mald more. post your tracker

skill gap

You act like Vitality didn't look good

his Breach util was actually exemplary. only one match though, excited to see how good he looks on non duelist roles

he's an interesting choice. played with him in ranked and he's very vocal, but iirc from the CS days, he had a reputation for being toxic. that felt to be the same when we played - that being said, he's got good gamesense and is confident. give him some time

https://x.com/valorantesports/status/1775601840471822433?s=46&t=YOgJTm2zWBSZJvUfrouihQ
anyone know what this is about?

Yes, because having a tournament every 15 days on average is good for the ecosystem. Bigger number = BIGGER BETTER!

...it's a scrim?

Have you seen DSG bro? C'mon bro they're winning Polaris bro wtf man

1. cut out slop - fast food every once in a while is fine, a recent review of a large pool of research on seed oils claims it's not actually bad for you, which doesn't make it good, but in general, get rid of junk food and stop eating at places you know you shouldn't. except for people genetically fucked over, you get acne or rashes or feel tired because the fuel you consume is not serving your body. why else would your pores leak pus, inflame, why else would you feel tired?

2. sleep more - get a bit more sleep than you do right now. or, if you have poor sleep hygiene, work on that.
   -no phone within 1 hr (and preferably 3 hrs of bed) - blue light destroys your circadian rhythm.
   -no eating within 1 hr (and preferably 5 hrs of bed) - processing food is THE MOST metabolically-intensive process for the body. there's a reason you sleep like shit after eating food at 2am.

start there - if you can't dial those two things in, there's no point in 'looksmaxxing' and getting mastic gum or getting serums - you just lack discipline.

Finally actualizing his potential. good for him - he looks FUCKING INSANE. alongside t3xture, they may be the scariest duelist combo out there right now - any other competitors? marteen + N4RRATE potentially, but they rarely do double duelist

I fucking love him as a person and as a player. He is EXTREMELY clutch - I wish we saw him more on sentinel because I think he would fry on that role.

But, his fragging output is still inconsistent.

nah he's right. they consistently place well, which OP is indeed correct about, but all of the players except forsaken have massively differing performances. even look at this tournament as an example

something has looked like a god in some situations, and a bot in others. i don't know why alecks thought it a good idea to put one of the best Jetts in the world on Gekko, but that's a different story.

davai has always had crazy inconsistency. i'm thinking back to vct regular season 2023 where he was shredding hard in playoffs - but on LANs, sometimes he doesn't perform. and sometimes he does, like against Gen.G yesterday.

monyet - he has insane potential. but there's a lot of pressure on him and i don't think the team is supporting him in the right ways to help him succeed. they seemingly want to mold him into jingg in some ways and it ain't the move.

mindfreak and forsaken - both of them are actually p consistent.

so it's the other 3 that fluctuate wildly.

OPs rationale just makes no sense. I haven't seen other people saying that KC will get worse though, but I'm not very active here

disagree.

they beat fnatic. fnatic played well. not to 100%, probably to 85%, but KC looked dominant. they won on fnatic's best map while losing both pistols in regulation. if they have the skill to beat fnatic, then they have the skill to beat anyone in the world.

re: this tournament - marteen, tomaszy, N4RRATE have not played an international LAN before (correct me if I'm wrong), and this is magnum's first return to a big stage since 2021 (again, correct me if I'm wrong) - I expected them to lose here, but I guarantee they will be top2 by champs, and I can easily see them winning champs.

N4RRATE is the best player in the world. magnum's calling will improve with time. everyone will get more consistent, ESPECIALLY with ENGH at the helm. your proposition that they will get worse because they 'worry more' about 'playing right' doesn't really track - when anyone learns a new agent at a high level, they study the fuck out of how the tippity top-level players use their kits, and mimic that until they've refined it.

then, they slightly tinker around until they create their own playstyle with the agent(s). that is to say - they will not be in their heads with 'OMG am I making the right play?!?!'; they will be thinking 'okay, can't do that!' and just iterate upon previous mistakes.

goo goo ga ga, people have opinions. get over it

so many tenz/sen dickriders here, get the fuck over it! he made a video criticizing someone you support. it's not personal. if you actually consumed Josh's content, you'd understand - he doesn't give a fuck about WHO he is talking about, he cares about what he is talking about. this narrative of 'oh he did it for views' - you clearly have no idea who you're talking about.

i already called myself out goofball, don't lay it on me smh

fack. na brain, ty for clarification

i did too. then i typed Jugi into Twitter and it was the first thing to pop up. a lil bit of detective work is all it takes, my man Johnny. have a lovely evening
edit: it's 12:39am where you're at - go get some sleep

https://x.com/JUGizan/status/1763581358675280332?s=20
took 30 seconds

i think jakee has hella potential. people seem to forget he was popping off when C9 went on their hot streak in 2023 - a player with popoff potential off that caliber can do it consistently with the right coach.

Thank you for providing the info - it's very useful

Re: yay Viper - I still don't get it. You have the literal best-performing player of 2022 (inc: "he was on a broken agent, it doesn't count!!!!1") who mains Jett/Chamber and you put him on Viper... why? Set him up. You paid 2mil for a Jett/Chamber to put him on FLEX.

Why not just get a flex player then for 1/8 the price? I don't get it

Regardless, I hope for his and BLEED's success - preying on someone's downfall is just weird behavior

tenz is not the goat yoru. that's just disrespectful to the actual goat forsaken

'France' = Czech IGL, Portuguese smokes, American flex, Czech duelist, French smokes, two Russian coaches and 1 French

Man was asleep for the first 6 months of 2023

s0m had no idea how far cgrs was away from him. he could have been immediately behind him. assuming he didn't have time to keep running (highest likelihood is that cgrs is RIGHT behind him), he instead pulled shorty out since he didn't think he could run

vlr plebs don't understand that this was not a misplay.

classic platinum take

no comms from the 2 people alive, classic ranked

don't use words you don't understand. google the definition of ad hominem.

KAYO - Nismo

You can't compare any sport to esports. Do all of the best teams in the NBA meet in one location once per year and battle it out like a Champions? There is zero equivalent comparison to traditional sports, so this is just a poor argument

How unintelligent is the community to believe that he is the one making all of these decisions? People are making him out to be this evil person when in reality, he's just the face of a team of many many decisionmakers.

go watch some VODs back when RISE was a team. supamen is a MASSIVELY underrated controller. perhaps he's fallen off in recent months, but the next few months will tell.

"contribute to humanity's progress"
Disagree. We have no concept of the impact esports pros have on society. How many young children have they inspired to take their lives into their own hands? How many people have they impacted by playing, or appearing on camera, or making a crazy play on LAN?

This black and white thinking of "muh, it doesn't directly do anything for society" is just a classic way of putting down any job that isn't directly humanitarian

have you ever actually played in a team setting? not everyone can generate hype, and it is actually quite crucial. 5 introverts who don't get excited during a sick clutch are less likely to drag each other out of a mental rut as opposed to 3 intro 2 extro, comparable to someone who doesn't speak English as a native language who is less likely to drag teammates out of that rut

'skill issue'- that'll take many many months. you can't change a personality, and until panc is fluent in English, the problem will exist

p.s. stop downfragging anyone who disagrees with you, it just shows that you're more concerned with being right than having an actual discussion

worse english -> less hype, less ideas, less comms. with the personalities on the team, it's important they have a hype man in there, even if he's not a top3 controller. unfortunate for pancada but i understand the reasoning

know the difference between USA and Malaysia flags challenge: impossible

not what he asked

thank you for breaking down how to beat fnatic. I know the top pros will see value in this VLR post and heed the advice, leading to great success in defeating the best team of 2023

DRX experimenting with no timeouts, 2 subs?

you understand who they're playing, correct?

fell off hard without will

hoping to see him learn some new agents. feel like he's been a KAYO one-trick for far too long, he's got too much potential to be stuck solely there

my question stands. that is a mix roster of random tier 1/2 pros - fragging out against them isn't that insane, esp considering he went negative immediately after that game

against who?

Yes, igling against a team who is using a new 5th who is also their new IGL is of course, much easier to do.

what's wrong with this tweet?

Assuming -Redgar..
+Mistic on controller - he looked better than he ever has on controller, and isn't comparable to Soulcas. Enzo would be
+Enzo -soulcas initiator - huge improvement in consistency and likely the leadership he brings to the team
+Keiko -Sayf duelist - not a huge downgrade. Sayf was fantastic but Keiko also has immense potential, I'd compare him to koalanoob, kinda dominated Challengers but has little big stage exp

Let's goo