The roster change obviously didn't help, but even when they reverted back to the same starting five, they fell short again. And tbh, idc how good FNC or EG were, for a team of DRX's caliber, those games are winnable. They always crumble in the big games, a 2-10 comeback against a new team in VCT won't change that fact.

First off, DRX never even had a downfall, the worst they did was place 7-8th. Secondly, it's most likely a mental thing, because they play insane until they get a match into the main bracket, and then things always fall apart. It's just a little weird how often that happens, like as if they lose confidence or something.

What are you saying? Like idk who on DRX you consider to be a noob, and judging how good a player would perform in VCT, based on one match in an off-season tourney, is crazy.

DRX is the one team that definitely should not make any changes to the starting lineup. The core 5 of that team has a floor of top 5-6 itw, but if you can fix their mental, they could be the best team itw.

Getting banned from a twitch chat is crazy

Bro, she had one bad game, but she's still one of the better GC players.

(5/20) + (16x/20) = 11/20 -> (rewrite as) 5 + 16x = 11 -> 16x = 6 -> x = 6/16 -> x = 3/8

X = 3/8

cry

Ay, I got name-dropped again, lol.

Bro...there was no need. Rude.

Name a better duo than NA Val and drama, lol.

Nah, you don't force people to be in a study, you just randomly select a sample, and then from there, you ask them whether they'd like to participate in the study. Volunteers just skew the data towards the kind of people that would volunteer, thus giving you a less representative sample.

An experiment would never take volunteers though, it's not scientific.

I think this is fake btw, because why tf would SEN put TenZ on Viper and not Chmaber in this comp? Also, they haven't played an official match since LCQ.

TenZ on viper in that comp is crazy

Cypher by far

defiiitely

That's a crazy shot wtf. This one is actually kinda sus, like it's too perfect of a shot.

FNC is overrated asf. People act like they are untouchable but in reality they barely beat Loud at Lock//IN and won Masters against PRX with a sub and EG in their international debut. Once we got to Champs and most teams started returning to form, FNC looked pretty good but not great. Super team my ass, they got hard read by Loud lol.

C9W doesn't exist anymore, and even if they did, they wouldn't even be close unfortunately.

I don't think he was intentionally trying to single out TenZ, but it kinda feels that way. It's also incredibly long for no reason.

emon 1 is my favorite player, bro is insane.

Fax, he's lowkey underrated at this point.

Good game sense is good and all, but you just gotta be able to aim well. Most of the time you can make the dumbest plays but still win if you can just out-aim them.

Bruh...

mada getting raze diffed by wippie is crazy lmao

Bruh offseason has really revealed some of the worst this site has to offer, joke or not.

sign language for sure

I don't stay sane though...

Tbf, Yoru is probably the most low-floor high-ceiling agent in the game. It's really easy to punish bad Yoru's but the good ones can tear the opposing team up.

Could very well happen, but this is a little premature.

zekken is good on Jett from what I've seen, but leaf has an insane Jett, that's all I'm saying.

I agree, W for the scene.

zekken is better rn but part of that has to do with the meta. Since Raze is the best duelist rn zekken clears leaf, but in a Jett meta leaf is better.

Rosters aren't even finalized for most teams, and mfers still hating, lol.

VCT ain't ready for prime zombs to return.

Bruh they put BcJ on Cypher like ong wtf are they doing?

Getting mad at water is crazy

Those haha funny ranked comps got them four top 4 finishes, so clearly they're doing something right.

Some fans on this site have to have a degradation kink, because there is no way lmao.

What about the first half though? G2 placed top 2, not mentioning that though I see. Also, you can't know for a fact that he got dropped because of performance, especially considering they added shroud of all players and still didn't even play that bad. Shahz high key got unlucky asf on SEN, and the reality is, is that once he got a chance to properly practice with the team, they improved massively.

You've really let VLR get in your head and convince you that he's bad, but he's genuinely the one who's underrated, not vanity lol.

Idk what player you've been watching but it ain't Shahz. And if you genuinely think there's that much of a gap between Shahz and vanity in terms of IGLing, then idk what to say lol.

Eh, they have some talent, but wippie and vanity are kinda mid. Shahz would give them a massive upgrade in firepower, and is a good IGL, lol.

I never said anything about fragging IGLs specifically, the point was just about firepower overall. The firepower of FNC and NAVI is undeniable, and in their cases, the IGL is the weak link mechanically.

My other point is that one big upside to Shahz is that on most teams, not only will he not be the weak link mechanically, but he could be one of the better players on that team, which is something that can't be said for a lot of top-tier IGLs.

So, it's shahz's fault OXY underperformed in games? Also, it's not that G2 was setting Shahz up for kills, it's, hear me out...Shahz is good at aiming. He can just win fights. Simple as that. And I'm not using just that one game as my reasoning, it's just an example, but these are the stats for the whole year:

https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1458/challengers-league-north-america

Also, teams with better depth absolutely do better, most often. FNC, PRX, EG, LOUD, DRX, NAVI/FPX, EDG, etc. All these teams at their peak were so good in part because of depth, because players on their team could win them rounds if needed. Ofc not all teams with good depth will be good like SEN from last year, but teams like KC, or T1 where they tend to rely on a couple of players to win, tend to underperform.
(Boaster had an insanely stacked team let's be real, an FNS has also had very deep teams)

Tbh this argument is dumb asf because neither Shahz nor vanity has done anything of note since 2021, and if both are truly mid at best, in terms of IGLing, I'll take the one who can win me rounds/games.

Being a better IGL than dazzle is not that much of an accomplishment, plus vanity is never going to be able to be the best player in a lobby. Shahz just brings so much more firepower, and let's be real, the teams with better depth tend to do better. Also, Shahz was legit even better than Oxy over the course of the challengers year, like give it up. Let me know when vanity is ever the best player on his team.

https://www.vlr.gg/212532/shopify-rebellion-vs-g2-esports-challengers-league-north-america-lr1

Bro please, I beg that you use your brain.

Bruh there's no way you actually think Vanity is a better player than Shahz. Like all jokes aside, Shahz is fucking miles better mechanically than Vanity. And even if Sova isn't hard meta, he's always still useful, like on Ascent or Haven. I did lowkey forget that he played with wippie and Immi though, but it still doesn't change the fact Vanity's teams since 2022 have been mid.

At least, Shahz has some excuses considering SEN legit fell apart during stage 2 of last year. Literally, vanity is so mid it's crazy, and people want to hate on Shahz like he isn't better than both stellar, and vanity, if not other IGLs too.

Bruh what? Shahz > Vanity would make that team a lot better. For starters, Shahz is a far better player than Vanity. Secondly, C9 needs a good Sova player which I'm not sure they have. Also, Shahz already has chemistry with wippie, OXY, and Immi, making it easier to integrate into C9. And in terms of IGLing, what exactly has Vanity done as an IGL? At least Shahz has won a trophy as an IGL.

He's not that bad, but Shahz or flyuh would've been a lot better for C9, if they could've gotten either.