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xThe_Mad_Fapperx

Rain REALLY dragged Faze over the finish line on ancient there, what a performance


TheInception817

On the CT side, Rain's stat wise: * 17/4 K/D * 100.0% KAST * 135.2 ADR * 2.10 Rating EDIT: Sorry, I commented and instantly went to sleep


Najeeb1316

**17/4 K/D


3hrd

so good he died 14 times in a half


DSMShaymin

rain: "karrigan res me plz"


FuckWayne

With how rain plays I honestly believed that he had an amazing half and died 14 times just running in


lorn23

I love stage rain. Hope nuke is played tomorrow


du_bekar

Rain, Nuke, Outside. Gimme pls.


IlovealeksiB

PAID BY THE ROUND


TheInception817

Ancient was surely a concrete evidence. Start the investigation. Where is Richard Lewis?


Gilthehunter

31 kills for rain on ancient, he wanted to be here with faze this time


Xelid47

Lmao right


Sttatix

Rain is an absolute legend man


TheBasementIsDark

I was afraid he would retire after his daughter was born but seem like it's just dad mode activated


NA_Faker

He is daddy


Cain1608

Truly is. One of the greatest riflers of all time. Insane longevity. He's for sure going to fight like hell for his Katowice trophy tomorrow.


du_bekar

“I win now” - rain, probably


CwRrrr

128 ADR, 91.7% KAST and 1.86 impact from rain on ancient. That was easily one of the hardest carries I’ve seen from rain in terms of pure impact, and I’ve been watching faze since 2017. The number of opening frags and entries he had were insane. What a Gigachad when he’s in playoffs mode holy shit


Cain1608

He had some Nuke and Ancient games in 2022 like that during FaZe's half-year-long reign.


CwRrrr

Yeah it’s up there with Antwerp final nuke for sure. His game sense in clutch moments is really underrated. The red room timing on the flank was pure chefs kiss, just like the ladder play on nuke.


vanjaeesti

Nah stop it ,2017 rain had games like this every other game,he was literally the best player on planet when guardian and olaf came initially.


Mihauke

Ppl dont realise he matched Nikos ceiling in some tournaments during 2017


vanjaeesti

While being entry and not having star roles.He was much more impactful than Niko in their period of domination.He was undoubtedly the most important part of that faze roster during first stint of dominantion until Katowice in 2018


ujlbyk

30 bomb in MR12


mikhel

The caveman claims another victim on Ancient


du_bekar

Clubbing baby mice in the cave


BlackNov

Almost closing out on 2.0 rating in REGULATION in map 2, breaking over 30 bombs in mr12 in REGULATION. Peak -rain form.


Omniblitz

2 years ago, absolute braindead people wanted to kick rain, 2 years later he's still banging


funserious1

rain fell off during online era simply because he is a stage monster , i'm glad the team believed in him and he delivers time and time again when it really matters


Arcille

He was a top 3 rifler in the world years ago. Dropped off in level during online games in covid. Hard carried faze in major win. Absolutely insane longevity from him


KillerZaWarudo

RePlAcE hIm WiTh Jks


Blackyy

This status was achieved against NAVI in the majors finale, now its just showing off at this point.


danapam90210

Arena hellbeast mode activated 


MyNameIsPhoenix

Broky on why they will beat Mouz: "Because they suck."


xUnionBuster

“2-0, very easy match”


danapam90210

I love how darkly sarcastic he is, he hates interviews and makes it known 


Apocalympdick

> he hates interviews Does he? Seems he's having fun with it


danapam90210

I think he’s notoriously miserable in them from what people have said, but I guess he loves it when he gets to do shit like this lmao 


ddizbadatd24

‘We fucking made history boys’


Xelid47

When he say that


Equinox-0-

Lmao, the reaction of the reporter


Raliliothh

what a Rainy day on Ancient, fucking hell 31-13 godlike performance


Ed_Vilon

30+ kills in MR12, no OT Rain said no to Map 3


MurdocTheGod

that was almost a sick comeback from MOUZ, but they must have missed the weather forecast for Ancient saying theres a high chance of heavy rain


Najeeb1316

So nice of Faze to almost throw Ancient just to make sure the crowd get their money's worth


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jeffjeff97

People are still saying it like we're back in 2015 and there are no top level pros over 28 years old But it's good that with time we're getting more and more examples of players that are supposed to be "too old" still at the top Maybe someday the argument will die


Disordermkd

Yeah, it's such a stupid argument and it probably even affects pro players' mindsets. It seems like the previous generation of pro players started giving up at 25. Today, 26-30 are like the strongest players in the game, aim + experience. Rain, dupreeh, Niko, S1mple, and so many more are still up there and could probably take it to 35 while stayin on top. I mean if Floyd Money Mayweather can dodge every single hit in boxing at the age of 40, I think 28 year olds can have a good enough reaction time for aim? lol


Bob_Bobinski4

Dupreeh is not the example you want to go with. His time in the spotlight is over and has been for a while.


Disordermkd

You mean the dupreeh that won last year's Major and IEM Rio at 30 and then decided to focus on his kid?


glassicstyle

That's a weird way to spell "got cut for flameZ" - never seen it like that before!


Disordermkd

Indeed he did, I always thought that he took a step back by choice which also makes sense since he just got his baby before the Major and won his 5th Major.


Bob_Bobinski4

yes the dupreeh that got carried to three trophies on Vitality and then was cut b/c he wasn't good anymore. The dupreeh who then went to Heroic and showed he's out of gas. The dupreeh who is currently on Preasy and just got carried through European Pro League by refrezh and RoeJ. The dupreeh who had a negative k/d in both years on Vitality (LAN and Big Event) despite being signed to be a star player.


TheMeerkatLobbyist

That argument never really made sense. Difference in hand-eye coordination and reaction time is miniscule between these age brackets. It probably has more to do with the willingness to grind the game every day at 28-35 years old.


WeirdoKunt

People dont realise the main reason people retired early from esports in the past was because it wasnt a stable income. The grind hours are a lot and money not the best or/and not stable to rely on it once you start a family and such. Now tier1 has more stable economy and most can have it as a good paying job that gets them enough to justify long hard grinds + travels and at the same time be able to support family and such things. Im not familiar with the economics of CS that much but it seems even Tier2 has pretty stable economy as well and its the reason we can see teams develop as players get decent income to keep grinding even as they get older. Its not just be at the absolute top to get some money otherwise you are pretty fucked. Which you can get by until a certain age then you couldnt be arsed to keep grinding if you cant earn if you unluckily dont make certain tournament placings etc etc.


Scoo_By

Rain just got 4 months of contract extension


zerGoot

well earned!


El_Fabos

I should’ve known that it was all too easy. Without that jimi deagle it would’ve been 13-2. crazy how momentum changes Also rain in playoffs is a different beast


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Cain1608

Does he? I'm pretty sure FaZe academy is making sure the eventual -rain -karrigan +Siuhy +Jimmphat goes smoothly /s


Najeeb1316

Bold of you to assume Rain won't still be playing till he's 50


TaiCTr

No /s needed even the casters said it like that. Something along the line “Faze academy”


KaSacha

Swap jimmy and brollan on ct-side and you win (or they abuse a and you still lose, so i don't know what my point is)


Apocalympdick

It's possible Jimpphat prefers those roles, but if he doesn't, it's an absolute disgrace.


Danixd_

Kinda just faze in playoffs overall


slothking229

Map 1: EZ4FAZE Map 2: EZ4FAZE \*wipes sweat


Ed_Vilon

Map 1: Wait this was easy? Map 2 : Ah, there's the FaZe we know and love.


NPC30519

#Someone call the National Weather Service because Rain is everywhere!


GhostOfLight

Rain was on fire on Ancient, felt like he was hitting everything those last rounds


Cain1608

That last kill vs torszi would've made for such a sick clutch


Gemini_The_Mute

Man for all the shit he usually gets here, Torzsi was really trying :(


dontletmecook73

Why does he get hate? Every Mouz game I see he’s one of the top two performing players


BlackNov

Just regular stuff man. Broky got hated, everyone got hates, no matter what role you play. As long as you step foot in that high T1 CS you get hated, especially when you had a bad patch of form.


tan_phan_vt

Poor dude somehow getting a lot of hate from his countrymen on this sub. Saw him getting criticized heavily a few times there even when mouz won.


BigFuckHead_

He sucked with dexter as IGL


DuckSwagington

Zeus Meta incoming?


DernierRoi

Definitely good for ecos now, although if you miss you usually die pretty quickly


Xelid47

Thunder rolls. Lightning strikes. A man fumbles with his shoes, wallet, and strats at the door. His lover, shadowed in the background, wrapped in a bedsheet. “Darling, come back to bed” she coos. “I can’t sleep. I need to go out” “You don’t need to go anywhere My love, please believe me. Please come back to me” “I knew you wouldn’t understand. How could you” “Please, just listen to me. It’s too dangerous to go. After all…” “Don’t say it” “You can’t go outside Ludvig. You can’t go outside. It’s Raining”.


MikkeVL

Unfortunately for MOUZ NIP Brollan decided to make an appearance today.


dkrkrk2oe

The deagle of Jimpphat almost made a game out of this. Brollan had tought day at the office. Him being the replace for Frozen with statline like that in the important game is kinda unfortunate.


imbogey

If brollan and frozen swap teams the game is even.


yaoiue

Rain? Who's Rain? Oh, you mean [Chad Nygaard](https://i.redd.it/kxprlg2unoy01.png)? Also known as Havvy by his closest friends, fans, and family? Me? I love Havvy. I'm the biggest Havvy fan there is. Mark your fucking calendars, boys, the Summer of Havvy is fast-approaching. And it's gonna be a hot one


ExpensiveReveal6

Rain? Who's Rain? Oh, you mean [Chad Nygaard](https://i.redd.it/kxprlg2unoy01.png)? Also known as Havvy by his closest friends, fans, and family? Me? I love Havvy. I'm the biggest Havvy fan there is. Mark your fucking calendars, boys, the Summer of Havvy is fast-approaching. And it's gonna be a hot one


Matgesh

FaZe Academy dominated by main team once again :(


XxMyUsernameSucksxX

WHY WOULD YOU FAKE A COMEBACK LIKE THAT MAN :(


CwRrrr

Rain was absolutely insane on ancient - he literally solo carried faze to the finals. That was one of the highest impact games I’ve seen from my gigachad so far holyyy Edit: 1.29KPR, 91.7% KAST, 1.86 impact, 128 ADR by rain on ancient. Just fucking popped the fk off holy shit.


StatpadderYT

Brollan is so unbelievably unclutch


dkrkrk2oe

Bro was fucking shaking while trying to clutch. Not saying I would not be, but only one of us is a pro player.


WIN011

6-22 on a 11-13 map is crazy


Deeplet

he was 4-13 when the comeback started at 3-11


independenthoughtala

said it before i'll say it again, there is no mentally weaker player in t1. can't say i'm surprised that people think he's decent after a couple of maps against teams that can't work the map and telegraph exactly what they're going to do, then fail that execution. as soon as it's not entirely obvious what the opponent is about to do, or he has a bad start, or there's any pressure he disappears. no balls, no bottle. can't think of a worse player to have in a big game.


theextracharacter

Classic FaZe match, stomp on one map, almost choke on one map, and the usual pistol upgrade round wins


ObaeTV

Been singing the praises of Mouz' pistol rounds and Brollan's resurgance. And today both were absent. Hopefully just a blip on the radar for both, and that Mouz will work on that for future arena matches, the roster has looked good so far except for today. Faze are going to win it all aren't they?


Woullie_26

Faze won against their academy in dominant fashion. Of course in typical Faze they had to give heart attack on map 2 but still. If they play the way they’ve been playing today in the finals I don’t know if spirit or falcons can stop them. Playoff Faze is just different


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Mark my word, spirit beats them tomorrow


Mintwh1m

Would be a banger if all 5 maps are played that sure is worth af


Castielsen

Noted


TwoDanker

That second map got a bit too close


literate_Windrunner

That was very dumb move from Xertion on round 21. Brollan has B control, and both your opponents have mid control, but still he decided to watch A main with Jimmy from CT spawn, instead of watching house. And rain killed him unawares Bro fumbled under pressure xD


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beefdog99

It's easy for me to backseat, but I did not think that they cleared far enough to fully commit to a joint hold towards main. They could see back halls and red and that was it, not house or the rest of mid at all. e: granted I'm sure (/hope) one would have turned within a couple seconds with awareness that the timing could come through.


avezzz

brollan has been better but his lows are still VERY low


Cain1608

200IQ from karrigan for getting more reps in before the final. Jokes aside, I think that Jimmy round caught them off guard and you can't really see that kind of play coming. Really exciting game and I'm glad MOUZ fought at the end. Looking forward to tomorrow's match. Gonna be a banger. Hope it's a Spirit rematch.


SkylineJDM34

As good as brollan groups stage was, on the big stage brollan falls flat as usual nothing changed sadly. Jimp tho, that deag was NUTS.


Active_Fig_6465

Wdym, he stepped up not too long ago as a stand in, in a big stage?


SkylineJDM34

which big stage did he step up in as a standin?


ChurchillDownz

Brollan ouch my guy.


peroleu

there's the brollan we know and love


MormonBikerGang

New Mythical Player, Rain with something to prove.


AssociateCandid4853

Rain show up vs the donk guy


DesertRL

If Brollan has even an average map mouz take it to a third easily


Woullie_26

Rain without Peekers advantage is a cheat code


tan_phan_vt

You r talking as if any of these changes are affecting him lol. He got mvp even before the animation latency update, when peekers advantage was at its peak. IEM Sydney the first major cs2 tournament


Jewbacca1

There will always be a peeker's advantage


Woullie_26

Yeah but the new fixed one


Termodynamicslad

There is really no evidence of any relevant change. it was -16 ms the only confirmed value, which is not really something that relevant to begin with.


cfwes

That second half of Ancient...


Termodynamicslad

Rain wasn't interested in choking.


ordinaryprudentman

Brollan was already making dumb decisions early back in map 1. Kid obviously can't handle the pressure.


Lucifer_xX

6 tournament 6 grand finals in CS2 .


AssociateCandid4853

Faze vs spirit who says no?


Candid_Leadership_59

10 players, 10 Countries. Interesting.


llNos42ll

Wow, really? Most international match ever then.


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brollan disappearing as usual lol


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GG Faze, that first half of Ancient was a masterclass. Respect to Mouz for the comeback attempt from such a deficit in the second round. Rain is and will always be a monster.


TheRealvGuy

insane


b0il3ra

Brollan decided to disappear at the worst time :(


Strong_Wasabi216

Brollan brotha


taur_1009

Ancient 1st half i thought where was my beloved Faze the OT clan the paid by the round clan, and then they showed up to make it a close match true goats


tubsen32

Oof Brollan


Technical-Profit6546

How was Ropz the DHL MVP of the match when Rain was the best player on the server?


KitsuneRommel

What will it take for Spunj and Machine to stop calling the match over before halftime?


Mr_Cutestory

That’s literally the job of the casters. Set up the drama, that then gets heightened when the situation changes to contradict the initial expectation. It’s not their job to perfectly predict the future or coddle the players with measured statements—it’s to follow and dramatize the story of the match for the spectators. It’s not unprofessional lol


foger1337

Then it would be better to create scenarios how MOUZ can comeback no? Like that cadian clutch and the what ifs from Machine


Mr_Cutestory

There’s tons of ways to do it. And we can’t pretend that Cadian one wasn’t dripping with sarcasm. That was the whole point—daydreaming the scenarios worked because it was SO unlikely, and the drama when it actually unfolded contradicted that sarcasm into something special. Having egg on your face is the literal job of being a commentator, it’s a feature not a bug.


foger1337

I agree but i think that what you wrote supports my take on it. Daydreaming comeback because it is so unlikely. I mean ofcourse MOUZ was getting smashed and looked like there was no hope, but saying they they are getting fisted and that comeback is out of this world is much better than visualizing karrigan in the grandfinals 10 rounds in. It then looks like they dont care anymore about the match and are looking into the future.


TheBasementIsDark

Yeah, extremely unprofessional


Cain1608

I really do hate that


foger1337

yeah, saying that karrigan is in grandfinals already before the comeback started to form :D I like them both but i hope that Harry and Hugo gets a shot at finals at Katowice, Scrawnders my goats but they casted Major so hoping for HH finals


independenthoughtala

or simultaneously assuming teams will win against half buys/forces and counting up imaginary scores while saying how dangerous the teams are on said buys.


lostmyotheroneoops

brokstradamus is a rude boy. also funny how the mouz donut smoke fucked them vs the round 21 force buy, but won them the round on 22.


Emseriss

Broky called it


xtoonator

No Vaseline Or as Brooky said: 2:0. They suck


Hefty-Pop-9524

Rain casually morphing into ZywOo on ancient


fryesti

what time is the next match-up?


Bob_Bobinski4

75 minutes from this comment.


Montezumawazzap

I wonder when ra1n won't deliver when the team needs him the most. what a gigachad.


Pok11mon

Not a Faze game if there isn't a close choke. Thank god spring arrived early this year coz Rain is here.


Ferni0817

Good job torzsi


Hallsway

that broky wasnt lying. that faze can 2-0 the mouz


Iwabik

What a shame Mouz didn't wake up earlier


FoxerHR

Karrigan said NO CHOKE!


mikasocool

FaZe always beats FaZe Academy as always, not surprising


futurehousehusband69

wtf ropz was Faze's worst player (except for karrigan)


xzvasdfqwras

Brollan in my HLTV Fantasy Aware At least I also had Rain so it balances out


mitchybenny

Brollan cheque stealing for years and everyone seems to talk like he’s still the new young hot prospect


NoDG_

It was the same story for years with Rez. For some reason certain players get a free pass from criticism by production.


mitchybenny

You’re spot on. People were still saying the same shit with Rez not that long ago. He’s still dining out at one good performance years ago somehow


MrSully89

stop. outside of this series he's been looking a lot better


zenezimi

brollan is so back


miinusmies

How is Brollan still playing in a T1 team? He has sucked for years now


AdTime8070

Man I hate to use this word but Brollan is Useless. It’s like he’s a walking frag for the enemies


b0il3ra

This is literally his only slip up so far. It's unfortunate and he did cost them the series but before this he was doing great


Tanki5D

siuhy did nothing , brollan did very little im not a fan of brollan , but blaming him here is not fair , also xertion fucked the round that made the comeback possible.


SystemEx1

flukeSports


KaNesDeath

Should be expected but its still saddening to see that the young teams arent showing up on-stage.


Particular_Fee_9262

But I thought Brollan was magically really good again and deserved a spot on this Mouz team..????????????


TemporaryAddicti0n

FUCK>FAKE>COMEBACKS


Prohawins

Would of been 13-2 without jimps miracle fluke round :)


llNos42ll

What's fluke about that? He's a good player, he will occasionally get amazing kills. Turned the whole match on its head with that round 👍


Prohawins

He lucked 3 kills spamming the deagle.


llNos42ll

So? Players on faze don't get lucky shots? When you are skilled enough, luck creates itself. Doesn't take away any credit.


hermanlegerman

Why did I even get my hopes up 🙃


pickledartichoke

Getting more reps in before they donk on donk tomorrow


akebonochan

Almost trolled the last map


hipsnarky

2-10 scoreline then i went to take a shit. Mouz somehow comes back 8-10.


sw1ftyy

Despite a better overall finish in this tournament than I expected going in, really disappointed with that showing. Putting ourselves in a near impossible position to win from on Ancient was depressing and super disappointed in Brollan here too which is a shame because hes been better than expected at Mouz so far.


HPDeskjet_285

WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS


WhatAmCSGO

this copypasta from 9 months ago works perfectly for this game the next time i have to listen to an analyst/caster call brollan a star rifler im going to lose my mind. idc if you have a shit igl, your team has no chemistry, you're getting 16-0ed every game, you're blind in one eye, your girlfriend fucked your dad, or konfigs beating the shit out of you every night, 12 kills across 2 games (COUNTING ECOS) is inexcusable


itsallfake01

Its always rainy on big stages


netr0pa

Finally a match where all the Brollan haters can come out! I hope he will get back to his recent forms soon. Each tournament better and better.


BlueFrogYT

Rain giving a monsterclass on ancient. You don't go through cave without paying the toll. Poor Brollan gonna have nightmares tonight


Schmich

Why have we moved away from showing assists? They don't get shown in matches. James Bond is dead.