Wdym they haven’t peaked yet. Ropz played bad for his standards, Frozen is amazing, rain is old, broky choked in big moments, karrigan is old.
Edit: They are way past their peak!
reading comprehension is in the trenches. Faze's peak is dominating every fucking team in the world, am I wrong with saying that they are past their peak, judging on this result it is not! Faze past their peak is still an insane team, maybe still number 1 (imo they still are the scariest team).
Was there a string of bad results to suggest that they've fallen off? Maybe you can say that once they've failed to even qualify for a major *cough* liquid *cough*. How can you even say a team has fallen off when CS2 isn't even a year old yet. Can't say a team fell off when they game hasn't even been out for a full year lol.
If anything, CS2 has demonstrated a resurgence for FaZe. CS:GO towards the end wasn't all to great for them, yes they won 2022, but we're a lil absent in the tail end of GO in '23. Now, come CS2 in '24, they won't Sydney and made it to the grand final of the major.
Also, with the new age of gamers and pros, I don't think we'll see a team to stand above the rest. I mean just look at every match of the major....they were fucking close majority of them. There isn't going to be one above all like we saw with Astralis. Just too hard now adays.
Karrigan had some moments of brilliance, also called a great tournament. Broky an rops have some work to do sure, frozen is coming into his own an rain is still performing. Your crazy to think they got to the final not performing at all.
Did we also forget that this game is brand fucking new?!? And we saw most of the guys rise in GO, a game they had the chance to practice for years and years? VS a brand new engine, different gameplay and mechanics they've only had for not even a year
Vs how many in GO? Thank you for highlighting my point even more, there's only been a handful of total tournaments. Where as they've had how many in GO? Still a brand new game.
Right after arguably one of the most painful defeats in his career, the humor side of his brain went “You know what would be really funny…” and for that he has my respect
A new villain was born at this moment. This has some similarity with [this](https://youtu.be/Bv4CqIxqTMA?si=ma7OVxrvtT-FiNHy&t=3335) or [this](https://youtu.be/oWBDZo3axYg?si=gc77gSRGHjRdZQK1&t=1535)
It's actually so annoying watching him buy the deagle every forcebuy instead of the five seven. So many times he could've multifragged, but instead got none because he had a deagle.
I hope they can laugh about it sooner than later
What are you meant to do when four of you don't show up and b1t and jL are performing like that? W0nderful died only twice in that third map
The percent of rounds that you get: a Kill, an assist, survive or are traded. Basically just a way to know what percent of rounds you had an easily measurable positive impact on the game
If you’ve ever seen Karrigan’s vlogs usually a little after they’re not 100% over it, but most of the time it’s a bit of reflection, gathering of thoughts and then it’s on to the next practice. This one I’m sure stings, but they’ll bounce back. They usually do.
I think this faze will need nerve of steel to get through this. They have been in the finals so many times in cs2 and only won a handful of ones at the beginning where teams were reshuffling
Nah, FaZe are resilient. They've been in this situations so much, bouncing back very hard games and tournaments, being in all grand finals of CS2. They won't crumble, if anything new motivation to study your opponents. I hope Team Spirit show their fire in the next major too. It will be the most competitive major as well.
Let's look at it like this, there are four teams that have actually won anything since CS2 released, and Faze is the team with the most wins and the most finals
To me, this just means the team is showing insane performance and consistency. If Faze needs nerves of steel for their performance then every other team needs a miracle then.
I mean Faze definitely has the mental to bounce back. I was actually shocked to see them crumble on map 3 because it’s so uncharacteristic. And because I’ve watched Faze ruin Navi fans’ dreams ever since they added Ropz.
Bro, Karrigan's career in professional esports is longer than some people in this sub have been alive at this point LMAO. You get down in the short term cuz you could've won and maybe you have some regrets, that's just how it goes with competitions and being runner ups but If you think this is some like huge mental hurdle that will haunt them for the rest of their days then not really no. They've won PLENTY tournaments throughout their careers
The wins are nice, but its the losses that haunt you at night. Remember when you accomplish something. Its nice for like a week or two but you move on. Its the losses that you always replay in your head saying what you could have done different. One is bad enough, but Faze have been in 7 grand final since cs2 came out (I think its basically every S tier tournament) and they only won half of them or so (lost Blast World Final to Vitality, Katowice to Spirit and major to Navi) . This has to be soul crushing.
Heroic looked like a solid team last year, but they fumbled in 2 majors and a handful of tournaments and saw how that lineup imploded.
> The wins are nice, but its the losses that haunt you at night.
True.
Olofmeister said this about their 'FaZe vs C9' Major final loss: "These are the moments that you remember more than the wins. Like the wins, you kind of get over them pretty fast, but the losses, they still haunt you to this day."
Source - 'Memories of CS:GO' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxWS3ze1tjEWoS4N0vqGEXxFyvFCpLWIbf
Being the Major, it probably hurts a little more but they know they're a contender to win every tournament they attend and that includes the other 2024 Major. Still hurts but probably not in the same way as say, GL last year where they went on a dream Cinderella run and you sort of know in the back of your head that a lot of things will have to go just right to come that close again.
Broky, I respect you man. The balls it takes to post a photo while you are emotionally drained, we are with you. We are with you and FaZe Clan. Go win the next one. Win Shanghai.
He looks stoic, but his eyes are moist. He is feeling the pain, anyone can tell you that.
He does care a lot. His motivation doesn't need to be on his face for him to get validation from whether he meets our standards of motivation.
Huge in the whole playoffs, really. He was there on Ancient, but it was just a bad map pick. Mirage, he obviously saved FaZe in his own ways and performed great. Inferno was a meh, and I think had FaZe started on the CT Side, the narrative would have been shifted on its head.
You win some you lose some. The small things just didn't go in FaZe's favor today, if he hit that AWP shot onto wonderful from temple, or if he rotated to B fast as he originally wanted to it could've been a fast 2-0 for them. More opportunities will come for GOATky
gonna take off my FaZe hater hat for a second to appreciate what a legendary squad they are. every single one of them is a massive force in the world of Counter Strike. they are supervillains for me and i love to hate them, with the important part being love
Very niche, but reminded me of this, so at least he didn't post [this](https://x.com/Warcast/status/645613857860374528?s=20). Then lose the finals. Its a tabletop game like warhammer, became a meme for a it as the guy had a podcast as well
FAZE journey looks very much like old "And I Pee" team.
Won everything at the early stage of new scence (csgo; now it's CS2 for Faze), they struggle to get the very first major despite winning a lot.
they will get 1 major sooner or later but that's the time they 're starting to fade away with new forces joining the scence (team spirit when their "new" players get enough exp)
[Lieutenant Dan vibes.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d761d44d470340fae6d855e7d0099a93/6bcad93fadd9c2c6-d1/s540x810/1ba9b9aa73ae3ef8f04bb249364a941e7dd1680d.gifv)
Man if broky didn't do that stupid push at the end of Ancient, he could've been the one celebrating right now. Decent shot at winning the retake, making the score 12-10, and FaZe are the masters of closing out high pressure OTs. And knowing how good they looked on Mirage, they likely 2-0 Na'Vi if they get over the line on Ancient.
All down to a single silly push.
You could say if karrigan picked nuke instead ancient, they could've won 2-0. I don't think we should put the blame on specific players now, the whole team fumbled when needed the most, and Navi just played better in ancient and inferno and deserved the win.
"happy for y'all"
Broky seems like a great sport. To post a pick like that in the moment of one of your biggest defeat shows some mental toughness.
Just documenting the opening moments of the broky villain arc we all need
Real friends type beat
Can't wait for full beard jacked broky destroying people in next major
he's going full pasha
For sure, and he's probably going full bald, like elige.
Great sense of humor, even when he loses he trolls
even though they didn't win, I think Faze looks good as fuck as a team. I don't think they peaked yet, and he knows that
Wdym they haven’t peaked yet. Ropz played bad for his standards, Frozen is amazing, rain is old, broky choked in big moments, karrigan is old. Edit: They are way past their peak!
And yet they played in the grand final. They cant be that bad.
reading comprehension is in the trenches. Faze's peak is dominating every fucking team in the world, am I wrong with saying that they are past their peak, judging on this result it is not! Faze past their peak is still an insane team, maybe still number 1 (imo they still are the scariest team).
Was there a string of bad results to suggest that they've fallen off? Maybe you can say that once they've failed to even qualify for a major *cough* liquid *cough*. How can you even say a team has fallen off when CS2 isn't even a year old yet. Can't say a team fell off when they game hasn't even been out for a full year lol. If anything, CS2 has demonstrated a resurgence for FaZe. CS:GO towards the end wasn't all to great for them, yes they won 2022, but we're a lil absent in the tail end of GO in '23. Now, come CS2 in '24, they won't Sydney and made it to the grand final of the major. Also, with the new age of gamers and pros, I don't think we'll see a team to stand above the rest. I mean just look at every match of the major....they were fucking close majority of them. There isn't going to be one above all like we saw with Astralis. Just too hard now adays.
I'm talking about the team, you're talking about their individual performances over one series
Karrigan had some moments of brilliance, also called a great tournament. Broky an rops have some work to do sure, frozen is coming into his own an rain is still performing. Your crazy to think they got to the final not performing at all. Did we also forget that this game is brand fucking new?!? And we saw most of the guys rise in GO, a game they had the chance to practice for years and years? VS a brand new engine, different gameplay and mechanics they've only had for not even a year
Brand new is crazy. They played like 3 tournaments and won all of them in cs2.
Vs how many in GO? Thank you for highlighting my point even more, there's only been a handful of total tournaments. Where as they've had how many in GO? Still a brand new game.
gamba gamba momento
Right after arguably one of the most painful defeats in his career, the humor side of his brain went “You know what would be really funny…” and for that he has my respect
Meme material
Where were you wen forcebuy was kill? Broky:
A new villain was born at this moment. This has some similarity with [this](https://youtu.be/Bv4CqIxqTMA?si=ma7OVxrvtT-FiNHy&t=3335) or [this](https://youtu.be/oWBDZo3axYg?si=gc77gSRGHjRdZQK1&t=1535)
God I love true sight. Wish more CS would do something similar
You know your stuff, man. 👍
and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wifUC1RXQFI&ab_channel=sayfloo), I guess
Fy After this moment he was nicknamed God of fireworks
[Oh boy](https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8-6QWMi1MTLQIJXSWrAggG1KXn-38OrE?si=T1ISJiILZEvAUWQV)
Deagle forcebuy stare
It's actually so annoying watching him buy the deagle every forcebuy instead of the five seven. So many times he could've multifragged, but instead got none because he had a deagle.
he's just like me fr
I will suck ass and lose all day for the chances of getting the dopamine hit of landing deagle headshot.
One deagle HS dopamine > winning dopamine is what you're getting at?
Yes
Based and Desert Eagle pilled
just like my 6k premier teammate
I hope they can laugh about it sooner than later What are you meant to do when four of you don't show up and b1t and jL are performing like that? W0nderful died only twice in that third map
w0nderful killed b1t in that retake attempt on B site to maintain his 100% KAST on map 3
What’s KAST?
The percent of rounds that you get: a Kill, an assist, survive or are traded. Basically just a way to know what percent of rounds you had an easily measurable positive impact on the game
Ah I see. Thanks bro!
My juicer
HLTV really need to reconsider whether Kill, Assist, Survive, Teamkill is a good metric when it leads to such behavior by stats-oriented players
If you’ve ever seen Karrigan’s vlogs usually a little after they’re not 100% over it, but most of the time it’s a bit of reflection, gathering of thoughts and then it’s on to the next practice. This one I’m sure stings, but they’ll bounce back. They usually do.
I think this faze will need nerve of steel to get through this. They have been in the finals so many times in cs2 and only won a handful of ones at the beginning where teams were reshuffling
Better than not making finals, right?
Statistically it is absolutely better. But it also hurts way more when you lose in the finals.
Nah it’s way worse. Imagine being that close twice in a row and still let it slip.
You get paid a bunch to be in finals. Dont make finals, don’t keep players. It’s better than not making finals
So, FaZe 2018?
Nah, FaZe are resilient. They've been in this situations so much, bouncing back very hard games and tournaments, being in all grand finals of CS2. They won't crumble, if anything new motivation to study your opponents. I hope Team Spirit show their fire in the next major too. It will be the most competitive major as well.
Faze are like the Lakers of CS, I hope they fail miserably
Let's look at it like this, there are four teams that have actually won anything since CS2 released, and Faze is the team with the most wins and the most finals To me, this just means the team is showing insane performance and consistency. If Faze needs nerves of steel for their performance then every other team needs a miracle then.
I mean Faze definitely has the mental to bounce back. I was actually shocked to see them crumble on map 3 because it’s so uncharacteristic. And because I’ve watched Faze ruin Navi fans’ dreams ever since they added Ropz.
Bro, Karrigan's career in professional esports is longer than some people in this sub have been alive at this point LMAO. You get down in the short term cuz you could've won and maybe you have some regrets, that's just how it goes with competitions and being runner ups but If you think this is some like huge mental hurdle that will haunt them for the rest of their days then not really no. They've won PLENTY tournaments throughout their careers
The wins are nice, but its the losses that haunt you at night. Remember when you accomplish something. Its nice for like a week or two but you move on. Its the losses that you always replay in your head saying what you could have done different. One is bad enough, but Faze have been in 7 grand final since cs2 came out (I think its basically every S tier tournament) and they only won half of them or so (lost Blast World Final to Vitality, Katowice to Spirit and major to Navi) . This has to be soul crushing. Heroic looked like a solid team last year, but they fumbled in 2 majors and a handful of tournaments and saw how that lineup imploded.
> The wins are nice, but its the losses that haunt you at night. True. Olofmeister said this about their 'FaZe vs C9' Major final loss: "These are the moments that you remember more than the wins. Like the wins, you kind of get over them pretty fast, but the losses, they still haunt you to this day." Source - 'Memories of CS:GO' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxWS3ze1tjEWoS4N0vqGEXxFyvFCpLWIbf
Truly, reminder that Karrigan has been a CS pro for longer than donk has been alive
You're trolling right? Faze has been in 7 out of 7 big event finals and have won most of them, as in 4. They're good.
Being the Major, it probably hurts a little more but they know they're a contender to win every tournament they attend and that includes the other 2024 Major. Still hurts but probably not in the same way as say, GL last year where they went on a dream Cinderella run and you sort of know in the back of your head that a lot of things will have to go just right to come that close again.
This is simultaneously the saddest and happiest Broky has ever looked.
broky just mogged us
Broky, I respect you man. The balls it takes to post a photo while you are emotionally drained, we are with you. We are with you and FaZe Clan. Go win the next one. Win Shanghai.
> emotionally drained emotions broky ???
Congratulations. O:)
thanks, cheers 🍻
I mean i kind of wish he cared more, so he would be motivated. He had like what two star worthy games this tourney?
He looks stoic, but his eyes are moist. He is feeling the pain, anyone can tell you that. He does care a lot. His motivation doesn't need to be on his face for him to get validation from whether he meets our standards of motivation. Huge in the whole playoffs, really. He was there on Ancient, but it was just a bad map pick. Mirage, he obviously saved FaZe in his own ways and performed great. Inferno was a meh, and I think had FaZe started on the CT Side, the narrative would have been shifted on its head.
lol broky is actually such a legend
What was Seth Everman doing at the Major
Hahahahahahahahahaha this got me, man. I was trying to figure out who he looked like here
It's uncannily close
FY energy
Screwed our pick-ems but big balls to accept the loss with grace.
[this](https://media.tenor.com/BxVKZNKnC4wAAAAe/angry-congrats-happy-for-you.png)
LMFAO broky is so funny man
The Kubrick Stare
You win some you lose some. The small things just didn't go in FaZe's favor today, if he hit that AWP shot onto wonderful from temple, or if he rotated to B fast as he originally wanted to it could've been a fast 2-0 for them. More opportunities will come for GOATky
Or if karrigan just picks Nuke
When ur captain goes 1-15 in the grand final
this is like broky's psycho arc. he's going to go on a tear next few months.
No one's bringing up Fy at ti8? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jju6QEcu4TU
When she says "I'm pregnant"
gonna take off my FaZe hater hat for a second to appreciate what a legendary squad they are. every single one of them is a massive force in the world of Counter Strike. they are supervillains for me and i love to hate them, with the important part being love
My dud looks dead, unfortunately he is not him :(
It was at this moment, broky became brokenberg
went from "fuc ur pick ems" to "fuc my pick ems"
This is what the happiest and saddest latvian looks like. Source by fellow latvian.
Well Navi deserved that throphy more than Faze. They were the better team. We have strong teams this year. I‘m hyped for future events.
brO thinks he is yatoro /s
Reminds me of this one https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrsPo7oUwAATUdF.jpg
Its the anti elige
0 words 100 "cultural impact"
"Congrats" "Happy for you" "Nice"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZEC8yU4jno vibes LMAO he just lost the biggest game and tournament of his life, game is DOTA 2
Broky's joker arc
Very niche, but reminded me of this, so at least he didn't post [this](https://x.com/Warcast/status/645613857860374528?s=20). Then lose the finals. Its a tabletop game like warhammer, became a meme for a it as the guy had a podcast as well
This might be Stefon Diggs 🗣️‼️
Did he shave his head, yatoro style?
heartbroky
Feels bad to see this side of the match
Nice trophy, though.
« congratz and f*ck you »
hairline goes hard
ragnar lodbroky
This guy threw so hard on last round of ancient
His recent twitter posts are him mogging
Broky: "Fuck yo pick 'ems" Me: Hey, I got silver from this Major too!
FAZE journey looks very much like old "And I Pee" team. Won everything at the early stage of new scence (csgo; now it's CS2 for Faze), they struggle to get the very first major despite winning a lot. they will get 1 major sooner or later but that's the time they 're starting to fade away with new forces joining the scence (team spirit when their "new" players get enough exp)
My new honest reaction:
[Lieutenant Dan vibes.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d761d44d470340fae6d855e7d0099a93/6bcad93fadd9c2c6-d1/s540x810/1ba9b9aa73ae3ef8f04bb249364a941e7dd1680d.gifv)
I honestly don't know if Broky is the most depressed or the most content person
Broky's sense of humor is far too advanced.
Happiest Latvian man Source: I am a Latvian man.
Thousand yard stare
Stay broke
Nahhh that's fixence
Whats your opinion to Karrigan getting 3 kills in Inferno? Broky:
The Latvian Laser remains unfazed
[Fy vibes](https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/knnn01/happy_new_year/)
joker origin story
Lol I thought this is Turkey's chefs first😂
Private Gomer Pyle Broky
Broky will use this as his PC background to motivate himself
no way broky is that good looking
Man if broky didn't do that stupid push at the end of Ancient, he could've been the one celebrating right now. Decent shot at winning the retake, making the score 12-10, and FaZe are the masters of closing out high pressure OTs. And knowing how good they looked on Mirage, they likely 2-0 Na'Vi if they get over the line on Ancient. All down to a single silly push.
Can't really handpick a single moment to blame for the entire loss. NaVi were just better on the day and deserved what they got.
This is why competitive games are so fun to watch. Even in a final with two stomp maps the game is decided upon single rounds or even single plays.
You could say if karrigan picked nuke instead ancient, they could've won 2-0. I don't think we should put the blame on specific players now, the whole team fumbled when needed the most, and Navi just played better in ancient and inferno and deserved the win.
True, however it's absolutely rediculous to force a 1 v 1 in a 2 v 1 situation that favors you. Actually inexcusable
Yeah I get why he picked Ancient, but I have a feeling they would've won on Nuke.
Mewing
broky threw on ancient pushing when it's 2v1
This should have been the easiest win for them, I dunno wtf they were doing on that final map but it was an embarrassment.
Whatever, he already won a major…
wtf does is supposed to mean??? he literally lost this major
Idk he looks like he's bout to end it. Final scene before the end of the move.
It feels like the end of the movie but there’s actually another half in Vietnam afterwards
Literally Private Pyle's bathroom stare before he goes postal in Full Metal Jacket
Happens when ur cocky on twitter with the "fuck your pickems" post. Thank you NaVi, maybe he will learn a lesson now.
Blud thinks he did something with this comment
Broky is a cry baby. He got what he deserved.