Esports doesn't require much physicality, the only thing you could argue is if you consider intellect or reaction time to be part of physicality. My argument is that the idea that being the goat requires the most physicality is a stupid idea, and doesn't make sense, especially if the goat in your eyes is Messi. The GOAT is the Greatest of All Time, not the GAOAT, the Greatest Athelete of All Time.

If you think at the top level of the sport, you're getting more damage done to you in a football game than a boxing match, you're delusional.

Okay, and are you saying that a football player like Messi has more physical ability than a boxer who has to literally get the shit beaten out of him? If you want to use this definition sure, but it by no means makes Messi the goat.

Why does physical ability determine the goat? Wouldn't that make a boxer the best since they require a lot more physical power and endurance? Should it not be who is the best at his craft?

You average 14 posts a day sir

I've never seen Messi beat Faker in football, just saying...

Big cock Johnson

People sleeping on Liquid way too much.

Unlikely Riot allows it, sets almost a 1:1 precedent for buying spots.

You said it. Their regular season form was close games that they failed to close out. That's why. Doesn't matter how close games are if you can't close them out.

You okay bro?

IDK bro, Kru qualified to champs through a miracle run at LCQ only to go back to regular season form and bomb out in groups. I don't know what the issue was with that team, but in seemed to be reoccurring. Feels wrong to say 4th best after a 0-9 regular season, and a 0-2 at champs.

Loud definitely got weaker, but still think they're a top 3 team, and would probably put them over sen until we actually see some games out of the. My hot take is that if the roster of Victor, crashies, Ethan, demon1, and some igl is NRG, they're going to be really closely competing with LEV for 1.

I just need Rab to get a better mic or something to make those videos watchable. Sounds like he's in the middle of a cave

I said something similar earlier, but the other teams in Brazil really stepped up this year. The 00nation fem which I believe became Legacy, and the LOUD GC were actually able to put up a fight against TL. People see a team not dominate a region anymore, and they always assume it's because they got worse, but not because other teams just got better.

Everyone expects them to be extremely bad, they end up doing better than expected, ultimately forgettable? Try to control your excitement MIBR fans.

I only remember that one ace clip of his where he was killing people so fast that the audio for the kill effects sounded buggy. Has he done anything since?

You can rephrase it this way and it's equally as valid.

Demon1 before having Potter as a coach: 0 achievements.
Demon1 after having Potter as a coach: champs winner and MVP.

I don't know about bankruptcy per se, but I've seen a lot going around about wasting $33 million, so maybe in relation to that

Withdrew from LCS recently, and a reputable journalist said they're withdrawing from Valorant as well. ill see if I can find the tweet.

100T potter kinda goes hard, just me?

People saw teams like LOUD and Legacy actually able to challenge TL Brazil this year and they saw it as TL Brazil getting weaker instead of other teams getting better.

I, for one, am savoring EG's downfall. Sucks for the employees that are likely going to be laid off, and will struggle to find another job in the industry due to the shrinking going on rn. Hope they all can find a job at an actual org that doesn't fuck over players and fans.

Maybe I'm just crazy, but Governor was pretty good this year in T2. I feel like a spot on one of the worst teams last year isn't really that crazy.

How does one win 12.8 rounds?

Controversial take, but if DFM dropped their roster and picked up the Fennel roster, maybe making 1 change, they would have a serious chance at qualifying for a LAN.

I personally favor bringing Xdll back into the roster, but I think the org isn't keen on that at the moment.

I personally don't think being in any sort of spotlight would be good for him emotionally. Would highly suggest he stay away from any sort of publicity that could trigger a relapse in his mental state, but each to their own.

Did I get 12 right tho

If something like gh is tilting you, I'd recommend just turning off enemy chat completely.

The only thing i can think of for 9 is Sentinels (Sent + owl?) or Talon.

Is it too much to ask for a normal knife like a Karambit instead of something that takes up 25% of my screen and flies around my hands when I switch to it.

I can't speak for LOL, but I know in Val, the salaries were way higher in Japan compared to Korea. Most of the talent in these two regions is highly dense at the top. Leaving a lot of space for KR players.

s0m for me. Played well, and way better than expectations for his first year in a substantial t1 team.

Wippie's not as bad as a lot of people think he is, but I think most people shit on him because of how high his ego is compared to how good he is.

Navi being good, oh wait...

If you're still looking, they ranked NRG S. Sliggy only mentioned thinking Ethan was going to join, but they said that having Victor and Crashies + Chet gave them enough experience to have the potential to become S-tier.

I don't think I ever would have believed people would unironically be saying this back in 2022.

Yeah, although, D&D has made more or less of a resurgence in the past couple of years because of Stranger Things, which I personally think played a role in why a lot of people who traditionally wouldn't play this style of game tried it.

The writing in Baldur's Gate 3 was way overhyped. Lots of the dialogue was just, "It's dark, so it must be deep and profound." A lot of side quests were meaningless and simple. Also, for literally no reason, a lot of characters had to be snarky and just be the same personality with a different voice and backstory.

Tears of the Kingdom was better than Baldur's Gate 3, recency bias is crazy.

Not really, feels more like Xeppaa is the win condition. Oxy is doing well in most games, but whether or not they win seems to come down to other members stepping up as well.

Champs is also at the end of the year, meaning that teams will have as much time as possible to adapt to the large meta-shifts we see in between seasons, which should in theory make it more competitive.

Did she ever say why she left in the first place, I kinda assumed she was retiring.

I kinda like the idea of having it where a trip can activate another trip. So if you put both in the same location, the trip will activate once someone enters the zone, but if you only have 1 there than its off of player noise. This way you can give her a single guaranteed alarm bot, or two which gives her more opportunities on defense where you would be rewarded for creative setups.

I feel like in Valorant, the meta changes so much that you you won't see any team at the top for too long. It's always a game of who can be the best on the new meta. Too early to tell anything, but the FNC øerformance towards the end of last year started to make me wonder if they were already falling behind the meta.

Riot honestly should just kick EG out of VCT after this season and give the spot to an org on their backup list or something. Such a shitty org.

I don't know exactly, which teams are going to be considered T1 china, like Pacific/Emea/Americas. Going off the Flynn spreadsheet, maybe Invictus Gaming? But I don't think I've seen them play in any of the recent CN matches that show up in my feed. https://twitter.com/FlyNN_vlr/status/1714305412365730033/photo/4

Don't think there are any rosters other than NRG and DFM where we don't really have a good idea of who the remaining two players are gonna be. I don't see them fitting into either of these rosters, so I would say unlikely.

Interlagos is better than Suzuka, but it's not like Suzuka's a bad circuit. It's fast and fun to watch.

I'm personally impressed with the JP crowd because they don't really have a history in the tac FPS genre. Seeing them come out for a game that they historically wouldn't have been interested in is pretty cool.

Also, regardless of your opinion about it, br fans can come off the wrong way with their chants. I believe there was a chant to NRG, saying "UH VAI MORRER." While obviously not a death threat, the JP crowd is normally respectful and doesn't do anything like that. Personally, I like a level somewhere in between the two extremes, leaning towards the BR side where fans are passionate for their home team, but still maintain a respectful demeanor. However, I can see why competitors might like the JP crowd more.

I think it would largely depend on the internal contract that Moist X Shopify have. They've not merged the companies into 1, from what I can tell, they're using the Moist brand with Shopify funding. Assuming there isn't a clause in the contract that Shopify gets the spot, I believe the default would be for Moist to get it. I'm only speculating though.