Ropz: "I'm Glad I Joined FaZe and Not G2!" | IEM Katowice Press Conference
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2022
- FaZe Clan pulled off a 3-0 sweep against G2 Esports but it was one of the closest CSGO finals ever at IEM Katowice 2022. Karrigan, Ropz, Broky, Twistzz, and stand in jks managed to overcome NiKo, Jackz, huNter, m0NESY, and Aleksib.
IEM champions FaZe attended a press conference after the match to talk about the absence of rain, how they managed to win such an intense final, and ropz making the decision to join FaZe instead of G2.
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That IEM Katowice final was CRAZY close! What was your highlight?!
The ropz 1v4 for me. Im a ropz fanboy, so happy that he can play under karrigans leadership again. The highlight of the tournament would be the M0nesy 1v3 against Navi tho :p.
For me it was all of faze they all equally showed up and took the best teams in the world
Lowlight was this audio quality
jks 2k with glock on eco in the weird position
Ropz 4k on inferno matchpoint, Jks 1v2 on Mirage match point… and Broky awping master class on D2
Karrigan pushing long doors so often on D2 was the absolute MVP of the final map. The amount of demos he must of watched and work he must have put in to predict the gap in the offensive everytime to win rounds is ubelievable. It was beautiful to watch.
That’s why he has a dual master degree 😂 the man is a genius
Was great to watch. The leadership to have a stand in play the role jks did was unreal too
Then after that round JACKS BABYSIT LONG DOORS the entire map KEKL
@@deybez5698 karrigan was in their heads lol
His timing was godly. In fact, this is the best I have seen Karrigan play in years. Winding back the clock.
Jks needs a t1 team , he deserves it.
shouldn’t be a problem anymore since he’s a katowice champion
@@jasugarber4320 Watch him get signed to renegades again
Ooooh I am sure he will be getting offers after the performances he has put on here. Not sure what all teams use english only though.
I would like he chose EG or Mouz if they wanted him. Eg because of malek, with him around, the team spirit always in positive vibes, also reunited with rush (ex-col). Maybe replacing brehze.
And for Mouz, replacing nbk lol. But I doubt it, as mouz just signed him in last month (ngl he got experience but he's too washed up), so maybe bymas. This team for sure will be championship contender this year. Not to mention, he will reunited with his countrymen, Dexter. The org seems nice too.
There are few team like vitality (Misutaa), fnatic (if brollan decided join nip). But the environment in these orgs is not nice in my opinion.
@@helpineedvanke3175 jajajajajaja to a t3 team no
Crazy how karrigan always knows how to elevate young talents and turn them into top 20 worthy
Usually even top 5, apart from his short stay in team ENVY 😁
They already were top 20 materials, broky was insane before karrigan joined faze, twistzz, jks and ropz were already appeared in top 20.
Broky was always good before Karrigan came, twistzz needless to say has phenomenal years with liquid. Honestly these guys were already sharp weapons😆
@@c4pt4ina69 You gotta give it to karrigan though for maximising their true potentials after he joined FaZe (ropz struggling in MOUZ, twistzz underperforming in TL, broky playing good individually but ofc in CS, teamwork > individual skill. now look at them after karrigan joined, if they can keep this form, they can easily be a major contender)
@@InternetAntagonist Well, he is good igl no doubt, but I don't get this image "elevating young talents" like ropz and twistzz were already top 10 players, twistzz underperforming has lot to do with team liquid roster change, I think karrigan did a good job and it looked like he worked very hard for it.
Broky: I just played my game
Latvian lazzerrrrrrr
MY MAN :^)
10:08 Reporter: “Do you could consider yourself a star now?” ( to Broky)
Broky: “Of this team?”
Twistzz: “No just in general, are you a superstar?”
Broky: “I just play my game.”
Love this interaction.
So happy for Karrigan ❤️
GOATED
@@DEXERTOCSGO shut up you keep pushing the Niko goat narrative every video
jiz, calm down
please put subtitles on this, it's so hard to hear the questions and the players on the ends of the sofa.
+1
just turn on youtube subtitles
@@vincentsantiago4156 i think like onlyn2 of the questions come up as sub titles
@@vincentsantiago4156 I did, they're auto generated so don't pick up the faint voices of those asking questions and those on the edges. It is also not entirely reliable as say Karrigan isn't a word in the dictionary
Karrigan seems so chill. So happy for him!
This tourny was the perfect storm. FaZe found an incredible stand-in in JKS, a player that is most known for his lurk role but has been told by experts that he would fit in aggressive entry roles. It was then just sheer luck that the 2nd guy he had to replace in rain plays the aggressive entry. The 2nd thing as karrigan mentions in the interview is that we cant forget the fact other teams gets the mental burden of "having to win vs a team with a step-in". That puts all the pressure on the enemy team, and no pressure on FaZe. My point here is that it's not certain that replacing jks with rain going forward would be a winning formula, because the pressure is now on FaZe and if jks had become a team-member that mental factor of "having to win vs step-in" gets removed.
So, don't be so quick to call out replacement of rain for jks. But as a FaZe fan I must admit I want em both.
Only intelligent comment here
Sure sign jks but I like to think they should bring in younger blood. A player like Obo imo could replace rain. He's so young and a very talented and gifted player.
Eloquently put my friend.
I'm just a proud Aussie regardless & this shit was like an anime arc.
Younger doesn't equal better. They aldy got broky for that
@@Ray-pu4vr see what col could do with Obo and then compare what they done with jks. I love jks consider him a star but replacing rain with Obo is the ultimate line up. I'd love to see it honestly he's a fn beast
I love rain, but man, having a team with 4 players that will just immediately wreck you, and one of the GOAT IGL's to go along with them just seems like a formula for domination.
@NGB TOM Yep. I'll gladly take the L on this one.
why is the audio so bad ? i am not a native english speaker its already so hard to understand and then on top the audio quality is like this
Only 1 microphone recording all the audio for this video right in front of Karrigan.
I just think jks would be a better future investment for faze than rain under the right leadership this guy is consistently so good and I don’t think u can say the same for rain anymore but I think Karrigan’s take is definitely staying with rain
What I'm probably guessing is that jks is probably going to be in faze's mind after this. After karrigan or rain retires they'll probably call up jks again if he still does consistent enough. They are going to wait long term right now.
role wise, hes not a replacment for rain at all, unless he wants to become support/entry like rain. maybe but they would have to change to fit him in correctly.
@@K_End ? What replacement are you talking about he just showed consistency and results by being in rains positions and roles….
@@K_End what are you on, they just won their playoffs without dropping a map, including the finals, he fit them, the evidence is literally there, he played multiple roles for Faze in this tourney and produced results, did you just not watch the tournament at all? lol
@@Eden-vm8sb He played extremely well but he and Rain does not function similarly at all. Twistzz and Ropz had to drop a few spots for him. Not saying that they can't make it work with Jks, but right now Rain just makes more sense
i feel the reporters could have asked more personal question.
Like asking Twistzz about his journey from being one of NA's top dogs, to coming to an All star team in EU.
How it feels working with karrigan, and team structure compared to his old ways, while acclimating to a different part of the world..
IDK i want personal interviews with the players, this group stuff straight after they won, feels really awkward. It's like the reporters barely knows the players??
Thanks for uploading tho
100%
Agreed!
Twistzz had a solo interview where he was asked about his journey, so there was no need for that
look at the video that Dexerto did with Twistzz a month ago
the questions were really bad
This aged like fine wine!!!
karrigan saying they would have won katowice with rain too, its sounds like a really good curse for the future 🤣
@@AveAtqueVale01 honestly, I feel like its probably a good thing that he mentioned it. They wouldn’t of gotten there if it wasnt for the original roster, and he doesn’t want to leave his boy out yk
G2 jks fanboy lulul
@@camachoxvi8356 l
@@AveAtqueVale01 L
Never saw jks smile this much before...Man I wish they take him on the main lineup since the tournament is over they can practice with him on the maps and roles I mean just look at this 3-0 against g2 even though they haven't practice with him that much.
karrigan great leader giving props to rain and sayin they would do as good with him.
respect
Well done, congrats my favourite faze. Amazing work broky, twistz, jks, ropz , karrigan and the coach.
Missed Olof, rain and niko
I'm not a fan of Faze. But, Karrigan and the rest of the team REALLY DESERVES THIS win.
I don’t like the org and I think Niko was poisoning the team, but this core of players is lovable and what could have been a better conclusion this tournament
More of this type of reflective post game please!
this is a great interview and im happy there is more media for CS, but i think you have to get a better mic or mic up the players or something. thanks
Yea couldn't hear the questions and I wanted to hear from G2 after this but we got 0 media from them.
@@JawOT there are captions on this video
@@hugo_luca_1772 there are bad captions for this video* they were definitely better than nothing though
@@hugo_luca_1772 Thanks man
Facts
Should put subtitles for questions asked, a bit hard to hear
Ropz sounds like my doctor when he’s diagnosing my symptoms
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So happy Ropz finally found a worthy spot for the kind of talent he has :) Well deserved win for Faze, Respect goes out
Rain = Faze, but they really should consider benching him for jks. The guy was outstanding considering his circumstances.
cromen was also insane as a stand in doeant mean much jks isnt as aggro as rain if they do shit in the major sure then maybe u consider jks but he isnt gonna 100% join cause of these 3 games
@@ATS1031 lmao he didnt just play 3 games and cromen did really well when he played for faze, but when olof came back they never played that well anymore.
@@imseventrix122 wheres cromen now and jks played rains roles for 3 games not saying its a bad idea but its stupid to just do it based off of this event since they play different roles but after the major we will see
@@ATS1031 jks has been consistently good before this. Complexity wasted the first part of his career unfortunately.
@@QuinnYT ya ik jks was fucking insane before col but not in rains roles
Love the videos! You put so much time and work into them and they make my day better
Thanks for uploading this, appreciate the content fr 🙏
Thank you for this great content!
3 of the top best riflers twistzz,ropz and jks , broky as an awper and the best igl of all time karrigan, this is truly a dream team to have
As great as Karrigan is, he's the 2nd greatest igl. We all know who the no.1 spot belongs to. He's the leader of the longest csgo dynasty. The man who changed metas of the game. Let's not get forget history now.
@@althebrokeone7383 Nah sorry, but Astralis era was based on team mentality and spirit, as well as sick individual preformances from their players. 1 year they had all 5 on top20 list. G1ave is great, and big mind for the game. But honestley as a caller Karigan is better. G1ave might be greater(in terms of succsses, medals, trophies) but Karrigan might be the best IGL of all the time(in terms of calling, preparing strats, and overall leading the team)
@@fedjavuckovic5920 gla1ve is better at the theorycrafting and preparing strats aspect imo
@@nyan4x Maybe, maybe not but Karrigan is surley better caller. After all preparing strats is job for coaches. I mean if IGL can also develop strats and tactics and help creating them the better. But Karrigan is by far the bes mid round caller ever
i think jks situation is similar to the time when faze brought up cromen as a stand-in and he did such an incredible job replacing olof, unfortunately when olof came back the team started to go downhill ...
they shouldn't make the same mistake now....
But in the bright side, they have a legit reason to get Ropz lol
@@makurei6888 they already have ropz
@@gorn886 yup he's a permanent member already. Jks is the stand-in, but i may hate to say this but, i hope they will pick up jks instead of rain.
The team honestly would have went downhill either way. The Calling from Karrigan became a problem near the end of 2018 to the point the personally gave NiKo the reigns.
Karrigan my man you were an awesome commander for faze this tournament.
Best mic wuality ever
Broky is so shy, I love it :D He is my favourite player btw, I like people like him
All of jks clutches.
I feel weird that all pros are always so calm no matter of they win or lose they behave so chill like nothing happened.The mental preparation the orgs give to these players must be so good they are never super hyped or super upset about anything even if a player on the enemy team is absolutely destroying them and doing some unbelievable things they react like they are not surprised at all. The players and the audience look towards the game with completely different perspectives.
Karrigan praising Robban's impact in keeping the team spirit high is some of the most wholesome stuff I've ever seen.
These press conferences are super cool. Reminds me of UFC press conferences. Dont know if its just a me problem, but the audio for the questions is kinda scuffed. Room for improvement in the future, but the idea is super sick and looking foreward to more :D
They hired a deaf sound engineer this year
i love the energy of this team
nice production
jks needs a fat contract after being such a good stand in!
Broky is one of the best players in the world
@@elephant1992 top 20 means nothing I guess
@@elephant1992 What?
@@zephroxxx
Multiple accounts?
He’s top 10 rn no doubt.
Broky is the best atm
this was karrigan's magic, he is such a good leader who can pickup any player and turn him into a star
This looks like a fine roster right here
Jks looks amazing in a faze jersey
Karrigan seems to be that scump face of CSGO, everyone loves him, funny guy, OG’s of their respective games. 2 legends that are going to be leave us in tears when they retire
just imagine this team when rain is in form on lan, twistzz gets back his 2018 form (dont get me wrong, he was a beast in the final but whole tournemnt), broky keeps up this level and ropz has his playoffs form and kartrgian is heads and shoulders above everytone intems of calling
this team has the potential to be the best
+ Broky is being broky
+ Twistzz finally showed up when they needed him
+ ropz is being ropz
+ Karrigan doing his best
+ JKS proving everyone wrong.
With that audio we could really use some accurate subtitles in the video, the youtube subtitles are not timed that well sadly. Still great watch tho :)
Uploading this without subtitles was a mistake. Audio is way too quiet and poor quality.
there is CC now
Karrigan is a great leader. In and out of the server.
the good thing that i observe about karrigan is that he wont pressure his teammate and the youngster, and he let them play there own style.
People went from they need to kick jks from complexity to that they need to sign him tbh I think karrigan and ropz really elevated their play. Honestly with the 3-0 they just seem dominant as a team.
This reminds me of the time faze won against astralist 3-0 with exist as a standin in iem Sydney
Who signed off on uploading this? The audio quality is abysmal, you can't hear the questions at all.
Next time let Kerrigan be in charge of your production sound.
His can be a NA star and give us a new hope
Im so excited for jks next team cause his stock is gonna be higher than before
Jks didn't fail in Complexity, They just didn't know how to utilize him to the max, Unlike FaZe
Exactly... baited by Botf
This line-up can win majors
When you put quotation marks it needs to be a direct quote of what the person said. Ropz did not say that and the implication is different. Otherwise lovely interview to watch.
Give that man a contract
"any questions for the MVP?"
"so... ropz"
Jks man of the match for me
never seen an interview for Esports that's longer than 2 minutes, until now lol
Just imagine if Ropz did go to G2!? I am guessing he would replace Jacks and someone else would turn entry but fuck me that would be an insane team.
Need a mic for the people asking questions
5:58 thanks me later
Thank you!!
Awesome performance. I wanted either faze or g2 to win so when they both made the final i was happy. Now I want G2 to win a big one because they deserve it.
I want G2 to never win so Niko will never win. I want the worst for him.
@@adamsykes3792 why would you ever wish failure upon a fellow human?
@@JawOT was nothing but a joke
Respectfully, Rain wouldn’t have done better than JKS
Respectfully, no
Disagree. What karrigan said makes a lot of sense. They could have closed mirage out a lot earlier, but they had no mid control. You know why? Because rain takes mid successfully ALONE for faze. Literally no other player does that on any team.
Or maybe they would not come close to win that map (or the tournament) with rain... you know... probabilities
But, this faze with rain = 0 titles, this faze with jks = 1 title
@@dineyantunes4630 lmao rain has wont titles with faze
@@dineyantunes4630 they barely lost to Navi with rain and made it to the playoffs with rain. He is still a great player and plays his role amazingly well. Especially on lan with the crowd on his side, rain would have performed just as good as jks.
jks now a real legend
Niko got rid of Karrigan. Then he left Faze in the dirt. Finally, Karrigan got back and beat Niko in the final 3-0 with a stand-in. Redemption Ark. Feels so good to be a Faze fan.
And what a redemption, dont you think? Maybe Niko is the problem? hahaha who knows
Thissssssssssss. Yo I'm so damn happy for Karrigan.
Soooo much pressure on rain to perform now
There is not other team like FaZe, where you have so much different personalities: karrigan- the dad who is always caring for you and knows to do everything in every situation, twistzz - the big brother, who is cheering the most, while putting up incredible performances, ropz: a mix of all- shyness, a massive powerhouse of an aim, loudness and brain, jks: - still going under, discoveries and changes, but managed to do everything in the right time, rain - the heart of FaZe, never left, or doubted, he stayed and stayed and did everything he could, until the moment his hard work paid off and not to talk about the insane deagle skills and in the end we have broky, who just plays his game. No, seriously, he is getting better and better, but ahs that shy baby face, which could hit rly hard with those 6ks. Disappointed with the questions that the players had to answer and nobody said congrats to broky for getting his first MVP, but anyways, they all know what they have accomplished and they will keep it all UP!
they hired the pgl audio guy
I think this is a great new idea to have a post final press conference with the winning team but in future please get a better audio/mic setup. You basically can't hear any of the questions and also a few of the players....we miss out on a lot of the little jokes because of this.
Broky will take s1mples throne in a year imo. The highlights of this guy is just ridicilous. And does it very consistently aswell.
holy delusion
Faze did well this time , but i think G2 will get better and better by the end of the year gonna be number one team
7:30 - no questions for the MVP - no respect for Broky- kudos to Twistzzz
Ropz is such a dangerous player. He outplayed Niko with lurk flank role. And won crucial duels against Niko. I think Niko struggled a bit in inferno and Mirage. Later he keep up pace. But gg. Even though G2 lost 3-0 every map is so close.
Having a super strong 6 man roster is so good now especially with covid but everyone has to be on the same page
If you think about the match it couldn't be any closer. 15-15, 15-15 and 16-14 without overtimes. This could have been sweep the other way around. Two best form teams faced each other in the finals. I feel that both of them really won. It wasn't like FaZe dominated or anything. Sure they had jks, but G2 didn't have their coach when they desperately needed him. Smallest margins I have ever seen in CS decides this match. Karrigan was a bit better than Aleksib (lurks).
jks: "I don't wanna be the reason these guys drop out of the tournament"
No. You were part of the reason why they WON the tournament. I hope you get sign by FaZe m8.
1-Karrigan pushing long doors
2-Karrigan pushing banana before over time.
He is the real MVP
They are a complete balance for a team.. whereas G2 lacks it a bit.... Hunter and mONESY were consistent and niko in D2... Had they contributed equally, they would have won it... Still gave a tough fight to Faze... I wish G2 learns, practice, perfect and conquer ❤️ really wish to see them winning.
They didn't even give my boy jks a microphone
4:52 Karrigan playing CSGO like it's chess 😂
everyone is very excited with the current lineup without rain but i still believe in rain. when rain coming back soon, they might fail in next tourney but that will not conclude that jks is a better fit for the team. yes Faze won Katowice but the Major will be when all the new teams will be properly tested and only after that we all can give opinion whether rain should leave or not. (i know some people will say he should have leave long time ago, but lets trust him for next few months) we all hope rain to be more consistent :)
Rain still good, however if you see his performance and stats in last few years you will notice there's a slight decline gradually. It's gonna be hard decision for Faze, Rain definitely still usable but only for short future while jks still on his peak but there's good chance He'll get snatched by other org if Faze didn't sign him soon.
How is this a hard decision? Rain is a permanent member. jks is not. There is no decision.
@@danielismyhandle agreed. Yes JKS is an very good player and deserves a spot, but in another team. I really hope he gets into a T1 team which he fully fucking deserve, but its Håvi we're talking about. I also dont think faze would take jks over rain
@@luutix Yea, even if they wanted to they can't just switch rain out. There is contracts and other things going on around a big organisation like this.
@@danielismyhandle exactly, rain has been in faze since 2016. No way they will switch him out rn with jks. Karrigan said himself that if he would have been allowed to play, he would have 100 percent
For those who dont know, nexa, g2 previous IGL asked for a esport psychologist but G2 ceo carlos just ignored him.
Fun fact: carlos asked nexa to pay part his own buyout from cr4zy with his own money.
Edit: G2 esports is valued at 165 million dollar. Nexa and hunter buyout is 700.000$. Ropz not joining G2 is the best decision of his life.
Didn't know about the first point, but the second point is pretty normal, especially considering that the CR4ZY dude was asking for a LOT for those two.
@@mihirx27 G2 esports is valued at 165 million dollar. Nexa and hunter buyout is 700.000$
@@zicodennisvalentino748 Where'd you get that info?
@@mihirx27 which one? The first comment? Hltv article after nexa switch to OG
2:25 Karrigan pass the water bro
After rain retires , Jks should be there
He fits perfectly ,giving me the vide of olofmeister when he first joined Faze clan
rain wont retire anytime soon, he has at least 2 year contract left
@@rfyaaful he could become a content creator for faze since hes been with them since the beginning
@@thecoolgamerkid and lose like 20k salary per month? no way in hell lol
@@rfyaaful wdym lose 20k salary?
@@thecoolgamerkid hes making at least 20k per month now, so why would he turn into a content creator and make less?
Twistz shook his body abit when karrigan was saying ropz is the best teamate I've had twistz got jealous nah his just crushing on karrigan
Ropz such a cutie with the glasses
Canadian JKS POGGERS
Broky was cold af🥶
Good credit on Rain for the position that he played mod on Mirage the hardest position to play.Rain Is a God One of the best player ever in cs scene and only stupid people cannot see what he did in all these years and what roles he play Is a Legend stop.
So many people only look at stats and dont watch demos. Rain throws so many deep smokes and pop flashes to support the team its insane.
Happy for jks
People are saying "Would of been same results with rain" which I don't think. I believe jks fits in better with the team and their chemistry. There is a reason they went 7-0 in the playoffs this tournament with jks in. rain might be a more skilled individual player, but I think jks is much better for the team. We will see in the future when rain comes back and I think if they don't get similar results, rain will be out unless he is putting up crazy numbers.
i agree
u gotta understand that rain is an entry. JKS is a lurker, so he can’t b on the team since ropz and him have the same roles, EG, palace on mirage. Unless he changes himself as a player completely to the literal opposite role, he isn’t going to join faze. He has adapted amazingly during playoffs when standing in for rain, but it’s not sustainable for the long term. He is indeed a tier 1 player, but overall it’s just not viable
but rain has been in face since the start, hes the glue of the team, i cant really see that changing soon
People are shitting on rain for no reason honestly wich is sad. I belive they would have won with rain but maybe not in 3-0
@@s3rp3nt81 I agree with you, but it definitely does feel like JKS can fit really well into more of a supportive entry fragger within Faze. I feel that the way he supported the team really was shown throughout the tournament and honestly I don't think they would've been as successful had it been some other currently benched t1 player.
I just play my game - Broky 2022
broky was amazing too