Who would you say is the Goat in CS? A while back people were saying simple. Do you feel the same? Is there a clear goat even? Do they have the same problem as valorant that theres too many different winners so there arent goats?
Or would you argue the goats are guy like device or dupreeh for the amount of wins they have akin to Chronicle?
I would say s1mple cuz I am biased, but give a few years to zywoo and a few major wins and he is the goat. Dupreeh and device are disqualified from the debate cuz they never got top 1 at hltv, can't be a goat if you haven't been the greatest in one year.
I would put:
I would say one more year of dominance from donk and he jumps forest to be like right behind niko and dupreeh. He is solo player, no team around him like astralis were a packed unit of 5 top 20 players. monesy is a strange case, he has been top 7 since his tier 1 debut but he is yet to prove himself without niko. Right now he is struggling with consistency cuz g2 are shit. I feel like his bet to be climbing the ladder is to go to navi. Main star with 4 support cast players.
stewie is an HM for sure, I would put him behind cold/fallen/kenny, like A tier player. IMO what stopped him from top 10 is his rapid decline since 2019. So in 2017 he was just a great player on a mid team, in 2018 he won the major then went to mibr for some reason, then he was vital for liquid to have that mini era but they choked, and then he just disappeared.
Twistzz is a weird one cuz he was always the 2nd/3rd best player on faze and liquid, never the main star, and his current liquid stint is just a disaster. great player, crucial to both teams, but for me he has to prove himself on liquid, again. If the rumours are true and they are getting siuhy, I would love to see him shine again.
I don't care about the scenes here, and i would argue that fallen is a figure of SA CS, not coldzera. I rate them based on what they achieved and had during their careers. If donk suffers a decline just like cold then he will drop for sure. If we rank cold all time after his 2nd top 1, definitely top 4, right now, top 10
Can vouch that this is as close to a perfect list as you can have.
There's a newer player named donk who's on track to be the goat if he keeps up the way he's been playing AND achieving. In his rookie year (2024) he won 4 events including a major at only 17/18 years old. It'll be interesting to watch him attempt at challenging the throne.
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