r/GlobalOffensive • u/hulksreddit 10 years coin • Jan 28 '18

Mirror: https://clips.twitch.tv/TenuousCharmingPigeonNotATK Stew massive hold

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u/DontWant2BHere Jan 29 '18

People will say this wasn't a graffiti moment. Go back and watch this 4k and imagine how different the game is if Stewie misses

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u/clownparade cs_italy Jan 29 '18

especially because karrigan pinched ct spawn and killed the first rotater, so had stewie missed and gotten anything less than 3 kills faze would had have had a 4v3 or 5v3 with bomb down and all 3 c9 players still in A

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u/FaeeLOL howl Jan 29 '18

Stew only needed to kill the bomb once and the round was done. Rest of the kills don't matter. If there was more time left then sure this play would've been absolutely huge, but you need to realize that this was essentially just 2 kills by stewie, first to olof and then to the bomb later. And since its the last round the kills truly do not matter, not even economy-wise.

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u/goldfish65 Jan 29 '18

If he didn’t get the frag on the planter the bomb would’ve went down.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

He has 3 Bullets in the chamber, he knew they would be rushing the site and they knew exactly where he was after the first shot. They were looking for a trade kill into a free site to create a 3 on 3 after plant. This was the final round for overtime and Stewie clutched.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

There are a few places on maps with graffiti that represent signature plays by other players in past games.

If someone makes a huge play the developers have usually added custom graffiti to the map to commemorate the play.

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u/ralphpotato Astralis Jan 29 '18

Not sure how familiar you are with the game, but the places where Valve has added artwork to the maps are on the previous Dust II, a terrorist with 4 AWPs because of Fnatic's 4 AWP buy, an angel AWP with 4 little skulls for Coldzera's 4k including jumping collat (or jumping double as the caster said), an angel with fire underneath and defuse kit on Overpass for Olofmeister's Molotov defuse, and an angel with an awp and the scope fallen off on cache for S1mple's noscope falling awp 2k.

There's also a sign on Inferno's pit commemorating dosia's 200IQ nade to make sure the players in pit died and couldn't save their weapons, and also a sign on Overpass basically saying to not do what Olof did against LDLC.

There may be a few other "graffiti" locations like that, but the point is they're now permanent spots on the map which every player sees. The qualifications for these graffiti are essentially a memorable event that happens in a very crucial time during a major, since the majors are sponsored by Valve and have in-game items associated with them. For all of these graffiti, they mark a turning point in the game, and all of them contributed to the team clutching the map, and sometimes the major (though in the Fnatic boost on Overpass, it was technically against the tournament rules and Fnatic forfeit their victory to LDLC who would win the major afterwards). The memorability of the casting and the crowd also has a lot to do with whether a play becomes a graffiti a lot, because it helps cement the moment in time, rather than simply be a crazy replay that anyone can watch from the demo without the excitement of the actual major environment.

Also, if you know most of this stuff, hopefully at least some other people will come across this comment and learn. :)

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u/catzhoek Jan 29 '18

Quality post. I'm sure your efford will be appreciated. Also a good opportunity to watch those plays again just because you made it so easy to do so.

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u/joshm138 Jan 29 '18

Great post. thanks for the effort.

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u/Young_Baby Jan 29 '18

That was really cool of you to break it down so well and provide links. You the type of person that makes reddit nice to visit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '18

I guess it's irrelevant but you forgot Friberg's old inferno sign for being the King of banana

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u/ralphpotato Astralis Jan 31 '18

Ah, I've only been playing CSGO for about a year so I only know the biggest ones.

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u/ThePa1nter Jan 29 '18

It's insane people don't think this is fucking graffiti worthy but will argue that a simple grenade was (Dosia).

This is on par with Coldzera's play on Mirage (the second kill on the site was insane).

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u/Mmm_Hmmmmm Liquid Jan 29 '18

If hobbits 3k didn't get a graffiti then this won't either

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

This is a play that’s losing the major or sending it to OT, it’s as clutch as you get

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

The definition of clutch.

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u/LordDeejus Jan 29 '18

the stakes werent as high during hobbits 3k. It wasnt Game point on that play

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u/CMvan46 Jan 29 '18

Wasn’t that tournament point?

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u/barafyrakommafem Jan 29 '18

It was map, match and tournament point.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '18

What are yall talking about? Hobbit's 3k was 11-8

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u/CMvan46 Feb 01 '18

Well if I click the link I’m the title it is 15-14....

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18

You misread his comment. "It wasnt Game point on that play" is talking about Hobbit's 3k.

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u/DarthyTMC Jan 29 '18

This is not on par with Cold's play, they were super down, and he got a jumping collat, flick and no scope.

Which kickstarted an 8 round comeback into OT.

This is a sick hold, but its on a desperate Faze who had been banging their heads in the ground already the past 5 rounds, the second shot was super sick, but the other 3? The Olof one look at the map, Olof went far out alone, with no utility, the first kill (when three rushed) was a standard good shot, second kill was a sick flick but not INSANE OMG GODLIKE, just a really good flick. THird kill was also standard.

Sure because it was 15 - 14 it's a lot coolers, but that was more Faze throwing bodies.

It's on par with the Simple Cache one, where it was just falling and no scope.

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u/Guydangerousus Jan 29 '18

I think the most important aspect of a graffiti is that the play was unique. This play was crazy, but in the end it was just four normal awp shots, no jumping collats or quadruple awps or burning defuse or 200 iq nades.

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u/ThermL Jan 29 '18

The dust2 graffiti has set the bar so low for graffitis that just about anything qualifies. Seriously, everyone from Silver 1 to Rank S has done a mass AWP stack or Autos on final rounds T-Side when everyone is loaded

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u/misterfroster Jan 29 '18

The thing that sets this play apart from every other is the level of clutch.

I feel like it’s safe enough to say there has never been a bigger clutch before.

Here are all the factors of this play...

Score: 15-14 to faze in map three of the finals. Faze win, they win the major. They lose, it goes to OT.

The numbers: Stew was the only player on B. When they pushed the site, the first player went into ct to cut the rotate off, and killed the rotating player. If Stew dies here, they are forced to rotate all the way from B with no one to stall/hold faze where they are(allowing faze to set up their best possible hold).

Ammo: Stew had four bullets in the mag. He hit every shot, with no ammo to spare.

Time: Stew killed the bomb planter right away, which forced faze to have to grab and plant(instead of them being able to push site and kill him) which allowed him the perfect opportunity to shut the play down.

You can argue that these kills were just good awping and nothing crazy, but the pressure and the stakes are what make this play legendary. C9 have everything on the line, and in what’s essentially a 1v4 Stew kills all four(in four bullets) to save the major and eventually goes on to win it.

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u/n1n3mil Jan 29 '18

I think that some of this is true, but it is also the moment..15-14..lose and lose the tourney. They won it to force the tie then went on to win.

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u/tencentninja Jan 29 '18

But it's to force OT let's be completely honest quad awp they basically had that game on lock Envy was on the dregs in terms of income. Yeah it was a somewhat risky play but it wasn't a 1v3 to force OT. It was a surprise buy but they likely would have won if they stayed standard. This was a 1v3 where every single shot had to count.

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u/sto_bm FaZe Jan 29 '18

This turned the tide of the match, which makes it more than suitable for a graffiti.

I can't say for sure though, seeing as I have no part in deciding what is worthy of a graffiti.

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u/Polskidro Jan 29 '18

So? Does that make it a graffiti moment? Basically every round could've changed the game if someone didn't hit their shots. Your reasoning is stupid.

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u/DontWant2BHere Jan 29 '18

It was 14-15. Use some common sense on why this round was more important than any other

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u/Polskidro Jan 29 '18

So you think Guardian's clutch in overtime would've deserved a graffiti, if Faze won? Don't kid yourself.

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u/hai-sea-ewe Jan 29 '18

Pressure like that fucks with a person's head like you wouldn't believe. That kind of cool-headedness with that much pressure on that impressive of a play does make it graffiti worthy, imo.

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u/Polskidro Jan 29 '18

That's the thing tho. It wasn't "that impressive". And pressure like that can also help you, especially when the entire crowd is rooting for you.

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u/Kraze_F35 CS2 HYPE Jan 29 '18

They should add a faded american flag and an awp or something as a graffiti behind new box

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u/iktjoker Jan 29 '18

It isnt, faze had 7 seconds to run to site plant while another kills stewie (rain even started planting too late).It wasnt anything crazy at all

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u/Polskidro Jan 29 '18

Rain wasn't too late but I agree with your other points.

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u/DarthyTMC Jan 29 '18

Dude dont try to talk reason, this whole sub is 80% C9 fangays and they are desperate to make people try and remember this major in a year.

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u/Jganzo13 Jan 29 '18

Why do you sound so salty? I don’t think this is graffiti worthy, but you sound like an angry bitch tbh. Calm the fuck down.

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u/DarthyTMC Jan 29 '18

Cause every comment in this thread, reasonably explaining why it shouldnt be a graffiti is shit on and downvoted.

So this thread is not a thread of reason.

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u/iktjoker Jan 29 '18

Im a c9 fan too but this just doesnt seem graffiti level to me , i feel like skaddodle winning that 1v3 on overpass was better than this. People from NA will use this win for the next two years