Does anyone have a ss of the initial tweet in question? Kinda curious how bad it was

FNC is not my favorite team, but they're up there. In honor of your plea for FNC, if you happen to choose me, I'll gladly take a FNC bundle.

Audi R8

My issue is more that the amount of time you're able to have a smoke up is doubled while also making the smoke cheaper. I don't mind the no-overlap part, but reduce the HP or the duration of it or something imo

I'm only on Harbor, but that first change of adding a second Cove while also decreasing the price and not nerfing the ability in any way is a wild take. The rest of your Harbor changes seem fine, but 2 Cove for cheaper with no nerf is not it.

I don't think there's anything saying they have to send their main roster...
Kinda like how whatever this CN tourny is rn has all the teams that are going to Toronto not sending their actual roster either.

Omen main
I've played 500 hours of Spike Rush, 1000 hours of Swift and <50 hours of ranked

I mean as far as KOI goes, they are a Spanish org
So finding Spanish players when possible makes sense, especially when they're season is this far gone already

iirc the individual regions' leagues are all independent
So it wasn't Papa Riot that organized the start times for the leagues (thereby slightly screwing over EMEA by giving less time between end of Stage 1 and Toronto) but the individual VCT regions themselves
They're probably told "You have to start and end between DateX and DateY."
They might be told the exact format to use in terms of match spacing and determining groups and whatnot, but in terms of running the actual league and such I think they get a lot more free reign.

I could be wrong about this, but I think I remembered hearing that it worked this way.

Well said

Not watching

What did you feed my GOAT Meteor to make him "gigantic"?

This is exactly what I was coming to say. Thank you for putting in stats work so I didn't have to lol
Additional tidbit: Trent's all time Sova stats are almost identical to his Tejo stats and the sample size is more than 3 times larger.
Trent's mastery of Tejo in such a short time could simply be proof that if he needs to get this good at a single agent for the team, that he is capable of it.
If the team decides to run more Fade or whoever at Toronto hopefully he'll be able to prove me right, since they now have plenty of time to prep for it.
(Or he can just vibe out on Sova, that would be chill with me too.)

Edit: Someone above also mentioned that last year was with Icy and this year is with Jaw. No hate towards Icy, but Jaw just seems better... Idk if he's just a better fit, has a better base floor, both, or something else entirely, but the team looks back in frying form... When the move was first announced, everyone felt it was an upgrade and we know that Potter herself thought that Jaw was better than Icy too (since they were both on EG back in the day), so this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. (Glad to see Icy back on an upswing in playoffs though.)

Honestly I looked at this map veto and felt more like SEN wanted a challenge than an easy win. Seemed more like they wanted data on and experience playing G2.

No waaaaaay lol

they aren't even the same color

mans titles the post top 3, then lists 4

Total agreement with what OP said. Can't wait to see more of your plays when you're ready to show us :D

Why tho?

This is a shame, but I'm glad she at least showed that she herself is able to compete at VCT level. She was the third highest rated player in EMEA after Kickoff and still maintained a 1.07 rating (good enough for 14th) throughout Stage 1. All this in spite of her team not being able to win a single match. When she's happy and healthy enough again I'm sure she'll be able to compete on an Americas roster with no issue if she desires.

I mean the average 16 y/o thinks saying "good boy" to people makes them cool and edgy.
So should we be/am I surprised by this behavior? Not entirely.
Does that mean there should be no repercussions? Not entirely.
If it's actually a one time thing, then yeah in a bit of time this'll all fade.
If it's a consistent behavior even after this, then it will become a big problem for him.

I won't deny I made edgy jokes when I was younger... But I def knew where to draw the line better than this.

Personal favorite?
#1: Kingdom
Also #1: Major

Stella - Kashiwa Diasuke

I don't know what awards you're talking about, but among those, if Frieren doesn't win something is up. Frieren is the peak of anime right now. I think it stands kinda undisputedly above the rest. "Generational" is correct.

this goes for OP as well
they were told the way they do thing is undesirable
and instead of trying to fit the directive of the (presumably) coach,
they publicly say the other side is wrong

team might have dodged a bullet with OP's maturity

I have like 1000+ hours of Swiftplay
And like 500+ hours of Spike Rush from before Swiftplay came out
I don't believe I've ever hit diamond
But I also have like <30 hours of ranked ever
Sure I frequently get placement matches with them, but I've never been placed in it myself
Most seasons I don't even play ranked
There's nothing wrong with just enjoying the game
People can have lives outside of the game

Where can I find this poll of 10,000 people, 86% of whom stated they would need 100 quid to play?
I don't believe this for a second, unless you're polling literal randos who don't even play games and have no interest.
But did you perhaps get 86% of people to agree that they would play Val if you paid them (and not that they wouldn't play if you did not pay them, because these are different things). Cause I'd 100% take the money if you were going to pay me to play... I'd just still play even without the money.

Playing the game because my friends play it too IS a form of fun btw. Even if I enjoy the solo experience of other games more than the solo experience of Val rn, doesn't mean that I don't still enjoy it or that I only enjoy it when I am playing with friends. But I've also always enjoyed the solo experience of some other games over Val, so this isn't really a change.

I was a fan of this team before they were even in VCT so...

Oh, I thought you were saying to change hosts like the analysts and casters and such. But yeah changing the venue location to Canada or Brazil might not be the worst

Random agent every round could be fun
When I played Overwatch a lot of how I got better at the game was by grinding a few hundred hours of Mystery Heroes just to learn what everyone does lol

oooo randomize the teams every round and round wins are tied to the individual, first to X would be a fun party mode even if you just limit it to 5v5

S1mon trying his hardest over here.

Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 (Gamecube)
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Pokemon Gold
Dragon Quest 3
Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)
Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Lost Kingdom & Lost Kingdom 2
Samurai Warriors 2
Ninety-nine Nights
Enchanted Arms
Halo 2
Mario Kart: Double Dash

I'll look at my game collection when I get home and pick a few more lol

EWC and Trexx are likely unrelated.
Though huge props to Trexx if he just straight up refused to participate in EWC and that caused issues for the team.

If you want an in depth look at it, Sideshow made some videos about it awhile back.

https://youtu.be/fBZjFYU-OX8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/GIilD9qAzeA?feature=shared

Those videos are fairly long, but they'll explain everything better than I could and should provide a wealth of extra context to livefrmhollywood's post.

https://youtu.be/fBZjFYU-OX8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/GIilD9qAzeA?feature=shared

Those videos are fairly long, but they'll explain everything better than I could.

Is this a real question? Are you truly this far out of the loop?

I would prefer it if the non-Saudi media just stopped reporting on this event
The less we talk about EWC, the better
(Except to say how much we dislike it)
Let EWC fade into nothingness

Derke
f0rsaken
trent
Chichoo
Meteor

I actually think your initial list is pretty good, but I wanted to get Chichoo in there and needed to find an IGL with the loss of Valyn. Personally a big trent fan, but it's possible riens is actually better here.

fried chicken

I think putting KK above Chichoo is wrong at this point, but that's the only decidedly wrong thing about this list to me. I can at least agree that all these players are in contention for top 10 spots.

Default everything

If you truly think this way, why even give them the time of day? Don't watch their content, don't comment about their content, just leave and when you and everyone else who feels the same way does it, maybe they'll fade into oblivion like you want.

You have 128 first bloods in 1485 rounds.
Most of your rounds are on agents who aren't typically known for their first bloods.
Assuming you're winning 50% of those encounters, that means there are also 128 rounds where your team goes without an Omen/Cypher/Astra.
What I'm trying to say is: it's possible you're playing too far forward.
Especially if you are your team's only smoke, losing access to it first thing in the round can spell disaster for attacks and/or retakes.

You know that Platchat's top 10 list wasn't just the 4 of them. They got responses from like 10-15 people or something (they state as much when introducing it).
Also requiring them to watch every match each week on top of the casting and behind the scenes stuff they do, is wild.
Even with cutting out garbage time from every match, you're still talking like 20+ min per map, with 4 different regions overlapping you're looking at 400+ min or 6.66 hours when all regions are playing multiple times a week. And that's without giving yourself the chance to pause and take notes, write things down or just take a second to do more than a surface analysis of what's going on.
There's a reason they've been trying (and succeeding) to bring in talent who are familiar with the other regions when they talk about aforementioned regions. There's simply not enough time in the week to watch really take the time to analyze every game of every region every week.

Flor was the 3rd highest rated player in all of EMEA Kickoff... DESPITE their team losing out in 2 matches.
The second of which was against the eventual EMEA 2 seed.
I don't see a reason to hate like this.
Every one of the players you are talking about are out there trying their hardest day in and day out to be the best they can at a game you love.
Why can't you just appreciate their hard work regardless of their gender?

Filled out. Good luck collecting data, this is the hard part

seek help brother

D.A.R.E. worked on me growing up. I remember being in kindergarten and telling at my parents to stop smoking because of it. I've never touched the stuff and I don't plan to.

You could be right, but I hope you're wrong.