Genuine question: I'm pretty new to competitive Valorant, but even I know that there's a million posts talking about Potter and EG. She bottomfrags a lot, but she's got good ideas and was a good IGL from CS. Why do people hate her so much?
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I like her strategy and gamesense; her experience from CS would help greatly in fueling a younger squad. However, I simultaneously acknowledge her shortcomings in the fragging department, and that contributes to the way people see her as a player. In my opinion, she'd be a great coach or support role to build on with this upcoming EG roster. I strongly believe the players that they're fielding can do better.
Her knowledge of the game is pretty good, and she would do great in a coaching role or as a caster/analyst.
As a player tho, her games are sometimes decent but most times not too good, because her rifling sometimes leave a lot to be desired, i mean she dropped a 13 ACS game recently.
The real problem with EG is that they cut their best player (Aleksandar) and have a lacklustre coach.
Can EG get better? Absolutely. Only if these changes are made.
You answered it yourself.
Besides what you said, isn't enough to be a good IGL, by having good strats, but what you have to do is back it up with action... That is what great IGL's do.
Let's not forget where she competed in CS 1.6 / CSGO, in female tournaments, mostly. https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Potter
It's the same thing with C9W. Individually they are great players, but when they compete against T1 teams, you know the results even before the match starts. The situation with potter is the same.
TLDR: Nobody hates her, people just started telling the truth. It really depends on what EG's goal is with their current roster. If it is for fun or to prove that a mixed roster can compete at a highest level to gain some marketing value (at which they failed)...
Truthfully IMO, until EG are ready to make big moves, they might as well keep Potter. The entire team with the exception of maybe Temperature are simply not good enough to build success from. It’s harsh to say when they just added three players, but unless they suddenly play completely different from what they showed, even with someone replacing potter they’ll still be a team most likely outside the Top 20 in NA.
Branted going 2/17 with Phoenix and Roca 5/15 on Reyna isn’t because of Potter. These are duelists, they don’t need an IGL to tell them to click on heads.
If I was EG, I stick with the current team while scouting talent, after Last Chance Qualifiers for Champions there’s gonna be a lot of big names from teams that missed out making it to Champions and are looking to make changes. And I make my big rebuild move then, hoping to find a top player to build the team around, bringing in some young blood from scouting with some veterans to round out the roster, and put Potter in a Coaching roll which I really think she will do well in, she is smart and knows the game.
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