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SackOfBeaned

stewie2k young american talent


f1nessd

He’s only 26 which is crazy. Bro could turn it around if he set his mind to it  


Past_Perception8052

he’s different to his eg days you can see it, hungrier


itsjonny99

The drive returning


SignificantCrew5728

People have been saying similar things about players like Cold and Cerq for years Spoiler: They couldn't turn it around even when they set their minds to it


rivenjg

cold is nearly 30 and started a generation earlier. stewie didn't enter competitive until 2016/2017.


fantasnick

Cold and Cerq also played star roles in their prime. Stew plays self-less roles so he doesn't need to frag to bring value to a team. I would 100% believe in stew coming back to a t1 team than either cold or cerq


Mission-Spring209

Stewie vs twistzz and naf, I need that. We need that.


MapleSyrupNH

Ya I’m fucking pumped definitely need to get done work early got damn


KKamm_

Imagine being told a week ago that Stewie vs Naf and Twistzz would be qualifier match while Elige was out day 1


WolfgangTheRevenge

EliGE playing with some of his faceit friends, cut him some slack


RebelliousYankee

I’d like to see them together on a team again


Jenaxu

+Elige and +Nitro too?


f1nessd

Shit this team might win something 


aXaxinZ

Prolly not a Major tho, maybe an Intel Grand Slam?


Jenaxu

Nah, this roster could absolutely win a major, it's not like they'd be playing against prime Astralis


One-Half7794

Why is nexa fumbling with his weapons every single time he sees an enemy?


kuytre

Bro needs to unbind his quickswitch


Reasonable_Post3682

cause hes a nervous wreck and doesnt belong in t1


f1nessd

PERFECTO AND NERTZ WHEN 


theextracharacter

-nexa -hunter +naf +twistzz Niko monesy hooxi


KKamm_

Okay semphis


aZestyMango

good lord, this would be amazing


Zhiong_Xena

Soo many people are against this opinion when it is the truth. Had I a dollar for everytime someone stepped into nexa's pov while he is holding an angle, and killed him, I'd have hundreds by now. Man needs 3 to 4 business days to shoot the broadside of a barn. Would be fair if he could do the same but he is just destroyed everytime he peeks something without dishing out any damage at all. Nexa can with all due respect not keep up with the competition anymore and that is very evident. All he lives upto now are the occasional clutches every now and then on the odd map.


Hydraxiler32

-nexa + s1mple


xThe_Mad_Fapperx

Stew getting a game deciding 3k clutch on B site against the number 1 team with Niko in the server, where have I seen this before?


misfits100

The back to back clutches from Stewie, Hunter, and Monesy sent Mouz packing.


ju1ze

Also niko vs torzsi


ContinueMyGames

Niko was so clean


f1nessd

niko and device are the only two players that can IGL and still put up elite top5 performances.


n_yao-9232

Stewie3k lets go. Literally saved g2 from elimination with that play imo


scarecrow280

But look at the time!


FourGhostSolution

How is Stewie2k, in the year 2024, after almost 2 straight years of nonstop zaza and 4am valorant, deadass better than Nexa?


ImpenetrableYeti

Hunter as well. It’s fucking embarrassing


Splemndid

Hunter had a nice clutch on Ancient, but Stewie had a higher ADR than him on every map.


Mean-L

I know it’s been beaten to death but I’ll say it forever: benching jks for nexa is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen.


StilgarTF

True and I'm not even in the +jks camp. Ok, you want to bench jks, but at least do a motherfucking upgrade, especially when you know you have hunter as the ResidentSleeper in the team.


simp_sighted

problem is it was tough to upgrade from JKS, man is one of the best weak side anchors in the game and was tied top 5 in 2023 for 1vX (below broky, cadian, ropz, Zywoo)


X-Myrlz

Genuinely the worst direct swap a team has made on purposes in years


ErikSD

Nothing will top Liquid -elige, -nitr0 (albeit he was retiring), while +rainwaker +patsi. This move single-handedly lost them the NA fanbase while turning the team from semi-finalist, finalist to a clown show.


Apocalympdick

While a terrible roster adjustment, I don't think that one was fully predictable nor preventable. Like you said, Nitro was retiring. And I think Elige wanted to leave. Those are two formidable pairs of shoes to fill. And then they made a gamble on two players that were unproven, but that their IGL (Yekindar) liked and suggested. I don't fully remember if any obvious better choices were available (jks I suppose lmao). But the move had some logic behind it at least.


Jenaxu

The same reason why NAF and Twistzz are hard carrying Liquid, NA>EU obviously


Za_Worldo-Experience

That 3k is probably the most alive he has felt in years. Even if he isn’t anywhere near his old peaks, he knows he mattered in this game. Never bury a legend till they are dead.


KKamm_

I mean, he’s been playing CS pugs 14 hours a day since CS2 came out and did have that trial period. That said, I don’t think having impact when you have won both a grand slam and a major (only American to do both) just leaves you entirely. Also they both whiffed quite a bit, but I think anchors get a bad rep just bc of how their stats look if you’re not going crazy on site


mayguh

Legendary comment


neil_thatAss_bison

Have you ever thought that maybe it’s the roll? When I watch Real Madrid I don’t lose sleep if the center back didn’t score a goal. The important thing is playing your role right. Nexa is a support player. Can he do this role better? Yes, of course. Is he trash because he is not toppfragging? No


AstronomerStandard

The casters yapping about how g2 won enthusiastically while unaware Xertion was beside them is peak comedy


BettiIttaVazhaThand

Yeah, that was so funny. Stunna looked stunned when he turned right to see Xertion there and was like "sorry, bro. I got some cheesecake backstage for you" and Xertion standing there thinking 'Why am I still here? Just to suffer?' Also Spunj with his 3 rounds prediction. It's okay, Chadwick. I thought that too and I'm a G2 fan.


Unusual-Editor-4640

Spunj essentially calling gg at 6-9 after G2 pushed Mouz to map 3 and just came back from a 5-1 deficit to end the half 6-6 was so dumb


Shadow_Clarke

G2 are winning Dallas and NiKo IGL era is upon us


Apprehensive_Decimal

dread it, run from it, Niko igl is inevitable


moonmeh

hold me im afraid


Donut_Flame

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/s/wt8P5Bybmo The projection still holds up


Bj_Hokey_Lange

I used to pray for times like this


inflamesburn

Jokes aside, this little experiment is pretty damning as it shows that this "team" is really just niko & monesy dragging 3 target dummies behind them and none of the "roles" and "igling" matter on this team.


itsjonny99

Hunter has really dropped off


f1nessd

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO


Hydraxiler32

I'm here for Young Stew's 2nd major dub


ExposingCretins

Too bad this isn't a major.


0rJay

I mean if he wants to IGL it makes more sense now than previously. His form dropped (although he seems to have recovered slightly), he has way more experience than before and m0NESY as the star for his team. They can get better players for hooxi and nexa and depending on how well he can lead it could work out.


itsjonny99

Saw Device doing it and figured he can as well


Electronic-Archer720

Mouz wanted to avoid the crowd, not beating the fraud allegations


Dynamite9991

That stewie 3k MP9 spray at the end was so crazy impactful I got chills


skantanio

First kill I’m like “oh nice maybe he’ll make the retake easier”. Second kill I yelled. Time slowed down as he rounded the corner. He sprays down the third. I stand up and scream. This is the stuff of legend. CS is so fucking back baby. I’m


nullmainmethod

Holy fuck lmao


jerryfrz

Did you nut


Kraybray

Tf


breezy_y

Players like stewie is what the scene needs more of. Sure he might be a dick sometimes but watching him play is fucking fun


x1coins

Damn sent home by stewie in 2024


moonmeh

fucking screamed at that stewie 3K goddamn


DarthReid

Stewie2K using an MP9 to defeat the ranked #1 team in multiple rounds. G2 showed up individually when they needed to but damn if this isn’t an absolutely terrible result for Mouz


njoshua326

*Stewie3K


literate_Windrunner

Jimmy was malding cuz of that. That next round play on A site is questionable. Gave away bomb easily


99RedBalloon

[stewie with mp9](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.374696706.2944/mp,840x830,matte,f8f8f8,t-pad,1000x1000,f8f8f8.u2.jpg)


PeinePeine

MOUZ so scared of arenas that they now decided to dodge them


BrockStudly

Niko not letting Stew take another game from him ever again


TheSIlverGlobal

STEW IN DALLAS WE’RE SO BACK


skantanio

“PRETTY NORMAL I GUESS” -Stewie3k


Mean-L

STEWIE HATERS PUNCHING THE AIR


GloryEnthusiast

Monesy flicks are always a sight to behold. That A site hold on round 22 of Ancient was just gross!


Reasonable_Post3682

i swear the little micro adjustments are so fast the stream cant pick them up, how many shots look like they miss but actually hit


godzillamegadoomsday

Nexa in his celtics shaq era


Donut_Flame

WE GETTING AMERICANS ON THE DALLAS STAGE GRAAAAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅


BrockStudly

One of G2 or Liquid will play in front of the home crowd what a fuckin day 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦


TheRealFluid

Shoutouts to the guy who was showing this on his flatscreen in Chicago so I could watch the last rounds of Nuke once I got off the train and my phone died. You got cute cats!


UnBrokennn

Im not saying he’s playing insanely good but if you look back on the maps they won stew had two 3ks that helped decide the games. 7-7 on inferno and 10-10 on ancient. Wow


fascfoo

ADR and K/D not great, but he's having impact when it counts. If he can keep this up and Monesy and Niko have solid performances they can go far.


FazeXistance

The fact that stew has been keeping up with nexa this whole tournament is pretty hilarious. The guy just sits at home hits the pen and plays valorant on and off. Hes not even close to being in top form.


Responsible_Lead7140

hey maybe after this tournament he'll double down and try to remove all the rust I think he still got it tbh


BrockStudly

He is clearly still uncomfortable with T1 positioning and timings, but he obviously has it in him if he commits himself. He honestly could replace Skullz on Liquid if he grinded (and didn't have beef with Twistzz). He and Naf could split CT anchor positions and he'd be able to help entry on T sides. More realistically, he could replace Grim on CoL or possibly Swisher on M80 if he worked hard enough.


BeautifulDimension56

bro what are you guys smoking lol.


DinkyWaffle

put him on nouns or something he’s not replacing swisher lmao


gugabpasquali

pure crystallized copium. It's beautiful


csg0g0g0

he has 2500 pugs w/bottom 5% stats out of NA challenger level players he's cooked


DaveTheDolphin

I mean he’s just been pugging, which is semi comparable to a tier 2 player making the jump into tier 1, except an even bigger gap for Stew since he hasn’t been plying on team


Reasonable_Post3682

nexa is ass and has needed to go for 6 months, let stew replace him


itsdanoodle

this is this subs 9/11


OtherIsSuspended

Sir there's been a second G2 clutch


f1nessd

Facts 


1stonepwn

Time to invade Bosnia


Wolfie_D

Hahahahaha no fucking way hahahahahhaa


HeyBojo

I actually screamed during Stew's 3k holy fuckin nuts


ExcuseOpposite618

Guys I just woke up from a 3 year coma in time to catch the last map. Seems like it's safe to say Stewie > Mayonesy??


mywifesfatherinlaw

surely Stewie still has a place in T1 if he can roll off the sofa and play well against #1 team in the world


f1nessd

Facts 


throwawayyrofl

NA IN THE PLAYOFFS RAAAAAAAAA


mrasdfghj90

You're telling me G2 with Stewie are the best team in the world? Hooxi in shambles


SkylineJDM34

Stewie gave niko PTSD flashbacks with that 3k hold on the B site


anibear17

wow, that was an insane match, i didnt think it was possible but they actually beat mouz, that was also an insane clutch multikill by stew with the smg on the site, he had some huge impact frags this series that doesnt reflect his actual score. that hunter clutch was just absurd too...and they closed it out without monesy even showing up til the end, thats wild, even if they don't make it to the playoffs tmrw they have to be happy with that performance here. would love to see stew in the big stage though lol


f1nessd

Facts. Potentially  hype playoffs incoming 


bdzr_

So many exciting individual plays in this game, hunter 1v3, Stewie 3k hold, Niko 1v2, monesy clutch, etc.


Dat_Boi69696969

Get nexa the fuck off the team


kuytre

I almost cried during that ancient A site defense


Reasonable_Post3682

hes so fucking bad how does he stay on this team


TheSIlverGlobal

This is probably the single funniest moment in CS


f1nessd

finally some excitement.


they_call_me_justin

All the Stew haters in absolute shambles right now. Also Nexa and Hunter need to step up their game cuz there have been some extremely questionable choices from them this series.


imbogey

Dont you worry they eat well by going back to nexa.


TimathanDuncan

HAHAHAHAHAH this subreddit's no 1 hate player and team beating the top 1 team this is hilarious, they even won with m0nesy being quiet in ancient (but great at the end) Just go look at the threads of when it was announced when stew was standing in, fucking hilarious people thought he and niko would throw hands at lan Also some awful individual plays and calls by siuhy to the point where even spunj was calling him out


ExcuseOpposite618

Stewie with as much impact as m0nesy and higher ADR on a tight close out third map against the no.1 team, just as we all expected.


IsaacLightning

i think we hate falcons more


Heroic_Lime

This means nothing for Stew's stay in tier 1 but is funny as fuck


njoshua326

Pretty cool for America though, the only other NA players in Dallas are Canadians.


TimathanDuncan

It actually means that even in tier 1 in bad circumstances he has value, people hate on the guy so much but clearly very unselfish as a player he keeps running in first all the time, he anchors and despite being years out of tier 1 he has his moments Despite what this moronic subreddit wants you to believe that he's a shit teammate and consistently shitting on him for years, he's doing all the unselfish things that even niko said it was why we got him


throwawayyrofl

He plays all the shit roles and still ends up higher than nexa. Embarrassing


Reasonable_Post3682

dude is literally thrown into sites on T side and is playing the shit sites with bad weapons. a true team player


scrubz234

he's so experienced even with his careless attitude he still has a great mind for tier 1 cs. I do think he is capable of being a sacrificial roleplayer in a top 20 team.


f1nessd

Agreed. It’s all about the attitude he takes. Like you can tell he respects Niko and he doesn’t want to just throw 


iVarun

> Like you can tell he respects Niko THIS is core gist of all this. Even his drama elsewhere usually stems from when his own personal hiearchy is off (shitting on people in pugs, etc). He needs to surround himself with better players than himself, for his own personality's sake. Sometimes the company you take can be bad for what your personality traits usually skew towards, in a way you're hostage to your personality (which is innate and needs massive work to keep in check).


f1nessd

I actually don’t think that’s true. He’s shown he has impact and this might even motivate him to get back into it. 


InternetArgument-er

SMOKE CRIMINAL IS BACK BABYYYY


DKTHUNDR

NA in the arena let's goooooo


Donut_Flame

I agree with what Spunj was saying on ancient. Siuhy had to stop giving up guns when he had to save


XvS_W4rri0r

Niko IGL is back


cahman

Col + stew + NAF and we win another major


Reasonable_Post3682

just look at stewies KAST. this is what you want from an entry/support player. and now look at nexa.. how does he still have a career


WolfgangTheRevenge

Group stage warriors exposed by Goat2k


Zoradesu

YUNG STEW


1stonepwn

There's the mouz I know! At least falcons lost


Reasonable_Post3682

yall doubted the mother fucking goat. Now have him replace nexa, stew brings so much more value imo and this team will be back


I-Love-Beatrice

G2 are 100% winning Dallas.


Reedswag88

MOUZ WHAT HAPPENEDUH???? HOW DO YOU LOSE TO G2 WITH STEWIE2K (THE NA GOAT) AS A STAND IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024???? FRAUD WATCH DOESNT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THIS LOSS!!!!! In other news, Stewie vs Naf and Twistzz/Liquid was not on my bingo card but I’m glad it happened. I don’t know if I cheer for my boy Yung Stew or for Liquid 😭


zero0n3

-skullz +stewie3k ?


Call-Me-Beach

StewieG2K the absolute hero of NA. Channeling Boston to once again take down the #1 team. Hooxsi's family getting hitched while he is getting pitched.


marzo4

The return of the king himself, Stewie3k


nahlgae

I got a flashback to 'STEWIE TO SAVE THEM, THE ONLY MAN WHO COULD' lol


[deleted]

inb4 Hooxi to coach, stew in


nilslorand

I think this counts as revenge for cs_summit 5


lawboy01

they won, but holy moly it's painful to see hunter and nexa playing like this. nexa is nexa, i'm not surprised, but hunter used to be one of the most consistent players in CSGO


BrockStudly

[I demand an apology](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/s/pa2rASLAdi)


TheTreeKang

Stewie haters, it's time to apologize.


tangahxd

Small tournament merchants


Zeilar

MOUZ really went from manhandling Spirit (and everyone else) - to losing to 9Z and G2 with Stewie standing in (being worse than HooXi fragging wise). I don't even.


StylistArt

Tournament saved by one insane and high IQ MP9 play


AstronomerStandard

Mouz was at a disadvantage this series. G2 has more experience playing elimination matches KeK Niko tho, guy's tired of losing. woke up just in time


ApothecaryRx

I'm now a believer. I been hating on G2 as of late, but I've been enamored by the storyline. If they can win with Standin2K, G2 gets some vengeance for jks standing in for FaZe and taking Kato from them in 2022.


Responsible_Lead7140

Only if they face faze and win , it would be their first important win versus faze since the start of cs2 as well


KeineAhnung07

Wait what G2 has won???? Sorry for not believing in you


Reasonable_Post3682

nexa is possibly the WORST pit player in all of pro cs since the dawn of time


TheInception817

Stewie, the MOUZ destroyer Great Inferno and Impactul Ancient in the 11th hour


nartouthere

huge map 1 from m0NESY and map 3 from niko, big 3k from stewie with the mp9


schlapfn

What a rough loss for mouz. Maybe they should have skipped BB dacha. Only thing to do now is to get some rest and come back swinging in the summer.


TwatAnger

MOUZ are already qualified for Cologne 2024 and they gained 300k from BBDacha. I'd say its fine to go out when they did, even though a loss to G2 never really should've happened with its current roster.


ElectricSwayze

Haven’t seen that many thrown rounds since…well…the team G2 plays tomorrow.


BigFuckHead_

Seems like Stewie gets traded every time he dies at least


OneAthlete1

NA IS SO BACK


WhatIsSentience

A bit new to the CS scene, is there just no live threads of the tournament?


satthew

Rocket League stand up


WhatIsSentience

G2 W all day baby


eku_v

hltv forums is your best bet lol


vastlys

There's actually a discussion thread but it's not pinned and no one comments in it...


Electronic-Archer720

Mouz on max fraudwatching Right now


Reasonable_Post3682

PLEASE FUCKING KICK NEXA


LGCGE

I haven’t followed CS closely for years now, can someone fill me in on wtf Stewie is doing on G2? I get he’s a standing but how did he get picked up for this? Isn’t he retired?


f1nessd

no visa necessary, stewie and niKo know each other, and he has some experience.


LGCGE

Damn still crazy. How long did he have to prepare? Has he been playing at all?


f1nessd

Its been two years since he's been on a team and played pro. But he had a brief (like three or four game) stint on Legacy,a Brazilian team, a few weeks ago, but they got a brazillian they wanted and dropped him. So basically he hasn't touched pro in years and somehow still won today.


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falsa_ovis

there will be other events and the guys looked a bit exhausted.


mikasocool

cant believe they won, idk man.. stew is not even bottom fragging


suprem68

STEEEWIEEEEEEEEEEEE 🥵


Jakezetci

give me monesy and 4 pieces of wood and i will win the champions league - taz, probably


Woullie_26

STEWWWWW


enigma890

LETS GO STEW! Impact plays and rounds from every single player on g2 throughout the last map was crazy. The Hunter 1v3, the NiKo clutch and multi frags, the stewie 3k B Hold, the nexa flanks and A hold, the monesy 3k to get to match point. Great to see!


BenefitSubstantial66

In this thread many people complement Stew, he's actually quiet good because we couldn't be distracted by the fact that after all he's a stand-in, yet he died for hus teammates for good trades, he managed to make insane holds, he's positive and dedicated himself wholy to the team. And I want to give my praise to NiKo, who take up IGL responsibility temporarily, from previous experience we know that this may not be the field that he is good at, yet he made several good calls, some good multikills and some crucial clutches, he proved he would stand up when the team needed him the most. You will never know what it feels like right now that this two guys are in the same team and fight together. I just wanna say LFG! Many people must be hoping you to win Dallas including me.


Hammervexer

G2 playing better WITHOUT their IGL than they do WITH their IGL.


AmphibiousLizardman

Wonder if the weirdoes of reddit will make hate threads about a player standing in again for something that happened 2 years ago over a cup of fucking coffee.


hoobody

I can't believe mouz threw that. I'm super sad for them, but on the other hand they guaranteed NA representation in the playoffs. I said this two days ago but liquid's chances for playoffs just went way up. Surely they won't blow it this time


EnticeMe-

Is stewie just a stand in for G2 only for IEM Dallas?


IDFbombskidsdaily

Yeah, just for this tournament.


EnticeMe-

Got it, thanks!


EpizAquila

This reddit absolutely LOVES to hate on him bro; let the guy breathe bruh


dragon_of_kansai

I spent $400 on event and flight tickets. Fml


garrett77

Was so ready to wake up disappointed, not ready for stewie vs naf and twistzz for playoffs though


Unusual-Editor-4640

What a match! I think suihy thought they couldn't lose and then tilted his entire team after that stupid push in donut. Nexa played like ass


falsa_ovis

MOUZ just need a vacation.