but he doesn't have much time left. He needs to be a world class player by kickoff
Remember he was picked over every single Korean t2 player, who have been grinding val comp scene for years proving themselves; he NEEDS to be absolutely amazing

deadlines rough but ey, worked out for Nivera last year, so what tf do I know

o thats rough
but thanks for following up on it^^

time to change 4 players again next season

they did every split so thats really not a good sign for their playoff

o just having fun xD dw I know what im in for with babysasuke as soon as someone/thing from EMEA is mentioned

he doesnt cast, hes an analyst so pretty much everything you see of him in vct will have to do with his analysis style
and yea I can definitely see how such a negative style can lead to it sounding condescending; I highly doubt thats his intention behind it and rather just a side effect

tell me you dont care about vod reviews without telling me you dont care about vod reviews

Its his style of analysis; its not that he means bad towards the players its just that he has super high expectations of pro players and as such rather looks at mistakes

huh didn't even notice that; that's surprising since who cars competed for 2 whole seasons in the t2 scene now AND they have a proper logo

guess mods were so sure they were getting signed they didn't wanna bother ;3

Uuuuh replies arent exactly helpful here so imma chime in a tiny bit

Unfortunately I cant give you a solution since I've never had a 10th gen intel cpu to test on, so for all I know the fps are what you should be expecting

When checking for CPU usage in games make sure to change to "logical Processors" in task manager (or whatever monitoring you use) since most games wont use all cores of a cpu (so the total usage will always be somewhat low); if some of the processors regularly cap out/get close to, then everything normal and that's just the fps you should be expecting
Then, while imo super unlikely, make sure your ram isnt shitting the bed while playing
And watch the temps on your cpu (and ig gpu too) since you might be throttling

If all that's normal you're gonna have to start troubleshooting; think googles gonna be more helpful there than me who's going through generic steps

Bonk (https://www.vlr.gg/team/377/bonk) is one of the top t2 teams in EMEA (currently 13th on the leaderboard) and still doesn't have its flair
Given that both Finest and Tundra flairs got removed (a while back tbf) I cant show my support to the team via flair anymore :(

This was requested 2 months ago too but denied by Styx because "Unfortunately the bonk flair doesn't look good so we aren't adding it" (https://www.vlr.gg/156066/mods-come)
Since then the Disguised team flair got added which faces the exact same issues as the bonk flair (being black text rather than a traditional logo), except a lot worse since its also invisible in white-mode due to the lines being so thin they disappear at points when compressed, so I'm requesting that you reconsider and add the flair for the next ascension winners ;3

bit late but the rules define those eligible as someone who is "(i) a citizen of a country in the League Territory or holds additional citizenship rights (such as those of the EU) for that League Territory, (ii) a lawful permanent resident, or (iii) the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status) in a country in the League Territory"

So for most of the "non Spanish flag but are actually Spanish" players I'd expect it be be citizenship
(though that's very much me talking out of my behind)

Idk sounds like a pretty good process. Finally a clear path into joining t1; just practice your crouch walking in dm and ez spot

the true tech enjoyer here
Amd AND nvidia sli

even then its just not worth it xD look at a Titan (which is now the 90 class GPUs) and then look at a 3060 6 years later
Future proofing isnt a thing in tech, stuff just improves too fast. (And yes ik nvidia went out and said that "moore's law is dead", but theyre also the most biased entity to say that, since theyre enjoy scalping everyone atm)

Ignoring money Nvidia is better
Both performance wise they still have the best gpus (on the VERY high end... aka 4090) as well as being slightly ahead in driver stability
They also have the higher adoption rate which tends to help when you have niche compatibility issues.

That being said depending on your market they're just horrible value compared to amd. A month ago (havent checked since) a new 6700xt was cheaper than a 3060 in Germany.
So which ones are better is gonna be on a case by case basis depending on what deals ya find.

L1nk and dima are really good firepower
dont disagree with the conclusion though

nah its a streak
And bonk aint gonna be losing ;3

nah Bonk/Guild was farming NiP after he left.

NiP was still a good team (guardians of t1), but they could never reach Guild level.

Id love for Guild to sign the barbers. Would be one less team to worry about as a bonk supporter, since bonkar has yet to lose a series against a team that dropped him.

bonk is definitely up there
Mandatory was looking really good too during the Coupe De France

Isnt br0dy activly playing with a team atm trying to get into polaris?
Rough for his team if true since they at most had a month to try and get a new igl.

I have to strong disagree there.
Passion for a game is the biggest factor on if you can go and stay pro or not; are you willing to grind the game with the intention of improving every day for multiple years?
I don't, I want to play games for fun. I don't wanna review my own games to see why I'm losing; id just rather call it "unlucky" and queue up again. And that's exactly why Ill never be a pro in these games.

Welcome to why most former pros end up being "washed" once they stop competing despite often still playing a ton of the game.

If you want to see a direct example of it, look at when OW2 released and how much pros from other games were struggling vs completely average players. Theres no magical "youre good at shooters!" gene, its just that these pros work their asses off.

I dont think anyone expects them to just disappear, but as mentioned above, the roster changes are rough on paper.

Especially Sacy leaving throws a huge question mark, since it sounded like he was a considerable part of making strats together with Saadhak (back when Loud let their coach go). So from an outside view its just impossible to know if they're gonna stay at the top or fall off (at least till we get our scrimbux and can start overreacting like every season ;3).

Id be super sad for bonkar to leave his current team since they're such a young roster with so much potential, but dang this roster would slap ngl

I have to heavily disagree. Church tax is one best investment the states make atm.
If you ever go to an event organized by the Church pay attention to how many unpaid people already help out; thats just because they offer more services than the money would be able to pay for otherwise.
In most services the church provides its the cheapest for those attending/requiring the service. And church tax is what enables it.

That being said I do have to cede that all aspects I'm talking about are from your local parish, rather than the church as a corporate entity, because jesus christ said corporate entity treats its workers like absolute shit; but what can you do if you have idiots who decide to hire commercial experts to go over your financials and tell you how to improve them.

fair enough tbh xD
only saw the last 3 games of the redbull so I didn't actually look into it past the c9 twitter post

1. Yay: still think his disciplined playstyle will be what makes him better than the other 2 in the long run (assuming he doesnt become full time igl)
2. Derke: only one here who can truly fill the current duelist role since he's both a t1 raze and jett (only question is if he can pheonix to enable some of the more "interesting" comps we've been seeing other teams try out)
3. Cned: Jett go brrr ig? was clicking heads like crazy last tourney so guess that's a good sign for the season to come

Just compare the amount of international teams vs the regional teams that made it into t1 events in EMEA the last 2 years. Sweden, Cis and Turkey are the only regions that really managed to do that consistently (2 of which had separate qualifiers).
VRL is the only way to get into tier 1 now, so its supposed to generate the highest quality teams and placing such a hard restriction (that then doesn't apply to t1 anymore) is just gonna end up creating a team skill gap in the long term imo.
It also doesnt help with EMEAs communication problem (talent not being able to shine due to not being comfortable comm'ing in English and as such not getting picked up by better teams).

nothing to talk about, ez 3-0 for bonk ;3

stuffs boring till we get the bonkar vs yay ego duels on lan in 2024

he literally was the best performer on c9 during their last official tournament
heck he did better than bang (stat wise) who was playing out of his mind during the entire event

Stop talking out your ass

Putting aside that Enzo was always on one of the top tier 2/1.5 teams (defining t2 as, non vct events), and as such him very much being "better than some average t2-3" pro, he did just fine for himself during his time in t1 (especially considering his main quality is being able to help out with the igl'ing due to being an igl for 1+ years):
-Reykjavik: best preforming player on fnatic
-Stage 2 Challengers: 4th highest rated in the entire tournament (like genuinely watch back fnatic vods during that time if you wanna see why he's a great player)
-Copenhagen: meh performance; middling every game really.
-Champs: and heres where you got your sentiment from if I had to guess, because ye enzo really didn't have a good performance here; its not "oh you arent t1 >:(" level but its def a harsh drop-off and he didn't look good anymore

And pretending meddo isnt a t1 player after how he ended his year is just disrespectful
-Stage 3 2021 (on giants): amazing performances against both guild and g2 (rest of tourney too, but those 2 games were the important ones)
-Stage 1: not a standout but also nothing to complain about; g2 finished 2nd comfortably
-Reykjavík: really bad... like just watching g2 in general just hurt during that event but meddo definitely wasn't helping
-Stage 2: a bad stage for g2, but meddo was doing fine for himself; that stage felt more like strats not working for them as a team
-Last Chance: meddo was a demon; amazing stats and (slight over-exaggeration ) solo winning the only map they got vs liquid. Meddo was just feeling it during that event.

id go as far as to say that they haven't prepared for the map yet

comp is fabulous though

(also ignore that chamber isnt nerfed in this tourney)

This was brutal oml
They got outplayed in terms of midrounding (imma sniff a whole lot of copium and blame that on Fut using this as a scrim), Div was actually winning aim duels and the amount of util kills is crazy

Like ouch

The Hindu symbol is called swastika

You're 100% correct. But in none of the cases im aware of the symbols were swastikas. They were visually similar. The vagueness is due to it being part of an awareness campaign (so referencing multiple incidents in multiple vastly different situations). The phrasing is a direct translation.

Your second paragraph heavily misunderstands that im agreeing with you that it should not be something that happens or is tolerated. Especially since it appears to be directly provocative given the current debates.
(Cutting a good bit here since the example of a debate thats related to this is probably gonna scoot too close to vlr politic rules)
I'm not suggesting that just because its been 700 years its an irrelevant conflict.

I am pretty sure public display of any religion apart from Islam is banned by law in Qatar

That is a fair point if the outfits are perceived as such by local people.
I hadn't even considered it as such, since (at least in the protestant church) the crusades are seen more as a stain in Christianity's history & part of the eternal power struggle of church vs "states" in Europe.

Your anolagy doesnt exactly work when you consider one of them is a current threat (with nationalist movements across the worlds, including in Germany, being labled as such) while the other is an, considering the debates already going on, absolutely tasteless reference to a 700-year-old conflict.

One activity is banned by law, the other is just purposefully disrespecting local people. Neither are good, but they're nowhere close to each other in severity.

There have been incidents (as far as I'm aware none of them violent or resulting in an arrest) of Hindu symbols being mistaken for swastikas, having lead to multiple (imo unsuccessful) movements trying to make people aware of the differences.

That aside, yes id 100% assume Germans would be unhappy if someone comes to their country constantly making jokes about ww2
Not that I have to assume much there since we're surrounded by countries who didnt exactly lose the war and as such joke much more openly about it xD

I mean they were all close maps so the score isnt that important
but ye he and kadoom were really packing some punch today

The component picks are really good
Ram might be overkill, but since chromium exists you cant really have too much of it, if you have the budget (just keep in mind that you're going to need ddr5 for your next upgrade)
I've personally haven't needed the extra cooler, but Ive also always undervolted and it definitely won't hurt

And I haven't gotten to work with the power supply yet so I'm def interested in your experiences if you do end up going for it

so youre saying MiTH get the lower bracket buff and bleed get nothing?!

yeeea shouldnt matter for bleed since they play all maps except for fracture

(didnt watch the map picks so very well could be wrong)
normally the team from upper bracket gets a ban advantage

the ez game was refering to this matchup smh
yall winning the entire event dw

eyyy another person thats way too high on the bonk hopium
but ye except for bonk probs losing vs navi id agree with everything else
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b513f57e

gonna have to wait till acension ig, should be able to keep up their 3rd streak if they stay in APAC ;3

but ye even in EMEA Maxie is gonna be doing damage; an igl who can consistently has ~190 tournament acs is scary

random number generator go brrr

wouldnt go that far, both giants, vit and maybe bbl can match their raw firepower, so imo its gonna be more about how much those teams prepare

and then theres wild cards like parla, bonk and fut who all have the potential to upset if theyre having a really good day

navi and bonk*

that aside bottom bracket is stacked af in general

gonna be a rough game to win, but I really want to finally get to watch a bonk vs barbers matchup
so ez game for the hairdressers

ey ey ey theres at least some logic behind code compilers

someone probs made a joke to try and get the moral up to reverse sweep the map
if there was a team to do it this tournament its SR