You know SEN is not the only team that has and will suffer from burnout? Also, it's more so the longevity than the intensity.
If you genuinely think it's the longevity than the intensity I know ur so fucking privileged that u don't know the definition of hard work.
As an orchestra student myself, I've picked up many different instruments and got really good at them because of the longevity. Did I burn myself out? no, because I made a realistic work schedule.
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There's no way anyone is burned out of something that they are so passionate about in only 18 weeks.
Obviously, intensity does matter, but doing something at even a somewhat high intensity is going to cause burnout eventually. Also, I didn't ask for an anecdote, and it has no relevance to this discussion whatsoever. It's two completely different things we're talking about.
Legit TenZ said that they might be suffering from small burnout, pls stfu.
I never said it wasn't their fault though, and yeah it is an excuse. Not all excuses are bad though, sometimes there are valid excuses. Idk why you're so against the idea that SEN's play is partially a result of them being tired, but it's true no matter how you spin it.
It doesn't mean that the losses go away or something, but it's there to explain why they're playing so badly at the moment.