s0m steps down from Gen.G

7-10-2020 20:05

The 18-year-old player will be moving away from Counter-Strike to join Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele and Chet "⁠Chet⁠" Singh in NRG's VALORANT team.

Gen.G are down to just three players as Sam "⁠s0m⁠" Oh has announced his move to VALORANT. Joining NRG in Riot Games' new shooter, the youngster will reunite with daps, who left Gen.G's active lineup in September.

The team's revamping began after the ESL One Rio Major was canceled as daps stepped down from the roster, citing the inability to make changes and lack of LANs as the main reasons for the decision, which he had been considering for "three-four months".

s0m's departure means Gen.G are now missing two players

s0m made a name for himself in the realms of ESEA Rank S and FACEIT Pro League as a teenager, seeing Complexity bring him on as a streamer at the start of 2018. He had his breakout with Swole Patrol later that year (1.21 rating from 24 maps), before being signed for Envy in 2019.

At the end of that year, Gen.G announced their foray in Counter-Strike as a part of Flashpoint 1, with s0m making it into the lineup and helping them to a trophy at DreamHack Open Anaheim, where he posted a team-high 1.33 rating.

Following the departures of their in-game leader and young rifler, Gen.G will have to rebuild around the trio of Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand, Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen, and Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta. With the $1,000,000 Flashpoint 2 scheduled to start on November 9, the South Korean organization has limited time to find two replacements.

Gen.G are now:

Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand
Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta
Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen

Chris "⁠Elmapuddy⁠" Tebbit (coach)

rip

2020-10-07 20:05

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Washed at 18 sad

2020-10-07 20:06

7 replies

Valorant lmao

2020-10-07 20:28

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He just joined nrg valorant

2020-10-08 02:09

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oh mom's touch, i love chicken too!

2020-10-08 04:04

Fun version of csgo.

2020-10-08 19:31

XAXXAX

2020-10-07 23:24

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Who is s0m?

2020-10-08 00:08

this noise in your head

2020-10-08 00:15

unexpected

2020-10-07 20:09

There had been some talk and hints on social media, but you would have to be following NA players and insiders on Twitter. Excited to see what's next for this core; they'll need to work hard to stay relevant in the NA standings it seems.

2020-10-07 22:35

but why

Washed up at 18 so he wants to try his luck at another game

good riddance

expected from another NA KID

Expected

expected

Old news

NA scene lol

save autimatic

Oof, unluko for NA cs.

hahaha he was so wahsed up. he was trash, and to only be 18. sad af

2020-10-07 20:53

Another kid joining Valorant, but he will be back in 3 months, lol

Not good enough to come back

2020-10-08 00:38

good enough for na

2020-10-08 18:21

NA DEAD [*]

na cs dying

2020-10-07 20:07

VAL OMEGALUL RANT

well he can always cpme back

+cxzi +osee

"and lack of LANs as the main reasons" will there be LANs anytime soon in valorant? XDDDDD

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valorant online scene atm is a lot more exciting than cs, due to the developing meta, new rosters, roster shuffles, talent breaking through etc. also valorant is just the better game

2020-10-07 20:10

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I don't understand what you are doing here

2020-10-07 20:16

2020-10-07 20:17

I like watching csgo LANs. The online scene atm is oversaturated with tournaments and boring as fuck to watch, and boring as fuck for a lot of players to play.

2020-10-07 20:20

2020-10-07 22:00

+1 I'm not sure if I would call it the better game. The movement speed really needs an increase but the scene is definitely more exciting than cs atm. It's a game in its infancy and it's much more exciting to watch it grow and develop rather than seeing t1 teams lose to t3 because of the lack of lans.

2020-10-07 20:42

cs is probably a better game at its foundations, I agree. However Valorant was just released like 4 months ago, and is much more fun to play than CS imo. I also believe it will be the 'better' / more polished game with a few years

2020-10-07 21:15

I think that if riot truly devotes resources to it it has the potential to end up a way better game. Let's be real valve does not give a fuck about csgo. Even Gaben has said so. It is their red headed step child. Riot has a real shot at taking over if they make the right moves.

2020-10-08 01:45

? You're just talking about esports

2020-10-07 21:38

I think so because LoL Worlds are on LAN and Valorant is from Riot too

2020-10-07 20:11

i wonder if the valorant scene is established enough for that yet

There has already been LANs in Japan and Korea

2020-10-07 21:12

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oh, thats cool. is it true that the valorant scene is dead in EU tho? tournament wise

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It isn't dead. The most recent big EU tournament (blast) reached like 60 or 70k viewers in the final between G2 and FPX, which was a lot bigger than the previous tournaments. It was 'dead' compared to NA in the earlier stages of the game as NA orgs were a lot more hasty to invest in teams and develop the esport scene a lot faster. There has also been a lot more pros from CS etc moving to the NA scene. However, the EU scene is starting to develop at a lot faster pace atm, with the gap between the two best teams (FPX and G2) closing in, and more orgs and teams coming to the scene.

2020-10-07 21:18

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That Blast Invitational got probably like 15-20k viewerboost from twitch mainpage though. And no, both Pop Flash and Blast didn't surpass Faze Invitational that got like 90k peak viewers. The worst part is both tournament got ridiculously low avg time watched per viewer. Their EU Scene is 'dead' because there is only like 3 relevant teams on the moment. Not sure if there is up and coming teams. The comp scene is definitely not dead, but viewer wise it's definitely not growing, at least for 'Tier 1' EU and NA (although Asia might be different story). Let's see whether First Strike could relive the hype.

2020-10-08 11:50

The Faze invitational peaked at 190k, not 90k viewers. Also, I never said that Blast surpassed them. I just said that the Blast tournament showed growth in viewership in Europe. The viewership in NA has also shown healthy growth. EU has G2, FPX, Bonk, Liquid, NiP, Skade, BBL, Forze etc. Also Heretics recently invested in a team that has a lot of potential, and there is unsigned teams such as nolpenki and Need More DM that have a lot of potential, and will probably be signed by an org. The NA scene is clearly the bigger scene currently, though EU is slowly growing, and definitely isn't dead

2020-10-08 14:13

"The Faze invitational peaked at 190k, not 90k viewers." Where did you get the number though? According to twitchtracker the main channel only got around 90k at peak. twitchtracker.com/faze/streams/241266689.. Also as I said before I'm having problem with Valorant Tier 1 viewership. Both Pop Flash and Blast show ridiculously low avg time watched per viewer. They got like 10 min watched per viewer when for example ESL CSGO got 45 min and LoL got over 70 min. Regarding lower EU scene I honestly don't pay much attention. Although IMO Riot shouldn't quickly gatekeep the scene by starting franchise league next year, as it could kill lower scene. Oh, and adding to that Turks for whatever reason really like the game I guess.

2020-10-08 14:39

It peaked at 190k across all of the watch parties and the main stream. Myth had like a 50k viewer watch party cheering on TSM in the final for example. Here is a reliable reporter from espn saying the same thing: twitter.com/FionnOnFire/status/129267007.. he also tweeted about it before.

2020-10-12 23:05

wasted talent :( ffs man

2020-10-07 20:08

What talent? He was garbage.

2020-10-08 00:41

+oBo +oSee

Good, total bot

+1 since dh Anaheim he was like barely above 1 rating

2020-10-07 20:39

CSGO overrated anyway, welcome to Valorant kid

CSGO >>>>>>>>>> Valulrant

2020-10-07 20:22

I never played Valorant, just Overwatch but it's nice to have an hybrid game between the 2 because I prefer Overwatch graphics

2020-10-07 20:24

Valulrant =/= OW,because Overwatch is fully related on abilities while Valulrant related on their terrible shooting

Sure, but graphics are very similar

2020-10-07 20:29

So you are playing games because of graphics?Why you didn't buyed console,which games has better graphics than PC

"buyed", can you speak correct english at least ? For shooters, graphics mean less but I play a lot of other genres so graphics are important for me.

2020-10-07 20:43

thats the point. valorant is for the people who like the art style. the easily nsfwable type

2020-10-07 20:55

Very unexpected Poor guy

2020-10-07 20:13

+obo +osee make this team great again

these NA guys can fuck off , i just feel bad for my boy Bntet man. FInally took this long to convince to get himself out of Asian CS after smurfing for years and now getting cucked by his NA teammates.

2020-10-07 20:15

Rip US-Asia csgo scene

Good luck s0m!

2020-10-07 20:18

I N S T A

And once again v*lorant steals pros from csgo

Valulrant

2020-10-07 20:21

+obo

2020-10-07 20:19

Gen.G falling apart Imagine playing valulrant lulw They will come back to CSGO crying because Valulrant salaries will be 2000$/month and they will fall into tier10

Uhm, Valorant player salary is 15-25.000$ PER month. lol

2020-10-07 20:27

Because its a start and it still have some hype After Valulrant will become irrelevant,what will happen very soon,new contracts will have 2000-3000$/month salary

lol no dude. Valorant is actually a game that cares about their players. Something Valve, Epic Games and other studios doesnt. "new contracts will have 2000-3000$/month salary" No. Maybe in T3-T4 Valorant scene, but not the bigger teams and higher tiers.

2020-10-07 20:47

Lol why are you simping riot games? They may care about players (which they dont) but they definetly dont car about womens hence sexual harassment stuff.

? You dont even make any sense at all? Simping riot games?! I am telling you the truth lol. Valorant teams pay players HUGE money to join their teams.

2020-10-08 00:44

Nt brexit

2020-10-08 00:51

You are are simping riot games tbh

2020-10-08 06:39

0/8. I dont like Valorant at all lmao? So me telling facts that Riot actually gives a fuck about their game compared to Valve is simping? And, it is a fact that Valorant teams pay their players insane amounts of money per month.

2020-10-08 12:08

haha this was so fucking obvious I was surprised he didnt follow from the getgo

2020-10-07 20:23

all this time waiting for his chance in a tier one team and he decides to leave cs lol hahahahaha

Orgs really investing a lot into players for a game that doesn't even have an established format yet

2020-10-07 20:25

With Riot Games backing the esports scene, it makes sense.

It makes perfect sense. Riot has plans for it. It's not going anywhere.

2020-10-07 20:44

Autimatic is cursed man, teams just crumble around him

bntet return to asia bro and join impressions super team. finally asia power house. screw na its a sinking ship lol

2020-10-07 20:31

So obo joining now

2020-10-07 20:32

so many NA players are moving to valorant, by the time valorant dies they won’t be able to come back, no orgs will be in NA CS

NA scene is so pathetic LUL Stayed while they could cash out and now go straight to another game that pays similarly but they don’t know how shit you are yet so you can cash out for longer.

2020-10-07 20:33

who cars about tier 3 na team just ship liquid eg furia and 100t to eu and maybe leaf+xeppaa too and let the rest of the na scene rot

2020-10-07 20:40

fer and taco welcome =)) or mb Obo and sonic

2020-10-07 20:41

sonic is dog shit wtf you want GenG to die

2020-10-07 20:46

valorant lul

NA scene is just a bunch of traitors. Remember these guys when Valorant crashes down. Don't let them back!

I never liked som, so hopefully he's gone for good. I honestly don't care if people move games though, if they think its a better opportunity for them then that's great. If I had the choice to play on a tier 3 NA cs team or a top level valorant team I'd choose valorant .

2020-10-10 17:00

NA CS :(

s0m, bad decision he should have waited for LANs according to me he is a very talented player... He got a MVP for first LAN event he attended, 1 tapping Furia players... He is a LAN player and should have waited. Hope he comes back.

2020-10-07 20:49

never coming back sadly

2020-10-07 21:11

1 good tournament and then going downhill with occasional 1-2 good game each tournament. s0m indeed have good aim but his decision making is very bad, he often over extend when he just need to pick the info. I don't think It's because he's better on LAN but just because other team don't see his tendencies on his first time at GenG. Loss of s0m is still very replaceable for GenG when there's better option for buyout like oBo available.

2020-10-07 23:19

+1 so overrated. Braindead player.

2020-10-08 00:39

Still dont understand why so many players move to valorant... Som was a good streamer. But not that good player for a pro team. Csgo for life...

2020-10-07 20:51

Understandable, but I still hate it. Good luck kid.

2020-10-07 20:58

not understandable for s0m, so far everyone that moved either didn't have a team, was on a shit team, or had no salary/no future in CS. s0m had a spot on a tier1 org but left to a game with no scene currently.

2020-10-07 21:01

Salaries are way higher in Valorant atm. That makes it understandable at least in my eyes

2020-10-07 21:29

Understandable move, he is young and can try out other games in esports. If it hits Big then good for him, if not he can come back as a streamer.

2020-10-07 21:04

DEXTER AND OBO/OSEE

2020-10-07 21:08

NA scene falling apart day by day. Dream come true for twitch chat

The interests in the states are just not in CSGO. But as long as EU & Brazil are around CSGO is literally undying

2020-10-07 21:54

Wat S 0 M mean??? S - Onliner 0 - 0nliner M - Onliner

2020-10-07 21:10

But he was shit online too? Not even above 1.0.

2020-10-08 00:40

sad na scene is no scene

Blessing in disguise fir GenG. S0m and daps couldnt frag at all in recent times. If they get dexter and obo they can be better than liquid.

+1 but obo and osee

2020-10-07 21:13

Eh i dont fully trust koosta as an IGL. But if not dexter than yea osee would be great.

2020-10-07 21:16

autimatic as cloud9 5th would be perfect!

+dexter +oSee

2020-10-07 21:20

another nail in the coffin for NA scene the youngsters slowly die out and i guarantee they will regret it in the near future

2020-10-07 21:22

VALORANT HERE WE GO

2020-10-07 21:25

Another opportunity ruined in CSGO by a selfish piece of shit, and nepotism growing to all esports which is ruining the oportunity for the true best. Could have been a dedicated csgo players for the last 3 years...instead they chose someone not committed and only there to sell appeal to the young and dumb. Lmao esports is broken. No skill.

2020-10-07 21:35

-NAF +autimatic

2020-10-07 21:44

Lol. I love reading these comments on players going to Val. Someone said 18 and washed haha. Good stuff

2020-10-07 21:53

I don't get why all these players are going to that trash game after seeing what happened to OW and the OWL. Total fucking disaster because the game is shit, we'll see after a year where the pro scene stands but imho it'll never overtake CS.

I will miss his BM and screams Poor soul

2020-10-07 22:03

Kinda sad to be the NA scene dying so fast

2020-10-07 22:21

irrelevant people jumping chip, who cares, he would never be anything in cs, too soft to make it. is good cuz valorant will clean the scene, the no personality soft kids will go away thank mr valorant

2020-10-07 22:22

stupid fcking move who moves to valorant at age 18 when you are so good and playing in a decent team? hope hes shit at valorant stupid choise

2020-10-07 22:30

Good thing for csgo, he was shit anyway.

2020-10-07 22:31

2020-10-07 22:48

good, now he can lose over at that shitty game

2020-10-07 22:58

s0m(ple)

2020-10-07 23:00

So there down to there 3 best players sad about Daps but S0M hasn't been the same in 6months so this could be good for GG

2020-10-07 23:06

Yea it's actually p good for them, obo is better than som in every single way

2020-10-07 23:31

Exactly would love to see obo and a decent igl and there good to go honestly. Would like to see stewie on this team but yanno doubt liquid is giving him up.

2020-10-08 02:38

who?

2020-10-07 23:13

He has been really bad at CS for some time already, I think it's a good decision from him, maybe in VALORANT he will find his place.

Actually, I'm sad with this change

2020-10-07 23:36

Expected from a weebo

2020-10-08 00:43

Sad for bntet

2020-10-08 01:07

Yuck Valorant

2020-10-08 01:46

bye bye s0m :c

2020-10-08 02:26

Autimatic to where??

2020-10-08 02:47

Good job s0m save yourself from this disgusting csgo scene. Full of scandals now and its degenerated, match fixes after match fixes. CS:GO lost its integrity from its competitiveness, players losing motivation. They're trapped in this cycle until valve bolsters the prize pools or remuneration from standings.

2020-10-08 05:17