i think it's worth noting that sen needed the full 2023 to rebuild into their 2024 roster that won madrid

a lot of fans just wanna win now and realistically that's just not how it's gonna work unless you pick up absolute stars and get lucky in a sense of personalities and playstyles meshing well together on limited practice

you just got a new coach, changed IGLs and replaced 2 players. trying to instantly switch to win now mode is kinda insane and unrealistic imo. you are already 2-1 with half a brand new team and the 1 loss is to furia who are one of the best in americas

jerrwin is an aggressive entry and sen have capitalised on that really well on a lot of their attack rounds i dont think replacing him would even be useful unless it's for someone who is clearly one of the best in the world (zekken, etc)

this is how most 100t series have gone for like 2 years atp. they look really good for 1 or 1.5 maps and then awful the other half it's super weird idk adderall crash or what

bro just hates IGLs they're all gone

my understanding is as follows:

talent is what you have naturally

skill is what you develop through effort

so talent is more or less identical to genetics in my view. you could argue a grey area for the circumstances in which somebody grew up (loving parents vs bad parents) but i don't see how that's really a "talent" that somebody possesses innately

yes it's a skill not a talent. you arent born genetically with an "intention to improve" my guy that's a mindset you develop intentionally

yes but you are assuming this is genetics. vast majority of pros have prior FPS game experience or at least competitive experience in other games which gives a lot of transferrable skills and the right mindset for improvement instead of autopiloting

im sorry bro but that's just hard untrue if those 700 hours were spent poorly

someone super talented for bench press might spend 5 years benching with terrible form and awful programming + commitment they will never reach a high level of strength let alone world class even if they have a great "talent" for it

people use talent as a cope far too often particularly in an esports setting like almost all these skills that pros have are learnable. not 100% of them but a very significant portion

what exactly makes up talent for an esport? much easier to tell in physical sports. and how can you even know if you have talent if you're bronze and just beginning to "try"? you have no idea. even people with great physical genetics have very little idea of where they stand for sports performance until they start training (unless growing up in physically demanding environment like on a farm)

that plat kid with 700 hours how many of those were spent actually trying to learn skills and apply them vs autopiloting? not a clue. nobody knows except maybe him so it just seems crazy toxic to be taking a dump on other peoples' dreams when we know nothing about them

why does it matter where you start as long as you are willing to work hard it could happen

and even if it doesn't it's their life and their goals bro let them be at least they're trying at something in life

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cant remember him ever chamber-ing tbh even on loud in the chamber meta. if they do opt for chamber i'd expect it on tex or maybe zekken but probably tex

if it's for 100t i fully believe they should have dropped asuna for jonah after kickoff and trolled by not doing that

that said i dont think asuna is in any way bad just him and 100t need to part ways for the benefit of both parties really so depends entirely on context.

jonah feels like he would be more beneficial to midrounding. he's also capable of flexing on some other roles like viper/sage etc not just a hard flash ini

asuna more explosive more energetic both in comms and in server + obviously can flex 2nd duelist his raze is solid

overall i feel like jonah's skillset is harder to find while still being a good shooter so i'll take him on most teams

you haven't really said why this is a problem in the first place though

what's wrong with a turk in london servers? as long as he comms in english who cares. what's the harm being done? genuine question

unfortunately been the case every year just not for americas. usually as i recall it's emea that starts late for no reason and every time china starts early so they get to finish early and arguably prep more? i dont really know why they keep doing this but it's ridiculous

idk why everyone says 5 potential-man players as if suygetsu didnt already win a trophy and prove himself as one of emea's best shooters but whatever

they are not a superteam im afraid. suygetsu and narrate are the only ones you could argue proved themselves as stars on other rosters before coming to kc. dos9 avez lewn have shown flashes but havent really proven themselves as stars at tier1 level yet to be considered stars. and even narrate never really did much except for get some good stats in domestic. not saying this to sh*ttalk any of them

if we compare it to 2023 lev which is the first time "superteam" was thrown around it doesnt even come close. same for T1 when they made theirs

it will give you a small boost to performance (strength, endurance) which can help you train a little harder/heavier. it's not a wonder drug it wont do anything crazy but it will help a little

it also will not make you bald and any bloating will likely fade on its own after a few days

I feel like you're slightly re-telling the 2022 loud era. it wasnt aspas and friends his peak arguably was after that. not that he was bad in 2022 but they were all fantastic and personally i would argue he wasnt their most impactful player that year

as much as i think jaw haters are stupid i kinda feel like it's equally silly to be over-glazing from 1 half of 1 map. love jaw tho

quite literally again this depends on which stats you look at so thanks for agreeing with me in your own way at least. going to stop replying since this has become monotonous and no valid points are being addressed. have a nice day

if we're going to ignore him every time he plays well and focus only on bad games and also ignore stats he does well and only focus on other stats then yeah we will get a pretty bad impression of him. glad we agree

vs nrg over 300 acs, 11-3 first blood

vs mibr 217 acs, 11-8 first blood and a hard diff on aspas in a 3-0

i would say that's pretty good yeah

g2 3-0d mibr, 2-0d nrg in 2026 and jaw played pretty well in both lol..? he then has a bad half of 1 map and you post about him being trash (did fine rest of series btw but ig u didnt care), he had a bad first half of a first half of a first map here and you make 2 threads about him

2025 winning americas, making an international finals and being forced to make a roster change due to leaf health issues mid-season and still being #1 americas team is a bad team now i guess

bro the first map isnt even over and you've made multiple threads attacking him (your own player btw) dont pretend to be a neutral observer lmao

yeah it was a crappy attack half nobody is denying it but my point is that it's more of a macro issue. it's not like jaw was whiffing. his role on g2 in many matches on attack is to throw his life into the entry, especially on yoru/waylay. helps to sell fakes, take space etc they dont draw up plays for him to take kills.

his stats were mostly a victim of the system hes playing in on g2 which has been the g2 way for years since the guard era. which brings me back to my statement of people hating on his stats because they dont watch the games

n4rrate gets cooked because he's (was) sen and every sen player is either jesus or judas according to the masses it's stupid and unfortunate

g2 have never played a way that benefits a fragging entry duelist who hard carries. sayaplayer, tex, icy, jaw and possibly leaf for a short time i cant remember. but they keep winning anyway, dominated americas and been one of the best teams itw for a while. if sen were going to every international and won americas then im sure n4rrate would have been treated much better. same for heretics and miniboo

every jaw hater is just stat-watching and doesnt watch the games change my mind

me pretending to be surprised when he immediately starts fragging once it's def half and he can play for himself more

welcome to pro valorant where every team doesnt play exactly the same as the next

this is always how they've used jawgemo it's a gameplan issue and i agree it's being over-abused

what u want him to do? his role on that attack half was to be a hard entry and get info + get traded. it wasnt like he was losing equal gunfights lol

triple ini comps shortly after fade release

tho in ranked that would probably be great

asc3 maybe a medium-high

Kind of? Playing soloQ is exhausting and a generally awful experience imo i hate it but 5 stacking is great which is what i do most of the time now. or prem or 10mans

I could have grinded a more "useful" life skill as you say but i'd rather spend my life doing things that are enjoyable, as long as the rest of my life/income/personal stuff is sustainable. i dont see 5 stacking with friends any different to someone going out to the bar/club with their mates instead

grinding 6+ hours/day is a different story i did briefly to fast rank up when i was new but i had a great time doing that so 0 regret there. ranking up super fast also kinda gave me confidence (outside the game) in a way too

whether it's "that deep" or not depends on your values really. if you're someone who wants to focus super hard on grinding irl accolades and numbers then yeah it's stupid. if you want a more balanced life then having fun non-productive hobbies that serve as a distraction from irl stress is useful for mental health

i think it makes sense

he was great that first year for heretics when they made 2 finals

after losing the champs finals it hit his confidence and he couldnt find himself and struggled. tried forcing it, tried vibes guy, tried phantom etc just couldnt click

recently he has found his confidence again

When fans say this stuff it's a bit cringe but imo it's fine for players at the top level of any sport/esport to have a bit of ego. as long as it doesn't block their ability to see their own errors from being too arrogant. hes not saying bbl are bad or talking trash just that he feels he could have beaten them if his calling was better, which could well be true (could also be false)

why would they not be a superteam?

zekken aspas are obvious

verno after last year established himself very strongly + great in tier 2

tex - ascension winning duelist put onto senti for more firepower (same argument as 2024 lev). last year he inted but on that aspas lev roster ppl forget he was playing insane too

mazino - not "super" player fair enough (but very underrated in this team ngl)

What small/minor nerfs or buffs would you give agents to just slightly re-balance them without significant improvement or worsening?

Things that you think riot should genuinely change

Astra - Astral form height changed to crouch height allowing you to stay behind boxes etc instead of giving position away. Makes her more friendly to play without significant impact

Chamber - Remove or reduce duration of the slow effect after an ult kill. makes him so hard to trade (already hard to trade)

Fade - if your prowler sees somebody and they die (before the blind effect) you get an assist for it anyway

Vyse - Make the ult circle area in front of vyse rather than around her because rn it hits nothing

i feel like that's only true if it was something really bad no? otherwise at least it would give inspire a chance to defend himself

not to mention if it was something bad it would at least give the org a chance to shake off this terrible image they've created for themselves by cutting him and not elaborating on why

if they said what it was (if it is something real and bad) then people wouldnt be hating and would support envy again

yea very real everyone wanted to see how the real rankers would do against real tier 1 opponents and now we've been robbed of that

i dont really dislike the org of envy, i quite enjoy them from my old COD days but they completely screwed inspire. not only did they cut the guy who got them to tier 1 in the first place (one of the guys) but by doing it the way they have done they've made it super hard for him to find a new team

citing "internal issues" and not elaborating basically makes it seem like inspire is a personality problem for any team and now any team potentially looking for a new senti is gonna second guess whether he's a good fit for them in that sense

I feel like people arent so much "i hate envy" as much as they are "justice for inspire"

I was discussing it with a friend and the primary issue really is that there isnt really a trusted source of age verification. Essentially any third party or company that does this might store your data (even just the selfie) and word for word my friend said

"Verifying your face makes it possible for someone to find out who you are, for the governments to subpoena your identity and prosecute you for whatever they deem illegal"

If there is a trustworthy third party or company who can age-verify people i dont think anyone would have an issue with it given that it helps against scams, spams, child predation and more

honestly they have good players they just need a real IGL.

keep pancada, lukxo, darker, virtyy

drop cauanzin for a real IGL

I do think caua is over-hated a bit - in 2023 he was absolutely him. but his time has come and he can go on a redemption arc elsewhere ig

Just to be clear this is generalised and not about tenz/kyedae

very dependent upon the individuals and their relationship + life circumstances but speaking from experience the "staying with x through tough times" stuff can be rough.

It can easily build resentment on the part of the helper/stayer because you have to divert a lot of your time/energy to your partner and if your life is already going through a busy/stressful period it really wears on you.

you may also feel like you cant express your struggles to your partner because theyre already suffering - so you bottle up more and feel less comfortable opening up which can also build resentment since you were able to be open before and it changed - but also is just unpleasant in general ofc

and possibly you set expectations for their recovery and, as recovery often is, there are setbacks. then your expectations dont get met and perhaps you wonder "will this ever end" or "how much more"

these are just possibilities and hypotheticals and im trying to generalise just to paint a rough picture. i dont know tenz/kydedae so i dont wanna speak on them

revert cypher trips but then add the old mechanic that dogs (and similar) break the trips. Adds valid counterplay but still keeps him strong and rewards adaptability in setup instead of ppl just using the same old trips on def for 5 rounds in a row

kj is fine imo but ig you could increase the range on the turret and/or alarmbot so you can move a little more freely. hard to buff without a rework but you could also change the turret itself to be stronger or see further/better angles etc

vyse honestly still feels okay but the ult is just trash. the range nerf coupled with it being a radius around vyse instead of a line forward (breach, fade etc) makes it hit nothing. flash nerf also tough but imo fix the ult and the flash is fine

veto is quite under-explored so im fine with leaving him. he feels usable but not broken to me

sage is fine

DL is also kinda fine but maybe a buff to the wall or make the stuns cheaper

jaw spends half his time being thrown at the wolves on waylay to sell a fake or take a bit of space. Usually without much util setting him up just run in throw slow and come back. the way g2 play has never favoured an entry duelist popping off. sayaplayer, tex, icy, jaw, maybe even leaf for a game or two idk. nobody has been able to pop off consistently for this team on entry role it's just not the way they play. they get the value from jaw that they need.

not to mention when they went to champs jaw locked in. they forced a top 3 americas raze onto perma yoru for a whole year and then act surprised when his raze isnt up to par anymore. idk man it's just weird to me but overall hes playing the role(s) they ask of him exactly as they want - he just isnt being set up for success both in terms of strategy and direct util setup without jonahp

deliberate practice instead of just autopilot practice is usually the best difference maker here imo. Go in the range and actively try to aim at the head and take a half second to confirm in your mind that you believe you are on his head before shooting. As you progress this time to confirm will get shorter and for microflicks you will probably be able to do away with it entirely (later) but for now it's about practicing good technique. After you get comfortable doing that take the same mindset into a deathmatch (or TDM). Dont worry about k/d or losing gunfights we're practicing good form for progression over time - not instant results

Practicing with mental awareness of what you're working on saves like 10x the hours it would take to develop the skill through grinding DMs constantly on autopilot. Or aimlabs or TDM or whatever else.

BBL won breeze in a later series so idk to me not a super weak map. Disagree on the stronger opponents thing but as a proud navi classic owner I refuse to elaborate. I do think it'll be close tho and as a gambling man I'll put my money on it

wait whyd he get mad at them because he lost? did they perhaps have the option of extending his recovery window by an hour or two and said no? why else would he actually be angry at them not just upset at t he situation

bbl comps are one dimensional (double duelist - yoru +1, cypher, 1 smoke 1 scan) and esp on breeze it's a little weird ngl and their breeze attack side in particular crashed and burned vs fnc but small sample size

What are you basing the small map pool thing on? BBL have dropped 1 map overall and it was the 1st map of their tournament. m8s i guess havent dropped a map but we've literally only seen 4 of their maps (abyss split bind pearl) so im a bit confused

if they were missing out on london and still could qualify to santiago i feel like it would be okay but it's actually kinda sad yeah i'd crash out a bit too. reminds me of when zeta failed for masters tokyo but at least that was a skill issue this is management. curiou to know if the players are mad (publicly mad) or not

m8s have looked fantastic so im not gona sit here and try to convince you they'll lose but I think you might be over-hating on BBL. maybe as a reaction to all the BBL over-glaze idk that tends to happen a lot (see: sen fans/haters lmfao)

cypher is def weak as an agent but their def side overall on most maps seems to be strong.

Idk what makes fnc and vitality weak tho.

FNC downgraded chron (no disrespect veq) but even so they are the most experienced and well drilled EMEA team since they kept most roster + coach + IGL and are coming off b2b2b grand final appearances at internationals so they are not a weak team

Vit has a sub but it's a sub who played with the guys before and is a sub they knew they'd need so he must have prac'd a lot and they have a very strong roster overall

Bright side they can use all this extra time to do nothing but practice and come in super well drilled for stage 1. No wasted time on specific anti stratting for 1 team, travelling, interviews, etc etc. Just actually lock in and perma scrim. If they came in late to kickoff and had to play without much prac they mighta been cooked and lost confidence so tbh might be for the best that since they missed the first game they miss all of it? Long term i mean

Altho thinking about it the chance to quali for santiago for kru specifically as the latam team (+ lev) sucks particularly hard