Despite the abundance of popular Russian-speaking streamers of both esports disciplines from Valve, there is a huge lack of YouTube bloggers talking about Dota 2 and CS: GO in our region. If you remove channels with cuts and memes, then the choice becomes very small. However, there are still interesting bloggers in this segment. Cybersport.ru has compiled a small selection of channels on which you can find educational or entertaining content on Dota 2 or CS: GO.
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Rise is the main showman of CS: GO
If you are a fan of the composition Natus Vincere on CS: GO, you are probably already perfectly familiar with Rise’s work and now you are waiting for a new “diary”. For everyone else, quick reference: Rise is one of the most popular esports bloggers on YouTube. More than 1.05 million users have subscribed to his channel. Moreover, Ryze is an “esports blogger”, not just a CS: GO content maker. For a long time he was looking for his niche, tried many formats and directions (he told in detail about this one of our readers) and in the end came exactly to an overview of exclusively e-sports matches, and mostly meetings with the participation of NAVI.
You shouldn’t expect serious analytics from Ryze – he creates, first of all, entertaining content with a lot of jokes and insertions, especially with the participation of ceh9… Ryza can really be called a showman. This is perhaps the most charismatic blogger on our list. He looks organically in the frame, works well in intonation and sometimes knows how to joke successfully.
The memes from his videos then firmly settle in fan circles, largely thanks to Ryze, in the Twitch chat you can always see jokes about snus and flamie, and during his return GuardiaN in NAVI, the word “cyberbullying” was heard more often than Morgenstern’s songs. Over the past two years, Rise has truly grown into one of the most visible influencers in CS: GO – what was the cost of his army of fans rushing to offend Jamppi after an ironic video that the Finn allegedly used cheats in a match against the team s1mple…
Yes, Rise can be accused of being overly addicted to NAVI, narrow format and simplicity of content, but he copes with his entertainment task successfully.
Morf and the dark sides of esports
Despite the fact that only 112 thousand people have subscribed to the Morf channel (for a minute, the former editor of Prodota) (this is less than many on our list), his videos cause the greatest resonance in the community. Morf covers the most scandalous and discussed events from the world of e-sports, but this does not develop into a verbal grinding of the bones of participants in a particular conflict, but often results in a high-quality and interestingly presented analysis.
In addition to videos about current news feeds, Morf often produces mini-investigations about the events of bygone days. For example, on his channel you can find videos dedicated to the formation Puppey as captain and head of the organization or reasons for scandalous departure ArtStyle from NAVI.
During a conflict between an organization forZe and a Dota 2 roster led by Ivan VANSKOR Skorokhodom Morf gave both sides a say in two long interviews. One can disagree with certain conclusions of the blogger, but it is worth noting that in each of his videos there is often a good evidence base and a complete background of the story. Therefore, if for some reason you have not stumbled upon the Morf channel before, then you can plunge into the analysis of the darkest sides of esports, and at the same time refresh your memory of the resonant events of the past.