WINNER TO PLAYOFFS! - G2 vs Liquid - HIGHLIGHTS - IEM Chengdu 2024 l CS2

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[@septicbooper4767]

50:37 jame flashback but this time is not g2 time

[@PowellCat745]

unlucky, no help from NVIDIA and PGL this time.

[@mranderson3441]

It is apparent that nexa has never been the biggest problem of g2. It is mostly hunter and niko who can't deliver like they used to in csgo. If g2 did not have monesy, they definitely would be out of the top 10 team.

[@gouravkumarsingh7482]

I kinda agree.. People say get HOOXI out, I know he is bad but his kills feels more impactful than someone like Hunter's which shouldn't be the case.

[@rishabh9627]

Yes a lot of people are still butthurt about Jks being removed from the roster But the guy who has replaced him is actually doing what is being asked of him He is still carrying his form from Major It's actually hunter who is literally absent from all the maps Niko atleast has 1 dominant map in a bo3 G2 know they can't remove hunter or Niko Either both of them or none of them

[@amircool2529]

​@@rishabh9627 +1 Also hunter is a bit now tbh

[@tezzlacoilz]

@@rishabh9627 hehe JKS was always the issue though dont forget that. He was stopping Niko from winning by not talking enough and screaming NICE NIKO NICE ... LOL

[@teenieweenie1260]

hes still a problem tho

[@ShidNoh]

it's been a while since i've seen twistzz play this well, good to see him and yekindar back on form

[@rozy111]

yekindar rly has been grinding his mechanical skill on faceit recently. i just think the jump from cl_righthand 0 to 1 for him was too jarring 😭 it was like that for me atleast

[@lightlessplays1062]

Why Twistzz changed the team

[@MaFiaMediaHD]

@@lightlessplays1062Lack of communication from Faze org. They offered him a contract too late, and because he was worried about Faze being bought by a new company, he signed with Liquid.

[@muminrahman7088]

@@lightlessplays1062faze merger, contract and communication issues

[@Evrgarden]

@@lightlessplays1062 faze ghosted him when his contract was about to expire. how are there still people that don't know this it's been 4 months

[@FlyingSquirrelly]

3:38 you KNOW that triple reply from skullz immediately had to have pissed Niko off

[@tonyt5711]

yeah niko has a mental like tofu he'd have won way more trophies if he'd stop tilting so easily (and didn't kick jks)

[@gordonramsey5717]

​@@tonyt5711why do you guys think niko had the power to kick jks it was g2 management not him bruh

[@Rodrigo-eb7gg]

45:57

[@xcy7240]

@@gordonramsey5717bcuz niko wanted more money to stay in g2 and not move falcons, so g2 couldn’t afford jks anymore.

[@gordonramsey5717]

@@xcy7240 niko is on the same pay dude they didn't increase his pay

[@de_prod1gy965]

Give Cadian a time and something to work with, he will get the team to top 5 in matter of time. Great IGL.

[@naveengupta5588]

Yekinder is IGL of Liquid

[@ricardosilva-vn6nw]

​@@naveengupta5588 it was Yekindar but they changed when Cadian joined

[@naveengupta5588]

@@ricardosilva-vn6nw really???then why casters were mentioning Yekinder as IGL?

[@owensmith2261]

⁠@@naveengupta5588probably talking about when Yekindar was IGL. Cadian took over because Yekindar wasn’t working out as an IGL

[@cybermonkey2807]

Meanwhile cadian getting wrecked

[@MTRanker]

Finally, cadian is hitting his form

[@ItfeelsSoDamnGoodToBeANaffer]

It looks like they all are. This is the best they’ve played since this roster came together.

[@hi-qz7nt]

@@ItfeelsSoDamnGoodToBeANafferundoubtedly

[@Viberoza]

They are a lan team

[@ItfeelsSoDamnGoodToBeANaffer]

@@Viberoza hell yeah!

[@Liam-cq8bg]

Good thing they kicked JKS he was definitely the weak link

[@cvd465]

One of the worst roster moves recently

[@frutato7498]

​@@cvd465G2 prison with free paycheck for Niko, family, and friends. Hope m0nesy can get out of there soon.

[@Chess2969]

Twistzz goat of NA without a doubt.

[@cihoayona1474]

True af

[@rac8153]

Thats kind of hard to deny since he is pretty much the only NA player who had success outside of the garbage level of the region

[@hayden0959]

Him and EliGE

[@micahbrastad713]

@@hayden0959I think elige has better raw aim than Twistzz, but Twistzz is more consistently good and is the overall better & smarter player

[@ningunoag]

Simple goat of NA right?

[@alienxthemostpowerfulficti2888]

Monesy is playing the S1mple role in young age for G2, these adults should be ashamed😂, his face says it all how much he's trying hard to carry G2 ahead than the rest of the team. Niko and Hunter are the most inconsistent powerful duo Cs2 ever had. More than nexa, i am afraid of Hunter now. This G2 isn't in the same place. It's all over the place. People who are trashing hooxi should know that it's not his fault that people like Niko, hunter and nexa aren't performing. In fact in some cases it's hooxi who is at the top. People are getting happy just because this current G2 "qualifies" into the playoffs if that's what this team is meant for then u people are far away from the trophy.

[@Frogesh]

It's cuz of Edward Cleand the former mental coach of g2. Now that hes gone, I don't think g2 has a mental coach, niko is extremely tilting player, along with hunter. Tilt almost every lost duel or bad mistakes they make which causes them to play worse, also niko changes his settings quite a bit from what i noticed. went from razor mouse to Logitech, also changing sens quite a bit is causing consistency issues for Niko

[@Chess2969]

M0nesy is not even close to peak s1mple he is more like 2017 s1mple level player.

[@thatcooldudeisawesome876]

@@Chess2969 Yes he is you overrate him he is literally always above 1.5 average like peak s1mple

[@geriengrico7565]

what u cooking about?

[@devashisneog4954]

Not just any adults,in them is one of the top 3 of entire CSGO

[@chordal9939]

LETS GO LIQUID!!! Looking so much better so far

[@darkside4796]

Monesy looking mad bro lol😅

[@NewDarkKnight]

Bro did his best. Those superstar Dork brothers needed to do better.

[@slenropz]

he does everything and his team does nothing. hope he goes to cloud9

[@emmanuel4764]

@@slenropz in your dream maybe

[@nikitos3558]

​@@slenropzCloud 9 is cursed man.

[@B00nater]

@@slenropzclown9? They suck bro 😂

[@kenscarpa2318]

This is a wonderful channel thank you so much for the tight editing. Y’all are amazing.

[@user-ew9ew8lq2z]

7:00 this trigger discipline thoooo

[@saman8375]

Naf is such a dependable beast

[@MMTr4ding]

Happy to see liquid's growth. Cheering a lot for the boys

[@Unreasonable1756]

Naf looks dead inside

[@Frogesh]

Loba sends his regards 😂😂😂😂 now m0nesy can full try hard in fpl and beat Loba everytime 😂😂😂

[@swdeadpool1129]

Twistz looking like old liquid twistz Skullz is really good. Naf is just as consistent as before Yekinder reminding us how good he is And CadiaN getting back to his old form as sharp as before in both awp and mind games

[@a_nikak]

Poor m0nesy

[@air_w0lf766]

He look so sad at the end.

[@sallad2645]

Without M0nesy getting multi kills/clutching every round G2 simply cannot win. Once he leaves they will be a tier 2 team. There isn't an awper alive who can carry them the way Ilya does.

[@B00nater]

Won’t happen but wonderful would be the next best option, obviously still a big downgrade but if they replace hunter or Hooxi it could work.

[@sallad2645]

@@B00nater he still wouldn't come close to M0nesy's impact. Putting W0nderful, already a more passive awoer, on G2 would essentially turn him into Jame. Lmao

[@frutato7498]

​@@B00naterWhy would w0nderful downgrade when he just won a Major with NaVi. NaVi also has a 100% win rate against G2.

[@frutato7498]

​@@sallad2645True lol, but no one in NaVi would downgrade to G2. Luckily NaVi has rights to buy m0nesy back if he doesn't re-sign with G2. (Maybe to replace iM as a star rifler if he has bad performance for the rest of the year)

[@B00nater]

@@frutato7498 oh I know it wouldn’t. But Cloud9 would be a downgrade for monesy as well. Pretty much anywhere he goes would be they just need to get rid of hunter and maybe Hooxi.

[@Philllin]

now this is the liquid we needed to see

[@funtourhawk]

Bombing out of the RMR was a blessing, actually had time to grind/practice

[@yardboy2733]

33:45 commentator 😭

[@FloridaHockeyFan]

Hopefully this team continues improving with more time together.

[@balazsszel5357]

Bro, I love watching Yekindar play

[@davidk6656]

19:30 is literally the difference between age and quickness. Monesy is just on another level.

[@LordBrozart]

Yekindar is back

[@mctoasty420]

Yekindar looking confident and supported. I like how liquid hasn’t changed everything and has kept confidence in their team; it’s gonna turn out good for them

[@ItfeelsSoDamnGoodToBeANaffer]

Monesy looks like he wants to cry. I get it. I’ve been frustrated to the point where I wanted to cry.

[@RaptorJesustology]

skullz is such a nice young man

[@gouravkumarsingh7482]

Twistaaa is looking fresh

[@Alzoryne]

all they needed was for twistzz to put the extra weight on to be able to carry harder

[@wz-fv2ix]

NAF looks the happiest :) LOL

[@funtourhawk]

Literally had zero reaction to his 1v2 clutch and them winning the series lmao

[@mctoasty420]

Everyone on liquid looks happy to be on the team, they’ve done really good building their confidence even tho they didn’t qualify for major. Coaching on liquid rn is top tier support

[@nikitalevytskyi3162]

I waited for Liquid and they’re meet my expectations. Love the chemistry.

[@diesomeyoung]

LETS FUCKING GO

[@InJunoWeTrust]

Everybody on Liquid was in great form !

[@lefunghi6151]

Liquid currently has experienced players but isn’t battle hardened as a team yet. But the latter is only a matter of time until it changes. If they do stick with this roster and build on the immense foundations they have, this is gonna be some scary fucking team to play against.

[@KingDanikMort]

Bro did CadiaN just pinched Naf at the end 😳

[@mctoasty420]

Bro really grabbed his cheek😂

[@Deep-feeling-bula]

NIKO, this mechanical preview, is really hard, veteran.

[@WahPony]

twistzz tryna think of a new hair: what if I try regular

[@ItfeelsSoDamnGoodToBeANaffer]

Yes Liquid! Keep this up and I might have to change my name.

[@Anjankumar1996]

Bro someone pls save M0nesy.

[@teddim5524]

why did G2 covers the logo on their chest?

[@ramoncitocatacutan2964]

M0nesy deserves a better team. C9 perhaps.

[@fromaguez]

not an upgrade, at best they're equal

[@skillbomb8823]

C9??? xDDDDDDDD

[@rishabh9627]

But they can't kick any of the players in that team Hobbit, Axile & perfecto, electronic Which one will it be Bcoz neither of them is as good in IGLing as Boombl4

[@xman_rt]

MOUZ is better choice

[@TheAisenz0rz]

Justice for jks

[@cvd465]

I loved jks, broke my heart when he fell out of favour again. Now he's back in that limbo he was before standing in for FaZe

[@boomguys6849]

everything went downhill

[@s1mple9223]

Who?

[@imalemon3841]

@@s1mple9223 mr katowice himself, that’s who

[@SonySony0385]

-nexa -hunter - hooxi -niko -m0nesy

[@victors3806]

Does anybody know what the tape Cadians has on his shirt means?

[@clarkwong2770]

点子哥big brain bro

[@victors3806]

@@clarkwong2770thank you

[@mctoasty420]

@@clarkwong2770 @victors3806 I appreciate this post and the comment, I was really wondering.

[@sh4onn]

why no ones talking about yekindar, he is doing really well

[@funtourhawk]

Ah finally some Niko rage cams, PGL was dropping the ball HARD on that front

[@aliannakl]

LET'S GO LIQUID 🌊

[@jethrobarruga5001]

Twistzz showed NiKo who's the best aimer of all time

[@B00nater]

Niko easily > Twistzz in both their primes, Niko is just going through a rough patch, at least I hope so.

[@rishabh9627]

​@@B00naterIt's not a rough patch bro He is not able to adapt to new game mechanics of CS2 His prime is gone with csgo

[@cihoayona1474]

@@B00nater Twistzz prime > NiKo prime just like 2018

[@jethrobarruga5001]

@@B00nater you need to realize twistzz played support roles for almost his entire career

[@dylanbetts8774]

Never thought I'd witness reddit favourite igl outplaying niko but here we are

[@MdOtar]

What happened to Hunter and Niko , I do not understand , They dropped their level soo much ... I mean , Only m0nesy can't carry this dead team to trophies...

[@geriengrico7565]

ofc, g2 is dead

[@heavylurch6497]

monesy should insta leave g2 if he really wants to win some trophies.

[@SebastianVVVVVV]

@@heavylurch6497 Nah just rebuild around monesy and kick the rest

[@wabalaka1565]

They just coin flip goat or bot every game. The power is there in G2 but the inconsistency overflowing in Niko and hunter

[@rishabh9627]

A lot of players have found it hard to shift to CS2 mechanics and kovacs are one of them Sadly for them they are already at the dawn of their careers No chance for improvement Would be better for G2 to prolly give them a year and then make a call If they want to replace, remove both of them together

[@No-ih4fb]

Liquid played crazy these games

[@mmokvo]

TL gaming. Consistency is key.

[@Edzje007]

Twistz absolute god. Wish they replaced rain with frozen on faze and kept twistz. Entry fraggers with his starpower are unique in the pro scene. In my opinion he even is 1 of a kind. Fantastic player.

[@steverho3280]

He left not kicked

[@c0stie34]

@@steverho3280 managed twistzz contract bad so twistzz left its pretty much the same as getting kicked

[@Aces211ai]

Did he say " pump and dump, and don't leave your name on the nightstand"?

[@GojoStayDead]

Holy shyt Yeki playing 4d chess.

[@AndrewJanusson]

Twistzz put the team on his back (as usual)

[@mctoasty420]

I mean he had a good inferno where he kinda carried but yekindar definitely played well and cadian had great igl calls but missed too many shots. Naf and skullz played pretty good too. Inferno he did kinda carry but the other two maps, id say he played his role as top frag

[@delegance1086]

Liquid........fuckin A ......nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@guanfaiHong-gu3dm]

cadian 点子哥 😎🤘🏻

[@petruradu7242]

A major win for Niko seems to be a lot more distant now, should've have hit the shoots in heaven on Nuke

[@rishabh9627]

So then they would've won the major ???

[@panbanan1151]

@@rishabh9627 yes

[@petruradu7242]

@@rishabh9627 it would be a third map but its better then the 0 2 they got

[@Hotlmao]

Save monesy

[@SkilledFSC]

From missing easy shots. Save him.

[@lolus1215]

​@@SkilledFSCm0nesy is too talented to play in g2, niko, hunter horribly inconsistent and hooxi not the same igl like we seen before, im curious how bad will be g2 if m0nesy leave it :P

[@phancuong7289]

​@@SkilledFSChe can't miss easy shots? All the awpers in CS scene can't miss easy shots???

[@harrykalos8540]

"Hey let's blame Jks for our bad form and maybe no one will notice..."

[@mctoasty420]

Def the big difference between liquid and g2 is even though liquid was having a rough start, they kept the team together and built their confidence. All of liquid look happy to be there with each other and they all support each other and have great chemistry, g2 just look unorganized, not happy, and stressed even when they win.

[@alijohar4937]

Niko is actually so bad now. Meaningless initiatives and never finishes the easy ones. He gives G2 maximum 2 good rounds per map at best. Nexa is playing 10 times better than Niko right now. He needs to take a break

[@funtourhawk]

nah keep him on the team I can't get enough of his cry cams

[@KommandantAegis]

Need m0nesy to go to an actual team please 🙏

[@Semantic_Parallax]

48:40 holy moly... such a 0iq utility usage

[@pold111]

they hear steps and throw the molly... what are you on about?

[@Semantic_Parallax]

They had an A stack and they lost their B- anchor a few seconds before, so the only way to win the round on a 20 second mark is to let your opponent to make a mistake. If there were no moly, Liquid would have had to execute a stacked site in a hurry with no extra time, instead of rotating to free B.

[@wesson418]

LFG TL'S back!

[@omnitoki1268]

They should’ve gave Monesy the raise not niko 😂

[@birdy617]

TL shows up when it matters most, ON LAN.

[@BIGGYIMAGE]

Classic Cadian

[@arjungupta9462]

The title shud be 'Monesy vs Team Liquid'

[@rishabh9627]

I'll do one better Monesy & frnds v Liquid

[@4prilfool]

6:58 48:21 Choko malding 🤡💩

[@koolaiddude7685894]

TL legit *needed* a series like this. Glad the players are looking fired up and doing well against solid teams. Also the Nexa hate is cringe af and G2 fans are terminally depressed i swear

[@Hotlmao]

Can you blame them?

[@B00nater]

There’s 2 players worse than him on the team it’s so delusional to trash him.

[@rac8153]

G2 back at it, losing to a tier 2 NA team who failed to win a series at both important events of 2024

[@acrr0447]

Liquid is back baby!!

[@itzCALVYy]

MONESY CRY 😭🤣🤣

[@rickyrizaldi8528]

Nexa?

[@XLBMummyX]

This was a day for NA Twistzz and NAF went off. And this is definitely a step in the right direction for the squad.

[@jorge.y]

rip G2

[@coreymcgraw7668]

Sell Monesy to Cloud9. Give the Kid a chance to win

[@heavylurch6497]

Monesy should leave g2 or they should kick everyone except him

[@jhonmar4071]

I knnew skullz was gonna perform better when the team finds a way to play together trust 2025 major

[@rickyduncan3332]

“Do you feel that?” “Or is it just the hemorrhoids?” 😂

[@Bighugo1000]

Naf: *clutches* Naf:😐

[@bastiandiaz4672]

Grande liquid me alegraron el el dia ❤

[@amanjaisingh7457]

43:35 bro wtf?

[@TrapKelly]

NAF always so casual about things. His clutch makes them probably win the map and the BO3. He doesn't even smile man. Just another day in the office. LOL

[@Zon3cept]

Money C9 or VP. But I guest VP.

[@zweboi1094]

@@dr.bunchungus2976 VP is not gonna happen with the way they play CS

[@cocorambo9587]

Nico 0.88 and hunter 0.84. is it finally time for a change? Hope m0nesy will at least go somewhere better team, this sinking ship is best to leave now :)

[@gorgiev.2646]

god awp monesy

[@kingmechanik3213]

Monesy go to spirit to win 1 cup

[@nyinechan277]

Spirit doesn't need a change

[@kingmechanik3213]

@@nyinechan277 bro zortix is big troll do you see major vs faze xd

[@nyinechan277]

@@kingmechanik3213 he only did bad at the major because of the pressure

[@nandoking4509]

SUPER CADIAN

[@aassassin]

m0nesy needs to let go off his man crush on NiKo and get himself a real team

[@Fontdizzle]

Anyone know why the CCP put tape on G2s jerseys?

[@CSRLaunchpad]

I was wondering that too!

[@quangvuong5353]

the same as Cadian. He put a black tape on his shirt too

[@rzoxyz]

looks like covering up for gambling related sponsor

[@KommandantAegis]

Pretty sure it’s to do with anti gambling laws. Dunno about Cadian tho

[@plate1014]

Covering a sponsor probably

[@gonzalocanas8335]

Hunter bench incoming...

[@morganwartman8507]

Hunter is garbage

[@rendy1421]

Jks would never play A site like nexa does. Shame.

[@Fr.NVKelvin]

Loved the G2 cursed, they will never win anything untill they apologize to JKS

[@guimadarabr9409]

Yekindar be back..finalyt

[@benlagman1]

TL should change the coach. not the same game since his 2016-2017 CSGO glory days.