If Steve Reeves isn't the goal, you gotta be smoking meth

Don't fully disagree, but I'd argue the peaks he's been hitting while on fnatic, plus fantastic team chem, is a huge plus to having him on the roster.

only real answer: flirt. if she flirts back, repeat until you're married

if she doesn't reciprocate at any point, back off. if you push too hard, you will look creepy.

if she friendzones you, accept it, and move on with your life.

What do you think?

jaw has been pretty poor this year on g2, cannot lie. even though they've looked good, it's not been because of him carrying even if he is doing his job - it's trent and leaf and valyn popping

Huh

"This means Demon1 is actively trying to become a full-time senti player, what do y'all think about this? It was teased but playing in ranked vs pro is definitely different." Is what I was referring to

We're arguing two separate things. I'm saying demon1 wasn't guaranteed trialing as sentinel because 100t seemed open to role swapping, from my experience scrimming them once

confidently wrong about what exactly? you really think they weren't looking at kess and thinking "hmm, could be a good pickup" when he was subbing? that got him into their trials, no?

you guys can't think for yourselves.

can all anyone names when they're being foolish. grow up. this isn't first year of uni, playing from above is a bit immature

i didnt fact check and i made some assumptions. it's not some conspiracy to spread misinformation, dickrider behavior

not true at all. i scrimmed against 100T when they were originally trialing kess and he was in for eeiu, boostio still calling. that was about 1.5-2 months ago, so it's been in the works for a bit.

with demon1, im sure they were trying double duelist with cryo leaning more into chamber/smokes with the others flexing around more

nobody's stats are pretty insane now that zjc is IGLing, considering he's an init main. but pretty poor APR compared to avg top tier initiators. goes for aggressive lurks VERY often on the other side of the map

nobody -> duelist, edg top1

thoughts?

thats quite a bit lol. one month rent for many metropolitan cities in the us at least

the most recent players who were this dominant in tier2 that come to mind are kaajak, reduxx, and rarga. i have no doubts he would fry in tier1

I'd be inclined to agree but he relies more on experience and proven worth - playing with s0m + FNS (youth in one, experience + worth in both), mada (youth + some inexperience but lots of long-term value) - I don't think it's an age thing, it's an experience thing. Which I understand - gambling on your controller AND duelist who aren't very experienced at the pro level, opting for a day1 (BabyJ) and a decent IGL in ec1s

Ethan and s0m have ego problems? FNS I agree, the other two, I don't really agree. I feel like they display self confidence, sure, and banter a lot, but none of it seems genuinely "I'm better than you, dog."

I agree. But there's a difference between shit talk and behing unhinged.

Salaried in CS:GO 2017-2018. Founded my colleges VALORANT team in 2021, played until graduation in 2022, coaching since then, just got back from 2 LANs.

I have competed.

We are allowed to have different perspective and respectfully disagree.

Don't care. Grow up. The GOATs of any sport don't need to shit talk to validate their egos. There's a reason the cream of the crop in sports who DO shit talk have more haters and less fans.

I agree with this take. I would also like to add that although he likely wasn't as bad of a teammate as they made him out to be, his behavior in the match yesterday is still painting him in a worse light for me.

At least on icebox, calling them shit, bad players, bots after every round - most people will call that standard banter, but that's just immaturity coming to the forefront.

You're an adult. Grow up and prove you're not a toxic teenager to the world. He opted to do the exact opposite.

Giving Draymond Green vibes

Yup. More experience, better comms, more intelligent playmaking, similar skill level

Would rather take Shyy, tex, and maybe yay above him in Americas. He's got great aim but game sense is nowhere near top5 itw, let alone Americas.

Will also say - Americas is the worst region for sentinels, by far. EMEA and APAC (mainly Koreans) are STACKED

Cortezia... Huh?

they still looked dramatically better and more coordinated than they did with SWERL... not seeing the issue here

why is everyone down on this move? They looked fantastic with OBONE.

He was already huge before he joined SEN. SEN got carried to relevance by him, if anything

Awful take. North Korean citizens have no clue what the outside world looks like. People in Nazi Germany had no clue what the rest of the world was like. Most Americans have zero concept of what the greater world beyond North America is like.

Saying that you have better perspective because you're a citizen is completely inaccurate. If anything, it means you have LESS perspective than an outsider.

I'm not sure I get the point you're making. Are you saying that this team should be better than the 2023 100T? If so, I agree - and they are - as are every other team. But they've also made far more than 1 change since 2023 in both coaching and playing staff.

I'm not sure I actually understand all the people freaking out about 100T. They've had their roster for around 110 days, give or take a week, and lost to 2 teams in the top4 of NA VCT in extremely close series in Kickoff - the very first tournament of the year.

Half of the VLR community doesn't even consider LOCK//IN to be a valid win for fnatic because teams had so little time to practice and they were the first superteam to be formed.

EG didn't reach their peak until later in their 2023 season. Heretics didn't reach their peak until later in the 2024 season.

Why exactly are we freaking out about a team who performed well at the very first event of the year, exactly when the meta is shifting, running old comps?

Open to other perspectives

EDG won the most titles of the year - regionally, they are the best. At the world stage, they won Champions. They have the most accolades of any team, objectively

But they aren't the best team of the year

what does money have to do with anything? you think teams try more because there's more money?

the teams care about winning. the prize money is second.

the argument that champs is a more important tournament because Riot allocated more points toward it as part of their circuit is bullshit. it is just another tournament.

it has more teams than Masters tournaments, but EDG was absent in comparison to other top teams at every other international event other than Champions

if China were a more competitive region, I'd understand the case you're making. but let's be realistic - FPX and Trace were the closest to EDG, and the deepest run either of them made were quarters in internationals. they both upset some good teams, but weren't good enough to do it consistently.

that's to say - the argument that their 3 regional wins in VCT CN make them objectively the best is not as big of a win in the international circuit as it may seem

do you have a link to this clip where he said that?

And he overswings too much. 100%. But he domes people. Some of the best aim we've seen - with a bit of experience, he's gonna be a force to be reckoned with.

Did you watch the matches or just look at the stats?

"the legal team has not contacted me" - still tags DRX_VS in her Tweet.

Yeah this is a legal play FOR SURE

Is he ever the solo smoker in those comps?

wym? you take your SAT on one single day, so why would you not be able to watch champs lol

bruh

are you aware yay has demonstrably MORE games on Duelists than on Chamber? with better entry stats?

the narrative that yay was a Chamber 1 trick is so goofy.

They were in a 2-1-2 so they could reclear space across the map, like garage or mid. 100T outcalled the fuck out of them and made it impossible for them to get info early enough.

SEN doubled short often so they could play retake/off site, but never actually anchored site. They also never flipped KJ over to A which would've done wonders for information, but it's not over for em yet

Brother...

Have you even watched a single game of them playing? They were actually extremely good.

Yes

I didn't imply that. I implied you didn't understand what I meant.

I've typed like 30 words in the past 3 posts I've made
EDIT: Also, this kid doxxed me, so yeah, my bad for being a little bit pissed off about it.

I didn't imply that you had to translate it at any point.

Your comprehension of my post is the issue, not the words I used.

Just minor differences in the meaning of words based on your understanding of the language. I implied something with my words that may not translate well into your language

#36 - thank you my friend

English isn't your first language. Back in your lane buddy.

Yea this shit was wild. That's how the Internet is sometimes

Ps: if you can report just post where he doxxed me, that'd be appreciated. Thanks brother