Video: What do the pros call grenading smokes?

19-10-2023 10:16

There's no consensus on what to call the new mechanic in Counter-Strike 2 yet, not even among the pros.

Naming anything can be fickle in Counter-Strike. Strats, positions on each map, snap-decision moves, or what the opponents are doing are often communicated very differently from team to team.

Early into Counter-Strike 2, the question arises of what to call the new mechanic that allows you to make a smoke vanish temporarily with an HE grenade in a way that is concise and clear.

We've heard several different terms from the broadcast talent so far at IEM Sydney, so we turned to the pros for answers.

Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov, Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov, Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski, Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer, David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad, Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery, and Toby "⁠BRACE⁠" Barnes feature in our video talking about what their teams have (or haven't) decided on:

Idk i like it

2023-10-19 10:17

nading smoke

2023-10-19 10:18

2 replies

2023-10-19 13:09

Agreed

2023-10-20 12:59

blitz seems like a good call specifically for when you want to break the smoke for someone to push through

2023-10-19 10:19

+1 blitz sounds like the best one

2023-10-19 10:34

the only good suggestion in this entire thread

2023-10-19 21:05

“Nade the smoke” Seems like basic English if you ask me

2023-10-19 10:23

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seems like a long ass call that can be easily misinterpreted in the midst of active comms and frantic situations on the server

2023-10-19 10:30

12 replies

Why use one simple word when you can use three confusing ones

2023-10-19 11:19

3 syllables dude. Any way you call it, it’s gonna need context no matter how you look at it. Even if you dumb this down to one syllable you’re not saving time lol

2023-10-19 12:14

10 replies

in a game where a 10ms difference can decide a game yes it matters lolz

2023-10-19 13:53

4 replies

lol or lulz, but lolz? hell nah

2023-10-19 14:11

lolk

2023-10-19 16:30

1 reply

Still better than lolz

2023-10-19 16:56

Just say it superfast then I suppose

2023-10-19 14:45

Its not so much about the syllables but also about that there are no hard consonants. Break, breach, maybe blitz, have a hard consonant (K, CH, T) which will make the word sound louder and clearer during messy comms.

2023-10-19 16:52

Also, teams are trying to "dumb down" calls to make it easier and faster. I think it was nip that had the call "pepsi" which means to empty or get out of somewhere. "Pepsi conn" means that everyone evacuates connector and leave it free. Navi (when they were ru/ukr) named spots of the map with only numbers because it was faster. Like instad of long and short they said 1 and 2. But to each their own, I guess.

2023-10-19 16:57

How can you call if opponent naded the smoke?

Either you’re already in the vicinity and you know that they did it, or you are far enough away that the 2 seconds it takes to communicate it will suffice

2023-10-20 16:21

I use: “Throw a name into smoke, right side, in 3, 2,…Oh I’m dead, he pushed the smoke. I did 99 damage.”

2023-10-20 09:18

Blowing cover also seems like a good which me and my teammates use. Actually viable!

2023-10-19 10:24

4 syllables. too long.

2023-10-19 14:39

Blitz will likely be the call, Care blitz “ “ Blitzing ramp/mid/con Blitz push “ “

2023-10-19 10:35

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I like blitz

2023-10-19 11:26

Blitzkrieg

2023-10-19 14:59

Sounds stupid ngl

2023-10-19 18:36

Break is the one

2023-10-19 10:44

+1 Easier and faster to say than blitz and contextually makes more sense.

2023-10-19 19:37

donk

2023-10-19 10:46

+1 it's HLTV itself who said that

donKing 👑

2023-10-19 16:53

ez4donk

2023-10-19 19:39

blow me -snax

2023-10-19 11:03

imagine u "blitz" the smoke and u see someone inside doing the scorpionpeek or MJ peek. xd

monkaW

2023-10-19 16:01

Snax lmao.. blitz seems good btw

2023-10-19 11:12

electronic such a robot lmao

fits to his nickname

2023-10-19 11:17

best answer lmao. "there is no specific word". Aka... we will not reveal such information to you.

2023-10-19 23:58

I feel like Nuking and Revealing are gonna be the most common ones used

2023-10-19 11:34

I get blitz and nuke but it's highly unlikely anyone would settle for revealing. Too complicated/long

2023-10-19 11:44

revealing is the worst word for it lol

2023-10-19 11:56

In Portuguese it's already established to say "break the smoke" - "quebrar a smoke"

2023-10-19 11:53

Either that, or smoke the smoke "fumar a smoke"

2023-10-19 14:49

Blast ?

2023-10-19 11:55

Part the smoke.

2023-10-19 12:15

lobanjikateknique

2023-10-19 12:32

puff

2023-10-19 12:34

Id blow Snax every round

2023-10-19 12:37

i like donking. easy to say "can you donk me?".

2023-10-19 12:39

popsmoke

2023-10-19 12:54

French actually seems to use this, at least in commentary, don't know about actual communication IG (also too noob to call it IG with other noobs)

2023-10-19 13:06

overlaps with pop flashes something like "can you pop me?" wouldnt work

2023-10-19 13:30

Snax always ready with entertainment 🤣

2023-10-19 13:01

inhale

2023-10-19 13:08

Joffling

2023-10-19 13:18

HLTV said it was called "donking" so I only use this word from now on

2023-10-19 13:54

Jame calls it "Loba"

2023-10-19 13:57

I like 'blitz', 'nuke', 'donk' and 'break'. Annndd maybe 'blow' x)

2023-10-19 14:07

Man I missed classic VP humor from Snax & the gang. So good to see him and neo back on LAN.

2023-10-19 14:16

Nasing smoke + hwo cares hltv journalism at its best

2023-10-19 14:55

Who's hwo?

2023-10-19 18:29

Funniest dutch person

2023-10-20 10:18

Means a lot coming from fortniteskills69. Thank you.

2023-10-21 06:33

Donk! BatChest

2023-10-19 15:13

if embed broke: youtube.com/watch?v=dXKN_FDywLw

2023-10-19 15:40

Anything but blitz.

2023-10-19 15:41

break breach blow

2023-10-19 15:47

blow obviously

I like Breaching, makes the most sense and sounds right to say as one word.

2023-10-19 17:21

Peekaboo

2023-10-19 17:35

Post-smoke clarity

2023-10-19 18:53

Hahahahhahah

2023-10-19 19:46

xdd

2023-10-19 20:58

DEsmoke

2023-10-19 23:02

Ive been saying "punch the smoke" since you are hole punching the smokes, "hey punch that smoke on ramp..." "they punched through on cat..." You punch a hole in the smoke with an HE. Youre welcome

2023-10-19 23:30