Elmapuddy is not it tbh.
He looks so readable

FPX definitely has stacks of talent. The main issue right now is their complete lack of discipline, but that's a fixable thing.

He's 18. He's doing high school most likely. Most medical programs are post graduate or require at least a year or two of uni anyways.

Absolutely agree. I'm IN A SCIENCE HEAVY FIELD and when i tutor high school kids for chemistry or biology I still have to double take at some of the content because it's been a while.

Education isn't like a tech in a game that you unlock and it stays with you forever. The degree and qualification might be but the knowledge disappears once you don't use it.

They only write articles for players who are good at Raze.

Vlr When Twisten passed away: oml mental health is so important be more kind to pro players.

Vlr Now: half of this thread

Career in esports--> 10 years max, income highly dependent on performance.
Actual job--> Lifelong. Income stable.

Miniboo has his head screwed on right.

His VCT career is gonna be 10 years at the very max. His education gonna serve him for way longer. No fucking idea why this is so hard to understand for some people.

I thought it was only this time and the Deffo defuse.
Were there anymore?

If I had a dollar for every time a defuse failed with 0.03s to go on Split A site, I would have 2 dollars, which is not a lot but-

1 FILIPILLION PERCENT IMPROVEMENT AS FADE.

On paper the team is solid.

Unfortunately real life has a tendency to not be like on paper.

Hey if it works

Would be pretty hard to win against 5 people with only 3.

So I like FNC but even i feel like that's a lame excuse.
It's been 6 months. Please do SOME cooking and stop sitting on your laurels.

I liked the team because of how diligent they were with cooking new strats and innovating, and right now they are absolutely not doing that.

I come back after a week of not checking Valorant and

• EG somehow PLAYS DEADLOCK AND WINS??
• FNC and NaVi bomb out against teams that were supposed to be meme tier
• MIBR wins another unfavoured game to kill a team's playoff hopes.
• Gen G beats Paper Rex.

WHO'S WRITING THE SCRIPTS AND WHY ARE THEY ON SHROOMS?

Saadhak likely had to learn aspas’ playstyles and habits to build game plans around him. He probably knows how aspas plays better than aspas himself.

Fnatic has the highest ceiling out of all the teams last year imo. They just didn’t hit it in champs be it because of complacency or burnout or whatever.

However you cut it a team having like a 20-3 match record in a year is genuinely indicative that they’ve had a pretty dominant year.

They actually found the W key and aren't sitting in main for 40 seconds every round. Really good to watch.

Real question tho
France.

Is there a single good french player cos I cannot think of one for my life. Enzo maybe?

Most upvotes has to be that chronicle post calling out babysasuke right?

Don't better yourself for other people or so that girls would talk to you. You're the one who's gonna benefit from the improvements in mental and physical health from your hobbies and your boxing training. Keep doing what you enjoy and keep being passionate about it. If you're trying to put up a facade that you think girls would like, that shit is fake asf and I can tell you now people can tell right away and they won't like it. Be genuine and passionate about who you are and what you like doing, and you'll get there.

At 19 it's really easy to feel like you're behind when everyone around you is dating but you're not, but if we're honest most relationships at that point implode after a few years anyways because people rly aren't mature enough yet.

TLDR: Finding a girl is not be-all-end-all. Do stuff you like and keep up with your hobbies, and you'll slowly but surely meet more people. You're not doing anything wrong. To use a League analogy you're just farming and scaling rn.

Honestly if you can recognise what they're advocating is bullshit you're already halfway there.

While that's true I think their dominance on the map throughout the year has made them synonymous with it. Idk if they are STILL the best but this year I think they deserve the title.

Huh idk im reading this wrong but the EG team that won champs has a 29% win rate on Split?

They're good but neither of them are synonymous with the map. I'd say most of the good teams are pretty close on the map.

This is not based on stats but just from impression:
Ascent: Loud
Bind: Paper Rex
Haven: Loud probably but Fnatic looks really good sometimes as well.
Split: I have no clue ngl no team really stands out
Icebox: Fnatic
Lotus: Fnatic (I know Loud beat them at champs but that was off of antistrats, and aside from that they have been ridiculous dominant throughout the year. Chill with your recency bias.)
Pearl: Paper Rex
Fracture: EG

I don't think that means what you intended it to mean...

Honestly it was either removing Ascent or Haven for Icebox. If they actually removed Ascent Fnatic's map pool would be as solid as it can get, given that Sunset isn't another Pearl for them.

Masters Otara!

Sydney so I can watch the games at a normal time.

I don’t think you can just look at tournament placements in a vacuum. Mid year fnatic looked unbeatable in a way that reminded me of peak Optic, just in the way that they approached the game. I remember seeing an infographic before champs that predicted a 70% chance of fnatic winning and I think that’s a good visualisation of how dominant fnatic was before champs. Ffs they would lose a map and people would lose their minds. I

I reckon that fnatic is not a clear winner in this debate but I think the hype around EG is subject to some recency bias as well.

What would you say is the best team then? If you’re judging it based on one tournament instead of overall performance throughout the year then that’s also biased asf. Just seems to me that discrediting a year of dominant performance just because of a 4th place (which arguably isn’t even that bad) seems reductive imo.

So by your logic Loud is washed because they went from 1st to 3rd at champs.

American education goes hard.

Derke salary: Idk a lot
Tarik Salary rn: Gifted subs and donos

Just promise him 100 gifted for every match win and he'll drop 50s

News just in today: Good teams can't have off tournaments.

Babysasuke try not to cherry pick evidence challenge: Difficulty impossible

I dont think you can get any better than that

American invented internet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee

XCOM2.

I no longer trust statistics

This definitely.

Others I rly liked:

• Bunny girl senpai: This anime is not about bunny girls. It's a series of short stories and it's quite urban-legend-y which I rly appreciated. Some fanservice but it genuinely isnt that bad.
• Violet Evergarden: The story itself isn't that amazing (hot take but I feel like a lot of the tearjerkers feel very forced) but it's a gorgeously beautiful anime.
• Grand Blue: Apparently it's a bunch of dudes hanging out on a beach. I heard it's good but I've never watched it.

That anime hurt like a fucken fist to the nose but it's still one of my favourites. 10/10 honestly.

bro thinks JohnQT can fix all of SEN's problems

SEN was 4th at the NA LCQ...

Fnatic wanted to keep him as HC but he said he's too burnt out from coaching and wants to spend more time outside the game. I would not be surprised if Fnatic was the one begging him to come back tbh.

Your first mistake was trying to apply facts and logic to an obvious bait post.

Whoosh

watches Homegrounds

'Elmapuddy isn't yelling at them enough. These kids gonna get soft. Put me back CoJo.'

Coke in glass bottles taste better even when i know it's the same thing. It actually baffles me.

The Lime one with tacos is fire