Former CS:GO Pro Turns VALORANT Streamer and Creates Pro City Hub
Tarik, a former professional CS:GO player who has now transitioned into a popular VALORANT streamer, has launched a new initiative called Pro City. This hub aims to provide competitive play opportunities for both streamers and professional players in North America.
The Pro City hub gathers pros on a Discord server to play custom competitive games, and this has been well-received by viewers. One of the biggest advantages of this initiative is that players no longer have to waste their time playing ranked matches against throwers who fix matches on crypto-betting websites. These individuals would intentionally throw matches if they saw a pro or streamer in their game, and Riot Games has yet to address this issue.
Riot Shows Support for Pro City
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Pro City was launched in January, and contrary to some beliefs, Riot Games is not opposed to the idea. In fact, the company has encouraged Tarik and other players to put money on the line, which would elevate the level of competition and seriousness.
During his latest livestream, Tarik stated, “I spoke with Riot and they don’t have a plan of taking us down. They’re also open to us potentially introducing prizing.”
Tarik and some of the other players in Pro City have previous experience playing custom lobbies for money during their CS:GO careers. They would gather enough players and compete on a third-party matchmaking platform with money at stake. If they adopt the same approach in VALORANT, it is likely that more viewers would become interested in following the matches, and the players themselves could request casters to co-stream the action.
Pro City Leaderboard and Standings
Pro City currently boasts 139 professional players and streamers in North America. The best player of January was Michael “neT” Bernet from The Guard with a 1,447 MMR, achieved through 21 wins and only five losses. On the other hand, Tarik had the second-worst MMR in Pro City for January. He finished with a 767 MMR after 41 losses and only 27 wins.
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