sentinels with tenz, stewie, slump, JBA and stanislaw winning the major in Austin, launching the NA era in CS and giving NA the 2nd boston miracle

thanks bro :)

he still got more attention than some people who were around for longer

shameless bump

sucks man, hopefully all is well for your family

true, that's why i said what if. I still respect tenz tho, setting family first as a sports athelete and putting your own ego aside to be there for your family is a man's choice

pretty sure it is, biggest problem is that with illegal ones doing what illegals do (crimes, rape, jobless), legal ones from same countries get the blame as well. I am a ukrainian refugee myself and I try to learn the German language, get german educaiton, integrate. Meanwhile i see some ukrainians just not giving a shit about the language. Notice how it's one nation yet two drasically different approaches and life views? Yet some people still send everyone into one bunch

stumbled upon this video on his youtube channel where he tried playing cs2 again.
https://youtu.be/V_LipG5hnyg?t=45
What if he spends more time during his retirement playing CS cuz he enjoys it more?

I am only against illegal ones, legal ones are chill

well I feel like it depends in this scenario when tenz get this mentality. if it's somewhere in his CS days, then maybe he becomes 2nd Twistzz and carries NA to glory. Most of these ego players don't have a relationship, they spend all the time playing. s1mple is like 3 years older than tenz and he has no gf

but imagine if he just clicked and thought that he wants to become the best player in the world?

yeah, but that has to do a lot with history imo. I personally don't care, I joke about it sometimes, but I don't have a problem with that

might be a crazy shout, what if he becomes full time content creator, part time cs player. CS has an open circuit, NA scene isn't as developed, sentinels could theoratically sneak into a major slot, which is clout, reaches new audiences for them.

egoistic, going year in year out, working without breaks, sport first, relationship second, hating to lose, chasing the dream all the time. Tenz lacks that, he himself said that he likes content creation more, just that he reached profesional skill level. s1mple has literally spent 2014-2023 going for the number 1 spot, winning events. Bro had the streak of top 1-2-2-1-1 despite his team not always being number 1

I feel like one of the biggest what if's for the entire esport, not only valorant is what if tenz had s1mple mentality. That combo would be broken

I have seen that nAts marriage part, you are not sneaky

well then I think it has to do more with the fact USA is literally the country built by immigrants. There are no Americans ethnically, most of you have roots back in Europe/Asia/SA/Caribbean/Africa. meanwhile Europeans literally fought wars for hundreds of years. I have a German friend and there is legit a chance that my great grandfather and his great grandfather fought against each other in a war. Nationality doesn't matter in the US, it can matter in Europe

cuz those are students, who want to get an education, get a job. some ultras put football first

. basically football ultras (those said fans) are usually youth who seek to fight and who are quick to get radical ideas. Therefore it kinda fuels hatred within them towards the enemy, cuz it's ''us vs them'' scenario, which are easy to manipulate. Therefore anyone against you is shit and anyone for you is good

casual overreaction, same happened incs for some time when s1mple left

specialists turn mid teams into good teams
flex players turn good teams into great teams
great specialists turn great teams into champions

tenz is the face of the game only in this english speaking part of the internet, which is the biggest part of the internet which kinda dictates who the bigger person is.

it's subjective, thankfully the worst thing they can do is write death threats, PSG ultras would literally march towards Messi's home in Paris. Or Lazio fans hanging nazi/racist banners towards players of african/roma origin

sports are a tough shit, s1mple had people writing and spamming him to kill himself after he publically stated he is against the war

Cuz people like to hate on those who are losing and the best way to hate is downplaying the best achievement.

KK is bigger in China, most of those people have no access to our social media. Therefore they are not counted

I am talking about players more. imagine there is some young bloke on some team like c9, he does well in tier 2, comes to the team, he is all happy and excited to play in tier 1 with ''experienced veterans of the scene'' and then those players just suck, they stick around cuz they are all friends to each other, they need to make a change cuz the management will kick their ass, they just bench this young player, he is in contract jail and their team gets someone else. career fucked, reputation ruined, best case scenario he is sent to tier 2 where he proves himself again

and worst thing is that there are so few spaces in tier 1 that they might only get 1 year max

go around some campus in na/europe, ask them to name one player and I guarantee you 80% of those who play will name tenz and 99% of those who don't will still name tenz.

they can no matter what, just tsm going into 1-3 pool instead of 2-2 makes it easier

pretty sure galorys can get thru on a three-way 2-3 tie breaker

''man sold bitcoin in 2010, crying 14 years later''

literally everyone except m80 has to fight tooth and nail

what does it have to do with cs2 :D

There is this thing in sports called the baby duck syndrome, whenever you engage in a new activity or sport, for this matter, you tend to grow attached to the first thing you see, kinda how football fans love the season they started watching football, or f1 fans rooting for the driver who won the first race they watched. People saw this new thing called valorant, came to see the first big lan and saw tenz with a thrifty winning the event with a dominant performance. Ofc they will grow attached to him.
EDIT:noticed I wrote twice about its spread in sports :D
also wanna add how I became a fan of s1mple and navi cuz the first game I watched was Navi vs QBF at the eleague boston major, I am sure anyone still remembers the first game they watched

yeah cuz they are 4 players now m8

it was just a figure of speech, same when people say ''The greatest of all time'', maybe in another 100 years some bloke from Germany will win like 6 world cups and 10 Balon D'ors forever tarnishing Messi who won those trophies in tiktoker time

drink some kumys bro

-engaged
-wife recovering from leukemia
-work forces him to be far away from home
-he himself admited that he likes content creation more
yeee, there are plenty of reasons for it not to be weird

cuz tenz is a smart man who knows that things can change, he has been smart with his career choices overall imo, he leaves no door shut

would be fucking hilarious if he did

since when are you kazakh wtf

best jokes write themselves

started the retirement same way he ended his pro play, loss on abyss

speed ran it tho :D

crazy how you cannot appreciate two games at the same time so you have to speak for everyone instead of saying ''I'', so fucking insecure bro

year checks out

no fucking way he idolized shroud. Not elige, not stewie, fucking shroud?

had a schizo moment and just typed a fucking chapter long XAXAXAXAXAXA message

https://imgur.com/a/nnnefGB