Doomed to Never win a Major: The Rise and Fall of GuardiaN
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- Once, GuardiaN was known as one of the best CS:GO players in the world. He was a Slovakian AWPer extraordinaire, and you simply couldn't talk about the best players in the world without mentioning his name.
But after three lost Major Grand Finals, being bounced from team to team, and declining performance, GuardiaN's legacy is in question.
Is it too late for GuardiaN?
Written by: Alina Sotula (@ASotula)
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-"I believed I was destined for greatness."
-" Were you not.?"
-" I was indeed, but my destiny was to be remembered for Greatness, not for my victories..."
Respect for Guardian.
Edit : Thank you for all the likes and appreciation.
And yes, this quote was penned by me and it's not in the video.
Ik this is so sad
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Arey bhai dil jeet liya..
F for Guardian ✊
@DManstrator I wrote this myself.
I'm not even a huge cs fan and this had me emotional:/
Nick Chiasson same
Im huge fan of Guardian, my heart is broken..
Now he in team dignitas
BangBran he was only standing in
i doubt it you didn't watch the full clip the "im not even a fan blah blah" so overrused phrase
It sucks to see the way his career pretty much ended but you never know maybe he'll come back and win the major he deserves.
Yes he could do a Zeus
He’s done being a major contender most likely seeing as he’s a awper not a IGL or rifler who have longer lifespans at the pro level. AWPers are based on reflexes and Guardian is at the age where your reflexes slowly slip.
He is old and washed up
his team lose qualification for major esl one rio
well i mean he is pretty much past his prime so i don’t think thats gonna happen. kinda sad
I got to play few matches with this guy and even met him and i can tell you he is the sweetest person i have ever met he is so pure hearted always in positive mood and funny af ... He derserves at least one major win he is a fcking legend and always will have special place in my heart
I dont believe you met him but if you did gg
@@imdieding9900 most pro played deathmatch a lot so i bet he played deathmatch also .
Yea its easy to play with a pro usually if u play esea and faceit ( less probability in matchmaking)
I played cs go for like 3-4 years and i played all types of matches and clients.
Once i got to play against a very big youtuber NADEKING)) It was fun
jamie swanberg this guy has Slovak name so it is possible
@@imdieding9900 I did an interview with him and talked to him a lot on Kato2019, I can send you the interview if you want, but it is all in Czech, soo yeah
When s1mple said "fakin ladislav suka kovacs" I didn't know he was literally saying GuardiaN's real name. LMFAO
I thought he was swearing man
Watched it on his stream live lmfao
TheScore will take a game you don't even play and still make you emotional
gg TheScore esports
Dect its impressive how true this is
They could easily take tetris and make me play it lol
why am i crying rn
feels bad for him
watching him go down from being best awpers to his position right now is heart breaking.
At least he's doing decent as a stand-in for Dignitas right now. They probably won't win a major, but any win he gets right now is only going to be a confidence boost.
Ikr i love guardian man and im a huge faze fan when they kicked him i felt so bad for him
Im crying too.. he was always my role model
PRANAY K now think about Markeloff
@@Fantomex he's a stand in for navi not dig. It was only a temporary loan
I still love Guardian, he will always be my favourite awper.
JWP
guardian is my fav player too :D
Shouldn't NiKo be in this (never won a major but great player) list too?
Fave awper, fave player for me is olof though
@@adamhassan385 Olof, Forest, Get Right,Zeus and Nothing will always hold a special place in my heart .
whoever made the intro is an editing god
Pog eskay watching csgo
check out virre on youtube he makes similar styled cs edits
Never knew you watch CS
I respect that someone actually appreciates the effort of the upbringing of the content, you earn my gratitude.
Literal goosebumps, this was so hype!
Adren won a major and dissapoint all while in Faze
Guardian just being amazing and won our respects. So?
We will keep loving who we loved.
Still no major TACO>GuardiaN
桜ヶ丘ジン yea, that one kill in the b apartments, he really do be better... >.
@@IchiroSakamoto Still just a hater whp knows nothing about CS. Anybody else > you
@@IchiroSakamoto
By that logic
tarik>s1mple
How Adren disappoint all of u guys when they won some tournaments while Niko was complaining about being Captain?same shit now but no results yet
this dig roster is like the slow death of 5 of the best cs legends in history
They won against orgless yesterday, if they will perform great again in flashpoint, this is beginning of something new.
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I wish the new dig win a major in the future with guardian on it.... As their awper....
@@get_obliterat8642 yeah, i want to see get-right in a major too by the way
@@davidmikula9122 hopefully
No worries when I win the major i will mention Guardian's name
😂😂😂
Ok buddy...... you do you
lmao hahaha
lets meet in the major
Ok boomer!
Don't read the replies you work hard and look back at this moment happily when you succeed
Late as hell comment, he may not have won a major. But he is to be respected as one of the greatest awpers to ever exist. He is already a legend himself. Coming from a French CS fan.
Imagine being Guardian having to watch this.... feelsbadman
He did. He confirmed it on Facebook
Guardian diserves a major. The boston major was pretty sad to watch
It was sad for him but it also marked the downfall of C9.I'm sure if Guardian makes an effort to keep his AWPing skills in check,he may get his chance to win a major by being on an underdog team.
Guardian hard carried Faze through that final, fragging out, and gifting his team another chance to win in overtime. FeelsBadMan :(
@@kayoom9613 Could be like a zues in the gambit lineup
boston major was the worst thing to happen to pro csgo. the cringe NA fan base is unbearable to this day
@@nathanlouie582 True. Only Guardian truly performed against C9. The likes of Olof and Rain were borderline useless in that game
Guardian was such a sick player. He was so good, and so consistent. Low-key the best player on Faze.
Consistent?do u even watch his last months on faze?
Almost as bas as his time on navi
with almost 0 impact
@@RaghavSharma-xr6sy
Lmao,olof is support on faze,rain is the entry fragger
@@lightningprowess6031 I'm not talking about his "last month." You said that. I'm talking about the majority of his time with Faze. He was an absolute beast.
@@lightningprowess6031 Do you even know anything about his career? He's been carrying every single team he's been on up to few months after the Boston major. To say that he was inconsistent is dumb. Sure, he didn't perform well for about a year now, but what the fuck do you expect, he carried his team every time, only to lose in the final. It's just sad.
uhhhh he's in dignitas
"Got his start in 1.6 then worked his way through lower ranked teams in CS:GO." I know this is mainly about CS:GO but not mentioning that he was THE BEST AWPER in CS:S is just wrong! Especially when you have footage from Reason Gaming his CS:S team? That's what makes this story even sadder, GuardiaN is THE ONLY ONE player to be great in all 3 games!
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@Oliver.T ok
"It's not that the dream is dead, it's just that somethings are never meant to be"
damn ninjas, cutting onions again
It's sad to see one of the bests players in the world end washed up
not washed up, reaction time at his age starts getting worse :/ he for example had 150ms average reactions back in 2015, but now its not even 200ms, + hes not motivated to play anymore
@@branislavmlynka5357 yep HE IS washed up
@@branislavmlynka5357 im pretty sure his reactions aint that slow dont make him 50yo
@@branislavmlynka5357 Its sad his is getting older and he lost 2 majors....
@@branislavmlynka5357 literally what washed up means
I first started playing CSGO on LAN with my friends in the dom. Well , I had no specific taste for any weapon. Let it be an AK-47 or M4 or SMG or Sniper. And all of a sudden , I realized the importance of the AWP. I wanted to master it. I watched videos of all pro awpers. GuardiaN was different. His style of AWP caught my attention than any other awper did. GuardiaN always went for a multi kill in a round. After watching him ,I decided to start AWPing. Played online CS. Made friends and made a team. And I've become the awper of my team. GuardiaN thank you so much , you have my utmost respect. You are a goddamn legend. And you will always be my #1.
Such a lovely story! I just cant express how sad I am that he probably wont ever lift the major trophy.. :(
@@gaboopowered he couldn't win a major. But surely has won hearts and became the AWPer Navi (old) and Faze needed.
@@dawsondenzil717 Definitely won our hearts
Still great quality from you guys despite this "situation".
The ending wanna made me cry ngl :'(
He may not have won any majors but he sure as hell won all our hearts
The play on Inferno made me wanted to be an awper in the first place
I would like to see him lift the Major trophy. Please, it is my dream. 😢
too late :( reaction time after some age starts getting worse and worse , + i dont think hes motivated anymore
#DIGWIN
@@branislavmlynka5357 nothing is impossible, its all in your mind...
@@dgfdfgdfgdfg9560 n0thing*
I love Guardian. I'd love to see a resurgence in his performance some day. Will never forget that 1v5 vs. Fnatic.. best clutch in CS:GO history.
I am romanian and when I heard "Cluj-Napoca" I got sad and happy in the same time, because I know that we will probably never have another big csgo event in Romania but in the same time at least "Cluj-Napoca" was a great major. Love you Guardian
Man, i'm out of all these legend csgo players than has recently fall or retired, i'm talking about ScreaM, Guardian, all the ENCE team.
I really think the actual csgo scene will see pop the legends, but it's always difficult to see OUR legends to retire or fall, that's life.
THEY WILL STAY IN OUR HEARTS.
My fav player still is jw as long as hes on fnc i keep watching and after that olof
I miss him. He's one of my favorite csgo players of all time 😥
Even though I was so hyped when cloud9 won since it was so historic, I now feel so bad for karrigan, niko, guardian and rain who are still yet to have a major champsionship :/
mrjeevan5 Kerrigan won one didn’t he?
@@LuisGuccierrez nope. Astralis won without him
I'm not a FaZe fan, but damn.... FaZe absolutely deserved to win this major, not fucking Cloud9 (Fluke9), C9 show nothing before major and nothing after major.
@@davidsekhleyan693 the team that deserves to win is the team that beats everyone else. If the favourites always win what is the fun in that? Cinderella stories are what people remember forever.
@@davidsekhleyan693 you mixup deserve with given which defeats the ENTIRE purpose of the word deserve. So because a team does well in season they should automatically get the win in the tournament? What would be the purpose of even playing? Lmaooo
damn I watched cloud 9's side of the major and was so happy for them but this is a whole new perspective of it
Your choice of music is absolutely spot-on. I really wish I could know the names of all the music you used.
Me too
Awesome videos tbh
Huge respect for GuardiaN, he was my favorite in FaZe Clan, and me too, as him did, thought that would have been his last home and the peak of his career.
I’m so sad he had an unfortunate career. He is indeed the BEST SNIPER in cs history.
Also I love his attitude, he seems so pure hearted.
If you, GuardiaN will ever read this comment, I’d let you know that I still believe in you, we all do!
I wish you the best future has to give you!
Good luck ♥️
i swear this videos keep getting better and better man
"it's not that the dream is dead is just that some things are never meant to be"
I always think that he deserved all three majors especially the Boston one, as he was the MVP of all maps, AND the tournament (not peanutbrain turok for fucks sake). This is unfair, but officially he never won a major. But in my heart, he won 3
Well it's sad they don't give trophies on the basis of our hearts now don't they?
@@parikshitrao4208 Indeed. I dont care GuardiaN will be a legend forever nothing can change that tho
@coolrobloxkid7829 do you even watch the video? guardian was the only one that had positive rating on that grand final
This brings tears to my eyes
Great video Dan, loved the roller coaster ride here
first video of you i actually cried. well done.
still a legend we love
he's an amazing player. He's in a bad period right now, but he'll rise and be on the top again. I don't even doubt that.
I love your videos and I started to follow cs eSports a few months ago and it’s the first time you guys make me sad watching one of them.
i LOVE this new format of "the story of"s. Much more digestible length and to the point but still packing that intense emotion.
guardian was a amazing player and got me into awping and competitive play cheers to the man who always gave it his all
I really respect that man. He is still a legend for me.
Love these series’s so emotional
He seems like such a nice guy I actually feel very bad for this guy. He deserves a major more than anyone in the world right now.
0:55 This olofmeister headphones throwing moment made it for me. Hate that Major. When you try your best to win this for them, but you lost to c9 bullshit. Heartbreaking.
He was the litteral guardian of faze clan that time. What a fucking legend
Man, this brings back memories when I used to play CS:GO and kept up with the pro scene until I switched over to LoL. Boston Major is still one of the most heartbreaking yet incredible majors of all time.
Thanks for reminding me again about Boston Major @theScore esports. :(
2:27 wrong eye closed buddy
Logan Tykwinski lol that’s true
There are people who are cross eye dominant though as strange as it seems.
@@mrsickwick what?
@@level8473 Some people hold their firearm right handed and aim with their left eye and vice versa.
You cannot make video about guardian without mentioning kennyS atleast once I dunno why but it always happens...
But guardian never winning a major is the most disappointing thing that has ever happened in CSGO history 😞
Nah fam, guardian is a legend with or without kennyS
Cz they were known as the absolute top 2 awpers in the world. I think it's so good that it is his biggest rival that talks about him.
@@jijmotorp3079 exactly. Was looking for this comment :)
Two of the best awpers of all time.
s1mple hasnt won a major? And he’s twice as good in his prime...
He is my greatest inspiration, such a great player, such a great person... I'm very sad with his situation right now, but in dig's games, still goes wild sometimes, he needs to be more confident.
guardian we love you, you deserve the world
I used to hate guardian due to how good he was. I always lost bets against his teams...
He will go down as extremely memorable, one of the best players when he was at his peak. Also this vid game me goosebumps.
Exremely memorable? No.
Unforgettable.
Flan Ben Flen i guess so, but I think that’s just being a little humdrum.
finally the video iv been waiting for. Used to search for this every 2 weeks.Really wanted to see another Thorins thoughts on guardian tho.
One of the best videos
It made me very emotional
I remember the days when people would ask whos the best awper and its gonna be either guardian or fallen.
Me too!
You mean Guardian or Kennys
@@Adassity it was always conversation , in 2014-15 it was kennys/guardian, in 2016-18(not whole 2018, but untill boston- it was january) it was guardian/fallen, then it was s1mple/zywoo/ maybe even dev1ce
Remember the days? That wasn't even that long ago. The real conversation was Guardian, Kenny or JW.
@@Providenza ^ word. Idk why but JW is almost never mentioned in this conversation, really stable and doesn't choke, was the main awper in the best team of CS:GO at the time and was an important factor in it
But why does he look like friberg in the thumbnail?
I thought he was friberg until I read the title.
Got me teared up really feel sad for the guy hope it gets better for him he deserves better
You guys make great content... No cap
Guardian will always be one of my favorite players.
You really didn't say anything about Guardian in CSS? :'(
Knowing the awpers there, Guardian never had a chance, same on csgo, the trilogy of awpers will always be 1KENYS, 2FALLEN and 3Guardian
@@fantasticmrfox6319 lmao what about s1mple?
@@shikarics Speaking in the history of Csgo, S1mple Need Trophies, hopefully he can win what he need. And i think Device is 4 and S1mple probably 5 por 6
@@shikarics
S1mple wasn't born at that time
@@ezyawn3161 @paio ferru mentioned csgo. Not css. Thats why I mentioned him
i started playing cs go after i watched a random navi game that guardian hard carrried back in 2015
i remember watching cluj napoca live
he knew every single enemy position
and he hit every single shot he took
i remember watching mlg next
it broke my heart
his injury and his long underperformance eventually made me lose interest in the game itself
watching this, i reminisce it all and it makes me tear up
he was an absolute beast and a motivation
i know him winning a major isnt likely by any means but god i wish it could come true
I met this guy on ESEA server back in 2012,super positive and motivating Lad,was and I am his fan ever since. Hope he gets that one last trophy he misses
Well niko's with him now
He and the whole of faze clan were 1 round away from winning that freaking major.
i have never played cs or watched a pro game live and this is making feel passionate
Love u guardian i am always waiting for your match buddy I always cry for you . Buddy.
The thing that you said at the end pisses me off "Some things are not meant". We decide our own destiny, there is nothing like a book that is already written.
Guardian, Karrigan , ChrisJ , S1mple , Edward , Niko they all deserve it
edit : + Rain
dont forget rain
Karrigan, ChrisJ, s1mple, And Niko all have legitimate chances atm to win Rio actually. Edward already got majors in 1.6 his chance was long gone about a year ago
Flamie too
I watched that overpass awp kills live. Guardian was awesome! I hope for him best! Thank you, Guardian.
In 2014-15 the discussion of the best awper was guardian/kennys, 2016-17 guardian/fallen, 2018-19 guardian/s1mple/device. Just shows you how insanely consistent this guy is as a top tier AWPer
Plp dont realize that the only 2 games Cloud9 won against Faze Clan were the last 2 maps in the major finals, it feels rigged tbh. In one whole year, C9 only won 2 games against Faze Clan and it happened exactly on the major final... thats some bad luck
I think GuardiaN still can do amazing things and his time is not over but even if he retires he will be always a legend and probably the best awper in the world(kennyS fans dont ged mad plz)
True af
Dev4ce > every other awpers
Kennys and guardian 2 most legendary awpers ever
Nah he's done. Cant win with firepower faze and simple. Cant win with anyone
@@NoobGamer-mh4gj "can't win with firepower of fazeclan" Most MVPs from faze players btw
Was waiting for this vid
He made one insane awp flickshot through smoke yesterday. Could be a highlight for years
FaZe should have won that major. Every time I see Olof throw his earphones I feel his pain. Cloud 9 had no business winning that major. I just wish FaZe stuck with the roster after the major and worked through their struggles instead of kicking people. They were the best team at one point and one big loss made them question one another.
It was actualy 2 big loses. Boston and then Katowice. Both lost in last map of series in double overtime. And bigest problem was olofmeister's brake. Astralis were coming back and FaZe had to play with stand in for almost 5 months. And ofcourse that Boston was their Major to win. C9 played best cs they ever played and on FaZe side Guardian was only one to realy step up.
@@enter6960 true. Olofs break was the biggest factor that made the team play worse altogether. Rain was just absent at Boston. I think they're doing better as a team rn and will keep improving with this roster once LAN tournaments come back, but I very much would prefer if they had kept their old roster. The way they dominated ESL New York was insane. Most of the team's they played couldn't even pass the 10 round mark against them. Why change a working formula is beyond me.
the best team won and that was Cloud9
we know you're a fan but to a competitive to say they deserve to win is something like wishing you we're different than you are now. c9 deserve it and half the people also wish c9 they deserve it. so it's your own opinion
@@Senzawa69 Ofc. C9 were better team that day but when you look at after Major stats FaZe vs Major wining c9 roster it was like 10:2 or 10:3 for FaZe
And yet Zeus is the only one who won a major
even the coronavirus is stopping s1mple from winning one
@@quenny2514 sad times for Navi players
I knew this video was coming.....
Still doesn't make it any easier to swallow...
Man rest now ladi it's been a long road.
what a video man made me all emotional and shit
I truly hope guardian finds a team where he wants to belong and that he can win the major some day
Just a simple google search would point at the fact that it's spelled 'Slovak' and not 'Slovakian' :(. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
both are correct
Si slovak? 😂
My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined - Reviewbrah That hit me hard :(
@@Alex-vr2nl for the oxford dictionnary yes but for the others no
I'm not saying it's easy, mentality atleast, but Guardian shouldn't have given up after 3 close majors. Look at players like Kuroky, Jerax and especially Notail. All of those players kept trying for atleast 6 years before they made it. Hell Jerax even retired after winning The International twice in a row from getting alot of lows between 2012 to 2016.
Dont give up when you know you're good.
He's been trying for longer and he hasn't given up, it's just that every player has its peak and unfortunately he has passed his. No matter how hard he tries from now on, he will never be the same guardian. Too much time has passed.
@@p0ker_m I don't wanna be rude or be trivialising your comment but you clearly don't know some of the stuff these dota players went through and for how long they fought. Especially Kuroky, Notail and the one I didn't mention Fear.
@@SupaL33tKillar This applies to all games. Not just to dota. All players eventually hit their peak. Take for example get_right, the only player I'd admit works harder than him is s1mple, but get_right no longer can do the same s1mple does, he's just past what he can do even if he grinds 24/7.
@@p0ker_m Fear was already way past his prime when he won ti5. Qudans literally retired for yesrs from playing Tekken competitively and rejoined for nostalgic sake and won the championship. Diago and Justin Wong are both old by now and they're both still winning tournaments despite suffering from many embarrassing defeats along the way. Nestea of Starcaft 2 was 27 and considered a wash up before he finally won 3 GSL in a row. sOs was also considered B tier for the longest time before he won the Starcaft championship in 2013.
You're missing the point. Technical prowess is one thing, but the most important thing to win a championship, be it esport or regular sports, is the mental resilience to failure and will to win. The moment someone gives up mentality, the moment they lost the drive to go on, they've defeated themselves. Every pro player showcased by The Score talked about the importance of the mental game and the drive to continue. Notail gave up for 4 years before Ceb motivated him to try again and he ends up winning two TI in a row. The first in the history of dota. Qudans had depression when he felt he lost his prime and retired before coming back.
We havent even talked about Juan Hungrybox DeBeidma winning the Dreamhack super mash bros tournament back in 2015. The first American to do so on European soil. He went through so much and was so dejected by the time the tournament rolled around that when he won, he cried in the winning speech. And he did it with fucking jigglypuff.
@@SupaL33tKillar I'm sorry but sometimes you are simply not meant to win, even if you try hard because different sources did say that guardian has been trying hard even during his time with NaVi. If it was just hard work, get right would have already won a major, heck, even s1mple. There's a real possibility that s1mple might never win a major no matter how talented and how hard he's working. It's just the way it is with sports and it is sometimes disrespectful to call someone lazy or to have a bad mentality when compared to someone else who had success, which mind you, wasn't only due to his drive. It's just the way life is.
Also, don't get me wrong, I agree with the examples you provided, heck I can easily find similar ones from CS:GO or any other game. It's just that there's more to that and it is not always up to determination, skill and work ethic.
Yes u love it do another version for some of the older players
There were so many legends in the old navi. All of them were hardworking and exciting to watch.
Guardian had me emotional when he’s looking at c9😔
In a few years I’m sure some more names will be in the same situation sadly, S1mple, Zywoo and some others possibly
simle and zywoo are still young but guardian
My favourite player of all time. It's heartbreaking he never won a Major.
We all love you.
It would warm my heart to see him as a coach once he retires or something like that, or as part of a team at least, so he can have another chance at a major.
Guess he never had the AWPurtinity...
😔Makes me Sad and hAWPless..
His AWPponents just were too good of GuardiaNs.
Good one PePeScoots
This vid be so AWPpressive...
DxBr ᨖᨖ I was AWPsolutely astonished by ur executions of jokes when given the AWPurtunity.
hopefully he finds a new start in valorant :)
He will be still best in my heart
that feeling when ur hyped coz c9 won that major, but watched this and felt emotional af
Faze super team can’t get a major win 😂
You can't get out of Silver 2 😂😂😂. Shut up kid go away
@@bright1- its true? this channel legit made a whole video about faze's fails and how they shit the bed. you must be a hardcore fanboy on faze who prob lost some money from betting on them loool even with coldzera (who was also in the conversation for best player in the world) they are performing better than before but not as good as how they were at the start. get used to facts
It was sad once I read this title knowing the hardship that was endured by Guardian but knowing that @thescoreesports put this out episode is nice
Old NaVi on Mirage was such a blast to watch. Also their match vs Liquid(?) on Overpass is just legendary.
Honestly rewatching the Cluj hightlights still makes me sad. That was Navis/Guardians Major to take. He was at his very peak, the support was there and you could feel the rise of the Brazilians coming. Hope he'll get back to the Top soon. Feels like joining a International Roster like OG (not top of the crop but rising) might be his way to get back up
that bullshit 1v2 by happy broke guardian. if it wasnt for happy's insane luck, guardian wouldve won the finals 2-1