A *Brief* History of Choking in Counter-Strike
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
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0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Team Spirit (1/2)
3:07 - ACEZONE 🎧
3:44 - choking is embarrassing
4:29 - 2013: the first choke EVER
8:50 - 2014: Dignitas/TSM/Astralis
9:48 - Karrigan: the GOAT choker 🐐
11:03 - what choking looks like
12:41 - Karrigan gets cut for Gla1ve
13:02 - Karrigans REDEMPTION
13:53 - Nafany / C9
16:09 - FLAWED GOATS
16:51 - Stavn
17:18 - true champions CLOSE OUT
17:45 - Team Spirit (2/2)
19:08 - WIN BECAUSE YOU WANT IT.
19:52 - it aint over til its over
20:49 - conclusion
Editing by / vonvorter - Ігри
What was ur favourite choke? (don’t say liquid Columbus)
Gotta be Liquid Columbus
Luminosity vs Fnatic Katowice 2016
Navi when simple tried to knife nitro lmao
Elige EPL Season 6 GF.
g2 vs faze kato 22
You missed the biggest choker ever... Me, I can't even finish an ace after getting the first 4 kills because by that point I'm literally 1 BPM from a heart attack.
bruh imagine that shit in front of a screaming crowd of 15,000 people ... not easy to be on LAN, because I'm the same dude 🤣
Tell yourself next time you get the 4th kill that if the 5th kill isn’t stylish you didn’t want the ace anyway and then just go for it
@@laundersunironically
@@launders OKAY. HOLY SHIT! INSTANTLY WORKED, WTF. I styled on those nerds! Hahahaha, I am doing this forever from now on. I got a 3k in a 1v3 and panicked, then the wise words appeared in my head the next chance I got and I absolutely nuked them, luckily with a flash assist for the first 2. Omg, this is a revelation.
I already know FaZe/karrigan is gonna be like a third of this video
Jonny got his assets mixed up but fifflaren is still a gigachad
Hank Lau: "Dang it, Jonny."
Thought new meme just dropped w
doubt, you had another video with same mistake
Gigachad launders finishes casting, uploads video immediately after 😤💪💪
*35 years later*
-Do you remember that one Canadian CS analyst? I can't remember his name...
-The racist Acezone guy with black beard? Launders or something?
-Yea that's him! Thanks bro.
This is how I want to be remembered 😌
@@launders don't pretend like this is silly. 😡😡You should car about this stuff
@@tangstephen2015yeah I car about this stuff, gonna use my car to get some racist CS teams back on the road 😎
Haha! I wonder what makes you think that
@@smallbobburger1 how do u hav so much more likes than me...
What a fucking great video. I'm quite new to pro CS despite playing the franchise casually for almost 20 years at this point, and the "we don't have a Michael Jordan in CS" quote put into words the feeling I had after researching CS history. You very rarely see the best players truly in the zone in these big moments, thanks for this analysis. You're awesome launders.
Glad to hear that, love that enthusiastic are into the history. Thanks bro
Heaton=fifflarN
true I noticed it too 🤣🤣
That zontix interview before their match against FaZe at the major always cracks me up, he seemed so confident saying he never felt pressure in his life. Twice the pride, double the fall....
History of Chonkers in Counter-Strike
a video about choking without even mentioning NiKo is crazy
aahh maan frfr😀
The only niko choke that I can really say is a choke was the grandfinal vs cloud9 on the boston major. He always has high playoffs stats and has always been consistent. Simple had to get his major on his 4th one after choking on the first 3. Niko choked at boston, but at stockholm he was by far g2's best player and was the only reason they were in the finals especially because they had no dedicated awp.
@@lylewarren4391yeah the deagle miss was just a miss not a choke per se, it was a BIG mistake but not a choke imo
Niko choked too much so that people forgot that he was compared to S1mple once back then
The continuity from hearing you cast to watching this is gr8
Choked the edits at 4:58 saying the same thing twice mate, cut one of the instances out!
I thought I was having a stroke for a sec at that point 😂
"Stats will always lie to you". Preach.
Yea you gave the aleksib choke reference at the end when i saw him finally lifting that major trophy it was such a freeing feeling cuz i was rooting for this genius so long. All the hardships he had gone through finally payed off and it shows how strong his character is to not give up.
Its a great year for Finnish sports in general since it looks like Florida Panthers is winning the Stanley Cup and its the team with most Finnish players including Barkov. But the Aleksib major win will always be the most important sports moment for me since there is only 2 Finnish players remaining on the top of CS and Aleksib fought so hard to lift the trophy.
@@whosTage factsss➕
Big Wire Fan here who recently admitted to myself the sopranos is better after being in denial for years. Intro hit hard.
Top 2 anyway.. as long as they get watched we’re living right
No way Sopranos is better, Sopranos is very good but The Wire is just on a different level but its only my opinion anyways lol.
@@whosTage Nah you right king, scream it from the hilltops. Sopranos and The Wire are two GOATS of television but you can't deny that The Wire simply had the slightly better storyline, engaging level of both realism and character drama, less wacky/weak episodes (besides Season 5)... Sopranos gets carried by the HUGE talents and big actors working on the show, but as a comprehensive product and work of art The Wire just edges it out as the GOAT
@@marcustulliuscicero9647 Fr its just almost a perfect series it feels like you cant really change a thing to make it better and i never get tired of rewatching it, maybe i should watch The Sopranos again aswell to see if my opinion would change but i remember when i watched The Wire the first time it felt almost unbelieavable how well it was done because i didnt hear people talk about it as much as Breaking Bad or The Sopranos.
19:16 "if you aint nervous you dont want it" - launders 2024
damn you dropping some philosophical stuff here
Shocked there wasn’t a section dedicated to team liquid
Dignitas were the most choke prone team of all time, you could count on them running up the score and losing in the most amazing ways. Could be 15-1 and dignitas could still choke it. Hiko are you kidding me
05:05 why pic of heaton lmao
This video made me think a lot about Twistzz’ interview before they played the EPL finals to win their Grand Slam in 2023. When asked if the pressure of the grand slam was weighing on him he said absolutely yes it is, all I want is to win that final today. I always appreciated that winning mentality from Twistzz, it’s part of why he’s one of NA’s most decorated.
scarily good video(s) man. Great storytelling and very well tied together narratively, cant believe you're just sort of winging these without a fixed script
thank god you're channeling this into couter-strike instead of seeking world domination or smth lmao
Really love these vids, always watch them through and through everytime 🙌🏻
If this video was recorded 5 years in the future, it would have included col first half of year 2024. Approaching the topic holistically, you have an indisputable choke factor. Great vid as always Lau
insane content latealy launders, keep it up!
LOVE the videos you make Lau. Keep up the great work you great man
good watch & analysis is on point... thanxxxxxxxx
another lau banger, great video man
I love the HLTV trophy sliding bar
Do a brief history of racism in Counter-Strike
I need to download all of faceit all chat
@@launders you can interview me
Its a miracle making a video about choking without talking about g2
Jk commented this close to the end, he did infact mentioned them atleast
Wow this is incredible content Launders. You should really focus on pumping out these types of videos about teams and individual players
this is your best video. so poetic
that's the quality content right there ❤
VeryGames were chokers before NiP, they were often the best team in the world but could not get past NiP in finals for a long time until they added shox. They were arguably the favourite for the first ever major.
Another banger baby very nice lau
ur insight on choking so interesting gunna take some of this thought process to the pugs lol
19:22 what is NiKo doing there? 😭 btw he's my fav player I really wish him to win a major.
great video lau.
Virtus Pro vs Astralis Atlanta 2017... 12-6 lead on Train
pain.
Pain
I think it's a bit harsh to judge spirit on their interviews as unprofessional/not caring about results, they are super young !
fantastic video
The moment I saw this video I knew Atlanta was coming. To this day we cannot forget about that damn Train
I’m glad the gambit core got their win on lan. But FUCKK it was crushing seeing them choke everytime after that
14:36 it was one of the best maps I've watched (maybe with a slight bias because I'm Brazilian)
Insane hype
I need this but in the style of EmpLemon's The Art of the Choke
10:10 grapefruit challenge champion had me on the floor 💀
"The lights were brighter than expected"
Damn Launders so handsome.. and im straight
this video is so good i love it thank u launders
Oh man that pre game talk before the copenhagen major match, it was clear zontix wasn't confident i knew it was over, just like the nafany clip you showed
So many things were against him in that quarter final. He was sick, the Vertigo pick placed them in an uncomfortable situation, and FaZe had destroyed them on Mirage and they had to fight for overtime on Nuke. If you read Hally's interview after that game you'd know that Zontix's calls in overtime helped them secure Nuke.
But a lot has changed after Copenhagen because they have realized they're mortal.
Great video
Choking very hazardous
You are so right.
5:13 you did Fifflaren a lil dirty with that pic
FUCK YEAH, LET'S BE NERVOUS!
Run through it!
Great vid, just a correction the giant comeback was NOT in the grand final of cologne, that was the semifinals at MLG columbus earlier in the year. The cologne final was a beatdown that was never close, hence why many people say that the "real" final was actually on the top half of the bracket.
Lau, can you do a video on the opposite concept of this, big game players who have routinely stepped up for their team in the big games. Thanks!
this is the good stuff
On point criticism regarding nafany and Spirit, however I believe it is based on information from these players/teams which is limited by factors such as language barriers and how "open to public" they decided to be. The "no pressure" or "we just play our game" responses sounded more like summary of how they generally try to deal with this situation? Cuz they sounded like they couldve been way more precise if they were asked the same question in their own language.
For the concern about Spirit, I personally think Spirit looks like a very different team from Gambit/Cloud9. At least they openly admitted that they did struggle from mental issues (choking) in big games (which was never openly admitted by anyone from Gambit/Cloud9 for like 2 years). Also hally is just incredible. Considering how young donk and zont1x are and with the helping hands from hally and chopper, I think Spirit looks very promising as long as they don't be silly and makes any roster moves. (that -interz move will be my biggest Counter Strike nightmare forever)
This video make me cry ❤
Flusha = MJ of Counter-Strike.
Biggest choke was our first round of the pick ems
I can listen to Launders all day. This is advanced historical fraud watching.
liquid choke against astralis in berlin major. It was their best chance (and last) after the columbus choke to win a major.
Since you asked...now that spirit won london id dispute that part
Envy 2015/2016 choking 😭😭😭 being an Envy fan was rough
Actually good point being nervous means you want it. Even IRL works like that.
i'm rewatching the wire too lol
So good, ended up liking avon over stringer on my rewatch… crazy…
@@launders he's more respectable. i liked the way he handled things with cudi, was fine with him walking out and supported his gym
Sopranos is Goated. Your a man of good taste
bro said Fifflaren and pulled up heaton
Karrigan is by far my favourite player, but his choking is soo painful to experience. The more sure the victory seems the more sure I am he'll choke. I knew in copenhagen, they will play amazing but the final will be difficult as soon as I saw the playoff bracket
I think it's entirely possible that a team that is better on paper could simply just play poorly and/or get outclassed by a "worse" team on paper. Current CS is very similar to professional tennis. Everyone is very good, if you don't show up and play well, you will lose. Doesn't matter if your opponent is ranked 200, you can lose. I just don't always equate a "better" team losing to "choking". It's also important to note that in order for a "choke" to happen, it often requires the opponent to play pretty damn well to apply that level of pressure to the favorite.
Beautiful man’s
m0NESY is the goat because his never fallen off in a major grand final
The most brief history possible is two words: FaZe; G2
Moral of the story: Everyone will choke at some point even the best.
I witnessed both, Boston and Copenhagen. And both were so sad to me as a Karrigan fan, especially Copenhagen. Faze wasn't supposed to defeat Spirit but they did, they even defeated Vitality. Only to be defeated by NAVI in the end.
"the branch that doesn't bend breaks" Yeah unless its the strongest fucking branch there's ever been. I believe we'll see a Jordan
Choke on of the worst you can do in match lose a won game 😣but this is part of the game
Happy Fathers Day papa launders!!
It’s interesting because in baseball if we clutch is talked about but statistically elevating your performance when it matters most doesn’t transfer year to year. CS:GO seems kinda different tho, the don’t know why but it appear to be idk the difference but anyone have any thoughts?
Could you reword? The grammar seems a bit off and I can’t fully understand what you mean. Would love to know more about the baseball comparison.
@@launders yeah so in baseball there’s a metric about how big any given situation is. Bottom of the 9th 2 out’s bases loaded is viewed as more “high leverage” then the opening at bat of a game. When you take a players stats as a whole (indiscriminate of the situation) over the course of a season and then compare the stats (high leverage and all leverage at bats) some players obviously end up having better stats in the high leverage situations and some worse. However, when looking at the data season to season no body consistently is better or worse in the clutch.
For example, the infamous Jess Winker in 2023 and he had a terrible season, didn’t even hit 200 and had negative WAR. But he had the highest batting average in high leverage situations in all the mlb and statistically was the best batter in when it mattered most. His game clearly was elevated when it mattered most. But did he do that the year b4 no. Is he doing that this year no. It appears to not be repeatable or batting clutch seems to be an unreliable metric.
More over when we talk about choking
we are talking about how a player is playing worse then they normally do so it deviates from there “base-line.” The Rockies once signed 3 hitters who were top ten in elevating their hitting ability in the clutch. The next season there ability in the clutch when looking at stats was below average. And there game worsened in the clutch. Over the whole season all three player’s stats remained relatively unchanged.
Essentially when it comes to baseball hitting in clutch situations appears to not be a repeatable or reliable attribute of any given player when the situation is assed based on the players “baseline” performance.
I don’t know if you watch r6 or know anything about it, but the games equivalent of s1mple (shaiiko) actually had a generational choke at the recent Manchester major which is made even more interesting because imagine if electronic igl broke the kill record and started genuinely getting furious with his team.
Such an interesting game to watch from a psychological perspective
Who won the Manchester Major? I didn't even watch the playoffs when FURIA and FaZe went out in the QFs
@@elizabethmurigi1131 iirc beastmode beating bds?
I agree that choking is a huge problem in the scene, but I would just like to mention that a lot of the time, I think its more down to the fact that some teams/players really step up in finals and not that others go missing. As an example Glaive's astralis, who were obviously on paper almost favorite for every other major, but never the less. They didn't win majors because of their opponents choking, but because they were a different beast in the big matches, simply unstoppable.
If you couldnt already tell I'm a huge astralis fan, and god damn I miss my team having the balls, to just go out on the stage and fuck teams up
i admit i got an acezone about 7 months back and i will say its worth the money. Besides me genuinley agreeing they are BETTER than all other headsets on the market, it even says powering on and powering off. my adhd is pleased
You know its karrichoke when he talks about karrigan on the spirit part.
its Chokigan respectfully
Liquid with Taco choked that tourney against MOUZ, but the fun part imo is that they went the whole year been beat up by Astralis in finals so I think when they got to a final that wasnt Astralis they just didnt know what to do, 6 finals, 20 maps and 4 maps won (2 against MOUZ and 2 against Astralis in different matches)
Sopranos GOAT fo sure. RIP Gandolfini
I just want to see one storyline finish: NiKo winning a major😭🙏🏼
As a TL fan, I'm shocked you didn't spend like 5 minutes on them.
Launders, just wanted to comment about how much I love these types of videos. Your analysis on all things CS brings a different light to the table than most other videos. As someone who has only been around Pro CS for a few years, but has played since CSS this material is very fun to learn about. Don't stop making these videos.
PS the editing is great
- Detroit Love
Love to hear that- you are my target demographic, just trying to get people caught up on our game that has nonstop events for 10 years
@@launders Appreciate your work. Have a great weekend my friend.
8:30
Real story,
I saw drake in Toronto just casually walking the street with a friend of his. I wasn't really a big fan but I was so shocked that no one was going up to him. Then I looked to my left and saw this huge crowd of people chanting "boxr movement club" and launders himself getting photos with all these fans.
Absolutely wild time.
Positioning myself to absorb toronto drake fans when he stops making music
Are you commentating at blast right now? I swear I just heard the bending branch during spirit g2
he does yeah
Ya
@@launders nice. Always liked your voice.
Nafany never had the makings of a varsity athlete
til mcdonalds created a burger in honor of nip
Never really thought of what choking really was until this video - very interesting insight.
I'm wondering if you could frame someone like blamef as a choker. I know he's always been called a baiter and all that, but with following Astralis these last few years and watching every single game, there was nothing more frustrating than seeing blamef choosing to save in the absolute most critical rounds.
He's obviously a percentage player, but it always seemed crazy to me that he would choose to save a galil over attempting a 1v2 or similar. Maybe the pressure got to him in those moments?
With him refusing to participate in most media stuff, like the skits and fun interview, maybe the fear of looking like a fool is huge for him.
Cool story bro
I just watch you commentate vp vs spirit 10 minutes ago
instantly liked after you said sopranos is the goat. i love you launders. wire is number 2. you are smart just like me. we need to get married.
This guy seems like he knows what he's talking about 😏