if you know they are going to wideswing, hold wide

if they are slowly contacting (so you know they are doing micro peeks) then hold tight

if they are stuck in a corner or you have major angle advantage (because they are peeking from close to the wall, so then they have to wide swing) then hold wide.

for example, you are playing an off angle from Ascent mid market while holding B main. its a slow round and you're waiting for their B lurker to peek you. you know he won't wide swing because hes clearing every angle, so you hold tight.

if they enemies are running thru a chokepoint while trying to get onto site, yes hold wide

easy rule of thumb is: if enemy is close to wall then they probably will have to wide swing, so hold a bit wide (only need to be a little bit btw)

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u play sydney?

contest B main, bait out traps for free. B main ascent, mid Haven and A long Haven are usual trap spots. when u play slow and contact heavy, chamber gets lots of value by just contacting space for free + the only way to shut that down is with an operator or a trap play.

chamber cant just swing an op, so they use phoenix flash or sova drone to get them on a line, use deep trip to hold space and chamber can walk around somewhere else. Lev liked to play slow and contact heavy, chamber suited them.

tldr: chamber = really good for slow contact style defaults, great for holding space on defence and offence, really good for baiting out trap plays and punishing teams that aren't proactive on defence

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Cloud used to play duelist not long ago

good thing heretics won neither!

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enemies to lovers.

you beginner? feel free to dm me bro im happy to be of help

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huy wheres the pinoy pride

nah i just dont have it in me to be hateful, worst case scenario someone actually takes it seriously and i ruined someones day

also didn't mean to sound so sarcastic. sorry man, hope you have a good day

You play around with Claude Code?

I'd prefer they change one player at a time. Less changes to adapt to at a given moment, like how PRX had only changed 1 player every year. Still gonna hatewatch G2 though

yea i love using AI to write LinkedIn posts in my voice. I tell it no emdashes allowed, avoid rule of three, and give it samples of my own gen Z writing to copy off of. every post sounds like me but its legit full AI written and you could barely tell cuz i made it sound bad on purpose.

new meta is to sound more human nowadays and you lowkey get praised for writing like shit now because AI is trained on good writing, so bad writing is just a pattern disrupt method that should work for the next couple of years maybe

Ye ik, pretty sure he just dumped his prior thoughts into it so he didn't have to write allat. It's called using tools for faster output, try it

Fax. EWC mickey agenda had to have been started by virtue signalling and then all the mickey justifications just came after. I swear it never started as a general consensus that it was a mickey on its own.

Yes, players and coaches wanting to win a Masters over EWC is valid. Yes, I agree it's cooler to have a purple gun buddy, have your bundle plastered on the store, and have a title. However, the competitive level was no different to a Masters.

Blood money doesn't change the level of gameplay.

EWC isn't mickey, PRX shat the bed

What is this meant to be

I feel it, M8 are winning champs so long as Bipo and Proxh can keep shooting (coming from a D1 EMEA hater btw)

All fair points

Can't see how that affects EWC quality of gameplay. You're looking from a perspective on how it affects VCT but I'm discussing as to EWC itself. If you can provide valid argument as to why the schedule made the level of gameplay worse then I'm all for it.

I honestly agree with you here, but to play devil's advocate:

1. doesn't single elim mean every team needs to have utmost focus and effort into each game?
2. are the stakes not raised for every playoffs game and therefore teams do not play any game with a feeling of safety because they face elimination at any point?
3. it can be argued that teams in upper bracket do not feel as pressured to win because they get a second chance
4. if an upper bracket team won instead of Lev, wouldn't we be calling them the best team in the tournament and be disregarding the need for lower bracket as a means of more stage experience and getting a second chance?

Who can provide valid arguments as to why EWC is not on the same level as Masters on a competitive standard.

No you will not get $5, but you'll get a pat on the back.

EWC = Masters and I've yet to see a valid argument made as to why it isn't.

GAF about ur moral high horse, that doesn't change gameplay quality and competitive level.

Anything but admit that EMEA is worse than CN

Saudi money getting to his head so bad he switched up on MEMEA

Leo here to collect his Saudi paycheck

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thats what im saying brooo. idk if hes running a bot or if hes choosing what to answer himself

I don't really like sportswashing.

Car washes are awesome because you get to wash your car by yourself

Did you wash your elbows yet?

Sports athletes wash their feet a lot, especially basketball players.

yo stop with the chatgpt answers ethan, why all of a sudden in this thread you start your responses with an affirmation, use phrases like 'Genuine question' and 'Sounds like the timing/competitive fatigue is probably the biggest reason you wouldn't watch'

I think that's fair. Genuine question, were you paid to do some market research? Is this thread a survey?

I think the human rights abuse is terrible, and I love watching EWC because it's high-level Valorant with all the best teams.