Hello vlr community,
It's exam week, and I don't have any exams tomorrow, so I'll be studying for the day. However, I do require human interaction to function at my maximum capabilities, so I would like to kindly request your company in the form of conversations. I shall reply when I can, and your contributions are highly appreciated.
Thank you for your time,
geospliced
edit: I apologize if you are downvoted as a consequence of interacting with me.
I missed the first half of his game today, but I did watch the second half as well as the game against ZETA Gaming. To be honest, he continues to impress me with his eye for frags and his mechanics are much better than I had anticipated. I knew he was good, but he has been giving me some nice, pleasant surprises nonetheless.
Hello namuw0w, I'm having a fine day, just finishing up some Chemistry studying for the exam tomorrow morning.
As for the CN player/team that has impressed me the most throughout the year, I think it's going to have to be EDG. I didn't care too much for them at LOCK//IN and at the beginning of Masters Tokyo. I just thought "oh look it's EDG they're going to get grouped." However, they proved me wrong and went on a top 5 run! That was quite the storyline to follow, and I've been quite fond of them ever since.
However, if we're talking about the off season and the CN Evolution series, I'd say that the team that stood out to me the most was probably FPX. Yeah, RA and TE were showing up and whatnot, but having watched FPX's games during Champs, they looked like a completely different team (except for the funny strats). I really enjoyed watching FPX improve and especially so after the addition of autumn. RA and TE were cool too though.
As for player, it's probably between Viva, FengF, and vo0kashu. There were cracked duelists like stew who impressed me, but there are always people with cracked aim, and it was really interesting to see players with good aim AND good utility usage/support. Viva and FengF are both top tier flex players, and vo0kashu is one of the best sentinel players I've seen. I can't single out a specific player though, because the scene is pretty new and there are just too many cracked players I need to watch and learn more about.
tldr:
Hello namuw0w, I'm having a fine day, just finishing up some Chemistry studying for the exam tomorrow morning.
EDG throughout the year, FPX recently. Viva, FengF, vo0kashu (honorable mention to stew).
Hello Corny! I'm not some professional/radiant player, so I can't guarantee the success of these strats.
DEFENSE, assuming you go with a 2-1-2.
Cypher tripwire logs-main, cage one way on the ledge at Main, and a trip on site. Play Stairs and hold main when necessary, and divert attention to site when they have pushed in. You can use a cage to protect yourself if you are at Stairs and don't have a friend holding the Switch area.
Sova recon dart into Main hall or B lobby. Use shock darts to damage if heavy push. You could even use a drone at bars to scan and Odin.
Chamber play market/mid, with trip in Pizza. This way he can help out on B quickly while holding mid. You could even have him do a peek with his TP in main if you want to play three players on site while having utility in mid.
ATTACK, assuming you don't do a mid split. (This is pretty standard)
Omen flash Main from Lobby at the beginning of round, make sure to have teammates to push the flashed player if there is one. Smoke Market and CT. Omen can play ratty by tucking next to market if he wants.
Jett smoke+dash into switch, close door, and clear angles such as logs.
Sova dart site, drone boathouse if necessary.
Chamber trip Stairs or CT, and play on-site.
Cypher can watch flank with trips and camera. Could play main.
Good luck with your B Ascent plays, hope this helped somewhat!
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