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HooXi's gone
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Finland Electricplug 
I would honestly be really surprised if he doesn't know he is out from the team. He has looked so deflated and uninterested the whole tournament, that unless some other shit is happening in his personal life we don't know about, that's the only explanation I got for it. It just looks like he is there to do his job because he has to, not because he wants to be there. Examples: HooXi's Tweet after losing to Heroic: twitter.com/HooXiCSGO/status/16640211501.. G2's huddle before the first game of the event he is just turning away from the team and doesn't even scream "G2": youtu.be/pKPk4grscOs?t=1819 Imo it's the right call to get rid of him even if G2 won a couple of tournaments. I just think they won those because of the individuals being in peak form, not because HooXi is a good IGL. Also he is the worst individual player in probably whole tier1-2 scene and I never thought it was the right call from G2 to get him. The most obvious replacement would be Siuhy, but idk if he is the right fit especially since he plays star roles in GL and I don't see him getting those in G2. There aren't that many good IGL's on the market currently, maybe Mezii could be an option, but he also plays star roles in Fnatic.
2023-06-01 00:19
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#1
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United States KhanQu3st
Time for the Gigachad to save OG
2023-06-01 00:20
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Niko AWP Monesy IGL Hooxi Entry Hunter/JKS - Anchor
2023-06-01 12:40
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Niko Support M0nesy Anchor JKS AWP Hooxi Star Player Hunter Entry
2023-06-01 15:05
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JKS Awping igl?
2023-06-01 16:08
2 replies
no need to have igl when hooxi is star player
2023-06-01 16:15
1 reply
Man is speaking straight facts!
2023-06-02 12:23
its disappointing that hes acting like this....
2023-06-01 00:20
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#47
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North America mcCM
well if your team told you you're gone after this event it would be pretty hard to be cheerful lol
2023-06-01 00:57
7 replies
Whatever dude
2023-06-01 01:00
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#49
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North America mcCM
great response to getting destroyed 16-4 lmao
2023-06-01 01:01
LOL
2023-06-01 22:24
#159
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Denmark fujiYEEZY
where/when did they say they would kick him?
2023-06-01 23:00
3 replies
they didnt im just assuming. its a pretty valid reason to look dejected.
2023-06-02 01:34
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#189
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Norway Gjellan
+1
2023-06-02 10:36
#200
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Denmark fujiYEEZY
but it wouldnt make any sense for g2 to kick him? weird assumption
2023-06-02 20:48
bro look at him in the youtube video OP posted as they're gathered around having their team talk bullshit. look at how hooxi looks away to avoid Niko's gaze lmao. yet another IGL kicked by kovac
2023-06-01 01:43
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source : trust me bro
2023-06-01 12:26
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#90
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Bahamas Barakudas
I am kovac punching bag. I confirm this is correct he mald and beat me each day
2023-06-01 13:01
Paranoid Niko haters back at it again
2023-06-01 23:16
4 replies
I like Niko but he clearly has a problem with quickly losing faith in IGLs. Nexa pretty much said that Niko was the reason he didn't want to IGL in G2 anymore and left to OG
2023-06-01 23:31
3 replies
nexa didnt want to igl at all, good way to twist it to blame niko. nexa had wanted to stop igling even before niko joined. he didnt leave, xtqzz kicked him because there wasnt room on g2 for him if he wasnt gonna igl which was just bs because they still had jackz and they were both french so xtqzz played favoritism
2023-06-02 02:02
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#193
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Europe Zwenix
Nexa just didn't want to igl G2. He said he likes to igl (that's why he joined OG as an igl) but when he has more control and space to implement his own style.
2023-06-02 11:06
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he joined og as igl because they swapped igls dummy. he had no choice if he wanted to stay in t1
2023-06-02 15:04
He's a chad,he don't want to mix with those nerds
2023-06-01 00:21
#4
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Pakistan LoOuU2
i thought the whole issue is being overblown by the community but that video paints a real different picture. He is acting so awkward and weird there like something is definitely wrong.
2023-06-01 00:22
5 replies
That vid just says it all
2023-06-01 10:55
4 replies
I think he just looks tired and burnt out. When you get burnout it feels like nothing matters, you are just zoning out all the time and you feel bored. And Hooxi looks just like that. I think it's nothing more. People just make the drama around G2 and NiKo. Like 50% of hltv users are under 20y old and don't have permanent job and don't know what stress and burnout feels. Those are the people who keep saying that being a pro is dream come true and it can't be exhausting and stressful job. They don't know what they are talking about. they only see the good part of being a pro not the downsides.
2023-06-01 13:28
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#146
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United States esdths
This is a very reasonable assessment, but at the same time Hooxi shouldn't be tweeting like this after a competition.
2023-06-01 22:26
+1
2023-06-02 03:29
That's a huge amount of inserting and assuming right there. No reason at all to believe that his behaviour on that video is more likely to be burnout than having issues in the team.
2023-06-02 10:57
#5
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North America WeelMaster
not to completely defend hooxi, it does look unprofessional to be turned away like this but its possible he couldn't hear face on and turned so he has an ear pointed right at who is talking.
2023-06-01 00:24
15 replies
lol what
2023-06-01 00:25
9 replies
wdym what? it's fairly logical
2023-06-01 00:26
3 replies
he couldnt here face on while they are talking during a team huddle what part of this is logical please explain
2023-06-01 00:30
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Maybe he could still hear but it was quiet for him. All I'm saying is it's not out of the realm possibility
2023-06-01 00:31
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i mean all i see is hunter and monesy talking next to him so using that logic, he should just face the front and no thats not logical at all since sound doesnt just fkn go straight or disappear after travelling 10cm
2023-06-01 00:35
what do you mean what he wrote english aren't you not understand or don't
2023-06-01 00:31
4 replies
nt fake flagger
2023-06-01 00:33
3 replies
Oh shoot I forgot you were the leading expert on how sound works. I thought the same thing too watching the video. Even if he didn't want to associate with the team, that seemed like an awkward way to do it. Put your head down or something. He is probably just trying to hear his teammates.
2023-06-01 01:11
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The flag on everyone saying this is logical is so funny to me XDDDD
2023-06-01 01:25
1 reply
W Americans, my fellow patriots
2023-06-01 01:55
#12
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Romania aLeeeeex
i mean yeah but he could have nodded or something, he's just staring into the void imo, m0nesy and niko are just having a good time and he looks disconnected even if he sucks on the server it sucks even more to see him like this outside on the server, like everybody already gave up on him, it just points towards his kick
2023-06-01 00:28
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#18
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North America WeelMaster
yea he probably knows he is gone and doesn't care anymore but its always possible someone behind him was loud and distracting and kept getting side tracked by them instead of the team chat. the tweet was probably about the game because they got to playoffs anyway but its still a rough loss to take and just a way of getting the game out of his head
2023-06-01 00:30
Would maybe be a logical explanation if they were on an Arena where it's very loud, but you can clearly see Hunter speaking right next to him in a quiet studio so I really hope his hearing isn't that bad lol
2023-06-01 01:35
That's what I thought He is just being awkward in addition
2023-06-01 16:00
he looks really tired imo
2023-06-01 23:42
#7
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Europe badaczpiwa
And for some reason there is never a good igl that could work in g2. There must be a reason for why he is acting like that and imo it is deeper than he is just being kicked.
2023-06-01 00:25
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I mean you could have the best igl or the best coach in the game but it doesn't work for some weird reason in G2. This just looks like mentality in this team is so bad the minute they start to loss someone goes off the gameplan or something just happens like weird mistake or the game is completely uncoordinated, you can have by far the most insane staff but you ll never fix your players if this shit is happening i can quote even XQTZZZ which was coach for G2 reason for his quit "My goal was to adapt to a team that had a bad experience with the previous coach. A month later, I realized that everything needed to be redone. In the middle of the year, I told the club that if our approach to work does not change, then I will leave. I felt useless and unable to influence anything."
2023-06-01 00:31
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Lost all respect for XTQZZZ. He is not that good of a coach everyone said he is. Just leaving G2 in the mud
2023-06-01 23:01
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I think he is quite good but there are some internal factors in G2 that could be blocking possibility for G2 roster in CS to be able to be defining roster we might not understand. Also didn't XQTZZZ essentially bring Hooxi before leaving even though it wasn't insane of move he actually brought them an IGL that they won their first tournament since 3y
2023-06-02 01:16
#78
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Serbia nnikolaS
HooXi has mentality and firepower problems Aleksib is a fraud and nexa didn't really have much to work with in terms of player quality compared to HooXi I wish there wasn't always a bottleneck on G2
2023-06-01 12:29
13 replies
Nexa back maybe... I want it to happen so bad, was sad when he left
2023-06-01 12:54
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#91
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Bahamas Barakudas
He was decent igl and fragging aswell if niko trust him and ket him do his things i think g2 can go major grand finals again
2023-06-01 13:04
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wasn't Niko the reason nexa left? Or am I wrong?
2023-06-01 16:06
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#121
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Bahamas Barakudas
I think he got kinda kicked cause niko is too aggressive in having bad temper and not believing teammates just like happened to karrigan. Because nexa said he didn’t want to igl anymore but when he went to OG he had no problems to igl as he didnt wanna feel bad Niko putting blame and pressure. And he got silently kicked from OG because he told fiku to relax less and practice more so they didnt lime that. No wonder flamez looking for new options cause he wants to win and grind hard like he said in interview but some people on OG are selfish and lazy clearly wven tho is not officially confirmed logically it all matches
2023-06-01 18:21
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2023-06-02 20:50
If it smells like shit wherever you go, maybe you are the one who stepped in shit.
2023-06-01 15:09
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#122
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Bahamas Barakudas
Or maybe he shat himself but teammates scared to tell him xd
2023-06-01 18:23
it's funny because aleksib/hooxi are probably 100 tiers above you in skill and u call them frauds kek
2023-06-01 22:05
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frauds compared to other tier 1 players.
2023-06-01 23:31
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g2 doesn't need an igl when the players show up. they can just destroy the opposition by out aiming them. no strategy required. monesy go kill is a very good move, but it is not strategy.
2023-06-01 23:37
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well idk but something tells me that there are other IGLs in the counter strike world that can call just as good or better than Hooxi and shoot 100% better than Hooxi lol. and Aleksi is decent but he's selfish, baits a lot and isn't giving his team enough to win.
2023-06-01 23:43
#184
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Serbia nnikolaS
did I pitch myself to IGL for G2 or what lmfao
2023-06-02 03:13
100% real and true
2023-06-01 23:30
i feel like hooxi DOES deserve more credit than he gets for those 2 wins. G2 had hunter and niko for a lot of time, but why did hunter monesy and jks peak with hooxi? most people would disagree with me, but i think g2 should keep this roster and give them some time, look at the most consistent team heroic, and they have gotten so good after the core has played together for so long
2023-06-01 00:26
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Vitality and Heroic for the reality of reasons literally sticked together and didn't change anything after they won tournaments. It is weird that team like G2 which for the first time in ages won tourney is willing to change its IGL and possibly fuck up the entire possibility. I understand they have hard times but i do feel like over time you get to find solutions and when you just get bashed on and kicked it truly makes you feel and experience being in a team unable to lead it
2023-06-01 00:34
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yes i wish they would stick together, especially now that have such a good core of 4 players. but seems like now theyve seen what the 4 stars can do, they want to refresh the roster for cs2 and get a more mechanically gifted igl, prob siuhy and then i hope that they stick together for at least a year even they have an atrocious start
2023-06-01 00:42
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csgo is a game that bases everything on team chemistry. some players just don't fit anywhere even though they have great skill. look at smooya for example. by far niko is no perfect being and we have ample evidence that points he should work a lot on team chemistry. throwing your igl out every 6-12 months isn't a pro gamer move. it's being clueless.
2023-06-01 22:10
G2 has money and thinks that using it will solve every issue. They have always been like this and always will be.
2023-06-01 01:13
because jks joined g2 at the same moment with hooxi
2023-06-01 00:36
#129
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Norway Tarats
the reason g2 won two events was because they peaked when the entire scene was shit except for heroic. And that's the god damn truth.
2023-06-01 20:50
wtf does that tweet even mean
2023-06-01 00:27
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#13
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Romania aLeeeeex
whatever dude = i dont care = i gave up = cuz i ll get kicked
2023-06-01 00:29
play-off secured anyway
2023-06-01 00:30
1 reply
or -Hooxi secured anyway XD
2023-06-01 23:45
#16
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Brazil flytw4tp
i havent seen the video.... LUL regardless he's going to leave or not it's unprofessional by him i mean he's still the IGL it's his damn job to hype his team up lost all respect i had for him he better leave asap!
2023-06-01 00:30
4 replies
how can you hype the team when you know you (probably) got cut, for literally shit? idk man G2 management is somehow fucked in their heads changing igl every day, thats why the team wont work long term
2023-06-01 00:49
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#80
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Serbia nnikolaS
and what are they supposed to do when they have an IGL that's individually worse than all of the other ones in tier 1 that are getting constant scrutiny for low fragging like apex, karrigan etc
2023-06-01 12:31
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#92
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Bahamas Barakudas
The funny part is hooxi is 5 times worse caller and fragger then apex and karrigan xddd
2023-06-01 13:07
It seems like u give a clueless person money and add things HLTV recommends
2023-06-01 16:03
It was a nice ride for both parties tbh. NiKo got his 1st tier1 event win HooXi got to play with m0NEsy,jks,HuNter & NiKo we got the gigachad memes,hooxi is a cool guy in interviews but realistically speaking,he should've never been there
2023-06-01 00:31
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#28
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Denmark LJSI
niko has already got a lot of tier 1 event wins, like what do you mean lol
2023-06-01 00:35
3 replies
I think he meant first S tier tournament win (Niko never won Katowice or Cologne or Major before)
2023-06-01 00:43
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#81
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Serbia nnikolaS
the fact organizers like ELEAGUE went defunct doesn't mean that tournaments like ELEAGUE Premier still aren't the absolute pinnacle of tier 1 if you look at the teams
2023-06-01 12:32
2023-06-01 00:46
why are everyone acting like G2 are out of IEM Dallas???
2023-06-01 00:31
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#30
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Serbia Cheerio23
I mean HooXi himself is acting like that
2023-06-01 00:37
6 replies
tbf he looks like something bad is going on behind the scenes, might be privat life problems or stress issues
2023-06-01 00:38
and i dont think all of the negative attention he gets all the time is helping him, even when he wins he always gets beamed down by thousands of hurtful comments
2023-06-01 00:39
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#41
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Serbia Cheerio23
Well he's most likely out of the team hence the emo attitude, it's a lot to take considering the failure at the major and analysts giving him shit for that veto and all but it still looks bad from a professional player, you pretty much sign up for it when you become a pro. It's just that he should've never been in that team, it was obviously too big of a task for him who never had any tier 1 experience before joining G2 and it was bound to end up horribly at some point
2023-06-01 00:48
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#83
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Serbia nnikolaS
tier 1 is cutthroat because you're always expected to win and do all the prep and vetos to perfection it's even worse when you have players rated 1.11, 1.13, 1.21 and 1.22 for the year and you barely (or don't at all) reach playoffs for half a season
2023-06-01 12:36
#82
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Serbia nnikolaS
he won two massive events and pocketed hundreds of thousands in salary while playing with (and against) some of the current and future greatest players in front of full arenas and millions of viewers he secured himself both financially and legacy-wise if a few online NPCs can take that away from him he really needs to reconsider his job
2023-06-01 12:34
1 reply
A few, he has probably been the most made fun of player in tier1 since he joined the team, never catching a break
2023-06-01 15:05
#37
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Bermuda Nalax
No one acts like that, people just point out hooxi's performance and the criticism towards him is definitely deserved. And the tweet can be interprated in a way that he is getting kicked after the Dallas so he doesnt care anymore.
2023-06-01 00:43
g2 is a cursed org at this point (or more like niko has brought the curse to them) Yes hooxi is bad and the change is necessary. But his signing overall was an awful low-brain investment that was never going to seriously pay off in a long run. Now all this is just another chapter of g2's igl recycling system after a few losses. Now new random igl, months of restructuring, a few lucky wins, then they again choke at the major and start from scratch with a new guy maybe time to NiKo igl+awp so they complete the ultimate journey
2023-06-01 00:33
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Why would niko igl+awp? The only weird fact for this to happen would be if m0nesy were to leave to NaVi which is unlikely. NiKo to igl is also unlikely but i do feel that even if they bring siuhy he won't be able to do a lot in this squad the mentality is the problem not the players. We talked a lot about how today in CS mentality is the most important thing both individually and team wise and theres also fact that G2 was essentially just 3 months ago at the top of the world being #1 and playing really well won first S tier tournament in years and then they lost to C9 and fnatic and returned to old G2 doing weird individual mistakes and uncoordinated things similiar to what have happened under AleksiB after Katowice run in previous year that does already indicate that something is not alright.
2023-06-01 00:38
7 replies
that was a reference to niko's late period in faze yes ofc mentality is one of the keys (that's why navi have a lot of skill but still suck since the team environment doesn't seem to be in the best shape). But g2 were at the top cuz 4/5 g2 players happened to be peaking at the same time. Although you'll never achieve real dominance or at least become a stable top5 team when one guy forces you to play 4v5 like 70% of matches, even when he's "an igl"
2023-06-01 00:44
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I mean it is a point though hooxi 2months ago individually was actually playing fairlu decent but now went down massively but the context is the G2 mentality which could be far worse than current NaVi. I mean how many times they changed IGL made long runs and then lost to few teams then it started falling apart and they change another IGL
2023-06-01 00:49
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Idk but when Navi start losing rounds I feel like they want to eat each other alive Yeah, g2 just never give enough time for the rosters to develop. But here, imo hooxi should have never even been in this lineup. I still think that -nexa was a fatal mistake (and I still don't believe him leaving was his personal decision. At least I don't think that there was no way to make stay) Changing igl after giving unbeatable 2021 Navi a fight in multiple finals... nice one
2023-06-01 00:54
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I think 2021 NaVi was beatable you may call me crazy but i think it was. Vitality and G2 gave them a run despite their rosters being substantially weaker. At the same time i think G2 sometimes speaks for itself when xqtzzz the ex Vita coach left G2 he said he tried to rebuild the team and said that they need to change how they work or he leaves because he felt like he had no influence on game whatsoever. So its kinda weird that these statements came out and gives indication smth rly bad is happening inside G2 CS division, for NaVi i think biggest problem isn't mentality but Environment in which they find themselves inside server which is just hostile while for G2 its mentality
2023-06-01 01:09
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Navi lost like 2-3 matches in the 2nd half of 2021, that's what unbeatable means literally. Low competition, bad opponents blah blah blah are just pathetic excuses. Gave them a run yet struggled to take a single map is also interesting. Some maps Vs g2 in finals were close though, I agree, but they won 0/5 About g2, yeah, truly cursed org at this point And Navi, mentality and working environment dependent one on another. Bad mentality is the reason why they often end up in that environment
2023-06-01 01:33
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I never said low competition i said they were beatable but they at the end of the line were able to pull up and defeated. But at the same time in 2021 everything was clicking mentally and the environment was really good. In this year it doesn't really look like mentality is down it looks like they do want to win tournament but everytime i look at NaVi i just see anger something doesn't go wrong and just one player goes ultra tilt.
2023-06-01 10:55
#94
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Bahamas Barakudas
Niko needs go back to igl awp entry support lurk rifler analyst manager coaches psychologist scout assistant coach
2023-06-01 13:10
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Brazil Nero7
they didnt win a single thing for 3 years prior to NiKo (and NiKo won a blast even with Faze in his last year)
2023-06-01 00:39
+1
2023-06-01 00:41
No gigachad aura = no win for G2
2023-06-01 00:50
we can never know what's going on in the team but that huddle showed painfully low energy from hooxi, especially for an igl.
2023-06-01 00:51
2 replies
Yeah and we know how before he was so happy, hyping his teammates and showed good energy it's a big contrast to that huddle and his presence overall in this event
2023-06-01 12:19
1 reply
+1
2023-06-01 18:49
Yeah kick everyone but not this toxic bot niko
2023-06-01 00:51
#51
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Portugal ReyZ555
its clear that something is happening in G2 or with hooxi, he is so off and like doesnt care so probably he knows that he is going to be kicked or something
2023-06-01 01:05
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Yeah either that or there is some shit suddenly going on in his personal life, but from what I remember even when his dad passed away before Blast World Finals he looked more energized so dunno what could have happened for him to look that deflated except a kick from a team.
2023-06-01 12:21
#52
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Brazil Gravelord
HooXi deserves a lot of credit for G2's wins at BWF and Kato, but it is undeniable that he has fallen off since, both in terms of calling and his personal impact. When G2 were on a roll, he was making plays. Sure, his rating was still bad, but he was entrying more successfully than ever. He was even having highlights and winning clutches every now and then. Now you just don't see that at all from him. He's just there to relay info and hope his stars can drag him over the finish line. Either way, he's also not entirely to blame for G2's current form. NiKo has been super inconsistent, probably the most I've ever seen him be. Jks and huNter are not underperforming, but they're not massively overperforming like they were in Kato either. m0nesy is fine, can't expect him to do everything.
2023-06-01 01:06
Another IGL falling to the hybrid IGL / entry / decoy meta. arT is next and apEX would have been if it wasnt for that major win.
2023-06-01 01:28
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#60
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United States Mosney
apex step his game up ten fold he would die for info so many times now he doesnt
2023-06-01 01:38
* if it wasn't for buying 50% of prime astralis' team
2023-06-01 23:23
#59
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United States Mosney
hozzxxxiiii ruined every1s pickem
2023-06-01 01:37
#61
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France GoIMP
Props to Hooxi baiting entire hltv to think he will get kicked For sure the only IGL who worked out for g2 since Isaac Newton's first published theory will leave the team to +siuhy sure buddy 😂😂😂
2023-06-01 01:40
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Like I said, idk if something else is going on in his life but why would he act like that in a huddle before the first game of the event if something wasn't wrong? I really don't see the reason being him just baiting the community for no reason.
2023-06-01 12:23
You dont need god igl to win tournament if you have players like hunter,monesy, niko and sometimes jks. 3 damn good individual players and fourth really good. These guys can solo handendly carry match, when for example Astralis have only device and blamef or mouz have only frozen who consistently doing good numbers. Astralis struggle so much cause they losin simple aim duels, after all, all is about clickin head and good time reaction and positioning.
2023-06-01 01:43
#64
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Europe Zwenix
If siuhy joins that group of big egos, it could fuck up his whole career
2023-06-01 01:52
They should get Nexa back. Nexa is upset about his teammates being lazy, while G2 is full of try-hards. HuNter and NiKo are friends with Nexa. M0nesy needs a loose IGL who still gives some direction, HooXi was too loose and AleksiB was micromanaging, so Nexa might be the right type of leadership.
2023-06-01 02:37
11 replies
Yeah didn't even think about it, but Nexa worked well in the end of 2021 considering the players so him going back could work. He is probably the best option that comes to mind since he has quite a lot of experience and history (and friendship) with Hunter & NiKo.
2023-06-01 12:26
1 reply
Under Nexa, G2 wasn't able to win anything, but did get finals many times. Under AleksiB, G2 only became worse despite having better individual players. Under HooXi, G2 managed to win a few tournaments, but also bombed out early sometimes, overall performed about equal to Nexa's G2. If they put Nexa back, and it works equally well as before, but with better players, that could really work out. Jks and M0nesy are also quite funny, which should suit Nexa. So I can't imagine personalities clashing significantly. But to be fair, we have no idea how well it would work without actually seeing it happen, for all we know Nexa hit his limits with old G2, though it seems more likely that he hit the limits of his players.
2023-06-01 14:39
#97
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Czech Republic czRamtin03
Role clashes with jks both play anchor positions Anyway praying for Sexa to get back
2023-06-01 15:01
8 replies
You need 2 CT anchors anyways
2023-06-01 15:04
6 replies
im worried about same positions both play apps/pit on ferno etc.
2023-06-01 15:06
5 replies
Jks can swap I think. He’s played both sites on inferno, Nuke, mirage and vertigo Ancient and Anubis maybe issues but someone can surely learn a new site on those maps
2023-06-01 15:11
1 reply
true now sexa needs to come
2023-06-01 15:12
Nexa was banana anchor when he was in G2 with Niko and they were deadly there
2023-06-01 16:33
that would be actually a good way for someone to show jks that there are other places to hide besides pit on inferno lmao
2023-06-01 22:16
1 reply
He plays balcony way more than pit. But tbh A anchor on inferno you can basically only play balcony, pit or mini pit
2023-06-01 23:04
Nexa has usually played entry in the past.
2023-06-01 15:41
#69
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Romania Toolfuti
good reaction for someone that has been underperforming in the past months... Back to T2 please Maybe this time G2 will wake up and try to sign a T1 IGL.
2023-06-01 11:01
#70
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Serbia Ljannister
He should join flames or something
2023-06-01 11:03
And what if g2 will win dallas and potentially blast finals? Whats then mr.Holmes?
2023-06-01 12:21
4 replies
Idk but something looks to clearly be wrong with HooXi and the team. Maybe they have already agreed to sign someone to replace him before the event and it doesn't matter how they do there.
2023-06-01 12:28
Eh no way. This g2 roster was broken at start, yet managed to give their best to win 2 trophies. They have failed miserably since. And the way they throw rounds and dont adapt to their opponents style, we'll see changes during player break. Hooxi is not entirely at fault and the g2 management need to give a serious thought to other players for the future if they want to win more trophies.
2023-06-01 12:30
2 replies
Who do you think is at fault?
2023-06-01 15:31
1 reply
the team lacks synergy. I think this is management's responsibility that their bet on hooxi did not go as planned. Also they need to think about niko hunter and jks and if they can work well together. Otherwise they would have to change that too. They will keep monesy for now but he needs to become more consistent and dominant.
2023-06-01 15:56
Kyxsan incoming
2023-06-01 12:37
The funny thing is that if the next G2 IGL doesn't work out, people will dig this up and say NiKo kicked and bullied Hooxi because of which he reacted this way. People will forget how bad hooxi actually was and how almost the entire community was after his head.
2023-06-01 12:40
I honestly hope siuhy wont join them. IGL is not the problem there. The problem is literally team mental. When they win, they are unstoppable like in Kato or BLAST world but when They lose, there is nobody who can reset team mentality, boost morale etc.
2023-06-01 12:45
hooxi is of course a good igl he just happens to be to be one of the worst players that have an hltv stats page i wonder if he will coach or something because it can definite feel shitty knowing that you reached your peak as a player and the only way upwards is coaching If siuhy joins and they somehow dont live up to their standards, niko or hunter has to go, cant have these 2 backing each other up when shits doesnt go well
2023-06-01 13:00
Just another kovac kick
2023-06-01 13:08
there is no way there is something happening in his personal life to get him look like that. remember when his dad died he still smiled
2023-06-01 15:15
Ah yes, another IGL who'll take the blame for the failures of Niko and the company.
2023-06-01 15:17
Dude, i hate hltv. >G2 wins two tourneys Hooxi is the best >G2 loses major Kick hooxi he's useless And also within any kick hooxi thread some people >Who's deciding he's getting kicked?!?! >>It's just another NiKo igl beef >Why do you think it's NiKo?!?!?! >>Idk dude i heard he's big ego and idk i don't like him Hltv is not even room temperature IQ at this point, we goin lower
2023-06-01 15:23
#108
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Taiwan OFC123
aleksib back i guess.
2023-06-01 15:27
1 reply
#115
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Germany who|cars
0/10000 fking bot
2023-06-01 16:05
"It just looks like he is there to do his job because he has to, not because he wants to be there." - exactly my thoughts when I try to watch yet another tournaments where 14 from 16 teams are invited. The same people for like 6 years or so
2023-06-01 15:53
#118
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Romania wadd
Hate to see him like that
2023-06-01 16:11
#123
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Thailand new!
i hope they win dallas and he gets to stay for another opportunity, g2 have the worst management in the scene
2023-06-01 18:23
i guess that ogre moron kassad really getting in hooxi nerve
2023-06-01 18:54
You write a whole book based on “whatever dude”
2023-06-01 18:55
3 replies
And that clip of their huddle and his overall presence in this tournament during and outside the games.
2023-06-01 19:56
2 replies
you get my point, we both know nothing from the outside
2023-06-01 20:06
1 reply
Ofc this is just speculation, but looks like something is clearly wrong and we haven't heard about anything involving HooXi's personal life, so getting kicked could be a good explanation.
2023-06-01 21:09
G2 are down right stupid if they destroy a team that set up consistency records....
2023-06-01 20:54
23 replies
But all in all they've been very inconsistent. Like they got 10-0 map wins in EPL group stage to just instantly lose in playoffs to Vitality and then not even getting to the Rio major. Then they had mediocre Fall Final losing to Heroic & Liquid and after that had insane win streak from World Finals until end of Katowice and then they again became very inconsistent from EPL onwards and haven't gotten even close to the same form they had at the start of the year. That just makes it look like a "fluke" run where everything just happened to go right, because they haven't found even remotely the same form after it.
2023-06-01 21:14
22 replies
I don’t think you can fluke one of the longest win streaks ever Realistically I think they just have a poor mental when things go poorly and in CS things will always go poorly at some point. It seems they are unable to recover
2023-06-01 21:31
8 replies
Highest of highs warrants for a burnout and a low. That's how it goes for most people. G2 worked hard to do what they've done and ran out of gas. Faze is a prime example of that, they've won a fucking GRAND SLAM while being shit for months - they just peaked at the right time. No one can realistically expect from someone to be 100% all the time, no with this current number of tournaments and the fact that often you don't even get a full day to prep for the next match.
2023-06-01 21:36
2 replies
I agree with you but I also think Hooxi does look legit depressed. It may be jet lag but idk I do think he looks really down and I do expect him to be kicked because it just looks the the team isn’t playing as hard for him as they did
2023-06-01 22:02
1 reply
some people have latency period for mourning and it's possible that's the case, but I have to agree that staying out of the huddle looks pretty bad. Not for Hooxi tho, most people in his position would be mad and righteously so. Most people would just self-bench and I'd say I'm inside that group unless his contract is bad in that regard. But yeah, you find a replacements 2 months after we've been the best team in the world? Your loss. Hooxi proven time and time again with lower level squads that he can make them overperform. He made a good squad into top tier squad. And broke records. Getting kicked after that has to be the most tragic faith in the history of CSGO.
2023-06-01 22:15
I'm not saying it's a fluke, I'm just saying it looks like it just happened to happen since it was a one time thing and they haven't been able to replicate even nearly as good form before or after their run. Ofc you can't fluke yourself to that kind of streaks and wins, there has to be something great about the team (in this case 4 great individuals).
2023-06-01 23:04
4 replies
you talk about like it was 20 years ago. It was few months ago and team had a dip after such historic run. How many dips Faze had in their Grand Slam run? Should they have changed things even when they've sucked for like 4 months straight?
2023-06-02 00:00
3 replies
If they can get back to that form sure, but it really doesn't look like it. Soon the season is over and we don't even know if there will be any more CSGO events next season and the form of any teams. If G2 keeps looking like they've looked after Katowice, then doesn't it make G2's run and streak look a bit fluky since they can't replicate it or even get close to that form? Faze had their big dip after the previous summer break and never really recovered to same heights in terms of their form. Sure they won EPL, but that run there wasn't that impressive. They beat Rooster, NIP (both were really shit at the time), lost to Vitality, then beat Furia, Forze (barely beat Forze), Navi & C9. Not a bad run, but not that impressive either since they lost to Vitality and didn't meet G2, Heroic or ENCE out of the top teams that had in recent history beaten them. Idk if they should have changed roster or if it would have made them better, but it was a bit different since they were so good with that roster for a full season and only one win away from Grand Slam.
2023-06-02 01:58
2 replies
if G2 happened to win 2 events that count towards the grand slam then they would be in the same position as Faze was and dip would be understandable. But isn't because those aren't? If you call that uneatable run of G2 a fluke then it's safe to say you haven't done anything in your life. Because to be so good you have to work hard and G2 likely overworked them selves, they were quite open about it before EPL. Burnout is a real thing for people who work hard. And again, 2 events they did bad after that - that does not mean they cannot replicate that. Once again, Faze won a grand slam while being sub par in the middle. If you've worked a minute of your life you'd know 100% 24/7 is not possible. But you didn't.
2023-06-02 06:51
1 reply
Again, I'm not saying it's a fluke, I'm saying it looks fluky since they can't get anywhere close to that level. It's understandable they didn't keep the same form, but not even getting close to it for several months is concerning. I have worked before many times for many months and I do know they can be burned out, but lets be real, they had quite a bit of time off when they missed the major, then played couple of events and had the month long break (or at least couple weeks since we don't know when they started grinding again), played for couple months (Kato was literally the 2nd event of the year) and they immediately got burned out? They haven't had nearly as demanding schedule as most teams and are experienced players, they imo can't use burnout as an excuse for being good for only the first 2 events of a season. Like I said, Faze also never got to that same level even though they won EPL, but it was a bit more expected considering they have won everything there is to win outside of that while G2 only won 2 events which of one is from a closed Blast circuit (not as meaningful).
2023-06-02 10:33
Faze was inconsistent, yet they've won a fucking Grand Slam. G2 set up consistency records and that's one record you cannot set on accident. Having rating of 5 is possible and it can randomly happen to any player on any map. But as a team to be unbeatable for so long, that's not an accident. People do not seem to understand how sample size works and what can and cannot be a fluke. You can have a fluke tournament as it only takes 5 matches to win it, you cannot have a 2 month long fluke across multiple tournaments. That's why that record G2 set with Hooxi is so special, and that Inferno map where Zywoo has 0 deaths so his K/D was actually infinite is not really special despite his stat number looking better overall. Hooxi is a smart guy and if G2 is getting rid of him then I can no longer expect them to strive to be the best. Because they were the best just 3 months ago. You can't fucking change things every 6 months, it will never work, ever. Why is Faze so good? They are sticking together even when they bomb out like shit. If this goes trough, kicking Hooxi would be the dumbest thing in the history of that org. Breaking the team that works on such an insane level because new kid on the block is the new hype?
2023-06-01 21:44
12 replies
they'll kick him because its a historical trend in niko's teams. look at the igl he has had before. he has had three ingame leaders that were considered world class. he even igl'd himself. and yes before you talk shit about aleksib you should understand he made 1 unknown player, 3 washed out players into a team that was capable of giving a good fight against any t1 team. and also a team that became a mainstay in the biggest tournament circuits. he's an exception to the "biggest igls" in that he was handled a bag of shit and he somehow made it shine for a while. meanwhile you look at glaive today and well with the amount of starpower astralis should have in theory.. not a good look. guy can't built teams for shit.
2023-06-01 22:26
10 replies
apart from fan fiction from people who cannot express their hatred for them selves, there's no conclusive evidence that Niko is responsible for kicking those people. 1) Karrigan was bad at the time, that was evident and even he said that. Team said they agreed to kick him. Karrigan and Niko both stated they'd have nothing against playing together again. 2) Nexa, he's open to say he hates IGLing, he him self said he no longer wants to do it and that's why G2 kicked him. Then he faced the fact that he has to IGL if he wants to get a job. 3) aleksiB is a joke, nerd who plays inside his mind and does not understand that CS needs a person who is reactive. He does not trust his team mates, plays rounds with 0 info and is dry as a fucking desert. I do not see a leader, I do not see a great IGL. Any one can call "A execute number 10" and utility is thrown and you go in. That's why he won't work until he loosens up and starts trusting people around him. But he won't do that. Ofc your flag checks out but AleksiB's good run was a fluke, if change is monesy's effectiveness is not enough for you then you have to be super dense. NiP has players to be constant top 10 team yet they aren't a threat to anyone. Also again, he's really not a leader which you can't have as an IGL.
2023-06-01 22:44
9 replies
if you know anything about csgo you'll know that ence's dream run in katowice major, they had allu being a solid 2nd caller and everyone just performing like stars. that wasn't a fluke. they were just good. few months after that allu drank the piss (went straight to the head) and couldn't handle the spotlight being taken away from the veteran of the team, which was him and convinced everyone that aleksib needs to go from this team that WORKS. it was immediate downfall from that moment. aleksib got thrust into a team of second rate losers. NBK, absolute washed up french baguette who openly admitted he doesn't even practice aim anymore, because apparently it's all in the "muscle memory". mantuu was a nobody. he would have never went anywhere like a thousand other awpers don't. valde's career was officially dead, because he was in north, where all danish csgo'ers go when their careers start dying. issaa was an absolute bot incapable of logical decision making. i know because i watched almost all of their games. that's why aleksib micromanaged them, because they were all fucking shit. og wasn't a fluke either, because the pieces aleksib was forced to play with were utterly crap. hell, glaive couldn't even make it to the major and he wasn't playing with players bought with a fucking discount tag on them. >NiP has players to be constant top 10 team yet they aren't a threat to anyone. which players are those? brollan/rez? you know why nip went international? because the swedes sucked. rez and brollan have been shadows of themselves for the last few years now. konfig can be a very good player. headtrick is new talent. my conclusion is that perhaps aleksib's experience in og made him worse as an igl, because he could not trust his players. he had to handhold too much and that's how he developed as an igl in the international scene. it would be an interesting experiment to put niko in charge of t1 / t2 discount rejects and see if he manages to win anything with them.
2023-06-01 23:05
People can hate him and like him that's fine, but are you really saying ENCE's 2019 was a fluke after just saying in #135 that G2's run can't be a fluke because they did it in a longer time span? ENCE got a major final, won a Blast tournament, had multiple playoffs appearances and got quarters again in Berlin major. Whole year of good results considering none of the players (apart from allu) were anything before that team and none of them were anything after it. Also sure m0nesy has become better (like he should since he was a rookie when he came to the team, no way he would get worse), but fun fact is that NiKo and hunter both had better stats under Aleksi than in last 6 months under HooXi even though G2 had the insane win streaks and won tournaments. I'm not saying he is a top3 IGL or anything like that, but at least just get your facts straight.
2023-06-01 23:16
7 replies
monesy was better after aleksi because aleksi kept him back, like he does with all of his awpers. Not letting them loose, not giving them tasks, nothing, just sit and hold an angle. Can't win if you don't enable the best weapon
2023-06-01 23:58
6 replies
He has had 4 awpers in his career and all of them were good even though Mantuu was more a rifler before joining OG and m0nesy & headtr1ck were both rookies in tier 1. Also it's not like he didn't let m0nesy do anything, actually m0nesy was involved in more opening duels in the 86 maps he played with Aleksib (473 opening duels) than he has been in the last 88 maps with HooXi as his IGL (459 opening duels). Opening duels aren't ofc everything, but he did take more of those under Aleksib as the IGL. Yes he might not be the best at using awpers, but none of the awpers he has had have been bad either meaning he isn't as terrible at using them as people say. It's not like in for example Liquid where oSee's stats have really been bad. headtr1ck got 1,10 rating this year, mantuu under Aleksi had 1,13 rating and m0nesy also with 1,12 rating. He could use them more freerly, but I guess he thinks it's in many cases better to have the awper hold some angle while riflers do the work which is understandable especially in his last 2 teams where there have been strong riflers (at least when they are on form) like NiKo, Hunter, Rez, hampus, Brollan & k0nfig, all players that can go first without needing to risk the awper. I think you underestimate the impact of simple experience m0nesy has gotten after the first half of 2022, just as a reminder he was playing tier 1 for the first time and also communicating in English in a team for the first time. He is obviously getting more comfortable and thus getting more consistency and all-around better. Also he is still very young so he is bound to get better as time goes on.
2023-06-02 02:26
5 replies
You seem to ignore that G2 members openly said that Aleksi didn't want monesy to learn, he told him to drop utility and he micromanaged him. monesy unleashed is a much better version, I understand the experience but if you do not see a different playstyle then you have to be delusional. And if you do not see that all awpers under aleksi play an extremely passive role, like, what are the odds?
2023-06-02 06:45
4 replies
Btw where did they say this? Yes he is better now and HooXi lets him do whatever he wants like he lets probably everyone on the team. It's just different styles of calling and like I said, m0nesy actually went for more opening duels during his time with Aleksi than with HooXi so he didn't just have him as support. Yes he used AWP as a more passive tool, not denying that, but it's not necessary a wrong thing to do if that means the other players perform better because of it like in G2 both NiKo and hunter were actually statistically better under Aleksi than under HooXi. Also since m0nesy was a rookie it's understandable he micromanaged him a bit and rather trusts his players like NiKo and hunter to be the stars. Again, not saying Aleksib is a master at using awpers or stars in general, but it's just different styles of calling.
2023-06-02 10:41
1 reply
it is a wrong thing not to enable the best and the most expensive weapon in the game, you will always be at a disadvantage. Aleksi is decent but lost in Astralis 2018 CS. talking counter with Niko is one of the places where that was said for sure, episode is 3h long and it's worth listening. Think they mentioned in one more interview as well that monesy was not allowed to grow in one way or another. And monesy was quite vocal that he likes this way more, to absolutely no one's surprise because he's one of the best players this year.
2023-06-02 13:02
Source on the first claim please
2023-06-02 10:44
1 reply
talking counter with Niko is one of the places for sure, episode is 3h long and it's worth listening. There was one more interview I don't remember where. Monesy said it a few times he likes this way more, one of the best players this year btw.
2023-06-02 13:02
2023-06-01 23:08
#137
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Europe muhalol
I hope it's not that. He's not the best fragger, but I do genuinly believe his personality is good for G2. If he spends more time in aimtraining he could help G2 more.
2023-06-01 22:02
#142
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France Ansi
Astralis signed Staehr and Staehr is rumored to take BennieF's roles as main rifler. That could mean that BennieF is currently offered for transfer (maybe as IGL or 2nd caller) to G2. Do you think BennieF would sign for probably the team with the biggest budget?
2023-06-01 22:20
9 replies
why ffs would anyone sign him as an IGL? dude is literally baiting himself
2023-06-01 22:36
6 replies
#149
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France Ansi
well if you watched the last Astralis games, you would know that he is alrdy playing wayyy more differently than last year. this benefits the team so much more, even though it costs him a lot of rating. he is probably the best paid player of AST atm, so it might give the org a lot of relief. BennieF might want a new challenge, simply cuz G2 have plenty money, and his chances for big titles will only increase. thats just my opinion ofc.
2023-06-01 22:40
5 replies
If BlameF comes in then jks will also probably be benched because I seriously don’t think he’s gonna play with blame again. Also either Hunter or Niko will be forced to give up all of their CT roles
2023-06-01 22:43
1 reply
#154
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France Ansi
i really dont know what BennieF wants to play. its obvious he changed his game, and i guess they can talk things thru to make it match. remember when BennieF signed for Astralis, HUNDEN was also alrdy involved in determining the roles between him and xyp9x. this could be similar.
2023-06-01 22:48
well I watched a bit of a game against c9 I believe and I remember at least 2 or 3 situations where his team already planted the bomb on B site and he is literally going out of A main at the same time it paid off once as he killed ax1le in mid and won the round, but at the other rounds they lost I believe, might be wrong I don't really remember tbf
2023-06-01 22:45
2 replies
#155
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France Ansi
i didnt watch the whole game, but ive been talking trash about BennieF for so long now, i will give him my compliments now for his improved team play. i still dont think he is a good clutcher and feels the game exceptionally well, but his aim is great, and well he can really hold an angle.
2023-06-01 22:57
1 reply
at the very least!!! :DDD
2023-06-01 22:55
this would unironically be a weirder roster movie than the initial +hooxi
2023-06-01 22:39
1 reply
#151
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France Ansi
you know how it goes, it starts with a rumor or a tweet and it becomes a whole new story xD (i admit i am contributing to this) but tbh i can see from G2s point of view that it will bring them a solid rifler. hunter is alrdy rumored to be willing to igl, so i reckon its a realistic option.
2023-06-01 22:43
Maybe he could replace dexter in MOUZ.
2023-06-01 22:22
In NiKo's teams its always the IGL's fault when shit goes south They should get Snappi
2023-06-01 22:51
He better out...
2023-06-01 22:53
#164
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United States ezpop
This topic is why people should stop speculating based on personal bias and nonsensical info that is just their impressions that could be easily wrong. Dallas is a unimportant tournament and he could be depressed because of 100000 reasons IF he even is depressed (which he is not)
2023-06-01 23:05
HAMPUS TIME WOOOOO!
2023-06-01 23:19
1 reply
straight downgrade
2023-06-02 20:55
Hampus would be a good fit but I will miss Hooxi if he's kicked. I think he deserves lots of credit. He's a great captain and helped G2 succeed more in a couple of months than what they got in a couple of years...
2023-06-02 11:27
siuhy connector niko b apps jump spotting ez fix
2023-06-02 13:04
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