What CS:GO YouTube channels should you follow and why? Guide by SCOPE.GG
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What CS:GO YouTube channels should you follow and why? Guide by SCOPE.GG

Jay Rose
Jay Rose
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The SCOPE.GG team has gathered YouTube channels where you can learn the latest news from the esports scene, find new tips, and have a laugh.

hltv.org

Type of content: esports

Country: international

Language: English

YouTube channel of hltv.org portal. Apart from highlight compilations from the latest tournaments, you can also find interviews, analytics and funny moments from esports matches.

A useful channel for players that want to follow the professional scene while not missing great plays from the matches.

HLTV and its top 20 is very emotional: you can remember all the best moments happened and see them again 

Elmapuddy

Type of content: esports

Country: Australia

Language: English

Elmapuddy, a former analyst of Gen.G and ORDER, shares opinion and expertise with his subscribers. By watching demos from matches of big tournaments, he tells about strats, plays and grenades that are used by pros throughout the rounds.

Australian analyst’s materials will be handy for players whose wish is to make it to esports and play in a  team. Thanks to the information in his videos, you will get necessary fundamentals about team-based Counter-Strike.

Classic work by Elmapuddy: analytics combined with concrete game situations 

JohnNissan (steel)

Type of content: esports

Country: Canada

Language: English

The former professional player from Canada has left the Counter-Strike sphere, but his videos still can be watched by anyone. Josh has been recording guides meant for team captains about the importance of watching demos, tactics, defaults, and things that are crucial in a team structure.

Even though steel is not making videos about CS:GO anymore, his content is still great for learning from.

steel`s videos are mostly for the IGLs

TheWarOwl

Type of content: entertainment, education

Country: USA

Language: English

Entertaining and educational videos can be found on TheWarOwl’s channel: for example, in one of his videos he changed floor’s textures on different maps, and in another one he reviewed s1mple’s game on one of big tournaments.

TheWarOwl has gained a lot of fans watching his videos from all over the world, all due to the variety of content.

If you would like to know how CS:GO might look like in certain weather conditions - TheWarOwl can show it to you

Callum Brawn

Type of content: esports

Country: United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

The channel of Endpoint’s analyst has a few subscribers, however it’s got useful and unique information for amateur players. Callum tells about nuances of how a game is built in a professional team, how to give info, and on what basis tactics are created.

The content of the British is a great find for competitive players of all levels.

Callum`s videos are great for competitive players. If you are playing for a team, you can find a lot of things which can be useful in your matches

ESL Counter-Strike

Type of content: esports, entertainment

Country: international

Language: English

ESL tournament operator’s official channel. It covers the events within ESL’s tournaments: tournament analytics, highlights, teams comms, as well as entertaining videos with players. During analytics, ESL releases a series of guides, in which you can find plenty of useful information: grenades, boosts, tactics for competitive matches.

Diversity and originality is what makes ESL channel’s videos interesting and informative to watch.

ESL studio is making not the only CS:GO videos, but backstage ones too. You can get to know something about the teams and players in a fun way mostly

NadeKing

Type of content: entertainment, education

Country: Estonia

Language: English

The Estonian makes entertaining content for CS:GO fans. There are unusual tricks, interesting nades, and pranks within a game. Most of the materials shown in NadeKing’s videos are unique and engaging for all players.

The channel deserves a chance, because some of the videos make you wonder: just how much time does he spend on making those?

NadeKing shows us tricks. Some of them are shocking