CS:GO: Why is FaZe's victory at the Major historic?

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1) The first victory for the structure

On CS:GO , the circuit can seem complex for the most neophytes. Many tournament organizers coexist and the tournaments follow one another, without there necessarily being a direct relationship between them. But in this continuous whirlwind, there is still one constant: the Majors. Generally, we are entitled to 2 Majors per year (except pandemic) and these represent the Holy Grail. In addition to offering huge cash prizes (over a million dollars ), they also guarantee glory and recognition to the winners. We can hardly do better to shine and inscribe our name in the legend of the game.

FaZe Clan is a well-known structure in the esports universe. The club has teams involved in many games and on CS:GO, she has been participating in tournaments since 2016. Since then, she has had the opportunity to win a lot of tournaments, including the ESL pro League Season 15 or the IEM Katowice this year. But she had never managed to win a Major. At best, she had finished 2nd but here she is now fully in the big leagues.

2) Karrigan's first victory, captain courage

Even though many love s1mple, a large part of the community supported FaZe for one simple and good reason: Finn " karrigan " Andersen. Aged 32, the Danish captain is an old-timer with a career that never ends. Appreciated by all, he went through more prestigious teams than each other: Fnatic, Astralis, mousesport, Team EnVy, FaZe Clan... But despite his longevity and his many successes, he had never managed to lift the cup of a Major. We even thought that over time he was cursed, especially with his second place at the Boston Major in 2018. But the Dane hasn't given up and he's still on top. In the final, he again led his team masterfully with his calls, but he was also at the top mechanically when it was necessary to click on heads. karrigan is a great man in esports and we send him our congratulations.

Let's also take the time to congratulate Håvard " rain " Nygaard. The Norwegian is younger (27 years old) but he is just as venerable... especially because he has been playing for FaZe Clan since 2016. He has experienced everything with the team, rain or shine.

3) The first victory for a "real" international roster

On CS:GO there was an argument that came up before all the Majors when designating the favorites: an international roster has never won a major tournament. The big winners were Poles, French, Brazilians, Americans... There are indeed the somewhat special cases of Navi (2021) or Gambit (2017) which were made up of Russian-speaking players (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan...) , but we couldn't really talk about an international roster.

But this argument will be able to be put in the closet, because it is difficult to do more international than FaZe Clan . There is indeed a Dane, an Estonian, a Norwegian, a Latvian and a Canadian. If we push the logic a little further, we could say that this is a good sign for a certain Franco-Danish roster .

4) A victory of number 1 over number 2

Yesterday the match was wonderful . If we were a little scared at the start of a one-sided meeting with the 8-0 on Inferno, Navi quickly raised his head to resist and scare the future winners. The audience was hot as embers and even though we love League of Legends here, we understand why some consider CS:GO to remain the number 1 esport . The emotion, the production and the spectacle... there was absolutely everything.

This dream final could not have taken place without two great teams. And the latter are ranked number 1 (Faze Clan) and number 2 (Navi) in the HLTV rankings . This one is sometimes criticized for its volatility, but for once, it seems more than legitimate today.

5) Only the second win for a North American

Finally, we would also like to take the time to talk about the case of Russel " Twizzz " Van Dulken. The Canadian is the only North American in the team and while his region is currently struggling, the most chauvinistic of the old continent demanded his replacement to obtain a 100% European roster. But Twistzz had to silence the skeptics and he was invaluable, especially in playing in the smoke during the grand final.

He is the first Canadian to win a Major and only the second time a North American has lifted the trophy. The first time was in Boston in 2018 when the 5 Americans from C9 won.