11 month account with four stars and you know who I am... There is life outside of VLR, I promise.

My take on m80s issues:

First, everyone has a job. You only have five players on your team. This means every person on the team has a job. That job is not restricted to eliminating the opponent. The largest conceptual gap that pro teams have is that they believe the site controls the way they ingress. How it should be played is that utility shapes the space you're attempting to take. Every single agent has the ability to reshape the landscape and instead most teams take a macro view of utility a believe it only has one use. The set and forget mentality ignores the depth and complexity of the game. If you conceptually believe every site is a box, and all you are doing is closing the doors on the box, then you're doing it wrong.

Second, there needs to be a procedural plan to take space using utility. For example, on Abyss, if sleepers are playing back after the plant, Astra cannot die. If you've lost complete control of the site, Sova cannot die. Too often players are trying to contribute with their gun and neglecting how powerful their utility. The objectives for each agent revolves around how they contribute to the goals of defusing the bomb or eliminating the enemy players. What agent you are, informs you on how important your life is in each moment of the round.

Lastly, the guns you pick determine your playstyle. Each gun has strengths and weaknesses. If you're using a stinger, you cannot let RNG decide whether you get a kill or not. You are required to play close. If you're using a Vandal, you are only taking a single target at a time. The Phantom is built for multiple targets, a Vandal requires RNG to kill multiple targets. Time and time again, I watched M80 players take fights and incorrect distances.

The score line would have been different had they:

1. had a procedure to retake space based on the agents they picked.
2. used utility to create manageable space to retake.
3. used proper guns based on their strengths to secure that space.

These are the basics you build everything else around. The game is not "I picked the meta agents and now I'm going to pray the RNG gods are going to bless me this round." You build the comp to create opportunities to advance in the map and use guns to give yourself a better chance at taking the space and securing it.

If I chopped off a random number of my fingers on one hand, I would still have more fingers than consistent aimers in vct.

5x too strong

We already know Leo Faria wants him back in the league. He begged him on stream. Tenz is a huge draw for viewership. Putting him right back on SEN is exactly what Riot is looking for at this moment.

Yeah, that's not it at all. Waylay is a better attack side agent. B has usually one defender and a stinger is best in close range fights. This is why people say guns are situational. B is nothing but close ranges.

On top of that, your Omen probably expects Waylay players to play a certain way. When you started playing to his expectations of diving, he was better able to play along side you. Online team games that place you with strangers require this sort of adoption of style or you can't really play as a team.

But what do I know, right? Imaginary places where Icebox is... gl hf

We always end up saying the same things in the same threads, just switching out names.

I think one of the issues you have with Harbor is that he cannot do the same things as a smokes player. I know you probably have a desire to find new things and think you have found something that hasn't been exploited yet but you miss the fundamental issue. Most people don't want to actively use abilities, especially on a smokes player. They want to set and forget.

And at the highest level, you're going against the grain of years of playing a certain way. Asking players to respond differently and act differently is a big ask. They're very much focused on securing kills or playing spots they've played 1000s of times.

Everything you wrote is probably correct but people don't play the game like you want them to. It's a gun game first and abilities 25th.

The problem is that you don't get to pick and choose when to apply responsibility and accountability.

As a fan, you are not in a position to judge the qualities of Kaplan. You may be influenced by the casters or their win rates during certain periods but we are too removed to determine the quality of his coaching.

This is why VLR is entertainment. We are all just full of shit and we pretend we know.

I find it strange that people who enjoy Valorant do not believe that the coach is responsible for the outcome of the game. Winning and losing have a direct results on the finances of the organization. If you win a lot, sponsors are interested. If you lose a lot, sponsors are not interested.

In simple terms, if they win, finances go up, the coach keeps his job. If they lose, finances CAN go down, the coach loses his job. This is how coaching works everywhere except the sports you played growing up.

People who disagree with this only care about their personal feelings as fans and don't live in the real world.

What happened to Inspire is just another example that being good at the game isn't really what matters in tier 1. It's who you are friends with and who you can persuade that the other guy is the problem. The community supports stagnation. You all want to pretend progress exists in this space. It's a rotating door and new people are not invited.

Both NRG games were 0-2. The G2 match that you're referring to was on Corrode where G2 couldn't figure out how to handle Asuna's Sage wall.

They banned Corrode, the very map you're saying they did well and the reason I should be positive. That means the outcome of the map pool would be the same from their last series with cloud9.

The way you use "fortunately" seems like you're passing judgment. From my perspective, you're not really invested in the team. Being positive no matter the circumstances or outcomes is similar to an ostrich sticking their head in the sand.

Anyways, you're confusing as a person. Good luck and I'm sure you'll feel positive no matter which way the wind blows :)

They beat the worst teams of the tourney... reasonable? This is the same story each season.

meta, agent comps.

Oh my... reading comprehension struggles... "We" as in the people reading the comment. The dumb looks good on you.

Tbh, are there other options at this point?

We find ourselves in the same position every year.

100 Thieves coach focuses on meta agent comps. Other teams are better at it. Years go by. Blame team. Repeat.

The game is more than what agents you pick at the beginning on the game.

Sgares, you should have at least responded.

Oh wells... I'll still watch. I'll still root for them. Pain.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Search outside the ice box.

-m4

Virtue signaling.

Yeah, let him play from his house with no cams. Pure domination.

hmm

hyperliquid > 100T

how many r's in strawberry?

how many r's in strawberry?

.

There you are...

Damn where did the Potter defenders go... yal don't like the handshakes? xx

I'm okay giving you cane, I'm not giving you ion. That's a hard stop. Great for online clips, did not show up on LAN.

lol... exposing yourself as a person who didn't actually watch the tourney is wild. You're not even a stat watcher either... negative ragebait

Rossy not filling Inspire's shoes very well.

I was available.

You know what's crazy to me, EG pick up of another hivemind coach. I seriously don't understand how picking up a tier 2 coach and adding it to a roster of coaches who don't innovate or understand the meta.

The EG cycle goes like this:

Try to copy the meta. Lose because other teams have better players who play the meta better. Win against the last place team in the league. Play the second worst team in the league. Lose. Flush roster. Repeat cycle.

MY FAVORITE PLAYER DID WELL TODAY! GOAT!

Should have read my novel. Glad he laughed at it. RIP Zikz.

Accountability is the obligation or willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions, decisions, and outcomes, including the duty to report, explain, and be answerable for resulting consequences. It involves taking ownership of tasks, admitting faults, and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes and proactively correcting mistakes.

Thank you for attending my TED talk.

nah that's m2

m80 needs some serious help. I had to stop watching after the 2nd round.

How do three players run through a viper wall with pistols expecting to challenge a bulldog? Are they aware they lose health when they cross the viper wall? Do they think after the first teammate died, the person on defense would just give up and look at the sky?

Why are teams not progressing? We are legit almost 6 years into this game and I do not see an ounce of improvement. It's absolutely bewildering. It's hard not to believe the accusations when such blatant misunderstanding of the most basic things.

I love that in the end, I was right. Time for me to ride off into the sunset.

Definitely going to have job security this season.

I love how the whole community overestimates the impact of the agents people play and just can't see them whiffing or incorrectly holding angles... Valorant Fan Blindness Syndrome or VFBS is highly contagious.

LOL... they won round 1... oh no.

I might lock in for fun.

They said they're picking someone Monday. Hard to prep 200 pages in two days.

Nepotism gave the greenlight. duh.

12x on the multiplier...

^ this.

"We don't have footage"

HAHAHA... that's insane.

Immi coaching like its 2022. You simply just can't send someone out to get openings anymore. The situation has changed. But whatever, I know an infinite money hack now.

nrg stomps because no real coaching staff. Vibes and macha are fueling this team.

Icy vanished after they introduced encounters to tracker.gg.