In Counterstrike: Go, a popular streamer has now gained even more fame, but he surely didn’t want it this way.
Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, especially in Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:Go). He has 1.3 million followers.
Over the weekend, he participated as a substitute for a pro team, Splyce, a US team from the second tier. They played at Dreamhack in Austin. Summit was previously a competitive player, but today he is known as a streamer. Streamers are generally viewed skeptically by pro players: entertainers are okay, skill at a professional level… well, not really.
Splyce and Summit surprisingly held their own against the strong team from “Counter Logic Gaming” during the tournament. The critical moment in the match. Summit, as the last member of his team, secured the final kill and only had to defuse the bomb to end the game.
The commentators were already celebrating the surprise victory of Splyce – especially through the streamer. However, Summit threw a Molotov cocktail before the final kill, walked into the flames while defusing the bomb, and died. The match went into overtime and Splyce lost.
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The whole situation has, of course, had a follow-up on the internet. As Kotaku reports, the part of the map where the faux pas occurred is now referred to as “Summit” by many players, and the name of the streamer is used as an abbreviation like a callout. And a lot of “fire” gifs are being thrown in Summit’s approximate direction. He has turned it into a meme.
The streamer is taking it all with humor, thanked the team for the great opportunity, apologized for “fucking everything up” and later reflected: People always ask me what the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done is, now I have an answer.
