CS:GO's Most Underrated Player Dumped Valorant for the Game He Loved

Autimatic might be the most underrated CS:GO player in NA.
He’s got the results, the stats, and the skills to be considered one of the best players in the world.
But despite being one of the hardest-working pros to ever touch CS, somehow, autimatic lost everything, and was forced to leave the game he loves behind.
Now, after a year of struggling in Valorant, autimatic is back, looking for glory once more.
And those who didn’t give him the chance he deserved… might live to regret it.
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[@fiddytroisvis]

I played Tim in open back when he was super young and playing source. We barely squeaked out the win in OT because he dropped like 40+ on us. Glad to see the success he's had and wish him the best ❤️❤️

[@RynnaSZN]

Tim was and always will be one of my favourite CS players. so underrated, but knew it too & kept performing

[@UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal]

True af

[@EtopiaCA]

Tim was rated perfectly fine, he was not anything special but did his job well.

[@RynnaSZN]

@@EtopiaCA he made it into the pro scene, being "not anything special" doesn't get you there. He played for some great orgs!

[@EtopiaCA]

@@RynnaSZN Hes nothing special amongst the scene, of course hes special compared to the average player.

[@TESLACE1337]

@@EtopiaCA Well he helped make history as first Major Winners with C9 in NA and played for some respectable orgs, I can agree that he may not be a prodigy or a one-trick of some sort but as a guy (myself) that can say I under-appreciated him in the past he's undeniably become a legend through hard work and dedication and imho that's special.

[@anixben]

I never thought I'd see the day they finally made a video about him

[@imaimanlazimi719]

this guy not looking for fame. thats why he's underrated

[@kussbaby]

how do you announce him fragging out on a new team and then just show him fragging out on his old team lol

[@michaelmagnussen6072]

That's what i thought too lol

[@yoinking4244]

lmfao fr, i was so confused seeing him frag out on his old roster

[@luisalfonsoguajardoalvarez480]

well... they dont have any fotage of him fragging cause it didnt happen.

[@thisaraperera3678]

8:14 - Despite Major winning C9 disbanding Autimatic was popping off - *Proceeds to include clips of Autimatic playing with Major winning roster*

[@moistydoooood]

always been a fan of autimatic. he's a chill and nice guy and gets the job done. he's super good but he deserves better teams and teammates that wont let him down like in the past.

[@oohbleeblooblaghblagh9211]

4:59 that dude straight up look like the real life version of randy bullet without the british accent.

[@cjvipinosa3328]

Tim "Autimatic" Ta aka The Love Criminal

[@zesics2]

Actually.. Where is jdm & Nifty at?

[@PK-lo6ws]

unfortunately he could not replicate the consistency in valorant

[@iinspireNP]

6:14 the fact they were down 0-2 in group = 1 more loss means they would've lost it all, but they gave it all their work they had and ending up winning the Major. NEVER JUDGE UNDERDOGS.

[@T3WI]

autimatic can't catch a break :(

[@dhanjustinereyes4305]

I know this is a late comment, but Heroic should try to go a bit Int'l, and sign autimatic. He is a Major winner, but his current team is sh*t. cadian can help him regain his old self.

[@noonelast8458]

Not yet

[@Secultoo]

Automatic and Jokic are the same type of player. Insane stats but not the most flashy. They carry the team but will never be the considered the GOAT since they don't make flashy plays while the stats say they are GOATS though

[@moonbeam___819]

gave him a haircut no 🧢

[@EtopiaCA]

Autimatic just hops to whatever is more relevant at the time, just like most NA players who jumped ship for Valorant. Well, now we get to see what happens when a corporate game has too much control over their competitive scene. Both Valve and Riot are scumbag companies but at the very least Valve relinquishes a lot of control to the players/orgs/event hosts. You're gonna see more and more players come back. Just look how they Val treats casters and analysts, nevermind players.

[@pheonix-lb4042]

I bet literally every ex cs pro playing valorant on the pro lvl would go back to cs if they get a chance to play in a pro team

[@malsawmzela609]

Nah.. they'd switch back only if they perform poorly in valorant.

[@llamas3655]

Washed CS pros switched because they couldn't keep up with the skill of top CS players.

[@Macerati]

Auti switched cause he was trash at the game. Couldn’t achieve anything.

[@PaladinElliott]

not true in the slightest, jamppi didn't even switch back and he got offers

[@andyroid9078]

@@llamas3655 same scenario as tim, he went back to cs cuz he thought he was gonna dominate in val

[@GalihPratama-ky3ox]

NA spray GOD

[@kristofcsokas2161]

stop this hair

[@joseflorianetavera2248]

But EG is bad.

[@hilexprmntl3929]

can some one explain to me why were still pretending csgo ISNT the number one game..... in cheating? im sure the ratings would go through the roof if cheating was taken seriously. what a joke, just let the game die or draw attention to the cheating, you cant pretend the house isnt on fire. holy!~ stop doing online qualifiers and start doin lans with zero USB access and dont allow your own peripherals. no ones happy in csgo, you think people moved to valorant from csgo cuz they wanted to? people just want a break. if people want to cheat online, then anyone should be able to play at open qualifier on lan where no one else can access USB, access bluetooth on the pcs, bring their own peripherals, access the internet the computers are on, hell the computers shouldnt even HAVE internet access - just disable the internet during playtime AFTER they sort all the bugs and make sure the computers running clean. ESL handles pro league like a pedophile handles candy. CSGO is home to the most disgusting people in gaming. change my mind, cuz last time i checked everyone moved to valorant to get away from said people, so are you really a csgo player? or just another one in a billion voicing your own horrific opinion on something you lack all experience with to defend and white knight a game dominated by players equivalent to the villains in "i spit on your grave" GOOD RIDDANCE! -Interesting, the correlation between covid forcing all the players to go back to online, and the rise of cheating RUNNING RAMPANT through every facet of the game SO MUCH SO that it would cause the player count to plummet. My favorite response in the player count on steam, OH BUT THE PLAYER COUNT IS SO HIGH THIS GAME CANT BE DEAD H8R - have you ever gotten in boost lobbies? if you know what i mean by that then you know you DONT HAVE A CHOICE TO BE PUT IN A GAME WITH 9 AFKS BOOSTING. Oh man, the player count is so high though, what about the cheaters? HOW MANY OF THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE 1 AFK HOUR FARMING, 2 AFK RANK BOOSTING, 3 CHEATERS, 4 CHEATERS ON AN ALT, 5 CHEATERS ON A NEW ACCOUNT, 6 CHEATERS FROM CHINA, 7 CHILDREN PLAYING A FREE TO PLAY GAME ORIGINALLY MARKETED AS 17+, 8 ANOTHER RANDOM HOUR FARMER THAT HAS MULTIPLE GAMES OPEN, 9 MORE ACCOUNTS AFK GETTING PREPED TO BE SOLD TO CHEATERS. i mean heck, i wouldnt even be surprised if steam was in on it at this point, ban cheaters, farm accounts to sell to cheaters, just more sheep for pie! As for the clickbait video, the title compared to the description says it all. underrated NA player? Handi and loop.

[@hilexprmntl3929]

Here's a thought for your next video, not even click bait. Why is there a league for females? Under rated NA player? Milk. Hands down most under rated player of NA is milk. Former clg red who was picked up by dignitas. I'd run for premier with milk, 100%

[@wsj5714]

what a chad. val is for girls and kids

[@mikasa3104]

first

[@fernandesrfm3378]

The rule is easy, if you're too bad for cs just stay in valorant, that's what he did, but he wasn't good enough even for valorant, so he went back to cs, and we see the mediocre performance of the team from EG who can even lose to jokes like GodSent, it's time to focus only on the stream because as a professional both he and stewie2k haven't been at the level for a long time and don't show any signs of getting better, they're just getting worse.

[@JJJR11]

Valorant was too easy, he Got a reality check when he came back to cs, where there is no place for error

[@danny68079]

He literally said that valorant was too hard for him lol

[@cap532]

lol, he literally couldn't adjust to the agents and the team comps and the coordination required for valorant. Aiming and gunplay may be easier, but everything else is harder in valorant.

[@cheetah3867]

u mean too hard for him

[@silkthread7248]

@@danny68079 His valorant ratings are at least decent. He hasn’t gotten a more than 1.00 rating except 1 game since he came back.

[@malsawmzela609]

bruh he switch because he wasn't good enough for valorant.

[@DKtrek21]

Not gonna lie, Auti and Skad was mediocre at best in Valorant. It's just that different of a game and not everyone can adapt that fast. And it really doesn't help if your heart is not agreeing

[@leeldan6574]

Fax it may seem like an easier game, simpler in some aspects and chaotic in others but in reality the game is intended to be simpler and easier for those who are new to FPS games because of the easier mechanics of VAL, but it is actually harder than CSGO tactically which is what it matters the most, I think VAL is a well rounded game, simpler and easier in those aspects that aren't that important but harder and demanding in those that really matter

[@DKtrek21]

@@leeldan6574 yeah just like what league is to dota. Sure they are easy to get the hang but their ceilings are way too high. Even if you practice an agent for a long time, you may not even reach his absolute peak.

[@exiledkenkaneki701]

@@leeldan6574 the possibilities of combination of so many abilities of upcoming agents creates a layer of complexity unlike any, it looks kinda harder to deal with then simple csgo smokes and mollies

[@Reaper13411]

@@leeldan6574 I think valorant will suffer from the same problems league does currently, mainly extremely rampant power creep aka very overloaded champion kits while at the same time being quite shallow in its core mechanics meaning it's all about just learning specific champions/agents since mastering the fundamentals of the game is quite easy. Time will tell if that's a good or a bad thing.

[@numberyi]

@@Reaper13411 don't agree in terms of power creep the current best is still sage and Jett imo

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

"CS is just home!" -Autimatic.

[@alpang6161]

I'm glad autimatic is getting the recognition he deserves. He was so insanely good and consistent. He was so unbelievably underrated and it's a shame that nobody picked him up. It seem logical that liquid or complexity would pick him up at some point during their rebuild stage but never did. It's a shame that EG isn't even giving him the necessary roles for him to pop off. Hopefully Cerq gets removed so he can start awping again

[@reasonxaphn1x]

I don't think that's the best idea since auti kinda struggled while he was awping in Gen.G

[@faza3798]

Wtf do u mean, the reason auti quit cs was because of his awping hes a good awper in he fact he peak as an awper but he never seem comfortable in that role, hes the one of the most consistent na player ever as a rifler behind elige and naf

[@rokkun418]

tf are you smoking? the reason why he became irrelevant was literally because he pursued awping and he was mediocre at it. His C9 entry fragging > His Mediocre awping

[@rokkun418]

@@faza3798 his awping was tier 2 at best, while his rifling was definitely tier 1

[@gamefreak9306]

Yeah like everyone else is saying this is a weird take. All you have to do is see how many clips there are of him rifling, and how many clips of him awping… it’s not even close. Not because he’s a bad awper, but because he’s a god tier rifler who can get 4 kills when other people get 1 or 2. I’m not sure how anyone who knows him from c9 days could think it’d be better for him to awp over rifle. He’s like Niko, yeah they can do it, but they’re just MADE to rifle.

[@houdinics2]

I feel like autimatic's performance in his valorant career was mostly due to his lack of motivation to play valorant and t1 being a very unstable team. C9 after they won the major was the same, they kept on going for roster change after roster change, and his performance dipped. I hope he goes back to his 2017-2018 form soon.

[@RCmetal11]

Lets be real, Autimatic left valorant because he wasnt really good at it lol. He never had results. He's definitely a great CS player, but by the time Autimatic got into Valorant, the era of "CS players are the best" was over.

[@leeldan6574]

Yeah, VAL requires a whole lot of aspects and skills that most CSGO players dont have

[@fusionpol7690]

@@leeldan6574 kinda a true but I think cs is a lot more fun

[@JuIianovic]

If you dont feel confident in what you are playing you will not perform great

[@Reaper13411]

@@leeldan6574 Almost every top valorant player was either a former csgo pro or at least played the game at a decent level. It will take valorant another 1-2 years I would say to truly develop some homegrown, grassroots talent. And even then it's not clear if these players will be able to compete at the highest level.

[@S3tsuna1]

@@JuIianovic well you cant be confident too if you know you're not cut for that game..

[@Eidolon5150]

Tim didn’t deserve to have to deal with how stew and Tarik left man.

[@bluem5688]

not just tim man but also rush and skadoodle too its like a deja vu of Kjaerbye's departure except astralis were much better without him and its sad too that they experienced it twice man

[@garrettmcdonald2528]

honestly dude we just want tarik to go pro again in val or cs

[@opsoo2229]

Right now hes pulling hella views though and hes a funny guy

[@EclipsaMyrtenaster]

He did say that he wants to win one more tournament (forgot which one it is) to get the trophy before he retires so there is a chance he will go back to being a pro in CS but like the first dude who commented, he's views are really high right now so I doubt he'll go back to being a pro anytime soon

[@philliplewis1586]

I just want him back on CS. I can't even watch Valorant...it just doesn't work with my brain. That's not even me hating on the game, I just can't get into it. I miss the old Rank S days with Jason, Tarik, Ptr and the rest...glad to see Tim back in the game. Always liked him more than most other players.

[@garrettmcdonald2528]

@@opsoo2229 yeah cant blame him at all

[@andyroid9078]

For him to go back pro, the viewers needs to stop watching him LUL

[@StenGilles]

EG gets clapped daily

[@d3ww]

Tim is my favorite cs player, I hope EG gets a little better soon! They just got wiped by Navi lol

[@enterderpmode3934]

I mean it's Navi tho, and they were playing with a stand-in. EG just need more games to gel imo, I think they've been lacking on competitive playing time, even just participate in T2 or T3 events for them to find chemistry and shake off the rust.

[@tertozer3543]

EG played terribly bad. That was a disaster. But a very entertaining one.

[@arcticfoxgaming2249]

I have said for many years that automatic is one of the most underrated players. He is one of the most, if not the most, consistent players in cs. He rarely has the flashy highlight clips like some of the pros, but his consistency is top notch.

[@earthphoenix7068]

His spray is brighter than my future, shame valo sprays become random

[@Elcro100]

bro really needs to change his hair...

[@istayro]

I'm really glad to see Tim back in CS. Hope they would grab trophies later in their time as a team. I really wanted these guys to win

[@demonedante1148]

He couldn’t make it out of open Qualifiers

[@leeldan6574]

if the game is so ez as the majority of the CSGO community says why a major winner couldnt perform well KEKW (Sarcasm)

[@jgalYT]

damn, feeling like I gotta go back and watch some SUPERSTITUM vids now

[@llamas3655]

Entry-fraggers are always underrated due to low K/D ratios.

[@HAMINATORballin]

Finally an autimatic video

[@johannQT]

i thought it said "csgo shaved him" in the thumbnail lmao

[@emran3588]

Valo is for someone who has his cs career fail like tenz

[@danielpettersson8890]

Well maybe he was ok but today? no way I doubt he is even in the top 100 in the world well atleast as a fragger. I don't really know if has shitty postions but otherwise he has no stats to back it up. Stats wise he is ranked 115 in the EPL season 15. He is 8th from the bottom and the worst ranked player in EG and EG is a really shitty team like almost every NA team except for maybe Liquid being atleast mediocre. I give him and Stewie tops one year before they will switch to Valorant cause they are not gonna have a chance in CSGO so they need to go to CSGO easy mode (Valorant) the game were all the failures of CSGO end up.

[@romanbost4709]

Can someone get that guy to cut his hair? Not be rude but looking at him makes me want to click off this video...

[@Klemen1x]

Nitr0, Autimatic and Skadoodle played the game, wanted to go pro but after the hype settled down they kind of realized that Valorant is ass and boring and decided to pick up the true king of FPS again (besides Skadoodle). I do kind of wish skadoodle and Scream returned in cs.

[@LOKI-kw9bp]

autimatic switched back to cs but still, his team is losing every match lol. I watched some of eg matches he is just bad

[@FuRyHate]

Lmfao, He is wasting his skill in EG , The Org that can't win anything in CS

[@pradosh2k]

I wish old c9 will back

[@tesco-cs]

back when you could easily headshot on CSGO

[@settrigh8310]

i cant say he's underrated like DUDE he even got a superstitum video

[@FRANANGELICOONA]

Create a team with KennyS and Me!

[@chrisweaving6513]

He’s great at cs but sucked at Val is okay tho not every cs pro can be a good Val pro

[@skadoodskadad316]

I hope he makes it big with EG

[@jefflum4040]

Tim is a really good example of how even tho we meme that val and cs are the same or val is a knock-off there are a few differences between the two that can really brick wall someone from switching

[@S.L.0311]

Let's hope EG squad gets practice in and perform better in upcoming tourni's ❤️

[@andre23141]

Aged like.....

[@flavor6939]

Joins EG to lose qualis to advanced shitters gg.

[@rahulshaw1698]

Counter strike franchise is and will remain the king of fps No game can replace that game It's always remains and will remain in our heart ❤️

[@A93ken]

For real

[@ghostriderNsK]

Valorant is about 10x better than csgo

[@aronas7945]

@@ghostriderNsK why? give me some reason?

[@jhx2321]

@@aronas7945 his reason is that there are much less cheaters and the game is a fresh start to a new FPS... LMFAo

[@silkthread7248]

@@jhx2321 That’s pretty much what people said to Overwatch, Fortnite, etc. Idk when but the gaming graveyard will soon be joined by Valorant.

[@Felpz-o5j]

1:25 Li mi nha?

[@KuyaArbee]

AUTIMATIC super underrated for sure!!! that DEAGLE round on T SIDE mirage.... LITERALLY turned around that g2 series!

[@Zurf3r_]

Underrated?? Auti won a fuckin Major

[@cadenrobertson]

He said valorant was to hard and left

[@threetree7737]

Val is not my game either. Understandable.

[@alanarunmavath6005]

Yeah really early for this video when it is titled return of autimatic

[@kooan18]

Didn't know Henry Golding did esports

[@Fleischgewordener_Sterbehelfer]

He and RUSH are pretty much the only good thing about the current EG.

[@uglyhippos]

He seemed like one of those players who thought they were going to stomp because of their cs experience but ended up struggling. Im glad he is back at home though.

[@naipsiefilderussatser4067]

never heard of him but glad he is doin great

[@terence2880]

​@@naipsiefilderussatser4067 (Correct me if I'm wrong) Known to be a CSGO Major winner back in 2018. He was part of the C9 squad that won NA's only CSGO major together with the following: Rush Skadoodle Stewie2k Tarik I'm not even from NA and I consider that tourney to be one of the most entertaining series of games I've seen. Really great

[@thee-sportspantheon330]

@@terence2880 Probably my favourite major. You could write a film about that finals match.

[@guesswhothis]

Reminds me of hiko

[@XXlegovidXx]

@@guesswhothis Tim is far better than hiko nowadays but yeah I get your point

[@nerv5361]

Fuck valorant

[@hardhoofdful]

Damn Tim was really going through a tough time at the start of Valorant. Looks like a completely different person

[@Buckiee]

Valorant is a great game. No doubt. But I don’t enjoy it. I mean I want to. Plus esports wise the game feels very stale Idk why. Majority of the rounds feel same. Can’t even enjoy valorant esports 🥹.

[@gucciboy4555]

movement and aim in valorant is hot garbage

[@JDUU2K]

It sucks he still isn't doing well in EG right now. He just looks like he's just not having fun every time the camera pans to him, I mean how could you when every tournament you're going to you just finish dead last. I hope he gets out of EG and joins a new roster soon.

[@Hotlmao]

And now he’s in eg being the only one and brehze who can actually performs on tier 1 tournament. After the liquid roster rumours i’d really wish they get him but instead they left NA even though those 2 players are available and pretty solid.

[@SamAx.]

He's lucky im here wanting to leave the game but cant cus i cant just make 2 years of progress into nothing

[@HungTran-gz5em]

Anyone here after EG lost to AGO lmao

[@ziemniak0killl251]

i feel like eg is straight up weak even tho i love this team and roster, c9 coming back to its form, not completely, but its still something that can be rebuilt, they just have to believe and work hard, they might seem weak, but theres some team that was underdog as well... oh wait ofc its cloud9 that they played in, might happen again, dont know what time will bring us

[@shumilequreshi7824]

isnt he back in valorant now?

[@iampower5547]

Autimatic is should go to an EU team like Twitzz instead NA team which is laughable can make ur mental go boom unless ur Liquid since thats the closest NA team atm that is Tier 1 that can compete with the Top Dog in CS. NA CS IS BAD JUST LIKE NA VALORANT

[@hardlyboiled]

Daniel, please get a haircut

[@stiliyankushev8041]

Technically, he dumped his "love" CSGO, for the new and shiny Valorant, first. But that man can pick up any game and rock so ::D

[@tertozer3543]

Auti got smoked with Stewie against Navi. Rightfully so. Washed up dudes.

[@stef-ruvx]

Reject valorant return to cs

[@y0Fiqqy]

Ill never forget how stewie and tarik fell off after leaving c9 😭🤣

[@jahnuth9429]

Stewie no, tarik yes

[@ronweasly778]

Both No wtf. Tarik blew up on twitch playing Val and stew is…. Fucking stewie2k

[@y0Fiqqy]

@@ronweasly778 oh im solely speaking of their cs careers, both did NOT find succees in pro ca after c9

[@Evanvlr]

@@y0Fiqqy are u smoking crack stewie literally won the intel grand slam with liquid

[@haris4062]

@@y0Fiqqy Stewie literally won the Intel grand slam with liquid after coming back to NA from mibr

[@iinspireNP]

c9 maybe have bombed after tournament but that org gave us the best major showing ever for NA CSGO teams

[@Szoobeq]

best cs hairline of all time

[@bugs1yb1ins]

Hell yeah brother, dumped Valorant to get dumped on in CS, way to go 👍CS saved him👌

[@shawnseguro5184]

Too bad EG not doing so well. Anyone think Ska and Tarik should join?

[@adibrahman3321]

Tarik said he will never play pro again

[@khaeld091]

Tarik is out already in pro. It seems he will just focus streaminh like shroud.

[@ChindlerBong]

Lol ska? He was so done after the major win, sleepwalking in C9 for months.

[@jammerzdarkside]

shroud is the problem of c9. They won a major literally after shroud left the team

[@heyaytlgno3951]

I’ll always support players like Autimatic dude is loyal asf

[@YouTubeHandlesSuck420]

Man the bait with always including Valorant and Csgo in titles

[@kalle9898]

Saying that automatic can be considered one of the best players in the worls at CS is just not true. Sure he won major in 2018, and i dont wanna take away what it takes to do that from him, but that was a fluke ngl

[@spongebob7407]

VALORANT is not everyone's CUP Of A Tea It's sad but thats a fact. But I love Auti ❤

[@mic300391]

Tim would've been such a better addition to liquid instead of grim lol, or even fallen.

[@manhtuanhung2606]

After watching the recent EG games, I think that not only Tim but all the EG players are gonna switch to VaLULrant soon.

[@emmanuelferguson]

I would've waited until they did something good for this video honestly

[@UntouchableDog]

Wait.... When did he get long silky-smooth hair?

[@danrothman6129]

Auti needs a personality or else you're just forgettable..

[@seanbailey8545]

All these 2nd and 3 rd teir players seeing they can't hang in Val anymore....time to steal paycheques in CS again