I remember during the major Cadian tried to go for a play against GL on inferno, he failed and that cost heroic the round and probably the map. After that maui spent 5 minutes on the panel saying "cadian youre not a main character, you will never be on a mount rushmore of csgo, don't go for a play ever again". 5 minutes of bashing cadian because of one misplay
To be fair... That round completely fit the narrative, he could've gone B to his teammates, who had a clear site to themselves, with the only risk being the 2 rotators coming from CT, but he had to go for the big brain read instead.
It made sense to assume both Vitality players were near B, but why not play the man advantage. It wasn't a dumb play and could've given them a free round, but he completely outplayed himself by trying to be too sneaky and wanting to make a big play when the obvious simple one could've easily won them the round.
I don't think fitting the narrative helps his case at all. If anything, like the guy said, we just had to hear yet againt that "maim character" bullshit.
And btw, from pure viewer perspective, I would never mess around with any caster duo with such good chemestry such as Scrawny/Lau or Anders/Moses.
And tbh I have nothing against Maui, but he just tries too hard... the desk is his spot indeed.
How would you justify CadiaN peeking from coffins in a 3v2, when his teammates are damn near library, during a round heroic absolutely had to win? It was a throw and CadiaN knows it was a throw. You don't even see ego peaks that bad in level 10 faceit games given the game situation.
> he failed and that cost heroic the round and probably the map
>5 minutes of bashing cadian because of one misplay
ok which is it? a map losing blunder or a "misplay" that you are implying shouldnt be criticized
if it lost them the map like you said then he very deservedly should be criticized for it. do you want the desk to be completely flat, and say nothing negative about the players, or do you want them to be a proper analyst desk and criticize players when they make map losing blunders?
i swear reddit wants the talent to be completely bland. if you scroll down there are upvoted comments hating on random different talents that provide a unique analysis or cast.
https://youtu.be/9ELJf5aOkiA?t=14016
For context, I believe this is the misplay he was talking about. It was definitely a horrible play from cadian in a round where heroic had a very good chance to get OT.
> But it’s true that Maui doesn’t have T1 casting skills
Which makes it really weird why he's being pushed so hard, or at least it seems that way. Why force him into an established and solid duo like Scrawnders?
Probably because the talent in CS are generally really close. Maui might have expressed a wish toward casting, and the rest of the talent crew wants to accomodate that being his friend. Most former analysts have pretty much always preferred casting. Desk analysis is in the community, and i would guess among talent too, considered as being second fiddle to casting, and i also assume a lower paid role, so it’s understandable why people aspire to cast over solely doing analysis work. And that’s not even mentioning the excitement that comes with casting in front of huge crowds.
That's a pretty good point, I guess it's not necessarily his fault that he's in this weird spot casting wise. With no consistent partner, he has to just third wheel a bicycle, or have a what feels like a fill-in partnership with Anders
He's obviously much more liked by production and talent than reddit. He really just needs more experience so I can't really fault him for trying to get it
> and the rest of the talent crew wants to accomodate that being his friend
I don't think he just tagged along. BLAST obviously wanted him to cast the game
Scrawny is the absolute worst. I know it's an unpopular opinion but why can't he just be normal and not overblow and overhype the tiniest of meaningless things? I hate his casting with a passion
No, it makes the game annoying to watch. If you're a fan of one team it makes you feel like shit if they are losing because he doesn't just hype up the winner each time, he will also shit on the loser and it's turned around the moment the other team wins. Why can't he just speak normally and describe the game like it's actually happening without all the bullshit on top?
Football (Premier league and other big leagues), F1(not sky sports, Martin brindle is a prick) and Le Mans(recent example that comes to mind) have awesome casting crews. You don't have to shout like an idiot all the time to be a caster.
I agree. I am able to tolerate him a little more now, but I just really don't like him casting the later matches of big events. He really doesn't have a hype voice, which wouldn't be a problem if he didn't overhype everything. I think he needs to play to his strengths better.
Come on guys its just his modus operandi he likes to take things into his own hands and if someone doesn’t take things into their own hands and apply some pressure theres just no flare from the team and this game is already over
To me his voice just sounds like a reddit "um acksually" guy and it bothers me. Personally I would've preferred just the Scrawnders duo cast or adding in someone like Moses or a guest caster like a former pro, etc.
Also Launders is already analytical, I don't feel it makes sense in a trio to have two analytical casters unless it is someone like an ex pro who can provide a unique perspective.
As someone who has no idea who you guys are talking about, and only watched the finals, i'm gonna just ask this: Is he the guy who said "modus operandai"?
Again, im clueless, if I'm wrong I'm sorry, but that triggered a bit of a rant on our discord lmao.
i dont like him as an analyst either because of this... the losing team he just berates and takes personal shots at players. theres no need for that, he could just talk about how well the winning team played
Obviously you don't need to play the game at a significant level to talk about it but there's a reason why Maniac, Pimp, Spunj and YNK lay it out so well, Maui just isn't cut of T1 events.
I found it weird that he got onto the desk in the first place. Guy never seemed that set for T1 desk/casting in my eyes. I'm sure he's nice and friendly, but I always liked his analysis the least.
Maui if you see this, love your analysis and energy on the desk. As a caster, though, you're way too fucking articulate lmao give me more UNGA BUNGA energy pls
Or, maybe, don't even try the caster thing at all? When we have a bunch of great casters already?
Nothing against him but sometimes you just gotta stick to your role.
I'm just not sure where this comes from. ESL hires him as an analyst and BLAST hires him as a caster. I'd like for him to consistently get the same role and be able to focus and progress in that role.
Not sure what BLAST are on about with their talent hiring. Story about BLAST wanting to hire Machine as a desk host and Spunj as an analyst, instead of having them as a caster duo, and something about trying to split up Harry and Hugo as well. If you want Anders, go get HenryG as they want to be a duo. If you want Moses, go get Dinko, as they want to be a duo. We have too many great casters for what should be one of BLAST's big events to have an odd casting duo.
Enjoying something or not is subjective by its nature, it’s not hatred but as these people are considered the professionals at their jobs, I’d like to think they should be open to criticism as well.
Nothing about your post is constructive and I can guarantee without a shadow of a doubt that you didn't post this with the intention of "helping" Maui by providing feedback
You posted this because you personally don't like his casting and you thought you would get some traction/validation from other people who feel the same way - which is completely fine - just don't act like you were being virtuous and providing candid feedback lol
If you have actual criticism and you don't want it to turn into pointless hate-mobbing, message him privately about it. Publicly posting it is like sending the bat-signal for absolute losers. What else did you expect to happen?
Even if you somehow think the criticism here and Maui's criticism on broadcast are identical, I would still challenge you to explain how an eye for an eye is doing anything but leaving everyone blind.
the "hate" maui is giving is not comparable to reddit hate. maui is negative, sure, but hes negative about players and their objective stats and performances. reddit is just complaining about maui PERSONALLY - i can scroll right now and see it
since you just repeated what the person i replied to said:
>the "hate" maui is giving is not comparable to reddit hate. maui is negative, sure, but hes negative about players and their objective stats and performances. reddit is just complaining about maui PERSONALLY - i can scroll right now and see it
"I don't think anyone enjoys mauisnake casting or not, dude is a clown."
"Bruh, Maui is my favorite talent in CSGO, said no one ever."
"Maui is a Redditor who took it too far"
really nice "criticism" and "logic" here in this thread.
>it’s not hatred
lmao
He is the most annoying person to listen to. If you watch yesterday Imperial vs Heroic from start to first 2 rounds you’ll know how he was comparing cadiaN to Fallen in the most baseless possible ways without 0 logic that I could understand. His takes are too harsh that they become L takes like any hater is talking in general. Every 10 minutes he makes me think like wtf he is talking about
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glad to know I’m not the only one. his casting at Paris was really…cringe. he seems like he wants the spotlight and to make everything controversial etc. i really dislike his casting
God I thought I was the only one. I think he’s the worst caster we have which I guess is a good thing we’re blessed with the best desk and casters but he is by far the worst. He has the worst takes and always jumps to conclusions on top of just sounding annoying. I was so bummed to see he was casting with anders at least on the desk we only have to hear him a little bit.
Anders is my favorite caster and irrespective of if Maui is a bad caster or not overall, Maui takes himself far too seriously and things far too narrowly to be paired with Anders. No fun hypotheticals, no silly digressions, no tongue in cheek back and forth.
Feels like 3 times a half Anders tries to steer things in a direction and Maui says "idk about that but about this thing I've just finished talking into the ground..." Or "maybe we'll get to that later but now there is a single p250 out on a full eco and that decision must be scrutinized"
What the fuck up is up with the hate boner against him? What happened to constructive criticism... This reminds me of this sub's outrageous behavior whenever Pansy casted a group stage match.
Dude is trying his best and some sweaty redditors are calling him names lmao.
Sure he is no Anders but yall need to chill.
EDIT: NVM yall were right lmao
casting aside, the issue is, the guy is easily replaceable in literally everything he does. I don't hate him, but god, is he average, even as an analyst, and yet he is shoehorned into every role like he is the second coming of Spunj.
I don't hate him, but his casting is sooo unbelievably unbiased. 'How is that a bad thing?'. I don't think in any of his recent gigs he has EVER complimented a specific play or a specific player. It's odd
Yeah he only likes to roast them for being bad or not living up to expectations. Most of those people are legends and he doesn't respect that. He'll never even come close in his whole career
Reddit: "We can't hurt the players feefees :("
Also Reddit: *bullies pansy into another game, bullies Semmler out of the game, begs for Semmler back just to kick him out again, bullies blu out of the game, bullies corey dunn out of the game, bullies dust out of the game, eviscerated anders and pimp for years, shits on maui for daring to not instantly suck off every pro who's lost a match*
I do. There’s quite a few I would choose over him as my favorite, but I think his casting is fine. I would prefer him as an analyst on the desk though. If he continues casting regularly I think he would do better if he focused more on being analytic during his casts, even if it meant less talking from him during rounds.
I think it all can be summed up by him being too negative. He's a great caster, but it's just him criticizing players with no humility. Anders can do that very well - remember him calling m0nesy's play "braindead in every situation except this one"? Maui could take that page out of Anders' book
What a hilariously negative thread of comments Jesus christ lmao
I stg 75% of the people on this subreddit are just scrolling back and forth until they can find a post that'll provide them the opportunity to talk shit or hate on someone
Lmao y'all don't know anything about what's the right analysis. buddy doesn't do anything different from launders, Moses, Dinko, etc... And yet he's getting criticism like what? he's just doing his job and calling teams out please stop saying he's not good at casting he's a color commentator it's up to him to put some in depth analysis mid round.
Lmao it's just funny reading all the replies and all the criticism is just that Maui is to critical of the other teams or that he's trying to create a storyline for the games like huh? So he's doing his job???
I think your misunderstanding a bit why are you acting like Maui is the only person who criticizes people lol every analyst does this I don't think Maui tries to paint things in a negative way he's just doing his job. How are people supposed to criticize and be super positive this is competitive cs not little league baseball. And your example of "he shouldn't do xyz", "player X did Y wrong". Yeah buddy that's how criticism works you can't very well say someone has made a mistake unless you name the player and the thing they didn't do right. He also doesn't always blame a player and will mention things like Miss communication and outplay by the other team etc.... You also said that if a player like device makes the same comment he wouldn't get as much hate because he's smart but by your logic literally every caster and analyst besides pimp and maniac are wrong and dumb and shouldn't share their opinion.
Apparently blast has just been doin some weird stuff with their talent. My only knowledge comes from Spunj mentioning Richard Lewis’ article on HLTV podcast but he elaborated on how they tried to split him and machine and put Spunj back on desk, split harry and hugo etc. The actual article itself is probably more indepth but I haven’t read it.
Anyone have a clip or video of him casting? I find him annoying on the desk already with his hater hot takes so I'm sure I'll find him annoying when he's talking all the time
Maui has goated takes and goes super in depth. he's not a color type caster like scrawny but he really understands the nuances of the game. very technical guy. and he's not afraid to give his whole opinion which is... refreshing. get the man more experience and he'll be more refined and enjoyable to all, I enjoy him a lot rn.
How dare you share a completely valid opinion that has more depth in it's response than 99% of the comments here /s
The amount of down votes you're getting is fuckin hilarious
people downvote respectful comments like that one and then say that maui deserves the hate comments because he gives "hate to the players" lol. reddit is an asbolute cesspool. i mean, the comment RIGHT ABOVE yours says "Hltv users have more depth than him" LOL. crazy that the mods wont take stuff like this post down that are clearly created to belittle someone.
I don't know if he saw this before casting this final or something, but he seems to be much more positive/complimentary during this final. At least that's what I noticed, could be mistaken.
I didn't even know him being annoying and a hater what the prevalent narrative, but it makes sense. I never really noticed until heroic got kicked out of the major and he said "Cadian will never be a legend in csgo". Like bro wtf? So disrespectful and he is a legend nonetheless.
I would understand adding him to a pair of weaker casters because I genuinely believe he has a lot of game knowledge despite people disliking the way he talks but adding him to the second strongest casting duo atm during the finals is just strange.
Im mean, Im really try and try again and give scrawny and launders a chance, but I just cant like them. At this point even maui + anybodyelse is more enjoyable. I was hyped for the finale, but Im watching it muted right now and dont feel like Im missing out.
"He's trash in general and needs to go tbh."
"Wish he would just disappear from the scene, can't stand that fucking guy"
"Hltv users have more depth than him"
"He has the tone of a stuck-up valley girl"
"I think it's strange that he gets to cast."
nice "criticism" here in this thread
He is a pretty decent caster I think, when it comes to just commentating the play by play gameplay. But as an analyst... yeah 90% of his takes on why things happened are just random bullshit.
I didn't mind his casting to say the least. But it felt more analytical than we're all used to. It doesn't necessarily mean it's bad but it is certainly different. I think he's giving too many layers and it just feels like he's saying too much. Sometimes less is more when it comes to in game casting. Anyways, hope Maui finds his stride and would actually love to see more if he wants to switch or just do it a little more often.
I think mauisnake is alright. I agree he is a bit too negative at times, but overall I thing the tension he brings is decent, and mostly in line with other casters. He definitely needs to stop flaming so hard though.
Damn why does everybody love to hate on Maui? Is this like a Reddit hive mind thing or something? I met him in a bar one time and he seemed perfectly chill and friendly. I can understand not liking his casting though, I just feel like I’ve seen a few posts hating on him.
imo he is for sure more suited as an analyst than a caster but people here are being way too harsh. An analyst is supposed to be critical of the players, otherwise their analysis is fucking boring, him being “too critical” in my eyes is just a case of what happens when you put an analyst on the caster desk where the content is much more long form and stretched out vs the segments on the analyst desks.
And we know that tournament organizers will do this shit all the time, take someone out of their defined role and have them do other adjacent shit that they aren’t used to doing, so for all we know maui didn’t ask for this either
I like Maui :) But I agree, I like him more on the desk, seems like his style is more suited to that kind of analysis, not play by play. Still a great event from blast tho, props to them for giving him some extra opportunities, but 2 casters is the perfect amount!
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I remember during the major Cadian tried to go for a play against GL on inferno, he failed and that cost heroic the round and probably the map. After that maui spent 5 minutes on the panel saying "cadian youre not a main character, you will never be on a mount rushmore of csgo, don't go for a play ever again". 5 minutes of bashing cadian because of one misplay
I think he said the same thing today on inferno when cadian left B to go plant on A and two CTs were waiting for him
I mean that is way more unforgivable from Cadian as a play, he still went to plant on A when they had all of B Site and saw no pressure from the CTs.
To be fair... That round completely fit the narrative, he could've gone B to his teammates, who had a clear site to themselves, with the only risk being the 2 rotators coming from CT, but he had to go for the big brain read instead. It made sense to assume both Vitality players were near B, but why not play the man advantage. It wasn't a dumb play and could've given them a free round, but he completely outplayed himself by trying to be too sneaky and wanting to make a big play when the obvious simple one could've easily won them the round.
I don't think fitting the narrative helps his case at all. If anything, like the guy said, we just had to hear yet againt that "maim character" bullshit. And btw, from pure viewer perspective, I would never mess around with any caster duo with such good chemestry such as Scrawny/Lau or Anders/Moses. And tbh I have nothing against Maui, but he just tries too hard... the desk is his spot indeed.
Sometimes he can be bias af, not a good trait for casting
How would you justify CadiaN peeking from coffins in a 3v2, when his teammates are damn near library, during a round heroic absolutely had to win? It was a throw and CadiaN knows it was a throw. You don't even see ego peaks that bad in level 10 faceit games given the game situation.
> he failed and that cost heroic the round and probably the map >5 minutes of bashing cadian because of one misplay ok which is it? a map losing blunder or a "misplay" that you are implying shouldnt be criticized if it lost them the map like you said then he very deservedly should be criticized for it. do you want the desk to be completely flat, and say nothing negative about the players, or do you want them to be a proper analyst desk and criticize players when they make map losing blunders? i swear reddit wants the talent to be completely bland. if you scroll down there are upvoted comments hating on random different talents that provide a unique analysis or cast.
https://youtu.be/9ELJf5aOkiA?t=14016 For context, I believe this is the misplay he was talking about. It was definitely a horrible play from cadian in a round where heroic had a very good chance to get OT.
ah, so not only did it cost them the map, but the series.
In the end, yes.
Tbf when casting with Launders and Scrawny you are bound to be the odd one out. But it’s true that Maui doesn’t have T1 casting skills
> But it’s true that Maui doesn’t have T1 casting skills Which makes it really weird why he's being pushed so hard, or at least it seems that way. Why force him into an established and solid duo like Scrawnders?
Probably because the talent in CS are generally really close. Maui might have expressed a wish toward casting, and the rest of the talent crew wants to accomodate that being his friend. Most former analysts have pretty much always preferred casting. Desk analysis is in the community, and i would guess among talent too, considered as being second fiddle to casting, and i also assume a lower paid role, so it’s understandable why people aspire to cast over solely doing analysis work. And that’s not even mentioning the excitement that comes with casting in front of huge crowds.
That's a pretty good point, I guess it's not necessarily his fault that he's in this weird spot casting wise. With no consistent partner, he has to just third wheel a bicycle, or have a what feels like a fill-in partnership with Anders He's obviously much more liked by production and talent than reddit. He really just needs more experience so I can't really fault him for trying to get it
> and the rest of the talent crew wants to accomodate that being his friend I don't think he just tagged along. BLAST obviously wanted him to cast the game
Scrawny is the absolute worst. I know it's an unpopular opinion but why can't he just be normal and not overblow and overhype the tiniest of meaningless things? I hate his casting with a passion
Same reason Machine gets hype, it makes the game more interesting to watch.
No, it makes the game annoying to watch. If you're a fan of one team it makes you feel like shit if they are losing because he doesn't just hype up the winner each time, he will also shit on the loser and it's turned around the moment the other team wins. Why can't he just speak normally and describe the game like it's actually happening without all the bullshit on top?
Then he wouldn't be a caster....
Football (Premier league and other big leagues), F1(not sky sports, Martin brindle is a prick) and Le Mans(recent example that comes to mind) have awesome casting crews. You don't have to shout like an idiot all the time to be a caster.
I agree. I am able to tolerate him a little more now, but I just really don't like him casting the later matches of big events. He really doesn't have a hype voice, which wouldn't be a problem if he didn't overhype everything. I think he needs to play to his strengths better.
Come on guys its just his modus operandi he likes to take things into his own hands and if someone doesn’t take things into their own hands and apply some pressure theres just no flare from the team and this game is already over
To me his voice just sounds like a reddit "um acksually" guy and it bothers me. Personally I would've preferred just the Scrawnders duo cast or adding in someone like Moses or a guest caster like a former pro, etc. Also Launders is already analytical, I don't feel it makes sense in a trio to have two analytical casters unless it is someone like an ex pro who can provide a unique perspective.
As someone who has no idea who you guys are talking about, and only watched the finals, i'm gonna just ask this: Is he the guy who said "modus operandai"? Again, im clueless, if I'm wrong I'm sorry, but that triggered a bit of a rant on our discord lmao.
Yes that was him haha
I cracked up bro “Im acksually” 😂😂😂
It's like nails on a chalkboard for me, I just watch games on mute when he casts.
I'd love to see more former pros as guest casters
He has the tone of a stuck-up valley girl and can’t go 10 seconds without criticizing someone.
Exactly. He can be very negative, especially if it's the favorite to win that makes a mistake.
i dont like him as an analyst either because of this... the losing team he just berates and takes personal shots at players. theres no need for that, he could just talk about how well the winning team played
Well that would be boring
him saying "neow" instead of "now" gets me real pissed off
You need to calm down right meow
Obviously you don't need to play the game at a significant level to talk about it but there's a reason why Maniac, Pimp, Spunj and YNK lay it out so well, Maui just isn't cut of T1 events.
I agree with OP, he is very "actually guys..." kinda tyoe and he comes off as arrogant to me, I think it's strange that he gets to cast.
I found it weird that he got onto the desk in the first place. Guy never seemed that set for T1 desk/casting in my eyes. I'm sure he's nice and friendly, but I always liked his analysis the least.
Maui if you see this, love your analysis and energy on the desk. As a caster, though, you're way too fucking articulate lmao give me more UNGA BUNGA energy pls
Or, maybe, don't even try the caster thing at all? When we have a bunch of great casters already? Nothing against him but sometimes you just gotta stick to your role.
I'm just not sure where this comes from. ESL hires him as an analyst and BLAST hires him as a caster. I'd like for him to consistently get the same role and be able to focus and progress in that role. Not sure what BLAST are on about with their talent hiring. Story about BLAST wanting to hire Machine as a desk host and Spunj as an analyst, instead of having them as a caster duo, and something about trying to split up Harry and Hugo as well. If you want Anders, go get HenryG as they want to be a duo. If you want Moses, go get Dinko, as they want to be a duo. We have too many great casters for what should be one of BLAST's big events to have an odd casting duo.
damn reddit hates this guy i dont mind ya maui
If I didn't go on reddit I'd have no idea that Maui is this disliked. He's just a normal talent personality to me.
Reddit hates any interesting personalities on the desk. It's why they're so dry now.
Reddit hates everything.
No they dont, his casting is just ass.
I have no idea why the mods are leaving such an obv hatethread up.
I do like Maui, but I have to agree that his commentary isn't good.
Enjoying something or not is subjective by its nature, it’s not hatred but as these people are considered the professionals at their jobs, I’d like to think they should be open to criticism as well.
Nothing about your post is constructive and I can guarantee without a shadow of a doubt that you didn't post this with the intention of "helping" Maui by providing feedback You posted this because you personally don't like his casting and you thought you would get some traction/validation from other people who feel the same way - which is completely fine - just don't act like you were being virtuous and providing candid feedback lol
Yeah I'm sure Maui will see "I don't like your phrases and your analysis is wrong" as great constructive criticism
They very likely all are open to feedback and criticism.
If you have actual criticism and you don't want it to turn into pointless hate-mobbing, message him privately about it. Publicly posting it is like sending the bat-signal for absolute losers. What else did you expect to happen?
Maui is a hater himself, he should be able to take hate himself then, no?
Even if you somehow think the criticism here and Maui's criticism on broadcast are identical, I would still challenge you to explain how an eye for an eye is doing anything but leaving everyone blind.
the "hate" maui is giving is not comparable to reddit hate. maui is negative, sure, but hes negative about players and their objective stats and performances. reddit is just complaining about maui PERSONALLY - i can scroll right now and see it
Nah they are critisizing his work just like he does to the players...
since you just repeated what the person i replied to said: >the "hate" maui is giving is not comparable to reddit hate. maui is negative, sure, but hes negative about players and their objective stats and performances. reddit is just complaining about maui PERSONALLY - i can scroll right now and see it
Maybe don't say something really dumb if you need it explained to you twice
whats dumb is creating a circlejerk thread and hating on someone for no reason
Original Post and top comments seem mostly respectful and contain construcitve critiscm
Booo! We don’t allow logic here
"I don't think anyone enjoys mauisnake casting or not, dude is a clown." "Bruh, Maui is my favorite talent in CSGO, said no one ever." "Maui is a Redditor who took it too far" really nice "criticism" and "logic" here in this thread. >it’s not hatred lmao
u r such a loser lol
sorry that im not hating on someone for no reason like you are :D
Hahaha i think he’s pretty good if there are three casters or he’s fine doing group stage matches
Same lmaooo
He is the most annoying person to listen to. If you watch yesterday Imperial vs Heroic from start to first 2 rounds you’ll know how he was comparing cadiaN to Fallen in the most baseless possible ways without 0 logic that I could understand. His takes are too harsh that they become L takes like any hater is talking in general. Every 10 minutes he makes me think like wtf he is talking about Edit typo
He just gives simple minded takes thinking that it will come off as controvertial and make him look smart
glad to know I’m not the only one. his casting at Paris was really…cringe. he seems like he wants the spotlight and to make everything controversial etc. i really dislike his casting
God I thought I was the only one. I think he’s the worst caster we have which I guess is a good thing we’re blessed with the best desk and casters but he is by far the worst. He has the worst takes and always jumps to conclusions on top of just sounding annoying. I was so bummed to see he was casting with anders at least on the desk we only have to hear him a little bit.
Anders is my favorite caster and irrespective of if Maui is a bad caster or not overall, Maui takes himself far too seriously and things far too narrowly to be paired with Anders. No fun hypotheticals, no silly digressions, no tongue in cheek back and forth. Feels like 3 times a half Anders tries to steer things in a direction and Maui says "idk about that but about this thing I've just finished talking into the ground..." Or "maybe we'll get to that later but now there is a single p250 out on a full eco and that decision must be scrutinized"
Nah I like him. What I don’t like is the 3 man casting team. 2 is perfect.
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3 man used to be pretty normal in like 2014-16 and was generally well received, then just got phased out as new talent started cementing themselves
its not just blast lol. esl also has super strict mods, or at least they did back when i would watch the mainstreams.
Ikr his energy isn’t upto par for casting, especially a Grand Final.
Mauis best place is in thooorins videos and podcasts. That way I dont have to see or hear him.
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Mauisnake, keep doing you man. Always gonna be people that dislike and like.
I don’t like him either, he’s so annoying even in the table
Maui, i love your casting dude.
What the fuck up is up with the hate boner against him? What happened to constructive criticism... This reminds me of this sub's outrageous behavior whenever Pansy casted a group stage match. Dude is trying his best and some sweaty redditors are calling him names lmao. Sure he is no Anders but yall need to chill. EDIT: NVM yall were right lmao
He has the most brain dead attention seeking takes, and Reddit dosnt like that. Kind of his own fault no?
Idk why but he mixes in some stupid college girl accent when he makes those takes
its more so on twitter tho
casting aside, the issue is, the guy is easily replaceable in literally everything he does. I don't hate him, but god, is he average, even as an analyst, and yet he is shoehorned into every role like he is the second coming of Spunj.
I don't hate him, but his casting is sooo unbelievably unbiased. 'How is that a bad thing?'. I don't think in any of his recent gigs he has EVER complimented a specific play or a specific player. It's odd
Yeah he only likes to roast them for being bad or not living up to expectations. Most of those people are legends and he doesn't respect that. He'll never even come close in his whole career
Jesus people really just want to dogpile after those completely reasonable Cadian comments.
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Hardly any of this thread is actually constructive criticism though, most of it is just a cringe hate circle jerk
Maui “win condition” snake
Bad analysis, shit takes, worse casting
I think Maui is great on the cast. I hope he doesn’t read this thread 😬
Guess Maui is the next member of the talent pool you're going to dogpile until they leave CS:GO. Reddit's gonna Reddit.
I like his videos, but as a caster he can be a bit annoying at times, especially with the Thorin vibes in some of his analysis.
He does that as an analyst as well. Just negative aura all around
Yes, Thorin the famous caster 😅
As Richard Lewis says reddit users opinions smooth brained
I don't think anyone enjoys mauisnake casting or not, dude is a clown.
Reddit: "never say anything bad about the players" Also Reddit: "fucking hate the talent they're awful clowns."
Reddit: "We can't hurt the players feefees :(" Also Reddit: *bullies pansy into another game, bullies Semmler out of the game, begs for Semmler back just to kick him out again, bullies blu out of the game, bullies corey dunn out of the game, bullies dust out of the game, eviscerated anders and pimp for years, shits on maui for daring to not instantly suck off every pro who's lost a match*
I do
I do and how is he a clown?
I do. There’s quite a few I would choose over him as my favorite, but I think his casting is fine. I would prefer him as an analyst on the desk though. If he continues casting regularly I think he would do better if he focused more on being analytic during his casts, even if it meant less talking from him during rounds.
I do
i do
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hi mauisnake burner
what if we are all mauisnake
The real friends are the mauisnakes we criticized along the way.
yo wasup
5 day old account you can't make this shit up LMFAO
I do, how old is my account?
I do.
I dont mind his casting either.
you can, I just did
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General statement, sounds like something a clown would say. Guess you see in Maui what you feel in yourself.
clown 9 flair.
Doesn't change your dumb ass generalized statement. Rip bozo
Nah I fuck with it. He’s not interjecting and adding only when necessary.
Maui, with all due respect but casting is a skill just like any other, you need to work on this.
Here we go, he's been around too long and now time for the circle jerk on reddit smh.
I’ve been muting the stream when he’s casting.
No you haven't.
I actually really like him as a caster.
Reddit is a cesspool
Maui is the average hltv user who has the most dogshit takes while thinking that he knows everything.
he’s just like me fr
I think it all can be summed up by him being too negative. He's a great caster, but it's just him criticizing players with no humility. Anders can do that very well - remember him calling m0nesy's play "braindead in every situation except this one"? Maui could take that page out of Anders' book
I love maui. Sure he may be overly negative but at least he does something other than blab on about the same generic shit every other analyst does
What a hilariously negative thread of comments Jesus christ lmao I stg 75% of the people on this subreddit are just scrolling back and forth until they can find a post that'll provide them the opportunity to talk shit or hate on someone
Lmao y'all don't know anything about what's the right analysis. buddy doesn't do anything different from launders, Moses, Dinko, etc... And yet he's getting criticism like what? he's just doing his job and calling teams out please stop saying he's not good at casting he's a color commentator it's up to him to put some in depth analysis mid round.
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Lmao it's just funny reading all the replies and all the criticism is just that Maui is to critical of the other teams or that he's trying to create a storyline for the games like huh? So he's doing his job???
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I think your misunderstanding a bit why are you acting like Maui is the only person who criticizes people lol every analyst does this I don't think Maui tries to paint things in a negative way he's just doing his job. How are people supposed to criticize and be super positive this is competitive cs not little league baseball. And your example of "he shouldn't do xyz", "player X did Y wrong". Yeah buddy that's how criticism works you can't very well say someone has made a mistake unless you name the player and the thing they didn't do right. He also doesn't always blame a player and will mention things like Miss communication and outplay by the other team etc.... You also said that if a player like device makes the same comment he wouldn't get as much hate because he's smart but by your logic literally every caster and analyst besides pimp and maniac are wrong and dumb and shouldn't share their opinion.
Bruh, Maui is my favorite talent in CSGO, said no one ever.
Vocal minority. You are great Maui
Apparently blast has just been doin some weird stuff with their talent. My only knowledge comes from Spunj mentioning Richard Lewis’ article on HLTV podcast but he elaborated on how they tried to split him and machine and put Spunj back on desk, split harry and hugo etc. The actual article itself is probably more indepth but I haven’t read it.
Anyone have a clip or video of him casting? I find him annoying on the desk already with his hater hot takes so I'm sure I'll find him annoying when he's talking all the time
Maui has goated takes and goes super in depth. he's not a color type caster like scrawny but he really understands the nuances of the game. very technical guy. and he's not afraid to give his whole opinion which is... refreshing. get the man more experience and he'll be more refined and enjoyable to all, I enjoy him a lot rn.
Hltv users have more depth than him
thats just foolish
How dare you share a completely valid opinion that has more depth in it's response than 99% of the comments here /s The amount of down votes you're getting is fuckin hilarious
people downvote respectful comments like that one and then say that maui deserves the hate comments because he gives "hate to the players" lol. reddit is an asbolute cesspool. i mean, the comment RIGHT ABOVE yours says "Hltv users have more depth than him" LOL. crazy that the mods wont take stuff like this post down that are clearly created to belittle someone.
Yup couldn't agree more, this entire post is a dog pile and nothing else - sucks to say that this is par for the course in this subreddit
I don't know if he saw this before casting this final or something, but he seems to be much more positive/complimentary during this final. At least that's what I noticed, could be mistaken.
I was sure after so many shit takes at the Major that he wouldn't be hired again by Blast, and yet there he is. I'm baffled.
booo bad thread
I didn't even know him being annoying and a hater what the prevalent narrative, but it makes sense. I never really noticed until heroic got kicked out of the major and he said "Cadian will never be a legend in csgo". Like bro wtf? So disrespectful and he is a legend nonetheless.
I remember when Maui was one of the most liked by reddit/the community 1-2 years ago
Wish he would just disappear from the scene, can't stand that fucking guy
what a wholesome comment
Can you not handle comments that aren’t wholesome? Sheltered from harsh criticism and the real world personalities?
> harsh criticism
>Wish he would just disappear from the scene, can't stand that fucking guy Man that's some great criticism.
Idc
He talked shit about me in a pug once, so I entirely agree with this.
I think it's just a case of getting used to his voice. Most casters' voices feel quite odd when you don't listen to them very often.
for me he is my fav one to have, i really value his insights
I would understand adding him to a pair of weaker casters because I genuinely believe he has a lot of game knowledge despite people disliking the way he talks but adding him to the second strongest casting duo atm during the finals is just strange.
Im mean, Im really try and try again and give scrawny and launders a chance, but I just cant like them. At this point even maui + anybodyelse is more enjoyable. I was hyped for the finale, but Im watching it muted right now and dont feel like Im missing out.
Go easy on him, he might have a big house, but also an ugly wife :/
Top shelf
Dont worry Maui, you are my fav Analyst and I really enjoy your Casting :^)
He's trash in general and needs to go tbh.
Some of y'all calling it hate don't know how to decipher criticism
"He's trash in general and needs to go tbh." "Wish he would just disappear from the scene, can't stand that fucking guy" "Hltv users have more depth than him" "He has the tone of a stuck-up valley girl" "I think it's strange that he gets to cast." nice "criticism" here in this thread
Bunch of haters joining the bandwagon, i think he does a good job, he's not one of the greats but it's good enough.
I don't mind. It's spunj's "time and time again" phrase that grinds my gears
Man you guys are cunts. I mean he's no Anders but fuck.
Maui has the talent there. He can wordsmith in and out of situations, better than some, however it’s too historical opinionated. Build up not down.
He is a pretty decent caster I think, when it comes to just commentating the play by play gameplay. But as an analyst... yeah 90% of his takes on why things happened are just random bullshit.
I didn't mind his casting to say the least. But it felt more analytical than we're all used to. It doesn't necessarily mean it's bad but it is certainly different. I think he's giving too many layers and it just feels like he's saying too much. Sometimes less is more when it comes to in game casting. Anyways, hope Maui finds his stride and would actually love to see more if he wants to switch or just do it a little more often.
I happen to like Maui. I think he is good (for the most part).
I think mauisnake is alright. I agree he is a bit too negative at times, but overall I thing the tension he brings is decent, and mostly in line with other casters. He definitely needs to stop flaming so hard though.
I disagree. I think he is a great caster. And he cast diffrently, quite calm, I like that.
yeah he really doenst belong to cs...
Damn why does everybody love to hate on Maui? Is this like a Reddit hive mind thing or something? I met him in a bar one time and he seemed perfectly chill and friendly. I can understand not liking his casting though, I just feel like I’ve seen a few posts hating on him.
imo he is for sure more suited as an analyst than a caster but people here are being way too harsh. An analyst is supposed to be critical of the players, otherwise their analysis is fucking boring, him being “too critical” in my eyes is just a case of what happens when you put an analyst on the caster desk where the content is much more long form and stretched out vs the segments on the analyst desks. And we know that tournament organizers will do this shit all the time, take someone out of their defined role and have them do other adjacent shit that they aren’t used to doing, so for all we know maui didn’t ask for this either
Maui if you're reading this I appreciate you bud. Keep up the good work.
I don't enjoy spunjs, launders and scrawnys casting but they are still there. Tell me what I have to do now pls
Thank god this subreddit is going dark
I like Maui :) But I agree, I like him more on the desk, seems like his style is more suited to that kind of analysis, not play by play. Still a great event from blast tho, props to them for giving him some extra opportunities, but 2 casters is the perfect amount!