How a Braindead Boomer Became Valorant's Most Confusing Genius
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IGLs are known for their big brains and, what they often lack in firepower, they make up for with their swift decision making.
But in Valorant’s young history, a certain in-game leader has thrown this idea out the window. What sets ANGE1 apart isn’t just his age, it’s the fact that he is the rare IGL who isn’t afraid to take risks, get his hands dirty, and sometimes make some pretty goofy mistakes.
So, where did ANGE1 come from? How did he refine Valorant’s most frustrating playstyle? And is his refusal to adapt to Valorant’s ever-changing meta actually hurting his team?
Written by: Niall McCrossan (@niallmccrossan)
Hosted by: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Edited by: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@sebdot)
Produced by: Alina Sotula (@ASotula), Jason Durante (@JayJay_Durante), and Danielle Rosen (@_DanielleRosen)
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Just for reference, ANGE1 started his career in 2005, thats exactly the same year as Zekken was born, who just won Masters the other day.
The Tarik "ANGEEEEEL" lives rentfree in my Head 😂😂😂
@courseFPS
Ай бұрын
Haha me too
nah the som vs cgrs clip again 💀
@tuanbuianh1884
Ай бұрын
I rmb Som’s chat every time something related to the “cove” ppl jusr spam some braindead shit I feel sad for him man
@divypatel5451
Ай бұрын
@tuanbuianh1884 Nah its just a joke between him and chat
@arjungnanavel509
Ай бұрын
@@tuanbuianh1884he literally made the cove emote in this chat lol he’s fine with it
@Zhiham_
Ай бұрын
@@tuanbuianh1884crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a cove. A harbor cove. A harbor cove with shorty and shorties make me crazy
@nou1534
Ай бұрын
@@Zhiham_💀💀
Dimitri: "the dude is ancient, he's 34 yrs old..." I felt old AF (I'm turning 33 in a week)
@gagagmzmsmzk5864
Ай бұрын
You’re not 33 years old, you’re eternal
@floaterhill1848
Ай бұрын
By video game pro standard it is ancient sadly
@jmariepilapil2481
Ай бұрын
i just turned 30 😂 & i am a woman who still loves to play fps
@mezuki
Ай бұрын
Happy advance birthday
@mehdiel2959
Ай бұрын
m 27 and I already feeling ancient
Ange1 is by far the most entertaining IGL to watch, bro is too funny
@chaosXgum
Ай бұрын
Cap
It seems like the new agent Clove is made only for Ange1
@eq_prod
Ай бұрын
1 word: tenz
@hellothere8381
Ай бұрын
@@eq_prodyou dont get the joke
@eq_prod
Ай бұрын
oh i thought he was serious lmao mb
@hellothere8381
Ай бұрын
@@eq_prod all good, the joke is that ange1 dies first so much and it “helps him igl”
@eq_prod
Ай бұрын
@@hellothere8381 ok lmao ty for the clarification
the way fns comfort som damn , hes a real friend man . that y som always duo with him even some people keep saying that fns is a burden in his rank game
@saubhadrsamod1040
Ай бұрын
except for the aim duel it wasnt soms fault its explained in yt people just dont understand
@user-mx3tr3lu8y
Ай бұрын
Can someone explain why som did not run away? He could have won the game if he run right? He knew where CGRS is.
@saubhadrsamod1040
Ай бұрын
@@user-mx3tr3lu8y at the time when som harbour ults another creator did a simulation and he found out that if som ran away cgrs could have planted the bomb
@saubhadrsamod1040
Ай бұрын
@@user-mx3tr3lu8y he had to delay him and once he finished the mag of his vandal cgrs was too close and that part of map is very weird takes a lot of time to get out of sight
@saubhadrsamod1040
Ай бұрын
there is a 2-3 sec interval in which if he would have ran he might ve been safe but thats too big of a risk
What a timing for this video because Navi just won the CS2 Major.
Ange1 read prx like a book in copenhagen
@acegikm2274
Ай бұрын
tbf it isnt an insane feat to read the team who's strategy is literally their slogan
@hellothere8381
Ай бұрын
@@acegikm2274their slogan is W gaming but how they press W isnt as readable as you think
@leosimvuiseng2926
Ай бұрын
Tbh cis region also similar to apac play aggressive
@tehpanasmanis5662
Ай бұрын
Well bunch of prx player comes from 1.6 too, and forsaken did alot play like that at 1.6 server lmao
That suygetsu 4k to win masters is one of the nastiest clutch of all time.
Holy shit, ANGE1YL vid? Love that guy. Man is an actual OG. I still remember DTSGaming, PiNG, OG VP, OG Hellaisers, and damn... Those days seeing the newer HellRaisers rosters just going head to head against the different rosters of some of my favorite orgs. I remember those years fondly. Then in 2020 they disbanded and w0nderful went to Team Spirit... Kinda ironic now that he just won the Major with NaVi... and "ANGE1" now plays for NaVi's Valorant squad... Fuck I'm old...
Nooooooo not that suygetsu clip
the som cgrs cove clip better appear in every valorant video like coldzera's jumping 4k.
You guys forgot to tell the most amazing thing! FPX and Na'Vi have the most winrate when ange1 is dead (more than when he is alive xD)
I heckin love ANGE1. Despite NAVI with og FPX roster not performing well (yet), the success and performance is not the sole reason i love watching them. I just love watching Grandpa ANGE1 in EMEA and Grandpa JessieVash in APAC
yall should do second video about navi and aleksib after that major win
12:51 ayoooooooooooooo.........man leaking secrets................
0:37 fns is a real one
thescore surprises me everytime with the most disrespectful disgusting titles lol
@Filacki
Ай бұрын
+1
@thinhhoang3338
Ай бұрын
Right? Like I get what they mean by braindead, but damn... Sounds like it can be taken out of context very easily
@Naevak.
Ай бұрын
@@thinhhoang3338 how are you going to take braindead out of context
@thinhhoang3338
Ай бұрын
@@Naevak. It can be insulting, which in this case, isn't
@Naevak.
Ай бұрын
@@thinhhoang3338 No it is definitely meant to be "insulting"
some people call him first death ange1 before lol
we get a vid about the guy who made the lower bracket run possible aswell?
ANGEL WITH CLOVE WILL WIN VCT
@dzaesonp8599
Ай бұрын
literally built for him
@nah0725
Ай бұрын
Yep it's his agent
you guys gotta work on your titles.
I don’t think “braindead” is an appropriate terminology for this.
"I'm having a lot of fun right now". I feel like a lot of current CS and VALO players don't have this mindset. You play games for a living, there's gotta be something fun about that, right?!
Legend has it, Ange1 witnessed the moment when Pangaea broke.
Didnt know the old CS legend was still going strong in valorant. Nice
nah Ange1 Jett destroying old Fnatic is crazy 😂
tbf, the whole "mechanics get worse with age" are USUALLY meant as reaction etcetc.. And it has been proven wrong a few times already. Of COURSE it deteriates IF you don't play the game, but if you continue playing the game or just practicing reactions, IF it goes down/gets slower, it's not even a amount that is worth mentioning (I think the average FPS' reaction time is somewhere around 0.250 seconds, or was that the average persons...can't remember the details) I think the biggest detriment with older players is time, time to practice, time commitment and just...burn out. You seldom START playing at 30+ or at old age, you start as most zoomers nowadays, at around 10 years plus minus a few years. And if you're 34, well, that's 24 years of gaming :P Hard to keep the same interest and enthusiasm going for that long. Which is prolly also why he found it so much fun to start Valorant over cs, which I can testify for myself as well. Used to play 1.x like an idiot back in the day, like I'd say 6+ hours a day on non-school days and MORE in the weekends, and I wasn't even a pro. After like 10ish years with that and the release of csgo, I was just so fed up with the game. I blamed "csgo being bad" but it was honestly just burnout. Anyways, cool to see a older person having the drive, even if it is in a e-sport title I don't follow (I swear I've seen his name back in the cs 1.6 days tho..like in tournaments :P) I just wish more e-sport teams would dare to gamble on "old" players...aka people over 24+..instead of just dumping them immediately. I can imagine there are some pros, like maturity in a team enviroment.
I had the occasion to see ANGE1 on stage and the guy is really such a vibin guy, amazing.
i tired to skip this video since last night but it keeps showing up on my home screen. so here i am.
angel is about to become vct god with the introduction of clove
Imagine angel playing clove. Her reyna like util and angels madness lol
Clove and angel a match made in heaven 😂😂
clove was practically designed for angel to play
Ardis being an EMEA spy makes sense
We need an Aleksib asap! He just went god mode and won cs2’s first major.
"teams need a leader" paper rex be like NO
The thing is, you can still have very sharp reflexes in your 30s if you never stopped. Even if you start training today, you can still achieve some amazing feats. We now know that you are only really an adult at 45 years old thanks to advances in neuropsychology and such. Is it time to shatter these myths about age in eSports? I think so. Especially because it is way less taxing on the body than sports like hockey. And btw, if you're curious, go look at Jaromir Jagr's career. That'll tell you everything you know about age and sports and how it is not an universal law at all.
Next VCT boutta get crazy with clove being the new meta ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️
excited for NaVi CS video
Props to fns 0:37
“ANGE111111111111111111111111” - Tarik
Maybe Ange1 is why they put TenZ on Omen
Bro gonna abuse Clove for sure
I love this roster man
14:10 HAHAHHAHA
Was always a fan of angel happy to hear he is doing good
Is this guy the Zeus of Valorant ?
video about jinggg plz
Its ok guys he can now int with Clove and still smoke!!!!
okay joking but I think that people, gamers, just have to learn a lot about this man and his Ego control
I get the whole “let’s call anyone older than me a boomer” culture but just to be clear: 34 is a millennial.
kinda sad to see that dosia and simple won majors meanwhile ppl meme'd him in val 💔
Thats quite the title
Ardiis the special agent to throw
Summary of this video: Ange1 old, he don't care
Watching ange1 against heretics on breeze was..... interesting......
The Hooxi of valorant
Washed CS pro become world class in Valorant, classic
People sayin clove is for tenz nah clove is for angel
clove must make ange1 broken
the title is wild
So you are saying he's a clove main? gotcha
I'm 39 y.o. and still playing Valorant
I love how we're considering someone in their 30's to be a boomer now. 😂
that title maan
Bruh the title is crazy fr
Ange1 gonna main clove
Wohey dimitri the man!
Me watching this at 37:😂
Man the old Breeze brings back so much trauma 😭😭
Zeus of Valorant ☕☕☕☕
My favourite pro player
Both Ange1 and Jessivash are 34 yrs old
you can skip to 4:53
throwing? I was throwing once
thats crazy
Fns malding XD
We
Ardis sleeper agent
Calling him braindead is crazy
i keep thinking theyre talking about me cus thats my name
So he plays like a Bronze player but can actually aim. Entire video summed up.
4:58 bro let ange1 enjoy his life let him having fun in valorant he great igl, he rised so many young talented
NA catching strays.
som caught a stray
Angel1 >> demon1🥴
I comment to help statistics
bro is older than Hiko 👴🏻
"braindead boomer" is too much
pog
I am 36…
HE PLAYED ALONG SIDE SEX GOD?!?!?!?! yeah this guy is goated still kicking ass idc
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cover ardiis again
34 is not a boomer
@sepi_
Ай бұрын
in esports thats like being 90 years old
@NamhadiNdemufayo
Ай бұрын
Dawg, we’re ancient. It’s good, let the kids have some laughs. It’s not like they’re ever going to have a mortgage. Let ‘em have this.
@VI.mp4
Ай бұрын
@@user-cl8cl6qc5tit's just that most old people don't start playing games at their age and esports is too young for the players to actually have grown that old. The people who have been pro players since the beginning of the rise of esports are not older than 40 because esports hasn't been around for long enough.
@nailmasterjune
Ай бұрын
@@VI.mp4 What do you mean esports is young? Esports have been around for a very long time, CS started having tournaments since about 2002 and CSGO tournaments started around 2013. Even for other games like League of Legends or Dota 2, they've had tournaments for a long time and in this case, Ange1 has been playing in esports since around 2006 when he was only 17-18 years old.
@VI.mp4
Ай бұрын
@@nailmasterjune you're proving my point. Compare esports to any other sport and tell me it's not young. Even the oldest players have only been since around 2004-2010 because before esports just wasn't a big thing. And they started when they were young themselves. That's why there's so little old pros.
so hes just worse zeus?
@__Kainon__
Ай бұрын
Nah, hes better
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