The thing is politics is inherently tied to nationalism. Whilst I wouldn't go as far as saying crowds are 'Nationalistic' it is similar to the 'home team' concept. The issue with VCT in this context is that riot themselves try and police what is right and wrong.

Zeta
Nrg
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You could throw any superstar into any team back then and have a 40% chance they'll win whatever tournament they're playing. TenZ also had the whole of Masters 1 and the interim between reykjavik. It's obviously not easy to play as a sub so I question why you point that out. What I'm comparing is the relative difficulty stacked up against one another, then using that comparison to rank the impact each sub had on their respective team. TH expected to have miniboo for this event, it was a last minute call. SEN absolutely knew TenZ was going to play at Masters 2 months in advance

I agree everything is crumbling around us and we're doomed

except our sockets, our sockets clear

the Zowie GSR is the ceiling for mousepads for recommending to absolutely anyone (so good for 99.7% of people)

TenZ was good. But I think now it's much harder to get further as a sub, simply because of how strategically deep the game has become.

He was kinda mid though ngl, sure he got them thru groups but he also forced them into lowers and dipped

1. Patitek
2. TenZ
3. CGRS
4. Seider

I wanna say termi cause he makes the most questionable moves, but somehow they always end up working so I don't even know anymore

This is cool but I wonder what it'd be like if the list weren't inflated by lock//in

y6y

See I don't think they're lying at all when they say they make these changes to deal with smurfing.
But from me playing I think smurfing is still at the same level if not worse

this will only work up to a certain point btw, in my experience once you hit ascendant its harder to climb consistently if you don't focus on playing with your team, but if you want to brute force this methodology you can probably get to low immortal

The mentality that helped me to deal with this is just stop caring about your rank, and just start focusing on yourself in game. If people comm and play with you its a huge bonus, but don't expect it until you're at least ascendant for example, if your team loses 2 players instantly, and its now a 3v5, instead of thinking 'my teamates are making me lose rr and theres nothing I can do, so I'm not gonna try this round/game', think 'ok its a 3v5, we probably aren't gonna win this round, but let me try and play tactically to see if I can make it close'.

tl;dr
life gives you lemons

Wait really? thats boring.
I found this format to be so good, they have so much more potential with the team picking thing too

I can't say for certain why I don't get those kind of frames, I've used the actual microsoft dock and everything. But even if I could get that FPS that doesn't avoid the issue of taking a keyboard mouse and monitor everywhere

also even IF this was predictions you chose KRU as the weird one when I had Liquid in there???? hello????

read #3

AMER: KRU, G2, NRG, 100T
APAC: T1, DRX, PRX, GENG
EMEA: FNC, TH, NAVI, LIQUID
CN: FPX, EDG, BLG and whoever

It's a Surface Laptop Studio 1st Gen, It's the i7 3050Ti model

yeah I was sorta thinking about it anyway but it was in the back of my head of whether I should or not, but like 70% of my gaming hours are spent on val so it defo helped convince me.

Yeah you drive a compelling point, most people have playstations now days which is probably why I'll be going back on what I said about getting an Xbox. To me exclusives are whatever ngl, I usually play multiplayer games.

I already have a pretty decent laptop, and even it can't even run val on 120Hz @ 1080p downscaled. + If I want to use the full potential of a big ass brick laptop with cheesy gamer branding I'd have to also carry around a monitor keyboard and mouse, which is a lot more annoying than just a console and a controller. Since most places have a TV to use already

I thought about it a bit, but an ITX pc would cost way too much, i've already spent way too much on building my current PC but its HEAVY, so I can't take it up with me until I have a place. (I'll probably be living around hotels/airbnbs until I can find one).

Also If I did build one I'd have no use for it when I do end up moving my PC, but I can still use the console on a TV or take it around with me. I've ended up going for the Xbox which should be easy enough to carry around in a medium sized suitcase.

Well, if only if I had thought of that! Thanks buddy

Ok thanks a lot will cop the Xbox

ngl I don't really play any singleplayer games, mostly multiplayer games which are available on both platforms so for me game selection is whatever tbh

I’m moving out for uni and won’t have my pc for a few months. With val releasing on console that’s sorta the last thing I needed to get me to buy a console.
But I have no clue which is better. So tell me which one you think is and why

If you have good movement you have two chances to kill your enemy, where they only have one (assuming you’re the same skill level and that your enemy isn’t moving)

WAIT I DIDNT EVEN SEE LESS 😭😭😭😭

I was reading this thinking “ok okay some of these are reasonable and have some logic, but I disagree with a few but I can see why you think that”.

then I got to the underrated list and got hit in the face with scream. 💀💀💀💀💀

2 mid baits within 20 mins cmon man

yeah i'd be onboard then

to me G2 has been a team which has high peaks and low lows, I think if they get to the finals either could happen. But I'm 55/45 on them underperforming simply cause of GENG's baseline performance

TH hasn't had the best opponents until the playoffs, they seem super prep heavy (look at how good their bind attack was compared to their defence today), so I think they could fall short between tomorrow and Sunday if they win tmrw

imo GENG easily have a roughly 70% chance to win the event

nah u gotta give it atleast 2 tournaments imo

the alternative is deeping it and ruining your and maybe the teams mental

miniboo is gonna be great in the new meta if neon's gonna be broken as people are saying
but this also means pati is gonna have the freedom to go to whichever team he wants cuz his stocks are super high, so I think it all works out

pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls boost up the crowd by a good amount, it would make the games so much more entertaining.

The casters should be there to fill the silence of the crowd, not the other way around.

now comes with an IGL!

fr pls would make the match instantly 25% more entertaining

xg2431 is the best 240hz budget monitor u can get

e: click reply on accident

me https://www.vlr.gg/348436/yay-come

unrelated but bro why did u have to say boostigoat that sounds weird
the potential for goatio was right there and you fumbled

It's a broken change for pros

For 99% of people (ranked; from low immortal and below) this wont make a difference. In fact 1 stun and a shorter wall will just make it easier to play against

well well well

If you beat em, join em

good move tho

People keep on going on about an 'L crowd' in brazil or whatever, but in hindsight it's actually the best crowd we've had yet. If LOUD had won they would've been that much more excited, but as Fnatic won the crowd was still a cool factor, the eerie silence spoke volumes when the comeback was happening.

But even small shit like taking away Boostio's pig just makes the rest of what they promote feel forced and fake.
The TO's think that they should get to set the narrative, and that people aren't smart enough to make their own storylines.

defo not in pro play, cuz of neon buff jett is gonna get picked less, so less oping which is iso's only real advantage
in ranked i can see people picking him and ego peeking

no movement error while sliding is crazy

I think it's good that they're starting to at least acknowledge it, but I'm very sceptical with the way they deal with it. It's effectively 'you can talk shit, but only if we like it' from the way I see it.
Being strict and authoritative never works in the long term (excluding some extreme cases). At the end of the day no one can complain and expect to make a difference about a free product, which was probably by design.
But I still think it's not a formula for long term success, because you'll end up just making it boring (subjective) compared to other sports/esports

fr sports banter and culture provided in a more accessible package is literally the USP of esports. I don't think the VCT will survive long term if they keep on clamping down on these kind of things