Lately retired Valorant star TenZ responded to a fan query about going professional in CS2, and the previous CS:GO competitor stated different professionals are simply too good so there’s no level.
The Sentinels content material creator stated it will be “too onerous” to go professional within the Counter-Strike sequel as there are such a lot of different high gamers higher than him. He additionally revealed that even at his peak in CS:GO he couldn’t maintain a candle to high European competitors.
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TenZ recounted occasions when CS stars like s1mple and Zywoo would journey to North America for occasions and wreak havoc on the server.
“I used to be taking part in Prepare in opposition to s1mple and there was only one shot that he hit on me… He flick one-deaged me. It was probably the most loopy photographs I’ve ever seen in my life,” the streamer stated.
TenZ described Staff Vitlality’s ace Zywoo as a “killing machine”, talking about him as if he was some unstoppable drive in each match.
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His sentiment aligns with many others on the state of CS2 esports in North America. A big contingent of gamers within the area haven’t been in a position to match up in opposition to high European competitors for some time. Many high organizations based mostly in America have additionally moved on to worldwide, or full European, rosters.
In his skilled Counter-Strike days, TenZ didn’t accomplish a lot. He was nonetheless an adolescent on the time, and his most notable achievement was serving to Cloud9 place fourth in a Blast occasion in 2019.
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The previous Valorant professional stated throughout his retirement that he isn’t planning on coming again to esports, and as a substitute needs to give attention to creating content material and utilizing his newfound free time to strive new issues within the influencer area.
TenZ attended TwitchCon this month together with his accomplice, which he hasn’t been in a position to do resulting from his skilled commitments. Nevertheless, even when he may make a return in his first aggressive sport, it doesn’t sound like he wouldn’t wish to.
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