Very interesting! Goated post. If anybody can corroborate or independently translate, would feel more reliable to discuss en masse

that strict set play/gameplan stuff came from sgares. If it's not Stellar, it's gotta be Mikeshd. Someone has got to go cuz the team needs a macro gameplan and discipline again.

yeah, idk wtf is going on w/ DDK as GM, letting Mikes solo lead this team of undisciplined, very young players. This is supposed to be the highest level of competition, how does 100T have one of the weakest coaching staffs in the league?

Asuna has been much more consistent than bang this whole split. I think those 3 at least are fine enough for now. Stellar definitely needs to be upgraded and maybe even Derrek sadly

He wasn't doing it nearly as much under sgares if memory serves right. I remember specific rounds where they would NOT overaggress and teammates would start playing together. I think his lack of discipline comes from the weak coaching staff and the preference for on-the-fly calling of the IGL which enables Asuna to sometimes make plays (which can too often look really bad and detrimental)

Dicey was supposed to be the main duelist until the boomers decided Jett probably wasn't gonna stay in the meta and they won't need to op or play double duelist so why not bring in a cs talent in Ethan (who is admittedly very good). Asuna wasn't originally going to be the star but he had to be since he was the tip of the spear for their shoddy execs.

Then 100T continued to miss every. single. meta. until it was too late (astra, chamber, double controller/harbor). As a team, they've only ever really looked cohesive under sgares and even then, WillFPS was supposed to be their star duelist and he underperformed the whole time until they got to a LAN. Maybe Asuna is the only constant, so that could mean he's the problem. But it just seems like from top to bottom, he's generally been above the middle for the team while everyone else around him keeps making the wrong choice.

At least that's the impression I get from having followed this team since Hiko joined.

I agree w/ this if Asuna was supposed to be their star player. Since it should be Cryo, Asuna probably shouldn't be getting compared to Derke and Mako. As a player, he's been more than fine for the team (though he could really use sgares' more disciplined coaching style over the on-the-fly stuff they've been doing since he left).

Sadge

yeah idk how he was overheating like that w/ such a crazy important game on the line (dry walking into a ct smoke???) and putting them down numbers.. I'm hoping the poor discipline is from the lack of structure because so much of their stuff is on-the-fly now that mikes and stellar are at the helm. I remember threads and praises for 100T for their discipline and togetherness (like on Breeze w/ Will) back when Sean was leading... it's so sad that he has a family and couldn't make the move to LA.

yeah i don't get the fingers pointing at Asuna when he did throw some rounds, but so did Cryo when he missed a shot or 2. Overall, they both did the best this match (and this split) in the whole team. The underperformers in the split were Derrek (could be cuz of role switches), Stellar,, and weak coaching staff (the initial off-meta gameplans, persistently poor map pool, poor execs/retakes/clearing).

Asuna's still the 2nd best rated player on this team rn. He's been fine for them despite losing them several rounds from overpushing. After 8 weeks of play, they have much bigger problems like Stellar in the bottom 6 (he's barely a decent fragger for them), Stellar's poor mid-rounding, and their inadequate coaching staff (either replace Mikes or add more staff to help w/ the macro gameplans, map pool, and execs).

Asuna's still the 2nd best rated player on this team rn. He's been fine for them despite losing them several rounds from overpushing. After 8 weeks of play, they have much bigger problems like Stellar in the bottom 6 (he's barely a decent fragger for them), Stellar's poor mid-rounding, and their inadequate coaching staff (either replace Mikes or add more staff to help w/ the macro gameplans, map pool, and execs).

but we HAVE seen this team w/ sgares and how fluid their gameplay looked, even as Will struggled in regional games. They have looked the most disjointed w/ this on-the-fly shit that Stellar prefers for 8 straight weeks now. Redbull was using Sean's old strats and since the meta shift, their coaching hasn't fixed their issues w/ gameplans and execs. Either Mikes needs more staff to help him in this lacking department or Mikes needs to be replaced w/ someone who can do more..

In it's entire history, it seems like 100T has always had a problem with player development, scouting, and meta gameplans.

Stellar has literally said they did not have a similar vision. sgares was more exec, set play, gameplan focused, and stellar said he was more on-the-fly. One of these worked for the team in the past and one isn't anywhere near working currently. They need to either bring in an sgares level of coaching staff or replace stellar w/ a better IGL who can also frag at least as well.

yeah, the on-the-fly stuff look awful. They're too uncoordinated (forgetting to clear corners, not being aware of lurk gaps in their defense, overpushing when they're not a man down, etc.) and after this amount of time, it's clear the sgares method was better and Stellar's calling isn't good enough on its own.

Yeah, I wonder what would've happened if Asuna flexed to the double controller and let Derrek play initiator and stellar play the sentinel

the last time 100T looked fluid and played good-looking Valorant was back in redbull when they were still using Sean's strats. They are just such a different team without him and Mikes is all alone with no full-time staff to help him. Stellar and Derrek have also now shown that they're very upgradeable if better roles come on the market

Still so sad to see he never actually showed more potential than that. I thought 100T picked up a trent level initiator, and that's just not the case.

is johnqt a decent fragger? 100T needs a great IGL AND a decent fragger (Stellar is only the latter).

Boaster isn't a bad fragger. He's not a raid boss like his teammates, but he isn't a drag on the team and hits a lot of shots, similar to Benkai. Obviously you can upgrade Boastees, but he's a decent fragger with great IGLing (and in the case of PRX, they wanted less IGLing and more fragging haha). Stellar is under both of these guys in the frag department and also doesn't IGL well enough for them to be a title contender team.

yeah, if TGRD doesn't make it, they need Zander or Valyn. Even Derreck isn't pulling his weight, so Trent or another cracked initiator would be a very poignant pick up for 100T

No, that's not enough at the highest level anymore. We've seen how a non-fragging IGL can hold back a team w/ dephh and some of the emea teams like KC who has zeish, their assistant coach, IGLing as a permanent stand in. There are too many teams who will just shit on steel and put 100T at a disadvantage.

Dephh was worse since at least Stellar can sometimes shoot back. Unfortunately, Stellar's calling isn't good enough to be a title contender team, that's obvious now after 8 weeks of regular play.

except Steel. He was kicked cuz nitro wanted to play w/ his friend boi for LCQ instead.

100% true. they have never played "beautiful" and fluid Valorant like nrg or c9 or loud. It's ONLY always been pop off moments. Their IGLing is uninspiring and they consistently refuse to adopt to the meta until it's too late (cypher > kj early on, avoiding double controller maps, etc). They have good to great players. but they're not even a good team.

Map diff in the 4+-way tiebreakers

Fine each player and staff double their year's salary. Rito ban them a minimum of 3 years for gross incompetence. And 100T goes into the clothing retail business as their reputation slowly recovers.

o7

With 4+ way ties, h2h is not counted. It goes to map diff then round diff. Liquipedia has the deets. 100T need to win and also hope for a 3-way tie or less

Lmfaooooo hahahahahahahahahahahahhqhaahahahaha

Yeah, benching steel cuz he was playing Vanity who knows him doesn't even make sense to me... So... You instead yolo it for the rest of the split??

Yeah.. he had incredible stats on Jett while on ABX, but also never won anything significant on there either.. maybe it really was the Optic core that carried him and not the other way around 🤷🏿‍♂️

It wouldn't be as bad if Yay was able to continue looking like the statistical anomaly he was in 2021 playing only Jett.

Unfortunately, his team's coordination and his individual form looked so bad that the highest rated Jett player from Master Berlin looks like a significantly worse pickup for a Tier1 org than getting any cracked upcoming t2 t3 Jett player that you could get for 10% of the cost like Reddux or demon1.

Agreed. Also, idk if 100T even has any other staff rn besides Mikes and I guess ddk as their gm?…. It’s no wonder they’re a little short on fresh ideas and good reads

Lmfaooo I understood this

Not playoffs, I think they’ll get better at Tokyo. Playoffs has no break from the regular season so I expect the same from them till they can rest and reset

Cryo has definitely been heating up, but yeah idk about “better”

She's a pro player, so I get why they brought her in. However, her expertise doesn't seem to be showing at all since she can't seem to speak much even when prompted by the host (nor is she displaying an engaging on-air personality). I hate to say it but while it was a good attempt, it's not working at all

Someone needs to be fired!!! It’s unacceptable still having this week 7 out of 8

Ok, I see: assuming we beat mibr, then if lev loses both of their games against LLL and C9, then we're guaranteed. If EG loses either against MIBR (unlikely) or NRG (likely), then we're also guaranteed. If NRG wins both their games, we'll also be good. Any way to avoid that 5-way tie = fantastic (as long as 100T goes 5-4 lol)

I think it goes to map diff after that then round diff to order everyone? Our map diff is -2 right now along with eg, so if that improves, we get 6th, eg gets 7th. If it stays the same, we go to round diff and we're the lowest there right now, so we maybe end 7th. If EG wins 2-0 2-0 and gets a better map diff, I think we also automatically go to 7th if it's a 5-way tie 😢. I gotta read these official tiebreaker rules at some point

That it's guaranteed? I think willminder said except 5-way tie

Yeah, looks like 5 teams are still able to go 5-4, not 4. So if they beat MIBR, they would be guaranteed playoffs due to head to head against everyone except NRG. So if NRG goes 5-4 as well, then I think they gotta go further in the tiebreaker bracket.

He didn't know 🤣

LETS GOOOO

Where tf is foxy9? He was clearly working for them

Oldest as in amount of time on the current team. I think tenured should have been used instead

"in this double duelist meta"

???

VLR rankings aren't reliable right now with the new system that almost completely separates VCT, VRL, and T3 teams. I'm sure vlr will change it eventually (hopefully around masters time where we might have a better idea of the top teams from them having competed more often)

Same way they keep losing to Xerxia or some other weaker team. They just start slow or have weird off days sometimes until the stakes are mad high