![]() For that reason only, I don’t love the fully animated decapitation at Double Doors–my aunt doesn’t need to see that. “Evaluation” (Lsk)Īs someone who often finds themselves having to explain what my job is to friends, family members, and other people from outside of the eSports world, I usually rely on showing videos to demonstrate what elite-level gameplay looks like. I could watch GuardiaN fragmovies all day. I’ll be honest, I like this video for sentimental reasons–it shows you how a team fought their way back to the top after experiencing a slew of disappointing losses. Natus Vincere surged to the front of the pack towards the end of 2015, and are now sitting at the #2 position on ’s world rankings. “Legendary” sends chills down my spine every time I watch it. ![]() The music choice is perfect, and pushes an edit that, while far less flashy than others, to the top of the list. “Legendary” (Crumble)Īny video that opens with Semmler shouting “FRIIIBEERGGGG” is a winner in my book, and this fragmovie doesn’t fail to deliver. The filters and effects aren’t distracting or irritating, even though they should be. It’s hypnotizing. Count how many different effects are used in the first 30 seconds alone–you can’t, can you? But somehow, and I’m blaming the music choice for this, it doesn’t matter. Look, this video is probably the most overproduced thing I’ve ever seen. Well, gentle reader, don’t worry–today, we’re going to be looking at a carefully curated collection of the dankest frag movies, taken straight out of my “Dank Frag Movies” bookmark folder. Plenty of YouTuber-hopefuls put out frag movies that are downright terrible, but every now and then, you stumble across a beautifully made edit that has far less views than it deserves. I’ve gone through the entire catalog of most popular CS:GO YouTubers, but the thing about the internet is that there’s always more content out there. There’s a wide variety of editing styles, of course, and some techniques–especially anything that requires animating models using Source Filmmaker–are far more time-intensive than others. If you’ve never edited a demo in CS:GO before, it’s important to understand the immense amount of time and effort that can go into producing a fragmovie that’s barely a minute long. While there are some frag movie makers who are at the front of the pack as far as delivering consistently high-quality content–I’m looking at you, Tweeday–there’s a virtual army of content creators out there who are overlooked. ![]() If a player doesn’t succeed despite taking these kinds of risks, the round easily becomes the exact opposite of a highlight. The types of plays that produce fragmovie-worthy moments are usually incredibly risky–aggressive flanking, pushing unexpected areas, repeeking in dangerous situations, or refusing to back down from an aim duel. In fact, watching lots of highlight clips might even make you a worse player. (Unlike eating a Taco Bell burrito, a good frag movie doesn’t require you to make an advance reservation for one at the nearest toilet.) If you’ve ever watched a fragmovie, you’ve seen Vincent “Happy” Schopenhauer’s Desert Eagle ace at DreamHack London 2015. But you don’t learn anything or become a better player from watching these videos. (I’ve taken no-lifing Counter-Strike to a whole new level–judge away.) But sometimes, late at night, when it’s just me, my feeble body, and the elliptical, I’ll open up YouTube and watch frag movies for an hour.įrag movies are truly the junk food of Counter-Strike: like eating a Taco Bell burrito, a good frag movie is always a delicious treat. And if there aren’t any official matches or interesting streams up on Twitch, I’ll go back and watch VODs of old tournaments. See, when I go to the gym, I usually watch whatever CS:GO match happens to be on at the time. Later, once the dust has settled, these plays will live on forever in the form of fragmovies. ![]() Today is the first day of the largest tournament in Counter-Strike history: MLG Columbus 2016. The first Major with a $1 million dollar prize pool will, without a doubt, produce no shortage of highlight clips and incredible plays. ![]()
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