629]

Agree but as a pro u just cant afford to take 3 weeks off.

[@xNSHD]

Worst advice ever. Imagine if that was the answer to people in sports underperforming just don't play for weeks. Real Madrid to mbappe - hey your form is down have 3 weeks off go home do other things and don't talk to the team and when you come back we are sure you will be firing on all cylinders again. See how stupid that scenario is.

[@0725038]

@@xNSHD If he came out saying he needs a pause cause he can't handle it mentally anymore, you can be sure they would give it to him. People like you are the reason "depression" is seen as a woman problem and men should just "man up". Underperforming happens to anyone, sure. But did you actually watch the video? Yek keeps blaming himself and no matter how hard he tries, it doesn't work. That piles on after a while and he's been like that for a whole year. He's stressed out AF. Mental health disorders affects 20% of all athletes in the world and the way to start treating it is to step back.

[@isusmater-qj2rq]

^

[@kpaco8]

Amazing quality , hope to see more cs content like this

[@ThatGuyTube]

Clearly liquid aren't planning to kick yeki if they made this, so people shitting on him and saying he needs to go are just pointlessly hating. No doubt he makes some head scratching plays and has had some terrible games, but JKS hasn't been performing great either and doesn't get half the hate. People seem to ignore the good games he has and only see the bad, the talent is still there, he just needs to get his confidence back.

[@ryandunham9282]

To be fair jks hasn’t played in a year before liquid

[@ThatGuyTube]

​@@ryandunham9282 ? He might not have had a team but he was still playing faceit every day, the same way every other pro trains.

[@cervwrekkerrr]

@@ThatGuyTube how tf does jks playing faceit and getting less hate correlate lmao kekindar has been underperforming for almost 2 years now. the backlash is deserved

[@sayian3721]

esse pessoal da liquid não vai dar ouvidos a nada, pessoal vai preferir afundar abraçado com essa ancora do que fazer o que certo!

[@TheSwiftDJ105]

Absolutely love this team. It irks me to see people constantly trash teams that can't really trade a player go "oh minus this person plus this person" Like no, this player is what makes this team so good. People say it with faze and it pisses me off alot. Despite all that, I love this team with my whole heart. I was thinking of making crafts in cs2 and it actually made me sad i couldnt put yekindar or twistzz stickers because they didnt make copenhagen major. I know for sure this time around there will be such stickers (like ultimate stickers!) in shanghai. Good luck in the future guys!

[@ShadowBGR]

good luck Yekindar, with love from Bulgaria

[@umairrajput02]

I believe in Yekindar arc

[@BringTheMachetE]

when yekindar creates a highlight its always a big dick highlight. the fans believe in you. o7

[@cameronanderson4196]

Yeki seems like such a good guy. I believe Twistz energy will help his confidence.

[@jckongs]

I'm ready for Yekindar's redemption arc

[@Miffy564]

I love yekindar all the best he’s a good player

[@KappaClaus]

Seeing Yekindar in VP made me not question why he is in Tier 1.

[@hirakmehta6366]

Yek1ndar boutta have the comeback of the century ❤❤❤

[@svenmosta549]

Great Content, keep it up!

[@XojiAkaVlogs]

Awesome documentary!

[@sh1nenkai258]

tbh the moment yekindar straightened his posture was when he started to fall off, nah jk in all honesty, im still believing because my favourite players ax1le and twistzz both had a slump period (twistzz admittedly wasnt really a slump but a role issue/clash, u saw he immediently went back into form once he joined faze) with ax1le more recently and yekindar is in a similar situation to him cause they were both top of their role but fell off, but ax1le recently shown he can do it again, so im not giving up on yekindar especially with this new cs update but im afraid the haters and casuals dont have the same mindset as me or the fans where they believe a once top player in his role can bring back his form i hope yekindar doesnt read any hate comments and only reads the good comments

[@nicholastartaglia4276]

nah Twistzz was definitely in a slump. There was no role clash on Faze and he had played a support type role for the bulk of his time there, especially when they were successful. He came back and started fragging out because he had more freedom and had less of those support roles.

[@sh1nenkai258]

@@nicholastartaglia4276 mate he was playing A anchor on mirage and stuff like that, on faze even though he gave up con he played short which is the second best spot, its not just the supportive elevemt on t side, its the bad spots on ct to top it all off

[@peepopoo4387]

Both Yekindar and Ax1le were only good during the Covid-Online Era where teams clearly weren't anti-stratting as hard and putting as much effort in. Yekindar still put up decent numbers his first year on Team Liquid, but you could see the mental process for the game wasn't there like it should be and Jame had been doing a lot of thinking for him(which lead to Yekindar thinking this is the only proper way to play CS and promptly killing TL).

[@sh1nenkai258]

@@peepopoo4387 mate you got a brain in there??? ax1le was the 4th best player in 2022, thats fully on lan where he even had mvp at dallas with a full crowd and stage and yekindar was top 20 in 2022 aswell even when swtiching teams and systems what makes you think they were only good online, fact check urself before trying to spread misinformation mate

[@peepopoo4387]

@@sh1nenkai258 Nice of you to cherrypick Axile's only good LAN that wasn't even fully-stacked team-wise IIRC. What a disgusting comment from you.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

I love Yekindar

[@csgopillermach1ne815]

Perhaps you're sitting too close to the monitor ...

[@simont1709]

Best of luck Yeki

[@rossholloway]

00:00 - что-то не так... 01:01 - добро пожаловать в Ригу, Латвия 01:24 - мама YEKINDAR'а рассказывает его историю 03:00 - Увлечение CS в раннем возрасте 05:00 - Присоединение к Virtus Pro 05:49 - Присоединение к Team Liquid 07:04 - NAF вспоминает Rio Major 08:07 - Пробует себя в роли IGL 09:15 - "тяжёлый период" - NAF 10:30 - провал на квалификации RMR 2023 11:00 - встреча с друзьями в Латвии 12:05 - жертвы ради того, чтобы стать лучшим в CS 13:44 - встреча со старыми друзьями 15:50 - "достиг ли я того, к чему стремился?" 16:30 - сегодняшний Марек... - Йока 17:00 - поиск стабильности

[@Shoff]

in Yeki we trust

[@soldatheero]

He has it in him. He just needs to stay calm and remember everything I taught him

[@y.o.u7529]

lets go Marek everything will be fine. ❤

[@nalariveral]

Are young Latvians really this good in English? Like I thought Yeki was a bit of a special case but his friend has good accent too. Anyway, I still believe in you Yeki, good luck!

[@troysmithfr]

I know a couple people who also speak it pretty good. Who knows

[@InStevenWeTrust]

Yes. It's widely taught in schools and many Latvians have a lot of exposure to American TV shows and movies so they are constantly listening to native English pronunciation from a young age. If you go in the rural areas of the country, this becomes less of the case.

[@nalariveral]

@@InStevenWeTrustoh really. They must have the closest accent to Americans. All other European countries I know have very distinct accents.

[@rospu9874]

They really studied Yekindar downfall

[@innobius4898]

Is it just me or is NAF the best kind of teammate?

[@akmens]

Saņemies nezvēr , in YEKINDAR we trust 🎉 🇱🇻

[@DmitrijsGalinskis]

Good luck, namesake!

[@AdmittedEnd]

He will comeback. Time will show

[@daviddoyle617]

Yeki goat ♥️

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

Trophy coming for yeks

[@NormalC]

#1 Yeki fan

[@xXOpticThreatXx]

I don’t think anything yekindar is doing is wrong as an entry player it is all about keeping it fresh and that I’m sure is difficult at higher levels but I also feel like the teammates must be trying to setup yeki maybe you all should try running some different execs together because cs2 is a very different game and I feel like breaking smokes is one of the greatest ways to get an entry combined with a flash sometimes it can be a great way to take a site

[@boneclink6411]

Being entry is fine as long he kill enemy, but the reality he made his team 4v5 everytime 😂, i think he more impactful when being the lastman standing, he quite good with clutch.

[@peepopoo4387]

Yekindar barely even entries and his hltv stats reflect this. He's more of an aggro lurk now. Watch the game, he'll be solo-lurking Banana on Inferno for example while the rest of TL are getting apts and bracket control.

[@cozy_2X]

liquid gonna be #1 come 2025

[@Ramhearts]

I believe in you YEKI!!!!

[@duleduki3733]

Don't worry bro, you will be out of liquid after major. Washed at 23 is crazy achievement

[@bartkrysiatys5101]

His vision is going

[@Fluskar]

insane quAlity

[@lexotaku]

gl goat

[@NicholasEllis-rs3nx]

The way they paid off his buyout and if they cut and refunded him he’d be Patsi devavlued and could hold them hostage for Latvia-Russian 1Mil then he used it to pay off VP at the Time I’ve been following him since he joined VP Antwerp and a few other tournaments they beat Vitality in Bo1s but Astralis Liquid coL Juggernaut we’re Online. FaZe Stockholm/Antwerp try always beat FaZe and teams lose le Dignitas but still have yet to beat G2. How he manipulated and convinced Liquid to lose brand value and recognition even still till this day the guy can manipulate Bubzski or others to make him believe he was the best entry Frag itw when Jame abused him in a weaker time of cs like he tries to abuse FL1T except even if you’re not in partner leagues they still gave you a fair shot. Now a days he could drop 40 a half and still have to smash ENCE or someone at ESL to attend a Proleague. When he plays outside or banana and does amazing the entire time until 11-11 then pushes a smoke or throw the round and money it still won’t be enough to get him off the team. I want Liquid to win and don’t want Nitro or EliGE to join but if there’s one thing that can go it’s Twistz amazing confidence to convince the world Yekindar is gonna change and not to blame Dallas 2023 Liquid was sorry of faded, I believe in TwistZ but can’t believe he can divide and win with trying to get over micro roof rage or Yekindar

[@nicholastartaglia4276]

He made Liquid a top 5 team for 9 months after they were a top 11-15 team for nearly 2 years lol He literally brought them back to relevancy in the tier 1 scene He was literally the best entry in t1 for a good 1.5-2 years. So this whole period of time was during a weak era of CS? TLDR: you dont know anything

[@Ya1000Once]

l love yekindar❤

[@GerbzzCS2]

Now that the movement speed boost when you start to change directions is fixed I bet this mf will make a come back without that bullshit inconsistency he had to get use to.

[@fuzzanderson]

Yeki comes stronger

[@Shaynman1]

😢 I saw Patsi bring the boy back

[@EdgarsDrusts]

👑

[@jasonviolante1113]

Yekindar wont fail

[@kira-pechka-and-mimi]

večukiņ, tu to vari, mēs tev ticam

[@NikosHand]

That dude is like 7 feet tall

[@子王-q4o]

i love u mareks

[@dain_9]

BELIEVEEEEEEE

[@Fluben]

gotta move a couple inches back from the screen brotha

[@mpH1998]

I BELIEVE IN YEKI

[@PanduricaBlues]

Maybe he found out, he doesn´t want to play with mouse and keyboard any more :P

[@Philllin]

he needs to change his position on how he stares at the screen.

[@ryandunham9282]

I tried sitting close to the monitor before and it did not help me, I was just curious as to how it felt

[@Philllin]

@@ryandunham9282 i tried it before and i play worse personally LOL

[@shreyansbabel6684]

♥♥♥♥♥

[@Shinigami.GK3]

Good video but this brothers cooked a change of scenery is probably is what he needs

[@Tobygas]

The Latvian check stealer

[@tolgaertek1105]

Bro dont dramatize this situation he needs to leave its that simple this is how it works he cant perform for months

[@mohammedhoudinigaming5930]

I swear bro just needs to sit back a little, maybe try a new res also🙏🏼

[@BratShemi]

He needs to get better soon or it's just time to move on . He might even be much better with a change of scenery

[@glashausAimz2]

he turned blind and no one noticed :D

[@GIL6736]

Just back away from the monitor just a little bit lol

[@boneclink6411]

I think he just need calm a bit not reckless play like arT, and of course a glasses or contact lens.

[@AnneGlenn-x5s]

Stamm Mountain

[@MiddletonDaisy-h7f]

Beahan Forges

[@vova_v3981]

Hello❤

[@StefannV]

It's hard to be PRO player. A lot of mentaly changes...

[@Achilles_VII]

yeki bro are u gonna be like messi when he went to PSG, sucked ass, left PSG and got good again....or ronaldo when he went back to man united 🤪 choice is yours! you can do this!

[@sayian3721]

Nao vejo hora delw ser kikado, nao ta kogando nada , oatece quentime sempre começa com -1

[@CBUCK1994]

hes in a team that has role issues

[@Master-ng9uj]

gl hf

[@sudhanshupanta8108]

Kekindar

[@harrierkkila2764]

Sig sauer p320 m17 taser 26x ham radio arrl tecsun s2000 Panasonic fzmk Nokian eds 880oi

[@kujshow]

Why the face in the monitor? Ahhahaha

[@michaeldeo564]

Too long guys for waiting him. I think since he has that "problem" outside the game. It ruined his whole gameplay... ~ mental issues is real guys.