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0:00 - Intro
3:50 - nexa BENCHED
7:55 - BAD vs GOOD anchors
9:00 - What is a GOOD anchor?
11:55 - malbsMd
12:26 - cadiaN
16:00 - skullz to FURIA
18:12 - BLAST London
20:44 - yaLLa compass
22:50 - Wrap up - Hry
since ive been ranting about anchors a lot check 16:31 for my explanation of what it means to be a good one vs a bad one
do a video about mag1sk and perfecto etc anchoring
And jks bro
DONA WAS THE PROBLEM!!!!
she kinda hot though
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Not even false
CS2 was the problem. Fr tho
@@PandoraApocalypseThen quit the game
this season felt genuinely like one of the best eras of CS ever... we've had 6-8 teams over the season who were a legit competitor for a trophy when they arrived to a tournament in good form!! really had me excited for every big tournament
nice vid even though you're not Dona and so im not sure how much i can trust your CS knowledge, still thanks for the pic tho! you're my favourite racist
Yeah it was actually mad how many good stories we had.. and thatâs saying a lot considering we always get so lucky
My goat posted a vid month ago saying this was the best year for cs2 since 2018 and he was right
Racism wins again!
hot take but I reckon if g2 get jks they could possibly win cologne or katowice or both or something like that
it would be hilarious ngl, like "vibes days are over, lets get serious again"
Deja vu đ
I don't even think jks would want to go back now, at least not after hearing about how they ghosted him for like a month before benching him. They massively disrespected him. Not only did they take his performance for granted, but he still had huge potential to get even better at the game. I would love to see jks playing on a tier 1 team again, but at the same time, if they offered him a place back in G2 and he just responded with a 'Fuck off', I would understand and the org would deserve it lol.
â@@UtmostCarcinogenthey didn't answer for 1 week.Everytime the story gets told the period gets longer đ. But it isn't uncommon for orgs to look at their options before notifying the player. If they didn't find a replacement and they told him it might have broken his confidence and/or willingness to keep playing. I am not saying it is right but its normal in de (e)sports industry
@@vk-tl1bc Fair enough, I thought I remember hearing it was longer than that, so that's my bad. I still support G2 when I'm watching events, mostly for M0nesy and Hooxi because I like them both a lot. As an upside down land man myself, it just felt like such a shitty move to get rid of a really good anchor, who was Australia's golden boy, for a player that wasn't nearly as proficient in the same role. I think that's what frustrates me the most, and I can't speak for him, but it wouldn't surprise me if jks was turned off ever playing for them again after that.
Never been a more depressing but exciting time to be a G2/Liquid fan
idk about the exciting part. At least for the Liquid end.
As a Liquid fan I've lost so much faith in the org its crazy
as a g2 fan the depression started months and months ago. to the point where some people were hoping they would lose a lot solely so they would realize that they need to make roster changes. ive never seen a team be so commited to a roster that doesn't work. i dont want to hear about them winning 1 or 2 events a year when every other event they make 0 impact on.
â@@seozo0w0yeah I've been a liquid fan since 2015 and the past two years have really made me question if I can call myself a fan anymore
@@travioli9643 Mine started with Columbus and its been straight pain ever since đ
g2 jks shanghai major???
I heard he knows chinese
@@launders jks bing chillin
@@launders australia is a chinese colony after all
@@cicolas_nageđđ
Jks speaks fluent vibes
NIKO and Monesy must win a major, or I will eat my curtains. They work hard, they love the game. I want them to.
Ok
Lol when you say they work hard and love the game I am going to assume you are talking about your curtains.
And they work so well together, really hate to see the day they go separate ways
simp
Yekindar and Cadian have a serious confidence problem. If they miss once, it's a shit map. If they open the match clicking heads, you're gonna see unbelievable clutches out of Cadian and VAC shots out of Yekindar.
They sure have the lowest lows.
i feel like its similar for navi tbh
for jl and b1t
they find it hard to recover from a poor start (exception is the match against faze)
@@jackoxford b1t used to be consistent every play. it's hard to watch
@@jackoxford yeah same, b1t with s1mple was a beast, don't know what's going on
Cadian was pretty solid in Heroic wasn't he? And Yekindar has just fallen off terribly. He's always been a bit hit or miss, but now he's consistently bad.
Twistzz was the one that got JKS to stand in for faze when they won Katowice. I want to believe JKS might end up at Liquid because of Twistzz as well.
and s1mple awper?? if twistzz igl
@@xin215 if anybody has the money for s1mple, itâs liquid. If that does end up happening, Yek needs to really step it up. S1mple would terrorize him harder than he ever did to SDY.
Jks is a quiet achiever, perfect for twistzz playstyle, but don't naf and jks clash with roles and spots?
â@@xin215What a clusterfuck of roles. Yeki is hard entry like really hard entry and spinx is lurker
Racist Caster making CZcams video about the current esport CS scene master class đđ»đ„
CasiaN is a systems oriented guy. That's what makes him a good awper. When you awp/IGL you can call around your awp, and pull the CTs towards you and attack rotations. If you don't have teammates buying into your system and doing your calls, then it's hard to create that mental image of the map and attack rotations and punish info peeks. Twistzz wants to play with some flashy awper like broky who runs around shooting people because he's good at shooting people. CadiaN isn't a mechanics awper, he is a systems awper. I can 100% guarantee that CadiaNs performance in accuracy, hitting hard shots and clutching will increase 200% when he is on a team that trusts him 100% and he can start hitting that flow state.
You just said cadian isn't good igl or isn't good awper and I agree to it
ââ@@grapLee his point is that Cadian isn't able to set himself up the way he needs to be a successful Awper because his teammates won't allow him to set up the way he needs. Think of it this way, Jame wouldn't have won the Rio major and been MVP if Flit and Fame didn't allow Jame to organize the team exactly how he wanted. Everyone knows Cadian was a good Awper and IGL last year and it's very unlikely that he's just fallen off a cliff purely on his own accord in both categories. Very little teams care as little about their IGL role and it shows in their (Liquid) performance over the past few years
@@corey5894 other theoretically worse igls are still able to do it while having worse pieces to work with, they can manage to win games without star players.
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â@Dr.PeterLaFleur I have a diamond copenhagen coin so I need the hat too (I also have a 5% cs betting wr)
Well done Launders, People were seeing you like birdman rubbing his hands together, but you took the high road.
RIP Sexa (again)
-Jks +nexa is the most disgusting trades of cs history, jaw dropped when I saw that I wanna see jks come back for some team (frankly hopefully not flyquest)
i felt so happy seeing complexity lift that trophy in jonkoping, but itâs also saddening in a way.
COL has pretty much shown their ceiling (occasional deep runs/small trophy wins) and floor (last place in events after bombing out)
elige wonât be *this* good forever, and the core of him, hallzerk and JT is genuinely good and fun to root for.
but that trophy win also means that they wonât replace floppy with someone else. jks would be absolutely fucking mental, but if they want to have a full NA core, jBa is a promising anchor that could very well replace floppy.
but itâs in such a weird state rn where they refuse to buy out big names to get deeper in tourneys more consistently, but they also donât want to gamble in developing the few promising NA talents
elige is still in his prime after all these years yet heâs stuck in a mid limbo team refusing to make any changesđż
my favorite racist just uploaded, time to stop everything and watch this masterpiece đ„đ„đ„
ahhahahahahhaha lol
AMANEK COMEBACK TRUST THE PROCESS
Omg heâs perfect
edging to this vid rn
season takeaway: GStew was the highlight and that's also being a fan of Aleksib
Nexa got voted out, stewie was the imposter among us. He vented out safely and won.
Jk though, that sucks but it is what it is.
Your content is super good! Whether you're talking about certain players or general concepts of professional CS like choking, super teams, or rookies, your videos are such a vibe, so well made, and incredibly rewatchable. It's always a good day when I see a launders video in my youtube feed
Mad love đ„°
just got home from work, lau video, lets go, keep up the grind man
G2 better win shanghai or austin, so I can stop secondhand stressing over this
And then elige needs to get some teammates. Stewie find a home please
Im happy how amazing sh1ro and zontix were in play off
Hey lau i really enjoyed the anchor section and was curious if we could get a video that focuses and goes into a bit more depth about what makes an anchor good or bad, and it could also feature a list of who in your opinion are some of the best anchors in T1 cs and any future T2 prospects to look out for? Much love from Champ
Thoughts on Tom's straight-line mission across England?
I love these videos, easily the best CS pro scene content by a mile.
i feel like liquid died at the major. They get LAN buffs for sure. Cadian is a big leagues abuser. Being able to play in front of a home crowd is another buff. Could've given them the trust, the energy to get over that hump.
i feel like im watching some kinda villian with those glases
Saw fl0m talking about a post where Richard lewis was saying that liquid might be moving twistzz to igl after this, fucking wild scenes
woke up to a new video from launders this morning, what a nice birthday gift thank you launders (im pretending this was uploaded on the 19th not the 18th)
Feels good calling it seasons! Never thought of it to be honestly.
I will say this is the first year or so that I haven't been able to keep up as much. But I love watching your news videos, helps me keep somewhat updated.
As for what content I want, that is Launder's content đ
I comment to help statistics
possible TL jks or do you have any possble anchor picks for if skullz does go
Bro you and Spunj should battle it out for whoâs the best color caster. Emo Spunj might win idk
-skullz +jks for liquid
It would be a good move if they didn't need another AWP/IGL unless they plan on benching YEKINDAR.
@@GoodKarma90 twistzz has said he's stepping in to igl (massive L btw) so they only need an awp replacement but naf isnt an awful awper so maybe the role goes to him
@@p1ksel If that's true, I hope it doesn't do to him what it did to YEKINDAR. I'm kind of bummed. I think he will make a great IGL but I really wanted to see him stay in star roles. I guess with him as IGL they at least won't have to cut any corners with the next 2 signings.
Imagine winning a big stage tournament and still getting hit with the bench, god CS is such a brutal scene đ„Č
because he played worse if not equally to the washed stand in that hasnt played pro cs in years. nexa was a detriment in that tournament and they still managed to win.
â@@tObito687well when your awper has like 6 maps with a 1.80 rating and Niko and Hunter finally do something its possible clearly
@@xlgapelsin6173 yes but possibility and reality are 2 different things. ofc they played to their potential even without hooxi at dallas and im just as happy as anybody about that, but i mean cmon m0nesy is getting his career wasted on g2. if you wanna hear it from a credible source then rewind this very launders video to hear that same thing. niko and m0nesy are getting years of their career wasted on this roster. hunter too but hes also to blame for some of their short comings as of recent. the fact that you even said "finally do something" supports that claim.
I think im more upset that yeki is still on liquid than cadian being dropped. At this point blow it up. Keep twistzz and rebuild.
yeah dude kick naf
@@elem_nt nah all of em. Sloth gone, young skullz gone, zews back into the hells of Brazil since he seems to love it so much (pure sarcasm), yeki i was done with before this and cadian sorry bro go find someone else to bring up
@@elem_nt scorch earth man! Something is inherently wrong with that team and management. Thatâs the only way i can comprehend the disaster this team has become
â@@calebbeard6130 chill they're at #11 in the world
@@zilliq-qz5uw i respectfully refuse!
Hey Lau, hope you enjoyed the UK and hope the boo meta is our gift to the cs crowds.
This year has been really competitive and entertaining. Not really being able to pick a winner is great and the clash in styles is nice. My only niggle is narrowly missing out on the alternate faze era timeline. So many finals and the major..
Hope everyone enjoys their break and comes back stronger. Always remember, fuck stats.
I mirror your thoughts especially on faze, and yes the boo meta was a great addition to the culture to look forward too next year
i really didn't see nexa as a problem when hunter has basically disappeared
Your standards must be really low. Both can be a problem. It doesn't have to be either/or.
@@elizabethmurigi1131 i won't argue with that
nah .. hunter is good where he is . He isnt the problem .. His numbers might not be up there , but he has had some match winning impacts kills and rounds.
does +jks to liquid not make sense to anyone else for the skullz replacement? or am I just coping
I asked for this vid on twitter, thanks for cooking mr lau. Would love to see more demo reviews of players youre critical of to show those who dont watch demos (noobs) exactly the issues youre talking about with players like nexa and mezii. Maybe a whole vid on best and worst anchors?
Cool and nice vid bro but why sunglasses indoor thats weird but who i am to judge
do you think g2 will get jks again or is it possible for minus skullz plus jks so jks be with twistzz again ?? especially if twistzz igl he needs good players around him
Iâm thinking the same thing. I doubt jks will go back to G2. Heâs probably at the point with them where heâll never go back. Twistzz was the one that bought JKS into faze to sign Katowice. So I can see him going liquid honestly.
@@pingpong4016 same i really hope but it comes down to liquids manager and he is awful at making good roster
There is a reason no org is picking up JKS. We know he's a good anchor and is consistent. He is 2x Kato 1x Cologne and world finals winner. Something behind the scenes is making it so they don't want him
@@xlgapelsin6173 I see your point but Iâd beg to differ that itâs the opposite. Heâs not going to go play for just anybody. Heâs choosing the org at this point.
@@pingpong4016 there have been no leaks about JKS and that says something since it most likely means no org has reached out to him. Whatever the reason is no org wants him
Monesy, Niko, Hunter is such an amazing core of a team. I CANNOT understand how the org seems incapable of putting together a complete team for them to play with. They are on paper probably the most mechanically skilled team in the world.
G2 shouldâve put Nexa back to IGL then there wonât be roster conflict with Malbs cause he would be replacing Hooxi and his roles
love the vids keep it up lau
Bets part was Launders LAN in Toronto
Great content as always Lau!
This is actually the first season of counter strike Iâve actually followed, I usually watch Rocket League esports but CS is what I watch when itâs not on (which is most of the time). First event I watched was the Paris Major.
My main takeaway is, Iâm really excited for the new Blast formats that are coming up. Iâve really been enjoying this race between Donk, Zywoo and Monesy for HLTV #1. The dynamic between top teams is really cool cause youâve got main candidates like Navi, Faze, Spirit, Mouz and Vitality. But thereâs this close chasing pack with G2, Liquid, VP, Complexity, EF, Astralis and Mongolz. It just feels a lot more interesting than thereâs one immortal top team and everyone trying to hunt them down.
Yeah the parity between stars and teams is kind of crazy⊠hopefully 2nd half of the year sticks the landing
if it was Niko on Liquid they would be saying hes the problem and has insane ego but somehow Yekindar slides away without anyone saying anything... how many players have Liquid gone through now with Yekindar on the team
whoever created the boxr website urgently needs a workshop in UI aswell in general e-commerce.
@Launders do you think new smoke mechanics impacted on how hard is it to play a good anchor? I believe that is one of reasons. Just a different game for them with that small change.
My first year getting into cs keep it up
Honestly this was such a great season, and im incredibly hyped for the next
I started watching in 2015, stopped watching and playing in 2019 but late 2022 I came back and have been watching almost every big event since but I dont remember being this hyped for CS ever before
First time watching, really interesting to hear your take on why each player didn't work on the teams. Just started keeping up with the scene since the copenhagen major, looking forward to seeing more
i def wanna see more of these vids
love the content, keep up the good work! I love these vids that shine a light on the stories that have been developing throughout the season, sometimes its hard to keep up with all the news and tournys and these vids are a great way to be brought up to date and have a better context going into the next season
watched this at work but came home to put a like on it. ANYWAYS
thought the season was sick as hell tbh, fun to finally see astralis looking like a counter-strike team, attended a major for the first time, world introduced to donk, monesy continued masterclass. absolutely ridiculous season, loved it
Got really into some lower tier CS this season. I love seeing the highs and lows of their journey.
This is definitely the most chaotic season of CS I've seen and it just makes me excited that finally the major will be the season's last event. Imagine how interesting it would've been to go into the most important event after all these different winners instead of knowing the true S-tier tournament was long gone by March.
Shanghai is gonna be insane and 2025 will be even crazier, I couldn't be more excited
loving the yappatron sessions
bro this glasses looks good. where are they from?
This season I got to attend my first CS event (IEM Dallas) and it made me love the game and community even more
Overall underwhelming for NA but hype to see other regions having solid performances
Iâm curious what would happen with some role changes for mezzi. One of the issues I have with vitality is the âstar rolesâ are in apexâs hands. Yes heâs an aggro player but he doesnât put up the 1.3hltvs that you expect from that role that you get with every other top tier team. Frozen, NiKo, donk all put amazing numbers on these roles whereas apex just barely does better than Mezzi on dog roles. I get apex probably sucks on anchor but genuinely would probably work better having spinx / Mezzi in star roles and having apex in dog roles - they also need to fix apex mentality. This is probably something with XTQZZZ but he really needs to calm apex down because vitality are just starting to choke easy games. 5-11 up against vp and they choke it into 13-11 loss. Against spirit at blast they always had the lead (pretty sure they won both pistols on some of the maps), and then they lose 2-3 rounds which spirals into a huge streak for spirit and then they lose the series in such a sad way. Every round getting out called, faked out etc.
I personally belive and i think YNK or spunj said it that the players on Vit don't make any decision about their own game in those high impact places so apex basically has to play them bc only him and Zywoo know what to do. And i think that's actually true if you watch the games
Poor Nexa. I imagine it is really hard when you are being compared to your teammates who are MONESY and NIKO. Hope he finds another team, he showed some CLUTCH ability
Sorry I disagree he was absolutely impactless his lurks were shit
And he mostly got not even 1 as anchor when his site got attacked guy was a liability and only reason he got chosen was most likely due to personal friendship
Launders, I saw an HLTV thread mentioning Faze inquiring Liquid about Twistzz. 1. What's the possibility of this happening? 2. How good would a Karrigan, Broky, Ropz, Frozen, Twistzz team be?
My favourite part of this first season is that I think casting has been better than ever. It's been on the up and up for the last 4-5 years, but this is the best ever because I feel like everyone is so excited, and the games themselves are more exciting in a long time.
What's the timeline on the winter break? How long is it?
EWC is in 30 days
big fan of these recap videos
Pimp made a video about the benching of Cadian and he suggested Gla1ve could go to Liquid. This is a good idea but what if; Gla1ve goes to G2: is Niko ready to igl and does he want to? Personally I think Gla1ve in Liquid sounds like a beter option. Cadian likes to micromanage if I am right so he can't fit in G2 also.
yes, we want more of this. insert palpatine "do it" meme
my goat just posted
The tier of a tournament shouldnât be determined by the prize pool, but instead the ranking of the teams participating.
I first started watching CS for the Katowice final 2023 where Heroic lost to G2. I have not once in my life played CS, I just decided to join my boyfriend to watch some games and for some reason I was hooked from that one game. If I remember correctly CadiaN head a really good game, some clutches, some shouting and banter which I found really odd at the beginning. But the loser interview with him completely turned it around for me, he genuinely seemed like a nice person. I kind of adopted Heroic as my favorite team back then and we all know how the story unfolded after that. I would have loved to see CadiaN succeed in Liquid, and same for G2 with NiKo and m0nesy they seem like they should be doing better than they are. Long story short I am now way to deep into CS storylines, listen to all the podcasts and follow the gossip so thanks for that I guess lol. Who needs telenovelas if you can just watch CS... keep it up launders đ„
Great season to be an enjoyer of CS and great stories, and laugh at malding bettors
wish there more events, pre covid had an event every weekend, you bomb outta one event boom next monday you back at it
favorite caster and cs content creator. great video as always lau
Thanks Lau đ
Watching liquid felt like Cadian could only hit absolutely absurd shots, and when it came time for the tap in he was whiff central. Whole team dead? Cadian is a god. Liquid in a favorable 5v3? cadian is a free kill. I am deeply saddened by this move, but I knew something was gonna happen.
Pogtent idea to either do demo reviews mezii showing the issues vs what made magisk GOATed and magixx very good right now for anchoring. Either as separate videos or an "anchor 101" type thing.
Iâm staring at Fnatic!!! Nexa and Cadian to create a danish core/ revenge squad. All done dirty in their own way, all can meet up and get their revenge.
good channel ! keep it up
Loved the choking video! Big fan of that style of narrative content, but I understand it can be hard to produce in a limited bubble like CS. Been following the scene since middle school, now graduated college, and I can honestly say this season was one of the best to watch from a viewer perspective - multiple teams winning trophies, great story lines, and incredible production value (bar the observer incident). Thanks for all the passion you and the other casters, hosts, observers, players and more put into the scene.
Def! Same for me even though itâs the first of CS2 couldnât have been much better
love the point about what an S-tier event is/should be. The way the broadcast said Mongolz was the first asian team to win an S-tier event was just bland, even if it's partly liquidpedia's fault
Love the way you wax lyrically about CS
I did see the shots cadian was missing and at the moment of watching them I was actually pretty pissed about how he's whiffing these. But looking back and putting myself in the shoes of being IGL for a team who's not listening. That was some of my worst CS through and through. Counter-strike is such a mental thing that even though in the moment I just thought "How can i possibly be missing these shots" seeing the same thing happen to cadian makes me think that there's more to it.
Imagine taking a fight and KNOWING everyone is in the wrong position for it. That'll affect you subconsciously for sure. When you spend more time looking at the mini-map than your crosshair round to round you're not going to win fights.
Then again he did WHIFF with the ez-gun
if Jks joins liquid , I swear. .. my heart will be split in a G2 v Liquid match .
yeah I have no idea who liquid is gonna get as an igl... I have heard rumours that nitr0 might come out of retirement again. Do you think that's possible and would it work?
Nitr0 is still signed under M80 so he might call for them
Hope 9z can start next season with good performance and results. They ended this season on a high note, but started really slow on bad form. They need more consistency.
Lau, any thoughts on the Fireleague finals?
iM is one failed tournament run from getting benched, unfortunately. But if this happens then hear me out. What if, at that point, S1mple comes back and replaces iM as a rifler/lurker? Dust II CT-side double AWP with S1mple and w0nderful...
The Master and the Apprentice.
On the other hand, I feel like this map pool favors NAVI and I believe they'll bounce back. Switch Vertigo to Train and NAVI will be a beast with AleksiB's ENCE background T-sides.
i need that hat mr lau
Launders looking like Canadian Dr. Robotnik
13:05 he just flipped us off!
i personally think that cadians personal performance also played a big part in him getting benched could be the pressure of getting the system to work impacting his performance but it was literally twistzz and sometimes naf dragging them acorss maps where cadian literally missed sitters even tier 2 open qualifiers he wouldn't flex with the awp because he couldn't i also watched them getting decimated by m80 fir open qualifiers of esports world cup and that was the match where twistzz wasn't having a super good game you just cant win with 3 players who are playing sub par and clearly not playing tier 1 cs and watching skullz feels so shaky he cant ever hit that timing like you said which makes great anchors i think this project is done naf should go to col and twistzz should look into the offer from vitality
Launders News we are seated
i love u!! lovd the video, love the cs talk, news, etc/ more more more !
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Already looking forward for fraudwatch season2 practicing my racing in the mean time
I think the biggest contibuter to why hunter couldnt play anchor is because everybody has (albeit, for good reason) succumbed to the group think notion that he could not play anchor. Hes a talented player, let him try. Especially considering theyre staring down the barrel of a roster move that likely wont pan out for the reasons you stated.
is nexa or jks better than br0? Astralis are right there near the top if they improve slightly.
Astralis is Danish so i highly doubt they would go international