dont remember the reason

even worse than bad, u r right

could try to get click to play sentinel if u feel alfa is better on duelist or try avez, many talented players out there tbf and fnatic have the pull/money to get almost any player in EMEA other than those in Heretics

only Kaajak and Molsi, soulcas/hype/avova are nowhere near vct level, they werent 2 years and even less so next year where the level will be raised like crazy

no Avova

just get Elite no? suygetsu I wouldnt go for him ngl, t2 options: westside (signed for giants apprently tho), al0rante, chiwawa, profek (not sentinel but could adapt to play that role very insane player), anguist, hiro (could have literally kept him if they didnt it probably means alfa wont play duelist), olizera... I am probably forgetting many other players but it doesnt neccesarily have to be a sentinel main, just a good player who could adapt and play there

apeks wont stay in valorant which means another g2 situation so kaajak could leave for cheap

you dont know what you are talking about it and it shows (respectfully), Fnatic have a shit ton of money specially if they manage to sell Derke, its impossible they dont manage to get one of xeus/kaajak or click

just play alfa duelist

APEKS imo, they will leave valorant regardless next year so they can sell their spot to an ambitious org that can build around molsi/kaajak (they will be forced to because otherwise they will get relegated with those 3 dogs holding them back), just like m8 kicking their whole team except natank its time for orgs that arent part of the partnership system to invest instead of being a waste of a slot or they will lose it

u cooked

NA itself isnt that good rn, even Sentinels have an EMEA igl and a brazilian playerr, t2 in shambles... LATAM/BR scenes getting isolated because of franchise, they might still produce some talent but the transition to a higher level will be harder, Americas doesnt look good for the future imo

thankfully u are not their sporting director

like most emea teams GX always a core with potential, idk if pipson can do a good job tho, I hate the valorant his teams play even if I recognize he knows a lot about the game, also too much of a dictator wanting to be a protagonist and not understanding he is a coach and not igl, should give more freedom to players and not use that weird system where no igl is needed, I am so excited for EMEA next season, the level could be insanely high if teams do their rebuilds properly and from what I have seen teams are targeting the right players and no recycling

going from kingg to boaster is only acceptable if you are into bdsm

have shame, transition to coaching, its fine to have a bad game stats wise here and there but cant go double digit ACS every game + even without stats u dont pass the eye test, looks like I am watching a low immo player ngl, good for Derke to leave that dogshit org and hopefully the others follow the same path

the thing is that those players dont need micro managing, Leo/Derke used to help boaster a lot with midrounding since he isnt that great of a caller, even guys like chronicle are super smart I am sure they will be fine without him, there is only one Boaster and there are many teams doing well without him and even worse players out there, I dont think he is that good of an IGL either, good when it comes to creativity to find gimmicky shit/innovate certain metas but he isnt that good of a caller and doesnt have much to offer once the meta becomes stale, he is a good IGL and would be a fantastic coach imo but as an igl he is overrated af and even if he was karrigan it wouldnt compensate being that bad individually

nah, heretics clearly playing badly like every grandfinal, this isnt even close to their best but edg playing good

Toaster looool

its a matter of ego bro, if they need marketing to convince we dont want them, we want true based CS enjoyers like Mongolia/Australia/Argentina/Brazil

thanks, my ears are bleeding, you will receive news from my lawyer soon

I also think every region in CS will eventually grow organically, every region is doing fine except NA who arent even that bad and APAC where there is no scene but China/Mongolia are growing like crazy so it might get others from Asia to play the game, in the end you dont need to market the game in every asian country but hope the big dog which is China and others like Mongolia to become serious and then some others might join in, even if I agree that CS would benefit from marketing over there it also must come from within, Valve is about giving no special treatment to anyone, if APAC ever get an interest in the game then they will be good, I think a major in Singapore or something would be kinda cool but its a matter of ego, trying to beg these regions to play a game 20 years old that everybody knows ffs

CS is like life, you wont have someone holding your hand to get you to play the game, you want a good CS scene? have a passionate scene with a good ecosystem and that loves the game, Mongolia prime example of that, only thing that matters in the end is being good at the game regardless of where you are from, if there is a passionate CS community over there then the game will grow organically, would certain regions be bigger if Valve agressively marketed the game over there? Sure but if they cant even build a decent scene after 20 years of CS what makes u think they will be good, it must come from them, if u want good players/teams u need a lot of people to play the game in your region in order to produce them, if those regions want that then they should just play the game not expect special treatment from Valve trying to beg them to play one of the most famous online videogames ever, what marketing does CS even need? there isnt a gaming soul out there that doesnt know what it is

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idc about NA cs, they can fuck off, China/Mongolia are the future, they actually love the game in Mongolia and the chinese have a promising local scene imo, if NA want to get good again they should start by playing the game, all they do is play valorant because their tiktok brains only care about the shiny new toy which is why all their esports scenes end up dying, they lost most of their good players even if they werent that good internationally but I guess thats not bad, all they need is for people to start playing the game a bit more over there and getting some orgs to invest/streamers, they have improved their scouting out of neccesity but their scene kinda died because of no streamers over there to some extent which is how u get americans to play videogames most of the times, wouldnt be bad if tarik played CS more often or some of the old CS big names that moved to valorant since most of them are washed anyway

is it europe problem that NA CS destroyed itself by recycling the same washed bots while they had a thousand orgs investing big money when they werent even that good? maybe they should have thought about having a decent t2 ecosystem, academies and proper scouting/talent development, historically there has always been talent there but its not our problem they couldnt develop a good ecosystem so it slowly died and most players/org left for valorant, latam/br scene is really solid right now, Australia has two pretty decent teams rn and China/Mongolia looking the best ever with The Mongolz/new Tyloo superteam + some other decent asian teams, if its EU centric its because we have developed a better ecosystem/scene and we love the game more, if a region like APAC wants to become good at CS they just need to play the game in those regions and develop a solid local scene, with time once they develop a good local scene they will eventually get invites/make it to international lans through qualifiers which will also increase the amount of slots TOs/Valve give to their scene since its based on performance, a team of 5 fucking randoms from Mongolia are looking like a solid t1.5 team rn all u need is to play the game, Valve/CS isnt like valorant where you will have the developer holding your hand to promote the game in those countries, they make too much money to care about using CS esports as marketing, all they care about is seeing the best CS possible and having the best teams/having an open scene where it feels like a real sport instead of dogshit franchises, if u dont like that ur region is ass in scene then just play the game more and try to create an ecosystem to develop/spot talent over there

he is not gonna improve past a certain point, he still improved a lot recently and he was the worst player statistically at champs, he is just not gifted enough and wont be able to be as good as players who work regularly on their individual skill and have a huge advantage over him, for him to be on par with fragging igls he would need years to even have a chance, in order to improve that it would take a toll on the work he does for the team and there is no guarantee he becomes skilled enough, mechanics/individual skill is something you need to have as a base the moment you go pro not something u work afterwards, thats why I think his time is up as a player and needs to become a coach

btw crazy year for orgs to rebuild, whoever gets click/xeus as their young duelists have won offseason, patitek/hiro on the market too, orgs like KC/Liquid that are midtable/playoffs level can become world beaters with the right moves ngl

I think Boaster is too limited individually for Fnatic to win against the best teams, sheydos and patitek are interesting calls but from the outside I cant tell if they are the right fits, they should also consider getting elite if he can speak english, if I was hire I wouldnt go to a clown org like BBL since he will have offers from every single org out there, doubt BBL have the pull to pickup xeus since every team in EMEA will be looking at him, BBL imo are not serious if they go for a turkish roster again, elite needs to be saved from that org and hiro/xeus should go to other teams since many teams will begin a big rebuild next year

trent doesnt convince me either but idk who could replace them, I feel like there isnt a very deep pool of talent in na t2

no time to adjust, he is just not gifted enough

they can get better but that doesnt matter, they must be better than others who are also working to improve, icy is just not good enough doesnt matter how flawless u play or how much u practice, u simply need a better player in the most impactful role, tactics and coordination arent everything, u also need individually gifted players that can allow u to have even more solutions tactically and win rounds on their own

u dont know ball

I forgot about patitek but I guess he would be a pretty good option too

very likely they pick up hiro if fnatic doesnt want to keep him, personally I would like to see Alfa + Leo going there, Alfajer talked about how Leo is his best friend and he felt his absence and I think Fnatic wont kick Boaster + they kinda stagnated a bit, if Fnatic dont want to be serious for 2025 I think it would be a good option for Leo and maybe even Alfajer to reunite with sayf/trexx, would be an incredible roster on paper but its probably not realistic since it would cost a lot of money to take them out of fnatic unless vitality are willing to break the bank to build a top roster and those two push to leave so I would get hiro if Leo stays in fnatic and for the support/flex player I have my doubts personally I like Flickless but I have no idea about how he would fit in terms of personality, I feel like Kicks does his role pretty well and is solid individually but needs to improve his output, adding hiro and keeping kicks/getting someone like flickless would be a very good roster but honestly I would love to see them add Leo + Alfajer, that roster would be stacked and I kinda feel like Leo/Alfajer are a bit burned out from the Fnatic enviorement, a change might be the best for all parties while Fnatic can try to rebuild around Derke/Chronicle and think about wether transition Boaster to coaching or keeping him to lead the rebuild before stepping down

facts but Boaster fangirls cant handle the truth, overrated IGL and shit individually, in Boaster own words they werent even that great during their best period, they were just hitting shots, not a terrible IGL and has improved throughout the years but his calling style is just not that good for international valorant, some good things but as always too gimmicky and dependent on set stuff, they lack good 4-5 man deathballs like Heretics/GenG, they arent the type of team that can change comps midtournament or make good changes after matches since they are too structured and rely too much on set stuff (although this improved recently), also dont understand things like Boaster playing omen on Lotus and they still havent changed it, give Omen to Chronicle maybe even Alfa/Hiro, ur omen in Lotus must be strong individually to have success in defence imo, Boaster is a bit of a baiter and too passive of a player, if u aint gonna kick him just make him play viper as much as possible so he isnt a liability, need to put him in the less impactful roles and more passive ones, he isnt agressive, cant make any plays and is by far the worst player in the tournament individually, the sooner Fnatic realize its time to move on the better, the excuse of him being IGL or being an impact fragger as Yinsu suggested (he isnt and that kill through smoke in last round of bind vs g2 doesnt change that) or having any sort of impact in other ways is not valid, ur igl doesnt need to kill 30 but in 2024 he must be reliable when he needs to play regardless of stats, its not like Boaster is a genius caller with insane adaptations mid match/tournament that can outsmart others, he is knowledgeable about the game even if stubborn but he isnt that great at reacting and finding solutions on the fly, he is great at preparing the team and giving a certain structure, he would be a good coach as long as he doesnt force his stubborness onto his IGL, his unwillingness to change the passive defences of Fnatic in certain maps is concerning (Bind biggest example, they have had the same problems for more than a year), his lack of agressiveness, hesitation and bad individual level reflects on the way he sees the game, he calls based on how he sees it with his individual limitations and it leads to a calling style without any balls or confidence which can end up holding those demons on his team back, should learn from certain CS igl greats who werent individually great but were used to entry fragging and had insane confidence even if the skill wasnt there

his fangirls wont like it, looked better this split but he is back to shitting his pants when crunch time comes

maybe just give a chance to our own promising igls in t2 or encourage players close to being washed to pick up igling to save their careers

many teams looking good so far and we need to wait at least a couple days to have a better idea of who are the favourites, NaVi looking really good rn but too early to tell if they are the best

GenG is the best team this year, APAC as a region has been underwhelming

Sayf wont go back there, Vitality more likely to build a good roster than liquid who need a complete rebuild, Vitality only need a sentinel and someone better than Kicks

weird roles tho unless Leo wants to play smokes or sentinel

sayf when he isnt sleeping is goated, trexx is very good and cender is one of the best upcoming fragging igls, imagine +Leo +chiwawa/Alorante?

they made it close against these chinese demons? maybe they arent as bad as we think...

needs a serious and better team, needs to get picked up by either VItality, KC, NaVi or Lulquid

you gotta be sick to enjoy tombizz and mitchman

just better as duelist imo, heretics not good rn so it doesnt help

those are 3 better than him in terms of potential but he is insane too

t3xture isnt the best player itw and he will never be the best itw cuz wo0t on duelist, click and sayonara will be top3 for the next 5 years

respect wo0t and riens