solid picks, on the topic of LOUD players, my favorite is LLL pANcada's 1v3 @ Masters Reykjavík v. OPTC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vmiWceuG94

I would rate this: ★★★★★★★★★☆ (Absolute CINEMA)
explanation: insane clutch, its THE iconic boathouse clutch after all, with high stakes. The 2nd kill is just chef's kiss, the transfer is unforgettable.

Here are my personal ratings of these (+ links for any lurkers who want them):

BLD sScary 1v4 ACE Clutch v. SZ @ '23 PAC Ascension FINALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mH87A0r8Co
rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ (Absolute CINEMA)
explanation: insane clutch on match point to give BLD the map win, bonus points for being an ACE + being ascension finals (career is at stake), but some throws by the enemies make it not a perfect clutch

LOUD tuyZ 1v3 Clutch v. KRU @ '25 AMER Kickoff Upper R1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYtt70tXbE
rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (Spectacular)
explanation: in my opinion, was a basic 1v3, KRU kind of (?) threw considering keznit could've thrown his nade way sooner and they could have played that defuse better. still bumped it up to 7/10 for his third kill being faster by a split moment, confusing the audience/casters

LOUD tuyZ 1v3 Clutch v. FNC @ Champs LA Lower Semis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXDu6hA4u1U
rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (Phenomenal)
explanation: I love this clutch a lot, veryyy smooth, sweeping motion tuyZ makes to steal the round from FNC. Bonus point for being in Champs Semis, since the very definition of clutch is when you do it in a high-pressure scenario.

Sacy actually had three clutches during Champs Istanbul:

LOUD Sacy 1v1 Clutch v. OPTC @ Champs Istanbul GF
https://youtu.be/AxUmh9UJ8ZQ?si=vFvoam7ZyxLPohIq&t=2460
rating: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ (Ordinary)
explanation: not really a clutch, just a delayed trade

LOUD Sacy 1v1 Clutch v. OPTC @ Champs Istanbul GF
https://youtu.be/AxUmh9UJ8ZQ?si=Nr-ype3Xc4lVJDAd&t=3915
rating: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ (Ordinary)
explanation: same as above, but the hop made it funny, bumped it up.

LOUD Sacy 1v3 Clutch v. OPTC @ Champs Istanbul GF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFnx4ChT_uk
rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (Phenomenal)
explanation: the only reason why I couldn't give this vintage sacy clutch any higher despite being a GF clutch was because Victor hard threw (slightly whiffage) on Sacy at long, and the fact that crashies/Victor gave Sacy ones. Still insane.

I go bald too

pls stop embarrassing us.

im livid when it comes to hating frost, and Hector's character is ROCK BOTTOM, but he's a fundamentally sound coach.

yes, its practical and a smart play, albeit disappointing that they could've forced another ult.

also, they are broke on econ next round, forced to save, and NS has full info + full control of site (and all chokes)

Although it's hard to decipher what he's saying, I think he's asking if:

there will be a team that is performing bad/historically performed bad that will find a resurgence in APAC, and if it would be enough to fare well on the international stage.

his time at T1 proved his mettle IMO, that's a lot of people including me are basing off of, not off-season

OP's idea is far from functional, but Rossy is a scan initiator and a proper (almost traditional) IGL.

do you have the link? i can translate anything KR to ENG

also, autumn was the one who called for the ENG-speaking roster and wasted so much talent in the KR sphere

• wasted k1Ng's career, NEVER acceptable
• had a decent roster (drx was never a KR superteam, contrary to what others think) yet his playbook was shutdown by DRX/PRX constantly

DRX biased but ardiis 1v3 on arguably the most iconic overtime, 2022 ascent DRX v FPX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY61_L5_9os

never gets old

me neither, I'm a Sylvan hater. scrim (supposedly) beast yet I never see it convert and show on the big stage. there's that and there's also my burning hatred for autumn as a coach. he just seems so lost in the loop IMO, and his timeout timings are terrible at times.

hot (and it hurts me to say as a BuZz/stax megafan) take: T1 is slightly overrated

watch this take backfire once they beat DRX 😭☝️

pretty sure he was

great EMEA shouts, vouch

clearly paragraph breaks aren't the issue at hand here... surely...

hoooooooly shit how far we've fallen as humankind

WP

oh nah aged terribly

Impractical, I think you're stuck up on the fact that CN is getting explosive support (due to being Rito's cash cow) despite their overall lack of skill.

Hey! I don't know if others would count me since I'm Korean-American (live in California, but both my parents are purely Korean), other than the fact that I'm fluent in Korean and tight with my culture.

Thanks for the shout though.

word, but I'd also add some SEA countries as a shout, including thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia especially

waiting for valorant world cup already

brain aneurysm simulator

i miss buzz...

i've been waiting three VCT seasons for this resurgence

I'm trying to learn how to beatbox quick (impress people if I'm in a pinch in a social gathering or smth) and I've been inspired by GBB '23 and '24 to start

any tips? so far, I can do the general basics (b t k k' f pf etc) but I'm struggling with being "fluent" with them, and making clear yet fast sounds

unlikely that I see any beatboxers, but its worth a try :p

wtf ive gotta use milquetoast in my daily convo

for their time/in comparison to other teams at the time either no or on par

comparing it to nominal firepower regardless of how they were for their time, definitely

insane shade 😭

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glad i could clear the air up, and my post was moreso directed towards any people who might've not understood the difference in culture

i lowk see both sides, you got memed on bc u said a couple controversial takes with reasonable backing

unfortunately social media is a place where the controversial get clowned on, and hivemind mentality is always stronger than any reason or rhyme

keep up the good work

refer to #9/#10

refer to #9, yes, I was very unclear why I was replying and I kinda sounded condescending unintentionally

yes, i did. I was assuming that ryandr was mentioning east asian as a generalization with the assumption that china has a different crowd culture. personally thought that was VERY obvious considering VCT has had an entire masters in Shanghai, as well as an entire region held there for their own franchise league.

in hindsight, could've phrased my intentions better, my fault

despite how much haters you have, this is a W analysis

appreciate it

korean entertainment was my go-to source, but definitely having korean parents in an American environment definitely bolstered my fluency tenfold :p

not true, china ≠ korea, just bc they're both east asian doesn't mean crowd culture is similar

china tends to have more of a "roaring crowd" type culture (well, in comparison to JP/KR), while korea is still very reserved (though japan is the most reserved), because koreans believed that it was decent etiquette the let performers (in this case esports players) focus until a few years ago. i would guess that Korean crowd culture would be more westernized in a few years.

that's sick my man, hope you can achieve some degree of fluency, Korean is a beautiful language

close enough! are you a korean american?

반갑습니다 would be the correct spelling, but yeah how you spelled is kinda how I pronounce it when im kinda talking casual :)

nice to meet you :)

partially expected just an "allat," so this was a pleasant surprise

yeah, FNS definitely sold, but I remember it being so tense when yay tried to wallbang Rb with his headhunter shots, its really what solidified Rb's clip.

no glaze considering I'm a devote DRX fan, but I still objectively think that Rb's spraydown in garage was better (at an analytical perspective)

clip 1 (TH RieNs 3k) was insane, can vouch; however, its your typical VCT superplay and can be paralleled with other spraydowns. special but not one of a kind. to add, when you look in 0.25x (or not), you can see that when he gets the kill on f0rsakeN (raze), mindfreak (viper) was busy trying to get a kill on site (wasn't looking at RieNs at all), and d4v4i (skye) wasn't able to trade despite his positioning due to being omen flashed. kill #2 was on mindfreak (who RieNs initial whiffed on and later had to resort to a f0rsakeN who practically ran into his crosshair, huge points docked), followed by a kill #3 on a d4v4i who nearsighted by Boo's (omen) paranoia moments prior.

clip 2 (GIA Fit1nho 4k) was slightly more impressive than clip 1-- but again, I still don't think it exceeds the difficulty/uniqueness of Rb's transfer. yes, a 4k spray is insane, but there are way too many asterisks that are present that invalidate his as a highly-skilled play. first, there is all the information he needs to know that he is being swarmed (including Haodong (astra) getting a 2k on rhyme (breach) and nukkye (cypher) on ropes up onwards and util + footsteps from ZmjjKK (raze) and Smoggy (jett) from CT to heaven alerting Fit1nho of everything he needs to know, and their exact positioning.) of course, this doesn't discount the fact that this was a MENTAL play, huge respect. slight aura loss (?) from the fact that he got killed by Haodong toward the end by a classic to deny the ace (which doesn't even account for how from Haodong's POV, you can see him whiff on the trade 2 or 3 times before managing the kill), as well as the fact that this wasn't necessarily a full spraydown, as from kill 1 to kill 2, the spray was reset, and the chaining kills 2, 3, and 4 have slight stoppage in spraying. (for technicality not a spraydown but its whatever, close enough)

clip 3 (mindfreak 4k) was impressive (true spray, except for kill 1), but I would heavily assume that without his whole team fighting on A rubble assisting those kills, mindfreak wouldn't have been able to spraydown those last three kills. in fact, I really want to commend Jinggg (raze) for standing his ground, buying time, and d4v4i (skye) for his util. add the fact that DRX was on a greatly broken buy (also consider that in mindfreak's LoS, only stax (fade) was staring at him, and he had a stinger and only light shields against mindfreak's vandal and full shields, which mindfreak body shot him with. though, kills 3 and 4 were definitely much more credible, with a double vandal spray headshot on Foxy9 (kj) and BeYN (omen). definitely trails behind maybe only his 1v3 tap hs on pearl towards A Link to A Site against a then overpowered EG. still, due to the circumstances he got those kills in, it definitively wouldn't beat Rb's spray.

in comparison, Rb had the least HP, had crashies (fade) AND victor (phx) hard holding the angle he peeked from (link to garage) WHILE holding a high-low hold. additionally, both were headshots, were legitimate spraydowns, plus the fact that the kill transfer speed was by far the fastest, almost instantaneous, which makes it necessarily an "one of a kind" type spray. admittedly, kills 3 and 4 were NOT part of the spray, and because FNS sold hard by not accounting for AA (angle adv.) LOL. still, my case holds, as Rb also took the first two kills' duels alone (with fade/Zest on the ready to trade), and a sheer COINCIDENCE that he was left with 1 HP, all the more dramatic.

holy yap, got carried away because I was excited to see all four of these clips again. made me appreciate the scene more. :)

i get the feeling of feeling insulted from being heavily criticized even when you put in hard work; its tough, but you gotta realize that this isn't a broken clock is right twice a day type of thing. t1 coaches are giving insights in your replies section, and there's a reason behind collective criticism.

perhaps you need a change of perspective, I truly understand how it feels when someone's holed up and with the amount of dedication, you spend more time in your own echo chamber and at the end, it becomes extremely hard to accept anyone else's critique.

no one is criticizing your hard work--thats seen with however many pages you want to flatter us with. its just that you asked for criticism for your quality, so you're getting the criticism for your quality. again, no criticism for your quantity.

you are more experienced with valorant analysis than Ill ever be, but as someone whos been scrutinized for my past research papers, I couldn't help but to feel a parallel. just understand that there are people with more experience, and that its okay to be wrong.

no way...

PRX fans are valid, it's just that they have so many "fans" that only support PRX because of their "W playstyle" or meme-y personalities that people label the entire fanbase as annoying... (also including bandwagoners that hop on for the glory, like 80% of the SEN fanbase)

kind of agree, genuinely hate his timeout usage and lack of protocols for when things go haywire

im ngl, they kinda do tbh, its just that baiting is seen as a bad thing--when executed properly, like aspas or leo does, it becomes a useful tool