How Weak Was IEM Rio’s Bracket? How Strong Were Past Brackets? - Weakest Major Play-Off - CSGO
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This major was soo hyped but as soon as Navi & Faze were out I genuinely lost interest. Nevertheless the Outsiders played like a beast & they absolutely deserved it.
me too, as soon as vitality and faze got eliminated, I was watching less. then NaVi knocked out as well, did not even watch the grand finals, not really interested in watching teams without my fav players in it, but maybe that's just me.
This is why people fix sports to make sure the favourites go through.
SAME HERE. Faze and Navi are literally what 2022 was all about… super underwhelming when they got knocked out 😢
I didn't watch the final match when I saw the matchup. Who actually cares about that match 😆
I live in SEA so the semis start at 1am here. Normally I stay up late to watch the majors, damn being tired for work, it's worth it. But for this one, once Faze and Navi were out, there was no reason to watch the games live anymore.
The biggest thing about that C9 major in 2018 is that SK had to play a 5 hour quarterfinal series against fnatic the morning of the day they had to play the semi against c9. It would have been nice to see that matchup/major play out with the current schedule for majors with no more than 2 matches per day, so we don’t get a team having to play a quarter and a semi on the same day
you have a better memory of a major in 2013 than i have about last week.
You have issues
i believe that with every passing day, 2015 fnatic and The astralis lineup acomplishment are even more valuable. winning with consistency is not easy
The level of competition today is twice as hard as it was in 2015
@@bornabudic1399 once someone finds a new solutions it was always obvious for the rest
@@8roma8 Competitors, with their experience, probably know how to look for solutions to problems better than in the early days. Also, there are more upcoming competitors which would make it potentially more challenging than the early days - and there is also exponential economic growth to the game and to players value which could demand for higher expectations to win, hence increasing competitiveness to the game as a whole.
@@shittygamer4591 true playing these same maps for 10,000s of hours outsiders now might give 2018 astralis a run for their money. You can see the difference when teams play vertigo or ancient the better teams get challenged by lower ranking teams as there is less known about the map and less time teams have had to test strats
Looking forward to when anubis is better optimised as it feels a lot more like there's a defined split between T and CT map control at the start of the round. Once mid is changed a bit I feel like it'll be the perfect mix of inferno and overpass :)
This was Heroics major to win and they fucked it. As soon as it was 8-7 CT side I knew their T side couldn't perform to that level against Outsiders.
They're simply unorganised and I'm unsure if it was Cadian's calls or not. But everytime they got a frag on a site they rotated to the other site. James gambled they would everytime and he was right.
Read them like a book
It was the previous heroic vs firia....that drained thm
Thorin: "This has all the best teams in the world guys, just a couple of Outsiders"
Me: I understood that reference
12:10 thank you i really liked this trip down memory lane, i watched boston 18 was my first. cool to see the players where they came from. thanks again!
as to what you said at the start it’s great to have upsets but when you have this many it just makes the major seem like a joke. keep making interesting vids
That astralis team going 18-0 for those 3 majors is outrageous
I liked that one alot, you explained the rio major playoffs perfectly, exactly what i thought about it, far from perfect outcome, but it is what it is.
Welp, this explains why the semifinal was almost with an empty crowd
it was empty because the brazilians didnt want to watch other teams that wherent brazilian. They actially watched the games but where outside whit a famouse streamer.
In what weight division would thorin be the champion? 170 is my bet, stand and bang with Colby, Khamzat and then Khamzat again for the belt.
I was shocked that g2 did not even made it to the major, and a couple of scrub teams made it. They might have beat g2 with a lucky break but I do not believe they are better than g2, and many more fans will be interested to watch if g2 was playing.
you mean outsiders? tactically they're obviously better, in term of quality of players idk.
With Hooxi's igling, some of the scrub teams will be better than them🤣
It is really unfortunate. The one time the production was decent, the games fuck it over
perfect timing
You're biased Thorin. It isn't because the big names bust out of these tournaments early more often than before that the level is weaker. It simply means the competitiveness is higher (i.e. the level is closer between Team #1 and Team #20 than it used to be).
On the contrary, the level of the tier 2 teams got higher and no game is ever safe now. I don't think the game got too random. Why would it have? There wasn't a drastic change that consistently favors the lagging team to come back. What the best teams like Astralis, Navi did was viewed, copied and counter-stratd
Contenders with less shining stars emerged with 5 consistent strong players + great team play (C9, Outsiders, Heroic, ENCE) and that is enough to challenge the best teams
This is the content only Thorin can make love it
1 tournament favourite and 1 strong darkho...
Unpopular opinion, I liked the major. 2 teams who’ve never won a major before, competing for one is amazing. Rip probably 99% of people’s diamond coin, but I’m happy for outsiders. The crowd though, it was either a massive W or L and there was no in between. The disrespect towards NAVI was unreal, and there was times during the grand final where it was almost completely silent. That’s just beyond disrespectful and I don’t think there should be another event in Rio for along time.
Totally agree.The most boring major of all time.
Something you’re underplaying is how competitive the current era is
The gap between “champion teams” and “average to good teams” has narrowed significantly this year - this is part of the further professionalisation of the scene and the wider understanding of what works and doesn’t
It makes no sense to compare and contrast past major play off brackets considering this, as the scene was far less competitive back then
Like, who cares if the big names didn’t make it? The big names always make it, it was refreshing to see other teams actually in the play offs
At the end of the day it’s the quality of the CS rather than the name of the team - this major had some very good but not iconic or great quality games
It just seems the top, veteran teams can't consistently perform anymore. G2 and astralis didn't even make it to the major. Faze, liquid, vitality didn't make playoffs, that's already 4 of the top 10 gone, including the top 3.
Yo Thorin, this video quality is pretty poor and 360p is the only option YT is showing. Just a heads up in case the issue is on your end.
It's a long video, let it process.
the m4а1s is still overpowered аnd csgo devs dont cаre about balance therefore its a wаste of time to play csgo
I’m confused by this statement? You can 1 bullet anybody in the head with an AK, you can not with m4a1s
@@lukebrown8580 ah, new to cs or something? m4a1 is overpowered, but they will make changes to it soon.
Your wish has been granted by valve
Awp has also been nerfed
D2 has been removed
@@wrx1th873 been playing CS since 1.5 actually and never known the m4 to be over powered, most people would switch it for AK 🤣 are you new to CS more like it ?
@@lukebrown8580 AK-47 is supposed to be stronger than M4, since T side is harder than CT side. Even then, you'll see some pros like EliGe pick the A1-s over the AK, which should NEVER be the case
I didn't watch the whole video but looks like a Navi/Vitality/Faze fanboy who is mad because his team didn't win and says that tournament was boring. Grow up dude.
So what’s the moral of the story? Meaningless video.
you mad?
God, what a crybaby
counter. strike.