idm wall of texts. I tend to write a lot when talking on here aswell. Way more than needed most of the time.
I dont believe bang is the best in NA. I just stated why bang stood out compared to other smokers, who wernt exactly the best mechanical players. This is the same reason why people assumed Zander would get picked up by a franchised team. I do believe bang is up there as a mechanical controller. We're reaching the stage where just having good util isn't enough. Not always showing up on the scoreboard, is losing teams on matches. Even as IGL's. It's why fnatic have looked great the past couple games, as boaster has shown up when needed (other than furia haven). It's why Navi look insane, and why loud were always good.
Bang just has a few off games, but overall is generally a good mechanical controller. This is what led people to believe he's one of the best controllers in NA. That and marved was slowly leaning towards initiators towards the end of optic.
With disregard, do you mean disregard any comments comparing, or your comparison?
Marved not being picked up isn't surprising to me. As a player, he's by far the best controller player in NA. However him deciding not to go lft led orgs to find other options, and when he decided he wanted to play, it was too late. Even then, he will always have a sketchy past from CS, which people still bring up constantly.
Yay being benched and dropped was a mutual thing. No was c9 would dissolve a contract of yay, when they know how much money they could make out of him. I do agree that yay joining the team wasn't ideal, as it changed the whole dynamic that made c9 what it was. Ik you said rhetorical, but yay going there wasn't a great idea. They had a good dynamic of leaf duelist, xeppa init, vanity igl/smoke, and then zellsis as flex/2nd duelist. Yay going in make leaf go to sentinel, zellsis on 2nd duelist, xeppa stayed init, and vanity stayed.
Hopefully yay joins a team that knows how to work around him, without changing vital team roles.
PS. same with you. I dont type any of this out of anything vindictive, or mean. Just my general opinion on it. Also I do agree that NA treats players like shit in general, and more of merchandise than a team member (tenz c9, contract hell players get put in)