What are your genuine thoughts on Hiko
Do y'all think he still belongs to tier 1 pro scene
I mean numbers ARE important, but is not the only factor.
You can saw the 100T "blog" videos on youtube, or other proplayers in streams talking about how Hiko is a very vocal player who not only makes good comms, but also he contains. There's was a video of iceland with him giving crucial info on Asuna and cooling off the situation, meanwhile steel was silent (not in a bad way, he maybe didn't want to overcommunicate the round status), and there you can see that teams need those kind of players.
In fact i've always thought if Hiko have ever considered being some sort of 2nd IGL or something. Not main but he has really good knowledge about the game.
I have to be honest, its gonna be pretty hard for 100T to drop hiko, after all this roster started with him, He was the only one who wasnt dropped in the first time and he has always been the core of 100t, he is the only experienced player left in the roster and he has a huge clutch potential.
His stream also means a lot to 100T as a brand
Also 100T dropping him could face serious backlash from fans, after all dropping steel brought so much community backlash even though steel was something like third lowest acs from NA or something at champs and around half the community dislikes steel cuz he was a matchfixer and has a very toxic personality. So dropping Hiko, an almost universally loved player could mean losing a lot of fans
100T has a very difficult choice to make tbh