Summit1g claims CS:GO has been “ruined” on Twitch amid Valorant hype
Summit1G (Twitch) / Riot Games / ValvePopular Twitch streamer Jaryd ‘Summit1G’ Lazar has issued concern over Valorant following in Counter-Strike’s footsteps, explaining why it could “ruin” the game.
Scores of big names have been streaming Valorant’s closed beta on Twitch, with creators from all corners of esports flooding into Riot’s 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’s incredible viewership figures on Twitch — 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’s unique beta access model.
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With the streamer’s background coming predominantly from Counter-Strike, he has previously had a few choice words for Valve in-light of their timely Krieg nerf — a gun which controversially dominated CS:GO’s meta prior to its recent nerf.
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Now on the opposite side of the fence, Summit has a word of warning for Riot not to follow in Valve’s footsteps in light of how Counter-Strike’s 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’ Valorant Invitational, Summit has sent out a call to arms not to “let tournaments ruin our game category like Counter-Strike did.”
Valorant. Don’t let tournaments ruin our game category like Counterstrike did. Thanks.
— summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020
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In a subsequent Tweet, Summit responded to claims that he was “burned out on CS” by implying that a game category shouldn’t be dominated by tournament streams and instead should have a healthy mix of creators and tournaments alike, stating that it is a “ruined” category.
I’m 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.
— summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020
Barely stream cuz ruined category.
— summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020
CS:GO pros, Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz and Óscar ‘Mixwell’ Cañellas agreed with Summit’s point of tournament “oversaturation,” by implying that Counter-Strike isn’t 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’s gonna become what Dota is to league of legends, the only relevant thing are tournaments, I still love the game tho.
— Oscar Cañellas (@Mixwell) April 14, 2020
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Summit made an apt reference to the Super Bowl, one of sport’s 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’d eventually get boring?
— summit1g (@summit1g) April 13, 2020
Of course, given Riot’s pledge to make Valorant as competitive as possible, it is likely that they will play a similar role in the game’s esports scene as they have for their MOBA.
League of Legends is arguably the most successful esport of all-time, and with a decade’s worth of experience at the very top, Valorant is most definitely in good hands.
