n0thing Explains the Hardest Thing He Had to Learn as a CS:GO Pro

Former Cloud9 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player n0thing is one of the most popular professional CS:GO players to grace the North American scene.

While n0thing is no longer a full time player for cloud9 after being replaced alongside teammate Michael "shroud" Grzesiek by Willam "RUSH" Wierzba and Tarik "tarik" Celik, he recently played as a stand-in for mousesports at ESL One Belo Horizonte and can often be found streaming his game of choice in CS:GO on his Twitch channel.  

During a recent stream a viewer asked n0thing what the hardest skill to learn in regards to becoming a professional Counter-Strike player. n0thing responded that it is all relative to each individual and can be different for everyone. The former Cloud9 player then went on to explain what the hardest thing was for him to learn as he became a professional Counter-Strike player. 

"Depends who you are. That's completely relative. For me, the hardest skill was probably to realize because I had good aim naturally I always wanted to find all of the kills, and I guess in a nutshell I had to learn how to let the kills find me in a sense," said n0thing. "Looking at the radar more, realizing like that just because I have an urge, don't always follow it if it doesn't make sense to the higher round. Being able to get past the impulsivity of your intuition was the biggest challenge for me going pro. You have to learn when to make plays and when not to make plays and why and why not to make plays."

With a career that has lasted multiple years competing at the highest level of one of the most skill based first person shooters in the world of esports, many fans often look to n0thing for advice when it comes to working towards their goal of becoming a better CS:GO player and perhaps jump starting their own professional career.

Now players who have seen the above clip and heard the advice from n0thing will know that playing in a patient manner and not going off of basic instinct can be very valuable tool in achieving success as a professional CS:GO player. 

(cover photo courtesy of Patrick Strack for ESL)