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i look bonkers

i think nrg is going to try really hard to retain him. if you listen to their comms he has become a really effective secondary caller behind ethan.

my favorite coach bonkers

edit: removed your typo making me look insane

i mean keiko did say “nrg informed me” in his tweet

just sooo many countries with established esports scenes split between so little partner slots

i mean china does have like 1.5 billion people

edit: i do agree pacific region is still fucked tho

i legit barely watch tenz or kyedae ever or interact with their respective communities on my own accord

that being said

the small percentage of parasocial tenz fans who find every reason to hate kyedae or come up with random conspiracy theories about her or her & tenz… do you not realize that tenz doesn’t like you. like actually thinks you are in the wrong. in his own words “disgusting” and engaging in “blind hate”

a grown ass man and grown ass women can handle their own relationships. if something needs to be clarified or said publicly let them make that call

this shit is just weird as fuckkk like log off and go work to improve your own life and relationships and shit

world needs less chuds not more

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any predictions for the biggest shock during this years rostermania?

it is literally just the same script that internet trolls use. find one bad and/or questionable thing from someone's past (regardless of if they amended the situation) and use it to justify all future hate even if that hate is completely and utterly unrelated to the original incident. its low-iq slop logic.

i mean yeah it was an overreaction but the guy was milking the fuck out of nothing burger content for clips and turning it into this weird e-girl stereotype slop content kinda creating the division, which objectively did lead to kyedae's friend to get harassed. it was too far but i can understand wanting to defend your friend against internet trolls and overstepping out of emotion. she apologized privately too like shit isn't that nuclear it just seems like a very weak justification for hating someone. i think the point congo is trying to make is that hating someone for breaking up with you favorite streamer is brain-dead and so is making up fake allegations of cheating. that is incel behavior and there is not really justification for it, even if you disagree with someone's past actions or just don't like them as a person lol.

lewashed just gave them a lead

i think kru would make a mistake not selling him to loud. imagine the tension it would create not letting a player stick with their champs winning squad. basically guaranteeing bad terms with the org for the remainder of his contract, and guaranteeing he does not resign with kru in the future even if he becomes their star player if he has comparable offers with other orgs

i mean a lot of the talent that comes out of open quals isn't going to be established players with agents and stuff. signing a contract with a non-partner team will be there launching point to start actually making money from this game. agents are expensive. i mean if you think of other sports there are young players who are 5 times better than veteran talent on good teams yet they make 10x less on their rookie contract with a bad team. they have to finish out their contract and grind so that they have the chance of getting signed by a better team for a significantly better salary. its about proving yourself even when you are not getting paid what your skill reflects in the current moment.

i think non-partner orgs are gonna see who goes on a run in open quals and then sign players to at least season-long contracts. yes partner orgs can try to poach them but at the end of the day if they have a season-long contract with that org its not like they can just be snatched up.

i feel like it would be in kru's best interest to sell tkzin to loud. i mean imagine the mental impact on tkzin if you deny him from playing with his championship roster next year. obv he will try on kru (if that is where he goes) but the conflict that it will create between him and the org will be massive. it is like you are guaranteeing he leaves the second he gets the chance.

what happened

obv it is not perfect but riot has much higher anti-cheating protocols for online esports then ranked. they verify and id every player (passports even required, i think), vanguard pre-check required, strict recent rank/mmr cap, server-side security measures. im pretty sure they are reviewing registered player accounts ahead of time too for suspicious past patterns. not perfect and there prob will be rollbacks at some point but i think it is going to be minimal compared to what we are all worried about. the lack of anonymity is a massive deterrent itself i think.

it is hard for sure, i think there is no perfect answer. i def think anything over an 8:4 ratio in favor of partner teams is too much tho

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knicks are about to give unc straight BTA

i think the hybrid system is the only way to actually keep real stable investment in valorant. yes open-quals as a concept is ideal, but the financial burden and volatility of it is not appealing to orgs. if we are thinking about long-term stability/sustainability i think hybrid is the best trade-off of fairness/opportunity and long-term safety for the scene.

missing out on events is just part of esports. i think the fact that there are multiple open quals during the season makes this far more fair. you do get second chances.

i think the franchising system made us forget how big the pool of insanely talented players there are. while it is true non-partnered teams have big disadvantages there is plenty of opportunity to field and keep competitive rosters.

using NA as an example. there will be 4 partner NA teams, that is 25 roster slots. let's be extra conservative and assume only 10 total slots are not going to go up for grabs during the season. that brings it down to 15 slots. there will be far more than 15 talented and t1 worthy players emerge from open quals, and that is assuming they ALL get poached. if you are a non-partnered team you just have to sit back and see who performs in opens. sign a team that looks like it will go the distance. maybe some of those players will get poached but you still have a massive talent pool. non-partnered teams also don't have to let their players go early. they can sign them to 1-year contracts and hold them to it. that is part of being a new player that has to prove themselves. yes you don't get into partnered teams instantly but you will have that chance after your contract ends, so prove why you are worthy now and win.

it is not a perfect system but it is far superior to what we had before, and non-partner teams can field and keep competitive rosters season to season.

genuinely as much as orgs like fly and sr have an amazing case for franchising how could you pick them over sen/g2/100t/nrg there is just not enough slots for everyone unfortunately

link doesnt work what does it say

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idk what my sources said

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i know better im so stupid stupid

projected no earnings vs confirmed earnings

had to pull out a series where his hand went numb (he still went positive in fk/fd and 74/81 k/d)

yeah this is rage bait i can't believe i have fallen for it

"salty springs lookin ah boi 😂"

you are not real

yoru one trick we've played these games before

larping lying

people said this for the mibr roster last season and look what happened lets wait and see

saw "mada sucks" stopped reading

Please be honest:

https://linkto.run/p/Z58M1M7Q

ofc i want want nrg to win but no matter what happens i want a three map banger series

does anyone think he will land a partner team next year?

3 months later

went 10-2 vs 0xy last map

@Yessirskiiii where u at LOL?

this guy doesn't know ball

b2b incoming

honestly i feel bad for rossy yes he has made poor choices as a teammate but obviously he has been through a lot in the scene and is getting unfair blame

we need to see his contract