I think realistically, keeping asuna is probably going to happen, mostly because he's pretty good on the raze and plays flash well (also never put him on neon ever again. If we're looking at stage 2 performance, he's only dropped stinkers on the neon. Every other agent, he's been either really good or just average on it. Also, I feel like he'd perform better if they didn't just throw him into situations). I do agree that dropping Kess is probably good though. What I think is best:
1) Drop Kess. I think he has a high ceiling, but he's just not right for the roles tbh.
2) Pick up Penny. He's proven to be very, very good on the duelist. Additionally, it opens the room for double duelist. I think koalanoob is a good option, but penny has been lowk a solo carry on apeks so.
3) I agree with your additions to the coaching staff, except maybe also keep zikz at least as an assistant coach.
4) Agree on the cryo being full time senti, but lowk run double duelist on jett maps and also slap my guy on chamber when possible

Roles being:
Zander on smokes, asuna as the flash initiator/flex, cryo on senti (and jett on jett maps), eeiu on scan, penny on main duelist

imo I like it because it encourages longevity and long-term performances, but I do agree that they should limit it to one spot and (imo) bring back lcq because watching lower ranked teams duke it out in a slug fest is lowk hella fun

I mean, I feel like his neon is too int-y. Like he's so good on the raze, yoru, and kayo, and lowk he's only been bad on the neon, but they keep putting him on neon for some reason

Lowk I would be down for a chamber comp on haven no? With asuna yoru

I mean, I can see the vision, but what’s the plan if they want to run any duelist besides jett? Derrek??? Or is the plan yay perma chamber and d1 perma jett and ban every non-jett map?

jawg has a great jett (eg vs nrg aware) and like top 5 raze and they just insist on putting him on yoru every map ._>

probably since there's a lot of footage and they became a huge threat so teams in China locked in and giga antistrat them

lowk jzz was very good

bro im so out of the loop. nvm this might be a great idea

I mean, I feel like logistically if they’re going to make a change, it’d be with a cubert player. Satellite is good, but his lows don’t really justify buying him out when they could just promote an existing player, yknow?

Tyloo Sword9 straight up being like I’ll do it myself after being their head coach and actually winning is aura

The options are kinda cooked since the current NA flex players are xeppa (c9), zellsis (sen), ??? For NRG (maybe Ethan?), ??? for EG (ig nature?), JonahP, and Asuna.

I hope that with all the flaming T1 has received from fans, it makes sylvan realize that he wasn't in the wrong completely and thus allows him to speak up. The main issue with the Korean social culture is that it makes sylvan implicitly think he's wrong since it's people with like 5x his experience critiquing him and thus he can't be right (basically learned helplessness in a sense). Like, why would he talk back if he's 'wrong'? However, like a bunch of people mentioned, he wasn't completely wrong most of the time. It is a team game at the end of the day, so he needs to justify his plays with conviction. Even if it is wrong, just being like "I had a bad read, but my thought process was x, y, and z, which is why I did what I did" is so much better than accepting that he was straight up wrong, since it's better to see WHY you were wrong than just that you were wrong.

I feel like askia was genuinely insane during stage 1 after zap got benched. Is there a reason he's off the team now? Just role issues or like?

The reasoning is probably that primmie is very good in the clutch (he literally won 2 1v4s in his debut), so they probably want to put him on agents that don’t die quickly. I’ve been a supporter of primmie flex for a while now, but the problem was who was gonna play duelist. If thyy’s ranked skill transfers here, so primmie can flex a bit more, then talon are going to look scary imo

Wrong xeus is linked in the second to last paragraph btw

For some reason, I thought this was going to be a rage bait list, but like this is actually pretty solid LOL

Xlg and g2 are playing with subs so there’s that

honestly I agree with the double duelist (mostly because im a sucker for double duelsit), but like miniboo is actually a good duelist. He was lowk insane during stage 1

probably shoulda yoinked the prx ascent comp with a slight alteration. keep shrimp on omen which he is very good at, kira on viper, xiyiji can play scan, delb on vyse, and spitfires on yoru. Keeps everyone on comfort while still being somewhat meta

It means "nothing." As in "they're landing nothing!" (i assume that's what you're talking about)

edit: or alternatively, "no chance"

even if they do, they probably won't be competing for the bottom of every tier list now...

why tf did they ever bench spitfires??? he was legit their best player last year :/

he's genuinely a good player. It's just zeta's coaches are... yeah... at the game tbh. They love taking rising T2 talents known for specific roles and then putting them on off roles. It's happened with hiron and now syouta. Legit, it cannot be that hard to find a talent known specifically for that role you're looking for...

is xross ever coming back or is bro cooked

Zeta after signing a rising talent only to off role him for the 82738293747 time:

rrq bouta to pull up with the brim pearl comp bleed used to run

Tbf dos9 wasn’t a dedicated smokes player back on revenant esports. He could be an upgrade tbh

don't be stupid and don't do that

Well, 2G is relatively solid currently, and now that their probably best or second best player is back, they should get better

I think he would thrive more off of hard entry duelist tbh. He's very good in the clutch situation and entry duelist doesn't really facilitate that at all. I think at the beginning of the season when he was flexing/senti, I would've been hella down to say he is, but while he's still probably the most impactful player on tln, I think that he could be even more impactful should the roles change

I wonder how this would change with kickoff stats included

seycara is pretty good

the issue is visas. getting a talent that can speak spanish is difficult and they probably can't find someone in latam with a visa fast enough. 2G legit lucked out with pxs back then. I think if nerve locks in and learns spanish, it would make it a lot easier tbh

For china, it would’ve been slowly if his team wasn’t complete buns

Oh, of course, I completely agree with your points. It is interesting to see the juxtaposition of who is defending flor vs sinaatra/flashback (I wouldn't really count Mazino along with the other two because the initial accusation for Mazino was kinda goofy). I was just providing context for Gerogorum since I assume he didn't know the extent of the flashback story. Personally, I prefer not to comment/form an opinion about stuff like this when it's fresh, since I prefer to listen to both sides and get a more nuanced POV that simply isn't possible when what are essentially nukes are getting thrown around, so any comment/reply I make is going to be akin to expanding on situations that already have blown past with a generally accepted consensus instead on current drama :P

from what I remember, flashback (essentially) got accused of something WAY out of proportion compared to what he actually did. Basically, the allegations of rape turned out to be partially mistranslated (as in, rape was the wrong word to use, but one person translated it that way and it spread like wildfire), the sex was consensual (but the issue is flashback allegedly ejaculated inside when he promised to pull out), and flashback was a minor when it was happening so it wasn't like he was pulling a Diddy as people were claiming. Now, he shoulda used protection and/or pulled out, BUT the act of sex itself was consensual and it was between two minors of the around same age.

+slowly would be absolutely cooking. legit, would make edg a contender for #1 china again and probably like top 3-5 in the world

Is he getting replaced? He's actually pretty decent

he's from an eastern part of russia iirc, which looks less European for obvious reasons

tbf the issue with smurfs is you have no clue if they are smurfing or if they just came from another game. If donk decided to boot up val, he'd probably be in gold/plat lobbies initially (for his placements since that's just how placements work ig), but he's obviously mechanically better than everyone else, so he'd just dumpster on everyone. Alternatively, imagine one switches to a different tac shooter for like 2 years and then just came back to val recently... obviously mmr means that they'll be in bronze/silver lobbies initially :/

edit: smurfs are kind of just an unavoidable issue for f2p games like val. There's no way to moderate it because there will simply be too many false positives imo

prx is a very small org. They can't afford to splurge on fns and tenz like that (they can't even afford an assistant coach for alecks lmao)

top 3 player on bottom 3 team sadge

tbh I think putting primmie on duelist isn't the best way to utilize him (basically, my thought process is that he has a VERY strong clutch gene (he literally won 2 1v4s on his debut), so I would put him on agents with more longevity like sentinels instead of dive agents (but what do i know, I'm an armchair backseater xD). Anyway, I think he would lowkey be very good for the team since he would fit on senti on pretty much every map (and then just slap him on yoru/jett on some maps). Here are some comp ideas! (with some prx flair with jinggg on full time duelist)
Icebox: jinggg (jett), primmie (kj), davai (viper), forsaken (kayo), patmen (sova)
Pearl: jinggg (phoenix), primmie (jett), davai (astra), forsaken (vyse), patmen (fade)
Lotus: jinggg (raze), primmie (iso/clove/deadlock), davai (viper), forsaken (fade), patmen (breach)
Split: jinggg (raze), primmie (deadlock), davai (omen), forsaken (yoru), patmen (fade)
Fracture: jinggg (raze), primmie (deadlock/cypher), davai (brim), forsaken (vyse/chamber???), patmen (fade) <- imo just perma ban fracture
Ascent: jinggg (jett), primmie (kj), davai (omen), forsaken (yoru), patmen (sova)
Haven: jinggg (jett), primmie (iso), davai (astra/omen), forsaken (chamber/kj), patmen (sova)

edit: btw I do prefer something because vibes and primmie's english is eh? but this is quite fun in theory

damn I didn't know val had friendly fire

Prolly cypher

lowkey -wildoreo -2ge -jremy (maybe move jremy to academy roster? he's good but wildly inconcistent) +azys (duelist) +n1zzy (sentinel) +sultan (smokes would be very cooking imo)

If we're talking outside the mainstream talk and no trophy ever (forsaken and mako have regionals), probably invy. Since LCQ of 2023, he has been top 3 initiator in pacific on a bottom feeder team. I'm surprised no one has poached him yet. Very consistently good, even when he has... a questionable team.

Honorable mention is slowly. He's literally the only reason that Tyloo isn't the worst team in china im ngl. Even though he's relatively new, he's dragging Tyloo's team out of the depths. No joke, if EDG manage to destroy whatever blackmail Tyloo has on slowly (because there's no way he hasn't gotten a better offer from a better team), EDG will win champs paris.

I have a lot of faith in foxy9. 2-1 geng but primmie drops a nuke in quintuple overtime two maps in a row but talon get steam rolled last map.

2-0 for T1 because DRX is going through it with flashback leaving for the umpteenth time

Oh, then, I apologize. I was referencing the remarks that were screenshotted from like 2021, as that is what I thought we were talking about. I was unaware of that since I don't follow his streams :/