yes they did

babybay might disappoint

what is the point of choosing 30.5 instead of 31?

? who the fuck do you think youre talking to?

its just that vlr devs are lazy as fuck, there have been no new features in years. since the devs arent doing the work, you need to use the search bar. not that deep bro

prx will wipe the floor with them 13-3 and 13-7

cypher was viable too and a popular pick

i mean you are interpreting words that have a certain meaning wrongly, yes, that is a part of it

igling means IN GAME LEADING. not creating strategies or anti-strategies, that is the coaches job, together with the igl. strats and antistrats are the theory, in game leading is executing those strategies. that latter is what we are all rating in these IN GAME LEADER top 10s. if you want a list for "best strategy creators", it will be filled with coaches. and sure, thats a skill that you can value, but it is not what makes an igl successful or not. an igl is a leader in the moment, who also manages the mindset of the players, hypes them up when necessary, stays calm under pressure, etc. - those skills are all equally, if not more, important than being able to come up with strategies (which, again, a good coach also does).

aside from that, you have no idea how much Ethan is involved in creating those "macro" strategies you talk about.

macro = putting pressure on certain areas on the map, rotating, anything that is related to taking/giving space on the map
micro = stun there and flash there when you execute, change up your set up on this site because they might do a fast hit, etc. (the details)

hope this gives you some insight, feel free to ask any questions

atp forsaken clears mako and meteor fell off (auraless blud)

because of everything everyone is saying in this thread, pomshies summed it up well

i also said those exact points in another thread to you

wrong, and that is all of our opinions based on rough obersvation. :)

it for sure was yeah

G2 probably pick corrode, knowing them

they had more of an anti-meta read though...

at the moment

if this is a current list then why the fuck am i looking at "FNS" "Saadhak" "Boostio" and "Ange1"

Valyn won way more regional trophies than Ethan, so you could argue he is way more consistent all time

FNS has more "wins" than Ethan as igl

you can call it that but it is igl'ing regardless and deserves credit when well done, no? do you disagree?

if you call creating strats and anti-strats "in game leading" then most coaches clear the list above.........

who did EG really beat?

EDG - we all knew they would end up 5-6th (they had Haodong btw)
DRX - we all knew they would end up 5-6th
fucking lost to poopoorex with Mindfreak...
LOUD - lost their best players (Sacy and Pancada)
PRX - known to be huge chokers

who did NRG really beat?

GX - ara was offline, this team was not even supposed to make playoffs
MiBR - got destroyed on one map, and struggled against "xenom" on two very close maps
FNC - frauds according to you
FNC - known to be huge bo5 chokers

am i tripping? or did NA only win trophies in tournaments where they barely played against good teams?

fnatic lost 2 maps in all of lock//in (against loud in the grand final), thats how far ahead they were

sayonara was here for emea clash and sayonara played scan while jamppi continued on duelist...

? she has never been meta on fracture

but do you actually know that? or is that just your guess

i genuinely implore you to go watch lotus of the champs gf against fnc. youll see what i mean - ethan was able to pull rotations incredibly well, on the fly

kj is ass on a map as big as fracture

Furia

jamppi yoru igl exists, and forsaken is widely known to be the main caller for prx

are you aware that bonkar was literally the coach for nrg during early '25? what did he do then?

even if bonkar taught ethan how to igl, that still makes ethan the good igl. ethans calling during champs was top tier, undeniably. he was legit toying with FNC on corrode and lotus. you can not deny that bonkar is the mastermind behind nrg, but you also can not deny that ethan calls well consistently despite talking to his coach max. 4x per game

pretty sure forsaken is igl, no? he just doesnt sit in the middle

top 10 sad movies..

yo we said Ethan should be in the top 10, not at #2 though. he's more like #8 or sumn

bro

breach used to be good on fracture but he is just so shit in general right now that there is no way he's a better pick than even sova

Ethan HAS to be in there. You can't only give credit to Bonkar, since we consistently saw Ethan (without timeouts) outcall Boaster in the Champions GF. As much as I think trophies don't count for everything, he has to be top 10 imo

What is this bot talking about

and theyre all biased and always angry

skuba, izu, and marteen exist

PRX 2-0 AG
BBL 2-1 G2

NRG 2-0 NS
BBL 2-1 PRX

BBL 3-0 NS

NRG 2-3 or 3-2 BBL

yooo what the hell

her questions are always goated, they give us some insight into the teams

just get off twitter bro

hold up

whose?

not sure how they would match up against NS

yeah team secret is in their group so its possible

maybe do that in a match against zeta or sum

bro said patmen

the G2 who didnt win shit?

boaster type shit

holy shit bro

keiko the ?

Who is it so far?

I nominate ZynX

pretty good ranking

YES

PLEASE do not put on a BBL flair PLEASE