n0thing "Way Ahead of His Years" at Comms - Reflections with seangares (2nd App) 1/3 - CS 1.6 / CSGO

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Sean "seangares" Gares, former in-game leader of Cloud9 and Misfits and former coach of 100T VALORANT and now content creator for Shopify Rebellion, is the star of the 306th Episode of 'Reflections'.

seangares is one of the best in-game leaders in North American Counter-Strike history. After a few years rising through the ranks as a player in 1.6 he was a key component in putting NA CS:GO on the map in the newer game. While DaZeD's iBUYPOWER was strong on domestic soil, it was sean's coL/Cloud9 line-up making play-off runs at international LANs which initially earned NA respect and put players like Hiko, swag and n0thing on display for fans.

A semi-finals runs at Dreamhack Winter 2013, the first CS:GO major, had sean's coL line-up losing only to the eventual champions, FNATIC. At ESL One Cologne 2014, his C9 line-up looked capable of a deep finish or maybe even winning the tournament, again losing to the eventual champions, this time an inspired NiP.

C9's 2015 run of three straight international runners-up finishes is still fondly remembered by fans to this day, seeing C9 almost beat FNATIC in the ESEA ESL Pro League S1 final, Na'Vi at ESWC and TSM at FACEIT Stage 2 Finals. Alas, C9 could not drum up another strong major finish and that ended the portion of sean's career where he was competing for international titles.

After leaving Cloud9, seangares would reappear as the in-game leader of newer organisations like Echo Fox and Misfits, finding limited success and very much more with the latter than the former. During these times he played with the likes of ShahZaM, SicK, Twistzz and AMANEK.

As his playing career wound down, sean became a semi-regular fixture on analysis desks. This was echoed in his VALORANT career, where he began as broadcast talent, this time a commentary duo with ddk. Eventually he decided to re-enter competition, becoming the 100 Thieves coach. Since then, sean has again become a content creator and broadcast talent.

In part one, sean discusses his playing career in 1.6, becoming an in-game leader in CS:GO, dealing with personalities like n0thing and SEMPHIS and how he used himself as an AWPer in the pre-Skadoodle days.

This interview was recorded on the 10th of October, 2023.

► Time-line of topics discussed:
00:00 First esports LANs
04:52 Did he have ambition to make it in esports?
08:20 DINC (Damage INC)
11:07 Steno
15:12 seangares in 1.6
17:49 When did he IGL?
20:43 Teaming up with SEMPHIS in 1.6
29:11 Workign with SEMPHIS
35:29 Early CS:GO with Area51 and then taking a break
42:46 compLexity era
45:09 Level vs. international teams
49:31 Hiko
52:07 Hiko's departure
59:23 n0thing
1:04:15 AWPing
1:06:53 seangares's temperament

First appearance:
   • 'Reflections' with seangares  

Part two:
   • C9 Was Second Best in World During 20...  

Part three:
   • CS:GO About Least Mistakes; VAL Is Be...  

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