first, I mentioned nitro because statistically he could hang at international level. He was the second best player on 100t at the time with asuna being at his fragging peak. Him staying on val is something he said he liked because CS requires a lot of travel. He also said he wanted to travel less because he just had a child a few months before he left. This is why people were surprised he swapped from val to CS, especially go to a t1 team at the time, and travel. This is why I believe he went more for passion, than because he couldn't "hang" in val.
do you mean autimatic or gobb? Gobb was statistically a decent player on valorant. Not the best, but by far not the worst.
He also went back to CS because he preferred the game. He said so on stream, plenty of times.
Autimatic, I dont think anyone expected anything from him. Guy was in a huge slump on cs and never recovered his peak from 2018.
He looked decent on val, but nothing special. I agree with you here that he just didn't adapt to the game better than others.
Also acknowleding that being good at cs doesn't mean shit, is honestly a retarded take. Being good at CS helps you adapt to a game that is literally using the same base formula for the game. The same with overwatch, and fortnite pros. They adapt easier to games because they have the mechanical skill to be above the majority of people. CS pros just have an advantage over them because valorant follows the same mechanical formula as CS. Does this mean CS players will be the best at valorant, no. Does this mean they have a slight advantage, yes. Will it mean a CS pro is better than an overwatch pro at valorant, no. Not at this stage of the game.
Also if being good at cs doesn't mean shit, why're majority of the top mechanical players in val, all cs players? there are a few outliers, cNed Mwzera, etc. However the common theme amoungst the T1 scene, is ex cs players. I'm not even a CS player and I can see how CS pros have adapted and ran the game since switching. Will it stay like this? No. Overwatch and fortnite players will take this game over in the future. I'm placing my bets on the current 10-13yr olds who are grinding ranked away everyday. This game will be exactly what CSGO was like with 1.6. first few years 1.6 pros ran the game, and then people who were too young to play 1.6 a lot, turn up and start cementing themselves in the pro scene. That's what will happen. you'll get people who have been spamming ranked the past few years, hit 16 and go join teams and grow as a player. That's what this scene will become. Vets will fade out, and new talent will come in. Be it from overwatch, from cs, or from fortnite. New talent will always overtake the veteran.