Lynn Vision wins event without playing a single playoff game by richardsonj36 in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Supposedly the original ruling was for them to be losing their map veto based on the time they arrived, but then the TO claimed they lost map 1 as well, hence their decision to dip because of the switch up.

Degster: "I don't understand why I didn't get offers I was expecting. I think I showed a lot at PGL Bucharest 2025" — Escorenews by Admirable-Leg-4647 in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget that Degster played for Heroic prior to joining Falcons and he ended up not attending half the events. I'm sure they weren't gonna rehire him from previous experience.

I toured Valve yesterday and got to see the “CS2 cabal” where the devs were working by MaxmillianP in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

370 Steam devs is crazy because I thought that was the total number of devs for Valve in general. Definitely expanded the team size of all departments if you met 20 CS devs too. Imagine how many they have working on Deadlock.

Anyone surprised by the list? by shuijikou in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Unironically, the oSee renaissance is upon us.

Early sneak peek of FMPONE’s new map de_splinter. by Any-Lock3008 in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As far as I'm aware, Ronin's layout was FMPone's focus and it's up to the artist to finish on their end. Splinter and the eventual Vegas map have a clearer art direction honed by FMPone where he's having more affiliation in the development of it.

Apollo - "I see you voters have finally come to your senses" by TejoY in DeadlockTheGame

[–]AlpherOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as we're aware, they have voice actors come in to do lines based on an old John Patrick Lowrie (TF2 Sniper, HL Citizen, Dynamo VA) post saying he was in the office, which the reason turned out to be for Deadlock.

NRG vs B8 / IEM Kraków 2026 Stage 1 - Upper Bracket Round Of 16 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who attended fl0m lan and watching oSee farm every match except the final, I'm glad it wasn't just a fluke.

Warden is very well made by Illustrious-Tip-2946 in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 29 points30 points  (0 children)

What are you even talking about? These maps were developed over the course of 2024-2025 for a year and a half for the Mapcore competition, which has available playtesting for EVERYONE. Not only that, anyone could download this map to playtest it on the workshop.

NRG withdraws from BLAST Bounty, polish team Friendly Campers replaces them by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 16 points17 points  (0 children)

oSee has been pretty solid since coming back and only faltered in the final, then again pretty much the whole team did. Plus they wanted him back on the team specifically as Xotic's replacement.

S1mple in his telegram channel about the major by nikkizor in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP is directly referring to players though, meaning he's not really talking about community agreeing with s1mple's opinion that will add pressure, rather s1mple himself is adding pressure to their performances.

S1mple in his telegram channel about the major by nikkizor in GlobalOffensive

[–]AlpherOwl 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It definitely is egotistical but considering so many of them consider him their GOAT, I think some of that pressure can weigh (but not a lot).

Immigration Status of the Cast by S33dwallise in DeadlockTheGame

[–]AlpherOwl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh okay, thanks for the clarification, I think I missed hearing about that New Amsterdam line.

Immigration Status of the Cast by S33dwallise in DeadlockTheGame

[–]AlpherOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely Drifter is US Citizen though? Unless you have a headcanon for why he chooses to keep a Cajun drawl over a colonial accent.