I have it playing in the background as I clean my kitchen and bathroom.

Amer:
G2
C9

EMEA:
M8

APAC:
NS

CN:
WOL

Depends on the unrated
You’ll see and hear creatures from all walks of life in unrated when their mains get banned

Jungle/Mayan ruins but it’s nighttime, torches and fires for lighting - idk would have a creepy feel to it. Maybe make it a TDM map if the gimmick is too weird for standard play.

Abandoned nuclear plant or an underground subway after a disaster, maybe there is a feature involving elevators to vary up the elevation or a grappling hook that allows you to get on varying vantage points

Red screens even in unrated

Contrary to popular belief, 2nd place consolation prize money can buy you happiness even if you lose out on trophies

New Zealand & trace e sports

Haven’t multiple teammates said rossy has bad vibes? Or is that fake

Something an evil twin would say

Maybe it’s a Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde situation?

The Way of the Househusband

Kotaro lives alone

DRG winning an international after getting relegated and reascending would be cool

Pancada thought the dress was gold and white, but Tuyz thought it was blue and black

Som

Someone quickly reschedule masters to LA

The principle of indiscriminate freedom of speech VS the principle of common decency

These player gf tweets are entertaining tho, need more pls

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory lol

Feel like he didn’t call much on defense even if it is just off season

LOL I’m scared to click on the link based on the preview screen

Day trip, looking for ideas

I never expected a pi from him

Astra is tough without really good team comms ie knowing when to stun or pull when you’re far away. Boaster prob has one eye on the minimap the entire time, so it likely drags his performance down a bit (yes yes we know he isn’t an aim demon but still)

extending his contract to 2030

Crashies

Lmao yeah tell him to get narrate a book on mindfulness or something too

yeah that’s why I said “not yet”
But tbh I didn’t see the magic they saw in him in tier 2 to hire him

Kyu IGL not yet showing promise
But at least the coaching staff can identify the problem right?

I mean it’s just an opinion but sure feel free to say I’m gold LOL

Coaches in NA teams have a lot more job security than I would have expected, right?

-100T: Zikz got an extra year for no reason
-C9: Immi got two years for no reason, still employed…
-SEN: Kaplan will prob get an extra year even if they flop this year
-EG: Potter gets glazed so much for the 2023 win (deservedly). She basically has tenure…
-NRG: Chet is the only one that comes to mind that got booted at the right time. Bonkar is good.
-G2: joshrt is good

I know there aren’t a lot of coaches but still surprising that orgs don’t try to make changes after 2+ years of no success (C9, 100T)

The storyline would be impressive - SEN would be the kings of Masters 1 then

Yeah Tenz/Zekken/Sacy/Johnqt/Zellsis had synergy

Redux/Narrate/Johnqt/Kyu/Cortezia is not quite there yet

SEN probably beat XLG, but still lose afterwards to GX. SEN 2025 map pool was very weak and they didn’t have good strats - Stage 2 play offs showed this, Champs confirmed it

He’s a gracious host who is actually contributing to the Val esports community.
You have to allow his vice of being a boomer with internet/Twitter access haha.
Compare him to the KOI people who didn’t stream or whatever their contract required and got kicked out for M8. (He shows to events, supports his players even the ones that caused him headaches like Sick)
Plus look how much he cares for his players.
He’s even cordial to his ex-players (having Zekken over for free food)
Plus he’s nice to the guests (free monitors to Wyatt and dryad)
Of course he will try to make sure the sponsors get their shoutouts, it’s how the lights stay on and how he can keep doing events like this

If you showcase counterplay during the off-season, NV will try to change their playstyle. Poppin IGL has no strats beyond cane, egg, and ion go kill. Once he loses cane and ion, NV can maybe beat EG and LOUD, but not the rest

Nepotism - friends keeping each other employed

Black mail - C9 owner got drunk and said something that Xeppaa has the receipts for

Sunk cost fallacy? Invested too much into Xeppaa to admit it was a bad investment?

3 teams qualify to M1 this time right?

G2, NRG, MIBR qualify (1-3)

SEN (4), LEV and KRU (5-6) will be the ones to barely miss out

100T, C9 (7-8)
NV, FUR (9-10)
EG, LOUD (11-12)

Obv this is off very little data, but just prior performances and literal guesswork

Yeah watching satoshi reminded me of my attempts on raze. Disasterclass.

Curious to see how WOL do in CN regular season. They fluked in Toronto I think but siufat had a lot of passion, so makes me want to root for them

Narrate is a good duelist but he needs to grow up tho, he tilts and overheats so easily for a pro

Johnqt is flexible enough and now without IGL duties, he can play his role without being distracted

Kyu IGL is meh so far but with more scrims/prac maybe he will surprise me

Cortezia is great. He has good decision making and aim, and good mental

Redux was hyped so much that he will disappoint those who thought he was the second coming of Christ, but I think he is fine for the squad - good aim, decision making seemed alright, he will get better with time

Kaplan coaching is the one on trial this season. If SEN underperforms this year, they gotta let him go

Zekken is PR trained and professional enough to not dunk on C9 / his ex-teammate Zellsis, but let’s be for real, C9 gotta swap out Xeppaa to go anywhere

Fire Immi then

Process of elimination
-G2, MIBR, NRG are the expected top 3 (consistent from last year versus upgraded roster)
-C9, EG, 100T will be mid tier like last year (side or downgrades in their roster)
-NV is handicapped with the loss of their 2 best players
-LOUD will be at the bottom again I think
-FUR will do better than last year but not likely to have a rags to riches in 1 season
-KRU is a big question mark to me - maybe they surprise us?
-SEN and LEV made an upgrade in terms of firepower - these are the dark horses I think due to their potential to upset

Curry would be fine as a sub/6th for NV, but would drag the team to the bottom of Americas if he were on the main lineup

With apparently Yay, JonahP, Demon1, seven, and other Challengers players that are available, why take the risk on someone who never showed promise in tier 1?

Keep Zander and Kess in tier 2 lol, their post plant plays on abyss were 👎🏽

They played so well they were rewarded with an early exit

English yellow
History blue
Math green
Science red
Electives black

Most food based Pokémon

Lol I mostly lurk but I’m out of school and unemployed so very bored

Hydrate well, practice good hygiene, and have over the counters for your work shift
Hopefully the symptoms will be gone in a day or two

Just finished school. I’m supposed to move back home until I find a job. It just feels weird because now I’m supposed to be a real adult and I don’t feel ready… Like ahhhhhhhhhhh

Latios
ORAS bc I get to fly on mega latios