Buzz isn't a flex and he left for T1. Drx didn't kick him. They couldn't stop him from leaving. And rb isn't the amazing flex player you think he is, he's much much better on the sentinel role than as am initiator. Athan is a rookie, you simply can't compare buzz and rb to him yet. Beyn and Athan are around the same level, but maybe drx felt a change was needed, and getting freeing who can igl over beyn was a good trade.
buzz is technically a flex, he used to flex when rb was main duelist, but yeah i get that he left
rb is mechanically good and he played literally everything for drx, shldnt have dropped him tbh
i still think beyn is better than athan but who knows
i think roles wldve been better with beyn>freeing since i think makos still igling
Tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing omfg. I've watched every drx game since they started in valorant, and I can tell you right now that you're wrong about most of what you said firstly freeing is igling now, it was a trial during an off-season tournament and they stuck with it. Athan is unproven rn but judging on how he is performing compared to beyn, I would say they are very very similar in terms of skill. Maybe agent pool is a bit different but that's it. Rb was not very comfortable on initiators like kayo, and he had a couple of decent sova games but that was it. He is phenomenal on sentinels like kj or cypher, and was alright at astra, but on the other agents he flexed on, including duelist, he was underwhelming. Rb was indeed mechanically good, but his performances on the agents he wasn't comfortable on did not reflect that skill so he got dropped. I spent a while coming to terms with why drx did what they did last year, but look at who replaced his main role on drx. Flashback might be a top 3 mechanically gifted player in the pacific region rn, he clears rb. Idk about now on TEC because I don't really watch China games, but from his time on drx , I can say that much about rb. The only time buzz was not playing duelist on drx was during the chamber era and very rarely on kj and kayo in 2022. Since 2023, he's been a duelist player exclusively. He is good on other roles, but that doesn't change the fact that he literally only plays duelists now.
i dont claim to know drx more than u cz i definitely dont, i didnt know abt the freeing thing i only knew it was a trial during that specific tournament. agree with the beyn and athan, athan is definitely more flexible but beyn was more accustomed to init over freeing. rb while not very comfortable on kayo he was still good on it and was the main reason that drx was able to run so many comps going from kayo to chamber to kj. but yeah flashback is definitely btr than rb, but buzz did play flex while foxy was on duelist up till tokyo, so i wld say while hes a duelist main he can be considered a flex to some extent. rb on tec is eh not the smurfing most people thought but tbf he was playing every role for them
I can explain how none of them were fumbles. Stax igling simply was not working for the team. He had been doing it for 3 years and he didn't seem to enjoy the role, so they let him go and he's doing great on T1 where he's probably a lot more comfortable being second caller. Rb, contrary to most people's opinions on him now, was the first on the chopping block every time drx flopped. And after 2 years with no roster changes, it was time to change something, and while rb was flexible, he just wasn't consistent enough when it mattered. Well, no one on drx but mako was consistent enough at international tournaments, and drx didn't want to be a 5th place team forever. Foxy9 is simply not a fumble. His time on geng will show that the chances drx gave him were enough. His time had run it's course. Buzz left. He was not dropped. Athan is not bad, he has good aim,but I know he won't frag because beyn was also very good but didn't frag much on the initiator supporting role, and Athan is from the academy roster so I trust that drx knows what they are doing with those players. Now to counter some points: "DRX only did bad in 2023 because of foxy9 practicing in scrims instead of zest" then why was their champions performance the worst of the year? If foxy9 was practicing with the team from the beginning of 2023, why did they keep getting worse and worse? Maybe drx didn't change things up but I think they did after masters 1 tokyo. "DRX are going to flop with rookies": if anyone think this, it's not true at all. Drx only did worse last year due to the repeated changes in the roster and even then they didn't do that badly in champions 2024.
If you believe PRX will never win an international, then you should simply make the condition that if they win an international, you leave the site forever.
Let's imagine for a moment that PRX made Bangkok & then won it. Like wtf was the point? The idea is that you leaving vlr is a "punishment" for being too cocky. If your condition for ending your "punishment" is based on PRX doing well, who you don't want to see doing well, then it's a half-assed bet.
There should be no condition for the reversal of a bet, otherwise it's a lame-ass bet.
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