It's absolutely a were out of time and options move and taz was like "I got a guy."

Richard “Where Would I Be Without G2?” Lewis

Mercedes Benz has the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now

something something big apple... something something hungry

GuardiaN never winning a major is simply baffling

Rise Of The GigaSnack -Meme2 Strikes Again

Someone's going to say 'gamer' incedentally around me at some point and because I've been binging your videos I'm going to automatically reply 'legion' before my brain realizes what's going on.

despicable deadfox slander

I AM POGGING!!

Siuhy would be a good pick for a post-Niko G2. Surround him with players willing to take his lead and the future will be bright for G2. Wouldn't actually be surprised if Siuhy was asked and he just said no. He seems to have a good sense of when and where to make his career moves, which is basically a total opposite of aleksib for example.

HooXi denies gods will is a wild segment

My fav part of the announcement video was the reference to the interview spunj had with siuhy krasnal and snax where snax was trolling spunj because he asked snax 'how to save Polish Cs' and Snax just kept saying 'Polish Cs'

Hot take: Niko has no eye for talent and that’s why we were so historically critical of him having control in the team. It’s not an issue for star players to exert influence on the team if they actually know what they need to win.

Always great to catch an RL video

I like watching Niko play, but to Richard's point, it's not hard to be down on Niko after both Karrigan and AleksiB were kicked from his teams and found Major success (pun intended) without him. Yes, Hooxi and Nexa were not phenomenal IGLs during their stints with G2, but G2 did find success with both. How come Niko is the only guy that couldn't win with Karrigan or AleksiB, but players beneath Niko's pedigree could? Why would G2 management consistently make poor decisions solely to ruin Niko's chances at victory? The only common factor is Niko across the board. When he's not involved, it seems like his IGLs blossom.

I think role fixation is much less on "this player can't play this well". Its a lot more of how much they like the roles in general. People perform worse when they're in positions that they don't like and don't fit their personality/style. But yeah, malbs was an anchor on TeamOne so he knows the deal, but he was just so prolific in his aggro roles on M80 I struggle to see him putting up the same performances.

I think that if we talk about GL's winning % on T site under Snax, we must also look at the fact that their four main maps were Overpass, Nuke (heavily CT-sided) and Vertigo, Ancient (CT-sided). Their main perma ban was Inferno, and second most banned map was Anubis (heavily T-sided). I thinks that may have affected the percentage.

Was so excited for this video. Delivered

I have to apologize for my previous comment stating that there's hate about this move. After watching the video i can easily say that Richard lives up to his name and gives us great piece of a content. I only reacted like this because of a title

Can we get more of the Richard Lewis Bane impression?

6:30 RL didnt hear beef between taz and snax? thought they didnt even talk to each other after vp for like 5 years

Reading about this news, first thing I thought about was this upcoming video of the ludicrous signing😂

snax addition probably wasn't even taz's idea since they had a conflict for years

How much math necessary to make the funniest move ever. They saw valve snack bar and were like "we need snacks for success" and taz said "wait one second"

Locked in for another Richard banger 🔥

Richard going through the 5 stages of grief with stewie and I`m all here for it. Keep them jabs coming haha

11:04 - people focus on roles more than they should but I'd make an exception for AWP and Anchor roles. Thinking Grim during his time in Liquid, Nexa in G2 playing Anchor, when RPK retired and Vitality got two kids and neither of them could anchor at all etc... The difference is some players are just more versatile. NAF/Magisk have played anchor roles on many maps across multiple lineups and people still don't regard them as anchor players.

Snax was alright

snax could outperform, let's not doubt him yet. Maybe G2 can look for something better later on if he doesn't perform.

That bane impression was way too good.

been watching you for years and I've always wondered. Does anyone ever call you by the nickname of Richard and then Lewis? It flows pretty well haha. Its actually incredible Snax is still tier 1 and still playing but I believe he can do it. At his prime he was so fun to watch especially around smokes

Poor Hooxi didn't even get half a decade in order to develop

It's coming home!

This JUST got posted, but we all know why snax is in G2. Don't even have to watch the video, but obviously I'm going to, caus richard

Taz, Snax - we all know whos coming next, PentaG2Shock

Maui saying this is a bad move is all I need to know this move was Amazing

with the money they have , if I were them I'll just get Suihy

24:58 just a timer for hooxi denying God's wishes

26:04 LEGION! LEGION!

I think g2 are trying to make richard lose his mind lol

Comparing Hooxi at the Major to the Fall in Paradise Lost may be my favorite Richard comment of the year thus far.

Seems like a taz move but I’m a. Huge snax fan and I’m stoked to see it play out

10:40 bad take by Lewis tbh. Roles are very important. Malbs will get his career ruined in g2 because he doesn’t play his comfortable roles. I’m calling it. Even thorin, mauisnake and kassad had this opinion. He won’t be that crazy fragger from m80.

snax and taz have a combined 2 majors. how many have niko hunter m0nesy and malbs have? (SHOULD BE 4 BETWEEN THEM BTW)

As someone who didn't follow cs and only learned about the scene through your punditry, i kind of understand why everyone thinks you dont understand the game now (not saying i agree, just that i understand). This is the first time i really looked for other pundits opinions on the matter, and even Thorin and Maui's takes right next door is quite different than yours (especially on topics like jks and hooxi). I dont expect every experts opinion to be the same, but it does feel like you're on an island at times with your takes and emphasize completely different things (could just be a one off thing considering that this is my first foray into competitive cs). Granted i not nowhere near qualified to judge who is right or wrong, but just that i find it interesting.

Malbs said in an interview that Hunter was really nice and told him he’d give up positions on a few maps, mid on ancient for sure

having another reallyy experienced veteran player can only make monesy better in my opinion

What if they just signed Snax for this year and starting next year NiKo will IGL? Perfecto still doesn't have a Team, ofc its a very long shot but maybe he is learning English for now and gets signed down the road. Btw, thats some next level hopium from me as a G2 Fan.

God, I miss Carlos

After watching that final, I researched if G2s coach was Taz. Hadn't watched CS in a hot minute and G2s coach looked familiar. Went down the rabbit hole to see where the old VP roster went and Snax was the first I checked and I found out he kind of fell off after that first decent run he had with them old dudes. G2 is now the LA Lakers of CS it seems. Rather attempt to make money fast instead of signing someone who gives you the best chance to win long term. I agree with the Taz thing as well, he should have gotten credit for them winning that

Why Snax? Why? Because he is the most underrated player in cs history (top 5 player 3 years in a row). He single-handedly carried Gamer Legion into tier-1 cs. He's by far the best fragging igl in the game. These stats-obsessed bots who don't even play the game have not idea what they're talking about.

I love that I can watch you spend 4 hours ripping apart a political debate and later that same day see you reacting to CS roster news. I don’t think we appreciate that enough. I didn’t have ol’ Dickie Lou becoming my fave talking head on my bingo card in 2024…

I am genuinely starting to believe NiKo got a Pirates of the Caribbean style curse by the gods for the way he treated karrigan in faze, and is now doomed to never have good and/or stable In-Game Leadership in any of his teams.

I actually thought this was a meme. well.. nothing surprises me anymore.

0:45 there is still astralis....

What u don't know is that snax was given the offer to join G2 like a year ago and he declined saying he wasn't ready for that yet. It was before him even joining GL.

IN THE BIG APPLE AND SNAX IS HUNGRY 🍎

G2 opened the IGL fridge and chose poorly

G2 about to become a solid T2 team while fielding a legends roster 🎉

Actually Snax and TaZ had huge beef, it was way worse than with others. I think at some point Snax called TaZ smth i don't remember

I've always said It all boils down to if personalities can solve problems. Do I think the current mix could consistently deal with their problems? sure. Do I think that any player who joins liquid could get anything through the pachycephalosaurus skulls of the stable liquid players? Clearly not. Team dynamics are more important than the in game capabilities of individual players.

ayo what if we waste the twighlight of one generational talents career and the prime of anothers for an undetermined period of time.....again

First time in a while I disagree with my fellow boomer and the man with journalistic integrity himself. I think Snax is going to be great with them and I believe they will have the best T Side of any team. But, Richard keep on keeping up. Love your insight on esports, pure journalism and personality alike. 😊

Surely m0nesy won't stop hard carrying because of these g2 shenanigans. After all he drags the team kicking and screaming through the good and the bad. Malbs > nexa and Snax will surely do better than Hooxi

Holy fuck the idea of suihy or gla1ve in this team is amazing

Why does Niko hate playing with Karrigan and AleksiB and then brings random bums off the street like Hooxi or Snax? Looks like he needs to feel being in control of the team.

25:30 😂

very simple - there is no other IGL available and mr. golden boy Niko does not want the role - they will kick Snax by EOY

Frensh IGLs* what are roles?

Have you thought about just like trading better? 😂

Everyone: Oh no they will make Niko IGL, malbs gets his rolls and they get a stron anchor like perfecto. They will win everything and there wont be discussions about G2 anymore. G2: Well we cant let that happen, welcome Snax. "Can you save G2 CS" (quote from the announcement video) They were talking about saving the content. Thanks G2.

people aren't giving respect to taz cuz of stewie too. dude leaked so much 😂😂

i wanna watch, be it shit be it great. prolly just gonna be mid & trigger monesy exit sadly

I love Saudi Arabia. What a great country! Greatest Starcraft2 event ever!

finally someone that stops crying about the roles, everybody is acting like its an instaltly failed roster bcs there is role clashes, its so annoying ever tweet is about these roles, obv snax is a filler sign for a small time in g2 but i think that 4 man core can probbly do verry well

Spamming despicable would be so much fun SAD

Barking again? New

35:00

watchin a team like G2 with NiKo and Monesy committing esport suicide is... nuts. Niko and Monesy are better than this. They deserve better. And I say that as a G2 fan.

the game is getting increasingly complex with the conversation of roles, sure. putting that into words helps describe different playstyles as well- this sounds like a really cynical take. lets watch them play

Support Comment.

It's the usual, they take one step forward and G 2 steps back 🤣

I will always believe Niko is toxic no matter what anyone says. weird things always happen around him. When he's losing, the crying face annoys me. I feel like he runs and destroys teams

Algo comment

let's be honest all these orgs are taking the saudi blood money so they can make these fucking cringe transfer announcements on twitter.

role clashes at this point are pretty much a non-issue. these are T1 players who know the game in every facet and can easily swap to another role, as they understand what their teammates should be doing in those roles anyways. it's not like soccer players who are forced to literally have different distinct skillsets in order to play in different positions, it's cs. one random reddit found a role clash and it's been reposted 100 times with nothing of value said

I think Taz had a huge part in this signing. The fact Stewie2k said people weren't listening to Taz is crazy. To be fair Hooxi did an amazing job with his last team. Once he left, they sunk

Yes G2 is a massive ORG and definitely shouldn't go for Snax as there are many proven IGL's on the scene that would be a better choice but I don't understand this hate. It might work out as it looks like they will play very loose style which might fit for Niko and Monesy who will have to carry this team no matter what. BTW I'm posting this comment before I watched the video but I've seen enough of hate about this move. I might change my mind after watching the video which I'm about to do. Love you Richard as always, you are the best !

"G2 needs a fragging IGL" >they get a fragging IGL "NOOOO not like this" Jesus Christ man just admit you're a grift by now.

Jkscels stewcels rolecels you might be projecting a bit richard

Cs is a smoothbrain game that is just point and shoot laser bullets. No bullet velocity or drop based on projectile. Put any mil-sim gamer in a match with a cs player, cs player gets made a fool of.