{"id":252,"date":"2022-05-18T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.chest.gg\/?p=187"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:25:36","slug":"twistzz-claims-na-valorant-players-dont-have-the-work-ethic-for-csgo-just-want-the-easy-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monk-theme.pxsquad.com\/demo3\/twistzz-claims-na-valorant-players-dont-have-the-work-ethic-for-csgo-just-want-the-easy-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Twistzz claims NA VALORANT players don\u2019t have the work ethic for CS:GO, \u2018just want the easy money\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While competing with FaZe Clan at the PGL Antwerp CS:GO<\/em> Major<\/a>, North American player Russel \u201cTwistzz\u201d Van Dulken commented on the state of the NA region, particularly in regards to the exodus of talent to VALORANT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with Dust2<\/a>, the North America-focused branch of HLTV, Twistzz claimed that new and upcoming players are \u201cmoving to VALORANT <\/em>because they just want the easy money.\u201d He also said that those players made the switch because \u201cthe work ethic wasn\u2019t there in [CS:GO]<\/em> to become better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NA CS:GO<\/em> scene has been shrinking in size over the past few years. There are less NA players competing in the top-tier of competitions, less organizations competing with North American-based rosters, and less young players coming into the scene to keep it stoked with talent for years to come. In the same interview, Twistzz described the current state of NA CS:GO<\/em> as \u201cabysmal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are only three prominent organizations competing in or near the top tier of Counter-Strike <\/em>with North American rosters: Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses, and Complexity. Twistzz himself is in a very unique situation; he is the only North American player competing at the highest level as part of a European roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the NA VALORANT<\/em> scene is decorated with players who played in the first or second tier of NA CS:GO<\/em>, but many of them feel that they were forced out, and take issue with Twistzz\u2019s comments. Cloud9\u2019s in-game leader Anthony \u201cvanity\u201d Malaspina said that he and his Chaos teammates \u201cwent from looking for apartments to get better ping to being orgless within a 2 week period.\u201d This came after he led Chaos to a wealth of domestic success during the 2020 season, but the organization still released the roster and left CS:GO <\/em>at the start of the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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we went from looking for apartments to get better ping to being orgless within a 2 week period(nothing against the chaos owners\/managers that's just esports). Yea i'm sure we could have done a lot about the org deciding to pull out.<\/p>— Anthony (@Vanityxz) May 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>