valens joins Evil Geniuses as Head of Data Science

7-11-2019 01:22

After parting ways with Cloud9 in October, Soham "⁠valens⁠" Chowdhury has linked up with Evil Geniuses as the organisation's Head of Data Science.

The role is not an unfamiliar one for the 30-year-old tactician, having previously held the same title on Cloud9 after he stepped down from a coaching position on the roster in July. valens most notably stood behind Cloud9 in their ELEAGUE Major title run in 2018, and coached the roster for a little over two years.

valens will reprise his role as Head of Data Science at Evil Geniuses

While his stint in Cloud9's analytical division was brief, the role was one that valens aimed to continue exploring, saying in his departure statement from Cloud9 that he planned to "keep pushing the envelope when it comes to esports analytics" while helping to turn "this industry into a sustainable, ethical, and exciting one."

The Stanford graduate will have the opportunity to do just that, aiming to help Evil Geniuses maintain their position as the No. 1 team in the world through analytics alongside in-game leader Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz and coach Chet "⁠Chet⁠" Singh.

United States Soham 'valens' Chowdhury
Soham 'valens' Chowdhury
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.77
Maps played:
177
KPR:
0.50
DPR:
0.70
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Age:
25
Team:
Evil Geniuses
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
999
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.66
#2
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France yo_les_n00bs
head of data science? what does he do lmao
2019-11-07 01:22
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Finland Smoonah
sciences data 🥴
2019-11-07 01:23
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#149
s1mple | 
Turkey Very_Interesting_Personalities
data science OMEGAKEKW
2019-11-07 14:36
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Japan Fanta_machine
He looks at some numbers in microsoft excel
2019-11-07 01:25
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4 replies
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Other howdoyoudeleteyouraccount
xd
2019-11-07 02:03
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karrigan | 
India Lauda_Lassan_00
Word*
2019-11-07 07:00
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France yo_les_n00bs
flag checks out
2019-11-07 10:40
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Finland CsIsAdEaDgAmE
Hello Forsaken
2019-11-07 16:40
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#14
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United States joke_cs
youtube.com/watch?v=LhW2i-Iluw4 Watch this podcast, his ideas for statistical analysis and what he's been doing are insane.
2019-11-07 01:25
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India Da_to
Thanks a lot mens
2019-11-07 11:27
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#152
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Poland nieja
Wow, that'a actually a valuable comment. Thanks.
2019-11-07 15:26
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Canada matchfixing_killed_csgo
analyzes rounds grenades positions , etc.
2019-11-07 01:25
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Sweden ALEKSIB_DIDNT_DESERVE_KICK
i guess he just looks at stats and shit like that
2019-11-07 01:25
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#73
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Costa Rica KiNGa_DiAmEndz
Sounds like very in depth studying of the game. Like if someone dies on short what are the odds of a rotation or stacking a site. Breaking down reactions and set plays to a mathematical statistic
2019-11-07 02:49
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New Zealand DenjeNoiceGuy
*tUroK u NoT pUtTinG bIg nUmBerS mEN))) sTEp uP*
2019-11-07 12:48
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#51
Asia Hisamzphyr
1.coach 2.head coach
2019-11-07 02:21
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#94
Reunion Megan_Fox
stealing paychecks
2019-11-07 04:13
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5 replies
#102
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Slovakia veeellys
+1
2019-11-07 05:40
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#124
ropz | 
Canada StanleyLy
Better then no paycheques like in the French economy. LEL
2019-11-07 08:36
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France yo_les_n00bs
lmao
2019-11-07 10:40
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#156
GuardiaN | 
Czech Republic shaggy_is_here
funny that this is coming from france, country where every cs team is full of at least 4 paycheck stealers out of 5 players
2019-11-07 16:14
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1 reply
#166
Denmark igor_the_great
Norway cs? Lol
2019-11-08 06:41
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Xyp9x | 
Hungary xAii
wow
2019-11-07 01:22
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#4
ShAdOwOw | 
Sweden NA_Play_Faceit_Pls
data science?
2019-11-07 01:22
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3 replies
#107
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Sweden Danzk1
Dunno but he had a job at Google that he left a few years ago so he probably fit for it. What ever it is lol...
2019-11-07 07:00
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#136
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Mongolia bozgor
"fit"
2019-11-07 10:59
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1 reply
#154
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Sweden Danzk1
Lol
2019-11-07 15:41
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#5
France MbappeGOAT
damn this guy is good at stealing paychecks.
2019-11-07 01:23
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7 replies
#43
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Other ferric
Talk to us about him again when you graduate from the #1 ranked university in the world, work for Google, Tesla, become a CS:GO pro, and lead a team to a major victory as well as hold an analytical role for the best CS:GO team in the world.
2019-11-07 02:05
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#53
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Lithuania arres
What did he do at google and tesla?
2019-11-07 02:23
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#56
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Other ferric
Data Scientist Lead
2019-11-07 02:26
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Faceit level 6  | 
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India MIBR_CANT_EVEN_WIN_DH_OPEN
Played CSGO
2019-11-07 03:45
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#97
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United States G0ingInsqne
+1111111111111111111111111111111111
2019-11-07 04:59
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#150
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United States Dc1022
Current Stanford student here. Just wanted to say there’s a huge emphasis on AI and machine learning at this place. You can do so much (% of duels won from different positions, likely setup based on economy, etc.) of course you can get this info by watching demos, but if you had a script that could analyze hundreds of demos and filter data based on various factors (team, map, time period), your results should be more accurate and it saves you lots of time.
2019-11-07 14:59
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#120
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Canada StanleyLy
Jealous frenchie, how’s your economy OMEGALAUGH. Better to steal a paycheque then have no job like in France
2019-11-07 08:29
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Finland mayrakoira
cool
2019-11-07 01:23
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Armenia GaRY56
Nice!!
2019-11-07 01:23
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#12
s1mple | 
Bulgaria cuddleslut
Genius
2019-11-07 01:24
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Russia illuminosity
a tier incoming
2019-11-07 01:24
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United States Kick_Rush_FFS
D:
2019-11-07 01:25
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#22
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United States joke_cs
youtube.com/watch?v=LhW2i-Iluw4 Watch this podcast if you want to know specifics of this new science Valens has been doing.
2019-11-07 01:25
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#23
EARTH | 
Other EARTH_15_MAJORS_MARS_0
wtf lmao
2019-11-07 01:31
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#25
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Canada rayrayrayray
So hes just going to watch vods and write down when and where teams throw nades?
2019-11-07 01:32
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#70
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Argentina HenriqueIglesias
he's basically writing a program that finds out all that stuff automatically from a demo to save time but as we saw from c9 they weren't able to use it to their advantage and i doubt it'll give much info teams can use to their advantage that goes beyond common anti strats or knowing how another igl likes to call
2019-11-07 02:46
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#26
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North America ChillComrade
There goes Cloud9 :(
2019-11-07 01:32
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#27
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Canada stay_drinkwaterandstuff_my_guy
what are you going to do, maximize economic efficiency by buying novas every anti eco?
2019-11-07 01:33
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#33
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Netherlands itsm
I lolled
2019-11-07 01:45
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#29
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France gay4shoxie
cool
2019-11-07 01:36
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#30
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United Kingdom Fizzhaz
Cool stuff.
2019-11-07 01:37
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#32
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Netherlands itsm
The IT department of HLTV could be of more value imo. Perhaps analyst could be a better title.. but no he wants to make his parents proud..
2019-11-07 01:44
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autist | 
Moldova jUMPERiNh0
excuse me?
2019-11-07 01:46
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#36
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Ukraine kozaklazurenko
Great stuff
2019-11-07 01:54
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#37
Perfecto | 
Italy jbello123
Really smart guy
2019-11-07 01:55
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#38
Twistzz | 
United States DervGuy
Valens FeelsOkayMan :point_right: <3
2019-11-07 01:58
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#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States sighteyed
Soooo we're just making up positions now to give our friends free paychecks?
2019-11-07 02:04
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9 replies
#100
United States CSGOISJOKE
how new are you to esports roster riders and "coaches" and handouts to washed up garbage is all too common
2019-11-07 05:13
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4 replies
#127
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United States sighteyed
im not new at all, just pointing out hes yet another waste of money that is all too common in esports. You dont see shit like this in real sports or professions.
2019-11-07 08:45
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#128
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New Zealand LewsTherin
Actually head of data science is a real department in all professional sports. Baseball and Bill James, Data analysis in all sports, especially football.
2019-11-07 08:59
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#129
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States sighteyed
the point is that its not needed, how many people do u need on ur payroll for a csgo team? The coach and players cant look over demos anymore? You need an entire new department for that?
2019-11-07 09:12
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#168
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New Zealand LewsTherin
EG is more than just CSGO. They have a sizeable staff team. The org itself is more than just coach and players btw.
2019-11-09 12:39
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#121
ropz | 
Canada StanleyLy
Man is more qualified then you ever will be lel
2019-11-07 08:30
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#126
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United States sighteyed
what does that have to do with him getting a free ride? lul hes more qualified than u will ever be too, whats ur point? lul what a stupid remark by u... And i take that back, if i had the time to sit around and watch demos of teams all day/night Id be just as good as him at it. lulumad?
2019-11-07 08:47
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#134
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Canada StanleyLy
How is it a free ride if he has all the credentials lol google, Tesla top companies in the world. what credentials do you Have to comment how a company is running its operations ? Just cause you make 40k a year lmfao
2019-11-07 10:56
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#135
ropz | 
Canada StanleyLy
Also if he’s more qualified then me I don’t talk shit and be jealous like you, degenerate american.
2019-11-07 10:57
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#44
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Indonesia SpiritsOfFire
Lol this guys, data analytics have been in all sports for decades. I mean have you guys seen moneyball?
2019-11-07 02:08
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#46
tarik | 
Canada ZHF
Valens cucked C9 xaxaxaxaxa Good for him
2019-11-07 02:11
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#47
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Japan Misteear
Pog
2019-11-07 02:13
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#50
Korea EunJong
Head of data science? Let's not forget that this is a fkin pc game...
2019-11-07 02:17
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#52
China waytotroll
that dude has a Standford master degree for data analysis, he worked for Google as data scientist. I believe people hire him for a good fucking reason.
2019-11-07 02:22
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#57
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Netherlands itsm
Why would he quit a job at google to “work” in esports as a coach. He didnt want to put in the hours of actual hard work and justifies “working” in esports by handing himself a respectable sounding job title. And.... there is nothing wrong with that. But whats next? Mouse carrier????!!!!!
2019-11-07 02:26
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#58
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Other ferric
I think he is smarter than you and knows what he is doing.
2019-11-07 02:27
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6 replies
#64
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Netherlands itsm
Did i say hes stupid in any way? No. Grow some brain cells. Its a genius move.. imagine having “head of data science” on your linkedin... what a guy
2019-11-07 02:34
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#68
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United States loomeh
Rofl you're a moron
2019-11-07 02:38
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#75
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J-bird | 
Sweden Forsgren
Yeah, he already had that title from Google before he got that title in esports.
2019-11-07 02:54
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3 replies
#80
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Netherlands itsm
Not as head tho
2019-11-07 03:04
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2 replies
#112
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India csgo_veteran
The retard is definitely too strong in this one
2019-11-07 07:12
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#146
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J-bird | 
Sweden Forsgren
Lead of Data Science seems pretty similar imo
2019-11-07 12:51
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#69
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Canada Kry^tech
if he worked at google and telsa, im sure he made good coin. now he can do something he enjoys????
2019-11-07 02:45
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1 reply
#71
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Netherlands itsm
Yes def.. good for him
2019-11-07 02:47
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#59
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Lithuania arres
What is wrong with you?
2019-11-07 02:28
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#60
Brazil r4ph21
explain to him that clown9 major win was an outlier.
2019-11-07 02:30
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#63
Netherlands flxnbxn
"Guys guys listen out we need 16 rounds to win a map and if i read my statistics correctly we have a higher win % if we win both pistols and start 10:0 thats my input for the match today gl hf"
2019-11-07 02:32
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#65
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Netherlands itsm
“Guys it takes 25 seconds to travel from a long through t spawn to b. So if we have 23 seconds left just hit the a site. Trust me i have done my data analys”
2019-11-07 02:36
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United States Nifty_did_nothing_wrong
Genius
2019-11-07 02:37
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#76
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New Zealand SkirmishX
>Head of Data Science >Analyst
2019-11-07 02:54
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#77
Asia Blitzer
WHAT A LEGEND! linkedin.com/in/sohamchowdhury Stanford graduated, worked in Tesla, worked inGoogle, worked in Intel HOLY SHIT
2019-11-07 03:00
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#81
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Netherlands itsm
Now head of data science at evil geniuses. Mans making moves.. what a guy
2019-11-07 03:04
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1 reply
#82
Asia Blitzer
has to be love for the game and esports in general simple as that no one in their right mind wastes such a curriculum
2019-11-07 03:07
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#83
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China imd0g
MOUSE5 private cheats lan injection
2019-11-07 03:09
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1 reply
#115
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India Women
"Hacker by passion" LMAO
2019-11-07 07:20
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#79
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Malaysia itsyourboidazed
Two indians in coaching roles, this is the work of a god
2019-11-07 03:03
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#85
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United States swaggerlikejagger
DADDY VALENS
2019-11-07 03:20
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#86
Iraq Calyr
There's too many sneaky asians behind the scene in CS:GO. It's like a club almost. Or international jewry.
2019-11-07 03:25
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#87
Albania VeryLowIQGuy
Is the scope of work within cs only?
2019-11-07 03:25
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#88
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BnTeT | 
Indonesia rareguy
CSGO server injection with mouse binding he prolly using python or stuffs to do data things when I see the headline I thought "he probably looking at vods and demos", almost similar to THREAT on NiP, just to give a new perspective to the main coach. but after looking at his portfolio, I have no doubt that this is more than imaginable. not restricted to CSGO too.
2019-11-07 03:30
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Netherlands staticNL
Congrats valens! Good pick-up by EG.
2019-11-07 03:36
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#90
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Australia aussie_billy
sounds interesting, GL with future projects valens! :)
2019-11-07 03:38
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#91
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Brazil Karlogaria
Exiting the shittiest team in the world to join one of the best, possibly real number 1 atm, what a career boost
2019-11-07 03:44
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Indonesia MeX0NNNN
what kind of position is that
2019-11-07 04:24
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3 replies
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Europe VeryOldGuyOnHLTV
analytics with SAP i guess there is similar position in the football business something like this sap.com/germany/products/sports-one.html usage in football youtube.com/watch?v=wUr2Useye2E
2019-11-07 05:11
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France oumoum
Why with SAP ? There are many ways to do data science and machine learning. SAP is far from being the most common one
2019-11-07 06:47
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Europe VeryOldGuyOnHLTV
i was guessing ofc they could be using something else SAP was just the first thing that came in to my mind^^
2019-11-07 07:25
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#98
Brazil FLXG
LOL tarik demanded EG to create a new job in the company to save his old chuby friend from unemployment ALL MY RESPECT!
2019-11-07 05:07
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Canada StanleyLy
Are you fucked this guy worked at google and Tesla he choose Esports as a passion. He could easily get a job in his field, typical jealous unemployed Brazilian LEL
2019-11-07 08:34
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#155
Brazil FLXG
Loooooooool u triggered North USA?
2019-11-07 15:50
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India zypnix
the only NA coach to win a major has now joined the #1 team in csgo , lets go brazil...
2019-11-07 05:44
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2 replies
#113
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India csgo_veteran
China numba wan?
2019-11-07 07:17
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1 reply
#118
electroNic | 
India zypnix
lets go chinaaa!!
2019-11-07 07:56
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karrigan | 
India Lauda_Lassan_00
Tech support Rajesh lul
2019-11-07 07:05
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#114
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United States _Nohj
lmao
2019-11-07 07:18
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#147
Malaysia redempti0n
If dude decides to be tech support in india. All the shitty street shitters will run out of job.
2019-11-07 13:05
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India Lauda_Lassan_00
Lol , if he ll come here to find a job , he will not even survive here , there are too many better than him for sure ,but the thing is they don't have money
2019-11-07 20:49
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India Lauda_Lassan_00
Lol he would be a normal guy here , he was lucky that his parents were having enough money for his studies Xdddddddd Ez
2019-11-07 20:51
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#165
Malaysia redempti0n
salty poor street shitter confirmed.
2019-11-08 04:28
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#130
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Turkey xxxjet3
His gonna eat more burgers and earn 10k for shit job
2019-11-07 09:18
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#131
Serbia GODKipato
Good luck, master mind
2019-11-07 09:51
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#142
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Netherlands voldemort_did_nothing_wrong
-valens +Zews
2019-11-07 11:48
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#148
Denmark GGNORE33
Simple Analyst but make it looks different using complicated sentence
2019-11-07 13:41
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#151
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Austria Megrr
I use the movie Remember the Titans to compare what he does. He is the guy who will use the odds/numbers to help the teams understand the probability of something happening. In the movie, Coach Boone uses the math teacher to look at how often the other teams do what is all scenarios. This is the same concept
2019-11-07 15:19
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#153
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United States stickmycockindamacaroni
mad respect for my son valens
2019-11-07 15:28
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#157
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Norway SlimeThug
This is exciting and for anyone familiar with Valens he is a smart and hardworkkng motherfucker. This will give EG another edge and other orgs will need to keep up on this departement in the coming years if they want to keep up at the top imo. Esports keeps evolving, and CS is at the forefront of it
2019-11-07 16:36
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#159
f0rest | 
India Straight_outta_Compton
Data Sciences. Such an Indian Job lmaoooo
2019-11-07 18:32
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#162
fagger | 
Australia fuckturd
“Hey b0ss!” “Wat” “My data show that clown9 sux and EG are fake #1” “Gj soham here’s one lakh rupees and bob Vagene jpegs”
2019-11-07 21:56
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#164
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Other ferric
Your username fits you well
2019-11-08 00:40
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#167
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany FreakingPikachu
wasted
2019-11-08 09:52
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