i dont think the chamber nerf is why he fell off. Its obviously a part but i think its far more than that
firstly, yay was really good on andbox
https://imgur.com/a/2ahIPAZ
^his stats from his last qualifier with andbox to an na challenger event.
he was beating out babybay, leaf, cryocells, koalanoob, will, wardell etc..
this was while playing jett and sage with some stinky teammates. he didnt even qualify putting up these numbers.
secondly, yay was still the best player on a tier 1 team after chamber nerf
https://www.vlr.gg/167358/drx-vs-cloud9-champions-tour-2023-lock-in-s-o-paulo-alpha-qf/?game=all&tab=overview
^last game for c9 he had best performance on the team only playing nerfed chamber 1/3 maps
to say yay was a chamber merchant who was only good in one meta is lazy and wrong, he succeeded before AND after chamber meta
i think it fell apart when c9 dropped him and he couldnt find a decent team.
Dsg was the perfect storm to destroy any good players career.
after steel was let go i believe they had exalt igling?? hes a tier 3 level player at best and he was igling while playing reyna. that team was so terribly bad, they made Mad Lions look genuinely really good as Mad Lions were a real team and Dsg was just a complete mess
i think the pressure and criticism of being the guy everyone looked to on a doomed team got to him. all the anticipation about his move and all the impressions he got from any tweet he made mustve been stressful.
my reasoning for his falloff was also lazy, im just really thinking of stress and pressure to perform which can very well be wrong
all i know is it cant be chamber nerf and it cant be age or something as hes only 25