"it's annoying to hear" suggests that you think that "they" shouldn't be used in the singular form.

It's used in both cases frequently. saying that one happens more and therefore the other shouldn't happen doesn't make sense. Bear is used more to describe the animal than to describe someone holding something, but that doesn't mean that that usage is invalid/shouldn't be used.

"They" has literally been a singular personal pronoun since the 1300s, where shakespear was using it to refer to characters of unknown gender. You're a fucking idiot if you think that a word can't have multiple definitions.

they is a pronoun which does not refer to gender. That's the whole point. It's not fucking misgendering, they is simply a neutral pronoun without a gender attached. People who do not associate with either gender often choose to go by only they because they don't associate with the male or female genders.

This is incorrect afaik, Pacific and EMEA both guaranteed that GenG and Kcorp would play map 3 no matter what, and it just coincidently happened that the loser of match 1 played in match 2

I'm pretty sure that this means that we're guaranteed that every play-in has a final game which is not a formality.

From these two semi-finals, DRX looked like the weakest Korean team. I don't think that they'll still be the weakest by the end of the year, but T1 and GenG both looked good, while DRX was comparatively poor compared to last year.

I've been busy all day and just got to watch the game bro

What a shit show.

Deadlock looked pretty good, but was only good on attack because of good gravnets and wouldn't work on defence without double sentinel.

Bro your head of state has sausage fingers and cancer stfu

This hair style suits him so well

DRX, GenG, T1 and RRQ will be the 4 pacific teams to make champions korea.

Note: these are my actual opinions/predictions, and not just ragebait.

Coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb

That's rough man.

dude do this horny shit on rule34 or tumblr or something

Contenders (top tier) only had 4 teams qualify for playoffs lmfaooooo

TBH Mako is so good I honestly could put him above demon1 for best in role, if we consider who has greater impact on the result of the game. It would be a close one tho.

I'm by no means saying we'd have it easy, but I'd give like a 50/50 chance if india get sub 320 and a 75/25 if india get sub 350

If nz can limit to sub 350 it's possible, sub 320 is likely. Above 350 tho I rate our chances almost 0.

Who is NDG? from what I can see he played group stages during challengers Philippines, but did he get dropped before ascension?

If 2 maps then
-ascent
-haven
+icebox
+??? (new map)
if it's only one map gone then
-ascent
+icebox

see edit

She wasn't great, but it's also because people didn't know how to play her whatsoever. If we had beta viper rn she'd still be about as strong as she is currently, if not stronger. Ult and orb are better than currently, smoke lasts longer and recharges faster, but wall's decay is effectively zero and mollies are the same. During beta viper also had a far worse map pool than today, in split, haven, ascent and bind. Another thing of note is that in beta everyone's abilities were stronger, i.e. cypher trips stay up after death.

That's because ∆v = change in v = acceleration

He is a player from DRX prospects, DRX's academy team. Ranked demon who's hit ranked #1 and I assume is scrimming/playing korean tournaments with drx prospects.

DRX is playing with foxy9, flashback, stax, buzz, mako. EDG 13-9 DRX

https://tracker.gg/valorant/premier/teams/685496fa-f8df-4c9f-aca9-02b3cda4c4ce
W flash initiator play.

Is Russ an import or does he hold a pacific citizenship?

If gender-affirming care is not a treatment, what is? Gender-affirming care solves every issue caused by gender dysphoria, with a far higher success rate than almost every other medical procedure. When one has gender dysphoria, the only effective and scientifically proven treatment is gender affirming care, and to deny that is to deny science.

While biological sex is something you are born with, gender is a societal concept that is assumed to be the one associated with your biological sex. When someone says they are assigned x at birth, they are simply talking about gender. If gender were biological, there would be no need to raise boys to be men or raise girls to be women, because they would naturally become men and women on their own.

Incredibly rare major RetiredRadiant W

Wait really? I just said xccurate as duelist because he's played the most Jett out of anything. Was he sentinel maining towards the end of his career

If this current lineup is their final solution, roles are weird. They don't have any smokes players.
Saya: duelist
Izu: duelist
Xeta: initiator
Carpe: initiator
K1ng: sentinel
Xccurate: duelist
I really hope that they don't force Izu onto smokes seeing as he's so cracked, but it may happen. 😭

That's not ideal, I would have to go afk for like 1-2 rounds every time it happens due to kinda slow load times when restarting the game

Yay + ex guard would be kinda hype?

Occasionally, maybe 20 minutes every 4 games, my push to talk won't work at all or will be heavily delayed (at least 10 seconds), and my chat messages won't go through for at least 10 seconds. Has anyone else experienced this issue or have a fix?

You're not hiding it very well mate

All y'all are cringe losers, istg transphobes have one joke, and it was never even funny

IDK if we both played and watched the same breeze, but 5 man rushes were far too common.

I just don't think that the breeze meta, which was 5 man rush through main after baiting a little utility, was interesting. There wasn't enough diversity of ideas. Breeze still has unique aspects, especially the long sight lines such as mid -> B, mid -> A, window -> B, etc, but now it has a far more diverse range of viable strategies.

While I understand that the main "gimmick" of breeze has somewhat been removed in certain places, I think that the overall changes will make for a more strategically interesting map. There are certainly ways that riot could have approached the redesign to keep the feel of the map better, but I think that they are a net positive.

In my opinion, the new breeze is an incredible upgrade over the old version of the map. Previously, the main strategy was to group up as 5 and hit A or B site as 5 through main. This new redesign means mid-control is made far more important. Maps where mid-control is essential, but risky to take for both teams are very entertaining and allow for a much deeper depth of strategy. People who are mad at the change are the same people who loved breeze for being a turn brain off and out-aim enemy map in the past. The only objectionable thing about the change is the removal of halls, I think there are better ways to approach that change, such as breakable doors which the attackers must break in order to gain access.

Fracture is genuinely a good map, more fun for me than ascent, pearl, lotus, bind, icebox, and old breeze (haven't played new one)

TBH i could see Xeta and Zest both being dropped for lakia, that man is so good.

You're probably right, I haven't really watched Korean valorant since 2022 since the challengers league doesn't have english casting, so I'm probably still kinda living in that time.

Idk I just like xeta, he looked really good in 2022

If DRX do have the budget for it, my prediction based on nothing but suspicion for DRX in 2024 is
Mako
Meteor
Rb
Xeta
Stax (igl)

Personally I think zest is likely to be first on the chopping block seeing as he was moved to 6th man for foxy9, and I believe that buzz is just not good enough for a title contending team. Personally I think xeta and meteor are both marginal upgrades, but those margins could be the difference between 5-6th and 1st. I keep Mako(duh), Stax as igl and because he's the face of DRX, and rb because I rate his insane flexibility super highly. What is your ideal DRX roster for 2024, preferably assuming they stick with a loose core from this year?

Mako is lowkey kinda tall too, and potentially built like a tank depending on if he lifts or is just overweight

Ye, that's a no-brainer. My bet is on a random draw with the two pools, and a rule that two teams from the same group can't play each other. It seems that they're drifting towards more randomly drawn brackets this year.