W for karrigan
The comment he made about people who switched to valorant? He was literally signed to a t1 org and had his future secured, and yet he had the gall to talk shit about people who switched games. Yes, many did it for money, but not just because they thought it would be "easy money" and whatnot. They switched for the money because otherwise they wouldnt have been able to pay their fucking bills and could have been homeless. And not forgetting the shit about not being motivated and all that- Vanity and the rest of Chaos EC got dropped from their jobs in the middle of the pandemic while they were looking for apartments to get better ping for competing. Another example is Asuna - faceit literally didn't let Asuna's team into FPL even after they won MDL, except for grim because they said that they got carried by him. Theres more and more of people having the work ethic that twistzz called nonexistent but simply being cucked by shitty TO's and a bad system that fucked over most of the T2/T3 NA CS scene, which is why theres nearly no new talents joining NACS today and instead theyre recycling old players because T2/3 have little to no chances to prove themselves...
Twistzz was on a massive decline towards the end of his time with Liquid and it was definitely possible for him to transition while taking a higher salary (a name like him would've certainly guaranteed a spot in ANY big team).
Instead he uprooted his life moving to europe and chose his passion over any paycheck. His future wasn't secured at all, and it was fortunate timing that faze was in rebuilding process. lets also not forget that faze at the time were a below average team, so him taking that chance with faze was a risk in itself.
He was definitely in a better position than most people in the NA scene but it doesn't mean what he says is bullshit, because it isnt. oSee stuck around and now he's in Liquid. FaNg JT & junior stuck around and now they're playing for Complexity. These are big orgs and your proof that his point is completely valid.
Man it’s not that deep lol.
What Twistzz said wasn’t even wrong. People are mad because it’s true. It’s not a bad take at all. It’s 100% true that NA cs pros were switching because it was easy money because it is. Players knew they would get signed due to their former status in CS. That’s exactly what happened anyway. Skadoodle was literally out of the pro scene for 2 years and got signed lol. It’s not a bad thing. It’s just what the truth is. I get people have to pay bills and stuff. Mainly this applies to the older people not younger but I get that part of it. But there were plenty of orgs in the NA cs scene and they left when players and teams failed to produce results time and time again. Players cared more about their egos and reputations over winning. It’s why there was never consistent success with the scene. You already see the same problems in NA VAL. Not to mention the bubble NA CS created within their own scene. You can’t be a pro and also full time stream. It’s just a scuffed NA mindset in general.