People dont realise how hard IGLing is.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

edit: I have just realised that this comment where I was being serious means nothing as it will instantaneously be turned into a shitty copypasta ;-;

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

No shit, You played with a bunch of trash random kids and tried to igl, im sure if optic lost their igl and there was no igl they still would put a good fight based on their skill

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

yeah, i've also IGL'ed before and it's tough. It takes a looong time for you to be able to focus on your own gameplay because the synergy between you and your teammates isn't there. I don't think micromanaging is healthy or important though, and I haven't done that. It's better to make the most of your time during setup to coordinate a plan, and then adjust during the midround with what you have.

I think it's unnecessary and bloats comms to say stuff like "can you stand here and smoke this" etc. It's better to have some sort of pre-existing coordination so you can rely on your teammates to execute the simplest stuff instead of babying them.

I think the biggest factor in IGLing is presence of mind. To be aware of which player plays which site, what their timings are, what they like to do, or who's died without having to check the map/trying to remember is really important and it seems like it's not necessarily a skill that is taught as much as it is talent. People who are able to keep track of everything that's going on in the round whilst also playing the game are rare, but they make for really good IGLs, like Redgar.

And that split-second decision making when you are able to make an educated guess on what the opponent's team will do, whether they will over-rotate or commit to a site, or wait for a flank/are flanking to contain you is also really important. It boils down to experience. You get this intuition that comes through playing the game a lot.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.

Like I have tried IGLing in local tournaments and its insanely fucking hard. Especially during mid round calls where literally 75 percent of the time your eyes are actually on the minimap rather than the centre of the screen. You have to make sure ur teammates are in ideal positions, making sure no one looses their cool, moreover personally on my team, we arent that experienced so we ended up relying entirely on my own calls. I had to call what fights to take, and even individual microdecisions I had to call. Try to IGL one game without loosing ur mind or at least in ranked and you will actually gain an insane amount respect for IGLs playing at such high level against the best players.