every GOAT debate should be as objective as possible, but in some cases when the competition is close af, it slowly becomes subjective for #1 whether we like it or not.
this doesn't mean that its a subjective topic completely, because saying shit like Derke is the GOAT of Valorant is a crime against humanity no? im tired of us taking the term GOAT so carelessly.
Idkif he was ever in the goat debate but cned must never be on that list. Not because I think he's a bad player, but because of how hard he fell off after the jett op meta got taken away. Even now, he hasn't recovered like he used to be in 2021 because now jett and chamber have been nerfed quite badly.
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EDIT: on a more serious note, cNed (and also TenZ) had a really high bar to get back to. They were undoubtably the best players itw in 2021. Insane players would literally cower away from the site cNed was holding. Main reason cNed and TenZ "fell off" (not really) is because of the nerfs to jett, teams evolving and adapting to the meta, and the really high bar that was there for them to succeed
Objectively only Chronicle can be viewed as the GOAT
Only player with 2+ international trophies while being one of the top performers on his respective teams and also was cucked by politics for a full year but still has the most trophies out of any player in the world.
Only argument you can have against him is that he hasn't won Champs yet but that's a weak argument because only 15 players have won champs till now.
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