moses: "shroud [has] carry potential"

For the last piece of our ESL ESEA Pro League Finals coverage we sat down with Jason "moses" O'Toole to talk about him transitioning into casting and North America's rise to prominence in Cologne.

The dust has settled in Cologne but we still have one more piece in the form of a video interview with one of the color casters of ESL ESEA Pro League Finals, Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole.

In the interview, you can learn what made him transition into casting and what he thinks he offers that others don't. We also naturally talked about the results of North America and the future of their scene.

You can find the rest of HLTV.org's videos by going to our YouTube channel here.

United States Jason 'moses' O'Toole
Jason 'moses' O'Toole
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#1
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
indeed
2015-07-07 13:35
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#3
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Germany green-K-
moses best man
2015-07-07 13:35
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inb4 lurpis goes ahead of this
2015-07-07 13:35
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#88
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United States RedDevil6193
you mean bumping other topic lol
2015-07-07 16:10
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#6
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World S1mplelife
moses stronk
2015-07-07 13:36
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#7
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
Love that.
2015-07-07 13:36
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#8
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  ("__")
"shroud has carry potential"? Nice englando ("__")
2015-07-07 13:39
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#15
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Sweden superjert
whats wrong with it?
2015-07-07 13:47
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#35
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forsaken | 
Liechtenstein thedalking
i think ur englando is bad
2015-07-07 13:59
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#36
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United Kingdom CalebCSKing
That's fine 'englando' m8
2015-07-07 14:00
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I guess he thought of carry as a verb and hence believed "shroud carries potential" should be right.
2015-07-07 14:06
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#51
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World good guy olaf
y, carry is a noun here
2015-07-07 14:38
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#77
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Lithuania Sid4G
At first I thought shroud has curry potential... Thought like wtf, is he a cook or smthn :/
2015-07-07 15:39
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#53
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Bulgaria ne0lit
englando is correct this time around
2015-07-07 14:39
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#9
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Sweden expected
File under "things we already knew"
2015-07-07 13:39
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#10
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World R1pp3D
WHY THE FUCK DO THEY ALWAYS [PUT]
2015-07-07 13:40
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It's called paraphrasing, originally he said "showed", but it was too long and didn't fit into the title.
2015-07-07 13:45
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#11
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World Sollan
Shroud had 1 good tournament so far that really did matter and now he can carry? Stop this BULLSHIT of making US scene looking so good when its been 1 freaking tournament with not even the top teams there. Pathetic attempt.
2015-07-07 13:42
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#21
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United States Mohica
But the thing is its not shrouds only tournament doing that good, he does this almost every single game he plays. Don't be so salty, how much did you lose on envyus?
2015-07-07 13:53
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2 replies
#107
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World Sollan
I never bet, so I didnt lose anything. I love ur fake flag btw. Im waiting for the next tournaments to see him carry, I didnt see it the last 10 ones. gg.
2015-07-07 18:46
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#124
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Germany Jesusplays
You are the one without aflat, and I'm German and still appreciate shrouds effort.
2015-07-08 12:47
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#23
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Indonesia perkele
dont worry dude, cologne is coming :D
2015-07-07 13:54
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#28
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f0rest | 
Serbia dankooo
lol
2015-07-07 13:57
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#43
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Netherlands JUNG13
Stop hating on others without a reason and a quality of your life will eventually get better
2015-07-07 14:19
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2 replies
#59
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Sweden expected
He has a reason though... you can disagree with the reason, but you can't say he doesn't have one :S
2015-07-07 14:53
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#71
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Twistzz | 
Netherlands  DIVERSE
His reason is what exactly? Shroud has been performing well for a long time now. He's also showed it on lan vs some of the best teams in the world now. I still think he did a reasonable job at other LANs too. His reason is probably biased hatred.
2015-07-07 15:36
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#101
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North America michealdrk
retardelele
2015-07-07 16:50
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#118
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World heyzeus_
"potential"
2015-07-07 23:07
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#127
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United States zkipa
well he did carry at this tournament, so technically is his capable of carrying
2015-07-08 22:19
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2 weeks ago : every1 had blame shroud for making not that smart plays now : every1 hype him #hltv thigns
2015-07-07 13:44
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#13
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Finland HAZARD-
shroud top1 world
2015-07-07 13:44
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#16
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Belgium JerCkysMini0n
One of the best & nicest people at the event aswell as very humble
2015-07-07 13:47
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#17
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Spain LongoBeast
Shroud pugstar do it on lan m8
2015-07-07 13:50
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#19
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France ILOVEGOD
my ass. ok let's be more objecitve again. shroud is that what he earns and he is that what he trains for with his natural talent. maybe he is an ace, maybe not, who knows, but we will see. everything and every fucking tournament has to run for real and in truth from now on, or this whole Thing is a joke and so legit as spiderman. this past tourny wasn't more than a joke and a result of Manipulation. but we will see if you can do better and for real. everybody is making mistakes and so do i, but we gotta work hard being the best possible humans beings by god's allmighty eyes and if you Keep that in mind with love and mind for Christ you can't lose. JUST TO SAY THIS MOST IMPORTANT THING AGAIN! IF YOU KEEP THAT LOVE FOR CHRIST AND TRYING BEING THE BEST POSSIBLE HUMAN BEING BY GODS EYSE IN YOUR GODLY MIND YOU CAAAAAAN NOOOOOOT LOSE!
2015-07-07 13:55
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5 replies
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France frenchpeasant
What the...?
2015-07-07 13:56
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heyy salut dudu
2015-07-07 13:58
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#70
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Brehze | 
United States berserker~
Spiderman is legit as fuck, what the hell are you on about?
2015-07-07 15:35
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#73
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Europe selbi
me too lol
2015-07-07 15:36
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#82
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India OwNaGeR
and then there is you
2015-07-07 15:47
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#20
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Poland crossbow
shroud is already top 10 in the world lol
2015-07-07 13:52
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#22
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British Virgin Islands Mrnobody
Stop just stop.
2015-07-07 13:53
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#25
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France juiceboks
It's not potential anymore, it's live
2015-07-07 13:55
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#29
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Latvia Ke]R[4u
oh my god, devilwalk infected him with "i mean"
2015-07-07 13:57
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#30
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Israel Drizzy
totally agree.
2015-07-07 13:57
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#31
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Germany moeykaner
inb4 moses takes over the interviewer part too ^^
2015-07-07 13:57
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#32
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Finland Demoral
I love how people talk about carrying in a team game. No, its only teamwork and nothing else.
2015-07-07 13:57
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#47
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United Kingdom Alth
That is practically an insult to people like Neo's whole 1.6 career.
2015-07-07 14:26
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1 reply
#119
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World heyzeus_
+1
2015-07-07 23:09
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that post gave me cancer
2015-07-07 14:47
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#34
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Singapore Vexasoe
Shroud is the best in my opinion. :3 Skip to 5:18
2015-07-07 14:00
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#37
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fearLess | 
United Kingdom fearLess-
Shroud is excellent although they wouldn't have got as far without the rest of C9 putting in cracking performances too, Freakazoid was also very good this tournament.
2015-07-07 14:01
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nope. freakazoid was good compared to what ud expect from him. good compared to what he had shown until this event. but lets not forget that in the end he needs to get a lot better still for them to have an impact in the top competition. so far really what theyve done is: theyve beaten envy. wow. gplay did that at starseries. calm ur tits.
2015-07-07 14:49
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moses :D nice nick bro
2015-07-07 14:04
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#40
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United Kingdom Harribo
"interview with one of the color casters of ESL ESEA Pro League Finals, Jason "moses" O'Toole." Racist
2015-07-07 14:10
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yes black ddk has no color
2015-07-07 14:36
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#41
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France frenchpeasant
Damn striker you couldn't say 2 words without hesitating/stuttering
2015-07-07 14:12
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hey salut dudu ^__^
2015-07-07 14:22
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Bosnia and Herzegovina anteS
BEST PLAYER NA
2015-07-07 14:19
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#50
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Netherlands REBELLL
Who is this uncharismatic interviewer. He's been annoying me since the first interview I watched.
2015-07-07 14:37
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#52
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Slovakia Tomee
No kit dropped this tournament. Disappointed. BTW, it was a pretty good event, I liked the caster's work. Moses, I know you will read this. Sorry, I just can't forget the kit thing :D
2015-07-07 14:38
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#57
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United Kingdom mvp123
Oh really? Where's the potential? He's proven it time after time... He's an animal when he's on form and everyone knows this.
2015-07-07 14:51
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#60
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Montenegro jackALL
Moses is a knowledgeable guy and I like him as a caster, hope he gets invited to lots of events.
2015-07-07 14:58
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#78
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Portugal haas-
+1 really like him too
2015-07-07 15:40
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2 replies
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Montenegro jackALL
v2 rocket facility > world
2015-07-08 00:04
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1 reply
#122
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Portugal haas-
goddamn it dude, good old times.
2015-07-08 00:42
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#105
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Greenland 1stWorldBOY
+24
2015-07-07 18:35
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#61
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United Kingdom botskii
Last week..... Shroud is just a pug star. This week..... Shroud has carry potential world wide Welcome to hltv
2015-07-07 14:59
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Albania stikle
damn right mate ,true as fuck
2015-07-07 15:05
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#79
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Bosnia and Herzegovina shroudt4v
shroud <3
2015-07-07 15:40
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#63
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s1mple | 
Denmark konner
finally some recognition for shr00d!
2015-07-07 15:03
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#66
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World havarN
best caster, no camparison to this sadokist guy
2015-07-07 15:08
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#67
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World Fr3de
Moses is a talented caster, hope to see more of him in the future
2015-07-07 15:16
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#69
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Canada WanBissaka
Moses is an excellent caster. He has a great voice to listen to, he is old school and knows his stuff, and he is a very intelligent guy. Great speaker.
2015-07-07 15:28
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#72
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Poland mki`
The interviewer stutters a little too much. Good questions though which makes a good overall interview. Work on the stuttering (maybe prepare questions better, not sure?) and it would be a great interview.
2015-07-07 15:36
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It is very much about preparation to be honest, some are much more fluid and those are usually the ones that I prepped for better than the other ones.
2015-07-07 18:49
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Poland mki`
Well keep it up - will look forward to your future interviews!
2015-07-07 19:44
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#75
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Brehze | 
United States berserker~
I'd say Skadoodle is definitely the one with carry potential, though he choked a bit in the last few matches of the tourney.
2015-07-07 15:38
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#80
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Portugal haas-
One of the best, if not the best caster around.
2015-07-07 15:40
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#84
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United States Want sum beef
shroud the best pug master
2015-07-07 15:51
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#85
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Ukraine Vindmax
He is a good player but not the best
2015-07-07 15:53
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#86
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Poland Stevn
shroud scout masta :D
2015-07-07 15:55
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#89
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Finland blackxzic
I've been watching his streams and matches and i totally agree.
2015-07-07 16:14
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#97
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United States lnflnlty
moses is the best. hire him more please.
2015-07-07 16:26
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#106
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North America oldshoe
#proudofshroud
2015-07-07 18:42
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#109
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Germany LeahciM
shroud has carry
2015-07-07 19:06
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#112
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Canada autistic1
Average player with average gamesense, but his recoil control compensates for a lot. His 1st shot accuracy can be inconsistent but he always adjusts the same way.
2015-07-07 19:43
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#114
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Ukraine Servaler
- friberg, +shroud = NIP top3 again!
2015-07-07 20:23
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#123
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United States sxg
I have been saying for one year shroud is the best NA player. Now people see. 100-80 vs fnatic is unreal.
2015-07-08 01:57
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Sweden expected
Wow dude, yeah you and no one else. Such foresight, how did you know?
2015-07-09 19:05
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