Have we finally seen enough? Are we finally ready to blow up the roster? It has been years and years of the same shit. I have been watching since we had a pubg team + hiko, and atleast I could get excited watching them. Changes are needed, we cant keep rehashing the same core and adress no issues that have been present in the team since the beginning. Changing out one player is never going to solve the problems in this team. This team has no identity. The second things go wrong, they fall apart—panic plays, no fundamentals , same mistakes on repeat. It’s brutal to watch.
• EEIU and CRYO have a selfish playstyle, they need resources, someone to sacrifice for them, and nobody on this team is willing to sacrifice except Asuna. Eeiu and Cryo are both great players, they just cant play together. ASUNA is too selfless, which causes him to always be the scapegoat, and likely further ruins his confidence. If you have ever actually played valorant you understand that running in to die off spawn 6 rounds in a row is not going to get you going, especially in a game of confidence. And not to completely defend him, he is also to blame for this. It is not a sustainable way to play the game. He is more worried about jumping around to move crosshairs than actually getting trades, and when his teamates miss the trade, it turns into a devastating multikill, ive watched it on repeat a million times for years now. Zander and Kess, theres not too much to say as they are both new to the team, No disrespect to kess, he is just not the firepower they needed. They needed a hard anchor, kess is not a hard anchor. I watched him in challengers, hes a supporter who plays with duelists, not hard anchoring on an island. They needed a Shy type player, and they got a mediocre at best anchor player. Not to say Kess is bad, he just isn’t a fit. With how 100T play, they desperately need a strong anchor. It was supposed to be boostio, but i don’t even know what happened to him. Zander’s IGLing is fine, and he is a fine player, but he becomes super stagnant when things don’t work and just keeps hitting his head against the wall, to me he seems like a momentum caller, but when there is no momentum he falls flat.
We cannot go on pretending that a team has synergy just because they have played together a long time. This team looks like they have never played together in their lives the moment something goes wrong. Anytime things get tough they forget they aren’t in ranked and all try to make solo plays. I’m not here claiming to be a brilliant valorant player, but they frequently make mistakes I’m not even sure I would make in ranked. Clearing corners, not getting multiple killed off common angles, like they just look horrific sometimes. One or two series don’t excuse them from anything. They look great then fall back into the same bad habits.
Beyond the players, the most to blame are the management and the coach.
Ziks has been a HORRIBLE coach, he loses every single pick ban, usually somehow giving over 2 map picks to the other team? They get anti-stratted against good teams, and there is no fall back, because we have no variety. Living and dying by bind is a fucking joke. The team never looks prepared for other teams either, There are plenty of easy things that even I pick up that I see teams like to do, and 100t falls for them everytime. I genuinely wonder what the fuck they are doing in practice, what he does for match prep? Even their defense protocols are miserable. Genuinely what does he do. When he came in he talked about a culture shift this and culture that. He replaced a loser culture with a joke culture. He has to go, it is genuinely a joke. It is insane to me that he still had a job at this point.
And Finally Management, I know they have their hands in roster moves aswell as scouting. How are we ok with continuous mediocrity? It can’t be about money because our players are not cheap, is it just a hope that things will randomly get better? Like the mismanagement of the esports in this org is fucking unbelievable. You actually have fans, you guys do realize that? And if you couldn’t tell they are dwindling, maybe because you continuously let them down every single year. Not just Valorant either. 100T has the most mediocre esports programs for its size. Other teams have no fans and are more excitable. I have been a 100t fan since BLACK OPS 3. When Valorant came out I was all over it. Then I got into the league team. And it’s all the same, just complacent with being bad. Do you not want to win? Maybe we should just turn tail and run out of valorant like we did league of legends. You guys genuinely deserve zero fans. Orgs with 100 viewers put more effort into their esports programs.
Just to reiterate, I love Eeiu Cryo and Asuna. Asuna is the reason I got so into the sport and this game. But if I can see its not working, someone else does too. I have more fun watching other teams. I want to see all these players have jobs in tier 1, They will just never work, not with this team, coaching, management. They all need fresh starts.
I’ve done alot of bitching, so now lets make some suggestions.
The only player i’d keep is Cryo, and even that would be on a trial basis I think. There is no question Cryo is a talent in the game. But he needs a reset, they all do.
Cryo should move to Sentinel/Chamber OP and Jett only. The Yoru is not good, he offers very minimal support to Asuna as the main entry, he is better off being alive, he is an amazing rifle and op. He should be focusing on shooting his gun at all times.
Now, we fill in the roster with rookies and 1 other experienced player.
Main Duelist - Alym
Alym is insanely talented, he has some weaknesses like his timings, playing off his team better, and he becomes easier to read as the game goes on. But even with these issues (which are all solvable with working with a real coach and having a consistent team environment to develop) he still shines through, top of the line mechanics, confidence and sharp decision making. The 3 things that make a duelist. Should be a simple grab for any team in need of a duelist looking for new talent.
Smokes - Nightz
nightz is an interesting player, he has super high upside with his mechanics but he has alot of weaknesses. He looks a little lost sometimes, plays a little too aggressive for his role often giving up a pick, but he’s slowly becoming and much more complete player. The mechanics and confidence have always been there, he just lacks comfort in how he wants to play the game vs how he has to play in a team environment. Once he feels comfortable in a play style of a team, he will be insane.
init/sen/2nd smoke- can play anything - nerve
Nerve is just a talented player, super experienced has really grown as a player since the DSG days, deserves a chance in tier one. Went from smokes only to now playing initiator, has played some sentinel, and can igl. Is the perfect glue guy to help a team of mechanics click while also having the ability to take over a game himself.
Finally I don’t have a specific player in mind to round out the roster, there are options. I’d understand if they would want to round out the roster with eeiu or zander, But there’s also players like chloric, sacred, bao, moose if you wanted more experience, seven, kyu.
Personally my top 3 would would seven, kyu, and sacred.
Im not saying this roster will win champs, but would they have a high ceiling? Yes. Will they grow and improve as they play and will we be able to see results of experience and playing? Yes (i hope) and most importantly will they be fun to watch and give the fans what they deserve? Definitely.
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