is this the most random signing oat?

can't wait to not watch this game

I need a Hiro!

(insert guitar sounds here)

idk who wins but bang is gonna have a life game calling it rn

tbh I think this team is overall not awful, but in a stacked pacific region they'd be lucky to place above 9th

delighted is french confirmed?

the faker of lakia is back

wait shit

surprised pikachu face

Somehow, apart from Haven playing a single game of Haven, none of the other players ever played on the map they share the same name with in a pro game

Just out of curiosity, in your mind, what's the one round NRG wins?

damn that's crazy what a surprise

you’ve got a point there mb

I can do both

What are some Tier 1 players that should get picked up but we haven't heard anything about yet?

For me:

Kess - Looked really solid on 100T, I'm surprised no one tried to scoop him up.
Serial - He was mid on TL but a mid-table EMEA team could use him as long as they don't put him on flex and actually let him play sentinel
neT - respectable on c9
yoman - Got done really dirty on GenG this year but he looked good on GE and he can IGL
mindfreak - they may say he's washed but he's probably still a decent controller player for pacific teams

I would say o7 but like, why would they drop their best player...?

fair take, it was moreso the fact that he didn't even bother to throw it to create a little pressure OR peek hardly at all. if you're gonna play that scared don't play duelist

I made the horrific mistake of playing ranked today. I was playing Clove, also had a Reyna, Jett, Skye, and KJ on my team. My team was so bad at getting on to site and taking space (we started on attack). I'm not just trynna blame my team, like I was having a rough game too.

The thing is, I noticed my Reyna especially was mostly just standing in choke points taking raw gun fights instead of taking space which was really pissing me off. I used the replay system and looked back at the game, and of the 18 rounds that were played, my Reyna only threw FIVE BLINDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE GAME. Does bro think they nerfed util that hard in the latest patch that he just stopped using it???

Rant over.

Jamppi is my favourite American player tbh, I'm happy for him finally getting his trophy

Santiago - DRX
London - NRG (only if they have Keiko)
Shanghai - GENG

EMEA continues to get embarassed at internationals.
VIT and MIBR both flop but MIBR makes a run at champs because aspas

Can't wait to see how VIT mess this one up too somehow

100T will put together an on-paper good roster and still somehow be terrible.

China will win one international.

Team Heretics still pop off even without MiniBoo (no hate to MiniBoo though)

Tough to see him go but I do think Keiko/Lar0k will probably ultimately be a net positive roster move if they make that happen

iirc it was less vs. sacy beef on the 2022 roster and the 2023 roster was mostly chill with eachother?
someone feel free to correct me if wrong tho

valid approach. i believe in u sir you WILL become the next leo

primordium is SEXY i own the knives (TH at shanghai got me really into them) and i love the bundle overall

blue gaia vandal is so strongly associated with demon1 it's crazy lol.
your taste may be slightly generic but i respect it tbh

yeah smite would've been better but alas no one can be perfect :(

she's got aemondir at the moment. heavy underrated skin imo

My personal GC GOAT suzu uses the same vandal as me which is kinda cool

which pros use the same skin as you?

Throw me up there for Ireland, we're very scarce on this forum

truly a twist only m. night shyamalan himself could have predicted

ur spitting actually

people complaining about brawk with the odin could legit be complaining about games where demon1 orwhoever shits on everyone with a vandal. it's part of the game we all have access to the same guns

no, we will not all agree on that

preface: brawk absolutely deserved the MVP win imo. people who discredit his win by saying he was relying on a broken gun fundamentally don't understand how good brawk is with the odin.

however i think it is hilarious that the MVP had the lowest HS% of any player at champs, sitting at only 17%

brawk will go down in history as one of the most unorthodox players in val history. he may get hate, but i respect him

Ran it through a test, came back 0% written by AI

I would be surprised if PRX first round ban abyss if they're team A tbh. They have a pretty consistent track record of being willing to float a shaky map if their opponents are also shaky on it.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/69a34970
G2 and NRG go out 0-2 and Americas is in shambles (it would be funny)
DRX finish 5th-6th because of course they do
FNC loses in an epic rematch against MIBR (aspas at champs buff)
GiantX goes on a great run, upsetting NRG to finish top 4
MIBR because aspas at champs = third place
TH finish 2nd place
PRX win

Cinema

goated response

I can't read

train vs. coughing baby

i think you forgot talon

hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby

title

I've been a huge fan of Serial this year, but I will be the first to admit Liquid was the wrong place for him. Signing a sentinel player when you have nats on your roster is just begging for trouble. When Serial was on sentinel he looked solid, but his flex left a lot to be desired. I would much prefer seeing Serial playing sentinel on a middle-of-the-road team where he can shine.

really thought this was about FPX autumn and was deeply confused for a moment there

Yeah, I agree it's a good idea. Not sure if it'll fix the whole problem, but a good start.

I think he still sees a lot of use in pro play, because he's not played for his smokes specifically. It's really the paranoia that puts Omen ahead of the rest of the controller class, and I don't think tuning down his smokes will change all that much.

Harbor needs a fix 100% yes.

Astra tho? Astra's been very serviceable both in pro and ranked play, I fear more Astra buffs would just lead to her being out of control.
Clove can't be buffed without becoming a beast in ranked, so Clove would need a complete rework and probably lose her agent identity.

Some fascinating stats about omen:

Omen was the most picked agent at Masters Toronto, with a whopping 82% pickrate. Worth keeping in mind that this is higher than

• Jett at Reykjavík 2021
• Chamber at Copenhagen 2022
• Killjoy through all of 2023
• Viper at Madrid 2024

In fact, the only agent who has ever had a pickrate greater than Omen at Toronto across all international events is Jett at 86% during Masters Berlin. Clearly, at the pro level, Omen is absolutely disgusting at requires a nerf (though it is worth noting that the present map pool heavily favours omen, with Fracture, Bind, and Breeze all being out atm). However, it's also worth noting that Omen is one of the worst agents in ranked consistently. He currently has a 47.3% winrate, only above the likes of Harbor, Waylay, and KA/YO.

With that in mind, how does one balance Omen? The obvious answer is that his skill floor should be raised and his ceiling lowered, but how exactly would Riot go about that? Or is Omen just the anti-clove, where you're only supposed to use him in pro play but in ranked he's not great?

the number of canadians playing at masters toronto has officially doubled.