Is North American CS:GO really dying: 100 Thieves may be the primary of many groups and gamers who need to play in the EU as a substitute for NA. There are numerous causes besides the persistent corona pandemic. Right here is why!
100 Thieves have been one of the profitable and well-liked esports organizations in Northern America. Just one year in the past they signed the ex-Renegades roster. Now they’ve launched their gamers to offer them the chance to change into profitable in Europe.
Even Evil Geniuses Star-Participant Tarik “tarik” Celik feedback in his tweet that NA CS is formally lifeless:
Europe is at present extra enticing to CS:GO Gamers of Na
PINGING EU CS FOR HELP, RT TO SPREAD AWARENESS.
THANK YOU.
— tarik (@tarik)
No competitors towards different areas
100 Thieves CEO Nadeshot’s determination was based mostly on the groups’ need to compete in Europe. Because of the coronavirus, worldwide video games are canceled and North America can’t compete with the main European groups. To supply the correct help for his gamers Nadeshot defined that 100 Thieves don’t need to maintain again any gamers from reaching success.
That’s why NA Groups are in talks to go on European journeys for end-of-season tournaments. This may enable all the most effective groups within the two areas to compete towards one another for the primary time since IEM Katowice after the coronavirus pandemic upended the esports calendar and compelled nearly every main competitor to be break up into regional divisions.
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No tournaments no earnings
The opposite downside may be the dearth of tournaments within the NA area. Moreover the BLAST Sequence and IEM Beijing-Haidian there are no large occasions in North America. Greater groups like Liquid pay their gamers giant sums of cash in salaries that they can not afford based mostly on incoming tournaments solely. Blast Premier will solely present an estimated prize pool of 50.000 US Dollar.
IEM Beijing-Haidian will present a prize pool of 70.000 US Dollar.
However, there’s hope! Flashpoint 2 has introduced that it’s going to create an event with groups from each area, together with Gen.G and MIBR. Additionally ESL plans to finish the season with the IEM International Problem, an eight-team $500,000 LAN event going down in Cologne on December 15-20. This event will characteristic 4 European, three North American, and one CIS squad.
Many gamers change sides enjoying VALORANT
Moreover CS:GO stars like Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella, many gamers switched sides to affix CS:GO competitor VALORANT.
That’s the present HLTV.org Rating in Northern America:
The hole between groups in NA is gargantuan. Evaluating the groups’ factors it’s simple to see. First place Evil Geniuses have 758 Rating Factors. fifth Place Workforce Triumph solely gathered 41 factors. In the meantime, in tenth place, RBG gained solely 18 Factors. All in all of the distinction is gigantic.
For comparability that’s the European Rating proper now:
Right here you may see how tight the competitors between the European groups are at present. Astralis managed to change into first place once more with 969 Factors, with OG in fifth place with 591 Factors and tenth place mousesports with 389 factors.
So is it dying?
Counter-Strike in North America is at present in a vital state. An answer must be discovered to have worldwide video games or to advertise regional tournaments higher to generate extra prize cash. The COVID-19 pandemic will nonetheless restrict all areas sooner or later till there’s a working vaccine. It’s tough to say if the CS:GO scene will die. However it’s sure that it’s at present headed that means.
