Inferno Banana is one of the most tactically refined areas in Counter-Strike, as new ways of grabbing control of it constantly evolve.
I go through the History of Inferno Banana Control to discover how its meta was developed over the past decade.
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Demos downloaded from HLTV.org
Stream/broadcast credit to:
ESL
BLAST
PGL
ESEA
FACEIT
DreamHack
ELEAGUE
SLTV
ESWC
MLG
Gfinity
Copenhagen Games
YouTube video credit to:
karrigan - How to Take Banana & B Site on Inferno - Karrigan Reviews #21 CS:GO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_yEcaYZ3zE
Elmapuddy - Astralis Always get Banana Control - Here’s how they do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xMbWDp-KbM
Road to the Boston Major - Eleague Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYkcjOoFxbc
Banana Control - ELEAGUE Map Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpHv3hM7Mg
Valve - The Energy of the ESWC CS:GO Tournaments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jetBc_gX3s
myesplanet - ESWC 2012: NIP winning against Area51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJ2HkWgY0Y
CS 1.6 POV Demos - POV: SpawN vs r5 @ IEM SK CS 1.6 Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QrABFq7o8c
HattonGames - CS:GO 15/11/12 Update: Molotov Nerfed, Smoke Visibility, Money System, New Scoreboard/Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96yo7G8_Q
Pro Gamers - WHEN CS 1.6 PROS BOOST THEIR TEAMMATES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYwmPVtFbo
TrilluXe - CS:GO - BIG CROUCH JUMP PEEK EXPLOIT AT PGL MAJOR!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKpbsPDDj-k
Valve - CS2 launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSE38xjMLqE
austincs - THIS SMOKE WILL BREAK THE META ON CS2 INFERNO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht2rd43hHw
PimpCS2 - This smoke will be a gamechanger for Inferno: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r2Q7XqmYmfo
Valve - Responsive smokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9MpNcAitQ
Articles:
HLTV - Players speak out: ban molotovs: https://www.hltv.org/news/9252/players-speak-out-ban-molotovs
Petition to ban molotovs: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/277/632/508/ban-molotovs-from-competitive-cs-go/
HLTV - Molotovs & Money system in CS:GO: https://www.hltv.org/news/9492/molotovs-money-system-in-csgo
Valve - Molotov nerf: https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/9392
HLTV - Tournaments set unified rules: https://www.hltv.org/news/9312/tournaments-set-unified-csgo-rules
Valve - price reduction on molotovs: https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/11310
Inferno removed from active duty: https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/04/14014/
Inferno added back to active duty: https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2017/02/17867/
Teams have gathered to discuss jump bug: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/6nv5vh/teams_have_gathered_to_discuss_jump_bug/
HLTV - Crouch bug officially allowed at the major: https://www.hltv.org/news/21053/crouch-jump-bug-officially-allowed-at-the-major
karrigan - gentleman’s agreement not to use jumpbug: https://twitter.com/karriganCSGO/status/886878284528701440
Jumpbug patched: https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2017/08/19233/
Soundtrack:
Perfect Dark - Deep Sea: Nullify Threat
Perfect Dark - Carrington Villa: Hostage One
Perfect Dark - Skedar Ruins: Battle Shrine
Perfect Dark - Chicago Stealth
Perfect Dark - Air Base: Espionage
Perfect Dark - dataDyne Central: Investigation
Perfect Dark - dataDyne Central: Defection
Perfect Dark - Carrington Institute
Perfect Dark - Attack Ship: Covert Assault