because geopolitics is the fault of the citizens of kazhakstan

gotta b a glitch

If Liquid stick together they will on top of the EMEA scene simply because of all the switch ups elsewhere and who knows perhaps their IGLing will improve.

Well I mean you can keep saying that but many analysts come from backgrounds such as these. I mean that has happened quite a lot, especially in the beginning valorant pros haven't really played insanely "smart", obviously that's improved but its nowhere near the same. What makes pros pros is usually their insane mechanics, quick thinking and gamesense rather than actually being intellectual.

This just isn't true. Most of OPTIC's losses are pretty easy to explain. Ascent yesterday was a prime example and a map they consistently make stupid mistakes on. Their executes, ideas, and often midrounding is impeccable, which is why they often win, not because Victor got a kill after getting onto a site LMAO. They lost Ascent yesterday due to some stupid plays (yes some by Victor) but frankly the calls were a lil off, FNS randomly peeking heaven post plant 12-11, 4v2 was really quite upsetting and this kept happening. All in all this has nothing to do with Victor and I think you need to stop listening to Tenz so much and think for yourself.

you call him a nobody but you just sound like some mad fanboy LMAO. Idk who tactical rab is. Sure, follow the herd of twitch streamers and don't use your brain and only listen to what others tell you, that'll get you far in life.

I'm braindead? No, that's not the point I was making at all. The point is if it's structured like OPTIC have it then it doesn't matter, because everything is already planned. No that's not the reason FNC lost to 100t lmao. We can talk about that. On pearl they had a bizarre setup where alfa was playing mid on neon and derke was on the A exec... very strange. They made a bunch of other small micro mistakes that aren't relevant to this convo but in short both Alfa and Derke did p well in terms of "killing", just because they're two good players.

Have you been around for the past year and a half? If so, you should know that duelists such as Raze and neon are no longer these characters that people go loosely running round the map looking for picks with, they're simply used to create space and sometimes delay. For that role, you're looking at Chamber, which yay plays. "Yay pops off regardless of win or lose" thanks for proving my point ?XD. This means that he always has insane impact. Most of the time optic lose it's because they make some stupid mistakes as we literally just witnessed on Ascent (I didn't see haven, but I imagine it was p similar).

You call me braindead, but I don't think you understand how site takes work. I will repeat. They are not made up on the spot. Victor barely ever will decide where he's blast packing to, or neon walling to, this is planned and orchestrated. He is simply another tool in the massive operation of OPTIC. And yeah, as long as he entries and dies yet creates enough space for the site to be taken with minimal casualties, which he usually does then yes, he did good. That's not having big impact though, that just shows they've planned/orchestrated it well (or either the enemy team are trolling XD).

You're right, if your duelist dies on attack it is not good. Again, this doesn't affect their impact. The only reason it is not good is because it is a duelist and their util is key for taking sites. It's not about getting kills. Victor isn't some master at staying alive and in fact he dies a bit more often than he really should be.

But that's his role.... do you think he just decides how he's going to get onto site in the heat of the moment? Ofc not lmao, it's part of a planned execute. All he needs to do is to carry out his neon wall/raze satchel movement/jett dash and he's in. You're making it sound a lot more impactful and difficult than it actually is. Victor is good, no doubt, but he cannot pop off in the loose situations as frequently and as well as yay.

Victor makes way too many mistakes to be described as more impactful. Yeah, making space is his role....? That doesn't make him more impactful lmao. Anyone can make space in the level of structured executes that we see from OPTIC as it's literally planned. I'm not flaming him or anything but yay can pop off in every situation, Victor cannot.

In what way lol?

I dont know anyone who has compared them, but sliggy is better with the micro play, individual plays and util whilst TMV is a lot more macro based. I

So because Riot has made dumb decisions in the past we should now assume that every decision they make has not been influenced by a team. If XSET are keeping quiet on twitter etc and FPX hear this news, I think it would seem pretty likely it was them who asked for it. Obviously teams dont choose it directly LMAO but denying that teams won't push for different decisions is a very obnoxious statement to make.

what game would they play?

how is the netcode bad, have you looked at the source LMAO? You know CS is literally built on Source engine, objectively a worse engine than UE4 and its well known that valve barely update it. the sound system is horrible as well. "Download a demo", I mean yeah this would be a cool feature but its not so insanely better than a vod that everyone would suddenly improve crazily after using it. "the game itself is taking part in the outcome" what...? "wont even reach sheriff in csgo" this has to be bait ?XD

The KAYO comp is pretty defender sided and retake heavy

Well considering Riot hadn't mentioned it then it makes sense they wouldn't assume it happened out of nowhere.

If you'd fought such a hard, long and close series you would indeed be mad about being forced to replay and potentially lose the series that you had worked so hard to win. I would definitely be.

they talked shit because they were forced to replay a round and they assumed that XSET had asked for it... it was pretty much a misunderstanding, you would be mad too.

waiting for you to cry about NA crowds when tournaments are hosted there...

nope

Incredible breeze pioneering which 100t cant have countered within like what 5 days?
Better mid-rounding
They dont always troll

Ngl I wouldn't have said this at the start/mid of the year but NA seem to have developed better in the past 3 months more than EU. this sort of "smart play" that 100t pioneered is unmatched and FNC do have a tendency to troll sooo...

May want to reconsider this one ?XD

Well obviously its a CT sided map lmao.... that doesn't mean whoever starts on it wins

nope

yeah, and the last time liquid started on defence they lost....

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that's right! but he's also playing in a role where fragging is literally the basis of it. all of chamber's impact comes from either respect of being killed, or kills, so essentially, he has to be a good fragger or he's screwed + chamber's kit gives him good potential to get those frags as opposed to viper etc which boaster plays.

correlation, not cause

It's not an awkward silence, it's called "dead air" and is a casting technique used by most. its mainly to give the audience a chance to think instead of bombarding them with constant commentary and opinions. quality over quantity, you don't need to hype everything.

"Phoenix got buffed, which means he's good now"

He's playing chamber....

not every moment needs to be hyped

well that's not relevant to this guys point

That's exactly what I am saying lol. I think 3 slots is ok (even though it is still questionable) but 4 slots is just ridiculous.

100t did not look shaky against FNATIC for sure, and they didn't look "very" shaky although I will admit they made mistakes. how did they throw? your* + I like liquid a lot and often defend them a lot but FNC honestly just have such better strategical depth and midrounding. DRX didn't particularly shit on them, breeze was very close and that indeed could've gone either either way.

well obviously they would still have an opportunity to play at an international level there would just be less of them and harder for them to get there. better teams playing against better teams will obviously get better than better teams playing against weaker teams, what is this logic?

no. brazil isn't a region lol, it's a country/sub-region. that's like me saying europe has 3 diff regions (CIS, central, west)..... the LCQ they played was for SA.

why are you putting kru over liquid (who have never lost to them lmao) fnatic and 100t...? it was a 2-0 and FPX first game back... it's nowhere near as close as you make it seem. also FNC would definitely be above TL.

agreed, it's ridiculous how a region (SA) that has never won an international tournament has 4 slots (1 more slot than EU and 2 more than NA).

He's saying they should be

did you just turn off your monitor for breeze or...? "other IGLs", which top IGLs are fraggers? fns? no. ange1? no. isn't zest IGL for DRX lmao? 'nuff said. It's not copium, I'm not saying he's an insane player individually but none of this makes him the worst player. If you actually did your own research you would hear FNC mini coach saying most of what the team does is heavily impacted by boaster.

he's the IGL? he misplayed one or two scenarios but who doesn't? the problem was FNC were against FURIA which is one extreme to another (brain vs aim) so obviously he would just get melted in any fight they fought against eachother.

he's literally got covid and is still playing well lmao. how long have you watched valorant? he's been insane on LAN since he started a year ago...

he is me and I was talking about the entire region

untrue, 100t win

So why are there 4 SA teams in the tournament lmao

what does triple stacking have to do it? that's just from the read they have... they're not going to back there and move it to B if its a b hit lmao. in fact that trip is literally what every team playing bind with chamber does, they very, very rarely do B ones.

so that should mean they get 1 more slot than regions that have actually won tournaments. kru do not have a "good chance" they have at max an "average chance", if you have watched them at previous events.

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