agreed, just posting why people are upset not saying I agree with it :)

ferahgo summed it up well

The problem a lot of "mainstream" journalists have with this kind of amateur content is the community reaction discrediting the long and difficult process it takes to produce actually trustworthy content and the confusion between the two. Its a similar battle they've had with the kind of "twitter journalism" produced by the likes of the Jake Luckys of the world. Trust takes months if not years to build and a single incident to destroy which is why professional investigative journalists spend days or weeks making sure they have multiple primary sources and working with editors that not only improve the writing but also guide the decision making process of whether something is publishable. The best investigative journalists have folders of unpublished reports (some that happened and some that didn't) that could have gotten them clicks, but were too risky to stake their reputation to.

yes the wedding commencement will happen once he takes accountability

👬

bro does not wanna reply.
posted 43 minutes ago thread up 2 hours ago

I miss the old ds_santos, straight from the go ds_santos
News on the go ds_santos, set on his goals ds_santos
I hate the new ds_santos, the bad mood ds_santos
The always rude ds_santos, spaz in the news ds_santos
I miss the sweet ds_santos, up on the new rosters ds_santos
I gotta say, at that time I'd like to meet ds_santos

bro has it all lined up

vlr users try not to use vlr every day challenge (impossible) (almost cried) (cops showed up!?!?!!?)

same person yes

still learning about life like most of the people in this website.

then he should take this opportunity to learn rather than blow off any responsibility or fault

bump :)

https://www.vlr.gg/271324/take-some-accountability

do you have a video or something for the setup (or for harbor)?
I'd love to implement it into my matches :) I've been playing omen/astra

also added his comments from the George Geddes thread!

updated with his comment that "the naysayers don't pay my bills" ^-^ might reformat a section to expand on it!

sources:
sen babyJ
sen marved
sen sacy
sen pancada
sen a2guapo
sub: sen prod
coach: sen tarik

my GOAT

I'm trying my best so he does :/ we can hope.

I fell for it 😔

ahh makes sense, then I'm guessing something similar to Reyna's dismiss. That's what I took from the card at least!

good point, I'll update the post to reflect that.

Understandable POV that it's a bit cherry picked- however I think it's important to recognize that the phrasing at the beginning isn't well done and potentially harmful. If you want to read my take on it you can read https://www.vlr.gg/271302/what-did-ds-santos-do#17 onwards!

tl;dr ds_santos needs to take accountability for his negligence of community displeasure due to his actions

The last couple days ds_santos, a writer for VLR who I will now refer to as "Diogo", has made some problematic statements. Rather than take accountability for those statements, Diogo has repeatedly brushed them off. I will go over what statements and behaviors I personally find problematic, link back to those statements and top of that grab statements from fellow VLR members showing concern over this behvaior.

To start, Diogo made this tweet criticizing regular poster on VLR forums "james_ff". Criticizing someone is understandable, especially if done well and considering Diogo's position in the field. However, the way he went about it was taken by many as immature. Diogo in this tweet said lines such as "this is a forum dweller who spends his day checking player streams" and "this is not journalism, this is someone that needs to leave his parents' basement." Anyone can see that these Tweets are out of line considering the extent of influence james_ff has, and on top of that, these statements are not criticism but rather just hatred and insults towards james_ff.

This is not appropriate behavior for someone who is supposed to be a source of news and information, especially considering that james_ff is trying to become one himself. Rather than taking any accountability for making those comments, he doubled down with the statement that: "James is an absolute clown." This was not taken well, and maybe community members pointed out that it felt like "journalism was being gatekept" and the response was immature.

Afterwards, Diogo yet again rather than taking accountability posted on twitter. This time, Diogo quoted VLR posts and comments with sarcastic statements such "the weight of the community's opinion is more than i can bear to stand." This response, at least to me, shows lack of care for what the community thinks which I find concerning considering the community is what runs the site.

Expanding on the lack of care for what the community thinks, when Diogo made a comment on his thread about rhyme, he said "thankfully the naysayers don't pay me." They are the life and blood of the website, and I find making light of valid criticism from the people who make the site as lively as it is and bring in the traffic is immature and crass. This Tweet and that comment are still up and has not been edited.

Finally, all the james_ff drama cooled down. However, this was unfortunately not the end of the issues Diogo has caused this last week. In tragic news, KRU player "DaveeyS" passed away due to decompensation. While many in the community mourned, Diogo sent out a tweet starting with the line that "Twisten's passing hit me a great deal heavier than DaveeyS, maybe due to how little I watched the Americas." While the Tweet also stated that "sitting down at my desk today to learn this was disheartening," it left a bad taste in many people's mouths.

Many people posted that they thought that the Tweet very much lacked empathy and was poorly written considering the circumstances, but unfortunately this was yet another time Diogo did not take any action for the community's displeasure. Rather, he posted "hi" showing absolutely 0 concern for the community's concerns over his Tweet and taking 0 accountability for the way he phrased a tragic event.

Due to this, when Diogo made a comment on why George Geddes was hated, he immediately got downvoted and replied to people criticizing the way he handled the DaveeyS situation with comments such as "I got flamed by an echo chamber" and that "I don't know how to live like this, I'm utterly shattered" to people downvoting him and saying he should listen to his own community. Yet again showing his lack of connection to the brand he works for and not taking accountability for his actions.

Personally, I am not asking for the removal of Diogo as a writer, I enjoy his articles and I think he is valuable to the growth of Valorant and the reporting scene. However, his harmful attitude towards people attempting to do the same work as him and his lack of concern for the community's criticism as well is concerning to me. All I am asking for is some accountability taken for the actions that have transpired over this last week. All I can hope is that you see this, Diogo, and change your mind on some of the statements you have made and your outlook on how important it is to foster community respect and understanding rather than alienating yourself. I have tried my best.

Thank you.

TL;DR - ds_santos needs to take accountability for his negligence of community displeasure due to his actions

the player card teaser for the new agent is called "bulletproof"
some sort of temporary invincibility (maybe supposed to be like Reyna but pro compatible?) or extra armor (25-50 extra?)

ratio

I honestly think you're baiting at this point considering the points of "you expect him to be formal, prim and proper for the rest of his life" and "no one expects their twitter to more popular than the articles they write" as well as "he has publicly critiqued, but never has it been an official article that interferes with his job"

let me deconstruct this for you and then /closed unless you want to take what I'm saying completely out of context again

you expect him to be formal, prim and proper for the rest of his life

If you are trained as a plumber, I expect you to know how to fix pipes. if you're trained as a "journalist", I expect you to know how to write.

no one expects their twitter to more popular than the articles they write

this site is dead compared to Twitter and how much attention leaks and news gets on there. you have no clue what you are talking about.

he has publicly critiqued, but never has it been an official article that interferes with his job

not the point I made at all, completely skewed my point. The point was that he should know how to write in a non-offensive matter when addressing situations like this considering his job is writing, and him criticizing others while sending out tweets with that low of a standard is gross to me. nothing to do with "an official article that interferes with his job" whatever the fuck you mean.

/closed please stop farming downvotes

where it's posted doesn't really matter and Twitter is used for news all the time.
I'm pointing out that his entire job and career is based off him writing properly and having good writing etiquette and he proceeded to write something that bad. You would think considering it's his entire job he would know better, especially after he has publicly criticized others for their writing standards.

his entire job is writing for the public
he immediately starts something he writes with something that bad
I feel completely justified calling out that he did not do a great job at writing that tweet

are harbor and viper good? I've tried both and I don't see how they're good considering how well generic smokes fit in chokes.
maybe I am missing some crazy tech

I will be the strategic analyst 🤝can't have enough

you can be upset about someone's death without belittling how important it is to you immediately by mentioning someone else's death who was "more important"
it's tone-deaf and insensitive. please do not defend this behavior.

hello ds_santos
PR analyst here!
next time write something along the following:
I didn't watch Americas much, but when I did he was a fantastic player. Sitting down at my desk today to learn this was disheartening.

Fuck life. Fuck all of it. Rest in peace, Santi.

mibr is just a lost cause, genuinely a 1-9 or 2-10 team
their roster moves look straight up horrible and c9 is trialing weird players sure but to be honest some of these guys have been farming and doing well in t2
I think c9 is like 2-10 if they do it wrong and 5-5 if they do it right

boostio saying a team is good for their region: WTFFFFFFFFF 😡
ds_santos saying a player's death is not as important to him because the player is from the americas: 👍

https://twitter.com/ds_santos_/status/1698726866864009354

Twisten's passing hit me a great deal heavier than DaveeyS, maybe due to how little I watched the Americas

great way to start a tweet about a death 👍

when he tweeted about the daveeys death he said "yeah twisten hit harder because I didn't watch Americas" to start the tweet
pretty cringe imho

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

bro came back with a vengeance

taco fell off tbh

gaurd

I do expect you to call it that because being a fan of American football is cringe 💀

I saw the rumors the rosters look horrible
I agree with everything you said though, and Leo is braindead this is known. I hope it works out for Brazil, I personally always root for LOUD unless they are playing an NA team

ze1sh for sure worse, xms not an IGL so not comparable
koldamenta awful though for sure, great IGL but this game still needs individuals

immediately on fraud watch and I'm Am*rican so that's bad

bjor clears

american football greatest sport
90% of screentime being ads enjoyers rise
cant get enough of watching the same 5 ads for hours on end to see 5 seconds of anything meaningful happen (guy running then being tackled)

are you talking about football or american football??????????? now even I'm confused????????????????????????????

every t2 org died and dissolved besides oxygen to my knowledge
including the people who won ascension to become t1
we had to fight for them to even be in t1
I promise you it is not just Brazil

we only have EG... all of our other teams fell off hard