i remember i was 15 and i ran into the kitchen while my mom was cooking supper yelling about how c9 was the first NA team to win a major in cs history and she's like wtf are u even saying. it was definitely an awesome thing to experience and watch live
Kato 2019 is such an underrated major. I think it is just proof that judging a whole tournament based on just the finals is dumb. The games leading up were great. The storylines for both ENCE and Astralis were fantastic, the stadium and the production were amazing, the speech is the most memorable major speech we've ever had and Pasha's trophy delivery is still amazing.
@@__Nicholas__I’m from NA so I can’t say I’m unbiased, but come on, even just talking about the final, that was an extremely exciting and back and forth match. The best of the best vs the Summer Boys.
pasha actually said that after the final was over, they asked gla1ve how Astralis managed to come back on the T side of Train and gla1ve told them that it was so loud in the stage that they were just rushing because they couldn't really hear much
When I saw faze win Antwerp i saw the way karrigan drop to the floor almost to say "finally i can rest in peace" and i felt that. From being benched by top teams to be forced to rebrand teams or build them from the ground up and finally having it pan out 4 years after his first major grand final was a moment of serenity for everyone who's been following him frombthe start.
Stockholm B? Nah dude you're telling me you didn't see how navi literally beat all the top 10 teams without dropping a map or losing a pistol conversion and that wasn't at least A-tier?
@user-fc8xw4fi5vMonte beating Navi and sending them to the 2-2 elimination against Faze puts that in the S tier for me, especially with SDY and Woro2k having some personal revenge against s1mple. (Yall can say whatchu want, them saying they're friends or that they have good connection is utter b.s. and damage control)
Too predictable. NAVI had no opponents. Gambit, the only team that had a chance of beating them talent-wise had no LAN experience. Vitality was in the same camp as G2, being carried by one player. It was a transitional period for CSGO's Tier 1 scene and NAVI came out on top as by far the most solid team and strongest team. Still far better than Antwerp though.
9:24 this is why I watch the majors on GOTV, the microphone quailty is different from the twitch broadcast and not only it feels more nostalgic but also you hear better the crowd
I am just as passionate about the old VP as you are. Would love to see you cover their journey; from 1.6 to breaking up over a car lmao. Keep up the great vids!
Berlin 2019 is being slept on That crazy group-stage where no one though that NRG was gona get 3-0, and they did And That one crazy side de off the bracket(Navi-Nrg/Liquid-Astralis(btw that vertigo move ads points to the story)) and we even got JAMETIME in the final
I think you went easy on Krakow tbh. The underwhelming final was one thing but I remember a certain BIG jump bug absolutely sullying a huge chunk of the event too. I think the observing wasn't great either (but I could be mixing that last one up)
Whoah now, Krakow is one of, if not, my favorite major, I've watched that three or four times now. BIG having a great run, KNGs immortals, Dosia rolling it back? Excellent. BIG vs Immortals on cobblestone is one of my favorite maps of all time, nade stacks, knife kills, revenge knife kills. Beautiful. Maybe not the best for T1 fans, but for someone that watches probably more lower tier CS than top tier I loooove this event.
Eleague 2017 and 2018 had really good storylines and production. Both finals were blessed by massive comebacks, 7-13 for Astralis and 11-15 for Cloud9, NA crowds reamain goated.
I was really amazed at the crowd at IEM Dallas 2023. That was actually an insane crowd and I was feeling the energy all the way on the other side of the planet.
Kato15 is underrated. Crazy intense last map in the final. Just doesnt have the story book ending and ended up being remembered as the "villains" of fnatic winning again over nip.
For me 2019 Kato was the greatest for me as a Fin. Whole country was suddenly interested in CS and it was just wonderfull seeing their whole journey and starting the small and short lived ENCE era. Although the final was just so sad.
I'm a bit biased but seeing Navi stomp everyone in Stockholm and then to have that wild grand final was the most memorable major for me. The goat getting his major is s tier
As a person from CIS, I love PGL Krakow. Gambit was very dysfunctional online and were about to disband. And here they are, going through the groups 3-0 against mouz, G2 and VP, and having to beat Fnatic in quarters and Astralis in semis. Felt like they deserved the Grand Final against Immortals.
I wouldn't say Paris is S tier. It was nice to see you cast the final, Tbh the best match in that major was Heroic & GL. But it was nice to see Zywoo win
Boston is the best major and ELEAGUE the best organizer ever but it would be even better IMO if Faze won, Guardian and NiKo also at the time karrigan and rain getting their first major and olof his 3rd You can't tell me its better that a match fixer won is better than Guardian and Niko
you could say a couple words on the paris major though. wild crowd, sadly no amazing games in playoffs. all the big teams except vitality choking.. but great major.
W picks. boston 2018 and eleague 2017 are easily the best imo. even though as a vp fan, it hurts to watch eleague 2017, all 3 maps were bangers and were actually close.
I’m Canadian and the only major final I didn’t get to watch was Boston because I was out of country and didn’t even find out they won until literally 3 weeks later 💔
My Favourite series of CounterStrike ever was that Astralis vs Gambit semi in Krakow. Especially considering this was an Astralis that had systematically removed SK’s permission to play the game the day prior. Gambit also coming off of an Upset over Fnatic as well. And then there’s the Series itself. My all time favourite. Id also Argue that Krakow was a relief Major for Zeus as well as he had lost both of his CSGO grand final affairs in a One sided manner. The Katowice 2018 Final is my second favourite series, simply because Flusha does the impossible like 3 separate times. Favourite player ever.
the only thing i remember about berlin is that it was liquids to win, but for some reason allowed vertigo in the veto ran into some insane prep and lost
TheWarOwl actually made a specific video just for that. He boldly titled it, “The Greatest Counter Play in the History of Counter-Strike” The main reason being that Liquid had a 100% win rate on Vertigo, followed by Astralis purposely picking it during the map pick/ban phase. Team Liquid was confused, the casters were shocked, the crowd was amazed. And then Astralis won 2-0.
Man, I really need to attend a major one day. Been watching since 2014, it’s crazy how blessed we’ve been with this many good majors. Looking forward to many more in CS2 🙏
For me the guardian one stings, its like if Messi dropped 3 goals a game during the world cup on a broken leg but still lost because their team. Guardian was a legend having their best performance on the biggest stage but denied time and time again.
I feel like the last truly great major, an A or above, was Boston. Though I could be biased because I am from NA and it was the first major I have ever watched live. Almost all of the finals have been 2-0 with three of those being a complete blowout. It is not fun to watch a major when the final isn't close.
I watched the cloud 9 major final at a giant 30 person family get together dinner at Carrabba's . my mom kept saying put that thing away its disrespectful--to me cupping my phone 2 inches away from my eyes. "YOU DONT UNDERSTAND C9 IS IN OVERTIME FOR THE GRAND FKIN FINAL" when they won I went outside for a bit and fist pumped in the rain ill never forget that major
I still remeber Atlanta, I was so happy about first half of Train. But when i saw beginning of Astralis' comeback i felt that it will get bad. My VP heart broke that time.
Boston is one of my fav league. I dont remember much of what happen back then. I'm not even NA but watching it live, the match is so dang close. I would say the vibe and situation lead me to hypest league I have ever watch. Before I leave CS. Just got come back lately when Blast about to end and... yea :/ not a really hype league for me.
yo lau, have you ever thought about making a series of videos ranking different role players? like for example, tierlists of the best AWPers in the CS:GO era, the best riflers, etc etc. could be fun
I always thought older tournaments sounded better, yeah the sound of the casting is of technically lesser quality but now even in playoff matches in arenas it sounds like a studio match
for me cologne 2014 is my favorite because thats when i started watching, i think they showed the gotv on the main menu and i checked it out because vox was playing and i thought their logo looked really cool lol
Dude, if I would've kept those stickers from kato 15 and others I would've been a gazillionaire. At least I learned something important about investing early in life (that if you really want big profits you need patience, except for a few scenarios).
I watched every major start to finish from Columbus to Boston, after NA won I didn't care anymore and didn't even know the result of faceit london until today lol, the rest I watched a bit but I don't think I've been excited for a major in a while
In my opinion Blast Major was one of the worst major i have ever experienced, the games were not even interesting in champions stage. Every tier 1 team except vitality underperformed and the final was one of the worst matches I’ve ever watched
worst match in terms of not being particularly close? Eh was always gonna happen when all but one tier 1 team completely shit the bed. But far far from a terrible match. But the games were absolutely interesting unless you only care about faze g2 or navi.
Lmao Paris was B tier at best, crowd was insanely biased to the point where even as a Vitality (Magisk/Dupreeh) fan it was starting to get embarrassing. GamerLegion being in the finals was a huge letdown from what would've been an epic Vitality v Heroic showdown, Monte, Apeks, ITB, just so many random weird happenings, not the worst but definitely not S tier
Krakow being put that low is a tragedy. Zeus' only major, he had to dick down Astralis on Train and Inferno and eliminate them to get there, not to mention AdreN at the time was probably the best rifler in the world. Toxic Coach Lau.
Its sad to not being able to put Rio at S tier. Its the first time that I traveled outside my state and got to attend a major but the ticket selling service was so ass that a lot of the tickets sold probably were to bots and a lot of fans gave up going after the initial sale fiasco. It was amazing watch Furia knock out Navi but yeah, happy for Jame but that finals aint it
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I still remember watching the Boston major live and literally freaking out all night. Such a special moment in history
i remember i was 15 and i ran into the kitchen while my mom was cooking supper yelling about how c9 was the first NA team to win a major in cs history and she's like wtf are u even saying. it was definitely an awesome thing to experience and watch live
Same. This was the first major I watched live and i was in USA when that happened. Really memorable, even while i was supporting faze.
Kato 2019 is such an underrated major. I think it is just proof that judging a whole tournament based on just the finals is dumb. The games leading up were great. The storylines for both ENCE and Astralis were fantastic, the stadium and the production were amazing, the speech is the most memorable major speech we've ever had and Pasha's trophy delivery is still amazing.
he just mad liquid choked on inferno vs ence :p
@@tommyl399615-8 😢
From doing pre-game interviews to casting a major grand final, legend dude!
As an NA fan I am legally required to say Boston S tier
Either the others move down or Boston creates a new tier above because it is that much better than every major
@@__Nicholas__I’m from NA so I can’t say I’m unbiased, but come on, even just talking about the final, that was an extremely exciting and back and forth match. The best of the best vs the Summer Boys.
It’s the best major final imo…
As a faze fan, I disagree
@@sennahoj6741 I’m also a faze fan.. been one since 2017… that’s still the best final they have played in. Obviously when they won Antwerp it was good
pasha actually said that after the final was over, they asked gla1ve how Astralis managed to come back on the T side of Train and gla1ve told them that it was so loud in the stage that they were just rushing because they couldn't really hear much
When I saw faze win Antwerp i saw the way karrigan drop to the floor almost to say "finally i can rest in peace" and i felt that. From being benched by top teams to be forced to rebrand teams or build them from the ground up and finally having it pan out 4 years after his first major grand final was a moment of serenity for everyone who's been following him frombthe start.
Stockholm B? Nah dude you're telling me you didn't see how navi literally beat all the top 10 teams without dropping a map or losing a pistol conversion and that wasn't at least A-tier?
yeah it was kind of a boring era in CSGo with them winning everything but the last map was pretty insane and Niko was on another level
65% of people got diamond coin at Stockholm versus 43% at Katowice 2019. That says a lot
Stockholm>Antwerp tbh
@user-fc8xw4fi5vMonte beating Navi and sending them to the 2-2 elimination against Faze puts that in the S tier for me, especially with SDY and Woro2k having some personal revenge against s1mple. (Yall can say whatchu want, them saying they're friends or that they have good connection is utter b.s. and damage control)
Too predictable. NAVI had no opponents. Gambit, the only team that had a chance of beating them talent-wise had no LAN experience. Vitality was in the same camp as G2, being carried by one player. It was a transitional period for CSGO's Tier 1 scene and NAVI came out on top as by far the most solid team and strongest team.
Still far better than Antwerp though.
9:24 this is why I watch the majors on GOTV, the microphone quailty is different from the twitch broadcast and not only it feels more nostalgic but also you hear better the crowd
I am just as passionate about the old VP as you are. Would love to see you cover their journey; from 1.6 to breaking up over a car lmao. Keep up the great vids!
Wasn't only the car rlly but vp org did do pasha etc dirty with that one.
@@pyroboss3099 How did VP do Pasha dirty?
Berlin 2019 is being slept on
That crazy group-stage where no one though that NRG was gona get 3-0, and they did
And That one crazy side de off the bracket(Navi-Nrg/Liquid-Astralis(btw that vertigo move ads points to the story)) and we even got JAMETIME in the final
Vertigo pick from Astralis was legendary. Never have i seen fear rise in csgo pros eyes, that fast.
I think you went easy on Krakow tbh. The underwhelming final was one thing but I remember a certain BIG jump bug absolutely sullying a huge chunk of the event too. I think the observing wasn't great either (but I could be mixing that last one up)
Also fans were getting kicked out of the stadium after a certain point because pgl only paid for a certain amount of time
also the most delays and tech issues we've ever seen
There is absolutely no way Paris is S-tier
if paris is top tier list major i have nothing to say more. . . . . . .
Whoah now, Krakow is one of, if not, my favorite major, I've watched that three or four times now. BIG having a great run, KNGs immortals, Dosia rolling it back? Excellent.
BIG vs Immortals on cobblestone is one of my favorite maps of all time, nade stacks, knife kills, revenge knife kills. Beautiful.
Maybe not the best for T1 fans, but for someone that watches probably more lower tier CS than top tier I loooove this event.
Eleague 2017 and 2018 had really good storylines and production. Both finals were blessed by massive comebacks, 7-13 for Astralis and 11-15 for Cloud9, NA crowds reamain goated.
I was really amazed at the crowd at IEM Dallas 2023. That was actually an insane crowd and I was feeling the energy all the way on the other side of the planet.
I was at Atlanta 2017 and it was electric
Kato15 is underrated. Crazy intense last map in the final. Just doesnt have the story book ending and ended up being remembered as the "villains" of fnatic winning again over nip.
For me 2019 Kato was the greatest for me as a Fin. Whole country was suddenly interested in CS and it was just wonderfull seeing their whole journey and starting the small and short lived ENCE era. Although the final was just so sad.
my first ever major to watch was 2018 boston,fair to say i picked the best major to start watching pro cs
Faze in Faceit 2018 was closest a team came to beating Astralis era Astralis in major playoffs
I'm a bit biased but seeing Navi stomp everyone in Stockholm and then to have that wild grand final was the most memorable major for me. The goat getting his major is s tier
Never forget watching that last map of boston 2018. Such an awesome time watching with my friends from boston
As a person from CIS, I love PGL Krakow. Gambit was very dysfunctional online and were about to disband. And here they are, going through the groups 3-0 against mouz, G2 and VP, and having to beat Fnatic in quarters and Astralis in semis. Felt like they deserved the Grand Final against Immortals.
Gambit winning was so magical. Dosia sex god nade, Zeus proving haters wrong, Kazakhstan on the map.
I am dropping everything to watch this video, Launders + Majors cant miss this
banger background music. Hits my vibe exactly.
The problem with rio is that Brazilian fans are fans of Brazilians not cs the second furia won the major could’ve basically been over
Exactly what i was waiting for from Lau!!!!
I remember I was deciding which game to have as my main game when I saw Boston 2018, I completely fell in love with cs
I wouldn't say Paris is S tier. It was nice to see you cast the final, Tbh the best match in that major was Heroic & GL. But it was nice to see Zywoo win
You forgot to factor in his winning-on-home-soil bias!
The first time I watched pro cs is when the Boston major happened. Man that comeback was super hype and it's cloud 9 and faze, a very know orgs
Boston is the best major and ELEAGUE the best organizer ever but it would be even better IMO if Faze won, Guardian and NiKo also at the time karrigan and rain getting their first major and olof his 3rd
You can't tell me its better that a match fixer won is better than Guardian and Niko
They need to bring the raw crowd mic back. We need to hear the crowd like other sports
I still remember those mr.tweeday nip fragmovies from 2013-14
Kato15 the last one he made was super underrated as well
i hate tier lists. i love this video.
what a great history lesson
you could say a couple words on the paris major though.
wild crowd, sadly no amazing games in playoffs. all the big teams except vitality choking.. but great major.
yea definitely not in the best tier
Boston was the first major i've ever watched, i remained a eSports fan since
till this day i still cant believe c9 pulled that off, take me back plzz
i went to the boston major in person and it’s a memory i’ll never forget
W picks. boston 2018 and eleague 2017 are easily the best imo. even though as a vp fan, it hurts to watch eleague 2017, all 3 maps were bangers and were actually close.
You are AceZone tier 😍
most essential cs youtuber
They need to bring back those crowd mics! Glad to hear someone else feels that way.
- cloud 9
+ Faze
Guardian and Niko deserved it
I’m Canadian and the only major final I didn’t get to watch was Boston because I was out of country and didn’t even find out they won until literally 3 weeks later 💔
Great idea for content with awesome background history!
My Favourite series of CounterStrike ever was that Astralis vs Gambit semi in Krakow. Especially considering this was an Astralis that had systematically removed SK’s permission to play the game the day prior. Gambit also coming off of an Upset over Fnatic as well. And then there’s the Series itself. My all time favourite. Id also Argue that Krakow was a relief Major for Zeus as well as he had lost both of his CSGO grand final affairs in a One sided manner.
The Katowice 2018 Final is my second favourite series, simply because Flusha does the impossible like 3 separate times. Favourite player ever.
you must be trolling if you think paris deserves to be ranked that high
should be on the same level as RIO, dude must be trying to keep his casting job at blast
Being from New England, Boston was the only major I could attend, and it was just magicial
the only thing i remember about berlin is that it was liquids to win, but for some reason allowed vertigo in the veto ran into some insane prep and lost
Astealis vs Liquid was such a great match & the Vertigo performance by Astralis was the cherry on top
TheWarOwl actually made a specific video just for that. He boldly titled it, “The Greatest Counter Play in the History of Counter-Strike”
The main reason being that Liquid had a 100% win rate on Vertigo, followed by Astralis purposely picking it during the map pick/ban phase. Team Liquid was confused, the casters were shocked, the crowd was amazed. And then Astralis won 2-0.
This is the content i crave for
Launders over here looking like an ancient babylonian statue over here
Man, I really need to attend a major one day. Been watching since 2014, it’s crazy how blessed we’ve been with this many good majors. Looking forward to many more in CS2 🙏
Lau just never dissapoints
For me the guardian one stings, its like if Messi dropped 3 goals a game during the world cup on a broken leg but still lost because their team. Guardian was a legend having their best performance on the biggest stage but denied time and time again.
love you lau, you are one of the few NiKo fans still getting bugged by him not winning the coveted trophy yet.
its kinda cathartic seeing other people also suffer from allergies
Columbus was my first too! I had a great time. I remember seeing you and thinking "jesus what a tall dude" lol
I'm an European, but always been a huge C9 fan, I can say that I cried when I saw Cloud9 win the Boston major, the best one for sure in my eyes
I feel like the last truly great major, an A or above, was Boston. Though I could be biased because I am from NA and it was the first major I have ever watched live. Almost all of the finals have been 2-0 with three of those being a complete blowout. It is not fun to watch a major when the final isn't close.
Made sense until Paris.
S Tier, and number 1 at that - what are you smoking Lau? 😂
any day launders post is a good day
I highly reconmend Richard Lewis's Tier List on the Majors. Absolute banger stories!
so glad the atlanta major was my first experience of being at one
I watched the cloud 9 major final at a giant 30 person family get together dinner at Carrabba's . my mom kept saying put that thing away its disrespectful--to me cupping my phone 2 inches away from my eyes.
"YOU DONT UNDERSTAND C9 IS IN OVERTIME FOR THE GRAND FKIN FINAL"
when they won I went outside for a bit and fist pumped in the rain
ill never forget that major
I still remeber Atlanta, I was so happy about first half of Train. But when i saw beginning of Astralis' comeback i felt that it will get bad. My VP heart broke that time.
Boston is one of my fav league. I dont remember much of what happen back then. I'm not even NA but watching it live, the match is so dang close. I would say the vibe and situation lead me to hypest league I have ever watch. Before I leave CS. Just got come back lately when Blast about to end and... yea :/ not a really hype league for me.
yo lau, have you ever thought about making a series of videos ranking different role players? like for example, tierlists of the best AWPers in the CS:GO era, the best riflers, etc etc. could be fun
those early majors were something else man
2018 was such a fun summer
Antwerp not S tier?? Faze vs Navi final, nr 1 vs nr 2 in the world. Crazy crowd, crazy plays..
Easily S tier
stockholm AceZone for sure. it was most awaited major and flawness run for navi makes it more special.
W Tierlist!
There is no bias in this video
Finally someone defending my personal GOAT(Flusha). Great Video.
Boston Major deserve S tier
Pgl krakow was a relief major aswell for zeus IMO its better than the Paris major
no shot blast paris is s tier :D i know u have to say that but cmon Lau
Niko is special to me. I personally like rifling more than awping and there is almost no one at his level at 100% form(maybe twistzz)
I miss ELEAGUE, every tournament they hosted were S Tier, production and all.
amazing production, amazing tournaments, amazing music, indeed they are missed
I like the outro: people said the audio in cs2 is bad with these headphones that I get sponsored from.... no, buy them
love these videos lauuuu❤❤
I always thought older tournaments sounded better, yeah the sound of the casting is of technically lesser quality but now even in playoff matches in arenas it sounds like a studio match
for me cologne 2014 is my favorite because thats when i started watching, i think they showed the gotv on the main menu and i checked it out because vox was playing and i thought their logo looked really cool lol
BOSTON S TIER 4 LYFE
Blast ruined the trophy.
Dude, if I would've kept those stickers from kato 15 and others I would've been a gazillionaire. At least I learned something important about investing early in life (that if you really want big profits you need patience, except for a few scenarios).
Berlin disrespected in d tier, i think it shoulda been b, just for that liquid vs astralis vertigo pick
"Everyone got their chip in CSGO"
NiKo.................
I watched every major start to finish from Columbus to Boston, after NA won I didn't care anymore and didn't even know the result of faceit london until today lol, the rest I watched a bit but I don't think I've been excited for a major in a while
lmao paris definitely not biased, def the best major with like 200 upsets
In my opinion Blast Major was one of the worst major i have ever experienced, the games were not even interesting in champions stage. Every tier 1 team except vitality underperformed and the final was one of the worst matches I’ve ever watched
worst match in terms of not being particularly close? Eh was always gonna happen when all but one tier 1 team completely shit the bed. But far far from a terrible match.
But the games were absolutely interesting unless you only care about faze g2 or navi.
Good Tier List. Put Antwerp in S-Tier because what Faze and Navi did at the time was the best CS ever played. Rest is understandable.
Banger
Lmao Paris was B tier at best, crowd was insanely biased to the point where even as a Vitality (Magisk/Dupreeh) fan it was starting to get embarrassing. GamerLegion being in the finals was a huge letdown from what would've been an epic Vitality v Heroic showdown, Monte, Apeks, ITB, just so many random weird happenings, not the worst but definitely not S tier
I'm pretty sure NiKo is the only 1.6 pro to be in hltv top 20 in the past 5 years.
Krakow being put that low is a tragedy. Zeus' only major, he had to dick down Astralis on Train and Inferno and eliminate them to get there, not to mention AdreN at the time was probably the best rifler in the world. Toxic Coach Lau.
Honestly I didn't really enjoy the last major that much. I just don't see why everyone is so hyped about it
Rio wouldve been S tier if it was br team vs Heroic in finals, Outsiders is the only major winner that I feel like did not deserve it at all
Its sad to not being able to put Rio at S tier. Its the first time that I traveled outside my state and got to attend a major but the ticket selling service was so ass that a lot of the tickets sold probably were to bots and a lot of fans gave up going after the initial sale fiasco. It was amazing watch Furia knock out Navi but yeah, happy for Jame but that finals aint it
As a Polish dude I have to say Every Katowice Major is S tier
my guy krakow was one of the best, do you know the story of zues my guy? its by far the best comeback story in cs history