partnered orgs provide guaranteed salaries for players and consistent teams to root for, as long as the support riot gives to high performing unpartnered orgs is good enough, it shouldn't be a problem
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partnered orgs provide guaranteed salaries for players and consistent teams to root for, as long as the support riot gives to high performing unpartnered orgs is good enough, it shouldn't be a problem
im so glad they finally made an anthem as good as die for you and ticking away
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literally no one of note besides off brand nAts (naTz)
although looking through that list, zeek's birthday makes a lot of sense
you got like 5 years of the same core, fans of so many other teams dream of that. id say you should be happy they stayed together for so long, but thats just me
anyone smart enough would know only T1 can win, because The Prophecy says so
just take away the abilities at this point
not really, they were pretty specific predictions
nrg tbh
i hate the narrative of back to back champs also cheathan
role issues really
if they got verno instead of narrate that season they would have been lit
youre the one choosing to talk about the tech issues
its not like theres tech issues in every round, if you wanna focus on stories and different play style then start a thread talking about that. no ones stopping you
thats true for a cheap wired mouse, but at higher quality its so negligible. in the past month i've used a good wired mouse, a bad wired mouse, and a wireless mouse, and the difference between the wireless and good wired ones was unnoticeable.
also if a pro player can't adapt to using a slightly different mouse like everyone else has to then thats on them
i swear you people are just complaining to complain
obv no one here has used a decent wired mouse, theres literally no difference besides saving desk space and thats not really a problem on a stage
ok wired mouses are really not that bad as long as riot actually gets good wired mouses
these are pro players, they shouldn't be getting that tilted on a global stage. and if they are, then i dont think they deserve to win.
imo its fair to say that fut would have won the round had the bug not happened, but on the other hand its also fair to say that 100t would have won the map anyway since they won by 8 rounds
this saadhak guy hasnt made an international since sen was a world class team can we please stop acting like he's an ideal pickup
everyones being so dramatic like it was a bug that made a 2 round difference in a map that went 13-5
sure its unprofessional on riots part but its not like theye gonna completely ignore the issue, the attempted a fix after day 2 and it looked like it worked until today, and they'll definitely try another fix before the next match.
we havent even gotten to elimination matches yet its not a huge deal
if the only reason they didnt beat 100t is because of mouse issues then they should have no problem beating t1/jdg in lowers
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or just sleep in, don’t check vlr for a few hours, then watch vods
i did this for champs last year and it worked out just fine
i doubt neon was ever on the table
if they bag zekken then they’ve made my favorite team of all time
ok but imagine if they keep jonahp
the g2 sen rivalry will go even harder with the valyn jonah vs trent leaf storyline
felt bored so i started writing a rant. this is pretty much just me blurting out a scramble of thoughts. if you dont feel like reading allat then i put a condensed tl;dr at the bottom. thanks for reading :)
i think everyone can agree that theres been too much randomness recently and it feels like anyone can beat anyone on a given day, which has lead to less interesting storylines.
i mean, look at 2023, where there was a clear top 4 teams throughout the year, that all made each international, and seemed to be on a similar level nearing the end of the year, making for a super exciting champs top 4. amazing storylines and super entertaining event. then look at now, where only a single team has been consistently good at both masters, the masters 1 winner wasn't even in the second and the masters 2 winners aren't even at champs, and out of the top 2 of each region, only one of them have even done anything internationally this year. the only storyline worth noting is how prx choked 2 finals and how much of regional farmers g2 are.
heres what i think has caused this and how it can be fixed
the most obvious thing is the frequent meta changes. in the past 2 years especially, it felt like riot completely shook up the meta between masters. last year with tejo meta and this year with yoru meta. while i think most people would say the solution to this would be to not make such drastic changes, i don't think this is the only answer. the problem with a lack of huge changes is the effect it has on casual play. a player who doesn't watch vct doesn't wanna be stuck in the same general meta for a whole year just for something they don't care for. but there is an alternative, that being shorter seasons. the entirety of vct 2023 took place from mid febuary to mid august, only 6 months. during this time, no huge change was made to the game besides a new map and a new agent, but it was fine for casual play because it was only 6 months. the current season started in early january and doesn't end until mid october, over 9 months total. staying in the yoru meta for this entire time would have been a nightmare. my concept for a shorter season would be to start in early january and end in late june, which gives the second half of the year for gc, ewc, enc, and more off season events. ik most people will say longer season = more entertainment, but honestly, i would take more entertaining yet shorter seasons over boring seasons that are more stretched out. in fact, i'd say right now it feels like each season is 3 mini seasons with how disconnected they are.
secondly, the kickoff format needs to go. most people thought the reason the first master seemed like a fluke in 2024 and 2025 was because it was 8 teams, but this year proved it wasn't because of that. instead, i think its the quick kickoff format, where the amount of wins needed to win the first masters is incredibly low. this allows any team to come in with an unexpected play style that no one knows how to counter and win the first masters, then they fall off once people get a read on them. preventing this is also super easy, just go back to a similar format to 2022, start the year with stage 1 qualifying to masters 1, then a similar stage 2 for masters 2, and then the top teams from the year qual to champs and a short lcq decides the rest of the teams. with this, the top teams in masters 1 and masters 2 should be more similar, also leading to similar teams for champs.
with these ideas in place, here's how i think the format of the season should go:
November - Qualifiers for Stage 1
January - Stage 1
Febuary - Masters 1 + Qualifiers for Stage 2
March - Stage 2
April - Masters 2 + Qualifiers for LCQ
May - LCQ
June - Champs
additional thoughts - this should also fix problems with teams "giving up" in stage 2 once they qualify for champs through points, since now the teams that are qualified to champs won't play in lcq. not a huge problem but had prx, edg, or g2 needed more wins to make champs the teams the ended up winning stage 2 this year may have been different.
also a shorter year may discourage teams from picking up players who turn 18 mid season, which did make some teams (vit, lev) only competitive after kickoff (this may not even be an issue because of the new open circuit rules anyway, but wtv)
tl;dr: Make the season shorter like it was in 2023 and 2024 so there aren't as many meta changes, and revert to a full stage 1 before masters 1 instead of kickoff to prevent teams from starting the year with an unpredictable play style to fluke a masters 1 win.
they started the stage with the most points in americas and 4 teams proved they were better than them by beating them in placement and g2 and nrg even ended up with more points
yea but the tradeoff is that he doesn't have much personality that sets him apart from other players besides odin merchant
then 100t mibr finals make lev not qual
eeiu is right there and just fucking drop the bag for oxy
i’ve already seen t1 winning champs, it’s stated in the prophecy
hear me out
eeiu for jonahp and jawg for jerrwin
maybe replace cortez too
we have found the first person who starts telling the truth when angry
munchkin during finals weekend of shanghai, meteor during finals of bangkok, neon (the agent) during santiago playoffs, and whichever developer thought nerfing tejo between stage 1 and toronto was a good idea
g2 would have 4 trophies and be the best team oat
i think having your only win be from a tier 2 sub roster is so embarrassing that it makes furia 2025 the worst
apoire amohi, no tienos wallah chi nonemos.
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take a plane ride to memphis and explore the bass pro pyramid for an hour and 12 minutes
the cloud9 syndrome hasn’t left his bloodstream yet
they’re winning champs
as long as they close out this game and 100t beat loud, they get second seed
it’s gonna be t1, they’re the only ones that meet the requirements that the past 5 international winners met
remember this guy has always made an international every chance he got while in tier 1
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