KC but I dont mind if Gen.G or TH win because their style is super fun to watch

the grind for radiant has been the longest one for me, taking me over a year (💀) but thats because I dont play enough

For people hardstuck, why do you think you're hardstuck?
For example, teammates, personal aim, personal game sense etc.

dont pick skye on haven against sentinels mistic it wont end well

sens does not matter as long as you are comfortable on it, look at wippie's sens and it shows you can literally play whatever you want

first biggest things are finding a sitting position youre confortable in, finding a mouse grip thats comfortable for you and finding a sens

you can tweak the sens around for a couple days but when it feels ok, dont change it again because its just time to build muscle memory

most improvement in valorant is crosshair placement and game knowledge, you dont need to practice your aim much to get better at valorant, I personally have never launched aimlabs or anything like it and I dont really believe that it is the most efficient way to improve. I just played 1v1s from CS when I was learning that game and it made my crosshair placement very good which carried me to FaceIT lvl 10 (immortal in valorant ranks). For valorant, just plays tonnes of deathmatch and youll get the same result and remember to take regular breaks, if you feel like youre not locked in anymore take a little break then come back (muscle memory is actually built in the time you are not doing something)

i personally like the though of forcing your players to play their comfortable roles, looking at qraxs especially. Having him on kay/o all the time no matter what game him an insane level of comfort and consistency but can also see why people wouldnt like it

hes great at using his util for his teammates, kind of becoming his strength especially with omen as well but imo he has bad flash timings and makes bad decisions when flashing for himself, its kinda why i want sentinels to try and force the omen on as many map as possible because omen kit is kinda perfect for tenz

tbf it wasnt because he was playing kay/o they were competitive, he just aim diffed them in 1v1s couldve done that on any agent

nukkye said in an interview he didnt like playing duelist and much prefers the sentinel role he ended up playing

honey chili peking duck is an honourable mention of mine holy fuck its so good

saw someone talking about how they like bagels and now I wanna know what everyones favourite food is that they eat super often

for me, its irish soda bread especially toasted with a little bit of butter and I eat it every morning as my breakfast

irish soda bread clears

the only thing i really know about this is that biological males are biologically slightly quicker in most aspects (reaction time ~10/20ms faster, movement is quicker and can be kept at top speeds for longer etc)
so there is technically an advantage but it isnt much

alpha is so fucking brutal

Valorant year 1 franchising wasn't as big of a mess as everyone thought it was going to be. This year isn't going to be good with the huge off season again but hopefully, from year 3 onwards, the franchising thing will start to work and make sense. If Val esports was set up for failure, that would be reflected in viewership but instead the viewership is steadily increasing (especially APAC/China).

On the other hand, Valve fucked up with CS2 and that comes from someone who has been playing CS since 2014 (faceit lvl 10, peak was about 2350 elo). The game launched bad, had bad reception, pros complained and now (for me and other people here have also mentioned this) CS doesn't feel as exciting. The big pros are all losing out on making majors, its only really EU that challenges at the majors, there's no crazy storylines. The only games don't feel hype anymore and now I only watch Team Spirit games because they have the only real talent that is playing wildly different which is fun to watch. But that is probably just me finally losing my spark for CS.

I don't want to see either game die out and it doesn't look like it's gonna happen anytime soon, but I also feel like CS has peaked already and won't reach those numbers again while Valorant still hasn't peaked and could continue on to be bigger than what it is today in terms of esports.

we dont know what was happening behind the scenes, could be a bigger issue we arent aware of and thats why they drop their players quickly

at the end of the day, esports is a business and not for people who want free hands outs, if you want to stay at the top level you have to consistently prove you deserve that spot, sayf pointed that out recently as well

didnt screwface join thinking men in tier 2? no way he hops around this much

having to work as a computer scientist

definitely should be the person they aim for imo

i wanna see aproto take that spot

TH have an insanely deep strat book tho, every game theyre pulling out something new imo theyre kinda bad at closing rounds, lots of rounds they get the first kill and have trouble converting that

i personally dont like him on kay/o, only has 2 modes which are run it down or play too passive though i think his flashes for teammates are great, personally would actually like him to play omen as much as possible as he gets insane value out of that omen flash every time he uses it

farteen

swiss stage is great to see

how dare he have favourites and least favourites, every content creator should be unbias 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

nearly every NA team wouldve had an a direct upgrade if they took him (C9, G2, EG, 100T, even LEV and NRG is debatable)

why did nobody go for him i dont get it

yeah next generation grew up with these games now so its dangerous how good they are

bettervlr works fine with them for me

at the same time tho DRX, FUT, FNC all didnt look up to form only NaVi did imo

yeah saadhak for some reason fucks up emea teams so easily

genuinely potter has done insane for the budget she had

honestly think mistic is one of the best smokes in emea, may be a delusional fnatic fan but he looked incredible for apeks last year

mini was great as well, brought a lot of innovation before stepping down

bait is immaculate

theres 0 chance they run that comp again surelyyyyy

This year is showing the power of a good coach KC and EG both teams that prepare insanely well for their matches (not discrediting anyone on either roster, both have insane players especially n4rrate, marteen and jawgemo)

but it legally is grooming, check before making stupid remarks

they dont have enough star power, they have a solid igl, solid flex, ok smokes, ok sentinel and a super inconsistent star player

they need another player than can step up, 1 player isnt enough nowadays, look at KC/SEN/FNC/NRG/GEN.G/PRX, all have multiple players that can step up and fuck up the other team

first, age of consent in poland is 15, legally it is grooming

second, tf is wrong with you?

personally reminds me of EG last year, incredibly drilled with fresh ideas and tight strats + ungodly duelist

neil said yesterday on sliggys stream that they only showed 20% of their strats and theyre confident theyre the most prepared team in EMEA and he was not lying god damn

Any low tier region is unwatchable due to how blatantly they matchfix. Its at the point where games are just completely scripted out. Valorant as an esport gave a huge opportunity for poor countries to enter into the matchfixing scene due to Riot Games officially having these tournaments where a plat player could qualify in some regions. You think these countries give a fuck about winning? They just want money, all that shit is fake. Please start auditing, arresting, and banning these fixers.

fair play, full on the better team today

if KC win, do I go for TH or KC at madrid 😢

yeah he is fucking insane wtf

fnatic are just getting diffed now :(

been a fan since 2021 and im getting flashbacks to the dark times

im going to die by 30 fucking constant stress

playing slow was always their style on lotus but they cant retake A like they used to because of the odin, thats why it full counters them.

just have to play slow and try and hit C or B late which they have incredible retakes for