Counter-Strike's Most Brain-Dead Mastermind: The Story of Zeus
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- If you’re at all serious about Counter-Strike, you have an opinion about Zeus.
After all, he is one of the most controversial in-game leaders ever to touch the game. During his seventeen-year-long career, Zeus has served as a founding member of one of esports’ most fabled dynasties.
He’s won over fifty tournaments. He’s won four 1.6 Majors. In succession. He’s made it to the finals of not one, not two, not three, but four CS:GO Majors. He’s been kicked from the organization he helped create, banded together a group of misfits, made the tournament run of a lifetime, and earned back his spot on the very roster that dropped him to begin with.
Zeus has stood atop the world of competitive Counter-Strike for over a decade. And, chances are, you think he sucks.
This is the story of the most divisive mastermind Counter-Strike has ever had.
Written and Narrated By: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Edited By: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@Seb_dot)
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you know he's a legend when he gets kicked out of the team he made and then creates another team right after that and destroys everyone
then in one of the most important matches stays in t spawn and cusses at his team
what an absolute Chad this guy
Its effective thooo
trippo Yup and then the team he made wants him back and he goes back and wins with them too lmao
*cough* karrigan *cough*
Ra1lgun ttv You scuffed the second *cough* cuz you put a quotation mark but I respect the attempt
3:04 "he wasn't a fragger he was a very tactical thinker.."
_drawing board_
*_RUSH B_*
Lol
Underrated
The true russian tactic
It's not what you do but when you do it.
fuckin died laughing
His head is like “Ok guys the smartest play we can make here is rush C”
Normal people: Eco round
Zeus: Extended timeout
Smart play
Ex6tenz did this too
@@sSaloe because winning an eco has great benefits and sometimes minor drawbacks.
Save weapons, ruin economy, win round, etc.
@@Madge104 Yeah, but the thing about an eco is that it can be used in so many ways. Sure, winning an eco is big, but it all depends on the context of the situation. In Gambit's case at the time, they were on the verge of collapsing atleast mentally, so Zeus used an eco as a free timeout to reinvigorate his team, and it worked.
@@Madge104 stfu forsaken
He’s so good that they named a god after him
fax yo
Actually Zeus was around well over 70 years before this gayboy
Ipanda dont think it was quite 70 years he’s trolling dumbass
@@leoliver4288 lmfao
oliver kuurne tervo r/wooosh
Zeus Kept His Promise To olof And for me that's true Sportsmanship
Get's asked completely different question...First things first, blyat.
What was the promise?
QWERTY123 it was a promise between Zeus and Olof. If Olof wins he needs to say „Zeus I love you“ and if Zeus win he says „olofmeister I love you“
@heeey eeey ???????? what's with the hate? lol
@heeey eeey you have a problem mate?
This guy is like Jack Sparrow
He may appear like a Fool
Until you are Fooled
+1
facts right here
This is good comment
im stealing ur line
Approve
Wait. *Wait.*
Zeus is literally a protagonist. He loses everything; his home, his family, his friends. He creates something from nothing, makes new friends along the way, and achieves the highest peak possible. Then, he comes back home and does it all over again.
Why I getting GTA vibe?
New anime confirmed?
mans literally won a major with the power of friendship, zeus is an anime protagonist confirmed
This man literally turned a losing game to a comeback through the power of cursing. His plot armor is too strong!
Theres this esports anime where he's the best in the game but had fallen and then got kicked by his team and created a new team.
"Whatever Zeus said to his team it must have been pretty good because that was a phenomenal round from them"
Zeus : CYKA BLYAT CALM DOWN BLYAT !
That's honestly got to be one of the craziest 2 minute or so pep talks a team has ever gotten mid tournament. I love it
Now I finally understand why my russia teammates start yelling cyka blyat in MM all the time. They are tyrineet to give me the best CIS per talk
@@yesterdaystech86 underrated comment
@@yesterdaystech86 they are all from Cloud9 and NaVi, trust them.
Zeus : CYKA BLYAT CALM DOWN BLYAT ! DO WHAT I SAY AND WE FK THEM! is full what he said...
After all, he is so good that they named a weapon after him.
He's so good the greeks named a god after him
he's so good that his name sounds like goose
Lmao ye leevi noob
@@xxxxRouvenxxxx are/wuuuuuuuuuuuxi
@@xxxxRouvenxxxx r/woooooosh
This guy had one of the most funniest personalities in CSGO and I'm gonna miss that.
Second to nothing, but he's the funniest xD
The most funny*
SUPERSTITIUM - how Zeus really plays csgo
@@phyrtiv fucking thank you
Stop it. I try stop cried here :(
I think the brain dead people are the ones calling him that. This man was a legend, no matter how he did it.
This man is.
Agree. He captained Navi and reach Major Final 2-times, then being kicked from Navi, join Gambit and win Major with this team. After that he came back to Navi and reach Major final with them again. One of the best captains in CS-history
He is BOT
@@putinisamericano3298 no if you would play against him, you would be the bot
@@SurvivalGames1 he actually had terrible mechanics
This actually almost made me cry. I don’t even play CS and I still felt so much emotion from this story. Thanks thescore.
i teared up tbh
@@DieCryMan same here xdd cry and laugh everything together
As our boi Zeus would say... calm down blyat!
he looked so happy high fiving everyone after winning major 🥺
Imagine being so next level, that noone understands exactly how the hell you elevate your teams...
Pure force of charisma at times it seems :P
@@Mirro18 i bet he has something similar to sao abridged "hat on charisma".
His teammates know that he will beat them behind locked doors if they fail.
above all numerics and playing it reasonable and safe are the sudden strikes of forces of nature. meteors, tornadoes, snakes on a plane type of shit - things zeus was built off.
@@JackoBanon1 :DDDDDD
He might be a bot sometimes, but you simply can't dislike this man.
Everytime*
@@d4ne1gh_val except for cologne and kraków
thomas csgod if he's a bot, you're the worst player to exist.
You can if you don't like brain dead people
thats facts
Im ukrainian, grew up playing with those guys starting with beta 5.0, peaking in my cs career as a WCG 2006 Kyiv judge, and never looked into CS scene again. UA-cam recommended me this video and goddamn its so heartwarming and nostalgic to see these faces again, Edward still a kid lol, Zerogravity's friendly face.... damn..good times
@Drunkard Snail there is no way
Wait, what?
Damn
sheeeeeesh
Wow
I feel zues walked into the Navi training room with Eminem on loud speaker like ‘’ guess who’s back, back again’’
XD XD Underrated comment!!
So this looks like a job for me so everybody i run the team
Lmfaoo
"I WON MAJOR, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
-Abraham Lincoln
WOOOOOOOOO
Ahhahahahahah
666
Why is this so funny lmao
@@AaronCleetus-cj4gw woooosh?
Zeus has his up and downs but overall theres a reason why he is still a pro after 17 yrs
... But he isn't anymore :D
@@Arcana_Veritas_EN he has almost come back to navi...
Yh by surrounding himself with people that wouldn't kick him.
He was leaching off the talent of simple and electronic for way too long. He’s been shit for years
@@fishdisher9564 i didnt think youve watched through the video ;)
You know he's a legend when CS names a weapon after him.
This raises the question:
Is the taser named after him?
Yes.
@@hansandhismp-4033 Hey, I've seen you before
@@morefoodsmorenudes8046 ahaha where?
@@morefoodsmorenudes8046 it's in the Twitch highlights vid right?
Wait actually?
Bruh imagine afking on a major what a chad
timeouts are 30 secs. However he used the roundtime and the timeout time as well, so he had way more time to work with. His decision was actually 200IqQ
digb1kk zeus is the literal example of people that can be so stupid but yet so smart at the same time
@@christianthompson7915 navi without zeus were a #17 team
Imagine forcing your team to play one man down and still winning
@@lyh0619 no lol
The BPM (Blyat per minute) is at an all-time high, and I love it.
New one 👍🏻
the last minutes when he said olofmeister i love you and that he tryed so hard, touches my heart and makes me want to cry of pure exitment
The best thing is he kept his promise. He promised olofmeister that if he win he says "I love you olofmeister" and if olof wins he says "I love you Zeus" thats why after winning the major Zeus said it.
A God
Title correction - Counter-Strike's Most Controversial Mastermind: The Story of Zeus
lotrdude13 nah
@@exy_crypto5428 nah u
He spent an entire match shouting at his team. That’s pretty brain dead, but I worked
@@jadeschreodl1899 *"He shouted at people a lot, therefore he's brain dead"*
Gameg - CSGO Channel fair enough, but there is a difference between being loud during game and afking a round during the finals of a major just to yell at and insult your team.
Zeus’s girlfriend: he is the kindest person.
Zeus: won a 5v1
@Tom Stanton yeah it is a stupid joke
Wasn't that Edward?
@@veltronix7646 no
You forget he's also real man and strong person
Caster: Whatever Zeus said to his team, it must be pretty good change..
What Zeus actually said: 20:30
Ikr hahaha
LMAO
James not change btw
Ahhahahahahaaha
Wow, really inspiring and great man. He didn't even forget the promise he made to his opponent. Never gave up and left a huge mark on the competitive scene. I wanna be like him someday
You've done yourself a bit of a disservice with that title
A really great video that is very respectful of Zeus, the title doesnt fit
it literally says "mastermind"
@@konstus I dunno about you but I still feel "Brain-Dead Mastermind" feels quite a lot like an insult. "Bot Mastermind" sure.
I'm not offended by it but I just felt the video was so good but the title felt very clickbait in comparison.
@@foodbs it actually is the most accurate description to zeus ever, its not an insult
@@konstus I dont agree, but you know what, thats ok :)
@@konstus it may be the most accurate descrpition but an insult is an insult period.
"he's a real man"
The most slavic* thing I've ever heard
Yall need to chill
And he's not russian
@swatantra kashyap oh, yeah. Tell me please where are you from?
swatantra kashyap braindead shit
Wonderful Day i bet where he’s from they dont teach geography
@@aleksandretamazov6993 lololololololololoololloo
It's incredible and beautiful how much footage there is of him dancing. Keep on dancing man
3:54 Now this was and still is arguably the greatest ace in CS 1.6. Edward was a pistol master in that game.
24:30 gotta love the csgo fanbase: a virtus fan hugging a navi fan.
julian szymczak peak of csgo there
They are both cyka blyat
Wondering what'd happen if one of those was C9
In comparison to soccer 😬
Zeus and Edward playning VP 2007-2008
Anytime I hear “god help me and I won major” I legit tear up bruh
I rarely play csgo , but seeing zeus struggle really made me cry ngl
at first i heard '' God hate me and i won a major''. still cringy tho
same bro same....
@@petelynch9985 nothing cringe about this, it's pure emotions
I heard "god helped me and I won major"
The title should read - “Not All Legends Wear Frags: The Story of Counter-Strikes Greatest Leaders - Zeus”. Maybe even make it a series... it would be awesome hearing about some of these coaches / IGL’s that weren’t mechanically gifted but had the gift of rallying a team and executing the plan
Ruben S no u
Well zeus was the main one
dude that's a really cool idea... never thought of it
Next up, karrigan
i think the exaggeration is unnecessary and it would be better to just have it as 'the story of zeus'
Therapist: Slav Tom Hardy isn't real, he can't win a major.
Slav Tom Hardy:
lol
hahah
that title ain't it.
L
Whomever snowflake decided to call him brain-dead, Zeus will bite his head off
I watched the Krakow major supporting Gambit live. It was the best televised moment I've ever witnessed, especially mou's awping on overpass against astralis. Like I swear something possessed him.
This just got emotional real quick in the end when he retires. He seems like a really loveable fun guy to be around and mostly wholesome.
Wasn’t it Socrates that said- Only a fool reveals his intellect?! 😆
He's Zeus, he's the god.
if he worked out he would fit his name more
idk how they missed it, Its in his name
Dont call this guy a braindead smh
Well he's braindead but a good braindead he's not a smart igl he's a leader
@@Gladdds yeah he was a pro, a good leader, that's enough to not call him brain-dead that's literally so obnoxious lmao smh
@@ananysingh07 I'm sorry braindead isn't the correct term it's just that other igls gla1ve, karrigan, nitr0, aleksib,etc are way smarter in their tactics they use less heart and more brain because it has a higher win percentage.
@@randomdudewithagun928 oh shit nice one man
@@Gladdds nice
I promise I’m not crying🙈😂
Such an emotional story for the man the myth himself Zeus!
Even after losing everything he had, he proved to the world who he is!
So inspirational❤️☝🏼
His story deserves a movie, I can see the ending in my head, he stares at a wall at spawn talking with his teammates, monologuing, tense music plays, with his encouragement the team wins the major, it ends with them commemorating the win and text appears on screen and such
I never thought he sucked - I mean, he was a professional CS player after all, and you can't be bad AND be a pro. Sometimes his decision making was questionable, but I've always liked him.
lotrdude13 You CAN be bad while being a pro. I have better mechanics than him and I've never played on a pro level. He literally throws every game he plays. Stop defending him. He brought down every talent he every played with.
@@TheSearchForTruth88 alright therre bahd
@@TheSearchForTruth88 haha yes i too have better mechanics than any pro ever but im not a pro dont want to embarrass them ya feel
zack brodue I am better than zeus, not any pro. And I guarantee I could put you in the ground with my aim. You wouldn't get a single kill on me. Sit down, pathetic child.
@@TheSearchForTruth88 relax, cowboy 🤠 🔫
I love u zues. What a guy, what a legend. My man got kicked out of a team, went and built a new team from scratch and won a major. Idk how he did that. Perseverance from that guy is unreal
Like anime characters 😂
im not that in to the csgo esports scene, but this video really made me emotional. The story of one man and his battle against the odds and what people expected of him. Well done Zeus
23:53 How iconic that B1t was popping off even as far back as 2017
Headshot machine
One of the best "The Story Of" you guys have ever done, from the 20 minute mark on is just phenomenal.
This inspires me so much. Even when his team turned their back on him, he still kept on. He stayed true to himself. He knew he was enough. I love this man
When zeus play cs competitive longer than ur age
20:30 I could feel every single word he said. I have never felt more hyped, true leadership. He is one of a kind.
What a legend. I'm still waiting for the story of JerAx.
Please! We need this.
THE SAAAVIOUR OF OG.
Sameeeeeee
Thay made one of him when he retired
+1
This video brought back the nostalgia and core of my childhood. It brought back the wonder I had as a Na'Vi fan, and let me escape from my maturity, and be a kid again, watching my favorite player take on the world. Thank you
that mustve been nice
@@matthias8161 it was
Zeus: You could not live with your own failures. And where does that lead you... Back to me
you did a great job bringing me back tears from that final
I will never forget the moment when Zeus won the major and in his speech he shouts "olofmister I love you".😂😂
This guy is surely the best IGL of all time. Dominated the whole 1.6 Scene and was a leader of two world class teams in GO. Just Goodbye and thanks for everything you’ve done for CIS Counter-Strike. You will be missed so much.
Bruh he's not dead
Karragin is so much better then Zeus ever was.
@@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou he retired didnt he ?
Caboose2741 ahahahhahaha, so funny. Karrigan_0_major_1_final_Zeus_1_major_3_finals
@@undeaddude54 yeah he retired. But he didn't retire.......
What a video!!!! Literal goosebumps all the way through! One of the most influential players ever, his legacy lives on
This is by far the best video on the channel, can't believe I haven't watched until now.
3:41, i wonder what's Edward doing with his right hand.
Well of course hes fingering the gum stuck under the table... get your mind out of the gutter tommy!
Balls get sweaty my bro
Beating hes meat *DUH*
lmaoooooooooo
He was scratching his balls, but you don't understand because you have no balls, but that's okay. (Medic bag for everyone that got the reference)
Because i am a big zeus fan i would like to mention some extra stuff
1) I have watched a lot of his teaching videos and he really knows how to execute awper on t side. Under his orders markeloff, mou, guardian and nog so much simple learned hot to become the best. He has a deep knowledge if the game and is every awpers wet dream on a team.
2) He was really poor at the start of his career and he didn't know if cs was the right choice but he went with his heart. He is a very kind hearted person and amazing motivator. He made gambit breath cs and before the major he was shouting on guys in videos to make them play scrims.
3) He was always accused in navi when they lost in finals but the real problem was not him. Seized and flamie were always performing worse than him (mlg columbus, cluj napoca) I really dont like seized cause he acted like a snake with flamie. Edward and guardian were against the zeus kick. Flamie is known to be really toxic and seized is just lazy. The problem was never in zeus. The new navi may be good fraggers and i still support them but it will never feel like the right navi for me without zeus❤
@@rotua98 Please work on you're English, none of this makes any sense.
@josh keane common sense dude pls. You got one right?
@@Textifyyy maybe you should work on *your* English.
@@Textifyyy you should shut *your* mouth, and keep it shut.
@@vanmatsupagayawan2113 Mate almost everything in his comment is horrible grammar, sounds like a 5 year old typing the comment.
BTW, after retire, Danylo developed an awesome ukranian pizzeria called Chickago Street Pizza by Zeus - it's really so tasty that you can't imagine. And nowadays, when the russia trying to kill all the Ukranians and occupy sovereign country Ukraine, his business helps Ukranian soldiers with donates and food. Respect to one of the coolest man of all the history CSGO
what, he has a pizzeria ? Damn that really suit his character
And today s1mple and NAVI won the PGL major 2021
It’s so weird seeing Edward without his beard
Almost as weird as seeing him getting kills
It was weird for me to see him with beard bcoz I had only seen him from his 1.6 days and suddenly one day I switched to cs go and came across his latest face
huh....f0cuswow
I've been playing CS competitively since 2003. I've been an IGL the entire time. Zeus is someone I looked up to and is probably my favorite player of all-time. Thank you for telling his story as best as you could and doing such a great job at it. This man is an inspiration to me and I thank you for representing him properly. Thank you.
Watching this at the train station and I'm almost in tears. Quality video, big up Zeus!
I don't watch or play CS but this guy's story seems so cool. I always admire people like Zeus, and like Hai from LoL, where they know their individual play is mediocre at best but their leadership makes up for it ten-fold. Fantastic video!
I love this "The story of" series. You guys make the best player profile type of videos.
MAN, RIGHT IN THE FEELS!!!
Great work guys! For someone who started CSGO fairly late (2017) , I find it hard to get such in depth info about past events, players, teams, etc. You hear about through friends, or highlight clips, but nothing like this! Keep up the great work guys!
Ssme
Man, I loved watching those old Navi teams, this video made me cry. Zeus has one of the most touching stories in all of counterstrike.
18:09 What's up everybody, welcome back to my laboratory where safety is number priority
Never played CS, barely watch any kind of ESport but Salute to you Zeus.
Btw love these kind of Videos very interesting to see the " bigger " picture about ESport. ♥
@Teh Modest Mouse no its not
It's Esports or esports not ESport. You don't say EMail do you
@@Textifyyy In Germany it's actually E-Mail lmao
@@Textifyyy Thanks for the correction mate. Kinda funny that this made me look like im from Germany because i am xD
but in the end i think people could understant what i was trying to say ^^
@Teh Modest Mouse Yeah i know some of my friends told me that it is F2P now but i dont think it is my kind of game i mostly play games like Squad, Insurgency or Arma but i will defenitly try it out to make sure ^^
You guys always dissect and showcase stories like these so perfectly, I appreciate your effort.
All I remember that nobody in the world expected Gambit to win a major.
Never knew there was so much history to that win, warms my heart to see that he won it!
Amazing run by Gambit. He was a leader in a game where no one had the balls to be leaders.
Teams with 5 Fraggers and No igls had always failed.
The legend we will never forget, literally heart touching video.
That underpalace thing in mirage was so dope! This guy just motivated me that you should never quit :-)
I actually feel so fucking happy for him even tho I didnt even knew who he is until this video.
as much as I dislike the title, I love this video and find myself coming back to it from time to time. humorous, charismatic, a man of his word by promising himself and the world he would win a major and say "Olofmeister, I love you" I don't even know Zeus and I can't help but love the guy.
Zeus was a legend, well he still is. He just wouldn’t give up he never would, he was caring and an inspiration to all of us and will always be remembered. God bless you Zeus!!
24:30 is the best thing i've seen in CS:GO history
this is why zeus wouldn't have let s1mple run wild with toxic shit
The greatest underdog Story in eSports
"God helped me and I won major"
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I can't believe this comment has any likes......
@@khytron06 stfu
@@khytron06 your mother doesn't love you tho
@@raivislo proof?? My mom loves me more than you do
TSE: talks about zeus being good
*shows Edward fragging*
3:54
lol
1:43 "Fear me, my nipples radiate lightning"
This was 28 and a half minutes long but it felt like an hour of pure enjoyment
This was beautiful!! Now we need the Story of Electronic, The Overshadowed God!!
He doesn’t really have much of a story to tell though :/
Yes he does. And after Na'vi being runner ups in Ice Challenge and winning Blast Premier against Vitailty and Astralis, that makes a great story. Remember that he shines even if he is in the same team as s1mple.
Marx Conrad hes a crazy good player of course, my point is that there isnt really much of a story behind him yet, hes very young
Zeus always held the essence of all of us old school players. We played with heart harder than anyone. Props to him and his teams.
i love these stories man, chokes me up every time.
He's so good, Valve actually implemented an ultimate weapon into the game named after him
Song at 8:55 for anyone curious is "Razihel - Children of the Night"
i was kinda sad when i started watching this vid but then i saw dosia and i just felt happy
same lmaoooo
This is such a plot for an anime
Those old footage of 1.6 bring back good old memories *crying*
damn
This is one of my favorite Story of’s The Score has ever done. Just great story telling.
This has to be my favorite video you guys made.
It was really awesome to watch, I had goosebumps - Thank you guys!
This is probably the most happiest video i have seen
This is the best cuttet told and produced video in the whole cs go scene. Just awesome, thank you !