There are a lot of people on this website that have polar opposite opinions than mine. I want to understand where you find your conviction in your opinions. Many times I will see opinions on here that do not reflect that reality of the situation. I don't want to believe you are on pure copium. I want to believe you've some how based this on evidence that I have yet to see.

For me, it's coaching and player performance.

When I look at an overall record of a team that is doing badly, I see a coaching problem. When I see teams running agent comps and a key agent dies before they use any utility, I see a coaching problem. When I see an entire league trying to answer the same issues with the same solutions, I see a coaching problem.

But when I come to VLR, it's instantly not the coach, it's the players. I want to know how you get to this conclusion.

Is it just that the community is split 50/50 and I'm only seeing one side voiced when the cards are down? Help me out here...

Also... I know you want to do this but please let me know where Icebox is if you don't have an answer to the question above.

Every team you think is cooking, isn't. You are simply repeating the same thing you or someone like you said last cycle. This website literally does three things, memes, ragebaits and makes weird teams for internet validation.

I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye PRX. I am no longer a fan.

Cult of personality has to stop.

Drop your best Valorant obscure knowledge tip, I'll start:

Spray patterns on rifles have three phases. First phase is a three bullet grouping. Second phase, requires a pull down and has a jump in spread. Last phase has a massive spread increase which results in rng.

Think of it like a test. First three bullets are given but the fourth is to test whether you understand recoil. This three phase pattern also disincentivizes spraying at long distances. Even the tiniest spread value increase will result in irl cm's of distance between shots.

They just moved his cascade to the ultimate.

The "rework" just shifted abilities around and he was given blinds. They're continuing to feed the line up crowd. I think Riot doesn't do a good enough job teaching creativity behind their abilities. This idea that they want the community to learn the nuances is not working and leading to constant unhappiness. We saw the same thing in Overwatch where we spent massive cycles reworking torb and mercy because the forums were constantly upset.

memes and ragebait is going to be the title of my new album.

well washed meme ... 1/8

even tho i helped sgares with his folder, he ignored my ask to be at least talked to... oh well... some people suck

5.5 and 7.9

How do I become a coach?

"According to Socrates, the boy's ability to reach the truth and recognize it as such proves that he already had this knowledge within him; the questions he was asked simply "stirred it up," making it easier for him to recollect it. He argues, further, that since the boy didn't acquire such knowledge in this life, he must have acquired it at some earlier time; in fact, Socrates says, he must have always known it, which indicates that the soul is immortal. Moreover, what has been shown for geometry also holds for every other branch of knowledge: the soul, in some sense, already possesses the truth about all things."

Coaching and VOD review in a nutshell.

to be radiant: wintrade, 5 stack with friends on alt accounts or find a friend willing to cheat

I am formally delivering a proposal of truce to mce and Elevated.

I think we should group up. I'll level up your tactical fps knowledge and you can teach me to be humble and not egotistical.

vibe.

C9 literally ONLY does well in off-line events. If they don't have offline events, they literally have NO placements.

EVIDENCE: https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Cloud9/Results

STRAIGHT TO JAIL.

You ever google babybay? It's kinda funny.

28/52 S-tier matchups.

I think we have to wait and see.

The entire structure of 100Thieves has been torn down. They will need to completely rebuild and that is going to take time. They've got plenty of time between now and the new season to get setup. A couple of matches should show us the potential of the structure they've put together. From a fans perspective, I would give it a month to make a determination.

The only downside to the entire process will be that the Valorant community I think puts too much stock into certain ideas and those ideas bleed into coaching in VCT. I hope they focus on the strengths of the players and ignore the coaches' prior experiences when determining how they will run the team for the next season.

You should definitely wait and see before judging. However, most people in the community believe that past performance is a predictor for future performance. It's definitely not which I believe is your point.

But when you have a small pool of qualified applicants because the system itself is a closed system, how do you find new talent? As a GM, your job is on the line and when you have a family that depends on you, you certainly are going to be risk averse.

It's not an easily solved problem.

?????

6/8

Compare curry's adr and acs to oxy's and then come back... look at that six kill gap.

What if Rankers are good because they still play the game. And pros, can't keep up because they barely touch it unless scrims and matches.

ODDS DEFIED

Bars flatter than a map / time to hang up the hat.

effort and the addition of "though"

4.5/8

“If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves. . . . There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding. —ROBERT PIRSIG, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

Valorant community has always been memes > game.

Number of times you misspelled trophies: 1.

I won trophies... years ago. So we samesies.

shhhh

shhhhhhhh

It's NBS and d00mbr0s. Wish them well... HOWEVER... part 2 is def coming.

Who is win trading? o.o

It's pretty funny when you start digging into it...

nope. I'm two creations deep. its coming... good things require time Laundry. I will deliver something you will truly hate.

Still waiting on the footage. Post your clips Anderzz. We want to see your expertise in motion.

My honest opinion about ranked is that it rewards people who are not good at the game and do not contribute. I think this opinion is undisputable.

positivity definitely helps you win games... just be really good at vibes and you'll be radiant in no time!

:)

COMING SOON! I CANT WAIT! YOURE ALL GOING TO HATE ME SOO MUCH MORE :D

umm not bad actually... base god... now some weirdo chill vibes

nah... it's WAAAAAAAAAY better.

It's cringe. It's awful. You're all going to effin love it.

Anderzz doesn't have clips. POST YOUR GAME PLAY ANDERZZ.

I don't care if they post their silver clips bro... POST SOMETHING. They just hide behind their titles... LETS SEE THE EVIDENCE! POST THE FILES!

Fine, no coaches showed because they probably don't Aimlabs.

Any Valorant clips with a skin newer than champs 25, accepting all challengers:

https://www.tiktok.com/@metaphour/video/7555282668607261982

If no show, I win and will always bring it up going forward.

bring him now.

There's not much mentioned about the contribution of assists but looking at how games are put together, there are two prediction checks on whether you will perform. One before you are in the game and one after the teams have been formed. Then based on the results, it stores that data.

My perspective on this is that if winrates get stuck at 55% over time (personal observation), then for me, that says there is some form of EOMM in Valorant.

If I'm not meant to control the outcomes of my games, whether I win or lose, based on the prediction checks, then the only thing I can control are the fights I take and hopefully, their outcomes.

The conclusion I form from this is that encounter mmr is what I should target, not winning.