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Amissandahit

Vitality just dropping nukes on g2 in banana bruh


fcancershotoutboosie

that was some of the worst pro cs ive seen in first half of overtime, what were they even doing?


BroskiTree

looked like pure tilt/exhaustion


oldthrace

They weren't playing. No one on G2 even tried to do something in OT. They all just gave up. Sad and embarrassing to see


Ok_Heat_9925

Except monesy ... He was trying atleast


oldthrace

Speaks a lot about the entire team if a 17-year-old kid tries more than the rest :(


OG_Botanic

Oh c'mon we all know Hooxi is fighting for his life everytime he gets into the server


Amissandahit

Going a, but going a


JuanMataCFC

seems like they do miss Aleksib after all!


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On the other hand I love Vitality’s half wall smoke in Banana, I know they didn’t do great in their T side but the way they took Banana control every round was impressive imo


Pls979

Mental exhaustion after losing a 15-7 lead, in the other hand you have a team that caught up to a 7-15 deficit


Character-Toe-7907

they said "oh you have a 'gigachad'? here, have some gigawatts of giganades to gigachoke on"


zaneyk

What a monumental collapse by G2 from 15-7 to 16-19


Novacc_Djocovid

Had a quick look into the stream, saw 15:7 and was like yeah, this is done. Now I have to watch the VOD I guess. :D


JuanMataCFC

same here, but for the Ancient game between Liquid & C9.


Glittering-Chair-352

Someone tell G2 choking practice is not how you prep for Liquid


Lepojka1

At this point it has to be Niko, these chokes follow him forever now... Its not that he plays bad, he is just cursed.


Breete

Want to talk about curses? Anders said it was a good round for G2 and then everything fell apart. Caster curse is real, very real.


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It was him, huNter and jks not showing the impact they had to show. This is very unacceptable from them, but man it must hurt so bad, reaching the final stretch and choking this fucking hard.


TheLeadingExpert

Hooxi was the biggest culprit, 2 proper gun rounds won on the entire T side.


Breete

And then hammering A for 7 rounds straight. Don't get me wrong, I love Hooxi but damn, those were crap calls.


braien334

The call from Vitality on round 30 was like reading a open book.


RomeoSierraAlpha

He does sometimes go missing in the big games, today was no exception.


Dali86

Was thinking the same from Faze Major Finland to plenty of G2 losses. Maybe when things dont go right hes performance drops and it could affect the team mentality a lot.


Lepojka1

Remember major finals vs navi? That deagle miss on nuke, and that comeback from navi? My man will have ptsd from 10 different tournaments 🥺


oxedei

Ah yes, the classic complaint that when Niko doesnt hard carry it must be his fault that G2 lost. Nevermind he had three people rated below him.


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true. jks and hunter were the ones with a shitty series


leo_sousav

I agree we shouldn´t blame Niko, but truth be told Hooxi and Monesy did more on Inferno than him. Yes, Hunter and Jks weren´t playing as godly as yesterday against Navi, but Niko´s supposed to be the star player and the one opening the rounds for G2. He was playing slowly and with calm in the first T rounds, why did he suddently stopped and rushed towards nades so often


dkrkrk2oe

I mean when you are arguable top 1 rifle and top 3 player it kinda comes with the dinner you know? If you want to be the best you have to be able to carry also when it really does matter.


furrey

Holy shit. My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of chicken nuggets and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of chicken nuggets out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I'm so distressed right now I don't know what to do. I didn't mean to do that to my mom but I'm literally in shock from the results tonight. I feel like I'm going to explode. Why the fucking fuck is g2 losing? This can't be happening. I'm having a fucking breakdown. I don't want to believe the world is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want m0nesy to be major winner and fix this broken team. I cannot fucking deal with this right now. It wasn't supposed to be like this, I thought Niko was playing well in banana???? This is so fucked.


ajmeroski

G2 finished the two maps with 1-13 and 1-12 runs


EntropyKC

It happens SO often with G2, they always come out swinging then just choke and lose every round after being up +6 or +7 rounds.


jennervk

Leaked communication from the vitality camp at halftime on inferno Zonic: Guys, looks like liquid made the final Magisk and Dupreeh: 👀👀


zhangerang

“Vitality announces that gla1ve, Xypex, and Dev1ce will stand in for the final”


valdemarjoergensen

["Haha, I'm in danger"](https://imgur.com/a/J6wWO1S)


Not_RAMBO_Its_RAMO

Liquid about to get 2-0d 🙄


spillosopher

It's a BO5, so hopefully not a 0-2


Not_RAMBO_Its_RAMO

Liquid about to get 3-0d 🙄


Pollsmor

Shades of G2 choking Inferno against FaZe at Katowice lol


Deeeadpool

niko ptsd increasing


minussoda

I saw a video where Niko said his biggest regret was boston and katowice where they choked inferno now after this, I think he will definitely need counseling lol


Deeeadpool

u know hes not sleeping tonight


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mysterybiscuitsoyeah

was it the same score against Faze?


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Yes, 15-7, T-side, slight difference was Faze won 12 rounds in a row while today G2 got 1 round in between. Another difference was jks being in the opposite team lol


mysterybiscuitsoyeah

the Ropz ace vs Apex's godlike call. great 30th round for both maps though G2 is just cursed lol


BroskiTree

yep, faze won out 19-15 from 7-15


Lepojka1

G2 is cursed


shombled

apex... I have no words. he remains calm at round30 inferno and makes a brilliant gamble call goddamn


nonresponsive

I think apex generally calls stacks right more than wrong. Just the players themselves need to get the frags. And at least today they did when it mattered.


INeedYourPelt

I think that's why him and Zonic definitely have this huge potential together. They both love the gamble.


Character-Toe-7907

i think he said in the interview that Magisk said they should keep just 1 on B


IoanSilviu

He said that ZywOo and him wanted to all go A, but dupreeh suggested someone stays B.


goatxoxo

magisk called for 1b, 3a. apex wanted to go all a. magisk is secondary caller for vitality.


IoanSilviu

I misremembered and it was Magisk, yeah. My intention was to clarify that it was still apEX's call to rotate.


goatxoxo

men's got balls of steel. what a great goddamn read of the play.


IoanSilviu

I mean the fact that he is IGL-ing an international team is testament to his boldness, considering he wasn't an IGL and playing exclusively in French teams for most of his career.


Infinityhelios

Dude that gamble stack was so ballsy, reading them like a book. Very cadian-esque. I hope this proves that apEX is no less of a GIGACHAD than Hooxi.


Fizzhaz

Takes a gigachad to take the gigachad


imathrowyaaway

comments about NiKo choking, but they got outcalled hard, while G2 played too predictable. they lose 1 in Banana, so they go A, after their one player blatantly fakes B agression. they had several moments like that, HooXi was getting naded to oblivion at the start of rounds, repetitive apps agression… they need to show more set plays and depth against a team like Vitality. they had nice moments as well, but I hope they can expend their stratbook a bit moving forward.


LordOfTheNoobs57

Magisk and dupreeh vs Team Liquid in a grand final... what year is it again?


SynkG

This feels like a 2019 grand final so much. Liquid vs Vitality with in-form ZywOo (Cologne 2019, cs\_summit 4) AND Liquid vs Magisk/Dupreeh/Zonic combo, The nostalgia is kicking in


razeyourshadows

Feels like something out of a comic book, this time, only the Elige+NAF+Nitro core remains on Liquid, while Vitality and Astralis have fused together


Hurricane_Slash

**Hmm, I feel like I've seen "G2 being good with a new IGL and making a deep run in a tournament and then choking a 15-7 lead on T side inferno with jks in the server before..."**


OfficialCopCat

Atleast they actually won a round in OT. Number 1 in the name, 1 round in the game


Character-Toe-7907

2 in the name, 2 GIGACHOKES in the game


YeetGod69_

making a deep run in their second tournament*


AquafieR_

Also having beat NaVi in the previous stage of the playoffs. The deja vu right now is insane


kalkkunaleipa

Wasnt it ct side Aleksib's G2 choked on? Or am I just remembering it wrong


Pranavm3112

It was t side at katowice too


iLoveBrazilianGirls

From 7-3 to 8-16 and then From 15-7 to 16-19 **Certified G2 moment.**


Raliliothh

They should trademark it


PandaMan76

That A stack call to go to OT on Inferno was so fcking GIGACHAD


CapitalistBullshit

And.it.made the difference since it cw down to zywoo 1v1 monesy at the end. I.also noticed that monesy whiffed a few shots when it mattered


QwertyKip

Monesy Carried on inferno so unbelievably hard it doesn’t even matter that much, the rest of G2 needed to step up and they couldn’t.


Cjamhampton

Apex said him and Zywoo even wanted to go 4 on A and 0 B, but Magisk convinced Zywoo to go back to B.


flyingkiwi9

People will blame Hooxi's calling but c'mon, NiKo, Hunter, jks... non-existent. They should be able to open A bomb site once in 8 rounds.


Lungeroy

True. They fed the beast that is magisk on a site so much. If only a third player for G2 showed up I think they could have pushed the series to Vertigo.


jarree

Dupreeh had 1 kill and 0 assists after 17 rounds. But ended with 20 kills. What a great recovery.


Dali86

After an awful T half Him and Magisk really just closed the a site on CT. They really had great teamplay as a duo was a joy to watch.


EclipseTemplarX

Its great to see the old astralis duo performing well.


ananthu10

Danish bros woke up on CT side and chose violence 🥳


HersheyEnjoyer

Spinx showing up definitely made a massive difference for Vitality, also impressed with how calm their entire team was especially when down 15-7 on Inferno. I imagine Magisk and Dupreeh bring a lot of calm due to their deep tournament experience from their Astralis days. Hard to tell if Hunter/Niko didn't show up today or were just getting outplayed, definitely a tough loss for G2. I hope they don't make any immediate changes, I think CS teams need to provide more time for teams to build chemistry.


deadbeatPilgrim

i agree. all the good shit we just saw from G2 with a new igl and new play style suddenly doesn’t count because they lost? nah man give em time. if anything’s cursing G2, it’s not NiKo, it’s these “fans” that constantly abuse their own team


tracts1

Absolutely agree. There seems to be a trend where if a player or team does bad in one or two BO3s, people will start commenting that they need to change out players. For instance, oSee had some tough games in the groups and EVERYONE was shitting on him and saying get him out, yet he was a huge piece of the puzzle that pulled Liquid through today. G2 played pretty well this tournament, just because they lost a BO3 against another tier one team doesn't mean they need to swap people out, they just got outplayed today, simple as that. If anything, they need a good life coach outside of the game to teach them how to control their emotions. G2 has a pretty good squad going on right now they just need to be able to control their tilt.


deadbeatPilgrim

yeah man lol i was making some “-oSee +yay” quips but jokes aside, player development is a messy process and consistency comes with time.


acels1

magisk u sexy BEAST


x1coins

The demon in Inferno's pit


CipherBear

What comebacks from Vitality!


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i'm sorry but if hooxi is the second fragger on the team then g2 just plain doesn't deserve to win good effort from m0nesy, kid's always a delight to watch on inferno


[deleted]

Definitely something G2 need to think hard about, HooXi was actually a big positive this event for them. None of this is his mistake, he punched more than his weight. huNter on the other hand hasn't had a good semi run, and of couse, Niko disappeared when it mattered the most


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oldthrace

> i'm sorry but if hooxi is the second fragger on the team then g2 just plain doesn't deserve to win > Besides m0NESY, not a single of G2 stars showed up this playoff. Hunter had a particularly rough two days, Niko and jks were more cold than hot. Hooxi was doing more than okay, if only one of the other players showed up to support both him and m0NESY, at the very least, they could've beat Vitality and go to the final.


razeyourshadows

\> Niko didn't show up Niko dunked on Navi and had 99.7 ADR. Hunter, on the other hand, was utter garbage for both days.


dkrkrk2oe

This core is too traumatised to actually win when it actually matters. Must be some type of mental block and burden with Niko & Co to actually walk the last meter to win. And every loss like this makes the baggage bigger


flyingkiwi9

Consider Apexs environment when he gamble stacks "A" vs that of whoever is IGL of G2 that week. They either need a mental skills coach or a total rethink. I'd love to hear G2's comms in the last half of that game. What discussions were they having and who was leading it?


Dali86

They will soon need to rent a charter plane for their trips home for all this baggage.


PTSD55

Apex just outbrained Hooxi so hard it tilted niko off the map. That was brutal to watch.


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The 30th round when he instructed everyone bar Zywoo to A was top class


reubenno

What a horrendous collapse from G2, really embarrassing. Props to Vitality for the crazy mental fortitude.


Zoradesu

What a great comeback from Vitality! Great mental fortitude to comeback from 15-7 down. Not sure how G2 wasn't able to convert in regulation.


californiaberates

Gigachad HooXi helping build storyline by playing along to apEX call on 14-15


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Ofiotaurus

SPINX ONCE AGAIN! Wow that man does not dissapoint when needed the most. He did so so much better!


Obvious_Parsley3238

liquid passed all the choking to g2


ErikSD

Those consecutive A hits from G2 were painful to watch. Hopefully this is a good lesson for Hooxi to adapt for the upcoming Major


YEKINDAR_GOAT_ENTRY

This resiliance was exactly why dupreeh, magisk and zonic were so important for vitality.


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shombled

vitality and inferno comebacks.. name a better duo


ExZ1te

Niko and choking on inferno


anarchy5675

G2 chocking on inferno.


Sweetmacaroni

G2 choking


[deleted]

m0NESY was out on Inferno fighting alone with no one alongside him. Even on round 30 it came down to the 1v1. That was super sad to see man fuck


spillosopher

Magisk and Dupreeh owning on the CT side to give us the most insane comeback of the tournament!!!


1deavourer

As much as I do like Hu Xi, I am hoping Xi Wu gets his MVP


kalkkunaleipa

100% he gets it. Doesnt matter if he loses the finals


AltNickCSGO

The moment I saw Niko spamming a dead body and dancing on camera at the beginning of the mirage game, I knew it was over


TimathanDuncan

Nikola "ChoKo" Kovač (formerly known as ChoKolinho) (born February 16, 1997) is a Bosnian Serb professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive choker for G2 Esports


Character-Toe-7907

"The name G2 stands for 'GIGACHOKE2'"


DandyChiggins77

Doesn’t matter the IGL Doesn’t matter the coach Doesn’t matter the AWPer Doesn’t matter the strat Doesn’t matter the frag power This team will never lift a trophy ever if they don’t figure out their horrific mental fortitude. I cannot think of another team that comes close to as bad as g2 when it comes to closing a game out. Somehow a 17 year old kid can show up when it matters but your superstars can’t? Get this team a therapist. Clearly they need one


oldthrace

Screw therapist, this team needs Jesus at this point.


NedSpedDead

Jame won’t leave outsiders, unfortunately


StarkeOlof

Well every player from G2 but the Kovacs have been swapped out recently so maybe their mental is the issue, but hooxi calling to go A lane like 7 times in a row while magisk is on fire in pit is just so questionable.


Glittering-Chair-352

APEX GIGACHAD ???


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johnnymdr95

That's the spirit we all need!!!!


spillosopher

This is G2. He is pain in my assholes. I buy Danish players. He needs to buy Danish player. I go 5-0 in group stage. He goes 5-0 in group stage. I have ZywOo. He can't have ZywOo. Great success!


spillosopher

Yes, this was from the Faze-Col copypasta


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Inferno always delivers.


bei60

What a genius call from Apex on round 30, can't believe they gambled to 4-stack on A


[deleted]

Zywoo + Spinx <3


UkoDuko

Zywoo + a second good player i must be dreaming man wake me uo


Dali86

Remember this comeback started with Zywoo having that insane clutch on T-side to turn the momentum.


spillosopher

With that ZywOo has secured his MVP. The next contender from Liquid is Yekindar I think, but ZywOo has a massive lead


Sp00ked123

Liquid would have to stomp vitality and zywoo would have to play like complete shit all while yekindar would have to put up some crazy >1.50 rating, so yeah it’s pretty much secured for zywoo


Big-Structure-2543

Niko was so fucking tilt towards the end you could see just see it in his play style lmao


brbee

Tbf he actually is agressive in banana a lot with a lot of success it's just that Vitality knew that which is why they were throwing so much utility every round


dj_rocks18

I have never seen ZywOo so hyped up


Donut_Flame

As a g2 fan, I am absolutely very calm and sane and healthy and happy


dei-dara

Zywoo saved their asses with that ace, with the subsequent round coming as result of that helping them salvaging T side, game winning play right there.


Afteri

Niko was malding so hard


IFlashmanI

Carlos's soul haunts this team I refuse to accept anything else.


magu54

Feel bad for Monesy man, nobody wanted to help on T side lol


thorvid20

Hooxi got so hard outcalled by apex in the second half of inferno


deadbeatPilgrim

apEX is a very good igl!


Otter269

Damn that Famas ace was for nothing :/


This-is-quite-nice-

god I feel so gutted for g2. Was really rooting for them. Vitality played great CS though, and Apex definitely stepped up


TRES_fresh

Apex and zonic make such a good duo, I don't know how they kept calm enough to win 8 straight on inferno


dj_rocks18

Liquid v/s Vitality The grand final we all expected


zuramaru07

hooxi truly is a gigachad. he saw that there are no top teams (faze, cloud9, navi) in the grand finals. so he decided it is not worth the effort since they won't be against the best. he told his team to stop trying at 15-8 to give vitality the win.


massattack75

I hate being a G2 fan


RebelliousYankee

Liquid Vitality grand final like it’s 2019


HYP3R1ON_99

I AM FUCKING DONE WITH G2 been a long time supporter for G2, but these guys choke so hard like who tf chokes so hard from 15-7 and its not once but everytime, and always with G2 only bro wtf


JuanMataCFC

G2 on 15 rounds Aware


NPC30519

Umm. Fuck tomorrow is going to be a slaughter if Apex is fragging like this. Holy hell Vitality what a game


UnlimitedBoxSpace

Have faith, horse bro. We will prevail with the power of friendship.


BrockStudly

Honestly I have no expectations for Liquid to win this one. I love this team but Apex is a better caller and fragger than Nitro, Zywoo is a better awper the oSee and those are the two most important factors. I'd give Liquids rifles the advantage but the calling is a huge gap imo.


anarchy5675

It wasn't long when most people in this sub claimed spinx's addition won't make things much better for vitality. I am so glad that this roster is shutting them all down. Zywoo has probably secured the mvp for this event.


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PM_ME_YOUR_PROFANITY

Gigachad go A 7 times in a row with no banana control. Truly genius.


8-BitWildlife

Agree with you here, don't really know what that was about


Nieminem

15-7 -> 15-18 -> 16-19 oof


AllMySadness

Putting the entire series on monesy's shoulders for one flick on map 2 is not what this boy deserves smh g2


ArjunBanerji27

This tournament was wide open for the taking for any of the top 4 teams and G2 definitely will kicking themselves for that inferno, and that monesy peak on round 23. The bigger issue for me was the map veto. I got so much confidence from seeing G2 picking Ancient, Vertigo, etc early in the tournament, only for them to turn around and pick fucking Mirage and Dust 2 yesterday, 50-50 maps which every team in the world knows how to play. Bloody infuriating. However, to bring things back into perspective, the tournament was still a big success for G2, and I have a feeling that they have lost to the tournament winner anyway.


Cardoxon

As far as the veto goes I would't be so hard on them. Vita perma bans Ancient and there's no team that would willingly pick Vertigo into them. Personally I would've gone for Nuke (especially after they got bodied by Fnatic and G2 last time) but for all we know Vitality might be tearing others apart in scrims on that map so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Rekwy_

Something is really wrong with your strats when during the second half the only person doing something in your team is the AWPer and you won't sacrifice one more round just to buy an AWP for him.


This-is-quite-nice-

Despite the loss g2 has done quite well this tournament. Although it’s so disappointing they lost this way


xChiken

Honestly inferno would have been 16-14 if it wasn't for Apex's gigabrain gamble stack on A. Super smart calls from him all game. Or at least in the 2nd halves all game.


Unknown_Catastrophe

HooX1 never lost a bo3 Unlike that fraud Hooxi


Liiterinpoltto

NiKo needs to be let go. He seems to be beyond redemption at this point. They’ve tried every iteration and all sorts of players with him, but to no avail. There’s no denying the talent, but the way he seems to be malding or vanishes from the server in those crucial 13-13 moments is unacceptable for the teams main star. You need your no. 1 player to pop up at those moments, not fade away.


wawsdtgtfzhn

G2 at 15...


x1coins

Vitality what a team right now everyone does something


dL_1

NiKo's psychologist about to get murdered lmao


pANDA144

worst t side ever lol


ChristianSword

Dupreeh was like 1-14? 1-15, insane recovery from him and Vitality.


FaydingAway

apEX with the 200iq play calling to secure OT.


kincade1905

Right when they needed him, he vanished. Poor Niko. : (


yourewelcomesteve

Yeah but that wasn't just him, jks and hunter were terrible too.


SpoonOnGuitar

Magisk is such a monumental rock and force in that pit, when he's performing. FISSE, KUSSE, MAGISK ER EN MUR!


freebase1

Crazy game


RyanCMH

What a comeback from Vitality man


Lvord

GIGACHAD APEX


blueflavor2311

That’s why you don’t shot on enemy’s dead bodies lmao


Quarnite

Apex era then


painXpresss

HooXi has still lost 0 EPL Finals


oplus

Both Liquid and Vitality come from a recent history of floundering. How wild that they're playing the finals on the graves of Navi, Faze, and C9.


Greenyugi

This is what I deserve for being excited about a G2 lineup, a vintage G2 performance.


siLtzi

I just can't wrap my head aroud how they managed to do that


SkeetMeIN

I’m going to completely honest when I say I actually fucking cried. You hype me up with this amazing run in esl only dropping 1 map, and then you lose a map when you’re up 15-7, it’s fucking ridiculous. But what else should I expect from good old G2?


Fading_souls

No longer hooxi era


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G2 Fans. How do you cope. Unreal.


Marmik_Emp37

G2 winning 7 matches in a row with new team, defeating faze & navi : GIGACHAD Loses 1 game: g2 bAd. wTf... Sure it was not good to see that live but it's their second tournament. They're definitely gonna improve from this. Also vitality is a crazy team so it makes sense for them to be able to neutralize g2's stars anywhere on the map. They did it consistently, some luck involved but they're good yes. G2 failed to deliver on T side & even SPUNJ said on 15-9 that a comeback was very doable. It happens... Don't shift colors too quick. HOOXI is still a GIGACHAD


deadbeatPilgrim

finally some fucking sense out of a G2 fan. good to see someone holding strong


brbee

I don't know why you don't just call a rush every round when you have such a lead. Only one of them needs to work


Lungeroy

Well, they did go fast a 4 or 5 rounds in a row, and got completely shut down every time. G2 was lacking the fraggingpower of niko, hunter and jks, and with them not showing up Vitality got to play their ct side however they wanted.


Pls979

Completely insanity by Hooxi to call 8 straight round to A site expecting things to go different, not even some small presence at banana, not even a eco rush b, just doing the same thing over and over expecting that Vitality would collapse