I see what you mean, fair point. Did you read the Wheel of Time? If yes, how do you rate how he handled the final three books?

The speed at which Sanderson writes is fucking unbelievable. Absolute 1000 page bangers almost every year up until the last Stormlight Archives.

The last 3 books of Wheel of Time written by him are hands-down my favorite ending of any series ever.

Unfortunately some of my favorite (fantasy) book series of all time are unfinished at this point
-Kingkiller Chronicles (Best prose in any book I've ever read)
-A song of ice and fire (political fantasy, gotta love it)
-The Gentleman Bastards (a band of genius thieves with gritty humor in a fantasy setting)
-Dawn of Wonder (coming of age story, first book had amazing potential, still no second)
-Stormlight Archives (reads like a train, fantasy on epic proportions. This one will definitely get finished cause it's Brandon Sanderson)

Some completed ones:
-Harry Potter (gotta state the obvious)
-Lord of the Rings (gotta state the obvious)
-Wheel of Time (long read but probably the BEST ending in a series I've ever read)
-Malazan Book of the Fallen (hard read, I'm on book 6 currently)
-The Farseer Trilogy and almost all of the related books (Beautiful prose, great story, actual page turner)
-The Lightbringer Series (series gets better with each book, reads at breakneck pace and has some good humor)
-Discworld (for some lighthearted reading)
-Mistborn (great story in typical Brandon Sanderson simplistic prose, great worldbuilding)
-The Fifth Season (mix of sci-fi and dystopia with fantasy)
-3 body problem (sci-fi)

Yes correct. It's jarring for multiple reasons:

1. You get dropped in the middle of an ongoing story with shitloads of characters with absolutely 0 background knowledge. I'm in book 6 and still starting to figure some things out in book 1. It's not some series where "all will be revealed shortly"
2. Shitloads of characters from shitloads of countries/factions/continents and even worlds
3. The series has a lot of parallel types of worlds and does indeed shift timelines quite drastically (often something like 100,000 years at a time)
4. Some parts are downright boring, then suddenly you're in a battle that's over in 5 pages. Other battles take like 200 pages.

It's a great series and I'm loving it, but you gotta REALLY get into it to continue reading. I finished Wheel of Time in its entirety (14 books) in like 8-9 months, and there's entire books that are downright boring and slow, but I'm probably a year and a half into Malazan and only on book 6. You can't just sit down and read a chapter at leisure. Gotta invest hardcore to even understand what's going on.

As I said above - great series but absolutely terrible recommendation for someone just getting into fantasy. Way too dense and confusing at the start for someone who hasn't learned to power through that kind of stuff

Currently on book 6 of Malazan Book fo the Fallen. You're really going to recommend this series to someone who "just got into reading"? Those books are a massive struggle to get through sometimes, nevermind being dropped in the middle of a world you have absolutely no knowledge of with no explanation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the series so far, but it's absolutely not a recommendation for people who are just getting into fantasy

What have you read by him, just curious? Sure his prose is mid at best, but it's the world building and storyline that gets you going

jesus christ the disrespect

Lmao literally 0% chance at crossplay.

Console won’t have a pro scene. Mobile might, but mobile won’t be a 1 to 1 port

MrFaLiN for sure. After another look at the pictures, all of FUT looks fucking punchable honestly

Zyppan also super punchable

Multiple reasons:

1. Mechanically speaking (aim + movement), Valorant is quite a bit easier than CSGO, unless you're playing high mobility agents like Jett and Raze, which you typically don't see the old CS pros on
2. Valorant has a lot of emphasis on gamesense and tactics/strategy on pro level, so the CS pros who have years upon years of experience are naturally going to last longer here since the impact of their gamesense is quite high

There is a lot of new talent, and you tend to see them on duelist roles, and you'll see a lot of IGLs that come from CSGO (ANGE1, Ethan, boaster, FNS, ScreaM). It makes a lot of sense.

Coach has a massive say over who gets picked for a team.

And Ex6TenZ and ScreaM have been playing in teams together since like 2010, they really like playing together.

ScreaM hit his highest peaks in CSGO only when he was playing with Ex6 as well

Honestly I'd just love to see ScreaM back online at this point. I hope he finds a spot on a team where he wants to be and has the motivation to reach his peak again, whether that's on M8, TL or anywhere else.

I see your logic - Mistic has been working really well in the Liquid system though, I'm not sure they're ready to make significant changes there. If anything, Liquid is suffering with Enzo, and I would HATE to see ScreaM IGL-ing again. If someone else would be ready to step up as IGL, that could potentially work. I know nAts is getting a lot more vocal in Liquid.

nutab1e
babysasuke
moatz
TheAceGamer30
Kirya and all the guys that constantly make threads about him
all the "number_X_cNed_Fan" accounts

If you put him on Gentle Mates, who would he replace? TakaS I suppose? His stats have not been amazing and he plays duelist primarily. I would not change nataNk out. I do love the idea of seeing ScreaM work with Ex6TenZ once again. Great long relationship they've had since like 2010 if I'm not mistaken. Also the french comms thing works well for ScreaM

If you put him on Liquid, who would he replace? Keiko has been doing fairly well and seems the only 1 to 1 role swap. Doubt liquid would drop keiko

So out of the two only Gentle Mates seems a good fit. I don't see Liquid making changes to take ScreaM in

Wasn’t enabled for the group stages in EMEA. So what you’re saying cannot be correct

Agree on spray patterns. Please introduce.

You know the spread is bigger while running than CS at this point right?

Phoenix on haven as well, first day of the beta. Dropped over 40 frags coming from CS

Good day

Is clove enabled for this match already?

Would love to see papa ange1 on clove

Thanks!

Ok “u”

Was spelled nathE back then btw. He also started as nathE even in Valorant

Just like Victor was first called food even in Valorant but then changed

Obnoks (sounds stupid)
MrFalin (12 year old alert)
Sayonara (12 year old alert)
Asuna (12 year old alert)
Demon1 (12 year old alert)
sociablEE (your ign is bragging about how extraverted you are?)
johnqt (not cute)
curry (lacks imagination)
Boostio (Sounds like "coolio" which is 12 year old alert)
Dark3st (12 year old alert)
f0rsaken (12 year old alert)
anything with -zera at the end (brazil 12 year old fanboys)
Sushiboys (nice imagination)
PapiChulo (who are you kidding)
Munchkin (I'm kawaii :3)

But the worst is C0M

Mistic? He's been performing great actually.

In 2021 maybe

have you watched any pro games in the last 2 months?

imm3 btw

We've started to see odins in almost every match, the most boring thing to watch as a spectator, and one of the most boring things to happen in ranked.

I hate how someone can just spam people without any information and get kills without the ability of being traded at all.

In pro games on lotus, we just watch a guy spray through a wall for 20 seconds while enemies wait for 20 seconds while odins are being spammed.

Nerfing the damage per bullet or the mag size is probably the best thing they can do - maybe even both

none of it is a curse, just bullshit gamblors hope for. It's either a defense or attacker sided map or you have teams that do better on a specific side.

e.g. Na'Vi just pops off on any attack side, no matter if they're 10-2 down on defense

Ange1 seems like the most obvious choice out of any player in vct

A controller that’s aggressive where its not a big throw if you die. Couldn’t be better for him

Always was, always will be. Can’t properly play anything except for jett

Navi better with fartpiss

You were saying?

imagine putting boaster in a fraud list

l o l

And literally everyone else with the French as well

Most disliked country EU

Guy accusing people of brain damage can’t properly spell and barely speaks his own native language.

Classic.

Agreed with you.

Just for argument's sake, there can be some confusion arising if you go "they are on A site" for example, if there is only one. "They have force bought", "they have an awp"

But that truly is the only scenario I can think of

Imagine watching actual plats chatting

blue collar brit spotted

tenz hasn't been good since 2021

Yes i too enjoy watching a pro face a wall and hold mouse 1 for 5 minutes!!!

First one i can remember was natalie portman since star wars episode 1

his brother didn't retire. He's going back to CS2. Dude is still super young

A top quality dry aged bone-in ribeye or tomahawk steak (optional: surf and turf with a lobster tail)

Sides: french fries triple cooked in a traditional mix of beef and horse fat & creamed spinach & fresh seasonal salad

Add a nice Belgian trappist as a drink (Trappist Rochefort 10 is my fav) to complete it

Not to mention the level of detailed meta thinking is much deeper in CS still than in Valorant (which obviously makes sense given it's been around for much longer), so they are used to thinking about both the macro and micro game in a lot more detail.

You have people like ropz and s1mple who work extremely hard to exploit the tiniest mechanics and map peculiarities to get an advantage.

We simply don't see that extreme level of commitment and thinking about the game in valorant at this point

Yes. Jamppi was probably the hottest nordic talent in CS.

Then it came out he got a VAC ban when he was 12 or 13 years old when he used to share his account with friends (debatable if true, but besides the point). Valve gave him a lifetime ban from any valve-sponsored event (which typically carries over into other big events), so no serious team that wanted to contend in big events wanted to touch him.z

after switching to valorant, there was a massive outrage against valve and they introduced new rules that would actually allow Jamppi to play again. If he ever misses out on franchising I guarantee you he's going back to CS.

Nivera and Jugi have already moved back over

peanutbrain tarik?

When it comes to big name CS people, they're mostly in NA

yay, derke, scream, something, nitr0, ethan, nivera, jamppi, xcurrate, forsaken, leaf, xeppaa, boaster, vanity, stax, d4v4i, crazyguy, victor, Tenz, Shao, Ange1, ardiis, logan, beyaz, zellsis, johnqt, crashies, marved, wippie, mindfreak

I could go on and on. Pick your top 5, plenty to choose from

"It'd be a wrap within a few years".

A few months at most, genuinely