That won't work
| Flag: | Italy |
| Registered: | August 1, 2023 |
| Last post: | August 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM |
| Posts: | 7282 |
That's why I'm putting more blame on After than on Haodong. After's job is to prepare the team for matches and keep them in line with the winning vision during tactical timeouts and half time and all that jazz but Haodong's job is to keep the other players in line with the vision mid game.
EDG has not been putting up competitive series, and while the strategies and tactics After makes are clearly one of the main aspects to point out when understanding their failures, we should also look at Haodong.
I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt but when you keep losing games with less than six rounds, there's clealy something wrong with the mental. And like you said, since someone like Haodong is meant to be the mental stability in the team, he's clearly not been doing the best handling that role. Regardless, I'll let it off this time because I think After's mediocre strats are affecting his calling, but if they sack After and this persists then they start looking at Haodong.
But yeah you're right that chemistry is so important that it's hard to even consider dropping an IGL like Haodong who's been with EDG since 2021 if I recall correctly.
tldr: Yeah
DRG underperforming is understandable, FPX showing off their progress was amazing, but EDG was just disappointing.
Here's how to fix these teams:
DRG - More international experience
FPX - Make minor adjustments (mainly regarding defense + reading intelligent players)
EDG - Do something about the leading, whether it be After or Haodong. If they can find an IGL that can call well and frag well then it would be amazing because while Haodong usually has good calling (assuming After's weird strats and tactics affected him this tournament), his aim/mechanics isn't nearly good enough to help EDG be as good as they can be. Chichoo and Nobody are good for their roles but I think you could consider finding better replacements. The issue with getting rid of any one of the team members is that I'm afraid it'll mess with the chemistry and teamwork. As I see it After is the main issue because he's trying to do things that firstly aren't working, secondly isn't working, and thirdly probably will never work.
There's the fix.
I think it'd be cool if the 2 EMEA leagues you proposed would be split like this:
WEME (West Europe + Middle East)
and
EECA (East Europe + CIS + Africa)
To be fair I'm all down for FPX pioneering CN's future.
I think some of the critics are being a bit more than "slightly" negative.
No DRG, TE, would stomp EDG, with Nova and AG possibly beating them if they plan to perform like this again.
China is too big to combine with APAC. Additionally they can't and never will because of laws and regulations...
Yeah probably not but stax is goated in terms of IGLing
They looked like an amputated garbageman with no arms struggling to use his legs to get the 10kg sack of glass into the truck.
Not even an opinion it's just a fact. FPX played highly entertaining Valorant.
APAC: PRX
CN: EDG
EMEA: TL
AMER: LEV
Not necessarily because it seems to have been a mistake/accident on your part. Some simple clarification should do just fine in my opinion.
But all things aside Conut you've been one of the users on this site I've known the longest so you will always have a special place in my vlr heart❤️
Pizza but a good dog is nice any time of the year
Go set your bar higher Conut
They've actually been pretty good this series in my opinion.
Of course it's you my dear Conut
When I was very young I said something bad without knowing the meaning but I'm generally cautious about what I say
USA and Italy both hold very special places in my heart so I'll be switching between them from now on.
I have been awarded "honorary American" title so I'll chill for now
Perchance. I love vlr and the people here.
Maybe you already do but they cannot see it?
No not at all! It's just my own personal preferences. Also yeah my bad for assuming but I can't just say yes with the possibility of them being a dude floating around out there...
Psion I am not into kissing dudes...
What did I do to deserve this?
But if EDG thrives and wins both matches, viewership is going to skyrocket. It'd be even better for the crowd if GenG gets knocked by Big B.
The fellowship travels from A site to E site all the while fighting lurkers 1 by 1 until they reach site to kill the top frag smurf only to have the spike detonate the moment they step on site.
What are you going to say about me?
Hi FrenchToast!
Okay I won’t I’ll just assume it’s something to do with copulation😅😅😅
Yeah that's fine but I was referring to the people who delve too deep into it. You can talk about the flaws without getting too into politics.
Discord