Welcome to Going Low in CS:GO. Which team
will reach 10 wins first, will it be us with
CZ75's or the other team with everything?
Today we finish the CZ saga.
Bear in mind that this was filmed wellllll
before the recent nerf. I'm sorry about the
delay. But with anything, this footage has
gotten more valuable with age. This could
be the last footage you see of the old CZ
in action before it was robbed of its powers
and lost all of its friends. The score sits
at 6-5 to us, with Tori Black blowing the
enemies. Away. Who will be the first to get
to 10? Time to find out!
Round 12 and the terrorists focused on a short-A
push, catching me totally off-guard.
Tori Black forced her way up mid, delaying
them so that others could rotate.
Next it was Welshe's turn to try and hold
them off, using the broken hitbox exploit.
Comacchio got shot in the face, causing Baalthazaarr
to retreat to long as Welshe crept up behind
them.
7-5 to us.
They attempted the same short-A push in round
13 and Baalthazaar put up a valiant resistance.
They maintained a presence in middle...
...but didn't expect Tori Black to take them
from behind!
It was down to Tori to take back the site.
But even Tori Black has his limits.
For the 14th round they opted for a B push,
meaning that they'd run head-long into Comacchio,
Baalthazaar and myself who chose to stack.
And once again, Tori was the one who had to
run in and try to reclaim the site.
8-6 to us.
Finally, the last round of the half was upon
us and the enemy team was low on money. Now
was our chance to take the definitive lead!
I got an early kill and retreated...
...only to kill myself with a grenade.
Welshe snuck around behind them, momentarily
regaining the man advantage.
Surprise surprise, down to Comacchio and Tori
to reclaim the site from the remaining three
enemies.
We had done it, but at a heavy cost. Team-kills
seldom occur in CSGO but when they do, it's
worth remembering. As are aces.
It's time to go back to the past, one last
time. Back to the days of CSS when I had just
started playing. Back then we were like sheep,
mindlessly shooting people with no greater
goal in mind. Playing the game for fun's sake.
Those were the days.
But then, one fateful day one of my friends
sent me a link over xfire of DirtySecret's
skill video. His aim. His reflexes. We caught
a glimpse of the mysterious high-skilled community
on CSS and it changed everything forever.
Suddenly, skill videos were the thing that
everybody was talking about. I watched Dirty
Secret and jD performing the impossible in
seemingly every clip. People online would
argue over who was better and would aspire
to be the next top awper. Not a lot's changed
really. Anyway, I went on a public server
and made my OWN frag-video to rule them all!
It didn't exactly turn the world on its head.
But that didn't stop myself and all my friends
from trying. KK Silva would post a scout montage
and jB would respond with a 4-man grenade
kill. I too continued to collect clip after
clip, releasing epics such as SharpSkillS.
There was a lot of artistic license. I never
faked clips, but would use clips from public
servers or deathmatch. I think that everybody
did back then. It wasn't easy to get a match.
I reused my best clips time after time. Skill
Videos were still in their early stages and
you could get away with murder. As the years
progressed, people slowly mastered their tools.
The editing became more advanced and the frags
more finely spliced and set up.
My final attempt at a skill video was C4CSS,
complete with demo smoothing and cool music,
and I'm proud of it to this day. But my crowning
achievement came from me releasing my very
first video to youtube. A mysterious person
from the comments section requested the demo
and not long afterwards, Synced was released.
It was one of the biggest and best videos
around and it had my name in it!
After that I stopped playing CSS, but would
occasionally check up on the community. Maybe
I'm just old and out of the loop, but skill
videos since have become overly edited affairs
where the frags themselves are less important
than the editing. It's no longer a display
of in-game skill as much as it is of editing
and patience. Skill videos have lost their
meaning.
But then, did they ever have any in the first
place? Everybody gets lucky rounds once in
a while. You'd be a fool to think skill can
be judged from hand-selected clips collected
over a long time-frame. As is Toku's team's
motto, 'Consistency is the key'. You're not
going to win any friends by baiting your teammates
to make yourself look better... unless you're
GeT_Right and are actually good at it.
But despite all that, I look back fondly at
the skill videos from the CSS era. They're
old and dated, but they encapsulate the hopes
and dreams that people had when playing and
remain a lasting relic of a time long gone.
CS GO has brought with it increased transparency.
Within 2, or God forbid, 3 kliks we can watch
a game from the eyes of pros. We know what
the best players are capable of and what the
chances of them achieving an ace are. But
with that knowledge, I feel a bit of magic
has been lost from the days where we had only
skill videos and select demos to judge players
on.
We love to idolise those we imitate. To follow
in the footsteps of those we feel can lead
us to greatness. We all love our moment in
the spotlight and skill videos give us just
that. Nobody cares about the your thousands
of deaths or hours of practice. During your
skill video's runtime you are superior to
your foes, regardless of their rank, skill
or experience. It raises you above the masses
and for one brief moment, you're the star.
The second half started and we switched to
Terrorist side, needing only one more win
to reach 10.
Our rush worked and we got the bomb down.
It was apparent that the CZ was a force to
be reckoned with and winning an impossible
challenge suddenly seemed feasible.
We tried an all-out rush again and of course
I died immediately this time as well, quickly
followed by 3 others. We then all watched
Tori's stealthy back-door attempt.
Oh isn't this exciting! This makes it 9-9,
meaning that the next round determines the
fate of all.
It was down to Fe Arki, the P90 prince who
had destroyed us so many rounds prior, to
win it for his team.
And with that we reached 10 rounds first,
winning the challenge. But it didn't stop
there. I'd like to say that the enemy team
fought back and won the game, but the CZ proved
too powerful. We crushed them round after
round and won the entire game 16-9, making
it the first win in Going Low in CSGO's history.
Many months after this, the CZ75 finally received
the nerfs that it needed, reducing accuracy,
clip-size, equip-time, fire-rate and swag
and there was MUCH rejoicing.
Even you thought that the CZ would win, with
more than double the number of people posting
under that choice from last time!
Who guessed correctly? I picked 3 people who
predicted 10-9 to us using random numbers.
Congratulations to Lucas Juul Maaloe, mrbatistabomb2
and Vaas Montenegro! I also checked that you
didn't post on the other prediction as well.
Well done for not cheating. Have 2 klikpoints
each!
As for how we'll win, Le Reff gets points
for detail even if most of the stuff he posted
was wrong. 2 people were indeed knifed and
it was 10-9. 3 klikpoints!
Schrikvis got the 10-9 prediction and also
indirectly complimented my nade skillz. 3
for you as well!
TheArbitraryJay got the 10-9 prediction, guessed
decent grenade kills and even highlighted
Tori's dodgy bum rushes. 4 klikpoints!
Suppercut2 predicted we'd get to 9, then they'd
fight their way back but then just lose at
the last moment. It wasn't Tori who stomped
them though- IT WAS ME! 5 klikpoints for your
guess.
And that's it for the CZ saga. I can finally
go back to smaller, more specific Going Low
videos. It's been a long, hard journey for
me. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and I'll
see you again in the new year with yet more
Going Low. HAVE FUN!
