I'm just kidding

Bump!
NRG // -s0m

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Indifferent

^ Exactly my point. People are so reactionary when it comes to Twisted Minds but the fact is that they were just as overlooked as RA'AD were. MENA as a region is just unloved </3

Moh isn't replaceable, he's the glue that holds the team together
SpY is too good of a player to drop tbh, they kinda wasted his potential a little this year but he's a SHOOTER

The rest can be dropped idc about B1SK Fighter Recoil (no offense to Recoil but this team doesn't suit him and vice versa)

BerLIN fan judging a player by stats is insane

Database is inconsistent. mindfreak, for example, is still listed under Paper Rex even though he was officially released a couple days ago

doesnt IGL

So? That's not his job

His profile still has 100 Thieves and his LFT post said he's still on contract

Bro this is like if 100 Thieves were on a 30 game winstreak and everyone's hyping them up and all of a sudden you get hit with -Cryocells +neT or something

Kess and Zikz have left 100T but Asuna, Boostio, Zander, Cryo, and frenya are all RFA

NAOS, VLT, NS

RA'AD were the second best MENA team. Also nobody valued MENA at all and I don't think anyone expected things from TWS going in

People said the same thing about Twisted Minds but they were 2 rounds away from beating arguably the best tier 2 team in EMEA and also winning their group

They do have two slots but there are definitely more than 2 of these Ascension teams that look ready for tier 1

Seems more valuable long term. I'd rather a long-lived quite close relationship than a short-lived too close relationship (which is how these high school bf/gf things usually go)

Also just seems more comfortable tbh, both parties are more comfortable with each other in some sense, you can be yourself more without having to worry about implications... etc. etc.

If RA'AD didn't have their exact management situation Joblife wouldn't even be in Ascension

I'd honestly rather this than a relationship tbh

Caveat, btw... he's tier 1 level ON DUELIST. NEVER put this man on recon ever again, he gets negative value

https://www.vlr.gg/353189/loud-vs-furia-champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-2-w2

This is coming from a LOUD fan btw. mwzera is tier 1 level, he just needs to figure things out and land on a team he works well with

Wouldn't that be tier 1.5?

I think this is the first Ascension tournament where it feels like several of these teams deserve to ascend. You could make a case for any of TWS, ULF, DSY, or BCF to be in tier 1. Today's matches honestly felt more competitive and higher level than a lot of VCT EMEA games last season (this last part might just be recency bias, but you get what I'm trying to say)

^ Paper Rex inting

That's a lot of factorials

Should've watched TWS vs. BCF instead then idk what to tell ya

A pattern is when something happens over and over again

TWS 2-0 LOL in French

Ok now it's either TWIS vs. ULF for tier 1 or TWIS eliminated in groups

I'm sad either way :(

Happy for BCF though they've definitely earned it, one match away from VCT EMEA :)

I wish you could see hyphens with strikethrough LOL

Bump!
2G // -Lz -spike -pryze -gobera -silentzz -faithz0r -yushi

The brain is actually تويستد which is a transliteration of Twisted

It's a very nice logo, kudos to whoever designed it

Ok tbf the only time it's been in the pool in the past 2 years is during the Tejo meta

Lotus
Icebox
Bind
Ascent
Sunset
Split
Haven

The calling on this map is actually really fun to watch, wow

This is a good way of putting it. You also happen to recognize some of the occasional travellers

Idk which one's the best but the Alfajer one on Lotus C and the MrFaliN Bucky one are up there for sure, purely for entertainment value

If I interact with a VLR user a couple times and find I like talking to them, I add them on Discord. I'm not really familiar with VLR users I haven't talked on Discord with tbh, other than the obvious outliers and the couple people I see often

Wait I thought Autumn was igl

True, but I can't think of another Taiwanese player with substantial igling experience

They won't play each other if TWIS wins this map

Goes out on a high = hates winning??

I'd say it's happywei

Nicc is definitely the best Taiwanese igl btw

Wdym? I'm saying ComeBack is a shooter, how is that discredit to Loita

ComeBack was doing the same things when he was on this team lol

Bro thought he could replace KHaaLiD and things wouldn't go downhill

If BerLIN was on Rare Atom you'd 100% care about Ascension

Chile has to be top 8 national teams, no? Who's better? I can only think of Russia, Korea, USA, and maybe Indonesia/China/Brazil/Canada

His VLR page shows Sova as his 3rd most played agent

I'd say Ascension 2Game but that was pretty much just Zap

'Twas a long week indeed