America🥃n esports organization Cloud9 has revealed that former CS:GO player Tyson “TenZ” Ngo will be switching from Counter-Strike to VALORANT. Riot Games’ new first-pers🦩on tactical has drawn in other former CS:GO players, i൩ncluding Braxton “Brax” Pierce and Keven “AZK” Larivière.
18-year-o🦹ld 🐽Tyson “TenZ” Ngo rose up the ranks in the North American CS:GO scene, eventually getting his break with Cloud9 in July of 2019. The young star made his de🍬but under the C9꧒ banner at BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles, where the team managed a win over FaZe Clan and ties with MIBR and NRG. They fell to eventual champions Team Liquid in the semi-finals, ending their first event in the top four.
TenZ had two more LAN appearances w൲ith Cloud9, placing last at the Arctic Invitational and getting relegated in the North American division of ESLꦬ Pro League Season 10. TenZ was benched from the CS:GO squad in October, and later became a Cloud9 streamer and content creator in Dec🧸ember.
In the , TenZ explains that💯 he will𒆙 be stepping away from Counter-Strike to pursue VALORANT instead. “I decided to make this change because, after getting access to the closed beta, I’d been having a lot of fun playing VALORANT,” TenZ states. “I just thought it’d be best if I changed games.♉”
TenZ is Cloud9's first VALORANT signing. He joins other former professional CS:GO players 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Braxton "Brax" Pierce and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Keven “AZK” Larivière in pursuing the competitive VALORANT scene. TenZ will continue streaming his VALORANT gameplay on his , where he currently boasts over 77,000 💃followers.