I am so glad that Valorant doesn’t have a team like Vitality. It makes watching events way more fun when you don’t know the winner before the event even starts
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thing is that despite vitality winning everything there are still some banger matches that make it worth watching & everyone wants to tune in to see if this will be the series where vit loses
the grand final of dallas isn’t a good example (m0uz keke) but yesterday’s semifinal of vitality vs falcons was peak counter strike
CS2 is the most sport-like integrity in the scene because if you are talented work hard train hard you can become the best it's gave reward for the one who deserved. Valorant seem like animal circus control by Riot just do random thing to fuck with player to entertain us all the time, that's why winning team never get respect because it's all random and fluke winner at the time
If you want to win on your own, don't compete in team sports. In team sports, even if you're talented, work hard, and train hard, you still need to catch the eye of a good organization and make smart decisions when joining a team in order to profit from your investment in yourself. but still, it's not random it's the factor you can manage for yourself. like a traditional sport.
NiKo still gets a lot of respect in the scene he always manages to build top-tier teams that can compete.
Really? I think it makes it a lot more entertaining to watch. Vitality has that pressure on them to keep the streak going. So you know they are bringing their best in every map they play. I kind of don't like that in valorant every game is almost a 50/50, doesn't feel truly competitive that way. To each their own tho
Mega dominant teams always leave behind a legacy. NIP (i think it was like 83 games unbeaten), Arsenal's undefeated season, Warriors 73-9.
They aren't bad, but top CS teams and players are constantly perfecting the way you play CS to the smallest of things and timings. While in other hand Valorant teams and players are not playing even close to the same perfection and likely never will due to metas etc. And this isn't even some "well CS is older game" thing. The "skill ceiling" will always be lower and that shows in results.
Prime astralis was imo the most fun era of CSGO. They weren't just dominating, they were completely reinventing tactics with the nadestacking and how they played off of each other. None of them were the flashiest players in the world, they were all just really good role players whose synergy was legendary
not just reinventing tactics, they also had THE best antitatics in the world. I remember watching a translated interview of fallen speaking about astralis and he specifically said a scenario when he played overpass against them and was like: "they knew everything I did. they knew that when someone flashed from trash to long, Id peek from bank, and when it happened theyd have an AWP locked in on me. they knew that between round 7 or 9 Id be playing monster after the antirush smoke was down and yet again, theyd have an AWP locked in my position. It was impossible"
Well it can get boring, but IMO best team should dominate. If there is new winner every event like in Valorant is just shows that the wins are more about adaptation/fitting meta than being a consistent good team. More potential for flukes. Astralis dominated for long because they were by far the best team and played the most perfect CS for that time.
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