Tarik Celik AKA Tarik used to play Counter-Strike professionally. He regularly draws thousands of viewers, but when he co-hosts official Valorant streams like the ongoing North American Last Chance Qualifiers, he really reaches staggering levels.
The streamer revealed the Twitch statistics of his yesterday’s stream, which far outperformed Riot’s official channel.
Before the LCQ, Shroud joined the Sentinels Valorant roster, shocking fans all over the world. More than 200 000 people tuned in to watch tarik’s stream as he made a comeback to competitive play after a long absence. The eight-and-a-half-hour stream had an average viewership of 97,638, which is an increase of more than 80K from his previous stream, according to the stats provided by the streamer.
Shroud quit the competitive scene in 2018 in order to focus on streaming full-time. Shroud has always been the focal point of most FPS communities because of his prominence in the esports world. Therefore, his return was one of the most eagerly awaited moments in the gaming industry.
The first match of the LCQ: Sentinels vs. The Guard, which featured tarik, a former teammate of Shroud from his Cloud 9 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive days, naturally attracted attention and served as a motivator for viewers. Spoiler: Sentinels lost the match, but that did not stop hundreds of thousands of spectators from cheering for their favorite FPS hero.
According to the statistics provided by Tarik, the stream set a personal best for him on Twitch, drawing a maximum of 205,196 concurrent viewers. Of course, the extensive CS and Valorant history that tarik and Shroud share is the cause of this absurd number. The streamer thanked his viewers on Twitter for watching by posting a message.
The huge numbers on the stat sheet drew a lot of responses from viewers and streamers. Some people praised him for the fruitful stream, while others felt that it was unnecessary to celebrate this one-off success and that the high numbers were the result of outside factors.
There will undoubtedly be more suspenseful streams like this in the days ahead as the Last Chance Qualifiers get underway, and who knows, maybe tarik will surpass his previous best as a result of the game.
