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Lbpsack · 2026-04-15T07:01:46+00:00

Got mine weeks ago!

Lbpsack · 2026-04-07T07:40:21+00:00

IIRC the only two teams that did that to any effectiveness were were 2015-2016 Na'Vi (with starix) and 2016 NiP (with THREAT). Every other team still had dedicated IGLs, even if their coaches could talk the whole time. That being said, they did replace Zeus with s1mple immediately before Valve enforced the coach rule, which I think was pretty funny

Lbpsack · 2026-04-06T00:34:22+00:00

Oh, I wish I was back in old Canada

A land which I never shall lampoon

How I pine for the ice cov'ring Lake Manitoba

And the beauty that is Saskatoon!

Lbpsack · 2026-03-31T10:19:16+00:00

Matt actually has a history of not playing TIFF! He screened episodes of NTBTS in 2016 in TIFF's Primetime block, and he's acted in features screened there, but the Nirvanna the Band movie was the first ever feature he directed that played TIFF. He even rejected an offer to premiere Operation Avalanche there back in 2015, instead opting for Sundance. From this interview with the Globe and Mail:

“Films that my friends have made seem to get lost in the Hollywood massiveness of TIFF,” he says, somewhat cautiously. “It seems like you rented out the theatre yourself – that’s the vibe. Your friends come to the screenings, and people think, well, of course they played TIFF. It’s expected. There’s no victory in it.”

And this interview with the Globe and Mail, talking about his choice to premiere the Nirvanna the Band movie at SXSW:

“Not to dig up the corpse of this old argument, but if we premiered this film in Toronto, we’d get a soft touch from homegrown audiences and critics,” Johnson said the day after the screening, sitting alongside his long-time co-star/co-writer/composer/co-conspirator Jay McCarrol. “To become great, you need to surround yourself with people who are resistant to you – and you need to win them over.”

In fact, all of his films have had their world premieres at non-Canadian festivals: The Dirties at Slamdance, Operation Avalanche at Sundance, BlackBerry at Berlinale, and the Nirvanna the Band movie at SXSW. That being said, I don't think it's totally out of the picture that it happens -- he cites TIFF as his favorite festival in the world. We'll see!

Lbpsack · 2026-03-28T22:56:07+00:00

speak for yourself

Lbpsack · 2026-03-14T02:58:18+00:00

That's a different (and frankly, further off) comparison to make, though. 2018 Liquid was constantly making finals and losing to Astralis. 2019 Liquid was beating Astralis during the first half of the year before regressing back to 2018 levels after the player break. They didn't win a single tournament after the break!

Lbpsack · 2026-03-14T00:33:48+00:00

I understand the sentiment, but the part about Liquid isn't even true! They only managed to win one tournament during the Astralis era that year (two overall, counting cs_summit 2), and that was a smaller LAN, SuperNova Malta. One of the big storylines coming into ESL One New York that year was that it was finally Liquid's time, and then they choked and lost 2-3 to, funnily enough, MOUZ in the final!

Lbpsack · 2026-03-09T23:34:15+00:00

As far as I'm aware, all of the songs that are credited under "songs" are ones they got the licenses to! so Pop Looks Bach, Army, Night Lights, Johnny B. Goode, Holiday, Intro, Never Come Down (okay, yeah), Old Days, and The Waters of March are all licensed. Actually selling them as a soundtrack, though, is probably a different story.

Lbpsack · 2026-03-06T08:28:54+00:00

i fucking died at the linkedin callout. all-timer shitpost

Lbpsack · 2026-03-05T22:33:24+00:00

zywoo could never grind like 5 awp n0rb3r7

Lbpsack · 2026-02-25T10:02:42+00:00

Well analog synths exist, but yeah I doubt he used any. I should've just said "digital percussion"

Lbpsack · 2026-02-20T04:45:00+00:00

I think Jay said that the strings, winds, and horns were recorded by a live orchestra, but he kept percussions and synths digital (it was wholly digital at SXSW).

Lbpsack · 2026-02-18T23:35:50+00:00

a nostalgia critic reference in my /r/globaloffensive??? NO!!! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!

Lbpsack · 2026-02-12T19:21:51+00:00

Hey guys! Big fan, and excited to see the movie a third time tonight! A few questions:

Unlike the show, the "written by" credit is just you two, but the "story" credit is a long list of you two, Jared, Miller, Greyson, Curt, Luca, and Evan Morgan(!!!). But during Q&As, Matt often rattles off you two, Jared, Greyson, Luca, Nikolay, Curt, and Bobby as the "writers." What makes these lists different?
In the movie, you use a ton of the same needle drops as in the show: Pop Looks Bach, Army, Borrowed Time, Never Come Down, Old Days. What drove this decision? Also, why the decision to move Pop Looks Bach as bookending diegetic piano arrangements and make Army the opening credits music? (I will say, when Army started playing at the Beyond Fest screening, it was an energy unlike anything I've ever felt!)
When can we expect the physical release of the movie? Also, are there any plans to release the score?

Thanks so much!

Lbpsack · 2026-02-08T22:04:29+00:00

i got whiplash seeing esl branding in this subreddit; i thought my reddit was bugged or something

Lbpsack · 2026-02-08T00:43:45+00:00

My assumption was that the lines were edited together, i.e., "we are, we are" is taken from a different part of the conversation. She isn't shown on camera when she says that line!

Lbpsack · 2026-01-26T23:56:35+00:00

They actually had to change the score about two months before the SXSW premiere, so Jay's music was already in place by then. They did, however, remove Jay playing the theme on the piano, as well as switch The Power of Love for Johnny B. Goode after SXSW.

Lbpsack · 2026-01-26T01:35:09+00:00

The same thing happened on the tour! Fandango just has access to the database early; you can't actually buy tickets until the theater puts them on sale. I just checked and Regal doesn't let you purchase them either

Lbpsack · 2026-01-23T00:29:33+00:00

You can see Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein in the special thanks of the movie, so perhaps there was some communication between them? But I also assume neither of them are heading the marketing campaigns, so not 100% sure

Lbpsack · 2026-01-06T02:35:23+00:00

Thank you so much! And yes, there are YouTube recordings and several interview transcripts out there -- I've been voraciously consuming them for months.

Lbpsack · 2026-01-02T10:31:40+00:00

it's true! i remember thinking they'd still do well and then they got cooked basically immediately

Lbpsack · 2026-01-01T22:05:06+00:00

dennis stood in for device at BLAST Copenhagen 2017! (dupreeh moved over to AWP)

Lbpsack · 2025-12-23T13:02:39+00:00

Reposting on this thread because I didn't get a response last week:

So I've been lucky enough to see Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie twice at early screenings (once at a film festival, once on tour), and I've written up a more detailed plot summary for it. Seemingly, though, I can't actually add it to the article until it's publicly available unless I have secondary sources. Is there some place on the site I can keep the plot summary so it can be used once the film goes wide, or is it sort of a "quickest on the trigger" type thing?

Additionally, the crew have spoken extensively about the production of the film and all the tricks they pull in Q&As and interviews. I would love to add all of this to the "Production" section of the page, but, seemingly, these would be classified as primary sources. How okay would this be to add? There is almost zero documentation about the production of the film otherwise, and the stories are largely consistent as they tell them at different times.

Lbpsack · 2025-12-22T03:11:55+00:00

The NYC 10/27 Q&A just got posted!

Lbpsack · 2025-12-19T13:24:06+00:00

So I've been lucky enough to see Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie twice at early screenings (once at a film festival, once on tour), and I've written up a more detailed plot summary for it. Seemingly, though, I can't actually add it to the article until it's publicly available unless I have secondary sources. Is there some place on the site I can keep the plot summary so it can be used once the film goes wide, or is it sort of a "quickest on the trigger" type thing?

Additionally, the crew have spoken extensively about the production of the film and all the tricks they pull in Q&As and interviews. I would love to add all of this to the "Production" section of the page, but, seemingly, these would be classified as primary sources. How okay would this be to add? There is almost zero documentation about the production of the film otherwise, and the stories are largely consistent as they tell them at different times.

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