korea in shambles we suck

it's without a doubt mini lol, prx won their only trophy with his help and we all know fnatic's achievements

korean gigachad

ahh

how is zeek above meteor forsaken and kangkang

???

bump

91 kills in 3 maps

yeah its cooked

he probably has been getting slandered for no trophy for a while

as for the regretful decisions nobody knows for sure but one can guess

he literally acknowledged that

crownless king 😢

https://i.imgur.com/tKPmctW.png

Really~ Even though there were unfair things, tiring things, things that drive me crazy, it was a regretful Stage 1 where, even though I was really unhealthy, I tried to act hard as if I wasn't. Even though everyone finds it difficult and tough and unfair and that people have to carry the weight of the decisions they make sometimes it feels like too much. Although I put myself in this position sometimes I wanted to move away from it. This is actually the first time I’m saying this, but as the years go on it actually feels more tiring. I thought I was just maturing but it feels as if I was just withstanding this environment by understanding things that didn’t make sense as if they did make sense. Of course, nobody doesn’t go through things and as people everyone has regrets but when you’re given the choice to sacrifice yourself due to someone’s pressure or for someone’s entertainment and you have to deal with that choice, i don’t understand why one has to go through not even criticism, but mockery. I don’t know, I can’t even do this for fun.

Why do I post this? I’m not in the right state of mind but I just hoped someone would recognise me.
Even though there’s nothing good to come from me posting this, I’m tired of living like a machine. I feel like my emotion is getting ahead of reason and I’m sorry.

edit: corrected "I tried to act hard as if I was"->"I tried to act hard as if I wasn't"

rough translation but this is the gist of it

i stay in reality

geng xuna for lakia
oonzmlp to replace ash or zynx

holy shit i just read it and this is absolutely fucked. mako has actually been a very emotional person if you followed drx since the beginning but it is actually insane how vulnerable he is being in this post

hope he leaves drx and wins a trophy soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

faker is literally 1 of 1 bro thousands of people in esports have attempted to match his legacy and none of them have come close

faker is the only one to be at the top over 13 years in any esport

do you know his follower count?

Obviously TenZ is the most popular Val player but he’s not a pro player in tier 1 right now.

Who’s the most popular on socials? Aspas? f0rsakeN? Boaster?

no it was him being unable to attend champs/stage 2 finals

people will just say anything to hate on t1

tbf nothing wrong with it but it is true that if buzz isnt afk they have a chance at winning the round given its postplant

how does this prove your point

if buzz had his hands he probably spams xferro once stax prowlers into the pit and then it becomes a 1v1 or 2v1 for t1

nobody is hard filtering for national talent only like Korea,

I mean I specifically stated my claim and am defending it. you can say my claim is pedantic, which maybe it is. but it's not baseless. the validity of my supporting arguments stands as long as the claim itself isn't factually wrong.

we can't really equate number of trophies won 1:1 = strength of (sub) region. the quality of US players outpaces Koreans across all tiers of the game.

Yeah trophies isn't an absolute indicator of strength but given the constraints the Korean region has had (smaller playerbase, for example) they have achieved a lot and were pretty consistent every year. Even in tier 2, Korea have won the last 2 out of 3 Ascensions, just like the US. They did all that while restricting their options by not recruiting from neighbouring countries like China or Japan or SEA. Does that not mean something?

and watch Turkey or something win ENC instead of US or Korea

USA had Canadians on the team and Europeans as coaches when they won those trophies besides EG

Korea did it all with staff and players from the same nationality and from a playerbase half the size of the US’s alone

too many teams and the talent is spread too thin and there aren’t enough good coaches

there is enough talent for 4 teams within pacific maybe, idk if there are enough coaches for those talents tho

NRG 25 edg 24

true t1 need to put this guy back on a role where he can shoot

LMAO all good

reread what i wrote very carefully

LMAO

besides bangkok what did they miss again

they’ve only missed one masters since franchising began and never again

nah from what i’m seeing it’s gonna be prx to make London

Nothing lasts forever.

If Korea doesn’t make London (they probably won’t) they at least had a pretty good run. 5/6 Korean teams placed top 3 minimum internationally, one top 3 placement minimum every year, 3 trophies, first to bring glory to Pacific in 2024 at Shanghai.

Arguably the best singular country in Valorant so far, no?

how do u feel about the case now

valid af

LET A MAN DREAM

LMFAO the hype around wayne was unbelievable at the time

PRX T1 NRG EDG FNC all cower when they play in my ranked lobbies

no matter how many trophies korea wins the cycle will always be the same.

My personal hypothesis is that svionSKR just doesn't want to acknowledge that India was claimed to be the most racist country given that the account is South Asian (based on post history)

i'm having trouble deciphering your post but,

racism cant be turned into stats which was your demand

He wanted stats behind the original statement calling out Korea for being the most racist country in Asia, because there are 0 stats to back up that claim.

mb it came out that way but don't demand stats for things that is very very based on exposure of community to foreign influence you cannot expect a community that rarely sees a foreigner to accept them as neighbors but a community with continuous exposure to various races of people will be very much willing to have someone new to join them

Meanwhile also you:

oh in southern asia india is #1 but if you check that properly it's korea in asia with how ranking are :

The US News Racial Equality rankings measure the absence of racism as opposed to its presence. As a result, lower numbers/higher rankings such as 1st place indicate less racism, whereas higher numbers/lower rankings such as 80th place indicate higher levels of racism. and by this standard if you check the place the only top asian country is ?

So you're just arguing in completely bad faith and being extremely intellectually dishonest with your arguments. When you interact with Butterfly you're presenting an argument that Korea is the most racist country in Asia, when you talk to me you're acting scared and clarifying that your post essentially means nothing substantial. What is it?

Additionally, you cannot seem to read yourself. Racial Equality =/= Racial Equity.

Racial equality: when people of all races and ethnicities are treated in an egalitarian/equal manner.

In one possible indicator of racism out of many, and when the site itself states that racism is extremely difficult to quantify and measure, you present this one singular talking point that does not sufficiently provide a concise enough argument to back up your point.

Additionally, I also went and checked that US News article and they measured their responses like this: "These rankings specifically highlight countries according to their association with racial equity among a subset of respondents who agreed moderately or strongly with this statement: “A country is stronger when it is more racially and ethnically diverse.”", which seems to me inaccurate and not a comprehensive way to measure racial equity in a country.

you're not wrong but as someone who has been on this site since 2022 I have been getting tired and tired of the uncalled slander that is thrown to Korea even after they won so much and brought so much respect to the region

it's the same talking points from some of these guys.

Korea wins an international tournament -> Korean domination omg (no mention of cheating anymore)
Korea performs badly in domestics -> Koreans so bad, where (insert some accusation of cheating)? I thought there would be Korean domination?
Korea performs good in domestics -> Koreans so bad, they just cheat to win

Racism is a challenging variable to measure. Many countries lack centralized systems for tracking incidents of racism. In fact, a surprising number of countries don’t even track the race and ethnicity of their citizens, which makes it nigh impossible to track racist activities against them. As a result, researchers typically turn to more grass-roots methods, such as personal surveys—and although racism may not seem like a very complex trait, it can be quite challenging to determine if a person is racist or not based on a simple questionnaire. All of which is to say: Determining the most racist countries in the world is a daunting task, and the results might be inconsistent from one study to the next.

India ranks as the most racist of the countries included in the study. Located in southern Asia, India is the second-most-populous country on Earth, with roughly 1.3 billion people. According to the surveys, the country’s residents display considerable intolerance for people with darker skin, whether they are of foreign descent (particularly African) or simply darker-skinned Indians. India has little immigration and few international residents. As a result, most of its people are of Indian descent themselves. This detail is considered to be a major contributing factor to racism in India.

Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Mongolia, and China all had a higher % who prefer no foreign neighbours than South Korea in 2022.
India and the Philippines have a higher % who witnessed racism.

did you like read the link you posted or what

the stats are his feelings

nah they needed crws back as igl, he is the real driving force behind this team

atp it's a circlejerk where the same people that doompost about League and Korean dominance are the same people to trash the notion of it.

spoonfed opportunities and facilities by Jake Sin
they receive very little repercussions for foul play

where is the truth in this statement lol

"Korean teams are just inherently benefiting from biased treatment, that's why they're good. When they're bad, it's because they just suck, and SEA is better"

leaves no room to give credit to Korea for actually producing good ass teams that have won 3 trophies for Pacific, and 4 teams that have proven their mettle internationally lmfao, such a weird mentality to have.

When has an SEA team besides PRX performed well internationally?

"Yes, this region is only good because they get special treatment. SEA is so weak and disadvantaged compared to the pampered Korean teams that every time we beat Korean teams it's cause for celebration and a burning symbol of rebellion against the country that has brought respect to the region"