classic platinum take

no comms from the 2 people alive, classic ranked

don't use words you don't understand. google the definition of ad hominem.

KAYO - Nismo

You can't compare any sport to esports. Do all of the best teams in the NBA meet in one location once per year and battle it out like a Champions? There is zero equivalent comparison to traditional sports, so this is just a poor argument

How unintelligent is the community to believe that he is the one making all of these decisions? People are making him out to be this evil person when in reality, he's just the face of a team of many many decisionmakers.

go watch some VODs back when RISE was a team. supamen is a MASSIVELY underrated controller. perhaps he's fallen off in recent months, but the next few months will tell.

"contribute to humanity's progress"
Disagree. We have no concept of the impact esports pros have on society. How many young children have they inspired to take their lives into their own hands? How many people have they impacted by playing, or appearing on camera, or making a crazy play on LAN?

This black and white thinking of "muh, it doesn't directly do anything for society" is just a classic way of putting down any job that isn't directly humanitarian

have you ever actually played in a team setting? not everyone can generate hype, and it is actually quite crucial. 5 introverts who don't get excited during a sick clutch are less likely to drag each other out of a mental rut as opposed to 3 intro 2 extro, comparable to someone who doesn't speak English as a native language who is less likely to drag teammates out of that rut

'skill issue'- that'll take many many months. you can't change a personality, and until panc is fluent in English, the problem will exist

p.s. stop downfragging anyone who disagrees with you, it just shows that you're more concerned with being right than having an actual discussion

worse english -> less hype, less ideas, less comms. with the personalities on the team, it's important they have a hype man in there, even if he's not a top3 controller. unfortunate for pancada but i understand the reasoning

know the difference between USA and Malaysia flags challenge: impossible

not what he asked

thank you for breaking down how to beat fnatic. I know the top pros will see value in this VLR post and heed the advice, leading to great success in defeating the best team of 2023

DRX experimenting with no timeouts, 2 subs?

you understand who they're playing, correct?

fell off hard without will

hoping to see him learn some new agents. feel like he's been a KAYO one-trick for far too long, he's got too much potential to be stuck solely there

my question stands. that is a mix roster of random tier 1/2 pros - fragging out against them isn't that insane, esp considering he went negative immediately after that game

against who?

Yes, igling against a team who is using a new 5th who is also their new IGL is of course, much easier to do.

what's wrong with this tweet?

Assuming -Redgar..
+Mistic on controller - he looked better than he ever has on controller, and isn't comparable to Soulcas. Enzo would be
+Enzo -soulcas initiator - huge improvement in consistency and likely the leadership he brings to the team
+Keiko -Sayf duelist - not a huge downgrade. Sayf was fantastic but Keiko also has immense potential, I'd compare him to koalanoob, kinda dominated Challengers but has little big stage exp

Let's goo

Gatekeeping a profession and saying something isn't involved in it doesn't mean it didn't take work. Actual weirdo take

lock in isnt representative of the year at all lol

1630 posts in 61 days is fucking crazy. You post over 25 times a day on average. Stop this madness my king, you deserve better

they chose to step down...

Demon1 should be 2. Alfajer had an insane year, carried an already individually stacked roster, only stumbled in a few matches at Champs

Ethan has to be top5 for me - his utility has been consistently the BEST flex ITW the entire season. His stats don't lie, and the degree of composure he brings to the team cannot be understated

I'm surprised you have Boostio above c0m - why is that?

EDIT: Just saw you said currently - then Demon1 is #1 simply based on a dominant tournament, same conclusions otherwise

demon1, jaw, ethan all been performing well the whole season. agree on c0m and boostio, but the others are easily top15

the impact he's had for his team has been insane though. he performed poorly in 1 match - who should be higher? something? he shit the bed far worse than demon1 in that series. jingg really hasn't had a good tourney, and mindfreak has been incredibly impactful, but statistically he's barely top20, even in just playoffs.

id say than is the MVP so far, 14/41 clutches is crazy and his util is just so impactful

what frauds got exposed exactly? trying to think of Chambers that faded into irrelevance post nerf... ardiis? kind of? tex for a bit? yay? i don't think one sample size of a team he did poorly in can really say he's heavily overrated - he was the undisputed player of 2022 for gods sake

your phrasing, at least in English, essentially says that because Brazil is historically better at VAL, we should care less about other minor regions that are not as good (i.e. Oceania and India). i get that you're only discussing what is happening in Americas now, so your point makes sense, but for global VALORANT, they can't just do that and ignore those regions

such a poor take. "this region is better than the others, so fuck those regions, just focus on this one" - how exactly do you expect other regions to be built up?

i'm not sure that fits into xenophobia. would people in Americas saying SHITMEA mean that they're xenophobic to all EMEA countries? or vice versa?

perhaps it's normalized xenophobia, but that would mean all sports are rooted in xenophobia, simply because all countries have passion for their country

"racist" - how does talking shit about a REGION have anything to do with race?

Why do you care about having a girl? They come into your life when you're ready for it. Searching for a relationship instead of naturally letting it happen is a recipe for disaster, in my opinion.

he's been 'trolling' since the start of franchising. i don't know if we can really say that it's trolling anymore

he went from being set up in every single situation/round and just needed to hit the shot, compared to t2 where he was forced to entry and play nothing like he was comfortable with. I don't think it's an apple-to-apples comparison

If we're talking raw aim, your list makes sense. Factoring in consistency
Alfajer=Something>Sayf=yay=Jingg=leaf>Demon1=Scream>Zmjjkk (rifle)
ZmjjKK>yay=Sayf>something>leaf=Demon1>Jingg=Scream (op)

ScreaM, Alfajer, Demon1, yay, leaf, Sayf, ZmjjKK, something, Jingg are all up there (no order)

Why is cauanzin in your top5? Genuinely curious

the players...

yeah you're baiting. bye

you can literally look at M80s team profile and see that NONE of them are American.

if jonah doesnt get picked up ill be livid. he's criminally underrated

they literally have zero American players my friend

anyone link to OG tweet?

you too my brother. hopefully the world will pivot in a better direction (non-capitalistic) so everyone can live with this mindset and not be punished for doing so (i.e. unable to survive due to lack of income)

I don't disagree at all. I am literally just saying - we have NO idea if UNI is playing to their max potential. Technically all the factors are there to favor them, but who knows if we're gonna see a new face to them today? I don't think we will, to be honest - they look significantly more sloppy that the NA reps when it comes to teamplay, esp. against FSN yesterday

that is accurate. what I am saying is, how do we know that both teams weren't playing to their fullest potential?