ENVY are a Shell of Themselves, Why Even Watch?

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Vubbssss
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Maybe I'm the only person who's been feeling this way, but WTF are ENVY doing?

I've been watching this team since they were still called "Rankers" and I think most people will agree it was awesome.
They had: (Excluding the start with Nightz)

  • Two young prodigies in IonX2 and Canezerra
  • A calm veteran in Inspire
  • The best Yoru in the world Eggsterr
  • Poppin IGLing

Of course when they won Ascension, they wouldn't be bringing in Canezerra or IonX2 because of age restrictions, I do understand that.
But in Kickoff before groups were even over, they dropped Inspire.
Next, Yoru gets nerfed (which stung as a Yoru main) but importantly means now Eggsterr has to flex new roles.
Somewhere along the way, IGL responsibilities are taken from Poppin and given to Rossy.

So of the two remaining "Rankers" neither of them are on their roles anymore. Resulting in Eggsterr leaving after a banger series against MIBR.
And leads to today where of the five players who won ENVY their tier 1 spot, the only one left is Poppin, who's not even IGL anymore.

Personally, the people I signed up to watch stomp T2 and T1 Valorant aren't the people up on stage. At this point I'm better off just watching Furia or NRG idk.

TLDR: Thank god I didn't waste my money on the ENVY Classic.

#2
chl03k
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not the only person

#3
Naur
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it died when inspire got dropped, that being said they actually have something they can build on in my opinion with demon1 and nightz

#4
wintery
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ive heard this said about 300 times im sure ur not the only one thinking this

#5
vzbxbfj818
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Clearly didn’t watch yesterday was obvious he was igling

#6
ColdinNYC
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i watched since they were rankers as well, they dont look like themselves at all. i really do hope that they get better once ion comes and nightz as well. just going to miss the fact that only one envy player remains

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boasterlover1
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"why even watch" acting like the replacements are bums and its demon1 and keznit with similar playstyles lulw

if theres anyone to blame its stunner + poppin for not igling like he used to, but they still have the full capacity of playing similarly to og rankers and it was seen against MIBR

as long as they go back to their roots comp wise and playstyle wise they can still be a VERY interesting team to watch, especially if ion comes back though idk who he will replace

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2ronx
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Yes, my favourite prodigy ionX2

#9
NoobGamer12354
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nightz will bring rankers back to glory remeber he was the original ranker

he is the one player who resembles ion the most he may even be better then ion over time

#10
azert
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The best Yoru in the world mada

#11
Marii
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  1. Poppin is igl again
  2. Eggster was doomed from the beginning
  3. Without cane and ion there was no hope anyway
  4. You said you’ve been watching since rankers yet you don’t know that Nightz was also on the team?
#12
Vubbssss
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Mostly Fair Points,

I didn't realize Poppin was IGL again, I knew he was for the MIBR game but I was under the impression that was just for the series.
Someone else in this thread also mentioned he was also IGLing for the EWC qualifiers. (though I still think the heart of my post remains the same.)

I agree that Eggsterr was bound to have issues with the inevitable Yoru nerfs, but he was slowly finding his footing again especially with

Canezerra and IonX2 not being able to play was a travesty, but I recall Inspire before Kickoff even began criticizing the team/orgs choice to play with them during the off season events rather than spending the time to find replacements and build chemestry.

I said I've been watching since Rankers, and I DO know that Nightz was on the team. I literally acknowledged him in the original post (line 3)

Even if I didn't know this though, it's completely unrelated. The whole point of the post is the team That Won Ascension is not this team.
Nightz was a founding member but he didn't win Ascension. I think it's great he's being brought in, but the last time he was on the team there wasn't Demon1, Keznit, or Rossy. So it's like bringing him into a completely different team anyways.

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