How a Self-Obsessed AWP Prodigy Almost Destroyed His CS:GO Career
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When it comes to competing at the highest level in esports, confidence can be key to winning in high stakes situations.
Not having enough self belief at the right moment can mean the difference between a monumental victory and a soul-crushing defeat, whereas having too much faith in your own ability can end up biting you where it hurts.
And perhaps in all of CS:GO no one has navigated the line between confidence and overconfidence quite like Owen "smooya" Butterfield: a prodigious but enigmatic talent from the land of tea and crumpets who has made his name flexing on fools with the good ole big green.
But the thing about smooya is that the unshakeable self-belief that’s made him so dangerous on the server has also caused him a lot of problems off of it.
Written by: Alina Sotula (@ASotula)
Hosted & Produced by: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Edited by: Matt Massey
Produced by: Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Thumbnail by: Brandon Mistele
Special thanks to smooya for taking the time to talk to us, you can find him on Twitch here!:
m.twitch.tv/smooyacs
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@EpochIsEpic 2 жыл бұрын
“Played for like, a year and got worse”. Sounds like I’m on the right track
@ChessCat1500 2 жыл бұрын
LMAO yes
@breggsgonzales2924 2 жыл бұрын
@4:03 and then 2 weeks after buying a new pc you get global elite. damn...
@bolofotinha5621 2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@nothankkyou3176 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget he said all that changed to make him better. Was new gear
@AllThatHarbin 9 ай бұрын
You and me both! 😂
@ilym1st670 2 жыл бұрын
no one: smooya: "I was like literally bhopping around the room"
@heyrellic 2 жыл бұрын
bruh
@SnowyIsHere Жыл бұрын
bruh
@nurlindafsihotang49 Жыл бұрын
Bruv
@jxy_vbn8156 Жыл бұрын
@@nurlindafsihotang49 this is a certified Bruv moment
@bluz9951 Жыл бұрын
that’s what happens when you play a game too much you start using in game terms for real life
@DerBarrakuda 2 жыл бұрын
getting tabsen, one of the nicest players in pro cs, to be mad at you, just proves how over-confident and problematic smooya was
@yomamaMTV 2 жыл бұрын
I think tabsen is just a pr god
@falaflani4831 2 жыл бұрын
@@yomamaMTV ok smooya
@k0ufaR 2 жыл бұрын
*is
@frittatasTV 2 жыл бұрын
He still is over-confident and problematic
@llovebeats3749 2 жыл бұрын
you dont know tabsen, you will never know tabsen, you are a fan
@falcon3169 2 жыл бұрын
smooya : "I can't hear you s1mple !" s1mple : time to babysit this clown
@PK-lo6ws 2 жыл бұрын
no one talks shit to simple
@SwedeenXBL 2 жыл бұрын
@@PK-lo6ws True, if you do you're bullying him
@alexbeaven8532 2 жыл бұрын
Haha I think s1mple loves it, he's just like young s1mple
@nilzstarz 2 жыл бұрын
s1mple loves him , it's all fun
@Iamapsycho231 2 жыл бұрын
@@SwedeenXBL Why you bullyin me
@thebluecollarkid1831 2 жыл бұрын
There's a fine line between confidence and over-confidence! You have to be careful about what side do you stand!
@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos 2 жыл бұрын
i honestly don't know how egoistic and over confident people are able to pull it off personally i am the exact opposite , i overthink every decisions and opinion even if it is the right one
@JonathanPaspula 2 жыл бұрын
I would phrase it this way, there's a line between confidence and arrogance, and you would do well to know the difference.
@zkkkk.8889 2 жыл бұрын
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos same with me bro...its really hard... i overthink a lot cant stop it
@lolly4961 2 жыл бұрын
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos you dont have to overthink, when you know you´re right:)
@iamclydieCS 2 жыл бұрын
@@zkkkk.8889 same bro
@dfsempire2712 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe fnatic are starting the first ever British csgo team project
@dfsempire2712 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sem0733 how did that work out
@lele_goof 2 жыл бұрын
Bri'ish chewsday innit
@V-O-V 2 жыл бұрын
@@lele_goof Hilarious. Honestly the more a joke gets repeated the funnier it gets...
@dfsempire2712 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sem0733 you sure because this was just during the covid era of world ranking so it was pretty bad. Not to mention world ranking is still bad and always is I mean g2 top 3 when they bombed out of groups now there good but really?
@polexx1875 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sem0733 London Conspiracy?
@charliesheen4277 2 жыл бұрын
7:44 thats all im going to say about the s1mple vs smooya thing lmao
@chugalingus4642 2 жыл бұрын
I hope this is the turning point of his career. He was over confident for sure, but I hope he can become a showman and an embassador. He certainly has the likeness, and the personality
@sigmundfreud2443 2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaaand het got kicked.....
@chugalingus4642 2 жыл бұрын
@@sigmundfreud2443 yeaahhhhhh.. seems it was more because of fnatic shifting gears, rather than Smooya sucking.
@andreascristea3960 Жыл бұрын
@@chugalingus4642 andddd he s gone now
@chugalingus4642 Жыл бұрын
@@andreascristea3960 yeah.. pain
@marko02501 Жыл бұрын
@@andreascristea3960 he’s back to streaming or just retired completely?
@adhinraj2967 2 жыл бұрын
Here we are now. When Smooya has been benched on FNATIC.
@ATS1031 2 жыл бұрын
his banter with s1mple is great i hope he redeems himself on fnatic
@scars2856 2 жыл бұрын
This didn’t age well
@ayush6025 2 жыл бұрын
Well this aged like fine wine.
@ATS1031 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayush6025 lmao
@felobatirmoheb4884 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayush6025 What happened
@Bubbles1709 2 жыл бұрын
@@felobatirmoheb4884 my man got himself kicked off the fnatic roster sadly because they didn’t like him very much. Really hoping smooya can land a good and stable team ready for Antwerp. Turns out you really can’t even pay a bunch of us British to play a game together lol
@memeguy-jz4kv 2 жыл бұрын
tbh until now I never knew why did smooya get sacked, he was usually smashing everyone on the server
@wallacemunene6952 2 жыл бұрын
He was said to be toxic
@manfromwuhan714 2 жыл бұрын
@@wallacemunene6952 yh coz his team was utter shite
@flux3033 2 жыл бұрын
@@manfromwuhan714 it would be hard to focus and get motivated when u got a mf bitching in ur ear all the time
@mintu7541 2 жыл бұрын
@@wallacemunene6952 Met him on faceit today, played on the same team. He was toxic as fuck 😂
@whoami8247 Жыл бұрын
@@mintu7541 why did he leave fanatic?
@yeahhyouvish 2 жыл бұрын
I like smooya man, he's definitely a great player and the fact that he's actively working on changing his behavior will only make him better in my eyes.
@juliancaesar4575 11 ай бұрын
It’s called growing up
@oaklandoof994 2 жыл бұрын
smooya was my fav eu player when he was on BIG. So happy hes back into T1 with fnatic, think that team has a shot to be good
@qwq3699 2 жыл бұрын
fnatic t1 kekw
@admiralburger 2 жыл бұрын
@@qwq3699 they are winning back to back
@phoon4703 2 жыл бұрын
Benched LUL
@tomerator 2 жыл бұрын
3:25 s1mple is a savage LMFAO
@andershermansen1131 2 жыл бұрын
Smooya is one of my favorite players! butt load of confidence, and not afraid to show it, gotta love it! also being liturally the only good englishman on the scene
@jon2957 2 жыл бұрын
"boom they take mix well, what the hell just happened" 🤣🤣🤣
@letterx8068 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao the way he said was golden
@user-ep1qj6rc1w 2 жыл бұрын
I cannot help myself but relate to this guy. When I was a kid there was no one who would've told me to shut up and come down to the Earth. Now I am having lots of psychological issues stemming from that. This is fucking hard. gl smooya, this won't be easy.
@willparker7763 2 жыл бұрын
this is why god made fathers and father figures.
@braulioxDify 2 жыл бұрын
@@willparker7763 do you mean grandparents
@Tobi-wt4sh Жыл бұрын
@@willparker7763od? You mean the Parents lmao
@TotalxTroll25k 2 жыл бұрын
I could see Smooya and S1mple being best friends that have explosive ass fights
@Nazzigrag 2 жыл бұрын
How about NBK ? I would really like to see a summary of his career, from a Major Winner to basically not being seen on the official stage for quite some time. He was the mirrored version of smooya
@s0meRand0m129 2 жыл бұрын
formed a team brought in Alex make Zywoo a star player bring glory to the team get fucked by the org after major
@s0meRand0m129 2 жыл бұрын
Vitality did NBK dirty
@whoami8247 Жыл бұрын
@@s0meRand0m129 why did they kik him
@s0meRand0m129 Жыл бұрын
@@whoami8247 Dunno why but mouz they only want new young talents and then sell the players to different org , that is what mouz want to do now
@whoami8247 Жыл бұрын
@@s0meRand0m129 I was talking about vitality😎
@MJRxTITANx 2 жыл бұрын
reminds me of dardoch. it doesn't matter how good of a player you are if you can't be a good teammate. no org wants a toxic player for the long haul
@wallacemunene6952 2 жыл бұрын
You cant really hate Smoooya this guy is just pure comedy
@leemarquez8995 2 жыл бұрын
lol disco doplan killed his career with those usp misses
@xImpactBlue 2 жыл бұрын
Can we get a full "The Story of Rain"?
@xImpactBlue 2 жыл бұрын
We got it :)
@philosopher-x 2 жыл бұрын
Seems like the guy is on an incredible redemption arc. The mature Smooya is a likeable guy.
@Shazzgaming 2 жыл бұрын
"Bhop all around the room because of happiness" Let's be honest we all doing that when we're happy
@akhiljacob2089 2 жыл бұрын
im seeing this video after he got benched again
@jakubgurgul3858 2 жыл бұрын
2:03 : Tom after being smacked by Jerry's hammer
@schneeraizor7020 2 жыл бұрын
his gaming attitude really shows in his streams. he is damn cocky, but he is hilarious on his stream
@RaccCantAim 2 жыл бұрын
Dimitris beard makes me feel things
@davidloux578 2 жыл бұрын
Sexual things?
@thebluecollarkid1831 2 жыл бұрын
Is that a sexual reference?!
@RaccCantAim 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidloux578 nooo…..
@lazyboi7114 2 жыл бұрын
sus
@plastic12345 2 жыл бұрын
._.
@randhika5636 2 жыл бұрын
he's probably the only highest skill brit that actually playing in competitive esport and he act like an idiot, but goddamn sometimes it's good to se someone this real in csgo scene
@blondie4182 2 жыл бұрын
and he's right back at it lmfao
@tharetsku 2 жыл бұрын
he's the opposite of f0rest, and I like him almost as much.
@ahbabraufahmed3058 2 жыл бұрын
wdym?
@weesijieMUFAN 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahbabraufahmed3058 f0rest is a god but is as humble as it gets
@arfanzufar5148 2 жыл бұрын
cadiaN?
@pretzelbodyvarial9629 2 жыл бұрын
“SMOOYA, SMOOYA” -s1mple
@spadez662 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid was hoping u guys would do smooya soon!
@NovocaineTV 2 жыл бұрын
Didnt know any of this, the entire time i was watching him in 2019 on B1G I thought wow this kid has gotta make a move to a better org.
@SteelBoDyGaming 2 жыл бұрын
11:18 sick!!
@illastration1 2 жыл бұрын
As a Brit I like him because his toxicity is honestly pretty normal amongst young British lads. He seemed to grow out of it later than most (probably because he spent years in his bedroom playing CS). Happy he's maturing now though. TBH s1mple was the same when he was younger and has now matured in to a really respectable person. I'll be supporting Smooya and Fnatic for sure.
@bohanxu6125 2 жыл бұрын
People grew up in different situation, so I'm not accusing or anything... but it's not good to have a culture that is proud of being toxic. Making toxic people famous is not good for people overall.
@Goudafarmer 2 жыл бұрын
Not British people realising why nobody likes them
@cc3 Жыл бұрын
@@bohanxu6125 yeah as a brit, I did not get along at all with other teenagers for this reason, it's surprising just how superior some of them act just because they're surrounded by other yes men. To be fair it sounds like smooyas WoW mates embodied this description more than him. I doubt he was really kicked for his low skill (he comes off as toxic and entitled, I wouldn't play with him) but if he was then that's pretty shitty. Fortunately most of the bigger twats end up going nowhere in life so our culture does have some sort of hidden system in place.
@shin29534 Жыл бұрын
S1mple is still the same he just wins
@reachCS Жыл бұрын
I dislike many young 'lads' ur talking about because of this toxicity.
@jessicawilliamson640 2 жыл бұрын
A true man from Huddersfield
@robbielea1107 2 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t believe it
@carnivalism1042 2 жыл бұрын
smooya the type of guy to get hyped on having plans to drink, but gets drunk on his 1st or 2nd bottle of beer
@Im_K4tana 2 жыл бұрын
there's always a bigger fish Smooya humble before you crumble
@challeFX 2 жыл бұрын
"Grinded for a year, got worse" XD I feel this cause as soon as I upgraded from my laptop to pc, I improved so much.
@scoutpack1518 2 жыл бұрын
I love the extra Smooya clips, always makes me laugh. I’m so happy that is on a high tier team.
@rmrafa183 2 жыл бұрын
17:41 imagine hearing a turkey on LAN on the group stages
@anhtung5423 2 жыл бұрын
Can somebody just tell him not to go heaven and we good.
@anD_halfwayCrook 2 жыл бұрын
Being able to even make tabseN mad is impressive 😂
@iamclydieCS 2 жыл бұрын
Why bro? Csn u explain pls
@anD_halfwayCrook 2 жыл бұрын
@@iamclydieCS tabseN is one of the nicest csgo pros and him being mad is pretty much unheard of
@iamclydieCS 2 жыл бұрын
@@anD_halfwayCrook oh ok tnx
@taguinerd 2 жыл бұрын
Rooting for this guy!!
@epicexcalibur6445 2 жыл бұрын
3:03 hes like sayin gustav's favorite line of "anyone can cook"
@irmuun69 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t sleep if I don’t watch these videos
@Henu__ 2 жыл бұрын
Confidence > Competence
@JigsawLV 2 жыл бұрын
"Mom, mom, I think I joined BIG" "Come on now, dear, you are not that large, you are big boned"
@asw6169 2 жыл бұрын
Didn't know Mini Ladd became a CSGO player after the scandal.
@drScorp1on 2 жыл бұрын
I like the sprinkling of Awportunities and Awbious here and there.
@WOLF-hi7ow 2 жыл бұрын
He's on Into The Breach now
@propapanda4557 2 жыл бұрын
Not anymore lmao
@v_cpt-phasma_v689 10 ай бұрын
UK esports is underdeveloped due to a lack of support, theres no local tournaments or anything, UK players however on avg tend to be pretty decent, they just dont get the support to leap from a ranked player to a pro player.
@Wizard-lz6gh 2 жыл бұрын
Dimitri knows he had to make the puns.
@deafy9666 2 жыл бұрын
It's funny because so many of these pros who were on t2/t3 csgo rosters are now on t1 valorant teams
@MYG 2 жыл бұрын
overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer
@utkarshdhingra6755 2 жыл бұрын
successfully destroyed it now
@jaybeecaranza9471 2 жыл бұрын
He is dubbed as s1mple 2.0 in terms of ego problems in his early times xD
@pimpchimpin3472 2 жыл бұрын
You can tell that he's confident when he wears aviation headphones.
@johtosy 2 жыл бұрын
So guessing uve never seen a tournament before. U have to wear them to block out sound so that they cannot hear things other than the game and comms from the program they use. Next time check ur facts
@pimpchimpin3472 2 жыл бұрын
@@johtosy It's still odd that they chose a pair of David Clarks, instead of using anything else.
@johtosy 2 жыл бұрын
@@pimpchimpin3472 if i was a huge tournament organiser i personally would go with David Clarks as far as ive heard from tournament organisers they have the best noise cancellation of accessible headphones. Btw its not up to the players they literally HAVE to its the tournament organisers that provide it.
@calyrex436 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes content my favorite
@VollKaracho209 2 жыл бұрын
It was way more fun to watch BIG when smooya was on the team.
@SpiralOut8888 2 жыл бұрын
syrsoN way better than smooya tho
@LilMartyFarty 6 ай бұрын
Mates ego is still bigger than planet earth
@liviuKZ 2 жыл бұрын
When you treat the game like a game you become confident enough
@jakuph_ 2 жыл бұрын
Myman Dimitri is really flexing on us with the jewelry
@rivervp8167 2 жыл бұрын
Prodigy and smooth, lamooooo
@HarshSingh-vk9le 2 жыл бұрын
man I would love to see what he brings to the scene when fnatic goes live on the server!
@TheoHiggins 2 жыл бұрын
It's funny how you can hear his time on BIG and in FPL leeching into his speech patterns.
@keshavnuwal7991 2 жыл бұрын
Even kicked from fanatic 😂
@onlyrushb6428 2 жыл бұрын
its even funnier the second time !
@S1ege 2 жыл бұрын
on LAN off LAN they all caught these hands XD
@fieryjp9898 2 жыл бұрын
"peek me" famous last words
@NatteNek 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you guys will make something of a story of KiXSTAr.
@nep8998 2 жыл бұрын
I really hope they do
@joespagnola9253 2 жыл бұрын
keemstar
@get_obliterat8642 2 жыл бұрын
Yeahhh
@jmmjjmmjjmmj 2 жыл бұрын
who the fuck is that
@NatteNek 2 жыл бұрын
@@jmmjjmmjjmmj Ex R6 Pro and their vest caster, passed away in a car accident a few weeks ago
@validus4690 2 жыл бұрын
great vidoe guys ! my head
@juandacun1434 2 жыл бұрын
"Movie Star Riders" dang.
@Tagavedu 2 жыл бұрын
All things aside smooya is pretty good at storytelling
@rmrafa183 2 жыл бұрын
10:11 they cannot take anyone else...
@_slier 2 жыл бұрын
if Tabsen mad at you, that totally means that you are outright disaster
@teo4232 2 жыл бұрын
basically bakugo from mha lol, glad to see both of them have their redemption arcs
@justv7536 2 жыл бұрын
"Kids still say dank, right?"
@masterroshi3300 2 жыл бұрын
Self proclaimed prodigy perhaps
@Deniz-kf1bs 2 жыл бұрын
hecking love smooya
@marcojauner1652 2 жыл бұрын
smooya is that dude in the party who fucks with all
@Maskiii_ 2 жыл бұрын
I still want a video about BIG
@wes4034 2 жыл бұрын
Story of ChrisJ when!?
@TheyCallMeJawsy 2 жыл бұрын
This ages well
@jawsome1594 2 жыл бұрын
I had no clue until now that Smooya was from my town.
@robbielea1107 2 жыл бұрын
Clicked on this video because it popped up in my recommended wasn’t expecting this dude to be from goddamn Huddersfield.
@ericnawamusic 2 жыл бұрын
OWEN, DONT GO HEAVEN
@rizky487 2 жыл бұрын
He’s like s1mple back in the day, only less bullying and skill😂
@donwongtianci6694 2 жыл бұрын
Idk why but the only videos I can watch are the ones with Dimitri in it
@NickPrecise Жыл бұрын
bro was def a menace in school. LAMSKLMSALKASDM you can tell bro was a bully
@michaelgasparella8937 2 жыл бұрын
i see myself exactly like smooya
@nate_ham9040 2 жыл бұрын
- the skill
@michaelgasparella8937 2 жыл бұрын
@@nate_ham9040 i have it but not in csgo
@earthling_parth 2 жыл бұрын
Hope he follows in the footsteps of S1mple and becomes more of a team player and is really good
@JannisHug 2 жыл бұрын
OWEN DONT GO HEAVEN
@Kigyy 2 жыл бұрын
I love smoo
@MCjoaoweiss 2 жыл бұрын
At 3:19 he is saying "Qué Ota" ? The famous phrase from Lucas1
@harrisonmaclean3539 12 күн бұрын
prime the score content
@alaskaleyden8781 2 жыл бұрын
Scottish blend tea is where its at 🤣🤣🤣
@V-O-V 2 жыл бұрын
Just want to point out that last segment of the video, the UK actually has a decent amount of players its just they are in games like COD and FIFA. Consoles are so much more prevelant than PC's it wild. So all our esports pro are generally on console games.
@gurty3517 2 жыл бұрын
But console esports boring tho
@jaqui7046 2 жыл бұрын
So they aren’t in esports?
@Girvo747 2 жыл бұрын
@@jaqui7046 Imagine gatekeeping esports.
@Jackerlus1 2 жыл бұрын
British Valorant is popping off now though, Fnatic and Liquid have British cores and XSET from NA have a British IGL.
@Formulera 2 жыл бұрын
@@gurty3517 no they’re not, Halo esports during Halo 3 was better than csgo ever was or will be
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