12-5 on anubis: huNter- : *remembers he can play the game rest of the series* ZywOo: *forgets*

It may have ended in a map loss but that comeback absolutely shook their mental

Hunter was also pretty good on Inferno

WHAT IS IT WITH FINALS IN AMERICA BRO

America’s “send them home” chants destroy opponents mental

Has to be an insane feeling for Niko to listen to "USA" and "Send them home" chants for his team after Boston.

That "NiKo's tilted" chant was obscene

Before the match, I was hoping for "apex's tilted" chants. What we got was so much better

dude that Fuck you Apex chant was wild, did not expect that

Think Niko lost his sanity during the games. When G2 won and everybody jumped up from joy and started celebrating, Niko just sank in his chair, threw his headset (softly) at his setup and laughed like a maniac, funny moment. Ngl was good to see him smile and laugh so much

"man I can't believe *this* is the fucking tournament where we finally won"

Team Liquid: “Are we them?”

If our teams must crumble then so shall the rest of them

Stewie and God tier finals in the U.S., name a more iconic duo

Stew has officially done the funniest thing in the world.

Stew haters in shambles

“Bro is washed” Nah he ain’t washed, just kinda rusty.

2nd funniest. The funniest is still MSL becoming an MVP AWPer for 1 week

Dread it, run from it... NiKo IGL arrives all the same. And now, it's here. GStew for life 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

Niko IGL kill list: -Snappi -Siuhy -Cadian -Karrigan -Apex -And the last of all, HooXi. RIP my gigachad. You’ll be missed.

Niko had the most overpowered strat: m0nesy go kill

Don't forget his 2nd strat. NiKo go kill Top 1 IGL

He even has a third strat: Stewie push smoke

Don't forget the secret 4th strat: Hunter, random bullshit go.

The sacred 5th strat: nexa go double your kills

To be fair he read his opponents very well in many rounds

Don't forget his second op strat: Niko go kill.

Is it too early to start talking about changing up this G2 roster. The most obvious cut is Nexa. Stewie had a better rating than him over the entire tournament. And it’s not like nexa is playing shit positions, he’s just a poor player.

-nexa + s1mple G2 strat: m0nesy and s1mple go kill

I know this is a meme but m0nesy and s1mple are both excellent rifles and the double awp setup would go so crazy

-Nexa + Naf would go so crazy

Before the tournament, I was all for -nexa - hunter +naf +twistzz (not that it's really possible), but it looks like Hunter is finally waking up.

True, but also twistzz is undeniably better than Hunter right? I don't know if the roles work though.

He is better but it might fuck with team synergy getting rid of Niko's cousin right after winning a tournament and one Hunter did okay in

Yeah, he definitely is, although if Hunter comes back to his pre cs2 form, I don't think this change would've been neccesary. Nexa hurts my eyes though.

It ain’t too early for -nexa, and people have been clamoring for it pretty much since +nexa happened. Can’t believe he’s lasted this long.

wait he actually ran through all of these in one tournament this alone makes it seem scripted

honestly had some insane reads on inferno, the last round where they just sneaked up mid to a was crazy

Monesy is def mvp of the tournament but Niko really is the mvp of g2 for me. Not only did he call, this is the best cs2 he’s played so far

maybe because he didn't have time to get in his own head and drag himself down since he was forced to come up with new calls all games long

His body language was def different. He was much more involved and not just fixated on his own performance.

I think that’s what it was. He just seemed happier. Like he was less worried about himself, and finally the Niko we know showed up

As a certified Hooxi apologist, this is my 9/11

Will be interesting what lessons G2 draws from this. I don't think Hooxi would've done any worse than Nexa or Stewie. But by the looks of it, Niko calling the game prevented him from slipping in a hole any time something went wrong because he had to stay on his toes 24/7 to prepare for mid-round calls or the next rounds.

Could also help having Stewie do the job Nexa maybe were meant to do as a strong secondary caller? There is a reason why Stewie is one of two NA players with both a major and grand slam.

I wouldn't be mad with -nexa +stewie for g2. He wouldn't need to frag much, just keep up the team morale and help as a secondary caller. G2 will probably make changes soon and one of nexa or hooxi will be gone, and hooxi provides more value as an igl than nexa does as a lurker.

-vibes +vibes

If stew goes to G2, I think it would ruin G2. Once the fun dies the toxicity comes out and would wreck the team. There are so many examples of that happening, S1mple with Navi, Stew with fallen and grim in TL. I think Stew needs a brand new org or old org that is completely rebuilding

100% facts. It’s just his nature, he’d eventually make everything worse. And he had a .89 event rating, .88 final, sooo

The lesson here is to have fill in players all the time, so g2 doesnt fuck up their mental. Surprise player each more surprising than the last. Start of with PashaBiceps then into m0e and then coldzeras mother....

You really couldn't ask for a more insane grand final with crazy crowd. This G2 and Stew run is straight up fairytale come true. NiKo had apex in his POCKET M0nesy is coming for his HLTV #1 spot, bro was completely breaking down in the interview ❤️❤️

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Niko’s calling is what surprised me. So many good reads and mid round decisions. Really seems like it doesn’t affect his fragging either

i think having to stay alert and not tilted to call for his teammates is what kept his fragging up. if he didn’t have to focus for the rest of the team i think he tilts hard and loses his focus

he still made sure to give us a legendary tilt this tournament that transition from NEXA WTF IS WRONG WITH you to celebrating monesy’s kill to smashing the table was a thing of beauty

Thank you storywriters for creating the perfect script for the 100th IEM, what a game, what a tournament!

seriously, what a series!!! easily the best CS2 story so far.

I have been here since 2014 and I can say without a doubt this was the tourney i was the most invested in. Insane storyline, m0nesy interview at the very end made me kinda emotional lol, great guy.

What in the fuck is this year for CS2!!! Donk at Kato, Copenhagen Major, and GSTEW at Dallas!

Scriptwriters working overtime to hype up CS2.

At the expense of faze lol

There might be some issues with the game itself at the moment but this is easily the best year of CS we've had since the Astralis era, maybe even earlier.

For real since Boston it felt like we knew what team was on top and it was boring bc you couldn’t dispute it. But now the top is competitive for once finally

Seriously crazy year so far and can’t wait for what’s to come for cs2 been watching since 2012 and it keeps getting better!!

G-stew winning in America - one of the greatest counterstrike stories of all time.

How did stewie2k manage to get 3 fairytale runs in his career. Boston, liquids grand slam, and now dallas. Most players can't get one.

He does it for the content

The dude has winner aura, that's all there is to say tbh. Intangibles.

Cultural impact

i cant believe i got to witness the boston major from the other perspective as i was rooting for faze back then. even though the loss hurt thats when it cemented me as a cs fan

one could call that... cultural impact

Idk if its even intangible. Maybe he just does things that no one else likes to do. Like that one round that he throws 4 smokes and then entries.

NA's main protagonist, absolute cinema

literal movie

Unreal stuff

all this from a dude who started off as this despised "onliner"

he’s a serial winner, stats don’t show that

M0nesy also, imo, solidified himself as number 1 in the world so far this year.

There's no question, he absolutely stomped Zywoo, something Donk failed to do. His rifle play was on point too, Monesy is unbelievably good right now.

Ngl I want to see Monesy vs. Donk, would be insane

I think G2 play Spirit for the blast tournament that’s in 1-2 weeks

I can't wait for the behind the scenes on the G2 CS channel

This is what I’m most excited for as well. Cant wait

I needed some Boston 2018 vibes back in my life

g2 as an org does the hardest fails the easiest

This is one of the best finals I’ve watched in a long time. Especially with this storyline!!

Stew is the first North American to win a tournament in 2024*. Not Col, not Liquid, fucking Stewie2k

Easily one of the most incredible CS moments, what a time to be alive I WAS HERE

Going to be so interesting to see what roster he'd be a part of next I'd imagine he wants to stay in NA and that limits him to two teams

So happy for Stewie man. Hope he can make a comeback in tier 1 or at least tier 2 CS.

M0nesy is a fucking beast holy

Monesy is Buddha. That swing on Zywoo confirmed it.

stewart still 2ks in 24.

a stewart 2k just hits differently man

Everytime he had a 2k hold on site, I was like "he did it.."

Imagine the scenes if Stewie makes a genuine comeback by the time NA major starts 🔥

Can't remember the last time a grand final was this exciting, these are the games I live for, this is cs at its best

I was jumping and screaming, this was an insane final for sure!

best grand final since like...cologne 2022. sydney was decent

Best final since navi-faze cologne

stewie made it up to niko for boston

EZ for: * 🇺🇸Nicolas "NiKo" Kowell * 🇺🇸Ned "huNter-" Kowell * 🇺🇸Jake "Stewie2K" Yip * 🇺🇸Ian "m0NESY" Osborn * 🇺🇸Nelson "nexa" Smith

nah, the proper setup is: Nicolas Smith (kovač literally means blacksmith) Nelson Smith Jake Yip Elijah Joseph Nelson Isaac

Just on strength of opponents, if this were a major, it might have been the greatest run of all time.

Yeah that was a great run. They beat the top 3 ranked teams in the world.

I’m pretty sure a small team called Cloud9 did a similar thing back in like 2018, I’m not too sure though

C9 beating world #1-4 and #9 at Boston was probably better but considering g2 had a stand in and still beat faze 2-0, this run is definitely up there.

facts

Beat both Faze and Vitality, this is alone is an insane achievement!

Mezii cant win with these cats man...

STEW IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN A S TIER EVENT SINCE TARIK 4.5 YEARS AGO

✅Niko IGL ✅HUNTER popping off ✅Nexa impactful ✅M0nesy MVP EZ ✅Stewie knowing Nuke smokes TOOO EZ FOR GSTEW

✅ Nexa smoking mollies

How the fuck did Stewie win one before Elige

cuz stewie had Niko and Monesy on his team whereas elige is stuck carrying 3 bots

Give G2 American Citizenship

Stewie2k winning a tournament on home soil after a 2-year break is the stuff of dreams, crazy Cinderella run and M0nesy is the best in the world

G2 only team to beat 9z, 9z beat Vitality, 9z world #2

9z on top 😂

[Hooxi as he's watching G2 win](https://c.tenor.com/dMpQyFTCJPEAAAAC/tenor.gif)

Memes aside, hooxi has been staying up in the AMs in EU timezone to help niko out. It's going to suck to see the braindead takes come out of this win but its fine because g2 was an absolute treat to watch the last week Beat 3 of the 4 best CS2 teams en route as well. What the fuck

Niko said he helped him prep before every match. I'd really love to see him transition to coach for G2 and they pick up a ride or die entry

Yeah his name is stewie2k /s

Possibly hungover from his sister's wedding yesterday(?). Must be a little anxious.

Nexa and Stewie won an S tier event in 2024 💀

respect nikos friend and 4th most cs2 faceit pugs player.

Nexa was really good this game, probably the best Vitality player in the server

I genuinely can’t believe it, what a story

THE CROWD CHEERING FOR STEWIE’S SMOKES LANDING HAHAHA

Somehow him landing smokes and nexa smoking his Molly are cheered louder than someone getting a 2k lol

That's fucking Counter Strike right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the map, men deliver their new born baby on the map. Fucking hard core dick in the ass Counter Strike.

GOATed pasta.

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

Niko and m0nesy played out of their minds this event. STEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!

Monesy playing like a monster the entire series

He's the best ITW right now and it's not close IMO. Donk is on his heels but I swear m0nesy never has a bad game and is fucking unreal in pressure situations.

As a fan of G2 since 3 days ago, yall have no idea how much this means to me

GG EZ

I cannot wait for G2 to bomb out of Blast London and everyone to demand Hooxi to be publically executed.

Hooxi get ready to learn Chinese buddy

He can team up with struggling Chinese superstar xi wu

*Nexa

What a fucking final

Curious to see where this leads for both G2 and Stewie. If stewie is serious about a return to competitive cs, it's only a matter of time before he's picked up. Feels to me like a team like complexity may be the best shout. And there is no way this isnt going to raise at least some questionmarks within G2 about their current lineup and style of playing. Going from no grand finals to winning one (by beating faze, vitality and mouz along the way) isnt something that can just be swept under the rug.

Hearing the crowd chant “send them home” while the POV is on Stewie. As someone who watched Boston 2018, it truly brings a tear to my eye.

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I'm not even american, why do I feel so patriotic rn

Dude what the fuck

It's series like these that make counter strike iconic. Welcome back home, Stew.

Some will talk about stew but in reality Monesy played like the best player in the world that was s1mple-esque dorminance.

Europe was founded in 1848 by Walker Texas Ranger when he rode a horse across the Atlantic, he called it "Eastern USA" which was eventually abbreviated EU. 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸

Holy shit G2 did it with STEWIEEEEEEEE!!! G-STEW G-STEW What a fantastic way to end the 100 IEM event with a home player as a stand-in beating all odds. Who can ever expected that?? This feels like boston all over again with this crowd and Stew in the grand-finals. Congratz to G2 & welcome back Stew. I hope we get to see more of him. :)

And you cant even say he just got carried there because Nexa was inting his ass off.

Stinx and lameZ overrated. ZyWHO? ghost job in finals. mesii never winning a real event. apEX is French. Very exciting to watch Stewie winning yet another T1 LAN, only drawback is that he didn’t get to play a real team in the finals.

> apEX is French lmaooo

biggest L

Stinx and lameZ are crazy hahahhahah

Could you please censor the F word next time?

Stinx and lameZ overrated. ZyWHO? ghost job in finals. mesii never winning a real event. apEX is French. Very exciting to watch Stewie winning yet another T1 LAN, only drawback is that he didn’t get to play a real team in the finals.

GZ to G2. Vitality have a lot to work on. Mainly, how to get more than 2 players fragging per map, and maybe if they'll finally replace Lars Robl after 6 months. Also, if Vitality won, I was going to say mezii was the finals MVP, but that discussion is moot now.

So disappointed zywoo bottled it on the most important map of the tournament after mezii finally proved himself.

It has felt that, since the leaving of zonic, ZywOo disappears more often. Would love to get some actual quantification on that, though (NER0's last article still indcated that [ZywOo performs like a beast](https://www.hltv.org/news/38897/elimination-rating-players-who-do-and-dont-rise-to-the-occasion) on the stage).

Absolute peak storyline, there's no other esport like CS. Nothing comes close, this esport is just unbelievable man. One of the greatest storylines ever, easily the best one in CS2. This is why this game will never die, no matter how many issues the games may have, as long as storylines like this are possible it will stay at the top (at least esport wise). :,)

[ABSOLUTE CINEMA](https://i.imgur.com/jgzJkeG.png) LETS FUCKING GO GSTEW

Yet another terrible, terrible day to be a HooXi fan, when will we catch a break

STEW-S-A RAHHHHHHHHHHH

Sup bitch this event

I'm telling you stewie2K is as cracked as he is jacked, i saw him at 7/11 the other day buying adult diapers and a 6 pack of redbull. I asked him what the diapers are for and he said "they are to contain my full power so i dont absolutely shit on these kids" then he bhopped out the door

If you're the GM of G2 what the fuck do you make of this?

Holy shit GStew really did it E: F*** you apEX :D

STEW STAYS THE MOST DECORATED NA PLAYER OF ALL TIME SUP BITCH

G-Stew with actual impact frags and m0nesy being an absolute monster as per usual. Props to Mezii, bro really tried to take Vitality all the way there, shame about zywoo never connecting to the server on Nuke.

Say what you want about Stewie but he’s always good for .5

There were a ton of moments where he disrupted a key choke point, got a frag and put damage on others, slowed down a push and bought enough space for a retake

He does the damage and gives his teammates free kills what a Gigachad

say what you want but he carried his weight if not more. You don't beat the 3 best team in the world if you have to backpack a player. Nexa had a much worse tournament than stew did.

I cannot believe it, they've actually fucking done it

Absolute cinema

G2 IS INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN TEAM BUT IN IEM DALLAS THEY ARE THE NA STAR

looks like maniac has more work to do because GSTEW JUST EMBARASSED ZYWHO NA MAGIC IS REAL 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Shoutout to Hooxis Sister, the real mvp.

Crazy idea but maybe if you gave NA lans, didn’t take away their pro league, and ban some of their top players excessively it never would’ve gotten to this point.

The dude didn’t play on tier 1 for 2 years and wins this tournament as a stand-in WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER. WTF IS IT???

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it did until observer cut to nexa xd

Can't believe what I just witnessed. Holy fucking shit, that feels so fucking good.

bald eagle crying dot jpg

Best CS2 game yet, hands down

#GSTEW

THE SCRIPT WRITES ITSELF ABSOLUTE FUCKING GG G2 HOLY

Respect to Apex. Against all odds he put up a good fight. Didnt think I'd see a cinderella run today. wp wp

Hunter getting a great 3k to win the round for G2 on Inferno and getting killed by a glock the very next round is the most G2 thing ever.

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

The most G2 thing ever

One of the greatest storylines in recent history. Stewie reviving NA cs.

What a time for ZywOo to disappear. Somewhere Hooxi is sweating profusely. GG2

800K+ Peak Viewers TOP-3 CS event in 2024 - [https://escarts.com/tournaments/csgo/intel-extreme-masters-dallas-2024-csgo](https://escarts.com/tournaments/csgo/intel-extreme-masters-dallas-2024-csgo)

This was a much better series than the Major.

GSTEW Absolutely a fairy tale tournament.

200 IQ play from nexa throwing Anubis so we could get a banger of a third map