I for sure agree that from what we've seen so far from PRX, GENG, T1, and DRX they are looking like the Top 4 (in no particular order) in Pacific. But, I think NS will be a strong contender for that 5th spot and would beat TLN solely based on their recent games. They also clearly have the mechanics and skill to make it there.

I'm not gonna lie, I was getting nervous towards those last couple rounds but I knew the boys were gonna bring it home.

Definitely will be a tough game for DRX ngl, NS have shown they have immense potential to be a top team regionally. But, I have faith in the boys they'll take home a win tonight.

Valid reasons, I was planning on buying the 24' capsule but I hesitated because I didn't want to spend that much money and was (still am) waiting for primordium/gaia vandal in my store.

As a fellow DRX fan, I wanna know what your thoughts are on this years capsule skin compared to last years. Personally, I like this years better than last years for some reason, the colors seem more appealing to me.

Don't worry, FNS planned this the entire time. Lose to C9 so people start underestimating them and believe the off-season was just a fluke. But then, they go on a lower bracket run, beating every team 2-0 and winning kick-off.

(Huge amounts of cope)

I tried man...

Yeah he was honestly playing insane that series but it sucks NRG lost due to poor performance on a lot of these rounds.

All good man, almost all of my pickems for every region is fucked. NRG losing 2-0 hurts quite a bit.

Don't worry NRG fans, they got this!

(I am coping so hard, please lock tf in)

Yeah just like last season, they had some struggles at the start of the year that costed them attending Madrid and Shanghai but were able to pick up the pace at the end. Hopefully this year isn't the case and are able to play at 100% all year.

That is true but considering the fact that BeYn was off-role to fill stax's role as initiator he played better than expected. I would say BeYn is a fast-learner and able to adapt well. Either way, I'm happy to see him back and hope he is able to show his great energy/talent.

I can understand why you would feel this way, as I also have a similar feeling about him, but I do think he is a proper replacement for BuZz (even though this trade is a downgrade, no hate to Hyunmin). Regardless of his in-game apperance, I believe he will show up when the team needs him to.

No but fr tho, that color scheme is actually clean

He's definitely has potential to be a great player but I think from what we saw during the off-season games, he wasn't playing to the expectations people placed on him.

NRG
DRX or T1
TH or FNC
EDG

Basic answers for the most part but I don't really watch anything EMEA or CN related.

Could you elaborate on he'd sign with M80? For me, I can see him going to Cubert with Reduxx, (maybe) Victor, (maybe) skuba and whoever their 5th would be.

Not sure of the exact dates this happened, but what happened to Jenn was that she was dating a content creator for DRX, FiveK, and I guess over the time span of their relationship he would ask for money and said he would "pay it back" but never did. I think he "borrowed" about 70mil Korean Won which is about 50k USD. Now, as of recently he got dropped by DRX after they conducted a investigation against him for his breach of contract.

Not sure if someone is going to replace her since she hasn't said anything on her twitter but made her instagram private.

From me personally, I've been enjoying pretty much everything about the game and have been playing it a lot more than I have on Valorant since Marvel Rivals came out. The characters are cool, skins can be obtained by playing the game (but it will take a while), and how they deal with the battlepass is cool but one of their main problems is the optimization. They don't have the best optimization due to the amount of shaders and details there are in-game which results in a noticeable decrease in frames.

There is also a bug for a lot of players, where their game will crash after about 3 games because of some gpu crash BUT it is not because of your gpu, but the game and the devs afaik are looking into the problem.

Also, don't let others negative opinion on the game discourage you from wanting to try it. If you want to play it, you should give it a shot.

Pretty much, Mooda said Zellsis "says the hard r off-stream" in response to Zellsis talking about Mooda's ban and community. Zellsis obviously did not like that which is fair because that's just weird af to say and muted him when him and Tarik got on the same team as Mooda and Poppin. Poppin weirdly started to instigate this by saying "it's true though, no?" (or something similar) implying Zellsis does and Zellsis got tilted at the fact he said that to get under his skin so he started talking shit while Poppin was acting passive-aggresive.

Tldr: Poppin said something weird and Zellsis did not like it. Sorry for the yap.

I definitely agree with you, and I think a big difference between them is that Zellsis acknowledges that he trolls/messes around and is able to draw the line whereas Mooda doesn't. People will say that everyone is "soft" because of how they take his so-called jokes, but genuinely, who finds making jokes about being a p3do, racist, and even accusing people of being racist, funny?

Zellsis has matured like most people have while Mooda acts like some edgy middle schooler trying to be the class clown.

M00d0 aside, I wonder if steamers who are similar to him will force themselves to act "differently" than their typical behavior. If not, then I would like to see how many of those streamers get banned.

Don't say that, you'll have a bunch of 12 year old's harassing you

I genuinely hope he sees this 3rd ban as a sign that he needs to change. But I wouldn't be surprised to see him play the victim and not acknowledge what he's done wrong like he did with the female streamer. Either way, he deserves this ban.

Edit: Just like I thought, he really thinks he didn't do anything wrong. What a joke. https://x.com/verybaysed/status/1870973054572208392?s=46&t=EdHdX4O9dcFx9h0XMQUrIw

not necessarily. sometimes they are putting up a character. and if that character is harmful to others then yeah that says something about them but they can still disagree with what their chat is doing but not saying anything because they have to uphold a character. streaming is a career and people do things unlike themselves to achieve it.

Sure you can put up a character on the internet but the difference is that not only was mooda being weird, but in the clip, he didn't say anything to stop his chat.

well generally if you've used the internet within the past 5 years than it is completely normal and that is undeniable. especially used in this context where it appeared as a joke to me then "fuck you" to a stranger isn't weird. actually, i don't think knowing them changes the fact much. fuck you is just fuck you, it's severity in meaning has become so diluted and only ever in real life, perhaps even in a business setting would you feel the need to restrain yourself from saying fuck you. it has become that much of the norm and if you believe otherwise i'd be questioning where YOU have been. i don't use it very often but that has been my experience and i don't think it's weird to say it to a girl, or anyone for that matter. stranger or not, especially in a joking matter

And sure, you can say "fuck you" on the internet as a joke and to people you know, but you clearly see he meant that. You don't go into random people's chat and just say fuck you over something as stupid as them not knowing who you are.

I hope you realize that a streamer's chat is a reflection of them. And they became that way because of him, don't act like mooda is some sort of saint.

Also, where is it normal to tell a girl (who doesn't know who you are and you don't know who they are) "fuck you" on the internet, let alone at all?

The fact that his chat filled with braindead and immature children we're saying "she has an OF", "she's 16", "she's drunk", "she has 400 bodies" and "skip". His minions were mad that their lord and savior got his feelings and ego hurt.

And yes, it is very weird to tell a girl that you do not know, "fuck you". Maybe you never had interactions with one before or your mom never taught basic manners.

In what world is it "normal" to sexually harass a streamer just because they don't know who he is?

This is most definitely both mooda and his chat's fault and if you think otherwise than you most be one of his chatters.

So you're saying that it's soft to call out people who are harassing others for no reason? You are definitely part of the problem.

Exactly, Tarik acts like a genuine and good person while mooda makes "jokes" about fucking other people's girlfriends.

Mooda is salty that Tarik didn't want to play with him because the people in his stream chat-hopped into Tarik's chat and spammed to play with mooda and said no. (Same thing happened with Tenz and now mooda hates him)

Although that is probably true, they really should implement a replay system. Not only would it be good for pros with vod reviewing, but also with content creators and casual/ranked players.

I think Poised retired after ascension as stated by Shanks. I think Shanks said he was gonna work at a law (or accounting) firm.

Semi unrelated but if BOOM don't make champs this year then they're getting relegated back to T2 right? If so, then that is pretty fucked for them ngl. (same applies for all ascension teams that haven't been doing well)

I mean, who wouldn't? She's very beautiful and seems like an energetic person to be around. Shitty move on his side and bro needs to pay her back.

OP, she didn't deactivate her twitter, it's still up @JennLee_kr. Just a heads up

I'm pretty sure she is now his ex. On his twitter he still has posts of them together from 2022 and he retweeted a post of her from earlier this year.

Yeah it's just overplayed and not funny. Mooda especially, before he would actually be tolerable to hear during s0m's streams but now he tries WAY too hard to be "funny" by clip farming stupid shit.

Like constantly humping the first thing you see after a response from sagemommy (of all people) is not only weird af but not funny.

It was probably a misunderstanding from his side because of a clip that was taken out of context(?) But I do agree that he did not deal with that in the correct/proper way

Fair point, but I would say it's more of a burnout of competing than having no desire even though the two are similar. If I'm not mistaken, Ethan said that if they don't make it to any LANs next year, then he's done for good. I'm sure he wants to still compete rn but maybe he just wants to take a chill break before the season officially start.

Yeah lowkey the same for me. Like I watched him a lot most of the year just cause I got gifted a sub and thought he was funny when he would duo with s0m but as of recently, him and his chat has been lowkey weird af so I stopped watching him.

But I do think it's mainly his chat that are the weird ones.

I'm also not very big on Overwatch (aside from watching supertf and pge) but IMO, the game is pretty fun. If you're a fan of Marvel and enjoy fast paced-ish games then I think you could enjoy it but obviously the game isn't for everyone and that's ok.

Although, I will say the designs and animations are great but the optimization is not that good. For example, even with a decent-good PC, you'll be averaging maybe 100-150 fps.

Can't expect much from the guy with 0 winning mentality

Very fair point, not sure where Immi stood on this decision but if it was down to solely the players, then maybe xeppa didn't want to pick a side since he would be the deciding factor.

I think oxy wanted Rossy to stay on the team (cmiiw) but who knows why xeppa didn't take a side. For me, moose and v1c not wanting him on the team at all was what weirded me out.

Not sure for all/most orgs but in the case of Sentinels for example, they live in the same apartment complex which imo is way better.

If he hasn't reached his peak in the 8 years of being a pro, what makes you think he's gonna reach it soon?

I guess so, and the fact that apparently v1c and moose wanted Rossy out leaves a very bad impression on them. Seems shady af imo.

If I was him, I would be feeling very bad for Rossy, especially since Kickoff is just 1 month away and Rossy pretty much got fucked out of a spot.

Fair point, but I can't really think of any serious reasons to kick him. I'm pretty sure his "anger problem" has long been solved so I doubt it has anything to do with behavior issues.

That has to be one of the biggest and dumbest bs excuses to give. Actually unbelievable that they would choose to kick out of the one best players on the team. But because it is Clown9, it is believable.