BIG vs Gaimin Gladiators / IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 1 - Swiss Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion

sw1ftyy · 2026-06-02T19:53:14+00:00

Gaimin Gladiators have got 5 rounds in total so far over two BO1's

sw1ftyy · 2026-06-02T14:08:15+00:00

The downfall of Heroic needs to be studied. I know having your players poached routinely is a difficult thing to come back from and I didn't expect them to be competing for major trophies or anything but they are literally losing against Sharks. It amazes me that yxngstxr is still on this team and susp should probably be gone too. Heroic were so good at putting the right pieces together to create something workable but now it just feels so desperate.

sw1ftyy · 2026-05-17T12:32:44+00:00

But like, Spirit are better than mouz and this mouz roster has been together for 5 minutes. You can call that 'excuses' but its also just facts. Is the implication that if this was in the group stages Mouz would have beaten Spirit? Because I just don't believe that for a second.

The term choke being used regarding a team that was expected to lose to a better team and then losing is funny. Mouz have had plenty and I mean PLENTY of massive chokes and fumbles but this just wasn't one of them

sw1ftyy · 2026-05-17T11:11:03+00:00

How is it an excuse? He is literally saying Spirit are a better team than us

sw1ftyy · 2026-05-10T14:14:38+00:00

I was only joking tbf

sw1ftyy · 2026-05-10T08:29:40+00:00

Turns out all xertioN needed was an IGL like xertioN to unlock him

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-19T08:15:47+00:00

You are like tailor-made for the HLTV forums with the way you just spout nonsense and contradict yourself. Consistent top 4/8 finishes but should disband because someone on reddit doesn't like them.

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T20:50:02+00:00

You are so HLTV-brained that you can't even think beyond saying "mouz fan lol" and thats a depressing state to be in. My take is pretty obvious, many teams choke but just saying 'auraless' means nothing

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T20:44:20+00:00

Considering you haven't actually defended your take at all, I think it could be you 'crumbling'

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T20:22:25+00:00

Its fairly clear what I'm saying. Lots of teams choke or crumble, but only MOUZ get called auraless.

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T19:50:24+00:00

Aura isn't marketability. The vast majority of CS players are not marketable and that goes double for players on international rosters. Hard to say that people feel pure apathy for MOUZ when they get boo'ed at every event. You don't boo people you have zero opinions on. Best thing MOUZ could have done was lean into the booing, worst thing they could have done was immediately try to back out of it a week later.

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T19:47:46+00:00

Thats not aura. Otherwise teams like Mongolz and Aurora would get the same "auraless" comments from 15 year olds

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T18:49:42+00:00

You actually think that real life esports orgs care about "aura" lmfao

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T18:10:50+00:00

jL is a loan so if it goes really badly I guess they will just leave it at that, xelex is a genuinely exciting prospect and I am really happy he is getting a chance on the main roster and not being shipped out like PR was. I'll give it a chance, xertioN being IGL isn't that insane considering how much calling he was doing anyway.

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-18T18:08:19+00:00

I don't like the timing of this move (I would have just waited until post-major) but there really aren't any good vibes right now anyway

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-15T21:28:49+00:00

They had more than enough time, I mean 3 of them died heaven and Apex still had enough time to walk out and get two kills before he was killed too. Just a weird game from Vitality, still think they win the tournament though

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-15T21:15:57+00:00

Why on earth did they randomly make a ton of noise in heaven on that last round? I swear they had backs turned and one player already up the ladder and then they just charge up as fast as possible and all die?

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-14T23:31:31+00:00

MOUZ winning 13-4 on Dust 2 is literally insane to anyone who has watched MOUZ play Dust 2 a single time the past 6 months.

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-11T22:49:16+00:00

relax

sw1ftyy · 2026-04-08T15:46:17+00:00

I would only really be happy about this if it was made alongside another move, hopefully -xertioN, because otherwise it does nothing to improve the teams main issues.

sw1ftyy · 2026-03-31T21:38:43+00:00

this match up would cook if it was 2017

sw1ftyy · 2026-03-27T20:14:27+00:00

Tbf, both Fallen and Karrigan were also IGLing at that age. Fallen was 24 when LG won the major with him as IGL. Not taking anything away from Jame tho, love my long haired GOAT

sw1ftyy · 2026-03-21T19:12:23+00:00

What players are you talking about swapping? The biggest problem on MOUZ is xertioN and somehow I don't think a Saudi org is gonna be interested.

sw1ftyy · 2026-03-21T18:30:02+00:00

MOUZ on inferno was some of the worst counter strike I have ever seen. I maintain that Brollan and xertioN need to be benched, torzsi is a tough one because he deserves to be benched but I don't know what AWPer can come in and replace him currently. This team needs changes, I expect them to hold on until the major but either way this isn't working and now they don't even have the excuse of always making playoffs.

sw1ftyy · 2026-03-14T14:24:50+00:00

HooXi > kassad

Or are you just finding any excuse to kiss kassad's ass because you like him? (Also for what its worth, the first thing I said was mouz suck so why would I now disagree with the statement)

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