FaZe Clan vs Cloud9 / ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 - Grand-Final / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Chuckys2]

FaZe Clan 1-2 Cloud9

Mirage: 16-14
Overpass: 10-16
Inferno: 19-22

 

Congratulations to Cloud9 on winning the ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018!

 

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CT		✔
✔		CT
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CT

 

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MAP 1/3: Mirage

 

Team	CT	T	Total
FaZe	6	10	16
	T	CT
C9	9	5	14

 

FaZe	K	A	D	Rating
rain	24	4	21	1.25
GuardiaN	26	1	19	1.23
olofmeister	25	4	20	1.23
karrigan	12	6	18	0.81
NiKo	12	6	23	0.67
C9
Skadoodle	27	3	16	1.42
autimatic	24	6	20	1.19
RUSH	21	1	18	1.01
tarik	17	6	24	0.82
Stewie2K	12	4	21	0.71

Mirage Detailed Stats

 

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MAP 2/3: Overpass

 

Team	T	CT	Total
FaZe	3	7	10
	CT	T
C9	12	4	16

 

FaZe	K	A	D	Rating
rain	22	5	21	1.32
GuardiaN	20	6	19	1.01
NiKo	16	5	20	0.85
olofmeister	12	4	19	0.72
karrigan	9	3	20	0.58
C9
tarik	22	6	15	1.35
Skadoodle	21	6	16	1.33
autimatic	21	3	14	1.31
Stewie2K	21	4	17	1.26
RUSH	14	4	17	0.85

Overpass Detailed Stats

 

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MAP 3/3: Inferno

 

Team	CT	T	OT1T:CT	OT2CT:T	Total
FaZe	8	7	0:3	1:0	19
	T	CT	OT1^CT:T	OT2^T:CT
C9	7	8	3:0	2:2	22

 

FaZe	K	A	D	Rating
NiKo	28	16	28	1.07
olofmeister	27	6	31	0.97
GuardiaN	29	12	28	0.96
karrigan	26	4	32	0.81
rain	17	6	30	0.74
C9
tarik	38	13	25	1.43
Stewie2K	32	10	29	1.18
Skadoodle	31	10	23	1.18
autimatic	30	20	26	1.16
RUSH	18	20	24	0.99

Inferno Detailed Stats

 

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team

[u/declan-jpeg]

if you had told me in 2015 that olof, guardian, niko, and rain would all be on a team together, and that theyd lose the major championship to cloud9 ft. tarik i woulda laughed my ass off

[u/Zenrer → u/declan-jpeg]

Shit if you told me that a week ago I would’ve laughed my ass off

[u/c9IceCream]

in this tournament Cloud 9 beat the #1, #2, #3, and #4 teams on their path to the title.

[u/[deleted]]

SOMEBODY CALL THE DOCTOR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ERECT FOR 4 HOURS.

[u/swiftcashew]

Inferno is honestly the best map for a grand final

[u/[deleted]]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTLiGMtUEAI_dVG.png

From streaming in a closet to major champion in 3 years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/27hjq2/this_topless_turkish_dude_rekt_hiko_on_mirage/ Never forget.

Feels like yesterday I stumbled upon this random shirtless, cereal eating dude's stream because of his turkish name and now this. Feels so surreal

[u/OPDidntDeliver → u/[deleted]]

what gaming chair does he use

What cereal does he eat?

[u/fluxusflow → u/[deleted]]

Wow reading that Reddit post about Tarik, if you read Hazed's comments about him, it really shows how Tarik has evolved mentally over the past 3 years.

From that, to a Major winner in 3 years is so damn impressive.

[u/[deleted]]

Never watched or played this game before but holy fuck I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

[u/bluenoise → u/[deleted]]

Welcome to the adrenaline dispenser

[u/OPDidntDeliver → u/[deleted]]

That was quite possibly the best major final ever, it was so intense. What a great first game to watch.

[u/uzomi → u/[deleted]]

How did you end up watching the game?

[u/PandasArePerfect]

HOLY SHIT WHEN C9 LOST THOSE 3 1v1s I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER!!!

BEST. FINAL. EVER.

[u/Moterio]

Btw yet again Virtus.pro got eliminated by the major winners LOL

[u/Skabeg → u/Moterio]

2nd best team world confirmed?

[u/epicfishboy]

Goodnight, /r/GlobalOffensive - All of Europe.

[u/Nisheee → u/epicfishboy]

heh, you think we can sleep after that?

[u/blessedjourney98 → u/epicfishboy]

As a European, I think the storyline was too perfect for C9. GGWP

[u/abu5217]

I am an old-assed man. I have only played CS (poorly) a handful of times. I had been to the last two ESL events in New York with my son. This Major was his Christmas gift.

I have seen my college football team win three national championships on TV and went to tons of great football and basketball games.

This Major was one of the most fun, exciting events I have ever done, and the Grand Final today was one of the, if not the most exciting sporting event I have ever been to.

Congrats to both teams for a thrilling, emotional match, and congrats to Cloud 9 for being the first NA team to win a Major.

We will certainly be back.

Edit: Here's us on the floor.

[u/Zerothian → u/abu5217]

You're an awesome dad, and that is an awesome Christmas gift, even more so with the result and how intense the final ended up being.

[u/iamSammTheMan → u/abu5217]

I'm available for adoption! Awesome dad, your kid is one lucky dude!!

[u/TDaotje]

stanislaw died for this

[u/[deleted] → u/TDaotje]

i dont mind that optic died for this and i was a huge fanboy

[u/[deleted] → u/TDaotje]

n0thing died for this

[u/Cloud9Jack]

The support from the fans in the audience pushed us to victory. Thank you for having our back all weekend!

[u/[deleted] → u/Cloud9Jack]

Can you buy Skadoodle a drink for me? It's been a long time coming for him.

[u/kekafe]

https://gfycat.com/PepperyDeliciousAlaskanmalamute

[u/Stef100111 → u/kekafe]

Absolutely brutal

[u/Fiszek]

Is it me or watching C9 this major was like watching a teen sports underdog story.

C9 go 0-2 in groups. For the decider they have to defeat VP, the famed NA killers, who have always whooped their ass.

They do the reverse sweep, denying Astralis and Vega their chance at going to playoffs.

Somehow they defeat G2, who up to that point looked unstoppable.

Next up they are only up against the best team in the world and despite fer's best efforts on cobble they take the series 2-1, with Stew doing his trademark 'smoke criminal' shenanigans.

Aaaand we have the final against FaZe, where C9 manage to lose their map pick in a butt-clenching way, only to bounce back on their opponents' pick. On Inferno C9 lose the pistol and win the following force. When it looks like FaZe is back in the game, they take a timeout and proceed to grab the last rounds of the half. There is a chance, they say. Second half, FaZe take the second pistol and the rounds to follow. When they get to 15 rounds, like the cliche villains they get cocky and try to force it out. After the tactical for FaZe, karrigan's plan gets completely shut down and C9 endure to overtime. First overtime, C9 almost have it, but GuardiaNs' heroics keep FaZe in the game. The suspense becomes almost unbearable. C9 get the final hour powerup and take the second overtime with a blast, doing exactly what FaZe couldn't manage, with the successful A and B takes.

Oh yeah, and let's not forget that this is the All-American major. Congrats to C9, and don't forget to give Zac Efron a call when this gets turned into a movie.

[u/IAmLuwi → u/Fiszek]

Staring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham

[u/bigdrinkssmallcups → u/Fiszek]

Zac Efron would have to play Sgares

[u/Johnnyferrori]

That was the most intense match I have EVER watched! HOLY SHIT GG C9!

[u/dank_m33m → u/Johnnyferrori]

this major is why we need pulse measurements for the players

[u/TylerNotTheCreator]

I’m not crying you’re crying stop

[u/Rynekz]

SICKEST FUCKING FINAL IN A LONG TIME

[u/AndyFNG]

Niko is finally remembered how it feels to be in Mousesports again. Haven't seen those facial expressions in a while.

[u/[deleted] → u/AndyFNG]

Guardian is finally remembered how it feels to be in Na'Vi again.

FTFY

[u/kittyhat27135]

Skadoodle was almost banned 3 years ago now he's a major champ what a story.

[u/JimEU]

when were you when faze clan dies?

i was sat at home cheering europe when steward2000 picks up the awp

‘sup bitch’

‘no’

[u/Sickestjk]

What an INSANE third map!

[u/wtfidkl0l]

tarik: "actually, I remember one time we were playing against Faze, Inferno, and it was 15-11 to Faze, we were playing as CT, Faze as T, and Stewie said: 'guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now'. 15-11"

Stewie: "did we comeback?"

tarik: "of course. 19-22"

[u/MakingYouMad → u/wtfidkl0l]

15-11 wasn't it?

[u/whymauri]

who would win

an elite legendary roster built over two years

one peanut boi and his lads

[u/Knights_Radiant → u/whymauri]

Sup bitch

[u/EatMySkins]

These majors are getting boring, you can clearly see the winner from the start... wait

[u/OfficialC9]

And just like that we are the first ever CS:GO NORTH AMERICAN MAJOR CHAMPIONS! GGWP FAZE CLAN!

After Kinguin shut down our Summer 2015 run (and later became FaZe) and has been shutting this iteration of our roster down time after time. After going down 0-2 in the New Legend stage. After all these years of attempt after attempt - we reverse sweep FaZe in the GRAND FINALS and we finally do it.

We have no words right now. Just thank you all for the support through thick and thin, and a huge thanks to all of our sponsors! We love you all! #C9WIN💙

[u/sirmeowmerss]

Tarik's brain

[u/skater2454]

OPTIC DIED FOR THIS

[u/speerosity]

Skadaddy and the band of Cloudy Bois are major champions boy oh boy

[u/iZatch]

for those coming in from r/all

• CSGO

Counter Strike: Global Offensive is a competitive first person shooter. The game is specifically designed so that no one player can win the game on their own, and so that run and gun "rambo" style gameplay is heavily punished by quick deaths and permanent death. This means that the only way to win is to play as a team, and to play strategically. Counter Strike is played round by round with 5 players per team.

One team plays as the Terrorists, whose objective is to plant a bomb at one of two designated spots on the map, while the other team plays as the Counter-Terrorists, whose objective is to stop them.

The first team to win 16 rounds wins the map, unless both teams should reach a score a 15-15, in which case the game goes into overtime.

• The Boston Major

Unlike other sports and eSports like League of Legends, nobody 'owns' professional CSGO, and so there is no one league or tournament. Instead it's more like golf or tennis where there are a number of tournaments throughout the year. Standing high above these tournaments though are the Majors. There are only two per year, usually in the Winter and in the Summer. The Boston Major is this year's winter major.

Majors are far, far beyond a normal tournament. The prestige of winning is unparalleled in CSGO. You could win every other event in the year, but it wouldn't compare to winning a major.

• The SK Era

Two years ago, a Brazilian team called SK won the Columbus Major in early 2016, and ever since then they have established themselves as the best team in CSGO. They are the favorites to win every tournament they enter, and even in the rare moments they slip in form, they still remain one of the top 3 teams in the world. There is a website called HLTV that keeps track of team and player statistics and uses it to assign rankings to professional teams. SK has been the No. 1 team in the world almost constantly for the past 2 years.

• FaZe

FaZe Clan is a European Superteam made up of some of the absolute best players in the world. It is the most expensive roster in the history of professional CSGO, the Real Madrid of eSports. Guardian was recently considered one of the best AWPers (sniper) of all time, while there are some who believe that at his peak, Olofmeister was the greatest player in the history of Counter Strike. Their current star player, Niko, is looking to step up to fill in Olof's shoes and take up that mantle.

Coming into the Major, SK, FaZe and a french team called G2 were the favorites by far to win.

• The Gap

HLTV uses a ELO-like system to assign points to teams, which are gained and lost when teams win and lose. The number of points a team has is used to determine their international ranking. SK and FaZe were the No. 1 and No.2 teams in the world coming into the Major.

The Number 3-10 teams in the world were each separated by a gap about 20-50 points each, with the total difference between the No. 10 and No. 3 teams being about 300 points.

The 3rd best team in the world had 570 points coming into the Major. SK and FaZe each had close to 1000. THAT'S how much better they are than the rest of the world. The Difference between FaZe and the 3rd best team was as big the difference between the 3rd and 10th best teams.

• North America

The North America (NA) region is notorious for being below the level of other regions. A North American team has never won a major before, and in fact, an NA team has only made it to the Grand Final once before. For the past decade or so, professional counter strike has been dominated by European teams, and teams from the former Soviet Union (specifically Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan).

Everything about NA teams is so bad, that the phrase "NA" is synonymous with being bad. If a team makes a bad play, you say 'NA strats'

If a tournament's video feed's sound cuts out, you say 'NA production'. THATS how bad NA has been, for a very long time.

• Cloud 9

Cloud 9 is a professional CSGO team from the United States. They've gotten close to greatness on many occasions in the past, but have always come up a day late and a dollar short. Being that the vast majority of American teams are garbage, Cloud 9 and to some lesser degree, Team Liquid, look to be NA's last real hope at securing a Major title.

C9 however has a long, storied history of upsetting foreign teams and diving deep into playoffs of big events, and the players of C9 are well known and beloved by CSGO fans. They are the favorite team of MANY North American fans on this subreddit.

Despite that, Cloud 9 was NOT a favorite to win the major. They were very much the underdog when they and 23 other teams started playing the first games of the Major on January 12.

• Swiss System and The Reverse Sweep

CSGO Majors use the swiss system for their group stage. The concept is simple.

Win 3 games, and you advance to the Quarter Finals. Lose 3 games, and you go home.

Cloud 9 was 0-2 in the group stage, and needed only one more loss to be eliminated from the tournament. But instead, they went on a tear and defeated not one, not two, but three teams to qualify for the playoffs with a 3-2 record.

• The Quarter-Finals

Coming in with a 3-2 record is a punishment however, since it means you have to play against one of the teams that qualified with a 3-0 record, and indeed they did. The team they played in the Quarter-Finals was none other than G2.

The French Superteam. France is historically one of the strongest countries in counter strike, producing some of the best teams and the best players. G2 is an assembly of essentially the best French players in CSGO.

Not only is G2 one of the best teams on earth, and a favorite to win the tournament, but G2 had already defeated Cloud 9 in the group stage, contributing to one of C9's 2 losses. That loss wasn't a nail biter either. G2 really put it in Cloud 9 and made them look like amateurs. Reminding the world of NA's place in the professional scene.

Despite recent history looming over them, seeming to doom their chances of advancing any further, Cloud 9 defeated G2 in a one-sided stomp. They won the Best of Three series 2-0 and advanced into the Semi-Finals where they had to face SK.

• The Semi-Finals

SK. The Brazilian powerhouse that some people would argue is the best team in the history of counter strike. SK who has humiliated teams with more prestige and accolades per player than Cloud 9 has as a team. The series looked lost, but after 4 grueling hours, and taking the series all the way to Game 3, Cloud 9 managed to win 2-1 and become the second American team in history to make it to the Grand Final of a Major.

• The Grand Final

This Grand Final was, in my opinion, the greatest Grand Final in counter strike history. Each round, each map, was won by inches.

Game 1 looked to be in Cloud 9's clutches before FaZe went on a come-back from hell to steal the victory.

Game 2 was firmly in Cloud 9's hands, but the rounds C9 won were not surrendered easily. FaZe fought tooth and nail until the end, forcing Cloud 9 to wrestle their victory out of FaZe's iron grip.

Game 3 particularly stands out. It will probably be remembered as the best game of Counter Strike ever.

Back and Forth, round after round ended in clutches and 1 vs 1 showdowns. Just when all looked lost, when it seemed that FaZe would win, Cloud 9 began a come back, but the very next round that come back was shut down.

Then, unbroken, they began another comeback and this time they manage to tie the game up and take things into Overtime. Then Double Overtime. Then finally, after 5 hours, Cloud 9 has won the series 2-1, and become the first American team EVER to win a Major.

It should be noted that not only did Cloud 9 come back from the edge of elimination to win this, but they had to defeat the three tournament favorites to do so. It was easily the hardest road to victory that any team has had to endure. Facing off against all three of the best teams in the world.

Edit: This comment may have been buried by copypasta, but it was worth it to get my first gold. Thanks kind stranger.

[u/Voltage97]

HOLY FUCK Cloud9 did it against an All-Star team! FIRST MAJOR FOR NA CS! Skadoodle is a god!

[u/evilhomer138]

FAZE BACKWARDS EZAF

[u/MrRoyce]

CLOUD9 HAS DONE IT! ABSOLUTE MADMEN!!!

Even as a FaZe fan, I have to congratulate to Cloud9, they 100% deserved this and while it could've went either way, against all odds, C9 made history today. What a time to be alive, it's great to be a CS:GO fan!!

[u/Knights_Radiant → u/MrRoyce]

Just think about the fucking run they just made.... it's insane.

Down 0-2. Wins 3 straight. G2... SK... Faze.... like what the fuck

[u/[deleted]]

SPAM THIS NOODLE TO HELP SKADOODLE

[u/Vinck]

Hello again, r/all!

This post is about the Counter-Strike Major Championship tournament in Boston, effectively this game's world championships. In the grand final, FaZe Clan - European all-star team - faced against American squad Cloud9.

FaZe are considered to be one of the best teams in the world, but major championship is the one title they still lacked before this tournament. They were favourites of the previous major, but suprisingly were knocked out early. This time, they easily went through first two stages with only one inconsequential loss, and reached the final for the first time in their history.

Meanwhile, Cloud9, while respected, was typically seen as a team just below the championship level. Here, they swept through the qualifier, but lost first two games of groups stage and were on the brink of elimination. However, they came back, beaten SK Gaming - arguably the best team in the world - in the semifinal - and, like FaZe, reached finals for the first time.

In addition, the match was basically the embodiment of the long-standing NA-EU rivalry in CS. North American teams have for a long time been considered inferior to European ones, and in the history of twelve Major Championships, NA team hasn't won even one - and they only hit finals twice, once in 2016 and this time.

But this time, after extremely close match that will go down in history as one of the best matches in history of CSGO - ending with a double overtime - Cloud9 broke the curse and became the first ever American major champions. Needless to say, this will go down in the history of the game.

Credit to /u/OldBenX for the words!

[u/shiny22]

imagine playing bo5 after those 3 games lol

[u/RaisedByWolves9 → u/shiny22]

I would be spending the 4th map at the hospital

[u/jkaler]

https://imgur.com/GmrVFxg

kd after watching this final

[u/wolley666]

SUPER

(S)kadoodle (T)arik (A)utimatic (R)ush (S)tewie2k

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/sdub48]

That is the most intense game of CS I have ever seen. I was jumping up in the air - I felt like I was in Boston all the way from Chicago!

[u/PM_ME_SADPANDA_LINKS]

https://imgur.com/MaN262p

Greatest major run of all time? GREATEST MAJOR RUN OF ALL TIME

[u/[deleted] → u/PM_ME_SADPANDA_LINKS]

Double OT in grand final against Faze? How does it get any better?

[u/Foxy_Grandpa-]

I WAS HERE

[u/Ixolus]

https://i.imgur.com/2tWSGXM.png

[u/SudokuGod]

I have been a fan of C9 since they started their LoL team in summer 2013.

I remember getting into Counter-Strike after watching “Are you kidding me Hiko?!?!”

I remember the first roster changes when Semphis and Hiko left.

I remember the breakout win in Brazil against SK.

It’s been a crazy 4 ½ years, but I’ve never been happier to be a C9 fan.

[u/[deleted]]

from r/all what is this and why is it on the top of r/all in less than 7mins.

[u/[deleted]]

A big thanks to ELeague for not making this series a BO5

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Can only have so many heart attacks

[u/dank_m33m]

skadoodle #1 hltv 2018 ez

[u/epicnerd427]

What the shit just Faze Choked that 15-11 lead, then came back from 18-15 to force double OT, then botched second OT

[u/[deleted] → u/epicnerd427]

I really feel bad for Guardian. You could see how badly he wanted it and how he played everything really well. C9 was the better team tho

[u/Lagnetic]

Thank mr skadoodle

[u/HoneyBucket-]

I'm a 38 year old American and have been playing/watching CS since before Steam was a thing. This was a great thing to watch. Thanks C9.

[u/denied_chav]

NEVER DOUBTED IT https://imgur.com/a/kkkPP

[u/loveicetea]

Guardian thought he left Na'Vi but he just traded them in for another Na'Vi

Edit: this tweet from Guardian makes me cry

[u/pun_shall_pass → u/loveicetea]

How many rounds did Guardian single-handedly save Faze? Like 11 or something?

[u/In_Panopticon]

STEWIE2K20

[u/Cavi7]

I'm speechless. This is a historic moment. An NA team winning a MAJOR on their home soil. No excuses. They beat SK and FaZe, arguably two of the best teams in the world. Not some lesser teams that in a weird turn of events made it far, like in the last major. My NA brothers, I'm happy for you all, as C9 has always been in my heart just as my home team VP. You guys got to see your team win on your land, unlike me. Skadaddy, Stew, Autimatic, Tarik, RUSH... as well as NiKo, karrigan, rain, olof and GuardiaN... Thank you for one of the best major finals.

[u/Gijsdj98]

My gold pick em coin died for this and it's fucking worth it

[u/warhammerkid]

FaZe: 9-2 all-time vs Cloud9, but Cloud9 won the 2 games that count. CLOUD9 MAJOR WINNERS HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

FAZE DOWN

[u/MidgetShortage]

Our IGL, who art in Cloud9

Tarik be thy name,

Thy brain be watermelon

Thy calls be 200 IQ

On LAN as in Rank S

Give us this day our daily content,

And forgive us for being emo

As we forgive those who stream snipe against us

And lead us not into Minors,

But deliver us a Major Championship.

In the name of Summer, Skadaddy,and the hopes of NA

WE HAWT

[u/PhilTheBaiter]

NA was Overrated

NiKo is Frustrated

Long have we waited

CLOUD9 ACTIVATED

[u/K0nvict]

This is why CSGO is the best esport in the world. Casting was flawless, gameplay was flawless, crowd is amazing. How can anything touch this?

[u/Voltage97 → u/K0nvict]

And the viewers to show for it!

[u/jcarberry → u/K0nvict]

Don't play CS:GO, just tuned in because the stream was featured on Twitch. Saw C9 horribly behind, figured I'd stick around for a quick win...

Boy was I glad to be wrong. Makes me want to start playing.

[u/Asylbetrueger]

CoD4 was objectively better than CS.

[u/esach]

Stewie going from bottom fragging on mirage to huge impact on inferno for the major win, what a legend.

[u/azns123]

http://i.imgur.com/WGsH3OO.jpg

[u/Leonard_Potato]

SUPERTEAM

SUPERTEA

SUPERTE

SUPERT

SUPER

SUPE

SUP

SU

S

SK

SKA

SKAD

SKADA

SKADAD

SKADADD

SKADADDY

[u/Zairen1]

Holy shit what a final! Absolutely incredible stuff, emotions at an all time high, Niko feeling frustrated throughout the series, all C9 players showing how much they want to win in the last rounds of inferno. This is what CS:GO is all about. THIS FINAL WAS THROUGH THE ROOF BABY!

[u/ahwitz]

As good as that CS:GO was, the copypasta in this thread is gonna be even better.

[u/anthem75]

Faze currently asking for coldzera's buyout

[u/deevysteeze]

Imagine knocking out the 3 best teams at the Major and still not getting 100% credit for winning... ridiculous. They rolled G2, had a good fight with SK, and an amazing win against FaZe. Down 15-11 on last map. Come back and win in double OT. Come on... C9 won and deserve all the credit.

[u/[deleted]]

SUPERTEAM

SUPERTEA

SUPERTE

SUPERT

SUPER

SUP

SUP B

SUP BI

SUP BIT

SUP BITC

SUP BITCH

[u/_Saraswati_]

IT G MA

[u/Spodangle]

Inferno is, and has always been, the best god damn map.

[u/PM-RIN-TOHSAKA-GIFS]

started playing CSGO 7 years ago, played for about 5 years, quit. Like most young NA players, I loved the shit out of C9. Shroud, N0thing, Seang@res, and hiko were like gods to me, I was in love with them, but I never got to see them win.

Haven't played in 2 years, but I live in boston, hear about the event, and decide, fuck it, let's go. I show up, watch the exhibition, it was alright I guess, I liked kennyS back in the day so that was cool and all.

Then the set begins, and holy shit, all my years of love for CS:GO came back to me. I will be able to proudly say, I got my C9 jersey out of storage, and wore it to see my old team become the first American team to win a major. I legitimately started tearing up as they won, and when when Skad (one of my favorite players before I quit) gave his interview, I just lost it.

Thank you to valve for making this game, and thank you to FaZe, ELeague, and mostly, C9 for making this dream of mine come true.

[u/SnazzzyPC]

Two years ago Stewie was picked up by C9 and some of the most hate I've seen in the CS scene due to people doubting him. Two years later, he wins a major. Incredible, great run by C9.

[u/INevereveN]

https://clips.twitch.tv/AmericanSavoryRabbitFloof Congratulations to NA CS from NA LCS!

[u/Corn_Wholesaler]

I like Cloud9

I enjoy watching Cloud9 play CSGO. They are my favorite CSGO team.

When they win a round, I think to myself "yes".

When the other team wins a round, I think to myself "no".

[u/hx19]

Thorin: "Surprised people are so hyped about this final. I think it's going to be the worst since TL vs. SK."

I am happy he was wrong as always.

[u/Dravved]

I FUCKING LOVE VIDEO GAMES

[u/Hzrk]

donald trump better be inviting c9 to the white house now

[u/gEO-dA-K1nG]

We can't get ahead of ourselves here but this pretty much confirms Skadoodle is #1 hltv 2018

[u/Zekm]

I'm not crying you're crying stop.. ROFL

[u/Brehcolli]

Virtus.Pro eliminated by major winners yet again, as everyone predicted

[u/gonnj]

People who missed the major finals comes to this sub

20k upvotes, 17x gold

hmmm I wonder who won

[u/yellowtape5]

And they said my pickem was crazy! https://i.imgur.com/UOXJ9hz.jpg

[u/4UNN]

I remember this thread 2 years ago where everyone was really salty about C9 picking up Stewie. Worked out in the end :)

[u/janwei25]

The storyline of c9 almost felt unreal lol like its scripted from a show or something. 0 - 2 down to major champions by beating all the top guns and coming back from inferno. Best major final by far

[u/sorenslothe]

6 minute old post, number 1 on /r/all. This is fucking CSGO, boys. What a god damn game

[u/TenaciousTay128]

jesus christ, that last map was amazingly intense. it really made me remember why i used to love cs.

wp to both teams, and congrats to c9 for making cs history.

[u/thank_mr_skadoodle]

thank mr skadoodle

[u/MrDameLeche]

A hour and a half later and i still cant believe it

[u/siN_csgo]

When NA finally wins a major

[u/Storm_Panda]

i have never enjoyed watching something i don't understand more

[u/AFireInAsa]

1,130,760 viewers. Anyone catch a screenshot with more? https://imgur.com/ZVnoPd0

[u/djkevgar]

Im glad skadoodle didn't accept those skins

[u/Skipper3210]

https://imgur.com/YxK7UO3

https://imgur.com/8Z71O4K

[u/BosnianGuy]

Question form LoL player, when is the next championship that I need to watch.

P.S You have new fan boy

[u/Synthetically_Bets]

Dazed and steel on suicide watch

[u/Hyper_red]

https://i.imgur.com/fg4anb5.jpg

[u/zaddoz]

I dont even watch csgo and this was amazing

[u/OldBenX]

Hello again, r/all!

This post is about the Counter-Strike Major Championship tournament in Boston, effectively this game's world championships. In the grand final, FaZe Clan - European all-star team - faced against American squad Cloud9.

FaZe are considered to be one of the best teams in the world, but major championship is the one title they still lacked before this tournament. They were favourites of the previous major, but suprisingly were knocked out early. This time, they easily went through first two stages with only one inconsequential loss, and reached the final for the first time in their history.

Meanwhile, Cloud9, while respected, was typically seen as a team just below the championship level. Here, they swept through the qualifier, but lost first two games of groups stage and were on the brink of elimination. However, they came back, beaten SK Gaming - arguably the best team in the world - in the semifinal, and like FaZe, reached finals for the first time.

In addition, the match was basically the embodiment of the long-standing NA-EU rivalry in CS. North American teams have for a long time been considered inferior to European ones, and in the history of twelve Major Championships, NA team hasn't won even one - and they only hit finals twice, once in 2016 and this time.

But this time, after extremely close match that will go down in history as one of the best matches in history of CSGO - ending with a double overtime - Cloud9 broke the curse and became the first ever American major champions. Needless to say, this is a historic moment for the game and especially for the American scene.

[u/KaptanKoala]

Our boy tarik did it... we all are c9 on this blessed day.

WE HAWT

[u/EricOG]

https://i.imgur.com/siJs9QZ.png

[u/CrypticKaxar]

Cloud9's Major wins under Obama: 0

Cloud9's Major wins under Trump: 1

[u/dlennels]

As a former teammate of Skadoodle's this might be my happiest moment for him. He's been hungry for a major win since he started playing 5 years ago. Congratulations C9 and Congratulations Tyler!!

[u/[deleted]]

This is hands down one of the best finals I've seen in a loooooong time. First C9 obliterated the top 5 teams of the world, then when FaZe was on Matchpoint inferno C9 was like not today bitch, and the holy shit come back had me on the edge of my seat the entire remainder. First major final to go in Double OT, and first ever major with an NA champion. A Major worth remembering.

[u/Zeroplay1]

I was in the crowd. Literally the most emotional thing I’ve ever experienced. Shoutout to faze for keeping their cool, I heard “Niko is triggered” tons of times.

[u/EDHdogsled]

Why this was the best Major ever:

1. Classic underdog story. Cloud 9 and most of NA CSGO teams have been shit on for so long and it's great for NA to finally break through to a Major victory.

2. Both teams had insane plays, almost constantly. Guardian was playing like his 2015 self, Skadoodle went insane, Stewie2K and Autimatic brought enough fraging power to properly challenge Olof and Niko. Almost everyone played super well.

3. Both teams were able to perform under super high pressure during rounds where match point was against them. This is particularly true for C9, where its a common joke that NA teams punt when things get hard. It's incredible that C9 had multiple instances of stringing rounds back to back to back to come back to win this match. When most of the analysts marked C9 for death after losing Mirage C9 brought it back, destroying Faze on their overpass pick.

[u/BecauseOfCuriosity]

THEY'VE DONE IT
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DID IT

[u/complexop]

The Cloud 9 brand and making comebacks, name a more iconic duo (btw, Tarik MVP)

[u/embyplus]

this air force thing is weird.

[u/TrundleOrAfk]

Holy shit. My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of Cheez-It Grooves and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of Cheez-it Grooves out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I'm so distressed right now I don't know what to do. I didn't mean to do that to my mom but I'm literally in shock from the major today. I feel like I'm going to explode. Why the fucking fuck is FaZe losing? This can't be happening. I'm having a fucking breakdown. I don't want to believe the tournament is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want FaZe to be champion and fix this broken game. I cannot fucking deal with this right now. It wasn't supposed to be like this, I thought they were good on Inferno???? This is so fucked.

[u/AI0N]

Holyyyyy fucking hell that was one of the best major finals ever, so many comebacks, so many clutches, so many emotions, congrats Cloud9.

[u/PrayoForTheMayo]

THEY DID IT

[u/CaptainCommanderFag]

The amount of times "They only need one more round" has been said this series :D

[u/SSmrao]

WATERMELON BRAIN

[u/[deleted]]

Steel on suicide watch after tariks performance

[u/SwindlezzEuls]

Best Final in CS GO. No. That was the best final in ALL of esports history. Period.

[u/PostsDifferentThings]

skadoodle if you keep crying youre going to force me to come up there and lick those fuckin tears like nectar from the gods you sexy son of a bitch

wait what

[u/Kryptos741]

I honestly think Stew deserves some sort of paint in the back of B site for that clutch 3k that sent it to overtime

[u/GWAGPC]

Lets get this post back to where is belongs aight?

[u/Pointfit_]

C9 beating SKT in LoL finals 2018 confirmed

[u/Skillern1337]

gg. that's all I have to say. I was rooting for FaZe, and this was the greatest major grand final I've ever seen both sides played incredibly well and I am right now on my way to a bridge to jump off. Other than that, congratulations C9 on being the first NA team to win a major. bye world

[u/[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/Vt1YMIX.png

C9 BOIZ!!

edit: Updated to prove I kept the pick em's

[u/BladeRuscal]

Undertaker cannot carry anymore

[u/[deleted]]

If C9 can win the major I can get out of Silver!

[u/[deleted]]

cause books mighty party ad hoc snails cautious frame obtainable ring

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/bootybooty]

including 1.6, source and CSGO,

Was this the biggest win in NA CS history? Has to be right? Majors are arguably more important than any CPL or ESWC was. This is huge.

[u/Conte-Kante]

Firstly a big congrats to the C9 boys, but can we talk about all these people shitting on Karrigan - You have to realise that his was unprecedented waters for him, even seen some people say shit like “-karrigan he can’t frag”, without Karrigan this team would be a mess. If you really think FaZe could win anything with 5 “superstars” without the strats and without someone calling then you obviously don’t understand CS. In my opinion Karrigan is the main reason why this team works so well, yes he made some mistakes in the last map like not buying armour with 1k left but imagine the pressure this guy was under. Even seen some people call out Karrigan for rotating to B with 25s left which in actual wasn’t a bad play at all it was just that the guy with the bomb shouldn’t have been entry fragging, otherwise that play would’ve been pretty solid.

TL;DR give the guy a break, he was just in his first ever major final and he made like 1 or 2 poor calls, stop acting like he needs to be removed from FaZe.

[u/AdreNMostConsistent]

wow well played to c9 for winning major top team

strange to imagine what they could have been liked if they kicked shroud and n0thing after dhw14.

[u/Eefnoc]

NA Ranks S > EU FPL

[u/BigbyDirewolf]

TY Mr. Stanislaw

[u/MMikeyB]

I'm not a noodleologist or anything, but I think they definitely helped.

[u/Zlargo]

who would win? a superstar team or a bunch of rank S players?

[u/Sickestjk]

Really wanted GuardiaN to win his first major :(

[u/Kejjeh]

THE MOST DISCIPLINED NA CS I'VE EVER SEEN

[u/AgentEmbey]

I'm watching from South Korea. Woke up to "USA, USA, USA". Round 30 for overtime. I wish I didn't fall asleep, but damn the rounds I watched had my pulse through the roof. How did they play with nerves of steel in that arena?

[u/Uukas]

Seing a Cloud9 using the crowd as the 6th man and taking all this Energy to Play out of their minds just shows that Counterstrike is Sports!! What a joy

[u/superstriker94]

Thank mr skadoodle

[u/twists]

As I said in the game thread, I would buy a C9 jersey if they won. I have not been into eSports, since Hearthstone wasn't a complete piece of trash. I have never been so proud of NA to finally win a title in a serious eSports game! Congratulations C9 you have a new fan, and here is the proof of me purchasing the jersey. GREAT JOB BOYS!

[u/Garsh2]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2576/3873453934_61f03107ba_z.jpg?zz=1

[u/skinny7]

Them buys at the end of inferno regulation cost faze. Could have hard eco'd then bought on 29 or 30. Instead they compromised themselves with 2 shit buys and not even a proper full buy... Not taking anything away from c9 though... Im not personally a fan of them but they were immense on inferno for that comeback. Youthful Stewart 2000 k with the AWP was amazing at the end

[u/globalyoffended666]

tarik: "actually, I remember one time we were playing against Faze, Inferno, and it was 15-11 to Faze, we were playing as CT, Faze as T, and Stewie said: 'guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now', 15-11"

Stewie: "did we comeback?"

tarik: "of course. 19-22"

[u/soloadc]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY FUCKING WON WHAT THE FUCK

[u/EugeneMJC]

skadoodle winning the major is equavalent to the montreal canadiens winning the stanley cup.

[u/Chaiwala_with_a_twit]

I was rooting for Faze and was probably as tilted as Niko if not more, but seeing the cool calm Skadaddy break down made me cry, holy fuck was this major worth it!!!

[u/SunshineZz]

yeah yeah skadaddy, sup bitch, faze down im salty all that but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A GAME MY HEART WAS POUNDING THIS GAME IS AMAZING

[u/[deleted]]

when i'm faze

[u/hungrymutherfucker]

OpTic died for this

[u/czupek]

As always, champion must defeat VP in elimination game

[u/sarefx]

Tarik outsmarting karrigan just after he outsmarted fallen as an IGL. If you had told me that last year I would have laughed my ass off. Seriosly though credit to whole C9 team and also huge props for valens for tremendous amount of work he did with them.

[u/BuckNekkid18]

Okay, so this is a good underdog story.

Going 0-2 in groups, eliminating VP, eliminating Astralis, eliminating G2, defeating SK, and playing the best CS final against FaZe.

This was an amazing Major and C9 deserves it.

[u/Alpha_james]

Iv never watched csgo before but boy did I choose the right time that was the most intense thing Iv ever watched my heart was racing for those dudes, think C9 got a new fan

[u/alfuh]

Haven't played CS seriously since before GO (played 1.3 -> 1.6) saw someone streaming the quarterfinals yesterday. Decided I'd check out the semis ... holy crap. Made a point to watch the finals today

Couldn't believe how much I could get into a game I haven't played in years

Congrats Cloud 9

[u/no_downside]

I dunno shit about this but I've never seen anything hit the top of all in under 20 minutes with 15 gold lol

[u/jrrj17]

I didn't do homework because of this and it was a good decision

[u/ayyeffect]

First full game of CS I've ever watched. End to end stuff with a great finale. Definitely a fan now and can't wait for the next tournament. Congrats to both teams, the spectators and the production staff. Outstanding.

[u/[deleted]]

I’ve been to 4 events so far and let me tell you this beats the polish crowd in krakow. It was so fucking cool hearing those chants. When C9 was losing 12-7 or something people where still chanting USA. The floor was stone and you could still hear people stomping their feet while cheering. Absolutely magical for cs.

[u/[deleted]]

My mom, who doesn’t know anything about esports at all, started to watch it with me because she saw how excited I was getting. By the third map even she was screaming st the tv. She barely understood what was happening but she loved skadoodle and kept yelling when he died. This was a crazy series

[u/HansBrRl]

I just want to have a mark here for when it is arcived.

[u/marx2202]

ez major

[u/Alexc99xd]

EVERY CLOUD 9 FAN

[u/CyFan_]

You guys remember when C9 picked up Stewie and everyone (me included) gave them shit for it? LOL

[u/TH3WH1T3W0LF]

THAT WAS THE BEST FINALS IN THE HISTORY OF COUNTER-STRIKE!

[u/COUNTEDSTRICKER]

lmao USAF MVP

Classic Murica

[u/Scratch98]

Rain cursed himself by talking shit

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/40i1ki/cloud_9_5

I cannot believe it right now.

[u/[deleted]]

Cloud9 absolutely deserved to win this match. They were consistent, tenacious, and fearless in their gameplay. Gg.

[u/defa90]

The true winners of this final are the CS:GO fans. What a match.

[u/[deleted]]

Who else is physically and emotionally exhausted from this Major final only by watching?

[u/y_scro_serious]

One of the most intense SPORTING events I've ever witnessed! Holy shit.

[u/Curious_Doerge]

I’m just so happy I was able to witness this. I’ve been a fan of C9 since they played Luminosity during ELeague Season 1. That was the first match of cs I ever watched. They’ve been my favorite team since then and to see them win a major means so much.

[u/Turduckennn]

VP DIED FOR THIS

[u/Willy_B_Hardigan]

Have the memes gone too far?

[u/EvasionEvo]

1.8M alone on eleague

[u/Gladyx]

This final was like an advertisement for CSGO. Insane clutches, smart plays, comebacks and beautiful counterstrike from both teams, especially on Inferno. What more can you ask for?

Although Im obviously a bit disappointed that Faze didnt make it, I still believe C9 really deserved this trophy. Im looking forward to hopefully see Faze win their first major in the summer in EU as well.