He indeed was, him and saadhak were years ahead from all the other brazilian IGLs/captains. Unfortunately, we have a lot of aimers but no one that can run a team like they did. Real problem in our scene atm

dw aspas only has the highest rating in almost every stat of all the VCT players of all time across all years. no big deal

hahaha

maybe NA will always be mid when it comes to FPS, you guys are so happy with mid performance man its crazy.

Well talk again at the end of the season and see what coping mechanisms youre gonna have.

I never denied that he is one of the best IGLs, probably top5, but my argument is that people talk as if he is the goat IGL and give him control over the entire NRG team and that is laughable.

1. Yes one top 4th, one second place in masters and A GROUP STAGE ON CHAMPS is a MID YEAR BRO, im sorry you gotta raise your standards man.
2. doesnt matter the match was close or not, he didnt make it to playoffs even, dont give a fuck they got 2nd on qualifiers for champs, he lost on GROUPS AGAIN losing to bili bili twice.
3. Optic core did not do great over 3 years, as I said they had an amazing year on 2022, but bombed on 2023 and bombed again on 2024 and will bomb again this year.
4. A lot of players have won more than 1 chip, I cant believe youre actually defending 1 CHIP as some sort of high standard, that is coping at its best.
5. he had a 0.83 rating and 163 ACS in 2022, which was their best year. 0.85 with 171 ACS in 2023. 0.86 in 2021 his best year ever. Now in 2025 he has a 0.80. These numbers are also overall of the entire year, if you look at international tournaments specifically it gets even worse.

Its not that I dont know ball, you are just coping.

2021 and 2023 is a stretch.

2021- 4th on Masters S1 and grand finals on Berlin, didnt make it out of groups on Champs.
2023- Did not make it to playoffs on Lock in, 4th on Masters Tokyo and lost to BILIBILI twice on Champs.

Yes he built the Optic Roster which had 1 really good season, which was 2022. (2021 I dont consider making it to masters berlin finals then not making it out of groups on Champs as being a good season)

He only won 1 chip and has 3 second places. Saadhak has 2 chips and 3 second places, with much better performances individually. Boaster has 4 chips and 2 second places, with much better performances as well.

Its ridiculous that he is regarded this high when his accolades dont match it and specially his individual skill is LITERALLY the worst in the league.

NA will forever be second to none when it comes to FPS if they keep this type of mindset when it comes to their own players. You should be expecting more out of your teams.

Yes they had a good year with that Envy/Optic team, but he only won 1 S tier Tournament and it was not Champs, which i understand its a great achievement but surely not enough to be regarded this high? People always say he is such a smart player but this is the 2nd year in a row (that he is playing) that his IGLing and team building skills are horrible, teams that are barely coherent and have no variety of map pool, qualified to almost no international tournaments after the Optic core and the ones he did they were eliminated in the early stages.

Even IF he is that intelligent in game and can IGL very well, which I disagree, his individual performance is so bad that it does not make up for it, specially nowadays where IGLs are just as good aimers as the rest of the team.

I could make a statement about Marved as well which is super overrated but lets talk about FNS first.

Minor region = less presence/poor performance in international tournaments