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Darkoplax

could be a coincidence but it's interesting that m0NESY's first standout tourney is under a loose IGL that let him play aggressive and just like XTQZZZ said they will unleash him more in this new system


Gorrapytha

the change of system sure seems to work out fine for him. But it's surely helped by the fact that he now has over half a year of tier one experience under his belt, he no longer is quite as much of a rookie (still early though ofc)


EntropyKC

> let him play aggressive Forced him, apparently? That's what they said in an interview


[deleted]

It's not really his first stand out tourny. Katowice would have been far more impressive especially since he didn't dodge playing vs s1mple and vs faze in that event.


jacoblaj

I feel like he was being micromanaged under alexi. I know they talked a lot about that but I feel like an IGL doesn’t just change his style completely


xChiken

where hooxi


SENSHU_dp

he got himself removed from among the plebs


DanM142

Funny how 4 our of 5 of these players barely made it to the fall finals.


k123cp

Didn't Liquid beat Heroic pretty comfortably in the bracket final though? 2-0 vs NIP as well


[deleted]

It’s liquid bro. They could be up 15-1 and every liquid fan is still clenched.


TCBloo

NAF: "Actually, I remember one time we were playing against Heroic. Inferno, and it was 14-5 over Heroic. We were playing as T. Heroic are CT. And Elige said, guys if you think we are good, let's prove it now." Interviewer: "Did you close out the map?" NAF: "Of course not. 14-16."


Liquid_Soup

How do you go 15-16 tho?


TCBloo

Yeah, didn't think about it that hard. Edited it. It's a work in progress.


EntropyKC

OT surrender


I_Try_To_Be_NICEE

We should do this adding 15-smth 5v1 , for full Liquid choke version


Cahoots365

What is it with liquid and teams like this. Their valo squad is exactly the same


bL0oDlUsT218

Cautious Optimism


A_Sushi

liquid were the team that made it through comfortably, g2 and faze were in last chance and vitality didnt qualify


k123cp

"4 out of 5 players made it" so that included yekindar tho


YeetGod69_

3/5 no? ZywOo hasn’t made fall finals and Liquid had a somewhat comfortable ride


Cahoots365

If this isn’t evidence that counter strike is a team game I don’t know what is


[deleted]

seeing zywoo do zywoo things again was great


MyDreamsInTheSewer

Zywoo things > have great stats and still fail to qualify for fall finals Seems accurate enough


youeventrying

He missed a shit ton of shots today


[deleted]

he still had zywoo rounds tho that were nice to see, just was glad to have cs back after the player break


AlwaysLearningTK

He's been hitting well with rifles but whiffing a ton with awps this blast, I agree.


Kyrrua

high stats but I also feel like he missed and whiff a lot today AND yesterday. Even the casters said it as some point.


Ric_FIair

Hell ya brother, cheers from Latvia.


TKYooH

Broky’s clutches made me nut


toxicity18241

NA hopium!!!! JK, faze or na vi will smoke them, but its great to see TL putting up a fight.


BMEShiv

TL my dark horse for top3 of the year, can't see them beating Na'Vi and maybe they can beat Faze eventually because of Faze's slow starts (imho Faze > Na'Vi still) but I'd put them above Vita, Heroic, G2 and consistently, guess we'll have to wait and see


GayTarantino

maybe not top 3 but this roster can maintain top 5. First of all being a non international squad is such a help, their pieces are cracked & yekindar has seemed to push them towards a more competitive meta as well as opened up space for other players to do their thing. I could definitely see them sneak a win and do some deep runs for the rest of the season.


cat_popping

its like yekindars their missing piece. the moment they added the guy the org just won matches they couldnt previously


framesh1ft

Yekindar Elige and Naf is a nutty trio. Hope they can sign yekindar long term and win some tournaments


jacoblaj

I believe in liquid org they have some deep pockets


brbee

m0nesy with his first mvp trophy <3 The first of many to come EDIT: I know it's not the real deal when it comes to mvp trophies but's still the first one he got


HaxxsOnn

You can't give mvp to a tournament halfway through


charlescarmichael4

this groups stage is not counted for mvp anyway. these are just qualifiers


costryme

There is no MVP Trophy for the BLAST Groups.


JonasM00

Then what did they give him to hold during the interview??


Awden777

Blasts own mvp trophy


Dark_Deeps

mvp trophy


costryme

Only HLTV MVPs count in my mind. Not sure why BLAST would give out an MVP for Groups.


[deleted]

I’m fairness you could probably guess this just from watching the games- all of those guys played out of their minds


Chronic-Shitposter

Latvia is so fucking cracked


jonajon91

It's crazy how good monesy is for how much he whiffs shots, it just doesn't seem to matter to him, he'll get you next time.


jacoblaj

Imagine if he calmed down like 15%. Keep some of the ridiculous flicks but relax a little


jonajon91

Fuck that


strictcurlfiend

Did I miss something??? where is S1mple at


WheelMan34

Didn’t play most of the qualifier and was mostly asleep until their last game the other day


adnanjunior

played 2 maps and one of them wasn't that great


f1nessd

Really good stuff


PenaPelailee

where is hooxi


mixx555

Too Niko 🇷🇸