Summit1g claims CS:GO has been \u201cruined\u201d on Twitch amid Valorant hype Summit1G (Twitch) \/ Riot Games \/ ValvePopular Twitch streamer Jaryd \u2018Summit1G\u2019 Lazar has issued concern over Valorant following in Counter-Strike\u2019s footsteps, explaining why it could \u201cruin\u201d the game. Scores of big names have been streaming Valorant\u2019s closed beta on Twitch, with creators from all corners of esports flooding into Riot\u2019s servers to showcase the tactical shooter that is tipped to alter the landscape of the FPS genre. Namely one of these is none other than Counter-Strike veteran, Summit1G, who has been at the forefront of Valorant\u2019s incredible viewership figures on Twitch \u2014 with an average viewer count of over 190,000 and a peak of over 310,000, the 32-year-old is definitely reaping the rewards of Riot\u2019s unique beta access model. With the streamer\u2019s background coming predominantly from Counter-Strike, he has previously had a few choice words for Valve in-light of their timely Krieg nerf \u2014 a gun which controversially dominated CS:GO\u2019s meta prior to its recent nerf. Read more: Why CSGO players will dominate Valorant – Now on the opposite side of the fence, Summit has a word of warning for Riot not to follow in Valve\u2019s footsteps in light of how Counter-Strike\u2019s viewership has been on a steady decline in recent years, despite the number of hours streamed increasing year-on-year. With multiple tournaments running already, such as 100 Thieves\u2019 Valorant Invitational, Summit has sent out a call to arms not to \u201clet tournaments ruin our game category like Counter-Strike did.\u201d Valorant. Don\u2019t let tournaments ruin our game category like Counterstrike did. Thanks. \u2014 summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020 In a subsequent Tweet, Summit responded to claims that he was \u201cburned out on CS\u201d by implying that a game category shouldn\u2019t be dominated by tournament streams and instead should have a healthy mix of creators and tournaments alike, stating that it is a \u201cruined\u201d category. I\u2019m not burned out on CS lol. Tourneys ruined that category. Wanna know when a game is getting unhealthy on twitch? When the top 5 channels every single day is a tourney. \u2014 summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020 CS:GO pros, Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz and \u00d3scar \u2018Mixwell\u2019 Ca\u00f1ellas agreed with Summit\u2019s point of tournament \u201coversaturation,\u201d by implying that Counter-Strike isn\u2019t an ideal game for content creators. I agree with both, I literally said the same thing in an interview a week ago. CS might be the worst game to start streaming or doing content on, I feel like it\u2019s gonna become what Dota is to league of legends, the only relevant thing are tournaments, I still love the game tho. \u2014 Heretics m1xwell (@Mixwell) April 14, 2020 Summit made an apt reference to the Super Bowl, one of sport\u2019s biggest tournaments, suggesting that it would become mundane if it were to take place every day. If the Super Bowl was everyday. Would you watch everyday or do you think it\u2019d eventually get boring? \u2014 summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020 Of course, given Riot\u2019s pledge to make Valorant as competitive as possible, it is likely that they will play a similar role in the game\u2019s esports scene as they have for their MOBA. League of Legends is arguably the most successful esport of all-time, and with a decade\u2019s worth of experience at the very top, Valorant is most definitely in good hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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