Shroud explains why Ranked is bad practice to go pro in CSGO & Valorant Shroud, YouTubeMixer star Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has revealed why aspiring competitors should not put too much stock in their performances on ranked playlists in games like Valorant and CS:GO. Before his transition to full-time streaming, shroud was considered one of the top Counter-Strike players in North America and was part of Cloud 9\u2019s iconic 2015 summer roster. Following the recent release of Riot\u2019s FPS title Valorant, shroud reflected on his time competing, during his latest YouTube video, and explained why up-and-coming players, on most titles, should not be spending too much time on a ranked mode. Shroud compared ranked playlists in different FPS titles and explained that there were too many variables to make it truly competitive compared to MOBAs such as League of Legends. \u201cThey think competitive and ranked should be this 100% balanced thing impossible to do. There\u2019s so many variables compared to a game like a MOBA, so you can\u2019t create the same ranked system.\u201d the former CSGO pro explained. \u201cPeople have to accept the fact that ranked doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he continued, \u201cIf you truly want to get to the next level and compete, you do custom games with really good people, it\u2019s really that simple.\u201d Topic starts at 1:17 While he admits that ranked playlists in titles like Valorant do have some benefits, he claimed that it is not worth investing much time into when trying to reach an elite level. \u201cIf anyone is good or is trying to go anywhere in this game, they stay far away from ranked,\u201d he shared, \u201cIt\u2019s not that you don\u2019t learn anything from ranked, it\u2019s the rate at which you learn.\u201d Shroud followed up by pointing out many of the issues with different ranked modes, adding that, even at high elo, you will get matched with some bad players who will ruin your experience. \u201cAll the information you take in is very minimal because they don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing,\u201d he admitted, before pointing out that much of that time could be used to improve other aspects of their gameplay. Shroud has recently considered going pro again, after recognizing his early prowess on Valorant, however, as he has explained before, it would not be practical for him to do so with his streaming career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud explains why Ranked is bad practice to go pro in CSGO & Valorant Shroud, YouTubeMixer star Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has revealed why aspiring competitors should not put too much stock in their performances on ranked playlists in games like Valorant and CS:GO. Before his transition to full-time streaming, shroud was considered one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}