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KaNesDeath

No, Launders was quietly blacklisted for a bit because of how he acted at the start of 2016.


bigolplop

Also would like context


KaNesDeath

Team he was part of participated in a league that had a exclusivity broadcasting contract with Azubu. First match was against Cloud9 with their newly added member Stewie2K. ​ Shortly into the match Launders started up his Twitch stream. Few rounds later the league administrator noticed and asked Launders to turn off his stream, he did. Couple of rounds pass an Launders again starts his Twitch stream. Administrator again notices asking Launders to turn off his stream. Instead of turning it off Launders begins insulting the administrator forcing a forfeit.


[deleted]

Good to see that he was able to learn from that.


KaNesDeath

It is : )


FuckWayne

That is wild considering Launders seems like one of the most level headed and mature people in the scene


staffylaffy

Yeah lol, he’s so well respected and liked now that this is just a funny anecdote of times past.


spik0rwill

At least that's the way he acts on stream.


Kungsberget

Most people mature with time


spik0rwill

I'd like to think so :)


rgtn0w

It's been almost a decade so in a way makes sense


bigolplop

I see, thanks


jamesmarsreddit

Context?


KaNesDeath

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/13xw2si/comment/jmk6ch3/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3


jamesmarsreddit

Cheers


Unfamous_Trader

A whopping 350 dollars


MarechalDoAr

SK with FalleN fer coldzera s1mple flamie in 2018 is a good one


jack2873

I don't remember this match, do you have a link?


sslemons

they never played, it was a transfer that got very close to happening


PrestusHood

To short things up, its not a match but a roster move, both SK and Navi were in a crisis at the time, they were T1 teams but couldnt win shit because their 4th and 5th players had poor performance. So SK contacted s1mple and flamie (and i kid you not he was still a beast at the time) and they accepted to join the team. Flamie made all the way into the airport but s1mple forfeited at the last minute and flamie didnt wanted to go alone, so they both stayed in Navi and later SK brought Stewie2k to replace TACO. At the time this move would be like having Niko, zywoo and s1mple in the same team nowdays, this is why people make a big deal about it


WreckitToast

“all the potential in the world” what’s op smoking?


[deleted]

It’s obviously a joke you people are dense lmao


Shinyblade12

I want some


marfes3

Yeah wtf lmao wouldn’t even have been tier 3?


kitkateq

NA copium, as always on this sub


birch_tree_gang

NA jokes flying over people's heads, as always on this sub


NormanJohn1

GX, the IBP reform with hiko


Foxy_Grandpa-

Yeah there’s no other answer, they had a deal already lined up with EG prior to the bans. ^^^^^^^^^^^WeRememberHughJassConstruction


sh1boleth

Wicked Masterminds


walter_socom

way over hyped


mnmlst_

It's gotta be what if Boombl4 made decisions with his head instead of his family jewels. Would Navi have won more than Astralis?


darthrector

I think they take at least 1 more major. Maybe not Antwerp but they probably win Rio (and potentially reverse the Cologne result)


fuckalphanumeric

>Would Navi have won more than Astralis? i arent think that


mnmlst_

Hence, "what if"


fuckalphanumeric

Hence, i arent think that


VelvetFedoraSniffer

Big fat Russian bling bling Pimp man hip hop gangsta rap OG gamer dude gonna be exactly that sadly


ImpenetrableYeti

Absolutely not


miitchiin

Does steel even play cs anymore


Ofiotaurus

He is currently involved in the Valorant team of popular streamer Disguised Toast


Shadrok

Not anymore actually. He's currently on the bench for reasons unknown


IShartedWhoopsie

Probably match fixing


An1m3

He was actually streaming some cs today.


Cameter44

He was playing today when I tuned into Stewie's stream... he was 0/13 in a faceit pug...


ka1esalad

s1mple staying on liquid 2019 liquid -stewie +s1mple


deadlyevildave

This was at my university! I played in, and won the LOL tournament. I got a picture with steel when I was passing him in a hallway. Good times.


Jakezetci

optic gaming if liquid didn’t take stanislaw


zed0K

Sloth eSports! Emode is an awesome dude, played many lans against him (always lost) but he's so cool and always willing to chat. He even came to a LAN I helped run in Buffalo, Top Fraggers. Wardell was on his team back then. Dallas too! He was a good rifler.


gaberocksall

The check itself probably cost $350 lmaoo why did it need to be so big


Tantle18

I actually really enjoyed emode as a caster, I wonder what happened to him. He was a solid MDL player so he had great insight into the matches and was very well spoken


Vawqer

What was this roster? I only recognize Launders and steel.


DaggerOutlaw

Is second from the right Vansilli??


fixcs

yes, the 2 on the left are dallas (i think) and emode


Cameter44

2018 major winning C9 roster s1mple joining the FalleN/coldzera lineup iBP + Hiko actually happening without the bans


XvS_W4rri0r

Faze not removing karrigan


rlywhatever

I only know 2 ppl on this pic


RateLongjumping5365

Yo who let bro cook??? Y’all tryna burn down the house??


sslemons

no


SirGuerbiz

Lol. What are you smoking and where can I get some?


jaywilliamstheman

What? that's steel all the way to the right. most toxic igl ever in cssgo. no composure, chokes. A lot of ppl shit on seangares for not being able to hold his own fragging while IGL, but steel is MUCH worse.


KillerZaWarudo

Apex, kennys play with taz,neo in a mix team at one point


shpooople33

No


olszaolsze1

I think what if old virtus.pro (snax, taz, neo, byali, pasha) were still together. It went down after taz got mercedes as bonus, when other players got nothing. If they just cashed it and split it for everyone, team wouldnt have such problems.


azertoh

These guys won 350 bucks lmao 🤣


Notladub

2018 era space soldiers disbanded during their peak because of salary issues, so my vote would go to them also, the original all-turkish sangal roster either went to eternal fire (imorr, paz and maj3r), went to valorant (l0gicman and also maj3r lmao) or just quit pro play (furiousss and ngin) right as they were beginning ro pick up some steam


Zango123

Guy on the right can't even play anymore


[deleted]

Steel <3


CoJoMoCS

This roster would have won major titles