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I understand his reasons of leaving tier 1 cs with travel and all.
I think he could help a team like M80 as an IGL instead of Mankz and still help tier 2 cs or ECL division NACS
He is now registered on pro valorant database as IGL for M80 Valorant with Coach Happy
This is tier 2 non franchised league for valorant esport, I dont understand why a player of his experience and background will not play CS and keep his talent and mind in CS.
In terms of travel, M80 CS and tier 2 M80 Val don't have much difference, maybe 1-2 international LANS per year if they qualify.
I just keep feeling that players like nitr0 never truly cared about CS and were fickle-minded with choosing the best industry for their lifestyle and needs.
TLDR: -rep nitr0 he is back to valorant in their tier 2
forgot to add link:
dust2.us/news/39618/nitr0-reportedly-set..
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nah, maNkz is definitely better than nitr0 nowadays, plus he has more years left in him unlike nitr0 who started falling off a long time ago.
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I don't care about the short term, the long term is what matters. I expected M80 to get their asses kicked, and so did they. And unlike maNkz, nitr0 literally has no future in the long term. He literally stopped IGLing during his last dance on Liquid (which YEKINDAR unfortunately took over) and became a regular player, in which he still did poorly. If I had to choose who to bother in the long term, I will 100% choose maNkz.
Which I will repeat: The long term is what matters. Not the short term that everyone will likely forget about to begin with.
Bcuz he doesnt wanna travel and valorant baby game is like 2-3 events a year while its like 2-3 games a month
Also im pretty sure m80 plan to bootcamp in europe for a good amount of time so idk if it would even work
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M80 plans on bootcamping to EU for most of the year and only return to NA for qualifier games and events. So it would never work for nitr0 who just doesn't want to travel anymore.
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Exactly
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To be honest, if he liked valorant more as a game he wouldn't have considered a return to cs last year since he was getting good bag (hypothetically more than in Liquid CS:GO) and his team was amongst the best in his region. To give that position up and jump ship in hopes of making it work makes it clear as day to me that his passion is in CS:GO, but given the circumstances of his life and career, he went with the game that would give him more stability and more success, and that is 100% valorant. Less traveling, more bag secured and can engage more in top tier competition than in CS. Understandable and most importantly wise decision, but it doesn't say much. Michael Jordan also started playing golf daily after retiring from the NBA, now ask him if he prefers golf over basketball.
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Even if he got benched, he was still in a much better position in Valorant than he was in cs. He'd have more chances of getting signed by another relatively good NA roster with high aspirations and he would probably still make more bag there while traveling less as well. His life was perfectly balanced and he still gave that up for a last dance in cs with (arguably) worse salaries, team in an all time low and far below the individual skill curve in top tier. He went through the whole "dream job, low pay - I don't necessarily love this shit, high pay" cycle. If NA CS didn't gatekeep as much as they do, he would have his doors shut in Liquid, but he probably took the chance by the horns and said fuck it one last ride in the game I fuck with the most before I'm nearing retirement and get that paper elsewhere.
Not that all of this matters at all though... happy for him regardless.
He's simply too bad for CS, he wouldn't want to keep going and struggle against t2-t3 opponents after spending his entire career in liquid. Not really much more to it. Therefore Valo non existant tier. He just wants to play and earn some scrap money cause he already has enough to be fine. He's earned over 1m$ + salaries and sponsors on top. He's set for the rest of his life as an upper middle class. Probably gonna start streaming more in the near future and make enough living to support himself.
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Respect the cap. Liquid was a mess before him and they continue to be a mess after him
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Can't blame him for wanting to play , and having a balanced life.
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M80 CS still plans on making consistent bootcamps to EU throughout their tenure. So most of the year, the team will be in EU for the usual. Which is what nitr0 doesn't want.
m80 rn is one of the top NA teams imo
mb ntr0 wants to play smth new instead of the game he has been playing for 10+ yrs
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he already achieved the highest he could (without winning a major) in 2019 anyways, after that he just expired.
ah yes moving to valulrant just when cs2 comes out
not the wisest move
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He doesn't want to travel anymore. That's why he left. CS is a travel heavy esport, which is something he doesn't want to do anymore.
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but all the new pro players will make cs2 relevant in NA again, trust me, hes making a bad move! one year and hes back again or a retired boomer streamer like tarik
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nah, he's replaceable. All of the old guard/ghosts of a bygone era will easily be replaced by the new generation, better that he goes now than stubbornly stay longer than he should've. He already cemented his legacy in NA CS, better to just leave now.
And frankly, I don't even want him around anymore, it was good riddance ngl. I find him to one of the problems with NA CS. He and along with NA Liquid has basically gatekeeped the entire region, which eventually led to this disaster the region is going through right now. They just used the region as a free ticket to events in qualifiers.
He's better off as a fulltime streamer like tarik than continue going pro.
honestly the amount of time grinding pro Valo is way less than pro CS, even M80 CS has to play almost everyday pro matches on hltv while M80 valo played last august and will play now only in 2024
prob that was a huge reason for him to go back to valo since he always said that he wanted less travel and more time with his family and personal life
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good, get money.
cant blame him, Yekindar pretty much killed nacs
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can't kill what's already been dead for years.
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Junior will save nacs
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This dead meme's not funny anymore, Stop using it.
he made the right choice, more fun to play valo than cs
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