valens

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Player Information

Name:

Soham Chowdhury

Birth:

August 24, 1989 (1989-08-24)

Nationality:

United States

Status:

Active

Years Active (Player):

2012 – 2015

Years Active (Coach):

2016 – 2019

Team:

Evil Geniuses

Roles:

Coach
In-game leader

Approx. Total Winnings:

$17,067

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

2014-07-30 – 2014-12-01

savage

2014-12-01 – 2015-01-14

LunatiK eSports

2015-01-14 – 2015-04-07

Denial eSports

2015-04-07 – 2015-07-27

Nihilum Gaming

2015-07-27 – 2015-08-24

Maximum Effort

2015-08-24 – 2015-11-27

compLexity Gaming

2016-01-19 – 2017-01-??

Team SoloMid (Coach)

2017-02-03 – 2019-03-22

Cloud9 (Coach)

2019-03-22 – 2019-05-03

Cloud9 (Analyst)

2019-05-03 – 2019-07-02

Cloud9 (Coach)

2019-07-02 – 2019-10-16

Cloud9 (Analyst)

2019-11-06 – Present

Evil Geniuses (Analyst)

Soham "valens" Chowdhury (born August 24, 1989), is a former American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and coach. He is currently the Head of Data Science for Evil Geniuses.

Professional career

He initially retired from competitive play after his time in compLexity Gaming to focus on his career at Google , but returned two months later as the coach of TSM. After a year with them, he joined Cloud9, whom he has coached for 2 years, although he did take a 2-month break in March, 2019.

Achievements

• As Player
• As Coach
• As Broadcast Talent
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Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2018-11-23	A77 - 8th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 6 - Finals		0 : 2		$35,000
2018-11-03	A55th	A2A-Tier	Offline		BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018		2/0/3	Grp. S.	$10,000
2015-11-19	A55th	A1S-Tier	Online		ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - North America		12/10	Grp. S.	$13,000
2015-06-22	A66th	A1S-Tier	Online		ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - North America		13/9	Grp. S.	$11,500
2015-04-18	A55 - 6th	A1S-Tier	Offline		ESEA Season 18 - Global Invite Division		0 : 2		$7,000
2015-04-15	A33rd	A2A-Tier	Online/Offline		CEVO Season 6 Professional		0 : 2		$1,758
2014-10-26	A11st	A3B-Tier	Online		ESEA Season 17: Premier Division - North America		2 : 0		$3,000
2014-10-24	A33rd - 4th	A2A-Tier	Online		John Wick Invitational		0 : 2		$2,500
2014-07-27	A22nd	A4C-Tier	Online		FACEIT - NA Championship 2014		2 - 16		$400
2013-08-25	A44th	A4C-Tier	Online		ESEA Season 14: Main Division - North America		13 - 16		$600
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2019-01-27	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019		1 : 2		$40,000
2018-02-11	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline		cs_summit 2		2 : 3		$33,750
2018-01-28	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018		2 : 1		$500,000
2017-11-18	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XII - Oakland		0 : 2		$28,000
2017-11-12	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline		iBUYPOWER Masters 2017		2 : 0		$50,000
2017-10-12	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017		1 : 2		$70,000
2017-07-09	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline		ESL One: Cologne 2017		0 : 3		$40,000
2017-06-25	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals		0 : 2		$65,000
2017-06-11	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline		Americas Minor Championship - Kraków 2017		2 : 1		$30,000
2016-06-26	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals		0 : 2		$80,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Tier	Tournament		Position	Partner List
2019-10-31	A2A-Tier		Esports Championship Series Season 8 - North America	Commentator	DeadLine  Fifflaren  HomeR  James Bardolph  Jay_TB  L1ksonic  LENINIW  Rambo  da_bears  ddk  okpOxa  seang@res
2019-10-31	A2A-Tier		Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Europe	Commentator	Fifflaren  HomeR  James Bardolph  Jay_TB  KvaN  Rambo  SL4M  da_bears  ddk  okpOxa  seang@res
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament

Trivia

• Was the first North American coach to win a Valve sponsored major.