i've been learning japanese as a korean-american (native fluency in both) for 4 years-ish, and there's a lot of borrowed words in respective cultures which made the transition easy.

I also have a background in hanja/hanzi because I took Chinese for about a year when I was younger so I also think this helped with kanji. hiragana and katakana only took around 2-3 days to fully master.

not really? i get where your coming from but ivy has played initiator primarily stage 1/2 with a side of deadlock and fade throughout ascension as well.

not enough of an agent pool. he used to also play skye a bit back

I think its safe to say he's an initiator (sova fade --> scan, skye --> flash)

to add:

K and A is pretty explanatory

Surviving just means carrying over next round (so if you didn't get a kill or die, but survived, this would count)
Trading is usually within either a 3s/5s period where a teammate kills the person who recently killed you.

However, KAST% isn't always a good indicator, since it discredits multi-kills/multi-assists, and disfavor duelists while favoring controllers (very easy to exploit smoke assists or assists like brim stims unlike initiators, which take a bit more effort to get an assist)

And obviously you can't really see how much IGLing impact an IGL has, but neither can other stats

KAST% = (# of rounds where the player secures a kill, assist, survives, or is traded)/(total # of rounds) *100%

I like stax but currently ivy looks like he's on a heater im ngl

underrated choice, i agree.

im confused

other than my obvious discontent for drx at 10, there's some ridiculous takes here, with the most surprising being:

zeta at 1?
spg at 2?
dfm at 4?
prx at 7?

this just seems like a mishmash list birthed by recency bias and roster fluctuations

Pretty stressed, probably why I’m not on VLR as much as before. Applying for uni and pursuing a career is no joke. Other than that it’s smooth sailing!

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i underestimated how creative japanese insults could get haha

what are your thoughts on t1? do you think they'll start synergizing soon?

you're not alone on wanting rb to play int stage again, still get chills watching rb flex from 2022

• drx v. fur ascent
• drx v. navi ascent
• drx v. optc fracture
  etc...

hi goat haven't talked to you in a while

whats popping

i feel ya, i cringe too whenever some rard brings my country shame...

generally ive seen your posts and I think vlr knows you're pretty respectable

its because not many japanese people hop on vlr or your typical NA forum.

just go to a JP forum and you'll see a new world of baiters and pure hating going on...

lowkey let him eat his cake

i know bro was tired after japan valorant post-22' zeta, let him have this one

dude i know experimentation doesn't hurt especially in offseason, but look at the players in the roster, they’re all players that are very skilled at playing traditional/on-meta comps. Why is T1 adhering to autumn’s tendencies to deviate from the meta again? Towards the end of stage 2, T1 was cooking after autumn adapted to the meta. It just feels frustrating for the team to face the same problem because of autumn’s “experimentation.” its also very frustrating from the perspective of the fanbase, if you will.

keep your head up, this dude is either baiting or genuinely a dickhead

dodgers win it all in 4 no cyap

prayed for times like this

don't let ourselves miss this shot

goated take, chicken bake solos as long you can handle the greasiness

allat warning for feeble minds:

im gonna stay neutral only bc im korean but also understand how kpopification/stans can be annoying while the overaggressive people on VLR tend to overreact and become what they hate

but honestly, "retard" is only an offensive word because it's been used offensively (if this wasn't obvious enough)
it has originations from latin --> french --> english and previously only meant to slow down or hold back. you can also see it being referred to in many subspaces like in music (e.g. ritardando, or rit. in abbreviated form meaning "with a gradual decrease of speed"), and the other definition traditionally used in the medical field (officially definition being "a person who has an intellectual disability"). Now, it has evolved into a label for hate speech regarding the mentally disabled/challenged and intellectually underdeveloped, which wasn't the original purpose of the word.

point is, "retard" has been embedded in international culture to be a common "filler" word for less intense pejorative words like "dumb" or "stupid" but the constant bickering of the hypersensitive and those offended by the hypersensitive people has led to the word "retard" to hold much more meaning and intensity as a slur, which has led to division between people who deem the word to still be minor in intensity (in this case EU, which has more of the aforementioned aggressive less sensitive type) versus people who deem the word to be of a full-on slur (in this case NA, which has more of the aforementioned hypersensitive type).

both sides are equally responsible for the increased intensity of the slur. feel free to respectfully disagree or ask for clarification.

non-fluent but yes he can speak conversationally (comm-wise)

let the people go beserk, let them feign it out lol

the offseason has been getting to them 😢

yall thought ardiis and yay were the real double agents?

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

termi 🗿

they also play the same role, same agents 👀

its fallacious where you try to generalize and assume the user (indian) as stupid because in your words, you asked, "is indian education this bad?"

also by ridiculing indian education you're being racist to ninjaturtle de facto due to his indian background.

hope this helped!

i think its because his balls were orchiectomized that he is acting this way tbh

bit late but yeah us west cali my games have one afk+ every game

with enough korean talent to fill the entire 12 teams of APAC with pure Korean teams? very very unlikely, since its quite the reverse situation, where JP teams are mixed JP and KR

hey T1 fans

is it really time to switch my flair from DRX to T1? I've been a long-term MVP PK/VS/DRX fan for such a long time and I'm so conflicted for who I should support.

what rostermania does to a jit 💀

at this point the pain is numb, the DRX fanbase has got to be one of the most suffered fanbases oat

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FUCK ME

tl;dr: post short bro

mental asylum is a privilege for you

bong 🔔bong 🔔bong 🔔

"Stand proud, you are strong."

Bro wake up we won

WELL 👏 FUCKING 👏 PLAYED 👏

WTF LETS FUUUUUUCKING GOOOOOOO

AJHAHHAJSJDK

nevermind boom absolute cinema

WELCOME

even dort diffs your ass, try harder

so i see that we have resorted to dickriding trophy count again

very creative

you just unlocked a core memory by saying PBS kids games

yay in 2022 was prime yay w/ chamber btw

I would be embarrassed if my team lost to 100t at lock//in at the round of 32 💀

nice try

CN has never won a single match against GEN or DRX btw

weak bait 2/8

25 mins

i see this happening (and already is happening)

holy shit what just happened...

yup HOLY