Maybe learn ult lineups for sites and choke points so that you at least know the angles and spots to play from in viper ult? That can help a lot. I don't play viper anymore but I noticed ult lineups can really make post plant for example in the ult so much easier, and play making potential increases a lot because you know where your ult smokes and covers, especially the small angles and corners that you can use for your advantage.

The closest analogy would be locations on the valorant maps not having the same callouts that everyone recognises. Why isn't there a single name for a particular spot on the map that everyone would know and recognise as that location? Like why some people call dugout on pearl a site secret, and that confuses people. But time zones don't really work like this. For example, someone may have a callout that is different in their own language and so having one name which is only in English may not work for everyone across the world. Especially since time zones give us an idea of when roughly the sun rises and sets in other parts of the world, just like how people using their own language for locations makes it easier for them because not everyone knows English. Besides, all timezones are calibrated around GMT so they are all GMT plus or minus a certain number of hours to roughly account for sun rise and sunset tikes, as well as noon and midnight roughly being around 12am and 12pm.

but the second option is to sit on the dick and eat the cake... i assume you would do 1, then?

oh, hardly? so it seems that i can, since it isnt impossible to call the whole year a fluke. they fluked lock in after almost throwing the whole bo5, then they fluked through tokyo because they were ahead of the meta. then they LOST at champions despite being the supposed best team in the world. shame on them. frauds were so bad they forced leo into an early retirement, and without him they couldnt even qualify to a masters. fnatic are simply fraudulent, there is no other way to put it.

crazy how true it is, right? they quite literally fell off despite having ZERO roster changes after 2023. frauds.

ok yeah vitality as an org is dead to me if they do this. unless he is giving bad vibes, vitality have no reason to drop him.

fnatic deserves to fumble leo and alfajer and chronicle too. how can a team be so stacked yet not perform after one fluke year???

true but if sayonara were to join the team... i would rather see him replace kicks than trexx. trexx has a much higher ceiling than kicks imo, even though kicks is younger and technically has more potential.

explain? who is getting dropped.

True. Fr*nch people are vile. They hide behind their passive aggressive "honesty" as an excuse to insult others. I hate them.

was it really so hard to make it so that every team has a more even distribution of games across the days in the week? idk what rito is cooking with this one.

sounds like there is nothing to chop off from the way he is talking.

why would RRQ give estrella up so easily when they are doing so well with him? whether or not he is a weak link for RRQ, he has been on the team for a long time and things are finally working for them. why would they switch things up now?

fr, when jinggg actually tries, he turns the game into a 6v4 instead of a 5v5. that is really impressive.

but i still feel like sova util provides a ton of value on this map, no? i always felt like he was the most crucial agent to the stagnating meta on ascent. idk though im not high elo so maybe i am looking at this the wrong way.

no, T1 is the best second seed but i guess DRX doesnt deserve to be called best team in pacific after their devastating loss to their second seed. but yeah kor- i mean, pacific is the best region at the moment for sure.

envy's flair is much nicer imo. i would rather rep the NV flair than the rankers one.

for under 2 years of huge growth (the game was only released in china in mid 2023 iirc), china has achieved so much that the ceiling in that region seems to be higher than the other regions which have had up to 3 years of similar growth. sure, the game is more heavily promoted in china than anywhere else in the world, but that doesn't explain how chinese teams are capable of this level of competition in only their second year of game release there. especially when before, china was only seen as a laughing stock and could were only compared to tier 2 teams in any other region. the hype is not unwarranted, but because the region itself has not proven themselves beyond EDG, most people feel like they are overhyped. i see a lot of potential in the chinese teams because they remind me of the pacific teams back in 2021, except they did a lot more in 2024 than the pacific teams did back then.

korea and china are asia, no? just admit that you are afraid of asians taking over the one esport where NA has shown prolonged competence in without being overshadowed by non white people.

please do, i do not want to have to interact with ignorant people on this site any longer.

do you know what projection means?

The red and white flag is for england, one of the 4 countries that make up the nation of the United kingdom. Great Britain iirc includes only the main land mass containing Scotland, Wales and England but if I'm wrong someone can correct me on that. The 4th country that makes up the UK is northern Ireland, which is north of Ireland and West of the main land mass of England Scotland and Wales. Each of the 4 countries have their own flags. Wales has a nice red dragon on theirs and Scotland has a blue background with a white X. Each has their own capital city.

if you keep coping for long enough, you won't even realize it when asia takes over completely.

there is nothing wrong with speaking the truth. if girls cry when you smile, you are hideous.

same its infuriating when my friends make dumb plays. i have played solo q for 4 years now, and only recently did i start playing with friends and i find myself biting my tongue off because they just run in and die every round :(

Whoa a phasmophobia reference? I never expected to see this here.

a cow would be honoured to be compared to my beautiful visage.

oh wow, 2 NPCs laughed at the joke. do you want a medal?

must have been a bad joke since no one laughed.

"beached walrus" LMAOOOOO does she realize that she looks like a cow????

how down bad are you for you to be trying to find people on VLR.GG???? this is not grindr

who is coffee? is she the ugly one with blue eye makeup?

unemployed 22

"ohh that explains a lot", "holy ogre", "going 3 for 3 on the landwhale scale", "stop harassing my eyes", i have to say the creativity of some of these is absolutely hilarious.

you want to screw yourself? will you also be watching that, you clucker without the L??

i am not over 26 but since you will never get a wife i suggest you get a cat.

yeah trust trust you to ruin SENs chances of ever qualing to another LAN this year. i love that!

KC is a bigger wildcard than FUT imo.

the issue is annoying people are always going to piss the wrong people off, so they normally dont realize that they bring it upon themselves. also they will get what they are looking for most of the time.

no, valorant skins

yeah mordret has so much aura.

Hazelnut or vanilla or pistachio. That's my top 3.

I just want skins

Where are you up to right now? Is it the east Antarctica arc? It did slow down a bit and the next arc is a slow burn but has a great conclusion (I can't say more without spoiling). In around 400 chapters, the story switches vibes to a more chill and relaxed portion of the story, and this is seen as the weakest part of shadow slave so far. Once again it's really hard to describe without spoiling but a summary would be: where you are to around 1200 is ok, the next 30 chapters after that are also a bit slow. Then something happens at around 1230, and the story really slows down till around chapter 1300. It picks up a bit until the conclusion of the arc at chapter 1550 to 1580, which is the climax of the next arc and it's a really good conclusion to it. Then from around chapter 1600 till 1800 it's a lot slower with some interesting parts, and then from chapter 1800 till 2200 the story begins to pick up again and there is a lot of action from 1800 to 2200. I hope I didn't spoil anything for you, and my memory might not be 100% correct but this is my rundown on how the rest of the chapters up until the latest goes. But even the low points like where you are at now are still really good, and you should just enjoy whatever you are reading now. The story doesn't necessarily get worse but there are some weaker parts and honestly it depends on what you like. I personally loved all of it and was hooked the whole time, so it's not bad at all. Like I said, enjoy it while you can because it's all really good.

Yeah it had me shocked too. I got spoiled a bit by accident but I never expected nephis to use that in the way she did. Do you hate cassie for what she did? I personally never held it against her and she is one of my favourite characters rn, especially for the reveal that happens around chapter 1550. She is such a cool character but I know a lot of people in the SS community hate her with a passion.

Bro the Antarctica arc is so peak too! It had a lot of well written horror. Some of the arcs really terrified me. Until around chapter 1200, there were no bad arcs imo.

Ok yeah some of the characters are horrible but there are a lot of good characters as well. I think the fight scenes are well described as well, and it has decent pacing too. I think it's really good.

It's not as bad as you think. There's only been like 40 or 50 other POV chapters in all 2200 chapters so far. There are so few that I can't even remember how many there are.

No it's not. The world building is extremely good and after the first arc, it's really good. What don't you like about it?

Wait I started reading it last month then a thread pops up here??? Why is my life outside vlr chasing me here??? Also yeah I started reading SS in mid Feb and I am up to date now. Also they have a manhwa in the works for shadow slave, possible later this year. I was like reading 150 chapters a day. I finished forgotten shore in 3 days and then I never slowed down with it. It's really good.