Pretty sure he played it before being on EG w/ c0m, but dropping victor makes more sense since Ethan is better at flash roles.

I mean, that lotus game where sayf popped off w/ 411 ACS on raze was an impressive diff, especially since Miniboo didn't play all that badly. Pretty late in the season to make a change like that for no reason, I see your point and all, but let minboo try and get back into form before the end of the season before deciding to cut him. Won't be easy since his brother is IGL of the team, but we'll see.

Also, I would be much more afraid of a team with crazy skilled flex players like wo0t (i.e. fnatic with their lineup) than having someone as good on duelist just to have pati rejoin the team.

e: and we can't blame their struggles against vitality right now solely on heretics, because VIT just put Sayf back on duelist the last half of this split and it's made them a better team.

"TGRD was always about brotherhood and being stronger through synergy and shared struggle."

CAN IT, KARL MARX

Me

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/5a539ce4

My picks in groups were gonna dumb tho ngl

I think kendrick's been the top of the gen x/millennial born rap dem for a decade. He's had critical and commercial success, done the superbowl, done sold out world tours. I'd say he's as successful as Jay, em, and all them, more successful than most 'GOAT' candidates. Only thing is kenny ain't as flashy with his business outside of music. Jay Z sort of established himself as a business man after being successful, then had his comeback album that was great, married Beyonce, owns ciroc, et cetera. Ppl dont find shit out aboht kendrick unless its through his music.

E: not in that order about hove

Tl;dr - kenny won rap a pulitzer within 6 years of being a rapper, got his grammies n shit, all your greats have good music but the canon bias is strong. Kenny has had more success than these older guys ur mentioning like 50c, and in less than half the span of career.

Blud isn't as good on smokes, kinda average tbh, is honestly sort of a chamber/jett one trick. Easily one of the better NA Jetts rn tho

Probably selling jawg and potter

I would have preferred they drop crashies and just put ethan on his roles, and victor on ethan's flash roles. They could have just done what 100T has been doing this year, and EG did last year, have demon1 play jett on some maps, have victor play raze on some maps

Imagine G2 guard core with leaf and jawgemo instead of icy.

Champs winning roster right there

Who doesn't like nzr?

Wouldn't have changed the situation for the gambit boys though, sadly.

Boostio only became committed igl in 2023, he was a pretty mediocre player otherwise.

Jawgemo ill agree people knew how good he was.

Your only rep as a coach is through word of mouth (I.e. so and so is a great coach because they do regular vod reviews and know how to help the team reset in tac pauses) or results (I.e. potter's team winning champs; performing above expectations with different teams).

Actually true, only comment you'll ever make that imma agree with

I see your point, but wo0t isn't even TH's main duelist, he was in Shanghai under different circumstances obviously. cNed has had a great return to form, but far from being #1 in EMEA, and while I think sayf is one of the best in the game, has had 1-2 great performances.

Tl;dr - ur blind if derke hasn't been the #1 duelist in EMEA this split, him (and alfa) have been the reason fnatic have been so good this split

I just hate how freaking massive this map is. Rotations take wayyy too long.

I swear to God, if they bench jitboys, I'm gonna stroke out

Bro I'm trying to figure out who tf TMV is

U can't interrupt in the middle of ballin up fam

G2 beating themselves

n4rrate, oxy, vanity, verno, moose.
or
n4rrate, oxy, vanity, zander, moose.
+
coach w/ experience winning

They need someone reliable who can be a consistent 2nd star to oxy. LFT Clan leader can't bail them out every game

jawg didn't play well either

Recording the brainstorm for the actual pod being the pod is genius ngl

Take your L

Also just better mechanically.

But I 100% agree he brings good vibes. Was doing good work w/ TTR last VCL before he went overseas. Definitely should have been a franchise player in NA for c9, eg, et cetera.

I'm convinced you're just talking to yourself, but drop that link for the pod

Never tried Salvia, but the videos or mfers doing it while driving or gardening were hilarious in highschool.

When people describe 'ego death', I'd say DMT is almost like a forced ego death. If you fight it, it'll be really boring, if you let loose and don't fight the trip, I would say it's like you said, impossible to really describe, but lots of internal racing thoughts, 'realization' moments where you think you've came upon a really profound idea, then it slips away and you can't figure out what it was (had similar experiences to acid), and you're most consciously distracted by the closed eye visual fractals and what not. Think of DMT as being in the eye of a psychedelic storm. Hard to recall what happens in the middle, as you can't really process stimuli the same way you can while sober/fully conscious.

Either/or, it'd be my rec for people wanting to get into psychedelics without wanting to invest a whole afternoon or evening.

Felt like hours, actually listened more like 10ish minutes. Best to do with friends to compare the trip to a friend's account of how long it took.

Another time I did it on my bed while playing a jazz record, and it's kind of like waking up from a nap. No idea how long that dream you had lasted, but it was interesting.

From mindfreak, or PRX? Because both players are pretty slow, hence why they're controllers, but I agree that it would be a huge adjustment for mako.

Actually a huge reason PRX is as good as they imo. Jing, f0rsaken, and something all have higher peaks, but davaii brings a change of pace to their game, great in late rounds, and is fantastic at trading his aforementioned, typically overagressive teammates.

Not the best in his team, but super underrated and undervalued by a lot of fans. Also top frags out more than people give him credit for. I'd also say he's consistent, more than mindfreak and something imo

That's a bit of a myth imo, I'd say I broke through on the pen with a strong enough hit on the vape, but based on reviews I've seen, I would describe a breakthrough as the closed-eye fractal patterns, disorientation of time, maybe some ideas of thinking I spoke to a higher power, or at least witnessed something like that within my own sub-conscious.

The elves saying "were happy you found this technology" is funny, but pretty exaggerated I'd say.

DMT is the most powerful, intense psychedelic you could do, but obviously it crunches the same trip you'd have off some good acid into 1/72 the timeframe. Same rule of thumb as with other psychedelics, find a good environment and friends to do it with, you'll have a truly fun and unique experience.

Def seems like a joe Rogan enjoyer

Untrue. You have to take one massive haul off the carts for 5-8 seconds. Was more genuine an experience (like, real to what I heard described) than my experience smoking it.

W/ the cartridge i was tripping for about 10-15 minutes, which felt wayyy longer, and I had auditory hallucinations as well as some of the craziest visuals off any psych I've had. Your environment makes a huge difference though. I did it at my cottage, right on the dock, wouldn't trade it for any other experience I've had, especially with how quickly and conveniently it can be done.

12 hour acid trip? Did it a bunch, but Jesus, no way anyone with a somewhat productive lifestyle can put time aside for it, unless you work remote and can book time off. Same story for mushrooms.

Ehh, Netflix original. Too much storytelling. Not enough actual fighting.

Sheydos has been seriously slept on this split. Trexx however, has not performed well since joining Vitality. And that's with Sheydos on a worse team, just saying.

Ppl are saying Something should be on here instead of purp0, but if we're being realistic, he'll never leave PRX, mostly because he's always been in the Pacific scene b/c of where he lives in Russia. He doesn't have the discipline to play on an EMEA team, PRX fits his playstyle perfectly.

What I was actually going to comment, aside from replying to the 'no something???' comments, was that cloud IGL'd for GX beginning of last split. I think he'd be more willing to IGL than Nats, honestly.

Lmao, could be the best duelist too, sucks that we'll never know because he doesn't lock in anything but Cypher and KJ

d00mbros was the problem hahAA

I think his point is that you shouldn't hate on one of the few successful players to come out of the region you share, by residence, nationality, or heritage.

He became a flex player on furia, but he was originally a duelist on his teams prior.

I'd rather have Mazino as a initiator or smoke player over adverso/melser tbh

Could actually see SEN signing that 1st roster but they keep tenz instead of picking up Marved.

Could also see G2 signing two new players, keeping JoshRT+Valyn+Trent+Leaf (instead of JohnQT on senti), signing Ethan (I'd rather take Verno off OXG next year if they don't ascend) and zekken. They'd probably have to break the bank for zekken tho. Same goes for SEN signing Aspas.

Pretty sure he's trolling. Inspire could never farm ranked on anything but senti

Actually makes a huge difference when you play though. I wouldn't go as close as Shyy, but its a noticeable difference when playing for me.

As in they've hit their ceiling while the rest of the region improves?

DRX has made a bunch of changes this year, their new players are good, we'll see if MaKo can improve as IGL or they bring someone like Estrella into the mix.

I feel like today's duelists have to be really aggressive and take LOTS of space/duels compared to 2022/2023. At least I think that's what loud wants, as was the case with QcK, and now saadhak on the neon. Imo if you set your duelist up properly, it shouldn't be a big issue. Imo qck took wayyy too many dry peeks, so I hope whoever their next primary duelist is, they're very vocal and ask for what they need to thrive.

Should probably just put tuyz on the duelist imo, he seems used to T1 play now, and I think he's got that aspas aura is he works at it. If he doesn't want to play duelist then whatever ig, maybe just doesn't want to get the flack all underperformed duelists get

Skuba and v1c have better stats this year, but I would agree with you, Zander is more of a known element and has been consistent for a long time.

Plus OXG and MXS have clearly been better this year of NA VCL, so kinda hard to just drop the stats and say "End of Discussion"

I think if they had time with this roster, they maybe would have made champs. G2, SEN, C9, LEV, and 100T (until their first two series of split 2) have looked better than NRG throughout the year though.

B8

+heat would be sick

flashback is nuts tho.

hindsight 20/20 but I think stax IGLing with MaKo getting cut so BeYN and Flashback sharing his roles, could have been a baller team. MaKo has to get a crash course in IGLing if they wanna get good tourney placements