tarik
Tarık Çelik is a Turkish-American gaming creator for Sentinels, known for VALORANT watch parties, Counter-Strike gameplay and a Boston Major title with Cloud9.
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Latest
Tarik’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus their backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
HLTV
YouTube
YouTubeOverview
- Full name
- Tarık Çelik
- From
- Brooklyn, New York; Turkish-American
- Creates
- Gaming streams, match reactions and creator tournaments
- Pro start
- 2014, with NetcodeGuides.com
- Breakout
- Cloud9’s 2018 Boston Major victory and HLTV MVP award
- Creator team
- Sentinels, joined August 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Tarık Çelik grew up in Brooklyn and entered professional Counter-Strike in 2014 with NetcodeGuides.com. Their Twitch channel dates to 2012, followed by YouTube in 2014. Playing and sharing the game developed side by side.
The Boston breakthrough.
With Cloud9, tarik helped deliver North America’s first Counter-Strike Major title in Boston in 2018. They were the team’s captain and received HLTV’s tournament MVP award after the win over FaZe.
Watching together.
Tarik joined Sentinels as a content creator in August 2022. VALORANT watch parties became a signature format, mixing match reactions with the perspective of a former pro. They also teamed up with Ludwig to organize the Ludwig x Tarik Invitational.
The latest chapter.
In August 2026, tarik announced they were stepping away from watch parties and planned to return to gaming streams after a break. Recent YouTube uploads include Counter-Strike 2 sessions with friends and a match against Summit1g’s team.
Creditschronological, newest first
Videos and creator events
- 2026I accidentally queued into Summit1g in CS2 and destroyed him.Creator and player
- 2025Red Bull Home Ground showmatchTeam Ludwig player
- 2025Masters Toronto map-reveal showmatchTeam captain
- 2023Ludwig x Tarik InvitationalCo-organizer with Ludwig
- 2022Can 2 VALORANT Pros Beat 5 VALORANT Noobs? ft. SEN TenZCreator and player
Competitive Counter-Strike
- 2018ELEAGUE Major BostonCloud9 captain, champion and HLTV MVP
Awards
Quotes
just try to have fun with your friends.tarik, Red Bull’s CS:GO advice feature
Advice for players in the Silver ranks: https://www.redbull.com/sg-en/counter-strike-global-offensive-pro-tips-to-get-out-of-silver
Trivia
- Their Twitch channel predates their YouTube channel by two years.
- Tarik shared the highest kill total at the Boston Major with teammate autimatic: 258 each.
- The first Ludwig x Tarik Invitational invited The Guard, TSM, Sentinels and T1.
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