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Geniuses and innovators are born from going against the norm. If everyone kept repeating what everyone else did we might still be living in mud houses and brushing our teeth with our shit.
2023 PRX is not even a good example of your point, they made it to 3rd place in Masters Tokyo, outliving every other team with a proper IGL aside from two. Following that they made it to 2nd place in Los Angeles, which puts them above every other team with an IGL, again, aside from one?
Yeah their performances after that may reflect what you meant but why 2023 where they had their best performance??
Obviously PRX has problems, lacking a proper IGL might be one of them. This post is retarded tho
PRX's peak isn't good enough to win an international tournament. In fact, 2023 just showed that the lack of an IGL was and is the exact problem PRX has. Because firepower was never the problem for PRX. They were able to steamroll almost every other team in 2023 but still lost to the best of the best. Why? Logically they had equal firepower, since no other team was able to match PRX in that regard. What other factors could have led to their losses? And their several losses were due to choking no less! A lack of an IGL to ground the team (because an IGLs job isn't only to call plays!) would absolutely lead to the downfall of the team. And in 2024, when teams and their igling only got better, PRX crumbled! Geng was one of the strongest teams ever because they had such a good igl in the form of munchkin, and several callers in the mid round like meteor and lakia, but the whole point is that they always had someone calling the shots. It wasn't a system where everyone is considered the igl and when the time comes for a mental reset to happen with the help of an igl, there's no one to step up and take the mantle in the case of PRX. Hence, while it was not explained clearly, it actually makes logical sense to consider the performance PRX produced in 2023 as a perfect example as to why having an IGL, or more specifically a dedicated IGL on a team is so crucial. Before you bring up team heretics, the team was made up of 4 rookies whereas PRX had veterans like forsaken and davai on the team even in 2023. I hope this helps you to understand the argument better.