Valorant's Unluckiest Leader Spent 11 Years Hunting For His Big Win

[@Noblepeanut]

Were never gonna have another masters like this one. Zeta’s cinderella story, Loud making finals looking like the best team in the tournament, rookie team The Guard topping their group, Optic fighting back against low odds, the joyous whimsy of Paper Rex dominating G2. There were so many magical moments and I don’t see a Valorant tournament being as good as this one was, maybe ever.

[@oskarifps]

because EU was nerfed by riot

[@Noblepeanut]

@@oskarifps EU was nerfed by bad circumstances, not Riot. M3C didn’t qualify due to their performance, FPX would’ve had to have 3 subs due to travel restrictions, not Riot, and wouldn’t have looked good even if for some reason they were allowed to play with 3 subs, and Derke wasn’t allowed to travel at the start and Fnatic CHOSE not to play with him from a hotel (Loud also had a member with covid but they still played with that player isolated). You can blame plenty of factors for EU not being able to turn up (pandemic and the war for example), but Riot is not one of them.

[@oskarifps]

@@Noblepeanut either way Mickey Mouse tourny

[@yukoval]

U dont know what the future brings for us ; ) since pro path is fairly easy in valorant in comparison to other games… you‘ll see many new faces faster than you think…

[@king_thanos_2116]

​@@Noblepeanut M3C didn't qualify due to their schedule imo they had to play an insane amount of matches in a short period of time

[@02_920]

Optic vs Loud was a perfect example of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.

[@ArJayDM]

Best IGL in Valorant rn. "That's what happens when you let daddy call" lmao

[@hmm7458]

bruh wtf? he is not best igl lmao

[@willoffire9972]

@@hmm7458 u sleeping or high?

[@hmm7458]

@@willoffire9972 iam not a delusional who thinks if a team win a major than every player of that team is best at their roles.. the reason optic win is because of yay, marved and victor not someone who got carried

[@rav9067]

@@hmm7458 he carried using his brain

[@willoffire9972]

@@hmm7458 0iq comment

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

Karrigan got a MAJOR almost after a decade.... And now FNS! Congratulations to both!

[@hayze2628]

Poor you getting getting copy pasted by a bot😞

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

5head punjabi mehtmatheatine planned this from an eternity ago. His eyes of infinity saw through all of time and space across infinite dimensions and realities and zoned down on this specific timeline. He purposefully lost Masters 2 so he could come out as NA's last hope.

[@cromestone1684]

Best comment ever

[@LarshFPS]

"That's why you let daddy call" -FNS

[@n1njadude421]

Victor is crazy on neon and the sheer teamwork optic always has is astounding, they’re a team that works perfectly independently and together it’s amazing

[@ismailhossainsakin7167]

Marved also popped off in lower finals and Finals like no tomorrow, not to mention he also was the Fan favourite MVP of the entire Tournament

[@anmolarora1539]

Their scrim/ practice schedule is out of this world

[@satanlucifer]

@@ismailhossainsakin7167 he is best controller in the world without a question

[@parthpatel9602]

i'll love to see them dominate and lose some matches because that's what charges innovation, look what happened to sentinels because they were dominating they neve evolved, i want optic to win again, and seeing yay holding that trophy like smeagle, i'm stunned seeing how my precious memes are not out yet.

[@cZk75137]

My respect for Victor has really gone up recently. Running these off meta duelists and DUMPSTERING with them is no simple feat. Honestly, any team that can dominate with Yoru instantly has my respect. Probably why I like PRX so much, plus their W key playstyle is just so fun to watch.

[@ZHibiki]

I don't even play valorant but this videos are really entertaining

[@julian63481]

legit how I got into csgo

[@pigogriff]

I have the same thing with league lol

[@hellokitty69]

you wanna duo sometime?

[@roxieroll8101]

I'm sure he's "all good" now.

[@chrisjosephcasing1421]

i really admire this guy from all good to his calm demeanor

[@phylosium49]

Punjabi "FNS" Methamphetamine with the classic W

[@lucrix4448]

D: no way

[@mahmudcanton6800]

Lmaooooooooo made my day xD

[@hypnotico7051]

He was playing valorant before It was a twinkle in the Dev's eyes.

[@user-uu6pz9wl9w]

Thats what happens when you let daddy call

[@Ridwansleights_]

😂 that is fns philosophy

[@johanliebert2576]

just indian things

[@thrivinganarchy5267]

Still one of my favorite clips to this day

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

"Always the bridesmaid.... Never the bride." LOL!

[@itsdeonlol]

FNS had to work harder, is which why I value him so much!

[@rishithcarlos6314]

15:59 el diablo's real form can be seen in his eyes😯😯

[@bruh-od4jb]

Optic vs DRX was one of the best series.

[@nekomi_ch]

Optic was that one team that you hate but respect.

[@sanjayk3170]

As they said "optic never loses twice"

[@cracked4707]

Wow, envy is the only NA val team that can consistently go to international stage

[@auraof]

Envy don't exist.

[@fabiopauli420]

Dam bro he worked his ass for 11 years in a 2 year old game dam.

[@EliAs-ub6yf]

Come on, you're not that dumb...

[@fabiopauli420]

@@EliAs-ub6yf no im just joking about the title

[@transportersonal]

bro 💀

[@statiiicc]

@@EliAs-ub6yf ever heard of this new thing called a joke?

[@EliAs-ub6yf]

@@statiiicc yes...

[@Conno2429]

Anotha fns masterclass

[@BorderlineCrashOut]

GREAT VIDEO! DO MARVED NEXT HES LITERALLY THE MVP OF THE TOURNAMENT!

[@DEVILONBOTHSHOULDERS]

marved doesn’t really have an amazing story sadly, he sorta just came out of nowhere in val and started shitting on everyone in faze and then joined optic/envy and kept shitting on everyone

[@JohnnnyE]

"All good."

[@wesleyhanson5346]

Ngl it’s kinda sad that they gave fns all the credit for the strats and gameplay just completely disregarding the coaches and everyone else’s performance. Like don’t get me wrong FNS igling was fucking insane I watched the matches. But there’s just so much more to optics victory than fns’s calls.

[@raa9756]

true but IGLs are meant to navigate the team to execute said strats, lead comms and keep everyones mental together respectfully i dont think most other IGLs could lead a unexperienced team in a way fns does and he was, atleast to my knowledge, the key factor to let the roster perform and execute strats. obviously respect to the entire roster but after almost a decade my guy deserves his praise.

[@elynd1993]

been waiting for this

[@Ray496]

THATS WHY YOU LET DADDY CALL

[@waxybear]

This is a decent video but it kind of turns into a video about Optic without all the narratives as opposed to an FNS video. If FNS wasn't highlighted at any point it wouldn't have even mattered.

[@hmm7458]

yeah cuz FNS was not even major factor of them winning.. it was yah, marved and victor who carry

[@kau4u]

@@hmm7458 yea an igl isn’t a major factor lmfaoo

[@hmm7458]

@@kau4u he is but to say he is the best igl while there are strat heavy teams like loud, xeta, prx etc who most of the time win by their starts instead of out duling your enemy is ridiculous

[@kau4u]

@@hmm7458 huh u know optic been in the lab overtime even after winning masters right

[@king_thanos_2116]

​@@hmm7458 Out dueling?? Literal braindamage lmao Optic never relies on winning only through duels

[@wesleyhanson5346]

“Just hard clear left”

[@eajayy8969]

Those Bucky plays gave me ptsd.

[@deveshanandsrivastava6218]

"This is what happens when you let daddy call"

[@AbirBanerjee05]

The igl with the biggest brain !!!! That's the power of an Indian Brain !!!!

[@illuminati5340]

Ohh i had seriously forgotten that optic won the masters

[@knoa8538]

to me, fns is the oikawa of valorant *a haikyuu reference

[@Evrgarden]

But literally every team that beat them in some sort of final got demolished in the future can’t even make it into tier 1 tournaments

[@bharatvyas5915]

Why don't you guys make a video on Canadian's legacy after his win in the R6 Charlotte Major

[@uresfffff222]

ya siege deserves the spotlight valorant sucks

[@jaydenyuki677]

@@uresfffff222 u good bro? R6 average player is 37k according to steam chart and valorant daily player count is 791k

[@purplewine7362]

@@jaydenyuki677 how'd you get valorant play count?

[@luxyj4728]

After seeing this I'm glad they beat zeta now bc it's his moment

[@Nytrolizer]

Completely unrelated but can someone at the score please get an interview with Dr. Alan about Panda's new partnership with Nintendo and what it means and what the partnership entails exactly

[@juxtinPK]

I love pujan but to say his 11 years in esports was unlucky is kinda misleading. Clg was never a top international team. They simply were not good enough. Despite him being a top NA igl the competition in international cs and skill ceiling was incredibly high. Im glad he could somewhat dominate the new scene in valorant but when csgo dies all the tier 1 players will dominate this scene too

[@king_thanos_2116]

I don't think the switch from CS to Valorant will be easy so it's not a guarantee everyone who dominated in CS will dominate in Val

[@juxtinPK]

@@king_thanos_2116 take a second and look at all the top valorant players. i didnt do the math but im confident in saying 85% of the top 20 players came from csgo. the transition is the easiest out of all the other fps competitors. of course current val players have the advantage now but if you give a tier 1 csgo pro like 4-6 months of grinding valorant and theyll easily replace all your favorite players

[@zeroXmlbb]

@@king_thanos_2116 The top valorant players right now are tier 2-3 Cs player. You seriously believe the guys who can be damn creative with just smoke flash utils won't go insane with all the utils in valorant ? Its gonna be a piece of cake for them nd valorant will be 100 times better if it happens.

[@guwopzy]

0:41 casters gotta be trolling cause I love Dante and the Divine Comedy but what the fuck does it have to do with Optic vs TGRD in valorant

[@ak.9459]

Choke Niko can easily win something in Valorant.

[@uresfffff222]

hahahaha

[@purplewine7362]

G2 wins next major confirmed

[@st3vend]

That Envy logo looks like the Nescafé logo

[@jeffreyj7]

theScore eSports took over 30 days to make this video

[@70b3y9]

"All good"

[@Timeistheonlyessence]

This video sucks…no description of what makes FNS different from other players. What playstyle issues his teams had? Just who won and lost. No interviews with players or pundits and their thoughts on him and why he hadn’t made it in the past. You can’t just hitch footage together and say who is winning.

[@Martin-s4q7x]

your comment makes no sense

[@archie773]

the guy who stands there and chats a load is so cringe loll

[@erickdesendant6502]

He won at the most popular eSports games

[@uresfffff222]

csgo is more popular more views real crowd cope harder valulrant players

[@aronas7945]

maybe more players but not popular esport. Csgo is more popular in esports

[@shaolinsoccerisadecentmovi7232]

@@aronas7945 CS go has way more players

[@Slavtron]

When a player cant succeed in Cs the go to Valorant

[@jtn3835]

I can’t focus with this dudes hair

[@bismarx4987]

i dont like optic mainly cus of chet, but god was it good finally seeing fns get what he deserves after all this time

[@majidakhtar8327]

an inspiration

[@fance3530]

I don't have a pc i play mobile games but i love watching this

[@kuratchiminisuta]

It's almost similar to Astralis curse.

[@solid.4]

you look like how pewdiepie mimics a 14 year old or iamverysmart dude

[@rohitkadam1772]

I love how it's indians and other asians bringing masters and majors for NA

[@hiimspooderman1907]

all good.

[@davidromero6663]

Where is Liz

[@therrullerr]

Video about r6 major???

[@MurkyEdits]

Have a nice day everyone

[@abirzxz]

so inspiring

[@bon_grippah]

BLESS FNS!

[@maxicvorontsov1192]

Damn it, man, if you are balding, shave it all up already. You got such a nice voice and narrator skills. Also, the video as a hole is great as always but I'm holding tears looking at your hair.

[@samhe1282]

Never good enough for tier 2 CS, goes on to win in tier 4 CS called valorant

[@twistoid]

PLS MAKE A VIDEO ON ZETA's RUN/PAPER REX

[@chanphkatodesu1438]

Hard Clear Left, Best Meta!

[@slyice8717]

Valorant did not came out 11 years ago…

[@hopeitself4469]

31 mins baby!

[@shiv1275]

LFG FNS!

[@JoFi_5]

I love FNS

[@ToastyB1scuit]

all good

[@msmaam2040]

I never saw Optic and FNS' team as an underdog and never paid them any attention until Reykjavik because of how many times they rematched with teams that beat them. Sadly I didn't see the match due to time zones but seeing them being repeatedly matched against Loud is crazy. I hope this is FNS and NRG's year and get the VCT trophy.

[@kriscynical]

This is only related to this video because it's about eSports, but I know some of the audience should appreciate or at least get a grin out of this so read on if you're interested: I recently got in the latest issue of Ringling's alumni magazine, CONTXT, (I was illustration '07) and it had an article about the school's new eSports team within the game design and VR development majors, which is just amazing to me in the best way. Ringling's mascot is Rembrandt the armadillo. They named their team the Ringling Rollers, and their logo is _an armadillo curled up into a ball acting as a paint roller._ For an art school's eSports team. I fucking love videogames.

[@Schloobychops]

This video is good, but homie saying FNS and not "Finesse" really tilted me like bro you can even see it in multiple shots in the video where his jersey SAYS "Finesse"

[@marytyr3494]

who wrote the script for this? it's so repetitive in terms of the script :/

[@conartist9494]

All Good 👌🏾

[@PhantomGoingSSJ2]

Game hasnt even been out for 11 years lol, csgo dont count

[@r31gn26]

All good

[@entabruh]

optic #1

[@343JustMe]

Ofc youre gonna keep falling short playing the way optic/envy did. People keep talking about how consistent they are but the results really dont do justice to the reality. The team is just far too inconsistent. One day they can be looking like the best of the best, and on other days the extents to which they fall are just far far too horrendous to even be called a top 12 NA team. Sure they finally won a major but it was one where the team they regard as best in the world didnt even and would not even have been able to attend.

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

bruh you still hating on optic 💀x7, " just far far too horrendous to even be called a top 12 NA team"

[@343JustMe]

@@SerendipitousProvidence "Skull x7" no way ppl like you are real dude lmao

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

@@343JustMe That was deliberate, Valorant accent I'm picking up. What's unreal is people like you lol, you just seem pissed at OpTic, I hope they continue to piss you off and SentineL keeps eating L's.

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

diaper and SENTineL.

[@343JustMe]

@@SerendipitousProvidence "that was deliberate" yea do you usually speak on accident?

[@rohitnandan8707]

POG

[@revv4084]

If only his mechanical ability was on par with his tactical.

[@Ayush-ni9hm]

nice

[@miguels2828-j9v]

thanks to riot for making an easy game

[@dlk7253]

Narratives are a bit forced for these kinds of videos… they make it seem like optic is a terrible team and they miraculously won something. No they did not, they were literally the most consistent NA team the past 2 years. I really disliked the part where they said ‘i lost the NA grand finals yet again’ as if it was a disaster? They were already qualified. Good video but narratives are off

[@mohamednamsad8900]

That's how they make it spicy

[@rogerbacon7746]

Yep thats every score video for you

[@17pdietcoke59]

well if he could aim it wouldnt be a 4v5 the entire time

[@brotenders1971]

Bro just shave your head. You have to let it go.

[@343JustMe]

ppl sayin cs casting is far more exciting and then we got moments like those "oh well team liquid win... theyre gonna be advancing... uh... to the uhm next round, how tragic for CLG fans..."

[@Kosthe]

This is tenz world and we’re just living in it

[@eriksavage2746]

bro needs a haircut

[@Amir24901]

So he was carried ?

[@Bymafera]

Iron player spotted

[@Amir24901]

@@Bymafera i dont even play valorant

[@gachaaddict7709]

His role is IGL basically he control the team strat, mental, and mistake that need to be fixed on INGAME. His KDA may be always low but the amount of information, calls ,and strat that he make are really huge making him one of the BEST IGL currently Valorant have

[@Amir24901]

@@gachaaddict7709 ah i see, so he carries them mentally and strategically, and they carry him with their skills, gotcha

[@mrfister1234]

@@Amir24901 I know you’re being snarky but while there’s some truth to that statement, fns is no slouch and won them several round on pure skill by himself to nab them the win. Especially impressive considering he is an esports boomer

[@jackbFPS]

a little late

[@nedas5285]

Just go bald. its nothing new these days

[@45point28]

Heh

[@m4a1snerfed]

m4a1s is overpowered and csgo devs don't care about balance therefore it's a waste of time to play csgo

[@drearyplane8259]

mate you've gotta get a hobby

[@uresfffff222]

m4 a1s is overpowered but still better than shitlorant

[@raa9756]

@@uresfffff222 bro both games are good why are cs players so insecure about "their" game

[@autrixdreams]

Then Forsaken now FNS and Chet India always saves Optic gaming 🥰🥰🥰

[@zeroXmlbb]

Kuch bhe hagna hota na ?

[@autrixdreams]

@@zeroXmlbb cry ratio kid Can't even understand bait

[@heyyylallu7228]

FNS the pride of india🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@louisthemagic]

3rd

[@diablo9648]

all good

[@Dylan-ek3oj]

All good

[@satriosaz8018]

All good