LycheeBlade
Flag: Colombia
Registered: September 5, 2022
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If you want a solid gaming laptop that can play almost anything i can vouch for a zephyrus m15. can't speak on autocad (#4) but it can definitely run stuff like solidworks/fusion360 on a light load. it'll probably scream and say your gpu isn't compatible but it should work for everything except like. simulation rendering. be sure to check though.

the battery life isn't great but it can last you an entire school day if you just use it for notes. for games it runs valorant at around 200fps on low settings and some minor BIOS tweaking over the years (i think). overwatch has around the same frames. gta runs at around 60, fortnite 100-ish, etc. it couldn't run elden ring though, so i'm saving to buy a real pc for the really heavy games

that being said if you want a gaming laptop 100% also invest in a cooling pad so your laptop isn't cooking while gaming. the thermals in these laptops aren't great but a cooling pad really helps with the life of the laptop. an external keyboard also helps a lot. i've had my pad for 3 years and it's basically fallen apart but it still works. only thing i don't like is the weight. this laptop is a bulky one for sure especially if you carry the charger around too.

my laptop turned 4 this year and it still runs like a charm. got it new for $1300 (the 240hz one costs like double... but I have it hooked up to a 240hz monitor and it runs great).

posted 3 months ago

i'm willing to argue karon could top demon1 if GenG win champs. Top 2 in Madrid, Shanghai winners and APAC League winners is some MASSIVE success already. As good as Demon1 and that EG team was at Champions, remember that they almost didn't qualify

(not saying they were a fluke, just that they weren't as dominant as GenG is this year)

It'll always be hard to top going from unknown --> Champs winner in a year, that status will never change. But in terms of raw success... there's definitely an argument there IMO

posted 4 months ago

i agree with you but fixing maps is a whole other problem too. that was what the original thread i linked was about. it's just that in general, nerfing a gun is a much easier approach than fixing a map from a dev viewpoint (especially since the devs are allergic to touching ascent i guess)

posted 4 months ago

did gen g's coach knife a 100T player during a league match? didn't think so

posted 4 months ago

hadn't even considered the price. will add that as a suggestion in the op. i don't necessarily agree with a fire rate decrease since i'd still want the gun to be a direct upgrade to an ares which already kinda sucks

posted 4 months ago

yeah the last one is a bit of a reach honestly. i also agree the reload time is already long enough, but the best way to reduce spam is to either increase that or reduce ammo as i mentioned (both would be too much)

posted 4 months ago

I was writing a reply to this thread when I realized that when it comes to spam culture in valorant, the odin is one of the biggest culprits.

then it got me thinking... when the phantom and vandal got their ammo nerfs, why didn't the odin? the odin, in the right map and hands, can be the spammiest, most annoying gun to play against. sova+odin+defense on ascent can be incredibly oppressive, for example.

how would/should the odin be changed so it's still a useful gun while reducing spamming? here are some potential ideas off the top of my head:

  • reduce the ammo 100 --> 75 (total ammo 200 --> 150. just fewer bullets to spam overall)
  • increase the reload time 5s --> 6s (or even longer. just to make it easier to punish using every odin bullet in the mag)
  • change penetration values based on wall type (would probably affect other guns too, just a blanket penetration nerf for most guns)
  • drastically increase first-shot inaccuracy and/or recoil (basically make it ramp up in accuracy like the old laserbeam negev in csgo. easier to punish if you have good aim with vandal/phantom)
  • (edit, inspired by cloudberry) increase price 3200 --> 3600-3800
posted 4 months ago

crazy to think how 2 of the 3 Champions-winning teams imploded after winning. Acend and EG both broke apart entirely straight after winning with other teams picking up what was left. LOUD kept its core at least

posted 4 months ago

changing the map designs straight up is complicated. like for ascent, an "easy" solution is to not make the b main walls wallbangable anymore, but that creates another set of problems (for example, attackers get free b main control almost every time unless the defenders try to push in every round or use util to stall hard)

some changes that don't need to change the maps themselves, but still reduce spam, that i generally like are:

  • dead teammates can no longer see planted spike on attack minimap (can't just ping it for free). or at least, the spike is hidden on the minimap based on their living teammates' POV -- if they can't see the spike because they're hiding behind a smoke, their dead teammates can't see it on the minimap
  • buff sage so she's used some more, since her wall is basically anti-spam when placed well and allowed to reinforce (but this would REALLY depend on how they buff sage because we obviously don't want to break her)
  • nerf ares and odin ammo just to give them the same treatment the vandal and phantom got. and/or give the odin an even longer reload time to punish odin spam even harder
posted 4 months ago

I'm still so shocked that Riot haven't simply added all the maps back in. Like the main excuse to create a map rotation was because there were "too many maps," but it's so much worse playing the same 3 maps so often. It really doesn't feel like we see a proper map variety.

This episode alone I average one game on Abyss or one game on Sunset per day. I play like 3 games/day.

Overwatch tried this and the vitriol they got from the fans made them revert that. We should've done that

posted 4 months ago

so that's why i couldn't find those threads. good on the mods, but they took way too long

posted 4 months ago

there are three kinds of neon in that elo (i know because i was there in the past)

1) the one-tricks that WILL run the lobby and ruin your day
2) the ones playing neon for fun/variety, don't know any tech but can still perform well
3) the ones that think they are temet and straight up int

posted 4 months ago

that thread where a guy was crying because vlr wasn't english-only

posted 4 months ago

"the grind doesn't sleep" - idk lebron or somethin

posted 4 months ago

i warm up for valorant ranked by playing only lucio in overwatch

does it help? not one bit

posted 4 months ago

messi's barcelona once lost in the champions league to rubin kazan, yet they still call messi the goat

posted 4 months ago

just another thursday

posted 4 months ago

the joke ------->

your head

posted 4 months ago

i have read what you wrote four times and still have no fucking clue what you're saying

edit: now it makes sense. i unironically thought i was having a stroke

posted 4 months ago

big W

posted 4 months ago

i mean of course he hasn't responded yet, the tweet was posted an hour ago, guy's probably scrimming

will be interesting to see what happens if anything

posted 4 months ago

another spanish speaker here. can confirm that the translation is accurate

posted 4 months ago

probably. a t2 talent at a fraction of the cost and recent success >> a t1 veteran that hasn't played a pro game in years and expects a huge bag

posted 4 months ago

i respect the hustle

posted 4 months ago

JANE REMOVER MENTIONED RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

posted 4 months ago

charli xcx

brat album of the summer no cap

posted 4 months ago

i'm not necessarily desperate for a guy meowing. i just want promises kept

posted 4 months ago

https://www.vlr.gg/post/3938057/fpx-will-destroy-sen-no-cap-ong

Give the people what they're owed

posted 4 months ago

tired of 0/8 bait i suppose

the only reason i'm still on is because there's the occasional good discussion (agent balance, vct format, offseason transfer extravaganza), but there's like one good discussion for every nine ragebait trollpost

it's like scrolling through twitter on a new account

posted 4 months ago

When I visited some years ago I was going through an architecture phase. Istanbul has beautiful architecture. The Hagia Sophia and the Cistern Basilica are some obvious but justifiable choices

posted 4 months ago

phoenix is fine.

only change i could think of giving him would be to have his wall extended some amount and/or make it able to go through walls so it's a little easier to use on entry. the neon wall by comparison just reeks of power creep.

also, not every agent needs to be used by the pros. phoenix is a fine soloq agent

posted 4 months ago

same here. my only reason why i prefer the 5th star back vs shorter cooldowns is so it doesn't feel as rough pulling a star back with the current cooldown, since you'd have an extra one in hand. especially on defense if you put down a star and then have to take it away. either way works though

i was an astra one-trick both pre- and post-nerf before pearl and split were rotated out and the nerfs felt even more noticeable, so i just want any reason to start one-tricking her again and not feel slightly handicapped against omen

posted 4 months ago

the believers deserve their flowers. even as a LEV fan i can't help but root for them too

posted 4 months ago

i've been advocating for astra's 5th star back since she had it taken away. they can keep the longer cooldowns, those are fine, but the 5th star would make most maps a LOT more comfortable to play with her without breaking her (i think)

right now she's a comfort pick but omen is objectively better on every map except split and pearl (debatable)

posted 4 months ago

i don't think anyone on earth apart from Trace fans had Trace making it past group stage

big W for them though, literally proving everyone wrong

posted 4 months ago
  1. Less
posted 4 months ago

if it had been double elim no one would be calling lock-in a mickey mouse tournament yeah. FNC winning it in double-elim would've been justifiable since they won the Masters after

in a different world where we didn't have FNC/LOUD cooking, lock-in could've seen the world's flukiest run to a trophy. imagine DFM/MIBR somehow winning and then proceeding to have a horrible league season. i don't think anyone would not call lock-in a mickey mouse tournament then

posted 4 months ago

the VLR cycle

Team goes undefeated -- everything is good in the world
Team loses one match -- everything's cooked, nuke the roster, fire the coach, bring in X, Y, Z

though OP wasn't exactly calling for hiro to leave, it's just a lighthearted comparison. the Cycle would've continued if DRX lost though

posted 4 months ago

-uninstall kovaaks
-straight to ranked

posted 4 months ago

cool tidbit, but i can't help but feel like this is just a trembo bait thread

posted 4 months ago

I'd rather have double sentinels every game than another game of jett/sova/omen/kayo/kj on ascent

posted 4 months ago

i've also heard this -- just a big organizational fuckup, not even the audience's fault

posted 4 months ago

in european football, a team can do super well in the first half of the season, suck ass the second half, and still qualify for Champions League/Europa League.

in american football, a team can do super well in the first half of the season, suck ass in the second half, and still qualify for playoffs even as just a wildcard.

there was no robbery -- they were just good enough to get there even with a stinker of a second half. the other teams should've just won more if they wanted to take that champs spot. it's how sports work

posted 4 months ago

it's not just SEN it's really just every team -- just happens that SEN has the most fans (probably)

the culture around the pro scene in this game is "X team didn't win Champs/X team had a below-average season/X team had one horrible series against another team --> they should nuke the roster and rebuild and they'll definitely win next year"

the meta changes because this is an esport. a team isn't going to magically sweep everything each year because of that, but that doesn't mean that rebuilding the roster every year will fix anything. just look at fnatic.

posted 4 months ago

all these comments saying drop jinggg are only proving OP's point btw.

PRX have made it far in almost every tournament and have choked each time. it's probably a mental block -- which isn't a player problem specifically. more likely a coaching problem or a lack-of-mental-support problem. they dropped Benkai for Something and very nearly lost jinggg anyway and they're still going through these problems.

posted 4 months ago

Honestly understandable rankings

I don't really watch costreams though. I'm the kind to watch and enjoy the original commentary and then if I want any analysis I watch a Youtube analysis video

posted 4 months ago

I would fully agree but APAC was the only region left that hadn't hosted a Champions. EMEA had Berlin and Istanbul and Americas had LA. (Not counting Masters obviously.) Apart from that yeah the times for us have kinda sucked this year. But maybe next year will be better

posted 4 months ago

wait so i only just recently became reinvested in val esports, you're telling me all this primmie hype has come from three whole matches?

posted 4 months ago

they also said apeks win ascension last season and then they fumbled catastrophically

posted 4 months ago

2022 LOUD > 2023 DFM

posted 4 months ago
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