I've seen a few people do one of these recently, thought it'd be fun to do one myself
You can ask me anything. I'll try to answer everything, including the ones that have nothing to do with me whatsoever
cloudberry AMA
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From the depths of VLR, one man, one journey to coaching greatness. Coming this summer.
if u could cut one player on cloudberries, who would it be and who would u replace them with?
I'd cut dignan (sorry bud, but you basically never play at this point so it's the only answer that makes sense)
I'd add Aayan (it's a shame he's in EU because he's been in and around the team since the very start)
It's a bit hard to have faith in a team like this sometimes, but I know we'll always pull through. So I guess I'd say I trust this team at the end of the day
I have faith in the cloudberries as long as prancer cloudberry and wukong aren't playing and kamui can use his mic to comm
If you had to choose 1 prominent vlr user to have a no regulations cage match to the death with who would it be?
Kirya (easiest fight to win + he's racist so it's relatively net positive)
I'll join a team in 2031. I won't win Champs but I'll probably die a few months after signing and get a really lame player card
- Saadhak
- A very passionate fanbase
- A historical lack of success (I like underdog teams)
- A desire to innovate compositions and ways of playing/approaching the game
- I'm Arab and they're the only VCT team that represents that part of the world in some way (other than johnqt on Sentinels)
can you say seven shy sailors saw seashells in the sunlit seychelles shore without stuttering
Done (I'm not sending a voice recording, you're gonna have to trust me on this one)
NOTE: ALL ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED AND SCORED
- is the letter q or g better? Pls be very detailed and provide evidence
- favorite disney princess?
- solve (dy/dx) + y = e^x?
- Do you think skibidi toilet has maintained its message of a connection between Hollywood cinema and the meme world and do you believe the directors point of the bridge being possible to be crossed? Or has the original value been lost since its inception into meme culture and gen alpha and monetization with being added to fortnite?
- best ares skin?
- What is your exact annual salary?
- Have you ever watched a :3 game? What do you think about the match today and do you think Iceey will stay on the roster?
- Why no harbor on cloudberries :( What made you start playing harbor?
- How was your day today?
- What are you gonna do in uni and what do you want to do with your life?
- How was your day today? :)
- do you fw nihso
- Who is your middle-favorite vlr user. Like if you listed every VLR user you knew and ranked them based on how much you like them, who would be in the exact middle.
- Is my cat cute? (i will not attatch an image of him you just have to guess)
- why saadhak?
- Help I have food dye on my hands it got there 2 days ago and it won't come off. What do i do to get rid of it and how long will it take to come off
- Have you ever seen this questionaire before? If so, what place do you think you will get?
- For my senior project before I graduate I have to do a project and I chose gender distribution in esports and the social barrier to entry for women and other marginalized genders. What is an action I could take in the next ~2 weeks that I could do (project proposal is due tmrw pls help)
Goodluck 🫡
Also here I should've stated that its already done, as in you were invited before you asked
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- G is better in almost every aspect. It's more functional (a plethora of use cases, whereas Q has next to none), it's more unique (q is p mirrored, which are d and b mirrored), it's more elegant (Q can be written neatly but there's just so many different ways of stylizing G), and frankly Q doesn't even exist in scenarios where it couldn't be replaced by K, at least in modern English.
- Not sure if she's an official Disney princess but I'm gonna go with Anna. She's so young and free-spirited, always looking to make the most of her life, which is something I strive to do. She genuinely cares about people and shows real enthusiasm toward her community. She also has Olaf which is an insurmountable bonus.
- y' + y = e^x... honestly not really sure how to answer this, haven't gotten to differential equations yet. Ask me again a year from now.
- I do believe Skibidi Toilet has lost its original value as time has progressed, as only a fraction of the people who hear the name of the series can even relate it back to its source at this point. However, it is important to note that it never possessed any relation to Hollywood cinema, but was rather simply a short video series on YouTube. I recommend watching Sideshow's reaction to it... he usually doesn't take this kind of thing very seriously but I found his input very enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pspc9kewX4s
- Best Ares skin in my opinion is Valiant Hero. A very underrated pick, if you ask me. The variant all look gorgeous, the sound design is very nice, and the parts cut out of the model give it a super unique shape. Don't think you're necessarily considering a new Ares skin, but if you are, then definitely check it out.
- I don't think I'll disclose this information.
- I unfortunately haven't seen a :3 game yet, though I do keep up with the results. No input on Iceey since it wouldn't be very informed.
- a) Not much Harbor in the cloudberries comps so far because I haven't been able to fit him into too many comps where he both makes sense and I'm the one who ends up playing him. These past three weeks I've played Yoru, KAY/O, and Breach (see pristine)... next week I'm most likely playing initiator again.
b) I was very new to the game and I wanted to pick a main that could find immense amounts of impact with their utility. I settled on Harbor because simply from seeing him in play, I thought I could find very crucial value with him and set my team up in ways that weren't possible with any other agent, and I could also do it in a way that was unique to me because he wasn't an agent who was played very often. At this point, I hadn't seen any professional play, so I didn't have anything to base my choice on other than the eye test. - My day was pretty good, honestly. Wrote a physics test that could potentially make or break my chances of getting into my top choice university. Finished reading a memoir—was very well-written. As for VALORANT, I played a TDM with Jerrwin, the same one who dropped 62 against 100 Thieves this offseason. Also got a new Vandal skin—I normally don't buy skins but I decided to do something nice for myself today. :)
- I'm starting a 5-year degree in mechatronics engineering next year. Not sure where exactly it'll take me, but I do know that whatever my career is will most probably be in that general field. I've always loved making things and helping people in the process and this is a field where I know I'll be able to do both whilst living comfortably.
- See 9
- Eh. Used to. Not anymore. Frankly, he's gotten a tad annoying and faceless recently (having something like 14 alts doesn't help).
- This depends. Would I put every single user on that list? Or just the ones I generally tend to like? If the former, then finnwithtwons. If the latter, then NerfMaxima.
- Cats are generally cute, so I'll have to say yes until given further information. Knowing you, it might be worth taking a risk, but I think I'll play it safe here.
- He plays the same agents that I do, he values the same thing in a game of VALORANT that I do, we both prefer to innovate and play something unique, we both keep at it even if it doesn't work initially, and we both strive to make our teams happier and more successful. Outside of VALORANT, I suspect we're nearly nothing alike, but inside of VALORANT, he's the pro I relate the strongest to by far.
- All you need for food dye is soap and water. If it doesn't come off initially, just keep scrubbing. If it's just not coming off, then it's probably more than food dye.
- I have seen this questionnaire before, but I don't remember how you evaluate it so I genuinely have no idea how well I'll do. Guess I'll keep my expectations realistic and say middle of the pack.
- Can't really think of any ideas other than contacting various Game Changers pros on Twitter and getting them to answer any relevant questions you have. It's a starting point, I guess. Maybe with said responses you could form an opinion or hypothesis or something, and then present that as your senior project with potential fixes or long term solutions. But like I said, I don't have any ideas beyond that.
Thanks btw, this was fun 🤠🥪
goat skin + buddy combo (bonus points for it being a rarer buddy)
imperium is hella underrated
Thx man, appreciate it. I've had this buddy lying around—only used it once before, though the setup wasn't nearly as clean—and noticed how well it worked. :)
- +1 I wanted to refute you on that K point and then thought for an hour and I couldn't think of a single case where you're not right
- +1 but fym not an official disney princess??? she's a princess in a disney movie. + based take
- +0.5 respect to u for not googling it
- +0 I strongly disagree with this. First of all, I clicked on the video and all I saw was sideshow yapping about communism. Secondly, I highly recoomend watching the matpat video about the og meaning behind skibidi toilet. The author's point was to serve himself as a connection between traditional cinema (camera man) and internet memes (skibidi toilet).
- +1 based pick, i wouldn't go for that but i fw it
- +0.2 you said ask me ANYTHING
- +0 💔
- +1 HARBORRRRRR ^-^ glad i waited for this one, hopefully the roles are good
9.+1 That's good!! :) ik playing with pros is a lot rarer in your region iirc, I remember u saying on one of my threads once. I play cali and I've played jawgemo aspas heat and net - +1 That's good!! I wish u luck with it 🫶
- +1 see 9
- +0.2, i get that but i also miss him 😢
- +1 in full honesty i kinda know NerfMaxima and have never heard of finnwithtwons so i'll trust u on this
- +0.75 this was a trick question, you've seen my discord pfp 😢💔 good answer tho
- +1 real asf, I also met him once irl at a match and he was super nice (english was really good too)
- +0.6 none of that worked 😭it took like 10 days to get out 😭 respect the help tho
- +0.6 u gotta hype yourself up more
- +0.5 lowkey not the best advice, but it got me thinking and I got some stuff cooked up now 🧑🍳
TOTAL SCORE: 12.35/18
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- nabil
- askrial
- FrenchToast
- cloudberry
- 229fn
- 1243
- Fal
- sideshowsbaldhead
- Wunkey
- nuthoneycheerios
- foythvlr
- vctscrims/ari
- NYANYANYANYAN
- TMosura
- ButterflyEffect23
- elysxxm
(lowkey shocked ur only #4 tbh, i think i graded earlier people to easy)
Thanks man, worth the two week wait :)
I'd like to rebute #6, though. I said you can ask me anything, but I didn't explicitly say I'd answer anything
Top 5 teams:
- LOUD 2023
- KC 2025
- TE 2024
- ZETA 2025
- PRX 2023
Top 5 players:
- Saadhak
- nAts
- cauanzin
- valyn
- f0rsakeN
Both lists are tentative (haven't really thought about this too much)
Was a massive fan of 2024 FENNEL :>
If RIDDLE ORDER wasn't so good they might've gone on a run at Ascension
I think so too. Dep's always been a shooter but I do think he's lived his prime. If you're rebuilding your roster around a fresh core, then your duelist should be primed and ready as well
Honestly, glad for him. I feel like he'd be happier irl than online, at least long-term
- No idea, I haven't seen a live VCT game since early February
- There are thousands and thousands. This entirely depends on what you want to go for. Choose well, but don't stress it too much :)
- I haven't been to one. There's not as many in Canada as you'd think
- all you need to know is eg are 100% winning
- good advice
- you should visit one if you ever come to the states
Thanks. And I will (not that I intend on ever going to the USA, but I digress)
how do i cope with my favorite team being complete and utter hopeless dogshit
MUN is on and off. It's kinda like being a SEN fan, where you have good seasons (2021, 2024) and bad stretches (2022-23). Tottenham is just consistently subpar
Reyna's a horrible agent who doesn't deserve to exist
Prancer looks good on Clove, I'm trying to think of ways to play her on a few maps (e.g. Sunset, Icebox) but it's generally kinda difficult considering the expected value of other controllers in comparison
ToppHat looked way better on Jett than Chamber, imma be honest. If we were playing an op-heavy composition then I'd rather opt into Jett (albeit this does assume kamui wouldn't be on the op role)
Lionel Messi for sure. More accomplished, but that doesn't matter to me. He's a lot more likable than Cristiano Ronaldo, honestly, at the very least prior to his MLS stint
Kinda depends. It's a Saturday night, usually I'm home then. But there's a chance I'm out with friends, or there's something happening for my graduating class this year, or something like that
The alphabet isn't entirely a single colour. Each letter is commonly associated with a certain colour. There have been studies deducted around people with synesthesia (in short, people who see colours) that have found very universally prevalent associations between combinations of letters and numbers. I recommend looking into these studies if you're interested, they're genuinely fascinating
Not sure, haven't watched in a few months. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say G2 3-1 KC (unbiased, I genuinely think KC are good enough to make it there)
People always say you can do anything you set your mind to, and while that's not entirely true, that bit of truth is still there.
If you're passionate and dedicate yourself to what you do, you will improve. You will get there. That's not a matter of circumstance, but a matter of how hard you can push yourself through the things that come your way.
There's no guarantee it'll all work out in the end. No one can do anything; that's a fact of life, and the part of the saying that isn't true. But if you keep faith in yourself, then you'll be ok in the long run. :)
My favourite has to be cloudberry, but strawberry and banana are both high up there
Because all he's really done is be annoying. If he does something egregious then I'll consider it
That should be bannable, interacting with the server anytime he's online is like talking to a racist edgy 14 year old
True. I'm considering ghost purging like half the server a few months from now but I'm not sure tbh
Because deep down everyone loves me
And we need at least an ounce of Val knowledge in there
I'm pretty sure it gradually decreases until you're at 30 seconds by 4 stars
Don't have a favourite VLR moment tbh, my favourite time to be on VLR was like last year Stage 2 though
Also life's ok, we're getting through it. Thanks for asking 👍
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