It's been a while. This video has taken a very long time but I hope you all enjoy. Let me know what you think down below!

@YouTubeHandlesSuck420

3 ай бұрын

Dude, I would wait 5 years if I had to for these styles of videos. No worries man❤

@thewrightdaniel

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the hard work!

@4kliksAlex

3 ай бұрын

You presents the greatest documentaries on Counter-Strike strategies! Thank you, mahone!

@Fyr35555

3 ай бұрын

I think it would've been nice if you had shown that Ts can still throw a car smoke even if you do kind of hint at the fact it is still possible (the one thrown as Ts leave their spawn) Otherwise an amazing video the time and effort really shows :)

@gaLezki

3 ай бұрын

Amazing job once again. What's the next one?

I’m just happy to know you’re alive

@verzinsky-965

3 ай бұрын

i was waiting for so long for a new video

@omagad2542

3 ай бұрын

that makes two of us btw u & 'corner' XD r killing it at blast, hell ya

@MacMate_

3 ай бұрын

Sylvester Mahone always comes back with the goods

@uselessjourney

3 ай бұрын

U are the top comment in his last video lol

@thetechcorner7204

3 ай бұрын

Nice pfp :3

great video and obviously a ton of patience and dedication to do this much research and tell a compelling storyline. well done

@erenkruger5906

3 ай бұрын

voo how are you?

@EagleReloaded

3 ай бұрын

^ This. The research alone is amazing, but turning that into a compelling narrative, along with the visual demonstrations of line ups, models, etc is amazing. What dedication.

@aimlevel

3 ай бұрын

Stats are for losers.

@kaitez6402

3 ай бұрын

@@aimlevelsure all aim no brain i guess

“Counter” strike in the truest sense. The amount of patience, analysis and work to compile something like this is absolutely amazing. Thank you for your contributions to the community with these videos, Mahone. These will go down as some of the most iconic videos in the times to come.

8:03 Of course KQLY is ready for the first time the boost was used in an official

@StrikeWarlock

3 ай бұрын

KQLY hacking? Noooo KQLY hacking? Noooooooo

@mismisimognomo101

3 ай бұрын

Srsly? Nooooooo ...

@shaynehughes6645

2 ай бұрын

Very strange

Its just insane how fragile all of those strats are. One small change to the game and so many strats don't work anymore and the whole meta changes.

@ZvedeENG

3 ай бұрын

Yeah. A single addition of a box or a corner somewhere in a map can drastically affect the entire map's meta and optimal positions

@Watburnt

3 ай бұрын

It’s one of my favorite parts of watching esports, watching as people adapt and find new ways of problem solving is the most interesting part of the game

I wouldn’t mind a video a year if they’re at this level of quality. Super informative and insightful, and I probably don’t need to tell you you’re an extremely gifted analyst. Great video man

@itsbort

3 ай бұрын

for real, the amount of time and work that went into making this is clear as day to see and it's so enjoyable to watch

Another world class mini documentary about CS and its evolution, fantastic work Mahone!

From the mirage window to banana meta, you’ve done excellent work here. Please keep uploading, we need you back

i can only fathom the amount of prep and research was immense on this. insanely well done and crafted beautifully

mahone with another masterpiece, what a gem for the scene

This video is INSANE. Extremely detailed. Can't even begin to imagine the amount of research that went into this. % of put out smoke alone is insane. Just to nitpick, the only thing I would've added was the CT-T side winrate to show how each variation increased the winrate starting from quite CT-sided in 2012 to the slightly T-sided version we ended up with in 2023.

@mahone_tv

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I had looked into adding in the CT/T win-rate, but I found that the results had little relation to who was winning the fight at banana. This was likely because both sides were also developing ways to fight/defend at A as well. If I developed a way to measure the win-rate at only banana, I would have added it in for sure.

Banana utility summed up: "I'm gonna do this to stop this" "Nuh uh, I'm gonna do this to stop this" "NUH UH, I'm gonna do this to stop this" X40

really great look back at not just inferno and banana but also how the game's changed over the years. completely forgot that the molotovs use to be so expensive or that you couldn't even extinguish them with smokes at one point. fantastic work man

Thank you so much for making vids showing the depth of strategy evolution It's what makes counter-strike such an intriguing game, and it deserves to be documented

A mahone banger was not what I expected to see on my front page this morning!

Mahone's the kind of guy to drop such top tier videos out of nowhere. Excited to watch this one!

Enthralling video. I didn't realize that the game had such a back and fourth utility battle for YEARS.

It's really interesting to see how it got increasingly complex. I also love seeing a detailed breakdown of all the metas I have gone through, somewhat nostalgic.

Well polished, thoughtfully researched, and something for every level of Counter-Strike fan. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos and bravo on finishing this gargantuan documentation.

Finally another banger. MAHONE PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE THIS IS SUCH A GREAT GAP IN THE MARKET1!!!

Mahone you are one of the greatest to ever document Counter Strike history. We are blessed as a community to have you create such pieces for us. Another amazing video.

@mahone_tv

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thank you!

It’s impressive that how I can see the history of Banana control over 20 years in this video. Appreciated your efforts!

This is insanely good material - very very well researched and the narrative building around the changing meta flowed really well. It's crazy to see how deep the tactics go and the constant game of finding counters(trike) is fascinating.

amazing amount of research and every bit of it very well explained. Love this even more than the window smoke one for the focus on the strategy. Terrific work, man!

Oh shit another banger documentary

would love to see more of these videos, it was a pleasure to watch and you are one of the few people that have the ability to to make videos like these

Possibly the best cs video ive ever seen, the full history explained and how it evolved and how faster the evolution gets each time. Amazing to think, fantastic video

Hell yeah, A1 video mahone, honestly probably my favorite of yours! Super well scripted, edited, researched and shot. Can't imagine how long it must've taken to gather all that data and footage but the end result is really amazing. Keep doing what you do, by far my favorite cs content creator!

I don’t usually comment on videos, but I’m commenting here so I can boost the videos engagement rate and hopefully the algorithm will blast this to everyone. Great content, keep it up at whatever pace works for you!

Loved the mirage window smoke video, and this one tops even that! Keep em coming mahone

Amazing video, can only imagine how long it took and the dedication to create it all beautiful. Can't wait for your next one

Love your videos man. Keep it up. I will watch every one of them because they are so high quality.

This was a pleasant surprise to see you back with another “Evolution” series video. I just hope the community gives you enough love this time to encourage you to keep making them. Thank you!

This is so well done and really gives a great overview of the overarching tactical approaches

I can't imagine how much work was involved in researching this. Great job dude.

this and the mirage smoke video are my favorite cs videos on youtube. Props to all the work you put into this masterpiece

This was extremely well done and informative while being simple to understand AND entertaining! Amazing job on this!

@mahone_tv

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

What an amazing analysis of the meta shift of an iconic cs area.. Great work!

Bro great video make more like this I subscribed, it's fun to see the history of a tactic and how they evolved 👍

I remember a conversation where Moses (caster/analyst/coach) told a story about a conversation he had with stewie when he was the coach of Liquid, where stewie broke down how complex banana control was and all the different nadesets and how they interact and what they mean. Was very cool to see this part of the game broken down so well, amazing work!

Really hope you keep making these videos, some of the best cs focused content ever

Man i cant imagine how much work you put in to make this video. Just exceptionally excellent video!

Your CS content is always worth the wait!

I love this so much!!! Super high quality document always make me jump on the chair. The key thing I love about these videos is the mindset behind it. Newer player like me never understand fully why players do some lineup instead of the others. The history cut down seriously creates newer players with better aim but weaker mindset and game sense and it happens in every game.

awesome video, you did great showing the evolution of this one area, how strats changed over time both what was working and who adapted as well as valve changes that mixed up strats

I'm glad you still working on great content like this!

This video is better than your Mirage window-smoke video, which REALLY says a lot Both videos are in my top10 of best Counter-Strike videos ever made Not only was this informative, it serves as a trip down memory lane for those of us who have been actively following the meta for many many years Just phenomenal work - Words can hardly describe it! One tiny note: The reason the car for Ts had a sudden rise in popularity towards the later stages of CS:GO was the invention of the "NiKo-smoke". It was a way to throw the car smoke where it left a one-way gap on the right side (halfwall) to play around. The T could simply walk through if no one was playing sandbags and would have one-way advantage on any reaggressing CTs. The smoke rose in popularity further when a sort of "Reverse NiKo-smoke" was found, which left a one-way gap on top of the barrels. - These two smokes allowed Ts to block the early CT vision whilst also giving themselves a way to lurk through the smoke.

@mahone_tv

3 ай бұрын

Hey Nato, thanks for that. I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed both of these videos so much. To touch on your note, I did notice this detail but I decided not include it in the video. I felt this particular aspect of the smoke didn't create as big of a shift in the "banana fight" in comparison to simply blocking early CT vision. I made a similar decision for the CT 1-way smoke next to the wagon on the old Inferno, as I viewed both of these as smaller interactions that didn't affect the "entirety" of banana control as much. I admit that crafting the narrative for this video was very difficult, and maybe I should have included that detail in. I made some hard decisions about what to include & what not to, based on what I thought would be most important to pack into a ~30min video (I did not want to go longer than this). Next time will be better!

@NaToSaphiX

3 ай бұрын

@@mahone_tv​​⁠That makes perfect sense and I understand sacrifices have to be made with videos like this sometimes Just wanted to add that extra perspective for anyone who didn’t know it I am sure that next one will be even better as you said but you should not feel in any way, shape or form that this was not a master class 😍

Keep doing these videos man they are fantastic. I didnt even realize youve recently only made two. I think you found your niche brother.

I think I've said it before in your other videos but this might be the best video you've ever made! It's just pure quality.

Very well done, dude! Danke fur patience and time you'd spend to make this informative video!

These 32 minutes just flew by and im grateful for you for making this sublime analysis.

such a banger of a video

PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO CONVINCE PEOPLE HOW DEEP THIS AWESOME GAME IS

A while ago I was discussing how cool it would be to have a meta history for a map, and here you go delivering the great content! Considering you didn't cover less popular tactics eg the astralis push (mid+banana push, 2 mollies burning down bottom of banana & mid + support flashes), and still the video is 30min long, I guess this already was colossal work! Hope we'll see more! Edit: you even shared sources what a goat

Very well made video, As someone who has played since early 2014 it was good to see how the meta has changed & also a bit of nostalgia about teams having a gentleman agreement to not use molotovs early on haha

Huge respect for the work done!

How... Just how did you even make this video, im actually blown away, the level of research + high production quality is insane!

Great video... That logs pixelwalk gave me so much nostalgia

Such an awesome video, it really showcases just why we love counter strike so much. Great work man, seriously!

Thank you so much for compiling history 🤝❤ You're so talented damnn

Loved this video man, thanks for all the work that you put into this.

fantastic video--very well researched. A lot of these old matches bring back memories

That feeling when you know you've been needing something but you didn't know what. Turns out it was a Mahone vid! Absolute banger!

These videos must take so much time and effort, but holy shit they are on a different level. Your analytical ability is truly impressive. Not many people ever reach this level.

that was surprisingly interesting. crazy just how much of counter strikes complex strategy lies in the nades

This video is absolutely awesome from beginning to end !

hello from HLTV brother, congratz on making it onto one of their posts

i haven't played cs for years, but this video is fascinating. great work on all the research i'm sure this must have taken!

Lets go dude been waiting for this one! earned my sub

Really nice video that actually shows how complicated CS really is. Well done.

Dude. It is clear that you did a lot of work on this video. Amazing job!

I love these kind of evolution videos. Keep making them, makes a casual player like me better enjoy the pro scene.

Thanks for the video mahone, really found it entertaining and enjoyable

You are a legend! Amazing video, with great documentation as well. You could get help from devs and create an online playbook with pro utility, with info like effectiveness, usage per game, or even user curated info, like insights on when to use or what are the pros and cons of each piece.

Really good video, you deserve more recognition for this

Now this is the kind of history video I want! Great vid 🙌

Great content ❤❤❤ Its funny how a map got only one update in 10 years but the meta evolves so fast

This is awesome, sub'ed id love to see a version of this for other common spots

incredible video i can't imagine the research and clip compilation time this took

Enjoyed this one as much as mirage, great video! I know dust 2 is not played, but still would like to see mid controll vid on that someday. Thanks! ❤

This video is masterpiece. I had so much fun watching it. Thank you!

Nailed it. This video should be a learning video to every new up comers. All the new pro should know, you have to adapt and learn new way to stay in the meta. Well done. It was a pleasure to know all these nades. As said, The problem has its solution, that's come with a problem.

Great content! Enjoyed it very much! Only thing missing in my opinion in the update that made it possible to drop smokes for other players, which led to some teams just stacking smokes and other nades at the B site.

a very well put-together video essay 10/10

When I see your graphics all I can think about is chess. How this counters this and how this other thing nullifies the counter. It's beautiful!

OK MAHONE! LETS GO! I didn't realize your channel got so big! Keep up the good work!

@mahone_tv

3 ай бұрын

This is a name I haven't seen in so long. Hope you're doing well man!

@MrWutswrong

3 ай бұрын

@@mahone_tv

bro, this is a tons of job, appreciate this, ty for video! Very interesting for watching

thought i recognised your name from being an analyst last year, good video i enjoyed it very much

Just discovered your content man, cant stop watching

I love this and mirage window video. I hope you will be still doing so great job an I hope that next video will be about dust II long.

Absolute banger. Love watching these kinds of videos.

Great video, we need more!

As a casual player who never watches the pro games, my mind is utterly blown

Amazing video, mahone!

absolutely loved this. beautiful work!

Let’s go new mahone video and its a godtier one 💪🏻

The most in depth video ever dude awesome stuff

It's not even my fav map and I watched whole video. Who would think that you can make an entire video about banana on inferno. Great job

Absolute Masterpiece! Thanks for this great analysis, history and teaching!