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The era Astralis had (with Dupreeh as one of the players and zonic as the coach which are the names he mentioned above) wasn't determined by individual brilliance. They were just so much ahead of the meta especially in 2018/19 that no other team could get close. It was already practically a win getting double digits against prime Astralis in csgo with mr15. gla1ve and zonic revolutionized the tempo of the game and the utility metas and it took long enough for other teams to catch on to them. They have by a long shot the most dominant era in cs history, but they never had the most skilled players, neither of them of 5 ever won a best player of the year award, no one stood out, it was collective work. S1mple was far ahead during this same time from an individual point of view, but NAVI couldn't beat Astralis on tactical play.

The age itself is just a parameter. We're talking about some dude who despite being 17, took his rookie year in tier 1 by storm, broke numerous lifetime cs records, put up the most impressive individual performance in a tier s event ever (1.70 in katowice) and took home the major, the mvp and sealed himself as the #1 player of the year while breaking s1mple's record rating at a major (1.47 vs 1.49), all this while being an astronomical gap ahead of any other rifler from the eye test alone, carrying a team that's not particularly favourites if not for him. It's not being a couple months younger than the age limit thats gonna forbid a player from having such a debut year in valorant.

wouldve been crazy but damn those last 6 rounds of the game were hella sick

my fault

remotely close to being deserving of the "donk of valorant" title. this kid is truly next level, I never saw someone dominate a fps game with this much gap before. super generational talent.

the NRG disasterclass as of recent times hasn't been doing you any good it seems

I'm sure that in a couple years from now we'll have that player and it will be an absolute show, but just like you I don't think donk is replicable in valorant just yet

Valorant requires other set of skills than cs, so it will always be hypothetical whether he'd be good or bad, but if you go by just raw aim and shooting mechanics alone, he'd probably invent a new tier of aiming you probably haven't discovered in the game. So it's really hard to believe he'd be tier 3 🤣

And probably ~15 of those 22 are 0.9< with close to neutral k/d. Insane stuff tbh.

Some of the most conceited players in valorant praise aspas as one of the all-time greatests in the game. That's all you need to know. His consistency is nutty, he rarely drops stinkers and he's been having solo carry games here and there for years. The only name who was up there in the conversation for one of the strongest duelists in the game in every year since this game began.

need to keep on eye on him!

this is not normally...

https://www.hltv.org/news/39792/donk-breaks-cs2-kill-record-against-wildcard

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2375356/spirit-vs-wildcard-esl-pro-league-season-20

check him...

anyway, who comes closer to being consensually known as the "donk of valorant" in your opinion?

hes nutty af

Players are generally show way more emotion and are way more talkative on Valorant lans than in CS from what I could see so far. I understand that for a player/viewer who recently got into FPS games remaining emotionless might be somewhat surprising but players with other backgrounds mostly EU dominated (probably) are used to it. As a CS viewer for 5 years who saw scandinavian cold players lift trophies for years I'm used to that.

Main take away from reading these comments is that all most people care about is who has the flashiest kills or the best kd. Being reliable, having entries and being consistently opening game for your team as a duelist is all you're asked for, regardless how many of those rounds you end up dying as long as your team secures the round. D3ffo did that perfectly.

You're going straight to the ACS without considering any other factors. D3ffo played 1 grand final and 1 semis, which alone was 5 maps more than TenZ and obviously the hardest. They also played VisionStrikers which was a hot prospect for the playoffs and most importantly, he did what Gambit needed for them to win the trophy with the most entry-fragging out of every duelist in the whole tournament. D3ffo was FAR ahead this event and it's not even a debate.

"but because gambit is emea i have to root for na so i dont see threads for the next century" dude y'all genuinely gotta stop the regional bs if I'm honest. Each team to their own, with their likable and dislikable side of things. Base your thoughts about who you're rooting for on that. Cheering for your team's direct opponent on your region to win a whole tournament just because other teams are from a different continent just doesn't make sense to me. As an European for example I personally really fk with some NA players just as much as other EU players, but I would never cheer for an EU team I don't have sympathy with just bc they're against an NA team for the simple fact that they're American. This is an aspect CSGO's viewership has a clear upper hand on. I understand cheering for Envy if you're American, I just don't understand people who are hating on Envy's "attitude" at all costs and still cheer for them for the simple fact that they're against another region. If NA met NA in the grand-finals would y'all fanbases just cuddle each other or what?

I wanted to watch Vision Strikers so bad on this lan :C

https://clips.twitch.tv/CogentManlyLatteRlyTho-RqW3u6gz9Bmi4pj9, those who missed it :D

Inside the server you're naturally gonna support NA teams when going against Fnatic, it's normal. Outside the game I get the feeling most of the community worldwide would want to be friends with him, including NA, but maybe that's just me.

Regional rivalries aside, is this guy possible to hate on? He's so wholesome and his energy is unmatched.