Kassad’s first take is actually the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in a whilen😂😂 it’s not even a take it’s just something kassad will do

@MoVids44

3 ай бұрын

Kassad makes this show so funny 😂 he is insane I love him

@AstroSully

3 ай бұрын

This show doesn’t happen without Kassad 🤷🏽‍♂️

@bruceturnbull4219

3 ай бұрын

it's not a hot take, it's just a threat lol

@mikevismyelement

3 ай бұрын

Classic moment for sure

@F1stzz

3 ай бұрын

​@@bruceturnbull4219 ultimatum 😁

Kassad looked so sad, disgusted and miserable the entire time when Maui was explaining why Boombl4 is the third best igl. Made my day, this show is goated

@smoothbrain_cs

3 ай бұрын

Went through the 5 stages of grief within a 3 minute span 🤣

Kassad making this into Hot Take Threat Made.

@F1stzz

3 ай бұрын

Hot Take Ultimatum Made 😁

glad to see kassad is not using his 240p camera and got upgraded to 480p

@McChickenJOI

3 ай бұрын

Next he upgrades from his 10 euro lidl mic to a 20 euro one

@EvsEntps

3 ай бұрын

He's finally progressed from the year 2000 to 2005.

@AlexMiamorschh

3 ай бұрын

Dont forget he also upgraded is internet from 2 to 4mbit/s

Thorin is right @ 1:22:00 - Aleksib is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic "going B, but then going A". He also has a second little known tactic of "going A, but going A". What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL for sure.

@DanRobards

3 ай бұрын

Hall of fame. Greatest IGL of all time

@TheRobotZ

3 ай бұрын

most original comment

@spncrgrn

3 ай бұрын

@@TheRobotZnot original, not remotely true yet I still find it hilarious

Reminder that in an earlier HTPM kassad said that hampus is a better IGL than aleksib

@LukeSaward

3 ай бұрын

Kassad needs to be told 3 words: 0-3 vs Major Semis

Per swani's AMA on reddit about niko: "He helped me mostly by just giving me honest feedback without being toxic or having bad intentions. He helped me in the start when to take timeouts, sometimes just to break the opponents momentum and not even say anything tactically just to breath. He helped me with how much anti strat he likes for himself so he can still feel the game on his own. And obviously inside of the game, especially in CS:GO he was probably the smartest player Just really alot of valuable feedback but with good intentions, sometimes people and players just say "this is shit" without any fix but with him it was always "you could do XYZ better by doing ABC" and I knew I could always tell him anything without him being mad at me since we knew each other for 4 years."

Thorin is so unbelievably goated. It always blows my mind how he does this - knowing the details about the Renegades/Faze Starladder matchup, knowing Navi's winrate on Train and Inferno back in 2018, its just insane.

31:00 we can see kassads cat trying to find hooxis missing IGL skills

@oninada

3 ай бұрын

11

I remember the Richard Lewis interview with Taz how he was saying that when he joined G2, the staff were telling him just go easy and don't rattle any cages at first, get a feel for things and all this stuff. Imagine how Gordon Ramsay would react to someone telling him that in a similar situation. That is the kind of energy Taz should have brought from day one.

@ad3mn

3 ай бұрын

Taz is just a yes man there. "let's go guys, don't give up" and following the usual boosting guide. He is not a big brain like Blade.

@cm386464

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like micro managing at its finest lol, did you hire a coach or not? Let him cook and GTFO out the kitchen my goodness.

@reudigerwatchman6968

3 ай бұрын

its good to bring gordon ramsey energy when you are gordon ramsey. Otherwise you are just a screaming moron

@s0meRand0m129

3 ай бұрын

@@ad3mn or the strict guy like zonic

the ohne pixel segment was fucking gold

@maxthememer1780

3 ай бұрын

Do you have a time stamp

@Johnny_brav0o

3 ай бұрын

@@maxthememer1780 its around end of 2nd hot take 40:00

I feel that kassad being a coach again brings so much additional insight to these videos.. Hearing him talk about how in-game stuff like vetoes work is giving me X-ray vision to see through the constant barrage of PR bullshit that comes out of players' and coaches' mouths

1:50:07 This is so fucking hilarious. You can see it on Kassad's face that he really doesn't want to say it but the he still had to go with the most logical choice HAHAHA

@MorizonPlays

Ай бұрын

kassad.exe stopped working

Considering how quick igls gets replaced otherwise, hooxi has to have some incriminating information on G2 managment.

@FULLMAIN110

3 ай бұрын

its probably not that easy to replace him as niko alrdy played under almost all good current IGLs and failed to win the major.

With both karrigan and aleksib winning the major without NiKo, we know who the issue is 🤣. Jokes aside, it has to suck to be NiKo right now. You bombed out of yet another major (and did not play well) and another former igl takes the trophy.

@ZoiusGM

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Though I'd say being Karrigan sucks a bit more. Not putting any frags (search on youtube Karrigan vs Navi for some laughs if you like) and losing a map so decisively; a map that you also lost in 2018, another Major Final: plus all the times he has been to Finals for a trophy and getting second place...

@tanphan1848

3 ай бұрын

@@ZoiusGM i mean, i’m sure it sucks for karrigan but its not too bad no? He got into 7 finals in a row in cs2, won 3 of them. Doesnt make his team seems any weaker, in fact they keep getting stronger after each tournament as frozen integration is going smoother.

@KeefeL

3 ай бұрын

The thing that sucks is not lifting trophies. Karrigan had his time there, but I'm sure it's not sucking right now ​@@ZoiusGM

NiKo seeing two IGLs he’s played with win the last 2 out of the 4 majors must stink like hell.

Thorin did Kassad dirty at the end there 🤣🤣🤣

Show just gets better by the episode, a gem on concept, cast, and execution. Well done.

Underrated part of the show is Thorins laughter at Kassad's takes. I found the spirit one funny enough to grin, but hearing Duncan freak out had me laughing too

Might be the best hot take point made episode yet. Absolutely hilarious and brilliant, cheers mate.

I love this show both kassad and Maui pull up with such different hot takes it makes Thorin look moderate keep up the great content

By far the funniest and most entertaining episode so far. Bravo!

It's insane how many idiots on twitter are calling karrigan a fraud and denying his achievements just because of his performance on the last map.

@garlic_roast

3 ай бұрын

Pretty funny, his team is ranked #1 in the world yet he's terrible and should retire 🤣 😂

@dariopetrak7377

3 ай бұрын

@gwailoreviews Yeah, and who do they replace him with then? Karrigan is the reason faze gets to the finals, not the reason they lose them, if he was so bad why wouldn't the other faze players call for him to get benched in the first place?All other igls except maybe aleksi rn wish they would have even half as consistent successful results as karrigan in cs2.

@Sn1ffko

3 ай бұрын

​@@dariopetrak7377 You are a dumb person. It was clearly sarcasm idiot.

@varunnarain50

3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I want to see Karrigan full of rage. I want him to have that fuck you energy.

Kassad's reactions to Maui's takes are just the best 😆

WOW! So good show, nice different personalities these 3. First time wacher and I need more! Rolled with laughter with some takes. Legends.

The best Podcast in esports imo. The dynamic between these 3 is hilarious

Maui just reading stuff while Thorin and kassad are going at it , lol

Seeing kassad's cat in the background playing with the curtains makes me nervous lol

@KemonoFriendsOfficial

3 ай бұрын

6:15

you're mental if you believe Niko can just waltz into Falcons for a bigger bag after he screwed their whole project. Even if his form hadn't fell off a fucking cliff, they're not letting that go

Whos watching in 2029 after spirit won their first major?

This was the best episode ever! Thorin is unbelievably funny sometimes and I'm not sure if he's even trying to be

1:05:45 tbf in the spirit vlog chopper was not even there on the veto and he looked suprised when hally told him it was vertigo they did probably consider it before tho

@cm386464

3 ай бұрын

Lesson learned then no? Be there for your own veto lolwtf

Awesome take maui about taz (19:04) :) keep it up loving the pod lately!😁

I for my part would be extremely happy if this should would indeed still exist in FIVE YEARS. Easily the best cs show right now, and that says alot between snake and banter, counter points and talking counter! Thanks for all the laughs! PS: In 2029 donk would be 22 years old. Which is just unfathomable to think about... Right at his peak?!

such a golden trio in terms of chemistry

Niko was part of teams which kicked both major winning IGLs.... Niko need that soldier mentality like jl blind faith on leader

@s0meRand0m129

3 ай бұрын

seems like JL understand fully well on who is doing what job, he put full faith in Aleksib because it is his job to call the shots while he will do his job to frag and entry

Please I want this show to still be going strong in 15 years, it's so fucking entertaining!!!

The fact that on Thorin's point about his eye for talent everyone knew the last point would be MSL is funny ngl

much love

Looks like Kassad won some bets on Football so he could upgrade his camera. 🤣

Love the hot takes

Niko in 1 year "We getting arab money 🗣🗣"

Faze wins the next Major and Karrigan retires in a surprise announcement even though we don't want him to leave.

watching this after bleed choke vs betboom lol

@51:20 watching Kassad disassociate with the show and reality while Maui is amazing.

To kassad’s point about coaching, Steve Kerr, GSW head coach won 4 NBA championships in 9 years with no prior coaching experience. But that is the exception.

Best Counter Strike show, by far.

Xabi Alonso actually announced last week that he is staying at Leverkusen, which is very interesting.

I think it's pretty weird how people look at NAVI winning the Major with these player performances from iM and b1t and think that it means they will not be winning events in the future. Wouldn't it be actually more "fluky" if they won on the back of just everyone having massive performances all the way? They won the Major and still looked like there's a lot of room for improvement while only jL had a clear overperformance. Both b1t and iM can play better than they did for most of this tournament. W0nderful performed to his level or a bit above of that, but he's still very young and should just naturally get better with more time and experience. Aleksib was calling well, but his individual form was also below average before the semis and grand final, where he stepped up massively. Their teamplay looked shaky in the Elimination Stage and got gradually better with every game they played. B1ad3 was also saying in an interview that they're only 60% of the way to what he would call a true NAVI system. What if the real fluke wasn't that they won, but that they won so soon? What if this Major from them was just a glimpse of what was to come in the future?

What a banger episode! Hilarious

Losing to a team repeatedly could be a mental block.

Maui's L is so Big it recorded a fire freestyle with Jay Z

Kassad… you throw a little bit of shit on the show, and get a lot of shit on the show. but you play a great role and the show wouldn’t be the same without you. this cast + a guest would/is goat shit. keep it up boyos.

Were can I post my pickems I got navi to win but had Team Spirit in the final with them

Oh man that Na'Vi take if it ages well will just be the perfect reflection of C9 after Boston, beating FaZe and having a 2 week era to end it

I was one of the crazy people that picked Navi to win the major

Here's my hot take: A similar "stabbi" incident will be taking place in faze in the next off season

The take about NaVi not winning anymore LANs is a pretty common take for anyone who follows Dota 2. Some teams peak at the right moment and never reach that height again.

1:25:00 to add to this, Thorin live on broadcast said that Astralis is gonna win back to back majors, after they lost against godsent

Boombl4 qualified 1win at Paris and won a cct trophy...he might not be the best igl but he's a good one who knows his job!

Thorin taking his hot take as 'the greatest eye for talent in CS' and then applying it to broadcast talent is peak Thorin 🤣

I like the car that kassad has in the background

Thorin is like a parasite leaching onto mauisnakes hot takes. He enjoys the pain

@mxt77

3 ай бұрын

49:02 he can feel it coming

This show is the most funny and entertaining show all across esports

Fire

Now that navi is not afraid of winning, they will get more period

goated show

The hot takes of this video are actually absurd 😂😂😂 but i guess thats the point of the show

Friendship with NiKo SAVED

Always remember Bayern Leverkusen haven't lost a game yet , 27 no loss streak .

Lol this show is always funny af

Kassad is so unhinged 😂

I like this show more and more. So fun. 3 great minds of cs shooting the shit.

My favorite comedy show is back

“Donna should do the vetos for g2”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 its kinda sad how i think the vetos may be better actually if this was the case💀💀💀💀

Best available content. Miss by the numbers show.

Donna should pick maps lol

ok, now hes doing tricks on it

Hooxi getting so much blame is absurd. He called a great series vs mouz and navi. You could reasonably argue that g2 should have 2-0'd Na'vi if it wasn't for very poor performances from hunter and niko. And even still they almost won in 3, ancient was a very close map, with once again poor performances from niko and hunter. Hooxi has dropped the ball in previous majors, but this major it wasn't even remotely on Hooxi's shoulders.

@gugaxd1559

3 ай бұрын

they are so unbelievably biased against hooxi its hilarious

xabi even signed a new deal like 1 month ago :D

Thorin is just undoubtedly the best

1:45:50 - Timestamp?

Kassad calling Maui's take insane then saying that about spirit gives me brain rot lmao. I love this show but what was Kassad smoking today, saying that Shiro isn't performing after singing his praises just before the major is hilarious to me because he clearly just had an off match in the quarters. Shiro is a top 3 AWPer right now and its not even close. M0nesy, Zywoo, and Shiro are better than the rest of the field on a consistent basis. The only argument I can see for someone better is w0nderful because he just helped Navi won the major and broky is way too streaky to compete and be a top 3 awper right now.

The spirit hot take is still great, but I don't know if they win te next Major... I think Vitality could be Spirit's kriptonyte with an in form ZywOo. At first I was a little bit skeptical about how Vitality's form would be, but they performed just fine, it was more of a ZywOo problem, otherwise they would be major champions two times in row! Really bad we didn't get to see that match up in the semis anyway, because now we might get that in a less important match!

Take the L Maui 😂 Your hot take even got called out in the desk segment post match. Definitely the hottest of takes now though 😭🤷 Edit: Nevermind I just got to Kassad's first hot take 🔥🔥🔥

I had NAVI in the Finals for the pick ems

i had navi going to finals in my pickems and losing to spirit, however i did say that if spirit somehow didn't make the finals then navi would win. Not rooted in any sound analysis (the part where they would win the entire tournament), I've just been a navi fan for 10 years. I'll still take my wins where I can get them 😁

can we stop pretending niko is a superstar in cs2? how long can his reputation ride on the fumes of his amazing performances in csgo? if anyone has the superstar influence on decisions in G2, it should be m0nesy, so why don't you blame him instead?

@s0meRand0m129

3 ай бұрын

the thing is , Monesy outright said he will follow Niko wherever he go . so ya , Niko ultimately has the bigger influence in G2

Hooxi is like a soccer ball. And what do we do to soccer balls?

@allmite

3 ай бұрын

You’re a moron if you think they should kick Hooxi before Hunter, Nexa or even Niko.

@LukeSaward

3 ай бұрын

By that logic, kick the IGLs of every team that lost before them.

@joseblua6566

3 ай бұрын

we squeeze air into them when they are deflated? (conclusion, we have to kiss hooxi rn)

@yordantsenkov7181

3 ай бұрын

We call them footballs.

@delphi6620

3 ай бұрын

score goals?

The Device video is Dev1ce Inherits the Throne s1mple video is s1mple Joins Team Liquid

if all other teams stay the same yes team spirit can win next one, but if MONESY going c9 or maybe if NIKO, MONESY going to falcons that might make things different

I have a hot take. All Navi players have it in their contracts to say that Blad3 is the best coach in the world. I just found it funny that aleksib had to make that announcement after they won the major as if it was something that was never in the minds of people watching haha

1:37:48 Gold :D

I know about Aleksib, Dev1ce those are correct. I know so far your takes on BlameF, K0nfig having been correct. So with what I have heard and seen. its 2-2.

Unbelievable Faze lost the finals... this is another boston major PTSD moment for me

Here for my dosage of people who know CS shitting on Maui

FaZe is the new VP, Never count them out when they’re the underdog.

spirit has 0.1 more rating on a single player vs faze on vertigo they win the major. wtf is kassad talking about lmao.

Duncan "Counter-Strike" Shields

Sorry to mention it, but didn't Thorin call Hunden the best eye for talent?