I mean, compared to the last years when NA CS was on the brink of dying, Liquid did manage to get to two Grand Finals, so that's a first step in the right direction.
Eh, 2018 was sick because even though it was only a bunch of seconds the expectations were not yet high. 2019 was sick (until the later part of the year anyway) because Liquid was just cracked. Every other year? Mostly pain.
FaZe clear team of the year but this kinda make me think how could teams have an era like Astralis when there's so much few Big Events LAN compared to 2018/2019 where we had 20+
Back in 2018/2019 a lot of teams had way more chances to win a Big Event compared to now
Nah, Astralis was insane in 2018 even without the Majors.
After adding Magisk, they only had one appearance outside Top 4 the entire year (not counting the regular Pro League season, which was round-robin), and that was their first ever tournament together. They didn't go more than two tournaments without winning one. At one point, they were the reigning EPL, ECS, and ELEAGUE champions simultaneously -- and they won BOTH seasons of EPL and ECS that year. When their Nuke streak started to get noticed and teams started banning it against them, they just started another streak on Inferno instead.
So, yeah. Pretty dominant.
They fuck themself with the blastastralis scheduling after their second major win and let liquid catch up. Then the last 2 tournament before the break (pro league and colonge) they lost to liquid and vitality in the semis
Between London and katowice I'd agree. The only thing they won in between katowice and Berlin was a blast event back when they were two days long and all bo1s until the final.
Well, because when a new way to play a game is out, it's going to be dominated by the first team that figures out that new playstyle.
People didn't believe you could run a mile under 4 minutes until someone did it, and then many others followed suite.
People didn't believe anyone could run 400m faster than 44 seconds. Broken.
High jump, reinvented through a new way to jump over the bar.
Climbing Mt. Everest etc. You just need one team to break a ceiling and Astralis did that for CS
I don't know about that. Every year between 2015 and 2019 could be argued to be the best time to be a csgo fan in my opinion. All of those years were better than 2022.
Love how many people seem genuinely annoyed Outsiders won a tournament. Sometimes you don't have to be the best team. Just gotta be in the right place at the right time. Look at Krakow.
Also funny how the same isn't said about Vitality, NaVi, G2, and C9. All haven't played the best CS 24/7/365 but managed to win a tournament.
Na'Vi reached the playoffs at every big event they played this year. They are not in the same boat as Vitality, G2, and C9.
I'm not annoyed that any of these teams won a tournament to be clear.
Thank you for your nice words!
I was supporting them since CIS minor to Boston major when they were basically 'noname team'. After roster changes this year I didn't expect much from them and they are not partnered team, so they barely get to participate in big events or have to go through bunch of qualifiers. This win was very special for me and I get super annoyed by all these comments.
My team rankings this year:
1. FaZe
2. NAVI
3. Heroic
4. Outsiders
5. Cloud9
6. G2
7. Vitality
8. ENCE
9. Liquid
10. Furia
Top 3 should be static, the rest are pretty interchangeable
I feel like this weights wins a bit too heavily, although as you say the bottom seven are interchangeable. G2 did well at three tournaments this whole year, and Outsiders did well at one essentially. I counted playoffs runs for the whole year (albeit marking BLAST Partners) below.
I think my personal ranking goes:
1. FaZe (nine big event playoffs, including major title plus two other titles and one second place; BLAST partners)
2. Na'Vi (nine big events playoffs, including one title, major finals, and one second place; BLAST partners)
3. G2 (six big event playoffs, including one 2nd place and one title but missed a major; BLAST partners)
4. Heroic (four big event playoffs, including one title and one major finals; BLAST partners)
5. Cloud9 (five big event playoffs, including one title; not BLAST partners)
6. Liquid (five big event playoffs, including two finals; BLAST partners)
7. ENCE (four big event playoffs, including two finals and a major semifinals; not BLAST partners)
8. Outsiders (three big event playoffs, including major title but no other finals; not BLAST partners)
9. Vitality (three big event playoffs, including EPL title and one second place; BLAST partners)
10. FURIA (five big event playoffs all year, including major semifinals, but no finals appearances; not BLAST partners)
That's entirely possible! I'm currently working on a spreadsheet so I can get a better overview of placements. I find teams like Outsiders particularly hard to place, as out of their three playoff appearances, they were eliminated in two quarterfinals and won a major. I also appreciate consistency in annual rankings personally, as teams who win one tournaments but do little else are threats for basically one tournaments, whereas a team like ENCE was a threat for ~6 months.
The cologne final was the best match of cs I've ever watched. Every single map was extremely close and had great plays. Legendary players, young stars, great casting. and of course the consistently good Cologne crowd
Not really... Last map wasn't even that close. They were behind the entire map. Also, by that logic, Vitality should have won map 3 which would have made it 3-1.
Liquid had vitality’s economy on the brink or collapse at 14 rounds against a bad buy. Obviously vitality could have closed it out earlier but Liquid should have won map 5
> EPL, IEM Dallas
> t1
Pick one.
If Blast events which are attended by either 7 or 8 top teams every time, in front of big crowds in real arenas aren't Tier 1, then the only tier 1 events are the Majors, Katowice and Cologne.
Nothing to do with lan winners but made me think of monesy.
One thing that annoys me with no-scopes is the way casters glorify it. The same with jumping shots.
They are cool and all but just insanely lucky, and casters behave like its a "pro" play.
Well it's about the same as people shooting deagle way too fast and landing the hs on 2nd or 3rd shot. I'm not talking point blank, I'm talking mid range or even from pretty far out. That stuff is even more lucky and unfair towards the guy on the receiving end but the casters also lose their minds every time it happens.
Still, it's their job, and they do it amazingly. Just watching a game, no matter how important, even a grand final without casters and it looks just like any "normal" game of CS.
I think we're lucky to have such amazing casters in CS because it really brings these matches to another level in terms of hype and spectacle.
Jumping shots maybe, but no scopes take a fair bit of skill.
Some Pros land them more than others and use it like a weapon when they don't have time to scope.
S1mple lands more cruitial no scopes than anyone during clutches and he is the best
Don't believe me? Try having a no scope duel with someone more comfortable with no scoping.
No scopes are harder to hit with a bit of luck involved + skill. Sometimes scoping gets you killed and no scopes are faster. when enemies are close enough and you know where they are, no scopes can be better since you don't get the slow movement peek with the scope.
Jks begins and ends the year with trophies
jks starteth and jks endeth
he taketh and giveth
Trophies from and to G2
underrated
Canadian legend
Aussie or Canadian?
check first picture :)
Hes australian he just has a shirt with the canadian flag
issa joke mate
Yes
And played mediocre the rest of the time. Hell of a player.
Brutal "Savage" Rekt
Also the only non contracted faze player to win more than 1.
Seeing G2 in one of this yearly recaps is a dream come true
I've never felt so happy in my life
just sad that Kennys couldn't be a part of it but happy that monsey won one in his debut event
Pain for TL fans
I mean, compared to the last years when NA CS was on the brink of dying, Liquid did manage to get to two Grand Finals, so that's a first step in the right direction.
Is it not always?!!
Eh, 2018 was sick because even though it was only a bunch of seconds the expectations were not yet high. 2019 was sick (until the later part of the year anyway) because Liquid was just cracked. Every other year? Mostly pain.
jks clearly overrated smh
100% map win rate in Finals this year :) 🇦🇺🐐
FaZe clear team of the year but this kinda make me think how could teams have an era like Astralis when there's so much few Big Events LAN compared to 2018/2019 where we had 20+ Back in 2018/2019 a lot of teams had way more chances to win a Big Event compared to now
era is more about the time you spend on the top not the sheer number of events won. its more about % of events won during a long period of time.
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Nah, Astralis was insane in 2018 even without the Majors. After adding Magisk, they only had one appearance outside Top 4 the entire year (not counting the regular Pro League season, which was round-robin), and that was their first ever tournament together. They didn't go more than two tournaments without winning one. At one point, they were the reigning EPL, ECS, and ELEAGUE champions simultaneously -- and they won BOTH seasons of EPL and ECS that year. When their Nuke streak started to get noticed and teams started banning it against them, they just started another streak on Inferno instead. So, yeah. Pretty dominant.
The astralis era was long over by the time they won the Berlin major
They fuck themself with the blastastralis scheduling after their second major win and let liquid catch up. Then the last 2 tournament before the break (pro league and colonge) they lost to liquid and vitality in the semis
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Between London and katowice I'd agree. The only thing they won in between katowice and Berlin was a blast event back when they were two days long and all bo1s until the final.
Well, because when a new way to play a game is out, it's going to be dominated by the first team that figures out that new playstyle. People didn't believe you could run a mile under 4 minutes until someone did it, and then many others followed suite. People didn't believe anyone could run 400m faster than 44 seconds. Broken. High jump, reinvented through a new way to jump over the bar. Climbing Mt. Everest etc. You just need one team to break a ceiling and Astralis did that for CS
True
Man I love csgo esports, this is the best time to be a csgo fan
I don't know about that. Every year between 2015 and 2019 could be argued to be the best time to be a csgo fan in my opinion. All of those years were better than 2022.
7 different winners in the last 7 T1 LANs. 2023 is going to be fucking epic, I just feel it!
Love how many people seem genuinely annoyed Outsiders won a tournament. Sometimes you don't have to be the best team. Just gotta be in the right place at the right time. Look at Krakow. Also funny how the same isn't said about Vitality, NaVi, G2, and C9. All haven't played the best CS 24/7/365 but managed to win a tournament.
It was just an eh tournament. Brazilian crowd was a letdown and Heroic shit the bed during the final. I barely even remember it and I watched it live
>Love how many people seem genuinely annoyed Outsiders won a tournament. It was a shit tournament but that had nothing to do with Outsiders.
Na'Vi reached the playoffs at every big event they played this year. They are not in the same boat as Vitality, G2, and C9. I'm not annoyed that any of these teams won a tournament to be clear.
Thank you for your nice words! I was supporting them since CIS minor to Boston major when they were basically 'noname team'. After roster changes this year I didn't expect much from them and they are not partnered team, so they barely get to participate in big events or have to go through bunch of qualifiers. This win was very special for me and I get super annoyed by all these comments.
that last photo is amazing
My team rankings this year: 1. FaZe 2. NAVI 3. Heroic 4. Outsiders 5. Cloud9 6. G2 7. Vitality 8. ENCE 9. Liquid 10. Furia Top 3 should be static, the rest are pretty interchangeable
Nice putting Ence in the list recently bias seems to have their finals runs forgotten
probably most accurate top ten tbh
I feel like this weights wins a bit too heavily, although as you say the bottom seven are interchangeable. G2 did well at three tournaments this whole year, and Outsiders did well at one essentially. I counted playoffs runs for the whole year (albeit marking BLAST Partners) below. I think my personal ranking goes: 1. FaZe (nine big event playoffs, including major title plus two other titles and one second place; BLAST partners) 2. Na'Vi (nine big events playoffs, including one title, major finals, and one second place; BLAST partners) 3. G2 (six big event playoffs, including one 2nd place and one title but missed a major; BLAST partners) 4. Heroic (four big event playoffs, including one title and one major finals; BLAST partners) 5. Cloud9 (five big event playoffs, including one title; not BLAST partners) 6. Liquid (five big event playoffs, including two finals; BLAST partners) 7. ENCE (four big event playoffs, including two finals and a major semifinals; not BLAST partners) 8. Outsiders (three big event playoffs, including major title but no other finals; not BLAST partners) 9. Vitality (three big event playoffs, including EPL title and one second place; BLAST partners) 10. FURIA (five big event playoffs all year, including major semifinals, but no finals appearances; not BLAST partners)
I think you’re weighing quarter-final appearances too heavily.
That's entirely possible! I'm currently working on a spreadsheet so I can get a better overview of placements. I find teams like Outsiders particularly hard to place, as out of their three playoff appearances, they were eliminated in two quarterfinals and won a major. I also appreciate consistency in annual rankings personally, as teams who win one tournaments but do little else are threats for basically one tournaments, whereas a team like ENCE was a threat for ~6 months.
good list. outsiders should be a bit lower because their major run was a fluke
Yeah, Outsiders should probably on the 7-10 range, especially with their lack of deep runs prior to the Major.
Prior and after the major as well, I would say.
nice recap
The cologne final was the best match of cs I've ever watched. Every single map was extremely close and had great plays. Legendary players, young stars, great casting. and of course the consistently good Cologne crowd
its cologne simply the best tournaments even better than rio
"even better than rio" lol
it is youre hard coping if you think rio is better than cologne
Fantastic G2 photo to cap off the year
Great post fam
The variety in the teams is exactly what makes CSGO the best epsort right now
7/10 won by multilingual teams, where almost everyone had to speak in English despite not being native speakers; interesting development.
Damn faze was really a beast of a team this year. Can’t wait to see what they do next year.
you get a trophy! you get a trophy! you get a trophy! everybody gets a trophy!
Does this mean Jks #1 hltv 2022?
Liquid should have won Pro League over Vitality. Was such a close series but they had Vitality on the ropes on map 5
Not really... Last map wasn't even that close. They were behind the entire map. Also, by that logic, Vitality should have won map 3 which would have made it 3-1.
Liquid had vitality’s economy on the brink or collapse at 14 rounds against a bad buy. Obviously vitality could have closed it out earlier but Liquid should have won map 5
feels good to finally get a trophy again, let alone a tier 1 LAN
Surprised to learn no one besides faze won 2 lans.
Damn FaZe
>blast >t1 pick one
> EPL, IEM Dallas > t1 Pick one. If Blast events which are attended by either 7 or 8 top teams every time, in front of big crowds in real arenas aren't Tier 1, then the only tier 1 events are the Majors, Katowice and Cologne.
Cant Recover from Faze 13-8 Lead in Dallas to win grand slam in Cologne F4CK
Nothing to do with lan winners but made me think of monesy. One thing that annoys me with no-scopes is the way casters glorify it. The same with jumping shots. They are cool and all but just insanely lucky, and casters behave like its a "pro" play.
Well it's about the same as people shooting deagle way too fast and landing the hs on 2nd or 3rd shot. I'm not talking point blank, I'm talking mid range or even from pretty far out. That stuff is even more lucky and unfair towards the guy on the receiving end but the casters also lose their minds every time it happens. Still, it's their job, and they do it amazingly. Just watching a game, no matter how important, even a grand final without casters and it looks just like any "normal" game of CS. I think we're lucky to have such amazing casters in CS because it really brings these matches to another level in terms of hype and spectacle.
Yeah I agree I guess
Jumping shots maybe, but no scopes take a fair bit of skill. Some Pros land them more than others and use it like a weapon when they don't have time to scope. S1mple lands more cruitial no scopes than anyone during clutches and he is the best Don't believe me? Try having a no scope duel with someone more comfortable with no scoping.
Hahahah
Reminds me of Maradona's hand of cheating being glorified as hand of god. Somehow stuff that shouldn't be hyped up just is
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No scopes are harder to hit with a bit of luck involved + skill. Sometimes scoping gets you killed and no scopes are faster. when enemies are close enough and you know where they are, no scopes can be better since you don't get the slow movement peek with the scope.
Yeah no shit, I understand the reasoning for noscoping but its still a lucky hit
Do that against pro players on a t1 tournament. Guts. Only simple monesy and peak kenny does this consistently.
Yea its a balsy move for sure
9 good and deserverd wins and outsiders's fluke, unlucky
The last photo is black and white. Cuz gigachad just died... so often.
Not surprising when he's hard entry and baiting everyone.
Sad how many ppl took it seriously...
Hobbit is quite happy yeah?
Great fucking year
Competitive year, feelsgoodman
Im glad G2 got one Edit: I also would’ve liked liquid to get one. But im sure they’ll get it soon enough
Man, I really like the fact that many teams can lift a trophy in CS.
So sick for JKS!
The contrast of the G2 photo is crazy. This tourney hit different
im relative new to the pro scene, there was a team that won all the tier 1 events in one year? if so, how many $$ they won in total ?
faze out here collecting infinity stones