It sucks he was put in that position. I think a mix of s0m wanting to return and NRG begging him lead to a hasty decision.

I'm a big fan of Puj so seeing the team like this sucks. The original optic core is what really got me into pro Valorant with their rivalries against DRX and LOUD.

I don't know what the plan was for Split 2. This NRG team looks arguably more flat than the previous iteration. FNS really really set himself up for failure and I don't know why. He was doing fine streaming. Why not close out the year and return in the offseason when you have the chance to build your team and have time? There's no way he thought that he could just return mid-season, especially in split 2 when teams really start picking up steam for Champs.

I don't think it has anything to do with his aim or performance. It's not like he was fragging out with Optic or last year anyways. I think this whole year is chalked for NRG. Not qualifying for Madrid is fine but the mental was gone for every person on that team once they missed Shanghai.

The roster they kept is also very very braindead. I had slight copium for s0m and FNS to return but come on, what are we doing? Victor and Crashies just aren't it anymore and they are holding the team back, by A LOT. Let Chet leave, give FNS full coaching, Bring back Demon1, put Ethan on perma initiator and try to poach some good T2 players in the offseason for Sentinel and flex. This "Optic Core" just wont cut it and I'm sick of people continuing to trust in them.

TL;DR: FNS set himself up for failure.

benjyfishy over texture is actually mind boggling.

I'd remove leaf, keznit, miniboo, and alfa and add jawgemo, karon, and forsaken

I wouldn't discredit them that much. At the time, they were firing on all cylinders and could've won Shanghai.

NRG 2-1
SEN 2-1

2-1 NRG

Let's go FNS and S0M

Copypasta from boomer Facebook is crazy

Got so tight had to make a separate thread about the other thread. Insane work.

Haters are the most inconsequential and irrelevant people in the world. You have 28 year old Todd in his 1 bedroom, $800 apartment living off dominos coupons hating on a 19 year old making a 6 figure salary for whiffing in one round. Just a spec of sand on a beach. 95% of the hate on this site is just troll but for the genuine haters its weirddddd.

C9 win first map, SEN finish out 2-1

I really don't think Victor would play without Crashies. I think if anything were to happen, it'd be

• crashies
• victor

+Demon1
+Marved

User: tschahnie

Pickem: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/208a2a84

The only perfect pickem left wtf, Furia and LEV over 100T is Nostradamus type shit.

can we transfer the fart thing over to him and take it off of me?

Idk what's worse, the fact you might actually have Prosopagnosia or the fact you researched a disease that fits your shitpost.

hopefully you can pick someone good up in offseason

people like you are what makes the world go around <3

The main issue I saw with this team even before Shanghai is that they don't have a fallback guy. If the team is underperforming, there is no consistent person on the team that can keep them in the game and composed. When they're shooting across all cylinders, they are an amazing team, top 3 even. But when even 1-2 people underperform, they drag the rest of the team down.

Their early success I believe was from the change that Boostio/Zikz brought but Boostio can only keep the mental stable, he's not a round-winning criteria.

If you look at other top teams, SEN, Gen G, TH, EG and others, they all have players like jawg, woot, texture, zekken/tenz that can have consistent performances and influence rounds. Even on bad starts, they can keep their team somewhat in the game so that their teammates can bounce back/warm up.

I love Cryo but he is wildly inconsistent and so is everyone else on the roster. You can have Boostio hyping the team up as much as you want but again, it doesn't translate to performance. They really need a rock on the team.

At this point in the season, it'd be dumb to make a roster change. It's too close to champs. I would hope for a bounce back and to get back in Shanghai form. Then place 5-6th in Champs. That's a good season if I'm Zikz or a player on 100T. Then in the offseason, I'd make roster changes.

TL;DR: 100T doesn't have a reliable "rock" of a player they can rally/build around.

W Mustafa, what's your major?

side note: a Kazakhstan flag with DRG flair is hilarious

they put this guy on killjoy btw

By that logic, any trophies from the past are irrelevant because it was years ago and the meta was different. What kind of retarded logic is that? This guy is talking like Jawg didn't just run LOUD's pockets a week ago in this "new meta."

what am I stuck on? you're not making sense?

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my response wasn't to say Jawg should be top 3. I was responding to Marty saying he hasn't done it against a better team than LOUD

he owned NRG and SEN?

"Why is Valorant not CS." Go back to HLTV kid.

It's honestly debatable. Champs and especially next year will signify if the days of the "Brain and no Aim" IGLs will be over. With new talent like JohnQT, Boo, Valyn, Munchkin and others coming in, it's arguably becoming more and more difficult for the old IGL style to continue. But it also is a very duelist heavy meta at the moment so that might just be skewing how drastic things really are.

If we're talking about Valorant I think "El Diablo" is so sick.

If it's in general, I really like Stewie's "Smoke Criminal" nickname.

I think nicknames are 10x cooler if if they're given by others

ah damn dude, I've been trying to get a finalmouse forever. Are they really worth the hype/price?

the pot calling the kettle black. You're throwing stones from a glass house dawg LMFAO

bro said exuberant and glazed Boaster on a post about Mako's struggles.

Agent pool: Jawg clears on raze, jett, iso, and neon. Point goes to Miniboo

is this the legacy I've built for myself?

awesome, yea I'm just getting into them. I just bought a keychron k8 pro that I'm thinking of customizing with new keycaps and switches.

those are the pitfalls of custom keyboards unfortunately lol

I love Wooting keyboards

fuggit bro, as long as you're still clicking heads, you could be using an actual mouse to aim for all I care

I completely get that bro. Idk if it's my autism or what but seeing anyone lock in a duelist after we already have 2 is not just tilting but it just feels wrong. Starts the vibes off terrible for me.

CowRabies with another W setup. I love Ducky keyboards. Is it pre-built or are you into custom keyboards?

W set up. I also currently hate the meta or at least the map pool. I was 2 games away from Immortal and now sit at Asc 1. Unfortunate.

Fartper

What do you guys have for your setups? Could be mice, keyboards, monitors etc.

Any brand or individual item you swear by? Just did an overhaul of mine so I'm curious.

me in hell discussing the mechanics of a farting viper ult to a medieval peasant that was beheaded for stealing a loaf of bread

my bad, it's 9:56 am for me

I'm sorry geospliced, if I would've know you would be on so early, I would've spared you.

What if instead of releasing poison, she just farted. And it was really audible and strong. Like what if she farts and an orb or wall comes up from the stink. For the mollies, it could just be a really wet fart. Thoughts?

I mean the team right now just makes zero sense to me personally. Individually they're great players but the roles just don't line up. I think ideally they'd drop Tuyz and then have these be the roles:

Less - Sentinel
Panc - Controller
Cauanzin - Initiator
Saadhak - Flex Initiator
Tuli/snw from Challengers - Duelist

ah my bad, don't play her that often. I thought her flashes already recharged.

why are we fixing Skye, she's only meta for like 2 maps lol

Bro took a few days and a full stream just to cook up

"Yes I was talking with a minor but I swear it wasn't what you think it was"