The Story Of potter: The Undisputed Queen of Valorant

The Mastermind the Brain Trust a legend my good friend Potter Potter is a legend across two decades Potter has been driven by one thing and one thing alone an Unstoppable desire to be the best no matter what I'm not having to find ways to motivate myself I just am right now I want to win again from competition to analyst work to coaching Potter has only ever had victory in mind breaking news demon is coming in and is subbed for bcj it was an outrageous move for sure we were kind of cornered no matter how hard things got but so difficult so Dam hard and it's the 13 Z no matter how hopeless things seemed controversial title coming up is eg going to be the worst team in the America's League she is never given up on her dream and her confidence has never been shaken he's got the knives out 2v2 Alpha and Chronicle to try and get fnatic across the line he's trying to save them but it's Alpha up against Dem now oh my God God right then I I probably was like oh we're winning we're winning Champs we're going to win everything it's going to be the freebie but he's going to play this out patiently he wants to spot them both can he make the transition yes he can time working against him you can start to hear it TI it to Wi face the way d one Ethan's f m freak is down to two this could be it another jum it's all over Christine potteri was introduced to competitive firstperson Shooters young and she was locked in from the moment she started playing Counterstrike I was always competitive with my brother um and I had no interest in video games at that time but just because he didn't let me play I was always curious what he was doing and then one thing led to another I started playing Counterstrike and then I was hooked the very first time I put on a headset I thought it was the coolest thing ever the fact that I had a headset and I was talking through my PC to other people in a video game and that blew my mind from that point forward Potter never looked back her Obsession led her to competitive CS 1.6 and just a few years later she began her professional career with SK Gaming's women's roster in 2006 by 2007 she was already winning World Championships you know at that time Esports was obviously much different than it is now but I was so so damn proud of of winning that tournament and even qualifying for that tournament and making it there was such a uphill battle I mean we had to save $10,000 to be able to buy the tickets um and go together as a squad Potter's rise was explosive she won five more eswc titles between 2008 and 2015 establishing her team as a women's CS Dynasty Potter was unmatched as a player in an era where Esports was a true Wild West she was focused on Victory dedicated to motivating her teammates and above all else being the most professional Pro in the scene I always respected her I thought she was one of the best not just women but one of the best role models in Counterstrike at the time I really admired her termination her work ethic she was never afraid to tell it like it is if you're playing bad she's going to call that out and she was always very good about separating that like business and personal Potter was an excellent player of course but the intangibles matter too the things that the scoreboard can't track Potter was honest straightforward and did everything she did in pursuit of championships and that meant she had to make sure her team wanted that too her single-minded Pursuit Of Glory put her in a different CL last than the rest of Esports back then what Potter had was confidence confidence she was the best confidence she could push through any obstacle confidence she could lead any team to Victory she was just like super Alpha in the game and I think she had that mindset where it's just a pure Winner's mentality and you can tell that even from the way that she entered the game from the way that she spoke about the game from the way that she would even speak about other people and yet despite her killer approach to the game Potter knew how to build a family atmosphere in her teams she created lifelong friendships amidst the victories friendships that help build trust and in turn LED back to wins and Potter success wasn't only for herself she parlayed those victories into a position of authority in a male-dominated industry becoming a voice for young women hoping to find a career in Esports there are some women out there right now some girls who could be 17 years old and they could be the exception they might be good and it's my responsibility to allow these women to be inspired to understand that they can take it to the next level they can dream and don't just let their dreams be dreams they can actually take it to the next level you know Potter was an inspiration to everyone her teammates her fans even her opponents simply had to look up to her Potter was so good that in 2018 after winning everything North America had to offer she saw New Horizons in Europe looking to conquer the scene all over again towards 2018 it was clear that uh my team CLG and UB knited that was mine and Miss Harvey's little project that we grew from day one it was clear that it was time to move on she was still on top of the worlds but other teams were starting to narrowly beat her even as she got older she still loved the game so she moved to the analyst desk after her close friend Moses encouraged her to give it a try I was still paying to be involved in eorts you know I was getting older I had just hit 30 and so it was really tough figuring out do I keep being obsessed doing the same thing or do I try to figure out what more I can do but broadcast work just wasn't enough Potter was a competitor at heart and a new opportunity gave her a chance to taste Glory once again valerant represented a chance to begin a new for dozens of former CS Pros many of whom the community felt were past their Prime but Potter didn't care about any of that she was addicted to the game and the competitive fire in her soul was relit for the first time in years prior to that any new game that comes out I will have a moment of like a month where I really uh for like 12 hours a day dive in and like look up all the everything about it and then figure out if it's the game that I find interesting or not and valent was one of those games and I was instantly hooked Potter made waves instantly signing with evil genius's mixed gender roster as their igl but as the months wore on she realized that success wasn't going to come so easily anymore her mind for the game was as sharp as ever but Young Guns were running the show in valerent and EG just couldn't keep up EG struggled to break into the tier one scene they bombed out of every Challenger qualifier they played Potter knew things were going wrong and even though she just couldn't quit it was clear that something needed to change building that roster was all wrong so if I could go back in time and redo that again I would I would do it again EG swapped to a fully male roster hoping to reverse their sad fortunes but Potter was still on their payroll as one of the most experienced igl's in Tac FPS she seemed like a natural fit as the team's new head coach this marked the end of Potter's time playing but it wasn't the end of her time competing Potter always wanted to be the best she was driven like almost no one else so she threw herself into coaching and her players fell in lock step so she was an in-game leader when she played so it honestly was pretty similar um really the the biggest difference was that she just wasn't you know playing with Potter in charge EEG became a team with strong fundamentals and Innovative comps that allowed them to punch above their weight throughout 2022 even taking a series off of the defending world champions optic gaming but a nice little fragment underground from Joo now here comes the Aftershock Joo gets the last one as he sees Victor they're inching on him they're closing on him there's nothing can do and EG wins the series with the prime gaming FL but despite Some solid victories throughout the regular season EEG fizzled out in playoffs and failed to qualify for a single International Event in 2022 as valerin shifted into an ERA with permanent partner teams many expected EG to fade out despite Potter's best efforts the team just never amounted to much which is why the community was baffled when EG was one of just 10 locked in partner teams for the upcoming America's League the mockery only got worse when fans realized that every other team was signing star players while EG seem to be sitting around doing nothing controversial title coming up is eg going to be the worst team in the America's league but in an actual sense what are they doing the off season like what what what are they what are they doing has there been no reports about them at all I don't think I've seen any there's been like a report that there was movement there's movement there's movement was literally I think the quote movement what are we geologists we're looking at the plates mov but Potter believed in her players she retained the core of booo c and Jo and added some much needed experience to the team with Ethan and bcj the first year back in franchising on land finally after everything that's been going on since 2020 I get to get the kid who's been competing in Counterstrike lands since he was 15 and been winning trophies all that time and I get to get his experience that was insane Potter dug deep into her past relying on her incredible game knowledge single-minded desire to win and focus on team bonding to build an atmosphere that could breed Champions just like her she demanded respect instilling a hunger for victory in her players while still remembering that teams play best when everyone actually likes each other I don't let them have fun you know all the time but it's a video game so we have to have fun so I'm the person that's trying to find that balance of telling them when it's time to just have fun and when it's time to have calculated fun but despite Potter's best efforts heading into 2023 the year started in disaster after an early exit at lockin EG season began spiraling out of control nanor available for buio for a post if he wants to and they both fall H th comes in for the diffuse a convincing second half win EG lost every map they played in in the first two weeks of the regular season it got so bad they were ranked as one of the worst teams in the league meanwhile some members of the community started to call for Potter's head after 17 years in Esports Potter's Excellence had never been questioned like this before a slip here could have spelled the end of her career she wasn't an unproven coach anymore the results spoke for themselves 2 years of failure did not bode well and sure she could have returned to the analyst desk or found a career elsewhere but Potter had an ace up her sleeve on April 15th EEG announced that they were benching bcj in favor of demon 1 an unknown player that found through an open triy out it was an extremely controversial decision that only increased the criticism and pressure on Potter most people thought that she was benching the wrong player that the move made no sense it was an outrageous move for sure we were kind of cornered we had no choice kickoff did not go as planned even before we signed a demon one my conversations with Andrew at the time was this kid is going to be on the starting roster before the end of the year he's just too good not to be Potter anticipated the push back from the Community but she didn't expect to be on the receiving end of the first 130 in VCT America's history wi is One S and Les and Ethan to deny the humility he's got to win it out now but so difficult so damn hard and it's the 130 despite the fact that EEG had cobbled together a reasonable season aside from that embarrassing loss it was all the haters wanted to focus on and eeg's inconsistency in the first few weeks at the group stage meant that their playoff hopes rested in another team's hands mibr were one of the worst teams in the league their season was already over but their match against 100 thieves meant everything for Potter and EG if 100 thieves won they'd move on to playoffs but if mibr managed an upset they'd hand EG the final spot to make matters worse mibr were playing with their assistant coach as a sub for their final matches eeg's players had already accepted that their playoff hopes were basically over but mibr had other ideas everything on the line for it you got to stick at chosen spring spray tonight no way off of it all he's the hero in this scenario and a 100 thieves have been denied shoot the [Music] [Applause] guy Potter got a Lifeline one last chance to prove that she was right one last chance to prove that every decision that led her here every risk she took was worth it one last chance at Redemption and once she had control of eeg's Destiny she didn't let it slip away for a second IM on a site the jump speed and he lands on to finesse when a Nur misses both Cloud birs coming through and he does get the support from Ethan it's all out to S now with a backstab Al spot him and Ethan gets the kill crash's position is now given away you need Herculean efforts right now as Drago plays the off angle and it connects they've done it we talked about it a few rounds ago this thing has gone from snowball to full on Avalanche to with Evil Geniuses is the Architects holy smokes this is it this is how it ends zeppa's the last one up look at D1 going for it I want it I want it the Flash and the kill delivers the pressure was all of a sudden we didn't even expect to be here you know just the other day we're watching mibr and let's be honest that morning when we woke up the chances of mibr winning that series was slim to n you're probably thinking it had lcq just like exactly I mean so for us um these last few days have been very fast it's been kind of a blur but um I'm glad that our prep beforehand leading up to this kind of kept us composed [Music] the hell Demitri man we have to shoot the cash app ad right now why are you on your phone sorry my bank's notifying me that someone's trying to buy a stat track fire serpent with my money this is really bad dude don't you use cash app no I think this person's trying to buy a year supply of hair gel what do I do well if you actually read the script earlier instead of texting on your phone you would know that with cash app this wouldn't be a problem they actually have awesome security features that help you protect your money oh yeah like what well if someone was making weird purchases on my account i' just open Cash app and lock my debit card with the Press of a button oh wow that is easy oh god I've got to call the bank this Clown's putting a bid in on fakers world's winning underwear sorry guys what the hey can I borrow some cash the uh debit card I was using just like stopped working for some reason wait Dimitri but weren't you just oh man screw it we're already behind schedule as it is are you ready to shoot of course who do you think I [Music] am EG qualified for their first ever International Event but hotter Squad were still the underdogs in Tokyo nobody thought they stood a chance against some of the best teams in the world but EG were quick to silence any doubters they powered their way through the group stage and into the playoffs setting the scene for a matchup against the best team in the world Fanatic in the upper finals and that's where Potter and EG showed the world that they could contend with the best he's still on the sight bed to get back towards yo back corner Ethan's going to trade out Leo it ain't over yet but maybe Chronicle Maybe not maybe it's demon one he's got the knives out a 2v2 Al for and Chronicle to try and get fnatic across the line oh my God he's trying to save them but it's Alpha up against demon now oh my God God I think right then I I probably was like oh we're winning we're winning Champs you know like in a funny way uh we're going to win everything EG ultimately fell short in the rematch against fnatic in the grand finals but their second place performance in Tokyo put them on everyone's radar heading into champions had turned EG from The Laughing stalk of the VCT to finalists on the world stage while some saw the demon one signing as a massive risk Potter knew that she could turn him into a God she gave him a system experience and confidence demon one was very fresh um so even small things like just ripping your ult your knives to secure the round was something that was kind of foreign to him when he joined the team because in ranked you don't do that in ranked you use your knives when you're broke shots better from DG oh my gosh what was that how one enemy he's not done man it's all a setup it's all a setup for the blades there it is demon one gets all five and after their performance in Tokyo EG entered the final event of the year with a new Swagger and the confidence that they could beat anyone number two EMA is a one team region holy that is 100% fact strongly agree they to do so much better over there EG Walt through the group stage at Champions looking better and better as the tournament went on but once again when they hit the upper bracket finals they met their first true test C can he do it once again something it's going to be the freebie but he's going to play this out patiently he wants to spot them both can he make the transition yes he can 2v3 however the man Advantage still going to be in the hands of the F tries to PL off the back of his own flash ends up getting gun my 1 2 three shuts them down coming through something looking to play entry the spam across takes him low finds one gets a the transfer comes in swarming him getting in behind the flash across M freak about to swing the corner he does so and he puts him down 15 to3 a two in one Victory paper Rex they Advance into the grand finals I was nervous because it was sending us down to Face Off versus loud and for me as a coach I was much more afraid of loud than I was fanatic and PRX with a spot in the grand finals up for grabs Potter and EG would have to take down the very team that 13 OED and humiliated them earlier in the season loud were among the tournament favorites and a team that had eeg's number All Season the 130 loss echoed in everyone's mind as the two teams loaded into the server but Potter's team had come a long way since that loss she'd since turned them into Stars 15 seconds where's a spike it's dropped down right there n close to the cor e he's get away with murder 10 seconds one the doors in his face obstacles are bound cing you got to break it and Ethan is one it out he goes for the top unreal unreal no clean shots no clean fight orbs in their face to the K damage kicking in and here comes Les it's a 2v3 they've heard it they finally have taken control of Heaven Les has cleared this one out but again time working against him you can start to hear it Tak the W face the way demon one into position Les already going for another look in a different avenue he's found the time and slip through con Retreats and it's too easy the backing away round to the side shot of wild loud it's crumbling up to two years 1 V2 two years A 1 V one he gets out he has the Molly to try and lock off Ethan as he would go for this but the Molly's not being invested not being invested to late run EG took down loud in an emotional best of five setting up a Revenge match against paper Rex but this time around Potter was more confident than ever before going into Champions I think we all felt like we were going to win that grand finals before we even played I think if it was loud or fanatic at that time in the grand finals we might have felt a little bit differently but versus PRX just stylistically just matched so well versus them and [Applause] po one of the things that made me cry the most is when they were doing the walkouts and every player got their announcement and I'm tearing up just thinking about it she had the most cheers of anyone in the Forum I just think that was incredible cuz I think that was so inspiring not just for other women but other guys to see a woman on stage in the highest tiers of her sport Potter's nearly two decade long career led up to this moment after all those years competing both inside and outside the server this was her chance to lift the biggest trophy of her life it was a chance to make history to wrap up eeg's story book Cinderella run in front of a roaring home crowd and the grand finals delivered they have to respect what's coming their way and Jing disrespecting all the utility all the presence something on the follow off in the s may be theirs one stands in their way oh my God inhuman reaction from something the plant will come through plenty of time this will give the oh my God the rolling is going to cancel he's got to get the plan for demon one and Ean on bodyguard JY going on in EG standing up The Seekers just went through yeah flash to force Jing away Gap now closed but they need to close down these kills boo is the one to do the first but look at the response from something instantaneous and clear cut btio what it's going on oh my good god he's a little ahead of expectation but come on the way he's going to take him down still trying to dig deeper the paint it it didn't connect he found nothing it's a 3v3 still anyone's game here Jing the next to try and step into the ring demon one on the other side Ethan's F mine freak is down to two this could be it another chance for Jing it's all over EG are your valerant world champions We started off at the season of misery end in a season of infamy give it up for your 2023 world champions Evo genius GB you were there when I was screaming it from the rooftops that this this kid right here in this kid we're going to be the best players in na I have two of the best initiators the best Sentinel the best rays and the best Jet right here [Applause] I think that was like the highest point I've hit in life for about like a week and then it went away no matter how much you've succeeded at a tournament or how well you've been playing as a team there's never like a stressfree piece of time it's always like I wonder if I'll have a team next season you could see the rise and fame and our egos just getting bigger and bigger by the day and it helped us it helped us so much to win Champions but the riding was on the wall because in Esports these players you only have a certain amount of earning potential and staying power I mean I knew during the season that it was just going to be basically done after so I lived up to that and I was just like we all just told each other like let's make it count like regardless of the factor like if we're not here next year let's just play out and let's have fun let's just try to win that that trophy despite winning the biggest valerant event in the world Potter's team was falling apart EEG was going through its own problems while Potter was flipping the script on the valerin team the organization was bleeding money and talent and the players weren't interested in sticking around without a pay bump World Championship rums are worth a lot to teams who actually want to win demon one and Ethan left for nrgy Boo and zix joined 100 thieves and Comm signed with levaton the family that Potter built at EG was all but gone for anybody else it would be difficult to continue after losing nearly all of her Championship winning roster but Potter is like anyone else she immediately got back to work signing players who some members of the community had already given up on they were players who had shown plenty of potential in the past but were never considered world class on paper especially when we first buil a roster this not a competitive World Championship winning roster who cares I think Potter does excellent work especially with folks that are considered underdogs in fact I think we consistently overperform right now when we have pressure but we're not expected to win I was very grateful to get a second chance cuz after the season like stats wise it was not looking good for me to get picked up to any franchise team I think EEG was literally the only way I was going to play again so I was super grateful for that and obviously working under Potter has been a blessing I've learned a lot time will tell how Potter's new EEG will Faire but she's already proven more than enough her determination and work ethic have always pushed her to become the best at everything she does but her attitude outside the game is the secret sauce the reason her team continue to succeed time and time again even when the community criticizes her and her players they stay strong she's instilled in them the confidence that they're already the best that she trusts them to carry her dream and desire for victory forward no matter what anyone says when we're in the server it's it's business mode when we're out of the server it's it's you know more family mode it's it's we get to have our fun together in the game she taught me to just be confident in yourself no matter what outside of game it's like a foodie loves like to go out to eat fish of course I think everyone has seen that and then just like a friend you know like a great friend some might stand at the top of the world achieving everything Potter has achieved and decide to retire but not Potter she is still a fighter after nearly 20 years in the ring no matter the game no matter the odds Potter will always want to win because she knows she's already the best and that she always has been she's already proven proven it twice and she will prove it again as soon as I lost my team last year the immediate thought that I came up with was oh I get to do it again I'm not having to find ways to motivate myself I just am right now I 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Id: K1cPrr5SW9U

Length: 28min 34sec (1714 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 06 2024