The Book of the New Sun (Wolfe)
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Also very basic pick but Foundation (Asimov)

verno ($3) - He's going to be the Leo of NA
beyn ($3) - Personally I feel he could be the next Karon, we'll see; chuck him on flex and see what he can do
Berlin ($2) - Absolute steal, based on FPX's Shanghai run he seems to be a great IGL as long as he stops INTing
Woot ($4) - Honestly a toss up between him, Oxy and Something; I just went with recency bias
Foxy9 ($3) - He's been really impressive on sentinel
Total: $15

If you're just getting into books some good shouts for fantasy are anything from Brandon Sanderson, Malazan Book of the Fallen (Steven Erickson), and The Magician (Raymond E Feist).
If you want sci-fi, some of the standard choices are Dune, Foundation, Three Body Problem etc. - although if I had to give personal recommendations I would go with Lord of Light or The Book of the New Sun.
If you want some "heavier" fiction, Ulysses is excellent.

Bait or mental retardation?

Nah seriously they played super impressive considering earlier this year they dropped a map to True Rippers

They can definitely become first again - give them at least a year without him before making that call

Not sure if we can say he's above tuyz yet, he could definitely get there though

Not super loyal to the book, but it definitely does it justice - most changes feel like they improved on things, or were entirely justifiable
I'm just glad that its an incredible movie more than anything

True they should've picked up sayf when they had the chance
Import FNS since a team with Sayf, Alfa, Leo and Chronicle doesn't need an IGL who can shoot back
ggs 3 tournament wins

Literally just import ANY igl from americas and they're good

Loud:

Yeah FNC is stacked?
Wasn't hard to win with such a talented roster last year, all b0tster had to do was call "alfa/derke/leo/chronicle go kill"
You would have to be delusional to think PRX > FNC

Cmon this wasn't his fault
Stuck with b0tster using the same strats for two years straight

FNC could clear them sure
PRX? Depends on how well they can change their system - w-key needs to be less aggressive with Monyet
Lev? Aspas is obviously insane, not sure how C0M will look though
Loud might've lost Aspas, but saadhak, Less and Goatzin are still great - sure there's a chance, but on paper NRG >

Anyone who says they're any less than top 3 itw is delusional
I can see them easily being #1 in itw, just depends on their form compared to however FNC looks

What can you do - they just can't accept your facts.

I don't think that cauanzin is "inconsistent". 2023 was his rookie year, and I believe it's more likely that he's improved over the course of the year - heading into this year, there's a strong possibility he could probably keep his champs form up.

cauanzin's skye > Leo's skye

Realistically who would be a better duelist?
Only one who I can think of who comes close is Aspas.

Valid list except for Initiators
Leo (Recon initiator goat) = Ethan (Flash initiator goat) > C0m

Demon1 - SoL op

Cmon now you can't be disrespecting crashies like that
Is he Leo? nah
Is he a top 3 initiator in the world? probably (assuming NRG doesn't crumble)

Last time I checked nAts was a pretty decent sentinel
Although he's back to 1v5'ing so unfortunate