Alexandre “Gaules” Borba is fully feeding off the hype for Counter-Strike 2<\/em>, the successor to the wildly popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/em>. The fan-favorite Brazilian streamer has officially notched four million followers on his Twitch account, a historic number even by his standards. <\/p>
Gaules has been one of the many streamers who has benefitted from the rise of “costreaming” among the publishers of esports games. Put simply, publishers and third-party organizers like ESL or Riot Games will grant certain streamers rights to have watch parties for their tournaments, provided that the co-streaming analytics also count the same as the official broadcast. <\/p>
Given Gaules’s ties to the professional Brazilian scene, his popularity is easy to understand. ESL’s Counter-Strike<\/em> Rio Major was practically the Gaules show, as the streamer was co-streaming inside the stadium and was given opportunities to speak over in-stadium official channels to fans. <\/p>
This year, Gaules’s stream has been viewed for 89.3 million hours, according to statistics pulled from SullyGnome<\/a>. He peaked at a staggering 250,000 plus concurrent viewers. <\/p>
Despite the hype around CS2<\/em>, it’s clear the game still needs more time in the oven before it meets the standards of the franchise. North American legend Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski pointed out quite a few issues with the game at launch<\/a>. Players with AMD graphics cards<\/a> have had tough sledding with in-game stutters. For casual players, all of their Steam achievements from CS:GO are gone<\/a>, and multiple professional players have said that the game simply isn’t ready for competitive play<\/a>. <\/p>
