That’s funny as fuck if that’s the reason why
Maybe playing worse competition favors aggressive players like you said, the way prx players are always top of the stats in regionals

Yeah obviously because he’s facing stronger competition, I meant that he goes from being the best player on his team by a wide margin to the 2nd m/3rd best

He doesn’t tend to fall off, but he’s not clearly the best players on his team like he is regionally
Chichoo is the better off the two internationally

Ah yeah I can see that
I was maybe wondering if their was a difference in the way edg sets him up regionally vs internationally, considering this ain’t something you usually see from other star duelists

I don’t think adding a mid player is going to be a good investment
Also, what does reduxx play on raze maps?

Also why do u think narrate sucks on sova

Chichoo is generally edgs best player internationally
Smoggy as well is comparably to KK at times internationally

How come KK is so dominant regionally (like perma top frag) but seems to fall off a bit internationally?
Maybe my goat chichoo just doesn’t try in China

Player’s skill has nothing to do with where their team places and everything to do with their individual skill
Idk who ur talking about but as a individual they were prolly great even tho their team was mid

Zekken is a good sova and an okay Skye
That’s it
His breach is horrible, we don’t know his fade etc
Also reduxx will not be a good tier 1 duelist I can PROMISE you

People saying this don’t know ball, reduxx is way less skilled than narrate and doesn’t even play initiator, reduxx is literally not even the best player on his team in t2
If you want a good tier 1 player they need to be absolutely dominant in tier 2(like how mada and verno were literally the best tier 2 players in their whole region)

I genuinely think there’s something about this sentinels initiator role that’s cursed, sacy too started playing worse (fragging wise) when he joined sen when we all know his caliber of player

That’s because the way icebox (especially a site) is designed, flash initiators aren’t as impactful, there are comps on icebox with no flash init that aren’t viper harbor comps

But on most viper harbor maps u need some flash util, so running a solo recon init isn’t worth it (especially since Tejo is making double init very op right now)

Suck is mostly used in post plant, the stun has some creative usage but for the most part ur just placing down normal smokes like any other controller

With harbor, you can make creative walls that create new angles, use the cascade to take and hold space while defaulting, use the cove as well for planting/defusing or even as a smoke to cross etc etc
Definitely more creative

I don’t think the viper nerfs are a big deal, but that Skye nerf is massive
At best, we can see a harbor viper with gekko but he’s just so much weaker than prime skye

Why is he more boring than astra omen or brim? They are even less creative and interesting than him
Even harbor viper isn’t really boring other than on pearl, which is a map design issue as opposed to an agent problem

I want harbor to get buffed, I think he’s the controller with the most skill required, so I don’t think him being strong is that bad
I don’t think harbor viper will be meta either because there isn’t really a skye initiator rn (good recon and flash init)

Isn’t this literally her first bad series in tier1?

You often see them pop off one map and cooldown the next, also from series to series

They have a lot of talented players, but avez marteen and elite are inconsistent. They tend to have very high highs and very low lows. I think KC can beat any team or lose to any team depending on if the individuals are feeling it.

I like his take but keep in mind a lot of the agents are where they are in the meta because of rechargeable utility. The same way skye left the meta after getting rechargeable flashes nerfed would mean that removing such util all together would make some agents really weak and others really op, meaning you’d need a lot of balancing and reworks to follow

Demon1 ends stage 1 with less than 0.94 KD
G2 make it within one game of Toronto and then choke and fail to qualify
Mibr make Toronto flawlessly
Nrg make a roster change mid split

Invy and jemkin should be possible pickups for them next year if they can afford them

English I believe, from the snippets I caught, probably switched to Portuguese in clutch scenarios

Aspas Cortezia and verno about to pull an Aspas less and pancada hopefully

Prx have a reputation for throwing but when u get down to it it’s really something and jinggg who are throwing like 75% of the time

I’m not trying to flame him btw he can finally rest his back, I’m just saying it’s a good sign that he doesn’t need to do superhuman shit to win

Aspas bottom fragging and mibr winning 2-0, mibr are soooo back
Haven’t seen Aspas bottom frag since being on loud, and you know what that means

Wow wtf they heard my prayer

I think omens better cause the flash gets a lot of value on both heavens and for execs, and since ur playing double smokes usually the extra smokes from Astra aren’t that useful

I wanted him on raze but I’ll settle 😢

Lot of the old guard getting sonned recently, Izzy, leon, rob, Colby all getting finished, usman not fighting for years in end etc

What are we even on about bro

More power and explosiveness maybe but definitely not in terms of technique
Jdm’s boxing in the pocket and combinations are insane

JDM would like to have a word w you
How do u think that fight goes? I think JDM rd 3 ko

Nah it’s just funny that he’s sonning the WW division 😂😂😂😂

UFC actually turning into wwe
Ulberg the rising prospect and Jan is the old vet almost retired so they robbed him to make sure he can’t make a title run again

Is Belal the goat or the goat 😂😂😂😂

Mibr cause I cannot bear to see Aspas get dragged down by his teammates, I need verno to be the equivalent of less

Belal might actually be the GOAT
Hands like canelo

The day kingg gets off igl is the day he mvps the next 2 intl events, my goat is being held back

Ah yeah I’m tripping I forgot he’s in mibr and not lev

The sad thing was the players on that team were also goats at their roles or at least in Americas
It’s like if NA lost Zekken/jawgemo, Trent, leaf, and valyn/boostio, we would be in a rough place too

Ah
Why’s he playing in t2? He’s definitely better than havoc and maybe Silentz as well

Maybe, but tuyz is having a rough time and Vinny’s calling is a little Sus
I think once luk xo joins they will be in a good place

Lost the best duelist in Americas, the best sentinel in Americas, the best igl in Americas, the best initiator left for NA and then retired, ghoul and sato aren’t 18 yet, man they got fuuuuucked

He couldn’t get kills but he did play very smart and disciplined so idm

Easily has potential to be the best smokes player in the world but he’s retiring with fns at the end of this year sadly 😭

Obviously sr as a team aren’t tier 2 ready, but flor was getting stomped in challengers too because her team wasn’t good enough, and she is one of the better tier 1 duelist atm
As an individual they are good enough to get a spot imo

Idk if any of them franchise level yet but I’d like to see dodonut, sarahfrags, and vania in challengers low key

They’d prolly get paid way less tho so it’s not worth it, but I think individually they are at that level already

It is low key funny because you know that there isn’t a chance in hell any other fan base is supporting/hating on their players like sen fans are

I’ve spent too much time defending zellsis after pushing the whole zellsis is a hypocrite who pretends to be an SJW narrative for like a year straight
I don’t like this anymore
Will be there for the #SENDOWNFALL, cancel them all and free Zekken

Thank you for the reply, especially sharing ur perspective as someone who the word is used as a slur against
I definitely agree that it’s not a word that should be super commonly used, I was just curious why it gets the same stigma as the n word or the f slur compared to words like bitch or pussy, which you did a good job explaining