Tenz and Sacy retired, Yay and Marved have no team now Ardiis is playing FIFA. The real question is the val scene cooked
talent pool is getting reset, I wouldn't say it's ''cooked'' (or so yet), rather it's reloading. CS had the same stint in 2020-2022. The only problem I see is that cs has an open circuit so it's easier for young talent to debut, meanwhile vct is closed.
EDIT: maybe another problem, but it's rather doommaxxing, I wouldn't consider it real. but I feel like most younger aspiring players want to become a pro not to win events but to be popular. and mentality is really important in sports. I personally feel like the reason eastern europe has so many individually strong players in CS and Dota is because players like s1mple or yatoro set the standard of ''grind the game, getter better, win.''