Is an FPS esports player changing games so rare that it’s newsworthy? New to the pro FPS scene. More familiar with the fighting game esports scene, where players change games regularly.
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sure there’s more abilities, but there’s also more corners as an effect of that so you have to clear more places when you push in.
and if the peekers advantage is truly gone, the operator is stronger than the awp simply because you can’t really peek them ever without abilities that would let them see you peek.
however yeah the op does have a slower fire rate in comparison to the awp.
but if people enjoy valorant then i see no problem with it.
people prefer different things and that’s ok.
but i don’t think any of these owl pros are doing an especially smart move, but if it makes them happy i suppose it’s for the better in the end.
That was my problem with it when I first saw competitive OW.
OW is a terrible e-sport. It’s worse than WoW arena, which is saying something because that’s a mess too. I’d much rather watch a moba or SC2.
Csgo is a raw based shooter. Holding angles and camping is just a part of strategy on takes. It’s like a game of chess, trying to outsmart your enemy. You can absolutely play aggressive in CS-- but you also need to play smart. Its individual skill and team tactics.
Valorant just looks like a cheap imitation to me. It honestly looks like a budget shelf game.
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Am I supposed to be impressed?
All these players… I can’t understand… Why can’t they all play both game at the same time? (I know it’s much different when it comes to a pro but it’s just ridicolous when it comes to some streamers… 
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The thing is there will always be a game that comes and drains from others. When CS: Source’s engine update comes through and they come out with Source 2, you’ll see people flocking to play that over valorant and overwatch. It’s just sad to see the most popular players leaving.
Well, I thought I was okay… then I get hellishly paranoid with their anti-cheat.
Damn. This one really saddens me. I wish Blizzard would take note as I love the company and this game with a passion.
So many child hood memories and just want them to have that same fire and passion again.
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The reason is that they mostly have brittle egos and get that old butthurt feeling when the developers don’t adjust the game specific to their solo-carry needs.
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What, you’re not thrilled with a Chinese conglomerate with root access to everything on your computer? Or better yet, a random hacker with the same access after they crack the Trojan Horse that TenCent dumped on your kernel?
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It happens on a cycle, but the cycle is slow enough that it’s hard to see without stepping way back. To a 30 year old this has happened a few times before and will happen again, but to a 15 year old it may appear that this is crazy new because a cycle is longer than the entire time they’ve watched eSports.
On top of that, there’s this weird view of time people have that throws off their perception. Some look at a game being on top for 15 years and say anything less is a failure, or look at someone changing their game/career/direction after 5 years as a huge event, but that’s just life.
In fifteen years you can bring a child from birth to their first talk about safe sex. In five years a middle schooler can become a college freshman.
I dunno I’m off on a tangent but this stuff drives me nuts because I feel like people expect everyone around them to remain static.
Like. You get, in your entire life, 20 chunks of five years. But after about 75 and before about 15 you aren’t doing much with those chunks, so realistically when it comes to career, education, family and fun, you get like 12 really decent chunks. Do people seriously expect someone to spend minimum two or more chunks of five years on any one thing, when you already get so few? That’s nuts!
Let the eSports players change games and quit ringing the doom bell over it. They only have so long before they can’t be eSports players anymore, and they know it, and they’re trying to live their lives the best they can. Sometimes that means change.
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Those Redditors posting problems on it were not helping either, lol.
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Big shame, very sad, oh well.
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Riot has had an esports for LoL and it has been doing fine for years. I’m gonna take that as a good sign of stability and understanding of how to handle an exports.
Doesn’t blizz have a failed esport in WoW and HOTS? I am gonna say it is more probable OWL goes that route since the way the league has had to make large changes to accommodate enjoyment, schedule, and meta that they really don’t know what they are doing right now.
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It’s not even think about what they can or can not do. It’s whether the game player base and viewership will be stable. It’s an FPS and like any other game, the attention is going to wane. League had YEARS to stabilize. Valorant is a newborn baby with CS:GO roots.
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Like anything it needs to be marketed properly and league has been marketed properly. People don’t tune in because they just like the game they like to have it be cohesively broadcasted with a focal point on entertainment.
OWL literally pointed the cameras a death ball and just had the commentary be whatever they wanted. It was nothing too great as it was hard to follow even for the avid player who knew what they were looking for. It has gotten better but not faster than they are losing a viewer base.
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Wonder who else is leaving for valorant. God the league is NOT doing well right now.
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yea thats true but people always have abilities. i just find it way harder when stuff is in ur face. its like when widow is contested (harder to hit shots) than a free widow.
in my honest opinion, i just think blizzard doesnt treat the pros well. like you never hear anything good about them. i just think riot is better to be under tbh.
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yea i know, which is why i respect it, just a reason why i dont like it and prefer valorant. idk, csgo just seem super limited when i play. so playing chess with limited peices just isnt fun to me.
doesnt all 3 games do. (Overwatch, csgo, valorant) they all look like trash, u have to at least admit that.
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