shaGuar with live AMA on Twitch

22-4-2015 12:11

Counter-Strike legend-turned-professional-poker-player Griffin "shaGuar" Benger will be doing a live AMA on his Twitch channel on Wednesday.

Griffin "⁠shaGuar⁠" Benger was one of the most popular names in the North American Counter-Strike scene during the first half of the 2000s, when he played for iconic teams such as zEx, Team 3D and NoA.

Throughout his gaming career, the Canadian player, who became famous for his AWP skills, won several international tournaments, including CPL Winter 2004 and WEG Season 1, both with NoA, and CGS Season 1, with the Chicago Chimera.

Benger will be playing CS live on his Twitch stream (Photo from pokernews.com)

After hanging up his mouse and keyboard, shaGuar became a professional poker player, and since making the move he has earned over $8 million in both online and live tournaments.

Earlier in the month, shaGuar became one of the first high-profile poker players to live stream play-money games on Twitch, where he comments on each hand played on a seven-minute delay during a tournament.

This Wednesday, at 20:30 , he will be taking questions from fans during a live AMA Q&A session on his Twitch channel for an hour. At 21:30 , he will be playing Counter-Strike for the first time in almost a decade together with Cloud9's Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.

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WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOO

2015-04-22 12:11

40 replies

+1337

2015-04-22 12:18

1 reply

+420

2015-04-22 12:20

WOOO HE'S FUCKING BACK

2015-04-22 12:21

28 replies

nobody knows who he is

2015-04-22 14:06

27 replies

yeah coz you're all 10 years old and only know hacker players HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

2015-04-22 14:08

7 replies

who is he?

2015-04-22 15:51

6 replies

notsureifsrs...nobody knows who you are.

2015-04-22 16:06

1 reply

don't worry about little retard brit cod kids they don't know true awp legend, probably crying because he shrekt his mum

2015-04-22 16:13

one of the finest awpers NA has ever seen

2015-04-22 16:25

2 replies

not just NA, one of the finest the WORLD has seen!

2015-04-22 20:58

1 reply

ok my frien :)

2015-04-22 23:30

did u read the news or just first comment?

2015-04-22 17:25

Kappa

2015-04-22 14:31

ROFL go worship happy d00d

2015-04-22 15:50

13 replies

who is he tho m8

2015-04-22 15:53

12 replies

read the article maybe ?

2015-04-22 15:54

1 reply

yeah hes a once cs player and now poker player. Cool

2015-04-22 15:56

Someone who has made more money and accomplished more than you will in your entire life.

2015-04-22 16:07

9 replies

still dunno who he is :/

2015-04-22 16:10

8 replies

Like any1 would know who you are, ever. Ure a 96, enuff said.

2015-04-22 17:34

3 replies

your a 1. 96 is higher than 1 = better

2015-04-22 17:43

2 replies

Trolls be failing.

2015-04-22 17:47

1 reply

im a human not a troll

2015-04-22 18:10

Age: 19 Ofcourse you don't know who he is, you are a kid who was sucking on your mom's tits while shaGuar was destroying the world in the real skillbased Counter-Strike.

2015-04-22 19:45

3 replies

nice

2015-04-22 19:51

calm dem nerdtears bruh

2015-04-22 21:26

1 reply

Because everyone older and more experienced than yourself is a nerd, and everyone younger and less experienced than yourself is a loser right? Oh you newgen kids' logic...

2015-04-28 18:18

Even I know who he is.

2015-04-22 19:43

1 reply

well if u know who he is, i MUST know :/

2015-04-22 19:51

oh dear...

2015-04-22 22:16

lol he is a former cs player played for team3d EG NOA

2015-04-22 22:57

legendary phrase

2015-04-22 13:10

8/8

2015-04-22 13:27

XDD

2015-04-22 14:06

yeah it was awesome :D

2015-04-22 15:23

shaGuar frags shaGuar?

2015-04-22 15:52

1 reply

youtu.be/y0x37_dIAgg?t=502 woops

2015-04-22 15:54

My first thought and strongest memory of shaguar was the documentary by his father, talking about video game addiction. Was a really interesting documentary :)

2015-04-22 16:10

2 replies

Link?

2015-04-22 16:40

1 reply

youtube.com/watch?v=YwJlErJJxvc It starts so biased but it ends well, father ended up understanding.

2015-04-22 16:46

hieeeee

2015-04-22 12:11

do they even know him in there?

2015-04-22 12:12

woooooooooooooooooooooooo

2015-04-22 12:12

who

2015-04-22 12:12

5 replies

you don't even know him... he's a legend bro, if you don't know him - you're new at the internet

2015-04-22 12:15

lol

2015-04-22 12:37

I would be ashamed asking who is shaguar

2015-04-22 14:33

woooo*

2015-04-22 14:59

new silver confirmed

2015-04-22 17:16

shaGuar!

2015-04-22 12:12

lol why summit?

2015-04-22 12:13

5 replies

Maybe friends?, shaGuar seems like just gonna chill a bit since he didn't touch the game for almost 10 years as it said in the news. I don't expect him above DMG level tbh after all this time :D

2015-04-22 12:17

Cause why the fuck not? Summit is the biggest cs streamer. summit = Viewers, Viewers = PR for his new channel.

2015-04-22 12:28

2 replies

nice try summit

2015-04-22 12:36

1 reply

you darealmvp here bud.

2015-04-22 12:50

the news says n0thing now

2015-04-22 12:49

top90 maybe

2015-04-22 12:13

Best US player ever. NP

2015-04-22 12:13

11 replies

US player while he is Canadian?

2015-04-22 12:15

8 replies

WOW GJ. btw I meant the scene, since he played in team 3D which was at the time, mostly US. he also played for EG sometimes but mostly 3D.

2015-04-22 13:37

5 replies

u cant say that ScreaM is french player either, so how could you say like that about shaGuar?

2015-04-22 14:55

4 replies

From now on I will say Canadian. Just for you.

2015-04-22 15:30

3 replies

Epic Fail.

2015-04-22 16:40

or just go for the best NA player.

2015-04-22 16:44

1 reply

Thnx Ive learned so much on one day. Only thing Im stuck with is the fact that Im still a virgin.. :<

2015-04-22 18:35

Canadians are considered to be part of na in cs so his statement was correct you cannot bring up scream because that doesnt apply for europe do it having more diversity while na and canada usually team up to just be na.

2015-04-22 18:49

1 reply

Yes you can Scream is French

2015-04-22 20:18

that userid.You are the legend here,sir :D

2015-04-22 16:53

1 reply

<3 :D

2015-04-22 18:31

2015-04-22 12:15

play money? LOL u mean real money

2015-04-22 12:15

1 reply

he's also playing with n0thing not summit anymore (busy)

2015-04-22 12:17

WHAD UP NOW SWEDES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2015-04-22 12:15

If u dont know "WHO"....go to school :D :P

2015-04-22 12:16

Legend, one of the best awp history

2015-04-22 12:17

youtube.com/watch?v=TXh1sKkcYb8

2015-04-22 12:17

For new players that don't know: this is the "What up now swedes WOOH!" guy

2015-04-22 12:18

is summits wifes birthday, he will be playing with someone else.

2015-04-22 12:19

Excellent. youtube.com/watch?v=zBOviYoSTVU youtube.com/watch?v=LiLeyne9xuM youtube.com/watch?v=ETMbh-LOJKg

2015-04-22 12:19

never forget! "shaG takes out shaG?"

2015-04-22 12:20

wait.. who ?

2015-04-22 12:20

1 reply

youtube.com/watch?v=TXh1sKkcYb8

2015-04-22 12:21

First AMA question..Who are you?

2015-04-22 12:21

1 reply

You are kidding, right?

2015-04-22 12:39

He is gonna play with n0thing, not summit

2015-04-22 12:22

3 replies

Thanks. He had summit at first on reddit, then he changed

2015-04-22 12:40

obviously,because summit can't stream today ^

2015-04-22 13:26

1 reply

You clearly didn't read. Shaguar is gonna stream on wednesday next week.

2015-04-22 21:35

when is this in UK time?

2015-04-22 12:22

2 replies

1 hour earlier ;)

2015-04-22 12:26

half past 7 uk time

2015-04-22 12:40

NoA.shaGuar nuff said.

2015-04-22 12:32

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOOOH!

2015-04-22 12:39

youtube.com/watch?v=LiLeyne9xuM Thats one of the best video edits ive seen. So good!

2015-04-22 12:40

WADAP NOW SWEDES WOOOOOOOOOOOH!

2015-04-22 12:48

pocketfives.com/profiles/flush_entity/ boss!

2015-04-22 12:49

1 reply

6.2m lifetime cash, wow

2015-04-22 13:07

shaGuar wooooooooooooooooooooh

2015-04-22 13:03

more news like this and those new kidos dont know anything hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

2015-04-22 13:06

3D | shaGuar` THE BESt

2015-04-22 13:07

4 replies

nice try, Sievers

2015-04-22 13:14

3 replies

I find this shit quite funny :D I saw few responses like this before :D

2015-04-22 18:51

2 replies

<nt flusha> <- original text. HLTV forced meme. refers to hugely increasing accusations of flusha's mouselifting and wallhacking. He made anonymous reponses to HLTV threads defending himself and people found out. _____________ someone enter that shit on knowyourmeme

2015-04-22 19:01

1 reply

Yeah I saw "nt flusha" before, but I didn't know it has real roots ;d

2015-04-22 20:08

Who? Oh some washed up 1pixelsuxxer turned poker pro. How interesting. Next.

2015-04-22 13:14

2 replies

New fags won't understand how big is this :D

2015-04-22 14:26

1 reply

dude's just a troll, I'm sure there's newer players who can be respectful of previous greats.

2015-04-23 05:55

wow

2015-04-22 13:15

Thats awsum

2015-04-22 13:15

He won CPL Winter 2004, not 2003. Anyways, really nice to see him back in Counter-Strike, although for short.

2015-04-22 13:18

Which counter-strike he will be playing 1.6 or GO ?

2015-04-22 13:18

1 reply

Cso kappa

2015-04-22 15:16

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOOOO

2015-04-22 13:19

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOOOO

2015-04-22 13:22

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOOOO

2015-04-22 13:28

Please jcarver and shaguar dual stream

2015-04-22 13:34

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOOOO

2015-04-22 13:36

How much?

2015-04-22 13:38

howly shit , old legend dinosaur back :D

2015-04-22 13:47

CONNECTOOOOR! Such a funny guy :)

2015-04-22 13:48

add his stream for today to show up on hltv so its easier to notice plz

2015-04-22 13:51

2015-04-22 13:53

video of shaGuar after winning CPL 2004. damn thsoe good old days, I've already followed the scene 2 years prior to that with M19 winning WCG 2002... goog memories youtube.com/watch?v=lUpi3Tt-EV4

2015-04-22 13:53

whaddup now swedes? whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

2015-04-22 13:57

Sir Scoots & shaGuar @ CPL 2003 Scoots :) youtube.com/watch?v=KDU46BusCFw shaGuar after winning half a million $$$ interview http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=upR-xX8xCtU shaGuar with more than a million chip pot VOD interview again youtube.com/watch?v=JFBc2KDu_jw

2015-04-22 14:00

2 replies

even in the early days scot looked very old :D

2015-04-22 16:55

Thx for sharing the last video mate

2015-04-22 17:38

WHAT UP NOW SWEDES WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2015-04-22 14:02

Shaguar takes out shaguar

2015-04-22 14:05

1 reply

exactly, I always say it to myself when I read his nick after long break :D

2015-04-22 15:46

legend guys.. saucers should bow to him

2015-04-22 14:11

very nice, my favourite cs and poker player <3

2015-04-22 14:23

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2015-04-22 14:25

I see sweeds going mad Kappa The salty is real boys!

2015-04-22 14:34

My favorite player even though I'm a swede.

2015-04-22 14:56

who fucking cares he was good 13 years ago.

2015-04-22 15:14

8 replies

2015-04-22 15:18

Anybody who can appreciate what he did for the game of cs and anybody who got to experience watching him crush top teams first hand.

2015-04-22 15:44

Why so serious ? It's just for fun and some may be happy to see how he's doing... If you don't care, no need to tell us, just don't post, jeez...

2015-04-22 17:40

3 replies

my point is i rather see an AMA with knine, karleygg, onscreen then this dude.

2015-04-22 18:38

2 replies

It isn't an either/or situation. They can do one too. You have no fucking point.

2015-04-22 20:12

Yea this 'Pele' guy was good at football 50 years ago so now hes irrelevant =/ lol 13 years later swedes still mad

2015-06-04 02:31

mad swede sup now swedeess WOOOHOO

2015-04-23 01:57

I bet your bitch ass went apeshit when RobbaN started streaming. Xenophobic geek.

2015-04-23 05:38

Canada has a CS legend wow

2015-04-22 15:27

Shame newphgs don't know him. But OMG, why such a bad time? It's Champions League today...

2015-04-22 15:28

omg, the legend is back

2015-04-22 15:38

Shaguar is not only a legendary player but a legendary personality as well. His gotfrag article about the CS economy is one of the first instances where a pro player was able to convince developers that the game was broken and needed to be fixed. Unlike of all the whiny babies who do nothing but cry about every little detail, he presented a well thought out and properly researched article that changed the game of cs as we know it today. This dude was an insane awper, rifler, and his wallbangs were fucking exciting. This guy came hard. Went from a fat little teenager whose father hated his gaming "addiction," to a cs legend, to a fucking millionaire in competitive poker. None of you fucking csgo scrubs have anything on this guy. All your shit is right back in your face.

2015-04-22 15:43

6 replies

pretty much this. and n0thing moar.

2015-04-22 15:50

+this

2015-04-22 16:00

+1+1+1

2015-04-22 16:32

2015-04-22 18:02

+99

2015-04-22 21:37

bangs were fucking exciting. This guy came hard.

2015-04-23 03:03

omg he was such a monster in 1.6

2015-04-22 15:52

2 replies

not so much 1.6 more 1.5

2015-04-22 16:23

1 reply

lol true actually xD

2015-04-22 16:37

I've wondered for so long if shag would grace us with his presence. Str8 legendary legend.

2015-04-22 15:56

elky as well, great sc2 player turned into a great poker player

2015-04-22 15:58

wow those memories gl bro

2015-04-22 16:00

Apart from FalleN this dude has the sickest reaction i've ever seen! TRULY COUNTER STRIKE TITAN!

2015-04-22 16:24

This is a real CS Idol

2015-04-22 16:31

youtu.be/0ZC74x6-PGg

2015-04-22 16:32

1 reply

God this movie is bad. First half of the vid is only nuke against random murican trash teams, so boring.

2015-04-23 12:02

true legend

2015-04-22 16:40

gambling? what a clown

2015-04-22 16:47

13 replies

Poker is more a mind sport.

2015-04-22 16:52

10 replies

You mean more a luck sport. The mind can only get you so far in Poker, but everything inevitably comes down to the luck of the cards.

2015-04-22 18:12

9 replies

You just gotta believe in the heart of the cards..

2015-04-22 18:51

2 replies

gay

2015-04-22 23:58

winner.

2015-04-23 06:00

LOL what a dumb tard

2015-04-22 20:13

5 replies

He is dumb but now he is right

2015-04-22 23:45

3 replies

Poker is pure skill like chess tard

2015-04-23 00:50

2 replies

Hahahahahh yeah big skill to fake or not to... No luck at all

2015-04-23 00:52

LOL believe what you like to, kid. But dont spread the biggest bullshit ever pls.

2015-04-23 11:48

lmfao static.hltv.org//images/flag/cz.gif education hasn't reached your 3rd world village yet? :(

2015-04-23 00:00

I'm sure he's crying over his 8 million dollars in poker winnings. Compare that to f0rest, the most accomplished counter-strike player in history, who has ~320,000 dollars in tournament winnings over 10 years.

2015-04-22 18:04

1 reply

Yea cuz its like being the best at something over a 10 year period to being like the best guy betting on the games.

2015-04-23 03:16

legend.. some kills in this videofrag : youtu.be/9om-H064Bxk

2015-04-22 16:51

Back when NA CS was something to be feared. :) hltv.org/?pageid=28&&demoid=870&offset=0.. I hope I can catch the stream!

2015-04-22 16:53

1 reply

good old time

2015-04-22 22:59

Cant believe its around 10 years since i followed counter strike. Gratz to him for making a long awaited comeback !

2015-04-22 17:05

can we donate him in his stream? Kappa

2015-04-22 17:17

2 replies

He probably needs it ^^

2015-04-22 17:42

1 reply

ya it's gonna cost him at least $8mil to start his csgo career so yah.... he needs your $10

2015-04-22 17:59

if you don't know who shaguar is, you are without a doubt a shitkid that started playing cs in the late source scene.

2015-04-22 17:49

youtube.com/watch?v=TXh1sKkcYb8 :D

2015-04-22 18:02

To all retards saying "who" and "who cares," read #108

2015-04-22 18:05

I had the chance to see him play for the first time at a lan called Polybash in Montreal, his team was called Firstwave ~,they obviously win the tournament. He had traveled from his native Ontario and he was still a little plump boy at the time but his awping skills were simply just amazing! Good memories from back in the days! He is truly a CS legend.

2015-04-22 18:50