Also Val is a child game. After 22 you are too old to play Val.

Because in CS, the younger talents are seen as inexperienced. The most winning teams in CS are all very experienced, but in Val, an inexperienced team can still win (Nongshim).

Ropz is a CS pro on Vitality who was accused of cheating before he went pro. He had so many cheating accusations that he had to go to the FaceIT Headquarters and play on their setup to prove that he was legit. Now he is one of the best pros on the #1 CS team.

Recently there was an NA player named nocries, who also had to go to the FaceIT HQ to prove that he wasn't cheating. He will be playing with s1mple's team at the IEM qualifiers as a stand-in.

I wonder will there ever be a similar player in Val where everyone accuses them of cheating?

Okay this was kinda funny though

Chronically online loser, you have 9400 posts on this platform only spreading hate. If you hate so many things in this world at some point you must look inward. You hate yourself and the life you live so instead of sitting in that feeling you constantly project those feelings to the world and things around you. I know you haven’t made a single notable achievement in your life so you cannot begin to understand what it is like at the highest level of anything. Usually if you have no understanding of something the best way to proceed is to keep quiet

Chronically online loser, you have 9400 posts on this platform only spreading hate. If you hate so many things in this world at some point you must look inward. You hate yourself and the life you live so instead of sitting in that feeling you constantly project those feelings to the world and things around you. I know you haven’t made a single notable achievement in your life so you cannot begin to understand what it is like at the highest level of anything. Usually if you have no understanding of something the best way to proceed is to keep quiet

You see Cache is full of Radiation and that's how Radiants in Val are born

https://x.com/CounterStrike/status/2047747713438269704?s=20

Cache takes place in Chernobyl and it's coming back on the anniversary of Chernobyl, April 26...There's also a Geiger counter ticking at the end, which is the instrument used to detect radiation. This is crazy 😂

CS updates are hitting and Cache is coming back next week

Bro is so ass at CS it’s unreal 😂

It's very easy to remember lineups now with the nade preview in practice mode

CS doesn’t hardware ban you. He can only be hardware banned from FaceIt.

Also he is ass at CS2 right now.

Yes he has to swing or else Demon1 can spam both of them

Demon1 looks good and Eggsterr doesn’t look terrible

Nah he is the Chamber GOAT

I had this happen to me after drinking a large McDonald's coffee every day. I changed to a small and the eye twitching went away.

if he does evade and gets caught, it has to be a permanent ban

not true he's friends with Flor

and becomes pro in the year he's banned in Val? That would be beyond epic 😂

I quit Val earlier this year and went back to CS

SEN was always going to fail with TenZ on Jett

It's funny you say this because I think the exact opposite. I just quit Val for CS because I found Val to be so boring.

Val feels so slow compared to CS.

In CS I find the gunplay and movement to be so much more rewarding. Hitting a skill jump like the Mirage window to cat is just so satisfying.

It's a double edged sword because there's a large contingency of Val enjoyers that also hate Sinatraa

I feel that I can speak to this since I quit Val a few months ago, and I play CS2 as my main game now:

1) CS2 is a lot more polished now than it was two-three years ago when it first came out. The game feels much closer to CSGO, and with the new animgraph2 update coming soon, it should feel and play even better than it currently does.

2) CS2 eSports was already popular, but with the game becoming more polished the pro scene will also be more exciting to watch

3) I've been Immortal in Val every Act, but I just got bored of the game. Too many agents, too many meta changes, it started to become too chaotic and tiresome to keep up with all the changes. Not to mention the hidden MMR bullshit that they have in Ranked, and the fact that they reset your rank every few months makes it tedious to have to climb again.

From a gameplay perspective, Val feels so slow compared to the faster gameplay in CS2. This makes CS2 more exciting for me to play.

When I play CS2 ranked, I feel like I'm making progress, and I'm constantly trying to improve as a player.

When I played Valorant Ranked, I felt like I was a hamster in a wheel. You can try to improve as a player, but there's always external factors that make improving not matter in Val. For example: agents, trolls, or some other random bullshit that happens in the game.

CS2 just feels like the better game for me to play right now. I'm also getting older though and Val feels like it's for children/teens.

Yeah but the OP said that the Twitch viewers for Val have declined since two years ago, so regardless of Asia, Val has lost viewers on Twitch.

IEM Rio Groups is happening right now. Check out this sick trailer they did for it:

https://youtu.be/mJydgdtxhNw?si=V1pn1oVuMNV8SwYE

https://youtu.be/mJydgdtxhNw?si=V1pn1oVuMNV8SwYE

Holy this is sick!!

Yeah but I don’t think adults over 25 would want to spend time catching up and playing Val 😂

20-24 I can see still playing, but 25 and over I feel is too old for Val

I feel like the majority of the Val player base is kids and teenagers. I feel like if you're over 22-23 then you start becoming too old for the game. What age do you think becomes too old to play Val?

It’s been 4 years. Do you really think he didn’t complete the training? Riot just made up some bullshit because the fans didn’t want Sinatraa to play

He already did the fucking training, and Riot confirmed that he did it. Riot just sent out a bogus email with more "required training" with no further information because the community was so upset that he was allowed to be back.

Sinatraa already did the required training, hence the Riot email saying that he completed the required training.

It was only AFTER that Sintraa posted this email confirming that he finished the training, that Riot sent out a tweet saying he DIDN'T complete the training.

Riot said Yes and then they said No to save face after everyone complained.

Sinatraa posted an email from Riot saying that he finished the required training, but after the email was posted, Riot reversed their stance and said that Sinatraa didn't complete the required training.

It was a bunch of bullshit by Riot saying, "Yes you can play pro, just kidding you can't play pro."

More information here:

In April 2022, Riot Games reversed a decision allowing Jay "sinatraa" Won to return to Valorant after an incorrect email suggested he bypassed mandatory professional conduct training. This followed uproar regarding his previous 6-month suspension for failing to cooperate with a sexual assault investigation, which included lying to officials.

Key Details of the Riot Games Email Controversy:

• The Erroneous Email: Sinatraa shared a screenshot of an email from Riot indicating he was cleared to compete in the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) without completing the mandated training.

• Riot's Correction: Following backlash, Riot’s President of Esports, John Needham, stated the email was sent in error and mandated that Sinatraa complete the required training, reinforcing the original suspension terms.

Sinatraa was never going to return to the pro scene

Yeah and then he tried to return with SEN in 2022 or so, but Riot did another "investigation" and said that Sinatraa didn't complete his training or some other bullshit.

https://x.com/UberShouts/status/1515082081071558658?t=PksZlkVluqbqD8BjUWCb8w&s=19

Sinatraa was supposed to come back to SEN two years ago, but once word spread, Riot put an end to it. He's been effectively blackballed by Riot since then, and Riot will never release a statement for him like they did for Flor.

No, he wanted to compete but Riot blackballed him

Yes

Also I hear people say “incel” and “no bitches” in Val

Here are the most common words I hear in every Val and CS game aka buzz words. Feel free to add more.

Val:

Pedo
Grown ass man
Fat ****
No bitches
Incel
Rich

CS:

N word
Waller

Eggsterr's utility is better but it's not enough to offset the aim and mechanical diff that pro players have

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't all of these guys from Tier 2 NA, and they weren't even on top Tier 2 teams?

They want to make the game more similar to CS, but it's missing the CS gun play and movement. Also everyone in CS can buy a flash, smoke, molly, and nade, so Val actually has less utility now. Yes Val is now a shittier CS 😭😭

what's funny is Asuna was a headache to deal with in CSGO, but he was not as mechanically good as the other youngsters like s0m and oBo at the time. it would have been interesting to see if he could have become pro in CSGO.

Asuna knows he's in a room with a CS legend 😂

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxqbc-OUf9VjWd9KnpkAzJG41lGgmhdXoX?si=WmQmduKp2oAErPDc

Lmao even Val Pros prefer CS over Val 😂

https://youtu.be/2h6mjWIG_t0?si=bQji8ntz9qMOuw0x

I retired from Val last Act. Guess my last act rank :D

I've retired from playing Val and went back to CS, which I find much more enjoyable and skill based. I've gotten too old for Val and its community now.

I only watch ENVY because I like Poppin and Eggsterr.

I quit Val too and we back to CS. it's so much better.