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where there are actually consistently good teams that don’t choke against awful opposition unlike in shitmea 😂😂

agreed, him and yay have the same issue

they’re clearly not dive players because their sens is too low to check a multitude of angles and their team aren’t setting them up great

the double duelist shit needs to stop

Demon1 on Jett has been lacklustre so it’s clearly an issue with how NRG’s attack sides have been called on basically every map other than Breeze

chuck him on sentinel and then you’ll be truly cooking

gentle m8 and Bleed probably worse + half of China

they’ve had to play against damn good competition and had a decent amount of close maps

NRG fans shouldn’t talk until they make it back to a competition that even has trophies 😭

did you read a single thing I wrote

ur argument that f0rsaken isn’t the GOAT is absolute facts

your whole spiel about flexibility being overrated is just absolutely absurd. using the mediocre statistics of the traditionally best flexes doesn’t account for all the reasons why having a good flex player boosts a team in so many ways other than the KD count

1. Allows for originality in compositions and map pools that elevates your team’s ability to remain competitive across metas
2. Allows the rest of your team to play roles they are comfortable on so that they can keep putting up good statistical numbers
3. Being able to flex across roles shows a deep macro understanding of the game that extends beyond your portion of the map or execute that is usually reserved only for IGLs

All in all the argument that flexibility is overrated is silly

s1mple benched lol

Kat is? Damn I never heard about that

shit just wasn’t very funny tbh

more like ABS

aspas backpack syndrome

how are you waking up at 11am on a Wednesday

no way you actually just said that

NRG possibly the only team in the world with more raw fragging power than SEN, some APAC debatable

yeah NRG finishing at least top 3 in Shanghai looks like an absolute lock

not winning would be hella disappointing

yeah but on which map

7-5 defence on ascent is pretty lacklustre

it’s not debatable that some maps in the current pool heavily favour a certain side, but what is actually the “acceptable” scoreline in a half for defence on all the maps?

G2 = best T2 team from last year
if we give new slots from T1 brazil to NA, that is the calibre of team that will be picked up

best AsunaYukki take in a while

atp y0y is not performing either and he’s known to have attitude issues and problems with team chemistry LOL

they have two phantom preference players (Sacy and Zekken) it makes sense that their aim duels are sloppier

with the absolute BAG that bleed offered yay I’d be absolutely shocked if they didn’t build the whole roster this year around him

his low sens probably was never good for dive agents though

list of meta agents BabyJ can play = 2

list of meta agents y0y can play = 0

clearly not a rabid Tenz enjoyer

DRX is wayyyy too high and T1 needs more respect

basically the vibe ranking

Cloud9 too low

Lev still overhyped

because it shows a really deep bond between teammates and it's all around a good gesture

stop hating cause you don't have any people who care about you enough to do nice things for you

well xccurate cleared basically everybody in CS in his prime on the awp it makes sense that he’s farming now

holy fuck I think bro is bad too but chill 😭

IDC about role issues get this ass player outta here

most sane and reasonable LOUD fan

imagine if they get more maps off KC than fnatic 😂

finally a sane Simp4S0m take

top 3 at Madrid and right now

read

they’d have to -jakee as well, no chance Pancada is taking up wippie’s roles after such a lacklustre showing on non-controller agents last year

at least it made sense this year to have Tenz on smokes cause of clout and his incredibly mechanics
Jakee has no clout and is pretty mid so they have to get rid of him for any +pancada to not be a waste of talent and money

not a chance they are too fucking poor

I’d never thought I’d see the day where Sentinels of all teams shit on their competition with set retakes and smart mid rounding instead of straight aim diffs and it’s a testament to the leadership and discipline he’s provided on a Sen team that has always struggled with IGL issues. Not to mention he clears most players mechanically

Top 3 IGL at Madrid. Absolute Cinema.

yap

poverty org isn’t even going to replace him with a good player

no real IGL = messed up Comms

you lose FNS you lose structure

sure maybe compared to 100T or some shit

listening to Sen comms in particular they clear by far

listening to their comms in the Furia game they honestly seem to be talking over each other more than other top teams do and just generally doesn’t seem as cohesive as Loud, Sen, Fnatic, etc

against Furia and C9 with their shallow playbooks the chaotic comms may not be as big of an issue but against better drilled teams with layered utility we might see this become a major problem

if NRG plays at the level they have in groups SEN takes this 2-0

if NRG plays to the level that they are capable, SEN isn't ready yet

2v5

lets go SEN but pls don't cook

honestly facts, only reason why international teams work so well in CS is because it’s so methodical and repetitive

potter to Sentinels = 5 straight international wins

on a macro level they're getting bamboozled

lucky they got decent util and are aim diffing

other ways to play icebox 100% but I think this will catalyse deadlock picks on a lotttt of other maps with the really tight choke points (Ascent, Split, maybe even Breeze)