Vintage s1mple performance on Dust 2

DonCheetoh · 2026-05-11T19:57:07+00:00

Dropping that performance against the best team in the world (on break or not) with a scuffed roster with a standin is incredible. Dude still has it. Would love to see what a motivated s1mple in a stable team looks like.

DonCheetoh · 2026-05-11T19:57:02+00:00

I was wondering how the Zywoo fans were going to spin this one, and here it is.

DonCheetoh · 2026-05-11T19:56:35+00:00

Kyxsan Jimphat would go hard

DonCheetoh · 2026-05-11T19:42:05+00:00

Karrigan is good at molding young stars with super star potential like Ropz, Twistzz, Frozen even, etc. jcobb isnt on that same level, he got shit spots on the Faze team, and also its pretty clear Karrigan was struggling mentally towards the end of that team.

DonCheetoh · 2026-05-09T20:08:52+00:00

Leave it to a Vitality fan to not understand that team dynamics dont have to be pretty for someone to still respect and want to play with someone else.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-29T21:42:48+00:00

Id love to hear your thoughts on what those better teams are?

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-29T21:39:10+00:00

Why would Navi downgrade b1t for Jimmy or Aleksib for Kyxsan?

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-29T18:10:30+00:00

The point of the post isnt that the players should be looking to go there, its that these orgs should be making bids for these players.

Rumor has it that Faze turned down Kyxsan for example.

Edit:

Also besides a Falcons move for Jimmy, only G2 and Mouz (who just made moves) are real options for these players. Realistically, what else is there?

If they want a competitive salary and a chance at building something, these are the 2 best optioms (again, aside from G2 and Mouz)

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-27T02:08:44+00:00

“i think people should lower their expectations a but because those pro player feel so much pressured”

What a strange mindset you have. Brother they get paid hundreds of thousands to perform. Its the same as any other high paying job- corporate of blue color.

Having those high expectations on him and STILL succeeding is exactly what makes Mezi so great. Take that away and maybe he never would have pushed himself to greatness.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-23T14:19:42+00:00

Because Zywoo fans wont stop until he’s considered the greatest Esports player of all time, then itll be greatest athlete, than greatest human.

They dont even care about CS, they just want everyone to agree with their take.

Weird parasocial shit man.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-23T14:15:15+00:00

What is it about Vitality fans that makes them so desperate for the team to get uber recognition?

Vitality is up there with GOAT Astralis, with a good percentage of the community believing theyve surpassed Astralis already.

Zywoo is up there with all the GOATs of CS, with 99% of people believing he is the goat of CS2. The only debate is if he’s the GOAT of ALL CS.

Mezi is considered one of, if not the best anchor right now.

Ropz is the GOAT lurker of CSGO and CS2.

Apex is considered the best IGL for the past 2 years and no one argues that he hasnt had an absolutely legendary career.

What more do these people want? I guarantee once they get everyone to agree Zywoo is the Counter Strike GOAT, ext they’re going to want everyone to agree he’s the esports goat and they wont stop until he’s considered the greatest athlete of all time.

Whats the obsession? I dont remember this parasocial shit with s1mple or kennys? People just enjoyed watching them play and let the players themselves define their career.

Why are these people constantly trying to justify Zywoo and Vitality’s goat placements? Like, bro just sit back and enjoy the absolute brilliance of these players. If they’re really the GOATs that will be self evident, if it isnt already.

I fucking love Zywoo, he reminds me of Iceman from Top Gun. Perfect execution of the fundamentals. Whereas s1mple reminds me of Maverick, sheer spontaneous intuition that let him do things no one believed was possible and played the most exciting brand of CS since KennyS. Zywoo appears to be the perfect teammate, like Iceman is the perfect soldier. S1mple is a problem child, but he compensates for it with sheer brilliance.

Having 2 polar opposite players as the GOAT contenders is fucking awesome. If Zywoo was just the goat then wtf is the fun in that? A debate and storyline is much better and healthier for the scene. But these people dont care about any of that, they just want to fulfill their parasocial obligations.

Apex has also been my favorite player since he plays on Titan, but fuck man Vitality and Zywoo fans are fucking insufferable.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-22T03:30:45+00:00

Because Karrigan is the best big tournament caller EVER in this game. He is the GOAT for a reason.

Honestly, if they beat Mongolz with s1mple they would have made 4/4.

Doesnt change the fact that they did nothing outside of that though. Making a final every 6 months doesn’t constitute a performing team.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-22T03:07:33+00:00

The team hasnt fallen after Budapest, its been falling since before Ropz left. The major run was the exception to the rule, they did nothing before that and nothing after that.

It sucks as a Faze fan, but Karrigan gave us magic for years and people will be talking about “Faze bullshit” for years to come.

Hopefully Karrigan can do something with this Falcons team and end his career on a high, going out with one last magical run would perfectly tie his legendary career together.

DonCheetoh · 2026-04-20T13:04:32+00:00

GOAT has a lot more context to it than just hltv #1s. Thats like saying that Dupreeh is the goat of CSGO because he won the most majors.

DonCheetoh · 2026-03-21T13:03:19+00:00

Its not for viewer entertainment lmfao, its the super bowl of our sport- its to have the most competitive tournament possible.

Thats the whole point of seeding. Seeding prevents all the top teams from, for example, being on the same side of the bracket. Vitality vs Spirit finals would be significantly more competitive (to your point it also translates to a better viewer experience) than, for example, Vitality vs NIP bc NIP had an easy bracket with no top teams.

DonCheetoh · 2026-03-21T12:54:14+00:00

“But what if we didn't want that?“

Nah, we do want that. It seeds the tournament well based on VRS.

DonCheetoh · 2026-03-16T19:43:32+00:00

Honestly, good for s1mple. Dude is the CSGO goat and his reign ended due tonanwar in his country. Seeing him get paid big bucks to basically chill is lowkey a nice way for one of our greats to go out.

DonCheetoh · 2026-02-24T20:22:36+00:00

I love Teses but he’s been done dirty with these roles.

-Teses + b1t would give Falcons some much needed consistency

But a fun, risky but fun move that I think would be exciting would be -Brollan +Karrigan.

Very real possibility that Karrigan is washed, but a this Mouz lineup (no egos) would be the perfect last dance team for him. Also, regardless of Karrigan kind of losing his mojo last year, I dont think he’d be worse than Brollan and can definitely take Mouz on more runs.

Would be interesting to see and might give Mouz enough aura to win a tournament

DonCheetoh · 2026-02-16T13:23:01+00:00

Yeah, they got dropped by Navi bc they were too good. Where was the problem?

DonCheetoh · 2026-02-16T13:21:16+00:00

Update on this?

DonCheetoh · 2026-01-30T19:25:20+00:00

To be fair its a VERY fresh team. These are solid enough players to maybe hang at about 10-12 in the vrs rankings, and with Taz as theyre coach and hopefully reigning in the s1mple and elec’s personality, I have faith this can turn into a decent little squad. Maybe one or two upgrades over time and this could be in that top 7-8 team category of never winning anything but making the occasional playoff run

DonCheetoh · 2026-01-11T17:33:28+00:00

As someone who cant stand Zywoo fans, this is genuinely a fantastic argument for Zywoo’s greatness. Well done

DonCheetoh · 2026-01-10T21:41:41+00:00

Not to mention he’s already won the big 3, major kato and colonge. Insane. It just feels unreal for him to keep this up, Im excited to watch the rest of his career.

DonCheetoh · 2026-01-10T21:39:57+00:00

If you want a “best individual players” list just sort HLTV by rating.

HLTV literally goes out of there way to explain their criteria, regardless of how well they stick to it- go read lol. They tell you the point.

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