Nah, Mixwell's prime was elite, his stats while on Optic were ridiculous. His 2016 season he had a 1.20 Rating and a 1.29 Impact. SunPayus has a 1.14 Rating with a 1.09 Impact so far in 2023.
Maybe you should also check what kind of tournaments he was playing. Literally the majority of the tournaments Mixwell played weren't even tier one.
In big events:
SunPayus has a 1.19 rating and 1.18 impact
Mixwell had a 1.12 rating and 1.16 impact
Also Mixwell's rating against TOP5 teams was horrendous (1.02 vs SunPayus' 1.13)
Same with rating against top10 and top20 & top30 teams, SunPayus' is quite a bit higher.
The problem with SunPayus is that he gets 2023 buff. His team also great, while OpTic was mid. Gameplay back then was much more fun so +rep to mixwell. :(
But we need to be fair with him, no other team could make room for him due to his unique flavor. So we just equalize it and we good? <3 Not fair to compare them if their contexts are so different. :( U know, many say that CR7 was better than Pele because he scored more, but CR7 had all the support and such.. Football back then was just levels behind, If Pele lived during CR7 age, we would see whether CR7 could maintain his cool presencing Pele's extraordinary game. The same applies to R9. He had played less, but he was definitely the best player in history, just didn't had the opportunity to show more. :( For that I must say, the only way we can compare players of different ages is if we equalize them properly.
1.02
vs top 5 opponents
(32 maps)
1.08
vs top 10 opponents
(74 maps)
sunpayus is just better
1.13
vs top 5 opponents
(31 maps)
1.12
vs top 10 opponents
(36 maps)
No he doesn't. It's not even close as the guy above you pointed out. Being more recent doesn't suddenly undo the stats he pulled in 2016. Recency bias is always hilarious.
Those stats were against weakass opposition.
Meanwhile for SunPayus, he had to consistently face top tier opposition throughout 2023 and still puts up high numbers. And his numbers are during when the CS scene's competitiveness is now at an all time high where in 2023, "tier 2" teams from wherever can now give "tier1" teams a run for their money or even outright beat them if they know what they're doing.
So no, mixwell isn't and never will be better than SunPayus.
For a relatively small scene is better to have players leave, they can bring home a better mentality and also be an inspiration for future players. Failing to qualify for rmr 2 times in a row would only hurt a player of suh caliber. And honestly movistar didnt do much outside of that either, epl is the only event where they always play decent
Also i can look at my country and see how everyone here was so hyped of xellow for like 6 years or even more, but honestly he didnt really win anything amd honestly didnt really help our scene much. Having im, regali (not talking about them now, even them being in GL and fnatic academy) there was a lot more talk about cs, more enthusiasm, someone to look up to and for sure in the future a breath of fresh air in mentality and how u see the game in our 'pro' scene
Ever? Definitely not.
In GO? He's probably the most successful Spanish player in terms of accolades and obviously, he'll be the first ever Spaniard in the Top 20 ever.
Most pro players arent actually good enough to be pro, is not in their genetics (hand-eye coordination, reaction times, spatial awareness) , but they get away with no-lifing the game while taking the absolute peak of their youth, in which, during youth, yeah most players will have the genetics to make it as a pro just because of their youth, and as you said, it usually peaks at 25.
However, there are pros who genuinely have the genetics to be pro, because they genuinely are exceptional, like ScreaM or kennyS or KrimZ or f0rest, some players will always have it, i call these "cracks".
Now, im not saying sunpayus is a crack, maybe he's just peaking right now having a good year and he will become his real self later on, i was being a bit of a shill in my original comment, but certainly, the fact that he doesnt become much worse in high preasure is a good sign.
Ngl.
I want ENCE to win it.
And if s1mple doesn't shows up in Final. ENCE can win it.
I think the only time I seen Sunpayus struggle is against is S1mple and Zywoo.
I want ENCE to win it too, more now that Vitality is already eliminated, which was my second go to team (Movistar Riders wasn't a go to the moment they where at the same bracket as ENCE), I don't like any of the other teams in the semis
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