The ban is because he didn't cooperate with the investigation, not to do with allegations. Whether he is innocent or guilty has nothing to do with this suspension. If he is guilty, chances are he will be suspended for much longer. If he is innocent, he can begin playing professionally September 10.

Sick said on his Twitter that you have to beat the best teams anyways to win in reference to the bracket. So it sounds like he's not bothered.

That's really my only complaint. I wish the draw was done on a quick live stream of something. Yeah, it's possible to rig a live stream (There's always doubts). But I think it would have just been fun as well to watch the process.

As for the format, while not ideal. It's what's you get with 10 teams and the time needed to have the tournament. Thankfully all matches are Bo3, that is a major plus. I'd rather have this format than have any Bo1's. And if the choice was this format, or have Bo1's at the beginning, give me this format every time.

Not Brazilian, but it's fine IMO with the circumstances. This isn't going to be the format going forward as we are going to 16 teams. It's a one time thing. It's a learning experience for everyone. Have fun, enjoy yourself no matter the results. We are getting an international LAN after 18+ months of a pandemic! This is a time for celebration, not to be negative about a format that while isn't the greatest, is the best we can expect with 10 teams and having a week to do it without massive player exhaustion. Would it be nice to have the event longer than a week? Absolutely, but with the pandemic still on, we don't get those pleasures. And we can't really compare to MSI, one of LoL's biggest events after not having one last year.

If this was the format going forward I would understand being a little upset. But for Master 3 we get 16 teams. Making a format like this uneeded.

Great price pool for only 10 teams. People were throwing out like $250K for the pool. $600,000 for the first event is huge.

Bracket is what it is. Thankfully moving forward with 16 teams it will be better in the future. Be happy people, this is the first true international LAN after/during a massive pandemic, we don't need to do what gamers are best at and take the fun out of a great event. This is a time to truly be happy.

Gotchu, you don't know. But banking on it being right to get you clout. Gotchu.

They will go where the money is tbh.

honest question, how can you almost confirm?

Def agree with the agents you listed.

I think KJ is in an interesting place for the map. Because of the size her ult obviously takes a hit and it less effective. But I think her turret can be used well as a info machine.

I'm only a gold player, so I definitely am not the best when it comes to which agents are best used when etc. So far in my short play time, I have had best luck with Viper (cutting the large site in half is massive, even if her wall did zero decay it would still be huge), Astra (large map and an agent that can smoke any part of it in a second), Omen (same reason as Astra, but to a slightly less extent IMO), then you have the duelists like Jett and Raze for their speed.

Now hear me out. It would not surprise me if Yoru becomes a meta pick. His movement on the map is simply unmatched IMO. And the larger the map, the better I think his kit works. Add in if he gets some love after Iceland with some buffs, and it would not surprise me if he becomes the main duelist pick for Breeze.

edit: want to say I haven't used Skye like at all on the map, so can't give much input on her. But can see in theory why she would be a good pick.

Think Sage is underrated for the map. And IMO I don't think Sova is bad for any map. Might not be top tier, but not below average. His recon is always useful.

It's been in comp since the 2.09. So yesterday

What's your opinion on the decay only being to armour? So Viper isn't OP in pistol rounds. But in guns rounds there is a risk to push her through utility.

They said this patch was meant to be minor and they dont want to shake things up too much before Iceland. And they also don't want to make Viper unusable in her current role before patch.

Patch does what it's set out to do. The patch people need to wait for for things like Yoru buffs and possible Astra nerfs is after Iceland. That's when the big stuff will go down.

I need to get better at retaking A on haven. Part of me wishes it had a Breeze drop down chute to get down into sewers from near B site instead of having to rotate so far around to wrap around to sewers or long a. This might be an issue of my character pool not having a true flash outside of Reyna's flash that can be destroyed easy enough on a post plant. Working on picking up some new agents like Omen and Skye.

This seems to be a me problem though, as I see others retake the site many times without issue.

I like B site haven for both sides, I find it easy to get on site and plant, and defenders can also retake the site easy enough, at least in my experience.

Can't comment on Breeze much as its so early. But if you want to take B site, you need mid control.

I don't really dislike sites, I just have sites I need to get better at retaking if I want any chance of getting above Plat. A site I suck at attacking, is B site Bind.

I bounce around between Cyan and Yellow with a black outline. Because of a health condition, my eyes change daily in terms of focus and just all around blurriness. So the outline helps thats, I also run a larger cross-hair than average. Being 8 length on average days, 7 length on good days, and 9 on bad.

Tenz tweeted about joking around that he's going to have to explain why there is 40 mice in a backpack after the initial posts of some kind of bad news from the SENS bois. So I think it has nothing to do with TenZ.

A fear of mine is someone on the team is getting tested for COVID. Which could throw a wrench in things depending on if he was in contact with a bunch of people in the team if he's positive.

Now just to make some conversation. Say someone on the team is dropped (Just for Iceland obviously) because of a COVID scare. Who do you think SEN should pick up in such short notice to bring to Iceland?

Sentinels have some Fortnite players on contract already. That could be an option. You have Cutler on the TSM bench.....

Adapt and overcome, if teams or players cant handle a new agent every 2-3 months, its not the game for them. A fast evolving meta is entertaining and lowers the chances of a meta lasting forever and getting stale.
Astra will almost certainly be getting a nerf once masters 2 is over, they just don't want to change the meta so close to the biggest tournament of the game. Personally for me it would be getting rid of her vulnerability on the sucks, make them a touch easier to get out of, and lower her from 5 stars a round to 4. if we keep the stars the same, raise the cooldown periods of her utility.

Hope they do a show match. Hyped for pro play on breeze, so I hoping 4 weeks would be enough time. But with the travel I can understand that it's simply not enough time to learn a new map. For all we know Riot might want to do some small changes to the map now that it's been released for public testing.

Happy Riot is willing to listen to the pros. Will make the first tournaments after Iceland exciting with the addition of Breeze, and agent nerfs and buffs and an ever changing meta.

Honest question cause I don't know, could we add a slot (even multiple) somehow with making things screwy for the masters?

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Well I mean of course. My point is what is she saying no to, we don't know.

Think it should be a great rivalry for NA scene. If someone actually hates the either team they're taking this a bit too serious lol, it's a game relax. But if this could become something like NA's Fnatic vs NiP in CSGO, where there is a massive rivalry from both teams, should be fun for both sides. Hope the life time series between the two team can be competitive.

They look shaky and times, but do seem to recover and learn. Def aren't unbeatable. But absolutely Top 3 in NA. If they beat 100T tomorrow, then IMO they are the best in NA without question.

Obviously they are way better players than me, but as a bystander. It seems like they have issues coming up with a new plan if the plan they brought to the match is being countered. Though I did see some improvements to this today when they got destroyed the 1st map today against V1, but were able to win maps 2 and 3. In the past they would have seemed lost and gone down 2-0 like the first ANDBOX game a couple weeks ago.

Ones I think are a step above average in no order are Reyna, Killyjoy, Omen, Cypher, Viper, Astra

I really like the agents that look different when/after ulting, The Cypher's, Viper, Reyna, etc. And would love to see more of that with new agents.

I love Phoenix personality, but I dont really count that for cosmetics, Jett would be in a similar boat. Same with Yoru.

A character I think they could have done more cosmetically with is Skye. The female warrior is cool and all. But just think they could have done more cosmetically. Her abilities look great. If they gave her some Astra spice it would be perfect.

All personal preference at the end of the day. The most boring character cosmetically IMO is Brimstone. But that makes sense being the boomer vet he is.

The clip where she speaks in a baby voice? That clip? He might be guilty, but that clip does nothing for me. The clip is like 5-10 seconds long with him filming. In a baby voice she say's no, he says I'm close, she says no again in a baby voice, then the clip ends. For all we know, he stopped right there because she said no when he stopped filming.

If you are gonna tell someone to stop, it's a good idea to stop being playful and speak in a tone a person knows you're serious, at the very least cut the baby play talk. We also don't know what she's saying no to. Since he's close he might be waiting to finish inside, on her face, etc, and that's what she's saying no to, not the sex itself.

All I am trying to say is the audio clip does nothing when we have such little context and it's so short. Too many unanswered questions. When I heard people talking about this clip, I really assumed it was going to be something huge from the way twitter was reacting.

If he is guilty, I would be happy to see him in prison and never be seen in esports again. But I can't hold that audio clip in any sort of high regard.