He is super fun in the right hands. Glad you're enjoying him :)

Those are great ideas. What I had in mind was:

• Making the wall cooldown 30 seconds to match Omen/Clove (would do the same thing with Astra smoke btw)
• Make the line the wall makes on the ground when you're casting it hidden to the enemy team
• Increase Cascade duration after getting stopped from 7 to 10 seconds
• Increase Cove health from 500 to 600, reduce the cost from 300 to 350, and keep the smoke up as a normal smoke for full duration once the shield is broken
• Increase the number of stuns from 3 to 4 and change the windup from 1.35 to 1 second

I feel like that's too much though lol

Harbor Viper was mainly cool because Harbor's fun to watch, honestly. But then people got sick of Skye, so she got nerfed to the ground. We thought we'd see less Viper as a result but it was actually Harbor's pickrate that tanked; Viper went up to like 80%. Then we realized how insufferable watching Viper nonstop on every map is, so she got nerfed to the ground as well. Now we're watching Omen on every map but I don't think anyone cares because people just like Omen so darn much. And then we also got Clove who's getting more play than not only Harbor but also Brimstone and Astra, even though she literally has one piece of util that ever gets used, which is literally just a worse Omen smoke.

That was quite the little rant I just went on but my point is: Viper on every map is boring, Omen on every map is boring, and we really need to balance the controllers so that they all see equalish amounts of play (except Clove I hate Clove she sucks)

Me too, man. Me too. I actually have several in mind. I'd put them in my "I'm gonna try to balance every controller" thread (that's the one I'm doing next) but it has to be realistic and I can't just buff him all over (I might do it anyway)

Everyone's playing Omen instead of Astra now, regardless of whether or not he's better in that specific team comp on that specific map

I don't really have time to watch it (and also it isn't very fun to watch when I don't understand the casters), but I try to stay up to date on what's going on

https://www.vlr.gg/event/2095/champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-2/regular-season
I didn't realize Evil Geniuses was a Brazilian org

Falcons have to win Ascension, man. I desperately need MENA rep in EMEA

The team is like tier 6 MENA Game Changers. So if there's someone who can't drop more than 7 ACS in that kind of lobby, then I definitely wanna be 1v1ing them to save my family

Dude who's learning lineups for Harbor 😭

As a controller main:

1. Omen — Only controller with movement, has some insane range, paranoia is arguably the best ability in the game, and he has one-ways which are something usually only he can do. Frankly he's broken and needs to be nerfed because his outplay potential is genuinely unmatched

2. Harbor — Super underrated and underused agent. He has some of the most versatile smokes in the entire game—High Tide can be used so many different ways and cut off so many sitelines simultaneously, Cascade can be used to scale or take space or just stopped instantly to be used as a normal smoke, Cove can be used to take space or plant/defuse or as cover because it can block bullets. I fully believe Harbor is an amazing agent who isn't seeing play just because he needs time and effort to learn, unlike controllers such as Omen or Brimstone

3. Astra — She'd be higher if she still had 5 stars, or if they didn't nerf the suck for literally no reason. She is an amazing agent who deserves a lot more play than she gets (and she'd have that play if Omen wasn't broken). Crossmap impact is an amazing thing to have, and the ability to instantly smoke the other side of the map is very very strong. Her wall is also amazing and her suck and stun have amazing combo potential if you're not too obvious about it

4. Brimstone — The most basic controller in the game. Very easy to use, has very straight-forward utility, and has some pretty guaranteed baseline value. He has the best stall out of any controller in the game plus the longest smokes in the game, each lasting 20 seconds. The only problem with Brimstone is the fact that his smokes don't regenerate. That means in a longer more defaulty round he doesn't have smokes left over, or he can't smoke sitelines after an exec because he used all his smokes for said exec. This is why he's down here

5. Viper — Received a bunch of major nerfs recently, but even when you don't account for those nerfs, she isn't really a good controller in the sense of being a controller. She's kind of her own role, a mix of smokes and senti, a kind of permanent lurk role. As far as smokes go she doesn't really provide much value, especially when she can't pick up her orb. There are only a few maps where she can use her wall as an actual smoke, and either way you don't see it too often

6. Clove — the absolute worst agent in the entire game, there is absolutely zero reason to be picking her whatsoever

This is valid

I'd honestly rather watch VIT vs. TE just because it's a matchup we haven't seen before

I think you've been watching the wrong eeiu, cuz the one I've seen is insane

https://www.vlr.gg/player/matches/40241/sol
This is my pick.
If you wanna know why, check their game against Falcons Vega

Great one

https://www.vlr.gg/post/3871063/butterflyeffect-come/#23

I can understand that argument. They want it to be more competitive, more incentivizing

Good one

This is true. I'm not really seeing anyone talk about that

So true I love 2023

Still not entirely sure why either of these teams count as MENA, but good luck to both teams

Because franchising

What's the point of sharing the idol and the fan if you're always gonna be the fan

MITH look better imo. XIA isn't too far behind either

DZ with wedid > FAIM
DZ without wedid = FAIM

Facts (I'm kinda on a budget though so maybe not)

qck was NOT LOUD's fumble of the year, dude

Why do you wanna see SEN play G2 again? They're already lost 3 times this year

If anyone's not sure what he's talking about: https://youtu.be/RkEhylLKHhk

I care about a Phantom.

I don't think back-to-back 2-0s against a much better team is considered a smashing. Especially when there's statistics to back up the fact that the referees were biased against CONCACAF teams throughout the entire tournament.

At the end of the day, both teams played well—Argentina lived up to their potential and took home the trophy again, and Canada defied all expectations by making a deep run and only losing to the eventual winners.

Appreciate that

What, no. He played his part, but he was not their x-factor whatsoever. I genuinely believe they would've made it further with Klaus

There aren't any bad players at Champs, but I'm still mad about Klaus getting benched so I'm gonna say mta

Wdym by gun sounds? Because imo the shooting sounds for Champs 2023 are a bit better, the kill sound for Champs 2021 is a little better, and the finisher sound for Champs 2023 is better

Definitely a debate between 100 Thieves, Team Secret, and Rex Regum Qeon

No way, imagine playing a video game for fun

Guys it's one still frame, chill
Also 2021 is NOT better than 2023. It's a nostalgia pick and the kill sound is better but at the end of the day you're comparing the a gun with the default model to the most premium looking skin in the entire game

They said that's for League of Legends

Bro what

The Twitter person publicly said their DMs were open if people had any questions

Goddammit trombone, you've had eight years

100% agree

He's really not... he's just sharing public information. The VLR in-house news reporter

Idk if that's enough reason for the Liquid staff. We'll see, though

LOUD drop tuyz, sign Sacy, try to get aspas back, can't because he likes being on LEV and still has a contract, end up putting cauanzin on duelist (what am I saying)

Depends on whether or not he's IGLing

Exactly! I don't make this stuff up

There's been a top 4 in NA Challengers all year: OXG, M80, MXS, DZ in some order. If DZ is out then the other three are still in a head to head for the top spots