maybe you're right, but you're just weird

they just ran out of skye flashes, sacy burned 2 in like 30 seconds every t side round.

he's just baiting, don't give him attention and he will post less. Most people on the site look at pro players as objects not human

bulking with the 0 day split

crowd treating him like a make-a-wish kid

Close games OT, saying Gambit didn't prep at all is answering for them. Saadhak only started popping off toward the end of the year even still but even then was not enough to say Saadhak was a top igl in 2021.

keyword: "almost". Fnatic almost beat Sentinels in the first masters as well(all games were OT) same with Envy against Gambit.

tbf xeppa had such a bad series that game and honestly wasn't his usual self which sucks. I still think an IGL is only just as good as their duelists/team. Shahz was the greatest IGL when he had the best core 5 at the time, same with Redgar. This year will prove if Saadhak is a good IGL or if he just had the perfect pieces and everything worked in harmony.

I'm talking about world-class level top 3 in masters/champs events. Idc if he dominated Brazil, nobody is saying Stax is the best IGL in the world even though they consistently outshine all the Korean teams. Saadhak's Vikings used very outdated comps and simply did not have the structure Saadhak needed to succeed.

Just know, saadhak was nothing without aspas(look at 2021,2020), FNS was nothing without yay(2021,2020, decent 2023?). Now does that make Boostio and the upcomers a good IGL? nah, Boostio was nothing without Demon1. I would say Boaster is the best proven based on how many rosters he's played on and different variations but then again he has Derke. IGLs can't carry they can just be capable and unlock players. An IGL is only as good as the main duelist they have. Look at Vanity with Shopify rebellions and now with C9 when he has OXY.

It's Zellsis why they lost and not a pro that has been washed for 6 years. Not even considering those 2 teams were top 2 in LCQ and they almost beat them with shroud.

u can get really creative with viper on the fly tbh, it's just a different type of creativity that is more selfish than like some of the stuff he was doing on yoru/breach/omen

nepotism

sadly this is true

No regard for a players or teams feelings/situation, with PlatChat getting so many views and the comments Sideshow throws out, it builds hate and disregard for the context of the situation. TenZ not being able to perform during the regular season while being sick and dealing with Kyedae's health conditions should not be heavily critiqued which Sideshow did with his video. Although TenZ might not be the best option, the amount of negativity they throw out is crazy. Also not saying TenZ shouldn't be critiqued but Asuna on 100T for example did not play at the level that regular season but there was no video made on him, or a video made on players like ardiis/yay that underperformed heavily this year.

This is common news now, Sideshow consistently critiques TenZ every game he's cast. Spent 2-3 hours making a video detailing all of TenZ's faults. Making memes and jokes when TenZ was sick during the regular season and was dealing with Kyedae's situation. It's kinda disappointing to see but whatever gets views.

Asuna and TenZ were known as some of the best players on their teams back in 2020/2021 playing jett/reyna/raze every map now on full-time support to both ex-XSET duelist players. Kinda crazy to see the longevity between the 2 pros still being in t1 and Asuna being with 100t for about 3 years now.

NA getting its first GC championship anyways, V1 and EG too op.

yeah, he was a great leader on Shopify rebellions leading a team with 4 players that had solid chemistry for a 1y+ just to bomb out and play terribly. (sarcasm). This is a nepo pick with wippie and vanity being comfortable with Immi as a coach, that being said they could be decent but won't come no where near the level runi+mCe combo was.

based

Mel is probably the closet alongside Flor.

It's so hard to know who is who and what counts as being trans/nb. I feel like it sets a dangerous precedent for the future of GC if there are men who are malicious and try to get into GC. To make everything simpler it would be just nicer if you kept everything to: Biological woman plays GC, Biological men can't play GC. But Western culture is so far from it that the precedent is allowed. I'm not creating hate and want people displaced but the future state of GC doesn't look good if there aren't set precedents.

fnatic had coaching staff and proper strats just to lose to reyna :D

Makes sense, cs rejects run val scene now teamless ig

get that mental illness checked out if you think that relates to 9/11, ty.

look I don't want to be that guy, if you admit 5.5k per month is league minimum. Then the yearly amount they make it is 5.5k*12.
That is 66k a year, I don't know where you get 90k per year(stock options? % of merch sales? brand deals/sponsorships?). But those are not required at all by the org so based on that argument then 66k is the league minimum.

Demon1 over zekken and ye that list is solid

Been saying this lol, a team is only as good as their coach. There are some exceptions to this like Enghh's coaching not directly translating to TSM but it's philosophy is there.

cornball

take a walk outside

holy shit you guys are soft, if he was personally attacking people after the games then it matters. Everything he's said has been in-game.

No surprise again, team will not be title contending without a solid mechanical player and one of the best controllers. At least ardiis and s0m are upgraded from mummAy and kaboose but not enough.

Perseverance will just prove if kaplan is a good coach or not, a lot of coaches have had problems that affected their rosters. Don't know if SEN will keep kaplan though but I think another season could be good to see what he's got, still don't have much faith in him compared to an oldhead csgo coach or someone with just a lot more experience.

They just need to fix fundamentals up and have a coach/igl that can drill it, they don't need fancy execs. They need to learn how to play Valorant honestly, that's what gave teams like KRU and C9 the edge this LCQ. Solid fundamentals no fancy execs. I think you solve that with removing kaplan, maybe drew, and putting an IGL that is seriously good at mid-rounding and late round calling.

valorant isn't just getting kills and opping with jett, forgot vlr average rank is gold.

I can see that happening to most vlr users too, the only difference between hltv and vlr is time.

You are thinking way too deep man, I know you'll refuse and stand by your point but I assure you that jakee being given an opportunity for the first time in the big leagues will not have this shitty attitude. It's all spur in the moment, I'm sure she is reflecting right now on what she said right now and they aren't actually like this.

this is the most VLR/basement dweller comment I've read today. I'm pretty sure she was frustrated and tweeted that, she doesn't have actual prejudice. It was just an in-the-moment tweet that she should've refrained. Stop making this shit so deep, I assure you that she and jakee have respect for the players, we've seen the frustration in sports and expect it in esports.

No one is going to openly shit on a coach at the end of the day results are what matters, that's all what esports is. If you don't have results you lose your job, I don't care about the "feel good" feelings that a coach gives to players. If Kaplan is such a good coach then Sentinels will dismiss the results and keep Kaplan. You can come back to this post and prove me wrong if he gets resigned.

Your message basically just discredits mCe and Potter, there is no luck only success or failure. The SEN coaches regarding the org budget had the most freedom compared to orgs like EG & C9.

a team this good should not be trash bro, they were given 2 months and this is what has come out of it. Bare minimum top 2 in NA Lcq considering what c9 was doing in the regular season.

You can look back on my posts, I have never said that Mini and Boaster need to be replaced. They got fucked over many times by stuff like COVID, braveaaf situation, etc. They dealt with it and still made it to LANS and performed decently. If you told me last year that Sacy, Pancada, and Marved would not make it to a single international lan this year I would not believe you but that is what that comes up with this. This game is very coach centric if you haven't noticed with teams like EG, C9, NRG, LEV, etc. I would much rather have more trust if the coach could even make NA LCQ let alone a LAN than the other coaches in the franchise that have incredible results and receipts of transformation. We've seen what Potter did against Optic, we've seen what mCe did to The Guard, the wild card is Sykko but that's the only roster I believe where that chemistry is what kept them going compared to the coach's magic. At the end of the day, the players are in the server and if they only have 1 strat which is an A rush on Pearl then the team is lost.

What??? So you're telling me the management that has 0 experience with Valorant is picking up players? I'm sure coaches had a big say in the players they can pick or else it would make no sense and would be even more of a failure if Kaplan and Sykko was entrusted with a roster they didn't even want. And if Potter is entrusted with picking up an academy team and forming a 10-man franchise roster, alongside with mCe being able to drop vanity and yay. I'm sure these coaches have a lot of power, not to mention that Fnatic was willing to get Leo and Chronicle and also invested in Alfajer earlier. All these decisions were heavily impacted by the coach and the igl.

So EG ran a 10-man roster correct? They used this 10-man roster to find what works and what doesn't, they integrate Demon1 in because they notice in scrims that he is the way to go for this roster to be finalized and to qualify for playoffs. This is an example of a good coach, Potter got 10 players that she requested management to give contracts to which they did so Potter can embark on this project and find what is the best fit. This is an example of a good coaching system and without Potter, this move doesn't happen and EG doesn't flourish. Kaplan and Dephh picked up 2 current world champs and brought in familiar faces with zekken & dephh while keeping TenZ. They later picked up Marved as a 6th man a say I'm sure the coaches had to have a say for. If a coaching system is picking out the players and the roles, how is there role issues. How is there synergy problems, how is there a lack of consistency, etc. Jakee and Runi played their first matches excellentally.. Same with Demon1 coming from Tier 2 with the assistance of Potter on how to position and set him up. I can go on but I want to sleep instead of argue with you about how I'm correct.

You're acting like when they had the original roster they looked good when they were abysmal. These challenges you've brought up are challenges every team faces, Zellsis and Runi interchange agents a lot same with other teams in this season. You also have to consider that these were the players that the coach wanted also, mCe had a plan with c9, Potter had a plan with Demon1 and Ethan as the new pickups, Onur saw what he can do with Leviatan, list goes on and on. I feel like there is just special stuff given to SEN and although I agree they were unlucky, there are many teams that can just adapt and play well. PRX fucking added a pubg streamer and got 3rd at tokyo, I'm sure SEN should definitely be able to figure something out.

The biggest difference with Demon1 is that before Demon1 they didn't have a consistent Jett which is played on 70% of the maps. Potter beat Optic with Apoth and Reformed, players we don't even know about. I'm pretty sure Kaplan's best result was a win against XSET. Potter proved it now with Demon1, Kaplan can't prove it with TenZ, Marved, Zekken, Sacy, and Pancada. That's all I have to say

I'm not going to deny though, this fnatic roster is like prime sen 2021. Just perfection but they wouldn't be as good without the antistratting and prep. I do think other coaches excel much more than him in terms of pure coaching(Onur & mCe > all)

Bro what? He made every LAN except 1, got top 2 against a coachless prime SEN. Fucked over by many problems(braveaaf, visa issues, covid,etc). Give some respect to them

They picked the players?? Also roles and agents should not be a problem in 2023 Valorant, I'd agree with you if this was last year or 2021 but if you look at rosters like EG, LEV, C9, NRG, Fnatic,(any good team) every player can flex multiple agents. I get it they were world champs in their roles but Ardiis was a world champion on jett/chamber but he plays KJ on some maps.

I'm sorry but we've seen coaches transform unknown players into great stars. Look at Leviatan the team that just steam rolled SEN, before Onur we didn't know anyone on the roster. Look at what EG has done with their core with Potters creative strats and ideas.