map pool is indeed horrifyingly bad
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| Last post: | December 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM |
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you underestimate how shit Ange1 and Ardiis are
its kinda funny split went from SEN's worst map to a pretty strong map of theirs
to be fair, C9 is probably the best team in the world on an ECO. but yeah an overtime half is not what we wanna be seeing from NRG rn
playing a solved map against a team your confidently better than is safer than not
Again
A peak gold player legitimately isn’t even playing the same game as a immortal ranked player, let alone a pro player and it’s not because of mechanics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Because they work a job. Any worthwhile coach has been at some point in time a pro player themselves or at the very least a high rank player. A peak gold player legitimately isn’t even playing the same game as a immortal ranked player, let alone a pro player and it’s not because of mechanics
Any team that dosnt leave mid completely uncontested for Demon1 to just walk up and kill 3 from behind would be in pretty hot competition with NRG
TMV as in thinking man’s Valorant?
Since when are we taking Gold players advice on what good Valorant looks like?
if you look at players to population its 100% Chile, after that its prolly Canada (not even 40 million surprisingly), then Turkey, then Brazil for its volume
what he did in NA and in NRG has gotta be against some rule ya?
Is it just crazy to me that not only does Falcons have a GC team but they’re also 2-0 in their GC group rn?
https://x.com/mrcipe/status/1759898417655120260?s=46
Shits unreal. Aspas IS best Jett in the world btw, EMEA frogs don’t even get it mixed up for a second that Derke or some other random are in his league
i woke him up, everyone is welcome. bro was 5/14 a minute ago
It is. But people who say Boaster or whoever else need to know they’re dumb
Only IGL that can also shoot, and has been the #2+ team for 3 years now
is apex legends in a good spot rn. I uninstalled it prolly a year and a half ago now cuz it was just ass for like 7 months straight
game is only ever the worst or the best game on the market at any given moment, shits funny
It is. But it’s really unfortunate for the future of the league
Don’t get me wrong I hate Texas, but there’s no reason why riot should have located NA Val in LA.
Pre franchising Valorant was already established pretty strongly in Texas for scrim ping reasons before franchising was established. LA is expensive for both players, orgs, and fans. And from personal travel experience, I think Huston is probably the easiest place to get to in America from any place in the country besides Denver. Which matters of course because fans across the country of course want to watch games in person but I just don’t think going all the way to LA to watch Valorant is realistic for a lot of people. People talk about dead small American crowds but don’t really acknowledge that a vast majority of passionate fans just can’t be there for usually financial reasons
Ah, thank you. That is unfortunate that they are playing
Is he the the guy from The Union who SAed someone?
Ik last year during the NA VCL playoffs there was huge controversy over two Union players, one for SAing someone and another was a pedo(?). I thought Havoc was the former and tons of people were talking about how he was their best player but would never make it into franchised Valorant cuz of the SA.
Was it just a different player and I’m mistaken or did he really manage to somehow get into the league and riot just didn’t take action themselves?
this is pretty much what people were running before Icebox was taken out of rotation anyways
yeah, thats why you skye dog or prowler after. I think you fundamentally misinterpret "bad flashes are bad" with "flashes are bad".
Flashes are disruptive utility used to punish/deny a hold and ideally also force a player to reposition. Flashes do this by blinding an enemy into lets say a 90% conversion rate for a full blind. If they aren't full blinded, they have either moved off the angle entirely or fell off the angle momentarily/turned from the flash and lost agency over space they previously controlled at no risk.
Once that has been achieved, Dogs and prowlers and drones are used to clear close corners and angles for teams because they apply a status that make whoever they are walking into easier to take down than if they had no status applied, but also not as easy to take down as if they were rather flashed.
I think its easy to agree that Full blind = harder but better conversion rate, status utility = easier but relatively worse conversion rate
So now if we look at a comp with no flashes, you are forced rather to push off a kangkang with molly's(risky and do not regenerate) and concusses(not a particularly effective status condition unfortunately). Mollys and concusses also force minimal repositioning for their low disruption(neither good nor bad, just different); and on a no flash team, hits like that are prone to being shut down entirely by powerful defensive utility. Ultimately no flash teams hinge on incompetent and unprepared opposition, and limit defensive player predictability which creates inconsistencies which removes wincons and ultimately creates losses.
Also if you don't think jiggling is coinflipping then you should check out any radiant streaming ever and wait for them to blow up on their 12/14/1 Jett and explain
the answer here is map geometry more than anything(and a little bit about Viper). Icebox and Lotus are generally incompatible with flashes because they dont have "properly" flashable angles where you need to push an enemy off of, rather they have spots to clear more often than not. Thats why if you see any flashes on those maps its Skye played who couples with Viper to both clear and flash close (wall pop flashed)and deep pockets of the map and provide intel about said spots.
and lose their crosshair placement and possibly lose/have to fall off the angle
flash = cant see = cant shoot back
cant shoot back ideally converts to -1 enemy player
valorant with no flashes is just coinflipping wins
wrong MAD https://www.vlr.gg/team/11602/mad-lions
https://www.vlr.gg/event/1971/challengers-league-2024-north-america-split-1
is this correct? two empty NA VCL '23 slots, Turtle Troop is relegated?
ah yes, all the americans + LEV
yes, this is a team that is PERFECTLY acquainted for the current meta going into the event. Aspas continues to have a team that enables him in full, Tex as a great solo anchor and lurker on maps like Icebox frees kiNgg to shine his brightest in tandem with Aspas but Tex also flexes wonderfully to EITHER Jett and Raze roles for much anticipated DOMINANT performances on Split. Mazino and C0M additionally have been standout team players for their entire careers which is exactly what LEVs agent comp and team/execute dynamic wants
KRU 2-0 EG
Shyy and keznit are literally going to roll over the entire group
LOUD 2-1
ive witnessed everyone on that roster speak perfectly fine english besides mazino; but im pretty sure he does speak it, I just havnt seen it. real question is when will LEV as an org start communicating in English 🙄
the comments here are wack. hes definitely weird. if it becomes a recurring issue, escalate it to the appropriate resources in your workplace. otherwise I wouldn't really sweat it unless it shows to be recurring and intentional.
Foxy9 may be the best Jett in the world. I can’t wait to see their Split next season with Foxy Jett and BuZz Raze
I don’t think it’s crazy to say that if you give TT a salary and a coach they will improve immensely
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