Cloud9\u2019s RUSH Weighs in on the Home Crowd Advantage Debate Following BIG\u2019s Impressive ESL One: Cologne Run Cloud9\u2019s Will \u2018RUSH\u2019 Wierzba has commented on the ongoing debate about whether there is any such thing as a home crowd advantage at CS:GO events. The question about home crowd advantages cropped up during the $300,000 ESL One: Cologne 2018 event where the German team, BIG, performed well above expectations. https:\/\/glhf.rivalry.gg\/get-started-csgo\/?utm_source=dexerto&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=dexerto&utm_content=dexerto-csgo-esl-one-article After BIG defeated G2 Esports 2-0 in the quarter-finals, popular analyst Duncan \u2018Thorin\u2019 Shields released a video on YouTube where he broached the subject and gave arguments for and against it. While the Brit did not deny that a home crowd can have a positive effect, he did argue that it isn\u2019t as significant as some people make out, that there is a lot of nuance to the subject, and that the pressure of a home crowd can also work against you. Read More: BIG Fans Make Plenty of Noise Outside of ESL One Cologne Arena After Semi-Final Celebration – But BIG\u2019s performance did not stop with their defeat of G2. The German side went on to shock FaZe Clan in the semi-finals and Cloud9\u2019s RUSH took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the subject. The reigning Major Champion claims that anyone who doesn\u2019t believe in home crowd advantages is \u201csimply wrong\u201d and that he has experienced it first hand: To anyone who says there is no home crowd advantage in CS, you are simply wrong. I\u2019ve experienced it and it really does make a difference. \u2014 Will (C9) (@RUSH) July 7, 2018 It seems likely that RUSH is referring to Cloud9\u2019s ELEAGUE Major: Boston win where they shocked the world and became the first North American team in history to win a CS:GO Major by defeating FaZe in the Grand Final. The support for Cloud9 at the American event was certainly strong and we haven\u2019t seen the same level from the team before or since the Major so his point does hold some significant weight. Unfortunately for BIG, home crowd or not, they were unable to defeat Na\u2019Vi in the Grand Final, losing 3-1 to the Ukrainian team but still showing a great deal of promise. You can watch Thorin\u2019s video discussing the subject of home crowd advantages in detail below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cloud9\u2019s RUSH Weighs in on the Home Crowd Advantage Debate Following BIG\u2019s Impressive ESL One: Cologne Run Cloud9\u2019s Will \u2018RUSH\u2019 Wierzba has commented on the ongoing debate about whether there is any such thing as a home crowd advantage at CS:GO events. The question about home crowd advantages cropped up during the $300,000 ESL One: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}