you got it: they can compete at the top

Ask yourself why these "few dudes" are still lingering in that game

His rifle is good, but I think he would be wasted on rifle role. Obviously teams have long wait for next season so people have time to make role changes. But I overall doubt Ardiis would go to TL if he wanted to stay in EU. He has spot in NaVi already.

Nice to hear! My plans are to eat, take a poop and sleep.

Yeah but both of them are some of the best Chamber/OP players in EMEA, so picking both wouldn't make much sense. Also if Jett becomes meta its also played by both (maybe). And Jett and/or Chamber have been meta for long time and won't change any time soon. Like would you put either of these guys on Raze?

Valorant abilities are nothing compared to CSGO utility. At least not at this point. And that is only one part.

In my opinion Liquid 95% sure

when he matched with Jamppi yesterday their synergy seemed to be good and they constantly joked around and did plays together. Could be just random, but it adds to many things that may point out TL nAts.

Its NRG. They are rich.

True. Actually Sayf and nukkye are the 2 players I'm waiting news of the most.

I mean it doesn't matter for which NA team you play. If you get to one of the 5 NA teams you are going to get clout. Also NRG is clearly spending money if they are signing OpTic core and they are big and pretty rich esport org with facilities and everything.

Also Jamppi seemed really optimistic that he will be staying on Liquid and even when someone asked would he return to CSGO next year he said something like "not at least next year" that likely means he has written new contract with Liquid.

Most likely NRG or Sentinels. I don't know Ardiis, but he seems to be liking trash talk and has said how he likes to play against NA team in scrims and is fan of yay(if I'm not wrong) so NA would be his type I guess. Plus these orgs are most likely offering more money and clout than NaVi. I don't really see any other reason than him getting NA offers as we know. Or there's some tier 2 team who is willing to pay big money and he chose money over success.

CSGO utility is so much more complex than what you think it is. Its true mastery from the top teams. Every single utility piece counts and is used to get max value. You don't just recon and get it back 30 seconds later. Its more complex than Valorant abilities at the moment. You just don't understand it.

Its crazy how much some people are underrating the strategical depth of CSGO. People just see smoke grenades and flashes and instantly assume those are really simple and easy utility to pull off. Like do these guys ever watch professional CSGO? The variety of rounds and must do counter stratting in CSGO is massive. Even random spawn positions completely change plans and plays for the round and that doesn't even happen in Valorant. Like watching G2 play couple days ago where m0NESY was taking quick AWP angles from different positions at start of every round and how the enemy team was trying their best to counter it with utility. Stuff like that makes current Valorant strategical stuff look like casual in comparison.

CSGO might look simple, but holy is there so many small details that might completely change the outcome. Also teams are constantly coming out with new ideas and plays with limited utility they have, so then again opponents have to re-think their usage of utility and even movement etc. So the game and its strats are constantly evolving and changing even to this day. I didn't even understand this before watching Elige trying to teach Freakazoid some lineups, like that shit is crazy when he explains about metas etc.

if you played it once you likely played casual modes so your opinion doesnt matter

I mean CSGO is both mechanically and strategically hard. Even more than Valorant right now. My point is that looking at Valorant clutches or clips isn't as impressive than CSGO because many have said Valorant is easier when it comes to aiming. Especially from point of CSGO pro's view. NiKo's mechanics are way more impressive than Yay's etc.

sorry I don't know and I think Melser was decent at his role but dunno sorry

I mean that is the problem with IGLs overall. Really little, because you usually need a lot of pre existing experience and really small amount of people want to sacrifice individual performance just so they could IGL. It rarely is role people just want to be. Usually people are just pushed into it. Need many abilities that most players just don't have. Not only do you still need to be in small % of players in terms of individual skill but you also had to have good leading skills, understanding of game, ability to think and have good work ethics etc.

Good that he found a team! Unfortunate situation with Fnatic tbh.

Is he wrong tho? I think many people even pros have said that aiming in Valorant is easier than in CSGO? Neutral take, not my opinion because I'm worse in Valorant than CSGO.

Who is he replacing? I think LEV players are good as well. But yeah LATAM could do really good roster merging LEV and KRU.

I don't know, but I think they are permanent? Some people don't post for long time and still have stars. I think you just get them when you are active at some point.

It shows your activity on the site I guess. More you comment and make posts etc you will gain experience that transfers into stars. So if you are 4 star user you are most likely active on the site or at least were.

nah dude being 6th man in most teams is just bad for their careers. I think people are overrating 6th position like if many wanted to be that one. You are way better off at trying to get into tier 2 team and trying to win promotion for VCT than stay as 6th in team that will never play you like most teams I would assume. People are expecting that teams will actually play all 6 even tho in reality most likely 6th man will never be played just sitting in bench and that is bad no matter how good you are. You want to play so your form stays good, show how good you are and then wait for offers from tier 1 teams. 6th position is for players who don't want it hard enough. If you have ambitions or want to success in your career you don't accept offer as 6th player unless they play you and even then its risky.

Sad considering that we saw them in every international tournament. But the players are good especially Keznit and Mazino so they will for sure find teams and hopefully we will see them in Americas league. They deserve it. Mazino especially for me is insane player and so good.

I'm actually IGL and I know what I'm talking about so don't judge my opinions

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Actually I'm not surprised. Because not only is Braveaf good player, but he also had to escape mobilization. He has pictures in his IG with guy in military gear and I'm pretty sure he himself also served so he could have pretty high chances of getting drafted. So why not land a spot in team and get some income while in Turkey like many Russian players. And also Wildcats are the best Turkish team in LoL so I would imagine them having decent backing.

Players like Elige, NAF, Twistzz have been on like top 20 best players for years, even top 10. Everyone knows they are good. Also NA has had teams like Liquid and even EG at one point performing well, but that doesn't take from the fact that as a whole NA is pretty bad compared to EU in CSGO. Top 1 (or 2 at time) NA team is/was in similar level as like top 5 EU teams outside of the time when Liquid was dominating and even still there was competition. Like can you name any other relevant NA team than Liquid, EG/NRG and COL?

And again as I said there is a reason why these guy haven't switched to Valorant yet. Because they can compete. They are some of the best NA has ever seen. They are good. Twistzz, Elige and NAF are really good and oSee is upcoming AWPer who looks good. Not taking anything away from these when saying that as whole NA CS sucks ass.

lets cry together :'(

What is this logic? NAF and Elige are some of the best NA FPS has ever seen. oSee is arguably best AWPer NA has ever had. And nitr0 is still decent player and IGL. There is a reason why these guys didn't switch to Valorant. They can compete in tier 1 CSGO. Outside of nitr0 who left when Liquid was in shit position and his individual form was awful. Also these guys play in EU all the time so regional competition doesn't mean much. That's like saying NA and EMEA are embarrassing in Valorant because LOUD with their super team won Champions.

Liquid has best NA players there is -Twistzz +Yekindar who is insane

Don't know about rest 2, but I'm 95% sure of Jamppi, nAts and Redgar at least. Also I feel like Jamppi will be the only staying from current roster.
And for replacements its hard to tell. I think Twisten, nukkye, Cloud and Jady(eMIL worked with him during NiP times) could all be up there. Something like:

Jamppi
Redgar
nAts
Cloud (if he goes back to initiators)
nukkye/Twisten

would be fucking awesome on paper

I mean EMEA has gotten quite a lot of rumors tho? NaVi signing FPX. Fnatic trialing Leo and Chronicle. Koldamenta likely to KOI. cNed and Salah potentially to Vitality. nAts and Redgar potentially to Liquid. KCorp interested of Scream and Nivera and want French speaking team etc. And even if you look at NA none of the leaked deals have been officially announced yet outside of Cryo to 100T if I'm not wrong. And even when it comes to rumors or leaked NA deals its just been C9, OpTic core to NRG and Cryo to 100T. No word about SEN or EG outside of that SEN will rebuild.

Possible, but please no... no imports.

NaVi. They got 4/5 + coach of FPX. Being able to sign almost whole roster is massive considering that these guys definitely got individual offers.

Ardiis could be joining Sentinels or NRG. Considering that he is clearly having other good offers and there was rumors of him getting NA offers. I think joining tier 2 NA roster wouldn't make sense unless they pay big money since he would have slot in NaVi already. While EG(I guess), 100T and C9 have Chamber players already.

"initiators" I guess Xeppa has played Fade. And no I don't count KayO player as initiator player. Both Xeppaa and Zellsis have been Raze/KayO players mainly. And Leaf is entry, but used to also be Jett player, so what if Chamber drops out of meta? The roles just seem weird and clash for what we know about their previous roles. And I don't think the players get to shine because they have to change roles on paper.

I don't play LoL (I'm really bad) and don't understand much, but I love watching Worlds, MSI and LEC. Its fun game to follow and I think the casters do really good job at explaining what is happening. Its really satisfying game to watch.

I'm so confused of this C9 roster? Zellsis, Xeppaa, Yay and Leaf have all been duelist/flex players. Like there has to be many role changes.

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Why not? Also I don't know how sport deals work, but I would imagine its more for the org to make the decision. If he doesn't accept they can just bench him or something. Liquid doesn't seem to be org like that, but I would imagine them being pretty willing to sell him if KCorp pays well. They can make some money back as long as Scream is with contract. Also he can stay with his brother and compete in mother tongue for clouted team. And we don't know how the team is right now and do they have same vision etc. Like imagine if Liquid wanted to get rid of Nivera, Scream likely wouldn't accept that.

He plays for MAD Lions (ex-TENSTAR). Was arguably best Chamber in French VRL. He used to be controller main when he entered Valorant if I'm not wrong and there was quite a lot of hype around him. Came from French CSGO if I'm not wrong.

If they have money:
Scream - duelist
Nivera - sentinel
xms - maybe smokes? he played Chamber, but used to be controller main.
Enzo - initiator
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Yes he is really good, but they are going to sign FPX -Ardiis(?) so keeping Cloud wouldn't make sense. Also he would be completely wasted as 6th player. Guy is starter level easily. Don't know about possible visa issues.

With Zywoo its understandable because young, but NiKo has been in multiple teams and they never work.

NiKo is same in CSGO and still 0 majors

Half of FPX isn't from CIS, Ardiis included.

fuck

I don't think Jugi is ready for tier 1 yet and don't know much about Lauress.