Was Stewie2k Good At CS:GO? 

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here he comes back and wins an event immediately

Here after GStew IEM Dallas win

Let’s not forget that stewie started playing csgo in 2014 and went pro in 2016. What a legend

stewie was a certified trophy lifter. grand slam says it all. what an achievement

wow that closing statement has aged so well after the results of IEM Dallas

I feel like stewie is kind of the mcgregor of csgo. Had a quick and uncommon way to the top. Revolutionized the game and drew alot of attention to it and himself. And had a polarizing and unfavorable exit out the sport. But i think he was great for the scene just like conor and his legacy stands for itself

when liquid was stuck in europe I always loved the moments stewie had with loba in FPL. great personality and did a lot for the scene.

Awesome rewatch 🍻

Hurt my NA heart to see how things transpired on his time in EG. My favorite NA player of all time. Not sure if he's willing to come back to CS, but NA CS just feels different without him in it. He was NA CS personified in my eyes.

ill always stand with stew, inspired me and make the scene entertaining. His banter with other pros were my fav parts about him.

Look at him now. Bro is definitely not a fraud

the way stew went out of the scene is extremely unfortunate. i think he may have lost the drive to grind the game somewhere during the covid years. you can’t deny the impact he has had on the scene and he will always be considered an NA legend

Man this made me hyped for a potential Stewie return. I’m cheering for him

The stew effect returns.

thanks lau, stewie’s a great player, a legend, glad someone else can revisit that despite recent events

IEM DALLAS 2024 W

Much respect Lau. I’m glad you’re able to make this video, provide your analysis, and knowledge on Stew. Stew was the reason I really started playing CSGO. He’s an NA great and will always be remembered as a big part in the only NA 2018 Boston Major win.

G-STEWWWWWWWW

We can hope that at IEM dallas this year, Stewie is 1. on G2 standing-in for Hooxi, 2. Makes it to playoffs, and 3. Making a massive impact and improvement on the team and forcing the G2 lads to actually consider whether or not Hooxi is worth keeping.

Hes barrack

absolutely loving these rant-style videos, can't stop watching them so please keep em coming lauunders :)

u gotta be an extreme hater to say he wasnt good

lets be real na needs anything it can get at this point, 100% i support stew trying to get back in and maybe uplifting one of the lesser known na rosters into top tier (nouns or wildcard etc)

Stewie is an artist when it comes to CS, his playstyle is so unique and really fun to watch. Great video, keep it up!

Dope video. I started watching csgo through stewie and ill always be a huge fan, even though some of the recent issues were a little disappointing

I think this type of video was needed. You nailed everything on the head: from the way people remember stewie as he left the scene, to what his tenure in csgo really was. Stewie may be a tough person to be on a team with is what it seemed, but he definitely deserves the respect for the grind and accomplishments he had

always been my favorite player, glad to see videos like this. recently the community has just ripped him apart and he deserves better.

The content is amazing as always but the work you put in this videos is crazy. The script, the trippy backgrounds and the subtle edits as you speak really differentiate you from other content creators. Keep up the good work Lau, been following you for years and wish you nothing but the best for you career, keep up beeing a great caster and a great human being. Love from Portugal

I'm a Brazilian and I started watching competitive CS:GO recently. It's pretty confusing as there are a lot of teams, tournaments and organizers also I don't play the game it's kinda "hard" to learn the game and step up my knowledge and engage with the community. Thankfully, I have people like you that brings these videos that them definitely help. This is Stewie2k used to be so hyped on my Twitter bubble, and now he just kinda disappeared

Very nice comeback for the smoke criminal

You know youre good when pros know what youre going to do but still cant stop you

G-STEWWW THE NA GOAT🔥🐐

Love these types of vids Lau - Keep killing it

I think the passion to win is what sometimes can ruin the chemistry on a team. When things are going right, I'm sure Stewie is a great guy to have on your team. But when you are that passionate about something and you aren't winning, it's hard not to let those negative emotions shine through. S1mple is the same way, not toxic because he's a bad guy but because he loves and understands the game like few others do.

Stewie is the reason I started to play CS and I will never forget how much he inspired me! Massive respect to him.

all love for stewie hopefully he makes a comeback soon

Your format and flow of videos is just so good

This was such a well put together video, concise and detailed. Great story telling and great points being made here, Bravo, lau!

Stewie, shroud, nothing, skadoodle, autimatic will always be my favorite team

He is the one who is able to micro manage the situation and glue the gap if team needs it. People grow and learn lessons from what they did. and I believe he will come back and be stronger than ever.

Just recently started watching your youtube videos Lau and I gotta say man, you speak so fluently and precise. When you make points, it's so direct and clear. Incredibly well-made video. P.S the background music and editing is S tier

holy crap vivd good stuff

stewie is a legend, mans was leagues ahead of the game at the time. i hope he can come back comfortably one day he was a big inspiration to me

Love this style of video and would love more of this, keep it up!

Have you ever considered doing a video on Skadoodle? Whenever people mention him they talk about the Boston major when he was already years past his prime. It makes me sad that so many people don't know what he was like in 2014-2015. I still think in that era he was the most mechanically gifted awper in the world and could easily go toe to toe with the best today if he was able to maintain it.

We take those

They didnt call him Jake "The answer" Yip for nothing.

Great Vid lau, stewie deserves a lot of respect. Man completely changed CS. I haven’t respected a single smoke in the server since 2016. Neither has anyone else. 😂

It's insane to me just how complicated everyone tried to make Stewie's playstyle. Like you mentioned, he's an amazing hybrid and support caller. He can calm everyone's nerves but he's not an IGL, Stewie2k naturally is just one of the smartest players in CS:GO's history, and yet everyone tried to make him the primary Awper, shot caller or IGL and told him "this is your primary role" never realizing they were always plugging him into the wrong one. The way Stewie has built his fast paced style and flair is that of a ridiculously versatile support player who plays extremely well as an entry fragger especially when optimizing his quick decision making and ability to gain and gather info, the traits that make him one of the most invaluable and smartest players during his playing time. Making the right calls and being perfectly equipped to alleviate pressure off his teammates and give them the mental edge they needed is just a natural gift of his but it's clear when you look at that aspect of his during his time as a player that you take that as a bonus to his game and not as something to make him a primary IGL. He isn't one of those pieces you make the cornerstone of your squad and build around, he's one of the pieces that you plug in to surround that cornerstone you're building around. He played entry fragger for MIBR in his short stint and was part of the last Brazilian squad to win a S-tier event, he played support in Team Liquid and was part of a squad that captured the #1 spot in the middle of the Astralis dynasty alongside being the 2nd team to ever win an Intel Grand Slam from a pool of only 4 squads to ever win it. Go futher before that, in 2016 C9 won Pro League with Stewie playing behind Skadoodle and Shroud who were the cornerstone's of that team at the time with n0thing on the way out. In 2018 he won the f*cking Major playing entry/support, although he did it on a whole other world than usual. There was no one single player who C9 could really turn to during that entire run so in turn the whole squad lifted themselves and the one who cemented his moment, one of the most important moments of CS:GO's history, was Stewie. Every player on that squad was playing insane and to get as far as they did, they absolutely needed to, but after that, Stewie was the guy that caught everyone's attention and how could it not. However, looking at that run objectively, Stewie was a support player. Even in the B-Site hold, he was playing support lying on the B-bombsite as defence. His highs were of such unbelievable statures that it made it seem like he was a promised CS:GO deity and to NA he probably was, but when the magnified quantity of his image and play is adjusted relative to the CS:GO scope outside NA, Stewie hits more like how Friberg did for NIP. He definitely had moments that are amongst the greatest in Counter Strike's history, but the times he made magic happen and won a trophy was when he was put in a position to do what he does best which is playing support behind his teammates, entry fragging and gathering info while making quick reads and calls for his team and being able to weather any storm they would go through to maintain their vibes in the moment. Stewie is one of the most impactful players in CS history no doubt about it, but he is also undoubtedly an Entry Fragger/Support with the heart of a champion and the mind of a team player who just so happens managed to also become a top 15 player in the game's history, look at it however way you want those fact don't change. Stewie2k wasn't good at CS:GO, he was GREAT at CS:GO.

Watching Stewie play made the game so much more interesting. Man was good and will be missed.

Banger vid as always Lau ❤

the stewie effect is real. JUST WON DALLAS!!!!

How LIT is the intro? If all commercial was done like this i would watch that stuff.

I like how you can literally win a major and people question if you're good at the game

What he's being remembered for now, does not discredit nor take anything away from what he achieved. Stewie is awesome, too bad no king rules on top forever.

Hope you know that we the csgo old heads really like your videos and also appreciate the editing.

good content lau we need more pros at any games

I will never forget the 2018 boston major. I called what I thought the picks would be but didn't have the money to buy the coin to do the picks. Ended up getting all of the picks right and before the end of the major my brother made me a wooden Cloud9 Logo to hang up. That Faze vs C9 inferno game was epic.

Love these vids launders!

These are great videos Launders.

That intro ad combo was beautiful

The closing statements about stewie coming in and helping a team get going was spot on. G2 struggled so hard and then it all fell into place

Banger video gango

I want to see him compete again in CS tbh.

banger video! love your content!

i was there in 2014-18

5:40 has an error. Chicago was after they won the grand slam. the 4 events that won the grand slam were Sydney, Dallas, Pro League, and Cologne.

Forever my favorite player. Changed the scene as we know it

so awesome, love ur vids lau :p

As always, a great video from you

great vid lau, just one detail: you mentioned twice that twistzzz only matched stewie's accomplishments (in terms of having a major + grand slam and arguably in terms of being the most decorated NA player) when he won his grand slam #2 recently, but twistzz already had a major and grand slam last year after antwerp

intro feeling like an adult swim commercial break

LOL

That man was the reason NA had their only Major and a grand slam This debate ends

Stew is the reason I hit global bro made me wanna get better just from watching my him

you should do a video on n0thing i remember seeing a video on n0thing some years back saying how he would extend his stint on c9 bc of one good tourney then go back to being inconsistent for a couple months then have one good tourney and rinse and repeat.

i dunno i remember everytime seeing him play for liquid, screaming at my screen, "wtf are you doing buddy?!"

I would be curious to see if anything changed in his career if he had played under a good igl or mentor. He never really had a super experienced player on his team during his tier one career, barring during sk/mibr when they were already on their way out. If you've listened to him talk about the game, you see pretty quickly how much of an understanding he has. During the grand slam run he had the ability to grab a t side by the balls and run with it. His peaks were high but he was very inconsistent. Which is why I wish he played under a good igl instead of secondary calling pretty much his entire career.

I think his game sense for a time was just really good and he was in tuned with doing the unexpected.

a hat that says app is so much funnier than the shirt

love youre videos man !

bro 2016 was in my head the exact same

Lau can have CS2 key? I sold mother for wifi for play CS2 sorry bad england.

i only just started playing csgo a couple months ago, but I’ve known Stewie specifically for probably 7 years. never really even had watched him, just always heard his name and saw his name in the killfeed in any csgo clip I ever saw. he’s definitely in the csgo Hall of Fame imo

I still remember stewie vs vitality on overpass he rekt zywoo in WC

We love stew

Bro literally won everything in cs and his haters still tryna downplay him, but it's expected since he was hated even before he first joined C9

kinda crazy its been 5 years since the 2018 major

That BOXR intro was actually so fire 🔥

Came for title, received banger intro

Holy shit that boxr ad was insane

i fkn miss stew in cs man, my favorite player of all time

Im here from the future to said. He stands in on g2 now named gstew And they made the main stage of iem dallas. Had a better overall rating then the core of g2 and all around better the enterity of team liquid.

Very great video, I used to love Stewie and I cheered for him when he won the major back then. I loved "everyone hates Stewie" and him being the smoke criminal. I miss old Stewie

see u all in a few days on Voo's video!

A player who has major win (especially in na team) ,who has grand slam win in Astralis prime that's tells everything to me, he is the goat of na

How can anyone hate on The Smoke Criminal? One of my top 5 favorite players in all of cs.

nice vid! theres gotta be a tarik vid for sure

Feel like Stewie’s talent might’ve been overrated but no one can deny that he’s had an incredible impact playing support and opening opportunities for his team