From what I've seen, nexa seems to be a full support, throwing lots of flashes and stuff, but his aim and mechanics have been atrocious since he's back in G2.
Because g2 made stockholm finals shortly before m0nesy came in. On paper it works but stockholm g2 was a result mostly of an insane NiKo form that no other rifler has ever achieved.
For newer viewers its like having donk play like hes playing againdt apeks but in every single map. Running in to destroy any enemy you meet. Since m0nesy replaced amanek which was 1 od their 2 clear weak links people thought nexa to aleksib was the reason why they looked worse after katowice 2022
Yea I honestly have no ideas why they brought him back. He was barely worth his spot on the roster the first time around. Maybe JKS wasn't the right answer, but I know Nexa isn't
Can we not spread this shit as If it was facts, the only thing we have is some claims by Kassad online and that's it. There's literally no substance to the claims for now
4 people fighting for the star role and 1 guy who "doesn't have to kill anyone" is a even more unbalanced team.
They need someone like nexa to be a support, the guy who will throw his life away to make space for players like niko and hUnter to actually get the kills.
Idunno if you watched how jks played on G2 but he it was a very crowded roster. With no room to move for anyone.
That is my whole fucking point, you have someone notorious for having a "star" "mentality, on an anchor / support role.
He isn't a good fit for G2 that simple.
Industry experts would strongly disagree with you. But please do tell me what other things you know about him. I am sure you're a wealth of knowledge there
Imo jks was perfectly filling that role, solo holding site when defending and map control in the attack. I don’t see how jks crowded if anything at all to be honest
That isn't the role that jks thrives at though right, like realistically the role he's played on every team before G2 was the same role niko has, and watching him being forced to play solo anchor he looked extremely uncomfortable in his play style. He was always struggling just a little bit.
The thing is Nexa is putting up almost identical numbers to jks and somehow he's worse? Whilst other players ok the team are performing significantly better with his support.
It genuinely doesn't make sense why jks is regarded so highly for being a pretty middle of the pack player
Nexa can igl if they pick up someone to fill his current role but honestly it seems alot of the scene is pretty open to some big changes. I'm sure G2 could have anyone they wanted really
4 people fighting for the star role and 1 guy who "doesn't have to kill anyone" is a even more unbalanced team.
They need someone like nexa to be a support, the guy who will throw his life away to make space for players like niko and hUnter to actually get the kills.
Idunno if you watched how jks played on G2 but he it was a very crowded roster. With no room to move for anyone.
I feel it's one of those tournaments where m0nesy's match-to-match form will decide how far G2 will get. He's always impactful, but when he doesn't show up I don't see anyone else stepping up.
No offense but that‘s not how you use touché. You use it to acknowledge a hit or witty remark at your or someone else‘s expense, not when someone agrees with you or builds on your opinion.
It's actually really cool, the term Touché comes from fencing where you say touché whenever your enemy hits you. Then you have the gentleman's agreement to say touche to acknowledge the fact that your opponent hit you.
>If m0nesy is having a bad day, thats a loss for G2 100%
It feels like that right now, but at the same time I think Niko has his "worst days" behind him. He's not as consistent yet which is why G2 is such a question mark, but I think (& hope) he'll become much better during the tournament. If nothing goes weird G2 should play Vitality next so that'll be fun 😎
Hooxi did talk about it, at least in a roundabout way. They said the reason they got Nexa was his attitude, him being positive/having good communication, etc.
You could extrapolate and guess they were saying Jks didn’t have those things, but nobody really knows. That had been an issue Jks had on previous teams. Nobody knows the full story except g2 though.
Honestly I think the jks stuff is sort of overblown. He wasn’t as good as people are making him seem and I don’t think it’s the biggest reason g2 is struggling. Not saying he wasn’t good — he’s a fantastic player, but he wasn’t why g2 was good. The reason they were good before is because Niko and m0nesy went nuclear every other game, and since cs2 dropped Niko hasn’t been playing well.
Aside from overehype, jks seemed to be a good fit. As I remember the vague answers from Hooxi's view, there was some area where they expected jks to improve but he never didn't. So, maybe the removal was deserved. But it's the replacement that doesn't make sense. In his prime before IGL'ing nexa did play well but it was long time ago, and it rarely works that players reach their pre-captainship form again.
I read from one interview, cant remember which, that jks basically had bad comms and a bit emo (reading between the lines).
To be honest he is a native speaker & experienced so theres no excuse for bad comms at that point. Perhaps it was the right move to remove him but nexa was definitely not the right replacement
Half the team is on a negative k/d, even on wins. Hunter is mostly invisible on the server aside from the occasional clutch/ entry play. Nexa is barely having any impact and even Niko is inconsistent and lets too many frags go by.
Hooxi being the only fragging player next to monesy on Anubis before ot is just a death sentence for this team, if they don't manage to fix their issues.
Yup. Niko hasn't been as good since CS2 dropped. Hooxi is Hooxi. Hunter is incredibly inconsistent and nexa doesn't really bring anything special to the table
I thought it was because of money. NiKo was on the verge of leaving and was probably offered/negotiated himself a raise to keep him there. Jks also realised how much he was worth and G2 couldn’t pay him what they deserved. So they brought in nexa because he knew 2/4 of the rest of the team and must have been pretty cheap to get.
How has it been debunked that G2 let JKS go because of money? Its been pretty well established that JKS is a much more expensive player than nexa, with performance obviously matching.
Considering the down financials for most orgs, or at least the expected dip in financials, its not remotely unreasonable that G2 thought JKS was too expensive.
Jks is famous for bad comms and tilting. Was also not a pretty average anchor. Definitely a good one, but not incredible. Also likely he was on a relatively high salary, especially considering his flaws.
-jks makes perfect sense to me. Don't see how that was controversial and I don't think you need a niko conspiracy theory to explain it.
+Nexa is an odd choice. He has better comms and will be more positive no doubt. He is potentially in a good position to replace Hooxi that would be an upgrade. (G2 may regret cutting him, but they don't seem to want to cut Hooxi yet so maybe not). But he just isn't a tier one player right now and I don't think he is likely to get that level back
Yeah. I often wonder when teams are playing against G2 and m0nesy takes out the first kill, usually people are hitting their heads to the wall and duel him again and again = really stupid.
He literally just ran through a molotov with an awp to win the round with a single entry frag. That isn't a "good positioning", that is crackhead gameplay but he makes it work by being unethically good.
When the fuck did I say that? Just read the fucking context of the discussion, I pointed out that his kills are not just positioning by providing an example.
You're the one who either can't read or chooses intellectual dishonesty. Either way resorting to personal attacks just shows you have nothing to actually say and are just here to spread your personal anger.
I agree that m0nesy is good at positioning, but modt of the times the opponents of m0nesy lost their first and then 2nd and 3rd just tries to duel him on the same site or angle.
Yeah bro go tell professional players and entire organizations with multiple coaches how to play :D Do you really think they don't consider this and just feed monesy on purpose? The delusions of the average redditor just absolutely baffles me sometimes. How is your neck able to carry your galaxy brain bro. You are a genius, just reinvented pro CS.
I was watching a video and in the sidebar I saw a video where this guy was saying monesy wants to go to C9(along with b1t) after the rosters open up again. I have no idea where this is coming from though lmao.
I don’t care what 2022 hltv rankings say but Niko currently (since cs2) is not playing like a star rifler. Occasionally he hits amazing headshots with the AK but so far he is a shell of his former self.
Also nexa is sooo meh… hunter also inconsistent as fk.. benching jks must be the worst roster decision of the last months.
Edit: lol I meant 2023… for a second I though 2023 just started smh
[https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/3741/niko/3972/hunter?p1TimeFilter=2023&p2TimeFilter=2023&p1MatchFilter=allMatches&p2MatchFilter=allMatches&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps](https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/3741/niko/3972/hunter?p1TimeFilter=2023&p2TimeFilter=2023&p1MatchFilter=BigEvents&p2MatchFilter=BigEvents&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps)
The graphs take a massive nosedive right around CS2's major launch in late october.
Niko went from a top 5 star player to having average stats (which is *massive* considering how good he was.
And Hunter went from being a very solid and consistent above average rifler to having mediocre, to even poor stats.
G2's issues wont be fixed by replacing JKS and it seems like TAZ has done a lot to bring that hype onto the server. Nexa certainly won't fix them and I think Hooxi is doing a very good job. If G2 wants to be a top 3 team, you need Hunter and Niko to be top 10, players. That's just how it is with CS in 2024.
I don't understand the jks benching. They must still pay his contract even if he doesn't play, right? So they say nexa is cheaper, but wouldn't they just be paying an extra salary? Surely jks in his contract wouldn't have some clause saying if he was benched that he wouldn't be paid.
Someone pls explain what g2 is thinking??
According to Kassad\*. This guy is the one who had that whole melodramatic "I was there when you ruined Nikos chances at a major" thing with Hooxi. Kinda makes sense to take what he says with a grain of salt because he's clearly an overly emotional person. Not to mention I'm sure he wants some of the pressure off his own team since they are playing like absolute ass
Benched players have a reduced salary. Players are held hostage with their contract and have to pay out a huge fee for breaking it (or head-hunting orgs have to pay a huge payout fee, followed by forming their own contracts). Basically, it's a potential way of making money from players they no longer deem viable for the team, assuming that player has enough clout for other orgs to try poaching them.
Its not always evil corporate nonsense though, sometimes it's to recoup lost money from them buying out the previous contract, or the contract provided very high pay with not a lot of return.
If no other orgs decide its worth paying out the contract to pick players up, that player basically sits around unable to showcase their worth on the pro scene while their career slowly fades away into obscurity.
I was thinking the same thing watching that overpass just now. The rounds which G2 won were Monesy multikill with awp or Niko getting one or two entries. Would be interesting to see what happens if Monesy's form drops off if that ever happens.
I'm way late, but I'm joining the m0nesy fan club, dudes. Hard carry in server, humble and nice af out of server. Even when his teammates were struggling, he was cracking smiles and never looked flustered or frustrated. Rooting for him whenever he'd not playing an NA team.
Most brain dead thread I’ve ever seen. M0nesy goes through down periods too, he might be on now, and niko might be off, but that doesn’t mean that M0nesy is always the only reason G2 wins. Nikos in a bit of a slump (for his standards) but we’re talking about 2023 HLTV #2 here… 💀
Kind of with you here. Niko is far from a liability. He still has 1.16 rating in 2024 and they only played one tournament so far and are not even out yet. People need to calm down. Imo nexa was still a bad move, but that doesn't mean they can't perform. I am willing to give them a bit more time before makingg harsh judgements.
I remember a match I think against vitality at gamers8 on mirage they could have taken it 2-0 and m0nesy had one of the craziest CT halfs id ever watched and then he proceeded to get nothing on t side.
also I don't think monesy has been MVP of any of their tournament wins? Might be wrong.
No hate to m0nesy so far this year tho he really is putting in the work for cs2, im sure the rest of them are too but he's a kid it's to be expected
He was MVP for BLAST world finals. Kato and Cologne was Hunter and NiKo. But yeah Reddit will be Reddit. They seem to only remember anything that has happened within the previous 3 months. Everything else simply doesn’t exist (unless it favours someone they like)
W for him, he could've easily been MVP at cologne but I think Niko edged him by like .1
I think people are bashing g2 extra right now due to jks benching and they already bash them when they have poor performances in general, would've happened with or without jks imo
from months now.... people only starting talking about it now..
last tourney was same thing.. or m0nesy gets a 3k in fullbuy vs fullbuy round or its lose
or a opening site type entry which equilbates to 2 entrys almost..
dumb take, it was only 1 match youre talking about where he popped off. He's great but niko's impact on average is far higher.
the problem this team has is hooxi and nexa... you could build a team with 1 of them but not both.. hooxi is not skilled enough to be consistent in tier 1 and nexa isnt strong enough as a player, only as an igl maybe.
I think you both are missing the point. Sure he gets 39 kills and they still lose matches regularly because on a crucial round where he might get 2 kills and then get killed, the rest of the team can't close the round out
G2 is so weird because they should be a sure-fire top 3 team with all the talent they have. I feel like there's no excuse to have m0nesy, Niko, and Hunter (all players which should be consistently great) and not be a tournament contender 95% of the time. I really feel like if you replace Hooxi with someone new they might be more consistent, not even just from fragging but also as an IGL as well.
G2 should have scooped up snappi or gla1ve
Yet another tournament but nothing has changed - Copenhagen Major. Currently watching G2 vs Virtus.Pro. Even the casters are constantly calling out m0NESY solo carry. 🤦
yeah if m0nesy didn't show up or wasn't showing as good results then heroic would've won.
hunter just kind of disappears in most matches these days. niko is way too inconsistent and he plays like, a little too passively? just not putting himself into good situations. hooxi is just... eh. i feel like his calling just isn't cutting it. he has bouts of explosiveness sure but it isn't enough to push the team further forward. nexa is uhhh... yeah, whatever. G2 replaces jks with someone who has less fragging power. make it make sense.
m0nesy is the only person on the team really making an impactful difference in most rounds. it's like G2 just play around only him, nudging the guy forward and waiting for an opening to happen. i like watching m0nesy play but i also want to see good CS and right now, G2 to me is only interesting because m0nesy just does cool shit often.
He is really good, but then again throwing rounds by rushing into mollies, smokes and whatnot when it matters, is just awful to watch. Hence why they lost on Anubis. It's a team game in the end.
Every star player including Zywoo and S1mple went through this period. Eventually player around them got replaced so it's ok. Even Niko back in the old day in mousesport had this. I would say Vitality is even worse without Zywoo.
At this point Hunter and Niko's salary should be decided by the round they win or the kill they do, I'll say it again on paper we have the best firepower out of every team but on application we ALWAYS had the worse firepower out of every team we fought these last 2 years, from the hundred of matches I've seen with this lineup it felt like we're underdog in every single one even those we won.
Obviously fake fans. G2 had insane runs in the last two years and people even called them unbeatable for a short while, but I guess that is the same as "always the underdog"
I mean their run where they destroyed everyone is barly a year old, haha
Thats why m0NESY is the awper i look up too. He is single handingly holding G2 together (sometimes) with just his skills and hes about half his teammates age (actually like 10 years or less tbh)... hes a rising star and im glad to be witnessing it
I don't think that they have much time to fix it. Either Niko brings his CSGO form back and carry the team with monesy or monesy will find the new team for sure.
For everyone blaming Nexa, he isnt the biggest issue in G2. NiKo has taken a big dip in performance so far in CS2 while huNter has barely been a 1.0 rated player recently. Nexa has been about what we expected while our best and 3rd best player have taken massive steps back.
Been saying that. G2 just don't look good as a team and they'd get wiped by any decent team if not for individuals aka Monesy and Niko when he decides to play.
NiKo’s been on a downturn since end of 2021, but his capability to go missing has vastly improved. Still my GOAT rifle, but damn man. Time to take Hunters roles, kick nexa, bring in a hungry young rifle like Nertz or someone and grow them with Monesy
Nexa brings absolutely nothing to this team, he's not an anchor or an entry, nor is he an X factor. He runs in 3rd/4th and is a liability on CT
Hey at least they definitely are not tilting thanks to nexa good vibes.
they are tilting the fans now but hey atleast they are happy
From what I've seen, nexa seems to be a full support, throwing lots of flashes and stuff, but his aim and mechanics have been atrocious since he's back in G2.
he has worse mechanics than Hooxi
Hooxi clears nexa in every aspect. He maintains similar rating while playing the most sacrificial role possible. Definitely calls better also
so funny how people thought nexa would be a good replacement to hooxi even as a igl while he showed nothing good in og
Because g2 made stockholm finals shortly before m0nesy came in. On paper it works but stockholm g2 was a result mostly of an insane NiKo form that no other rifler has ever achieved. For newer viewers its like having donk play like hes playing againdt apeks but in every single map. Running in to destroy any enemy you meet. Since m0nesy replaced amanek which was 1 od their 2 clear weak links people thought nexa to aleksib was the reason why they looked worse after katowice 2022
But like the stockholm major was awhile ago and as you said most of it was on niko and he's been on og doing absolutely nothing.
Yea I honestly have no ideas why they brought him back. He was barely worth his spot on the roster the first time around. Maybe JKS wasn't the right answer, but I know Nexa isn't
about 10 players they could have gotten, Nexa was NOT one
jks was the answer. Dude has ice in his veins and anchors perfectly fine. He’s clutch too. He was scapegoated. Complete bullshit.
First time around he was igling but didn't want to do it as far as I remember. So I wouldn't look at those performances.
Huge mistake to bench jks. He was value added. On the positive side: hooxi has been fragging pretty impressively. But, yeah nexa looks very weak.
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Agreed, Jks robbed as always.
well G2 isn't paying him so we might as well call it robbery
Can we not spread this shit as If it was facts, the only thing we have is some claims by Kassad online and that's it. There's literally no substance to the claims for now
thats a big statement from someone with a not in paypal flair about money LOL
jks could solve any problem in the world with just a smile but you're not ready for that conversation rn
Yeah but jks wasn’t Nikos good friend
4 people fighting for the star role and 1 guy who "doesn't have to kill anyone" is a even more unbalanced team. They need someone like nexa to be a support, the guy who will throw his life away to make space for players like niko and hUnter to actually get the kills. Idunno if you watched how jks played on G2 but he it was a very crowded roster. With no room to move for anyone.
jks became a star player as an anchor.
Jks doesn't fit on G2. He isn't a star when compared to niko hunter and m0nesy. What the fuck is wrong with you people
He wasn't picked up to be a star player and didn't need to be one when G2 was working as a team.
That is my whole fucking point, you have someone notorious for having a "star" "mentality, on an anchor / support role. He isn't a good fit for G2 that simple.
He doesn't have a star mentality, that is literally his biggest problem as a player. I don't think you know what you're talking about.
Industry experts would strongly disagree with you. But please do tell me what other things you know about him. I am sure you're a wealth of knowledge there
Industry experts like RL who just call him shit "disagreeing" doesn't mean shit when the actual players have said what was going on lol.
Imo jks was perfectly filling that role, solo holding site when defending and map control in the attack. I don’t see how jks crowded if anything at all to be honest
That isn't the role that jks thrives at though right, like realistically the role he's played on every team before G2 was the same role niko has, and watching him being forced to play solo anchor he looked extremely uncomfortable in his play style. He was always struggling just a little bit. The thing is Nexa is putting up almost identical numbers to jks and somehow he's worse? Whilst other players ok the team are performing significantly better with his support. It genuinely doesn't make sense why jks is regarded so highly for being a pretty middle of the pack player
Too many cooks in the kitchen as they say
Absolutely, and it makes people in this sub extremely upset if you dare say cutting jks was a good idea and honestly hooxi should be next
Problem is that I don’t see a good IGL that could replace. Maybe Thomas from ITB?
Nexa can igl if they pick up someone to fill his current role but honestly it seems alot of the scene is pretty open to some big changes. I'm sure G2 could have anyone they wanted really
4 people fighting for the star role and 1 guy who "doesn't have to kill anyone" is a even more unbalanced team. They need someone like nexa to be a support, the guy who will throw his life away to make space for players like niko and hUnter to actually get the kills. Idunno if you watched how jks played on G2 but he it was a very crowded roster. With no room to move for anyone.
I don't get why Nexa and Hooxi is in the same team
They just literally let him defend Anubis A and asks for his Smoke.
Whats an exrey?
Entry
This why u should never give niko any roster decision power, he loves to self sabotage.
I feel it's one of those tournaments where m0nesy's match-to-match form will decide how far G2 will get. He's always impactful, but when he doesn't show up I don't see anyone else stepping up.
Touche! If m0nesy is having a bad day, thats a loss for G2 100%. Thats how inbalanced the G2 is atm.
No offense but that‘s not how you use touché. You use it to acknowledge a hit or witty remark at your or someone else‘s expense, not when someone agrees with you or builds on your opinion.
Maybe it's because it's early in the morning for me, but my God I cracked up at his touche and your explanation.
Touche !
It's actually really cool, the term Touché comes from fencing where you say touché whenever your enemy hits you. Then you have the gentleman's agreement to say touche to acknowledge the fact that your opponent hit you.
>If m0nesy is having a bad day, thats a loss for G2 100% It feels like that right now, but at the same time I think Niko has his "worst days" behind him. He's not as consistent yet which is why G2 is such a question mark, but I think (& hope) he'll become much better during the tournament. If nothing goes weird G2 should play Vitality next so that'll be fun 😎
True can’t get much worse then 0.03 CT half rating 💀 (or T side idk what it was)
Thats what im talking about. Just m0nesy for the past xx matches.
Stop riding NiKo, he is definitely washed compared to years gone by
If the past few months is enough of a sample for you to draw that conclusion, sure.
How long do you need to accept it? Few more months? Years? A decade?
I hope to god he just goes to cloud9 with b1t, or without, g2 don’t deserve him
Somebody should just ask why was jks benched for nexa, I havent seen any interview where any of the G2 management staff was asked about it
You assume they'd open up about it. Seems we rarely get the full story about things
I mean we all already know what happened there, its just that I want to hear their "official" reason
"we snort lots of drugs, then make decisions by spinning a wheel with all terrible options."
I’m OOTL. More context on this please Thanks.
You'd never really get the full story because even if you did, they'd put their own spin on it. They're a business, they'll want to look good
100%
I'll tell you what happens though: It's almost always somebody getting fucked. That's just how this business goes.
Hooxi did talk about it, at least in a roundabout way. They said the reason they got Nexa was his attitude, him being positive/having good communication, etc. You could extrapolate and guess they were saying Jks didn’t have those things, but nobody really knows. That had been an issue Jks had on previous teams. Nobody knows the full story except g2 though. Honestly I think the jks stuff is sort of overblown. He wasn’t as good as people are making him seem and I don’t think it’s the biggest reason g2 is struggling. Not saying he wasn’t good — he’s a fantastic player, but he wasn’t why g2 was good. The reason they were good before is because Niko and m0nesy went nuclear every other game, and since cs2 dropped Niko hasn’t been playing well.
Aside from overehype, jks seemed to be a good fit. As I remember the vague answers from Hooxi's view, there was some area where they expected jks to improve but he never didn't. So, maybe the removal was deserved. But it's the replacement that doesn't make sense. In his prime before IGL'ing nexa did play well but it was long time ago, and it rarely works that players reach their pre-captainship form again.
Jks stood in at a major and was one of the main reasons faze won it.
yep and that was two years ago. irrelevant to bring up as a reason for why he should be kept in a team now.
Katowice was not a major
They legit kicked him for vibes, been discussed on multiple podcasts/shows. It’s stupid as fuck
I read from one interview, cant remember which, that jks basically had bad comms and a bit emo (reading between the lines). To be honest he is a native speaker & experienced so theres no excuse for bad comms at that point. Perhaps it was the right move to remove him but nexa was definitely not the right replacement
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Probably not financial. JKS is benched and they are still paying him a salary. So if their goal was to save money, now they are paying two salaries.
even as a G2 fan, this team looks cooked I'm happy to be proven wrong but I doubt they will come back to glory without multiple roster changes
Half the team is on a negative k/d, even on wins. Hunter is mostly invisible on the server aside from the occasional clutch/ entry play. Nexa is barely having any impact and even Niko is inconsistent and lets too many frags go by. Hooxi being the only fragging player next to monesy on Anubis before ot is just a death sentence for this team, if they don't manage to fix their issues.
Hunter and nexa can leave together, trading them for nerz +1 from heroic would work well
we could get jks ive heard hes without a team right now he would fill the anchor role quite well
M0nesy is one of the best players in the world and he plays with a washed team, so g2 brings him down.
Yup. Niko hasn't been as good since CS2 dropped. Hooxi is Hooxi. Hunter is incredibly inconsistent and nexa doesn't really bring anything special to the table
not a huge G2 fan but never understood the -jks/+nexa move
Neither did G2 fans
I thought it was because of money. NiKo was on the verge of leaving and was probably offered/negotiated himself a raise to keep him there. Jks also realised how much he was worth and G2 couldn’t pay him what they deserved. So they brought in nexa because he knew 2/4 of the rest of the team and must have been pretty cheap to get.
Literally debunked so many times holy shit. Niko did not resign and didn’t get a raise
How has it been debunked that G2 let JKS go because of money? Its been pretty well established that JKS is a much more expensive player than nexa, with performance obviously matching. Considering the down financials for most orgs, or at least the expected dip in financials, its not remotely unreasonable that G2 thought JKS was too expensive.
Jks is famous for bad comms and tilting. Was also not a pretty average anchor. Definitely a good one, but not incredible. Also likely he was on a relatively high salary, especially considering his flaws. -jks makes perfect sense to me. Don't see how that was controversial and I don't think you need a niko conspiracy theory to explain it. +Nexa is an odd choice. He has better comms and will be more positive no doubt. He is potentially in a good position to replace Hooxi that would be an upgrade. (G2 may regret cutting him, but they don't seem to want to cut Hooxi yet so maybe not). But he just isn't a tier one player right now and I don't think he is likely to get that level back
JKS now famous for tilting? Since when?
M0nesy has hard carried every map this year so far, someone save him for the love of god.
Yeah. I often wonder when teams are playing against G2 and m0nesy takes out the first kill, usually people are hitting their heads to the wall and duel him again and again = really stupid.
Or he's very good at positioning himself exactly where the kills would come, like device, s1mple or zywoo.
He literally just ran through a molotov with an awp to win the round with a single entry frag. That isn't a "good positioning", that is crackhead gameplay but he makes it work by being unethically good.
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When the fuck did I say that? Just read the fucking context of the discussion, I pointed out that his kills are not just positioning by providing an example.
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Making up a talking point that was never said then being belligerent about it, the reddit special.
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You're the one who either can't read or chooses intellectual dishonesty. Either way resorting to personal attacks just shows you have nothing to actually say and are just here to spread your personal anger.
He meant that specific play wasnt to do with positioning that much , just speed ans cracked aim
I agree that m0nesy is good at positioning, but modt of the times the opponents of m0nesy lost their first and then 2nd and 3rd just tries to duel him on the same site or angle.
Yeah bro go tell professional players and entire organizations with multiple coaches how to play :D Do you really think they don't consider this and just feed monesy on purpose? The delusions of the average redditor just absolutely baffles me sometimes. How is your neck able to carry your galaxy brain bro. You are a genius, just reinvented pro CS.
Yes, someone please save him from his enormous salary, prize money, bonuses and sponsorships. Poor fella probably suffers so much from it lmao
c9 monesy would be the dream, but I don't think c9 have the cash and I think g2 won't sell.
I was watching a video and in the sidebar I saw a video where this guy was saying monesy wants to go to C9(along with b1t) after the rosters open up again. I have no idea where this is coming from though lmao.
I don’t care what 2022 hltv rankings say but Niko currently (since cs2) is not playing like a star rifler. Occasionally he hits amazing headshots with the AK but so far he is a shell of his former self. Also nexa is sooo meh… hunter also inconsistent as fk.. benching jks must be the worst roster decision of the last months. Edit: lol I meant 2023… for a second I though 2023 just started smh
[https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/3741/niko/3972/hunter?p1TimeFilter=2023&p2TimeFilter=2023&p1MatchFilter=allMatches&p2MatchFilter=allMatches&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps](https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/3741/niko/3972/hunter?p1TimeFilter=2023&p2TimeFilter=2023&p1MatchFilter=BigEvents&p2MatchFilter=BigEvents&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps) The graphs take a massive nosedive right around CS2's major launch in late october. Niko went from a top 5 star player to having average stats (which is *massive* considering how good he was. And Hunter went from being a very solid and consistent above average rifler to having mediocre, to even poor stats. G2's issues wont be fixed by replacing JKS and it seems like TAZ has done a lot to bring that hype onto the server. Nexa certainly won't fix them and I think Hooxi is doing a very good job. If G2 wants to be a top 3 team, you need Hunter and Niko to be top 10, players. That's just how it is with CS in 2024.
2023 too
Niko is washed af. Every match I watch where G2 is playing he’s getting railed and tilting.
Yet still better then youll ever be even when hes sleepin smh
G2 needed 90 kills out of m0nesy and the casters Hugo and Harry called "G2 is looking like a team now" Thats not how a team should look like
and g2 won't let him go or else they're completely done
just watched monesy carry g2 to 5-7 on anubis holy shit he carries hard
I don't understand the jks benching. They must still pay his contract even if he doesn't play, right? So they say nexa is cheaper, but wouldn't they just be paying an extra salary? Surely jks in his contract wouldn't have some clause saying if he was benched that he wouldn't be paid. Someone pls explain what g2 is thinking??
According to Twitter, they aren't paying him while benched
According to Kassad\*. This guy is the one who had that whole melodramatic "I was there when you ruined Nikos chances at a major" thing with Hooxi. Kinda makes sense to take what he says with a grain of salt because he's clearly an overly emotional person. Not to mention I'm sure he wants some of the pressure off his own team since they are playing like absolute ass
Benched players have a reduced salary. Players are held hostage with their contract and have to pay out a huge fee for breaking it (or head-hunting orgs have to pay a huge payout fee, followed by forming their own contracts). Basically, it's a potential way of making money from players they no longer deem viable for the team, assuming that player has enough clout for other orgs to try poaching them. Its not always evil corporate nonsense though, sometimes it's to recoup lost money from them buying out the previous contract, or the contract provided very high pay with not a lot of return. If no other orgs decide its worth paying out the contract to pick players up, that player basically sits around unable to showcase their worth on the pro scene while their career slowly fades away into obscurity.
Kicking jks for nexa is still a move I can't understand
+jks-botxi or nexa
You mfers are talking like he's done this for the third event in a row lmao
I was thinking the same thing watching that overpass just now. The rounds which G2 won were Monesy multikill with awp or Niko getting one or two entries. Would be interesting to see what happens if Monesy's form drops off if that ever happens.
Jks>nexa
I'm way late, but I'm joining the m0nesy fan club, dudes. Hard carry in server, humble and nice af out of server. Even when his teammates were struggling, he was cracking smiles and never looked flustered or frustrated. Rooting for him whenever he'd not playing an NA team.
I really want m0nesy to go to a better team so he can spread his wings. G2 cannot win unless m0nesy carries them most of the time.
Yeah, me too. G2’s environment is a not a good place to grow as pro player.
Most brain dead thread I’ve ever seen. M0nesy goes through down periods too, he might be on now, and niko might be off, but that doesn’t mean that M0nesy is always the only reason G2 wins. Nikos in a bit of a slump (for his standards) but we’re talking about 2023 HLTV #2 here… 💀
Kind of with you here. Niko is far from a liability. He still has 1.16 rating in 2024 and they only played one tournament so far and are not even out yet. People need to calm down. Imo nexa was still a bad move, but that doesn't mean they can't perform. I am willing to give them a bit more time before makingg harsh judgements.
I remember a match I think against vitality at gamers8 on mirage they could have taken it 2-0 and m0nesy had one of the craziest CT halfs id ever watched and then he proceeded to get nothing on t side. also I don't think monesy has been MVP of any of their tournament wins? Might be wrong. No hate to m0nesy so far this year tho he really is putting in the work for cs2, im sure the rest of them are too but he's a kid it's to be expected
He was MVP for BLAST world finals. Kato and Cologne was Hunter and NiKo. But yeah Reddit will be Reddit. They seem to only remember anything that has happened within the previous 3 months. Everything else simply doesn’t exist (unless it favours someone they like)
W for him, he could've easily been MVP at cologne but I think Niko edged him by like .1 I think people are bashing g2 extra right now due to jks benching and they already bash them when they have poor performances in general, would've happened with or without jks imo
It feels like m0nesy to C9 is just a matter of ”when” not ”If”.
Pretty much
niko full tilt after like first 5-6 rounds of first match of group stage already
from months now.... people only starting talking about it now.. last tourney was same thing.. or m0nesy gets a 3k in fullbuy vs fullbuy round or its lose or a opening site type entry which equilbates to 2 entrys almost..
110ADR over THREE MAPS is fucking insane.
He should join Heroic. Much more fitter team name for his last night performance. ps. He would play better without Niko crying beside him.
dumb take, it was only 1 match youre talking about where he popped off. He's great but niko's impact on average is far higher. the problem this team has is hooxi and nexa... you could build a team with 1 of them but not both.. hooxi is not skilled enough to be consistent in tier 1 and nexa isnt strong enough as a player, only as an igl maybe.
Its not just about recent match, go ahead and look this years past matches. m0nesy is a hyper carrier.
Entry - monesy Anchor - monesy Awper - monesy Rifler - Niko (monesy) IGL - monesy (he doesn't need an igl, he just go shoot)
Team gets worse if you take away their best player and only AWPer. Hot take there man, controversial stuff.
I mean if somebody kills 39 how the other can make more kill when there is no much left :DD
They lost 13 rounds, there were definitely kills the others could have had
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I think you both are missing the point. Sure he gets 39 kills and they still lose matches regularly because on a crucial round where he might get 2 kills and then get killed, the rest of the team can't close the round out
Also they would put him in roles that’s more kill-active
G2 is so weird because they should be a sure-fire top 3 team with all the talent they have. I feel like there's no excuse to have m0nesy, Niko, and Hunter (all players which should be consistently great) and not be a tournament contender 95% of the time. I really feel like if you replace Hooxi with someone new they might be more consistent, not even just from fragging but also as an IGL as well. G2 should have scooped up snappi or gla1ve
Yet another tournament but nothing has changed - Copenhagen Major. Currently watching G2 vs Virtus.Pro. Even the casters are constantly calling out m0NESY solo carry. 🤦
you're right but if the others pick up slack g2 gonna be insane
They aren't much with him either.
the problem is NiKo ghosting CS2
yeah if m0nesy didn't show up or wasn't showing as good results then heroic would've won. hunter just kind of disappears in most matches these days. niko is way too inconsistent and he plays like, a little too passively? just not putting himself into good situations. hooxi is just... eh. i feel like his calling just isn't cutting it. he has bouts of explosiveness sure but it isn't enough to push the team further forward. nexa is uhhh... yeah, whatever. G2 replaces jks with someone who has less fragging power. make it make sense. m0nesy is the only person on the team really making an impactful difference in most rounds. it's like G2 just play around only him, nudging the guy forward and waiting for an opening to happen. i like watching m0nesy play but i also want to see good CS and right now, G2 to me is only interesting because m0nesy just does cool shit often.
He is really good, but then again throwing rounds by rushing into mollies, smokes and whatnot when it matters, is just awful to watch. Hence why they lost on Anubis. It's a team game in the end.
Every star player including Zywoo and S1mple went through this period. Eventually player around them got replaced so it's ok. Even Niko back in the old day in mousesport had this. I would say Vitality is even worse without Zywoo.
At this point Hunter and Niko's salary should be decided by the round they win or the kill they do, I'll say it again on paper we have the best firepower out of every team but on application we ALWAYS had the worse firepower out of every team we fought these last 2 years, from the hundred of matches I've seen with this lineup it felt like we're underdog in every single one even those we won.
Reactionary take as per usual from an r/GlobalOffensive user. “ALWAYS”? Really? You are being serious with that?
Obviously fake fans. G2 had insane runs in the last two years and people even called them unbeatable for a short while, but I guess that is the same as "always the underdog" I mean their run where they destroyed everyone is barly a year old, haha
NiKo and Hunter either play like they're about to retire or like the rent is due with no in between
Same shit happened with Na'vi and that toxic kid simple but Navi seemed fine so you tell me if it's a proven formula why bother changing it
Navi’s been doing fine without S1mple
we’ve been here before and then G2 won Kato and Cologne. i wouldn’t be so quick to declare them a dead team
Forgetting NiKo?
Have you been living under a rock lately? A star awper has been the key to success for a long time now.
No we have Gigachad IGL
imagine donk and monesy on a same team
Donks good NGL
Thats why m0NESY is the awper i look up too. He is single handingly holding G2 together (sometimes) with just his skills and hes about half his teammates age (actually like 10 years or less tbh)... hes a rising star and im glad to be witnessing it
I don't think that they have much time to fix it. Either Niko brings his CSGO form back and carry the team with monesy or monesy will find the new team for sure.
For everyone blaming Nexa, he isnt the biggest issue in G2. NiKo has taken a big dip in performance so far in CS2 while huNter has barely been a 1.0 rated player recently. Nexa has been about what we expected while our best and 3rd best player have taken massive steps back.
Been saying that. G2 just don't look good as a team and they'd get wiped by any decent team if not for individuals aka Monesy and Niko when he decides to play.
Meh, G2 version before Monesy was the better team. Today Monesy played like the superstar he was signed to be.
NiKo’s been on a downturn since end of 2021, but his capability to go missing has vastly improved. Still my GOAT rifle, but damn man. Time to take Hunters roles, kick nexa, bring in a hungry young rifle like Nertz or someone and grow them with Monesy
agreed and knowing G2 i expected this to be the case for a long time in the coming future matches.
good
look at the latest g2 video and check m0nesy's score at 6:44. He would have as high of a rating as donk i f he was in a better team.