"The prize pools for 2025 haven't been announced yet afaik, but going off of 2024: Masters 1 is worth half of Masters 2." How much does the winner get?

I really doubt their cs team makes a lot

I would even argue that cs career is easier to pursue cuz of the open circuit, valo is locked basically

Bro was travelling around china with his gf, I doubt it

No delay and no cover is just 100% troll

same as :), it started in eastern europe as a meme from dota where some players would spam ''))))))))))'' after someone trolled the game or was outskilled

''hfhf'' instead of ''gl hf'' - cuz I don't need bullshit RnG shots
''ez'' when losing 2-13
''?'' when winning a clutch
'')'' when destroying a shit talker

It one hits in the body, leaves you with 13-15 hp after a leg shot and that warrants it being a better scout. And noscope range isn't as strong, I was talking only about close range

Well that's a difference in shooting mechanics cuz in cs it hits if you are aiming at the opponent

That's why I am excited for open circuit, no systems putting frauds like col higher than grinders like passion ua. Passion have grinded for 8 months

Crazy how even people who don't watch cs notice this :D

Opening stage+ 1 competent team+ pgl production

It's pretty much "elige+1 life gamer+3 bots". This game it was elige + Grim + 3 bots, JT trolled the veto, floppy was useless and hallzerk got outawped yet again.

I would bench myself if I had to play with hallzerk AWP for 1.5 years

the infamous grayhound/flyquest ''fuck your pick'ems©''

passion ua 0-3 over rare atom is wild

that goes for every fps game no? noscopes aren't just random, there is an element of skill to them

average esports pro hating on the game where he was on top

There are literally two notable fucking clips in the history of cs with a flying awp kill, s1mple vs fnatic and coldzera vs liquid. No scopes aren't RnG, there is a mechanic to them, and most of great kills include flicks and quickscopes, which are skill based. Also it's pretty much a common and well accepted take that CS GO prime started in 2018, when smg were nerfed. Literally talking nonsense

valve sleeper agent who will radicalize the ex fortnite and ow players into shiting on valorant and then turning them to cs

Some people actually think that bleed only stopped with salaries when in reality they didn't even pay all the buyouts :D

You offer contracts. Contracts are meant to be fulfilled. You buy players. The buyout clause is meant to be paid. You demand success. Bootcamps and other activities are meant to be organized.

https://youtu.be/N7FjxNJALDM?si=7sTsfP-mCHAREMv7
https://x.com/kassad/status/1856281399617106130https://x.com/kassad/status/1857396975798284360
YouTube is just everything at once, shorter snipetts are on his twitter timeline

Validol vs choking, pick your poison

Thread spawned 2 minutes ago and there are 3 different candidates for an igl role, I might have found the real problem

Their CS coach kassad gave a way bigger inside story imo

There is no case to be studied, a team which relied more on their mechanics and gimmicks than tactics will never have a consistently successful time with developed competition

And for the other 10 years

They are all friends with each other, have you ever considered the idea they are just slacking?

I like to name these coaches cheerleaders. They are not that strong tactically, instead they just say shit like "stay focused guys"

Happens when a team sticks to their guns instead of evolving

And so begins the asian takeover of valorant, GGs

Kimi Raikkonen is streaming?

good teams take time to be build around, faker didn't go around every LCK team, he sticked to one org and it has paid off massively

I am 100% convinced that when small aspas was grinding the shit out of fifa he would change teams every transfer window ''cuz it gets boring''

last year Real had the perfect system, vini + rodrygo was a great duo in attack, bellingham could play a variety of roles, kroos had a season of his career, camavinga, valverde, guler, brahim, tchouameni all showed their worth, but now they have injury crisis + mbappe ego + no kroos which just sums up what's wrong

whenever someone mentions pros defending themselves I remember fucking nafany from CS :D, that's a fucking gem https://x.com/nafanyGOD/status/1672244419544711168

if you are a mid player with a great mental, you will be able to grind more and get better. if you are a great player with a bad mental, you will have a high ceiling but a low bottom, if you are a great player with a great mental, you will likely be top 0.1% of the game

it is interesting, which is why markets like tf2, dota and CS are so fucking huge in the number of things being sold or traded or some prices as well. But steam does it best cause steam is the best place for gaming, I really doubt riot's alternative could prove any better

I would argue that mental is the most important factor out there, being confident in yourself just ensures you win a majority of your duels, that you are prone to make you more clutch and get more multikills as a result of feeling better.

which is way ak 47 from cs go is the best rifle in all of FPS. Like the noises it made when you one tap someone are goated. I fully expected a bait thread but that sounds like a reasonable claim

p2p means cases, cases are gamba in a lot of countries, riot will definitely say no

Navi is actually a shortened version of Natus Vincere (Born to Win in Latin), afaik the 2010 CS roster which then went on to become navi was watching avatar and they liked the name navi so they just hosted a poll on what navi will mean and someone suggested natus vincere

Asuna and Tenz is that fucking lebron signing video where there's a dude to the right mimicking him

Perhaps you start playing with your left hand when you play with a vandal?

maybe a bit of a crazy suggestion, but maybe riot allows the non-qualified teams to play with the tier 2? Yes, it does turn it into a semi-open franchising model (which pretty much goes against the current franchising), but 10 teams out of each region don't make it to Bangkok, why won't riot make a 16 team event, 10 tier 1 teams, 6 tier 2 teams (after split 3/1 in tier 2, depending on the timing) and decide the remaining 10 slots for stage 1? You can easily run a swiss system with the worst of tier 1 and the best of tier 2 and fiddle out the pretenders

There's a lot more to be ashamed in NAVI as an org (outside of CS) than just Koalanoob tbf

outside of cs their big game divisions (so dota and valorant) are in an utter shithole.

hiko major winner, sounds like a fever dream

OFF SEASON
'' = betting and predicting this team for kick off with extra caution