apex

[boreal sorrel]

yc better tracking

[north basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1462237643214688418/1467613798612471829/0201_2.mp4?ex=6981055c&is=697fb3dc&hm=e491be1905295196a1fa84aa1126faa78bce4c36a4b3e37b35294fd87a9e3df1&

thank god i didnt overreact

[sleek ermine]

i love it when half of my team dcs within the first minute of tdm while my 2 remaining teammates are actual silver players, leaving me to solo a pred 6 stack

it's great :D :D :D

[outer sleet]

Bro its a tdm its not that deep

[sleek ermine]

idk it feels like it's a lot easier to practice shooting my gun if i'm not getting ganked by 6 people the second i peek 1 guy

might just be me tho

[north basin]

ong

[golden sphinx]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RiuJTLbcWOk just came across this made me chuckle a lil

yes octane fortify is the reason he didnt die had nothing to do with any other factors in the clip

[empty thistle]

Get griefed

If I wasn’t dumb I think I could’ve got all 3 tho

[empty thistle]

Crazy clip

[golden sphinx]

Yeahh he shit on them so bad they uninstalled

[placid root]

I mean, fair, but in my lobbies, I gotta 1clip pred and high masters players consistently on mnk, to get clips

So I don't judge

Faide is someone I watch for just overall gameplay

I don't actually watch hollow and Chensou anymore

[boreal sorrel]

doesnt matter because its too easy to autopilot in pubs and nobody gives a fuck about positioning appropriately

even "pred/master" players are droolbots in pubs since its very rare that anyone will consciously think about strafe or taking advantageous fights in pubs

which is good since pubs shouldnt be sweaty

but it also means that pub clips are shit

mixtape is the same principle but on crack

mixtape clips it doesnt matter what u do the clip is still ass

[placid root]

I tend to go more on autopilot in ranked, since I gotta play like a pussy there

Because if I take a fight, most of the time, there will be 5 third-parties

[tight totem]

ur fighting too slow

then

i mean im threestack so if ur soloq then u gotta do it differently but in ranked u tgotta do like 20 sec fights sometimes

crack and just fucking rip that shit

or u just always stay healthy enough fwhere u can fgiht/run the third party

[mental ridge]

well u gotta do the exact opposite

steamroll enemies

https://youtu.be/WUp80dkwamQ?si=gMxMDSvG4wGgihXC

brother farms clips in pred lobbies

[wintry cypress]

😭

[tight totem]

are people impersonating hugo and xynew

i rarely see them streaming when i run into them

and they play really badly just constantly running for no reason

low pred around 600

[wintry cypress]

and he doesnt play with you?

[mental ridge]

im talking about asiaz

just calling him a brother as in dude

[wintry cypress]

oh

i thought it was literally your brother

[empty thistle]

Brother from another mother 😂

[mental ridge]

brother in arms

[devout tusk]

brother who farms

[placid root]

Can't really int everyone anymore, since they buffed all the controller legends, and if you enter a building, you die to their abilities, not their skilled gunplay

[placid root]

idk how that mf focuses enough to aim well in ranked lobbies

I'm zoning out mid gunfight

unless it's Wildcard

Fire video, though

[outer sleet]

@elder kayak yo come play with me im getting cooked

[outer sleet]

ggs

[elder kayak]

@outer sleet we can play EU server

[outer sleet]

well if you're fine with suffering

[elder kayak]

nah im chill

[outer sleet]

bros different

[elder kayak]

lmao i'm just trying to get 20 bomb

[outer sleet]

I mean I feel like its just a matter of one clipping 20 people in this game

mode

[wintry cypress]

pretty much

and then just thirsting them instantly

[bright slate]

@round vector

[tight totem]

bro how good do u have to be in order to onemag an octane

[outer sleet]

tru

it feels like im fighting hugo in every wildcard game bro ngl

[wintry cypress]

Theyre all tapstrafing crackheads bru

[tight totem]

nah but like they could deadass just ad ad

and i lose cuz i just deal less dmg

[wintry cypress]

Does stim make u take less dmg?

[tight totem]

yes

[wintry cypress]

Or is it just cause of missing

[tight totem]

u get fortify

[wintry cypress]

Oh wtf

I didnt know

[tight totem]

the stim surge

[wintry cypress]

The double stimmy?

[tight totem]

yea

[unreal condor]

controller players are estrogen men

[placid root]

@elder kayak stop playing Mirage

[elder kayak]

Huh I'm not playing rn im in bed 🤔

[placid root]

I meant just in general

[elder kayak]

How do you know i was playing mirage today?

[placid root]

Because you killed me

[tight totem]

new changes made dia soloq very playabnle

[elder kayak]

Lmao when? i was shit on in eu server thats i why switched to mirage i was having 250 ping

[placid root]

Oh

It was that one POI with the massive ramps, on the bottom of map

Hydroponics

[elder kayak]

Oh lmao 🤣

[tight totem]

rayn u wanna ape in ranked sometime

[placid root]

Perchance

Maybe

[tight totem]

@elder kayaku liked 1v1s right

do u want to

rn

[elder kayak]

Its almost 1 am i can't rn

Tmr maybe

[tight totem]

we¨ll see

[elder kayak]

Yeah

[outer sleet]

Ye and the führer was in there too it was like a weird avangers crossover

At least I think

[outer sleet]

Yo wait what did they do?

Do you not go against 3 stacks anymore or what?

[empty thistle]

Carry my Smurf to masters pls 🥀

[empty thistle]

I soloq’d day before last and gained 800 in like 2 hours in d3/4. was surprised by how easy it felt tbf

I think all the masters are locked away in pred lobbies so the d3s are in d2/1 and d4/3 is playland

[tight totem]

i dont think i have any smurfs left theyre all d1

[tight totem]

yea exactly

[empty thistle]

Wolf was right, I need to lock in and actually play the game

I think I’ll get the Smurf to d2 today then if I grind might get it to masters idk

D3 500 rn

[unreal condor]

why does this game run so fucking nice

is it the engine or what 🥀

shit looks gorgeous and also runs like a gem

[empty thistle]

Are u trolling or playing in plat

The game stutters 24/7 and every server lags

[outer sleet]

How long until the next split?

[unreal condor]

I played a few normal games and the game has been running like butter

swear

[outer sleet]

If they actually fixed the matchmaiking I might give it a go

[unreal condor]

7800x3d + 9070xt, 2304x1440p

[outer sleet]

I almost did it once so why not

[unreal condor]

6400mhz cl30 ram

[empty thistle]

Like a week

[empty thistle]

Never gonna fix it

Just get good enough to farm diamonds and run from preds 🥀

[outer sleet]

I might consider going for it next split then

Its gonna be hell solo que but whatever

[empty thistle]

It’s not that bad until d2

Then you can just pickup other d2/1s and slog through it

[outer sleet]

I guess

My problem was always that the really good players would look for other really good players and there really isn't any real reason for a masters + player to play with someone who wasn't in masters before

So like its hard to get a competent 3 stack unless you can get there first basically

Maybe I'm overthunking idk

[rancid slate]

you learning how to 131 grip or have you already been on that

[empty thistle]

That’s only if they’re piss low masters

My mentality has always been if I can’t carry some rando d2/1s to masters I’m not really a masters

So I’ve never looked for ex masters unless I’m short on time

Like if you can only climb with 2 other people that’ve been masters you’re sneaking into masters lmao

I swear most of the people that do that were boosted to masters by a pred friend or somth

[outer sleet]

I see

Thta's actually a good way to look at things ty

[bright slate]

i feel this is only true against other shit master players

having to 1v3 pro squads with 2 randoms who protest gun violence isnt fun

[tight totem]

r u comparing it to rivals

cuz i think rivals is just shit no

[unreal condor]

i am talking about the engine itself and the frame rate

[wintry cypress]

Ever since they switched to dx12 all my frametime issues have been gone

I used to get loads of stutters on dx11

[unreal condor]

well supposedly because dx12 utilizes cores better

idk the game runs well for me

1% lows are amazing

[empty thistle]

trying my best to do charity work

failing miserably but aye im learning

[ocean flame]

yea 7800x3d here too and 1% lows are better than every other game aside from OW

[unreal condor]

also have they like reduced the recoil of all guns?

last time I played was 4 years ago and I remember the guns kicking more

[ocean flame]

Theyve messed with recoil many times

Most are probably easier now

[empty thistle]

Fair point

I feel like you can tell if they’re good within like first 15 sec of a fight tho

And in that case you usually just run if you have bot randoms

[cobalt summit]

Hi im not to bad at apex but there is always room to improve can anyone help me improve

[devout tusk]

nah its genetic

[mental ridge]

disgusting

[elder kayak]

how is it guys

[tight totem]

too long

[elder kayak]

yeah i made for my profile banner

[tight totem]

i meant the duration

maybe if u speed it up a bit

[mental ridge]

initial background painting too long

[mental ridge]

wait period after the centipede stops moving and the name appears is to long

[mental ridge]

also the centipede legs arent crawling fix that

[elder kayak]

i see

[elder kayak]

okay

[elder kayak]

i didn't animated because it takes so much time doing every single legs plus it will explode my pc

[mental ridge]

lazy bitch

[elder kayak]

[tight totem]

ru down to do 1s now

[elder kayak]

yeah

my ign Voltaic Diamond

[tight totem]

9oki

[elder kayak]

is that ign?

[tight totem]

nah

im getting on

[elder kayak]

okay

[tight totem]

i added

[elder kayak]

inv me

[tight totem]

ty for 1s

i really dont want to play olympus

[elder kayak]

same

[cobalt summit]

I need someone whos willing to coach me on apex

Thats my best ever game

Kills wise

And thats my best dmg and time game

I need someone to help me improve please and thanks

[empty thistle]

Bruh what does that tell us

Could’ve been on bronze or diamonds

[cobalt summit]

It was in pubs

Ive never played raked but ima start soon

[cobalt summit]

And that im decent but i wanna improve

[golden sphinx]

yall seen the new hardlight stuff?

where they are adding destructible windows to everything

that can be repaired

damn tho they are also getting rid of the drop zone thing in ranked

i actually liked that 😭

[empty thistle]

first lesson

go play ranked and comeback when ur hardstuck

[cobalt summit]

Ok mb

!Rank

[hushed forge]

then you lowk get hunted down across the entire map

cuz the 2 droids on your team have both decided to take separate 1v3s and die

[mental ridge]

they gonna getbrid of the algs dropship spawning

!rank

[golden sphinx]

yeah but i liked it 😭

stopped the games where jumpmaster would land on 5 squads and it would be ultra rng for who gets a weapon first

[mental ridge]

i liked it too

felt way more competetive

[golden sphinx]

felt like i had a fair start every game but apparently people cried about it being too rng

but i always got the weapons i wanted before leaving the place i dropped

[mental ridge]

true having always potentially somebody drop with you on the same bin is far less rng

[mental ridge]

well in dia/master lobbies u wont due to faster pacing
but i always had weapons im comfortable wirh

[golden sphinx]

they said its not going away completely so i think they are planning on reworking it

[mental ridge]

i dont get it

[golden sphinx]

honestly just put all of those weapon thingies in each area instead of just 2 random

[mental ridge]

yeah

[golden sphinx]

i dont like the sound of the new legend coming in like season 29

just basically slides better and his ult summons a hover bike thingy he can drive but ranked with randoms is 100% just gonna have teammates hopping on the bike and then getting killed by some random team

[tight totem]

i love when i see people complaining about randoms hot dropping in ranked

cuz thats lowk just me 💀

[hushed forge]

it was a bit rng

cuz some people would get mid loot while others got purple bags n shit off-rip

or if you dropped on a poi with a dogshit arsenal

but lowk way better than before

[golden sphinx]

yeah had its downsides for sure but i feel like a loot rebalance would have been a better option but who knows maybe going back to the usual might feel better

[devout tusk]

dropzones were the most dogshit change the game ever had imo and the game stopped feeling like apex right then and there

huge ass areas with cool terrain just to fight 1 squad at its outskirts

pois just decoration 9/10 games

[hushed forge]

before the 2 options were drop within the first 4 pois and get gangbanged in the first minute of the game by 6 different squads

or drop anywhere else on the map and see 1 team until endgame

[devout tusk]

so you could pick no action or a lot of action instead of just being forced into no action

its a br

[hushed forge]

theres still action w dropzones

[devout tusk]

where the action occurs

is the issue

its between pois 90% of the time

[hushed forge]

every single time I even THINK about firing a single bullet at an enemy squad I get thirded and fourthed by 2 teams instantly

and it js snowballs into fight after fight

[devout tusk]

especially edge pois, you almost never fight IN the poi unless final zones are there

its just looting terrain

[hushed forge]

loot quick and run to the nearest poi

idk

I have no issues getting early fights if I really want them

honestly my issue is with middle pois

cuz you get thirded the most there

[devout tusk]

yeah some pois are so predictable in what is going to happen idk i just feel like it stopped feeling like a br

and the hotspots shifted really hard to boring inbetween places

like this poi was obviously made for like 4 squads to drop there but realistically youre gonna get 1 fight by the stairs on the edge in the grass or something

unless zone ends there then it will be fun

[golden sphinx]

bruh smoking something lol with dropzones you always had a team in a poi next to you and they were always spread out across the map

before dropzones you had teams all on one side of the map and you would have to run across the map if you landed safe just to encounter other players

which literally lead to the "huge ass areas with cool terrain just to fight 1 squad at its outskirts" cause there dont be teams anywhere else but like 3 pois

[devout tusk]

i mean you chose to land safe you could have not done that

[golden sphinx]

yeah but you dont get to always choose where your team lands lol unless you play with friends

if its with randoms and you dont get jm your game itself is more rng than a dropzone

[devout tusk]

thats true with randoms

[rancid slate]

I can't express how excited i am for there to be 6 brain dead teams landing hot and ending zone 1 with 8 squads alive. TRUELY EXCITING

If you want to choose your poi play pubs, this shit is actually so dumb

It's crazy i saw people complaining about there being too many squads alive end game on twitter. like wtf man

[golden sphinx]

reminds me of the games i had back in the day when my team would land as far away as possible and turn and run at the sound of any gunfire

playing just for placement points

its how my main account got banned 😭

cause i said "p---- team"

[empty thistle]

I miss being brand new at the game, hard stuck p3 and doing this

[vague nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/hop-on-deadlock-mina-deadlock-seejaydj-hop-on-gif-2699000007745229593

[sleek ermine]

apex already has 3 casual modes

so ready for there to be 4 💀 💀 💀

like respawn should just remove ranked from the game at this point if they hate it this much

this past 2 seasons have been the most fun i've had with the game probably ever, endgames were fun as hell

i guess the only way to get a somewhat competitive feeling game is scrims now

[bright slate]

ranked is a casual mode

[sleek ermine]

then why the hell do pubs exist

[wintry cypress]

To test your skills ofc

[sleek ermine]

idk i'm just annoyed that the only way to get good endgames now is to play scrims

3 squads left ring 1 is just boring as hell

[bright slate]

go t1 pro

they dont take scrims seriously

[empty thistle]

Wattson still says spamming ranked is best way to prep for pro league lmao

[sleek ermine]

bet, gimme 2 years

gonna win champs with a full time job

[severe canyon]

I would need full time therapy to play this game for a living ngl

[outer sleet]

Well it is annying when the game lands you at a random ass poi with like 2 buildings

But ye there's no reason to remove dropships it's far better overall imo

[blissful sail]

the devs are genuinely braindead so is the company

and they let go anyone who is talented at that company

good WE changes in s10 and s13 and the lead creator for E district

LET GO

but the people behind this ranked change still have their jobs

[tight totem]

suicidal company

[mental ridge]

wasnt ranked in a good position for once b4 they made it so u can get masters without needing ti gain points playing in master pred lobbies

[blissful sail]

yeah but streamers and people complained about que times because for some reason they can't have it so that you are in a search for a game while in firing range for example

[mental ridge]

idc About queue times aslong as i play good ranked whats the point of ranked if up until master its no different that pubs

[hushed forge]

they should do like a pre-game lobby when youre queuing

so you get to run around and shoot people while the lobby slowly fills up

[hushed forge]

letting go of the guy that created the best map in the game 😭

also was the changes to edistrict made before or after they let him go?

[blissful sail]

i think he got fired in may

so he could've worked on it before hand but idk

[elder kayak]

they call me diamond complete

[tight totem]

holy patstrafe

[elder kayak]

back then i used to play multiple strafe scenarios and one day i just play patstrafe and boom it went beyond my expectation

[devout tusk]

yall are acting like the drop ship mechanic has been in the game for years

[empty thistle]

It was

Only 6k masters when I hit it

Speaking of

My Smurf is d2 now

Lock in we’re hitting it twice

[outer sleet]

We lowkey need some third party to make an actually competitive ranked experience like faceit. I doupt ea / respawn are ever going to commit to something like that at this point

Not like its ever going to happen but I can dream

[empty thistle]

Realm the return

[outer sleet]

Yessir

Though I was on console at the time I never got to try that

I don't even know how it worked exactly tbh

[empty thistle]

Was only for high masters and preds iirc

[mental ridge]

yeah if i find time to game

[balmy stump]

Any reason I find it easier to fight and wipe pred/master squads than plats and below

Like I kinda feels like fighting people my rank is predicable but when I go against lower ranks I’m just confused

[empty thistle]

Ur on crack

Plat 3 and below you should be able to 1v3 semi consistently if pred teams are fine

[hushed forge]

probably tis

this

lower ranks think less and do more

[balmy stump]

yeah that messes me up

[outer sleet]

Sadge

[hushed forge]

you can get one of them to 1hp and youll think theyre gonna take a second to reset and heal

but theres no thoughts going through their brain and theyll just keep swinging

and you dont expect it

[empty thistle]

Happens sometimes but shouldn’t be normal

Should just feel like there’s 0 resistance to you taking space

Or they mindlessly swing you in the open and give you free kills

[balmy stump]

yeah thats been happening alot i chall put them 1hp and barely take damage myself and they keep challing

[empty thistle]

That’s why you should be able to 1v3 them lol

[tight totem]

maybe ur aim aint all that then

that sounds disrespectful but like

i cant think of any other reason

[empty thistle]

You either take angles for free and bully them or you sit on a heady and take the free 1v1 with them in the open

[balmy stump]

i honestly just think im an idiot cause my aim is kinda what carries me

[tight totem]

what

okay so the reason i said that is because you should be able to just outaim them

in the open

deadass just shoot them and u 1v3

[balmy stump]

yeah but my positioning kinda buns

1v1 im fine

just i postion myself kidnas badly

[empty thistle]

idk how u dont get rolled by pred stacks with bad positoning

and if it was all aim no brain it shouldnt change vs plats

I'm playing tacfps

smurfing is a learned skill anyway

maybe just need more reps

u gotta learn to notice the million openings that arent usually there that u can abuse for free

that would get u killed vs good players

[balmy stump]

yeah i dont smurf so maybe that would help

i like fighting people that push me to be better tbh

usually if a team misses a few shots on me in the open i just ape them as i assume them to be bad

it works 9/10

[tight totem]

brother

u dont need positioning against plats

[balmy stump]

i mean 3 shooting me at once wouldnt be good

[empty thistle]

I feel like if ur trying to run from team to team trying to 1v3 u kinda do

but if ur playing nornally I guess not

[tight totem]

u can ad ad and then they miss

[hushed forge]

I feel like youre heavily underestimating plats

[tight totem]

i play against them regularly

[hushed forge]

theyre not good, but they also arent parapelegics

[empty thistle]

it would be true if roller didnt exist

as long as they dont actively tell the thing to miss close range they will hit some shots

[hushed forge]

if they all just run at you and shoot at the same time theres no much you can do without good movement and/or positoning

*not

[balmy stump]

yeah i play NA so 90% are roller so i gotta be careful lol

i hopped on EU and it was admittably very easy due less controller players

[empty thistle]

idk eu ppl always tell me to play na cuz its easier

but roller diff'd by a handless timmy can happen

[tight totem]

you know what, fuck killing plats just skip that part and keep 1v3ing preds

[balmy stump]

but maybe its lag compensation

[ocean flame]

aura farming plats

[balmy stump]

cause i get ungodly beams on high ping

[hushed forge]

😭

[empty thistle]

this was the last time I fought plats + below and I'm not a very good masters

so there rly shouldnt be an issue

[tight totem]

6.7

wow

6.7

[balmy stump]

mine is buns

[tight totem]

this makes no sense

[empty thistle]

ye u shudnt have issues vs plats lmao

idk what ur doing

[tight totem]

can we get a vod

please

plat vod

[balmy stump]

i dont got any vods in plat lmao

well any vods currently as i deleted outplayed yesterday as it kept crashing

[ebon dust]

i hate plat

everyone so passive until they int

[empty thistle]

thats why its great

just go climb on their building and try to 1v3 them

[ebon dust]

im not goated

[tight totem]

okay but this guy is

supposedly

so

[empty thistle]

u played much warzone?

It's basically like being a good mnk pub stomper in wz

u just spam off angles in that game cuz u cant take 50/50s against rollers

same thing with plats

cuz they give u all the space

u dont need good aim

[tight totem]

https://streamable.com/2y4blk

the plats that @balmy stump goes against

i understand it now

[empty thistle]

bro solved the case

[ebon dust]

i lost 3 rounds to octanes just full raging

[tight totem]

bro is not aping shit

[bright slate]

loba player not actually interacting with the game

who would of thought

[wintry cypress]

Nah bro hes aping the corner

Like his name suggests

[tight totem]

😭

[rancid slate]

thought this was pretty funny

both masters btw lmao

[empty thistle]

bro bullied them

call the referee

[rancid slate]

I’m broken man, I can do that and I just still feel like my aim is dogshit. It’s never good enough

Apex has broken me. If I’m not 1 clipping everyone I see like a roller player I feel like I’m horrible

My aim will never be good enough or clean enough

[tight totem]

i mean to be honest u were shooting them from the pad

am i broken for thinking that too

[mental ridge]

i happy when i finish a round with more than 0 dmg

[placid root]

[empty thistle]

I meant tbf that was just good volt recoil control + pgt

I think reactive clips always feel like you’re more “cracked”

[wintry cypress]

For sure

If u can nail reactivity it looks like u got aimbot

Same with perfectly smoothbot tracking someone tbf but yea

[mental ridge]

SMOOTHBOT

[wintry cypress]

cures cancer btw

[mental ridge]

nah i still gkt cancer despite beeing smoothbot jade

im hardstuck d2 no way im cancer free

[tight totem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wv0Ly0W51s this mf plays with dogshit graphics and fps still arounid 120

cooked

chopped

[bright slate]

i was pushing 70 avg on lowest settings

4:3

[outer sleet]

yo anyone wanna do 1v1s? its been a while

[golden sphinx]

just had a 35point second place game loool

no kills cause valk kept flying across the map

had a crypto who only sat in drone every fight

didnt use an emp a single time

asked him why no help in any fight and he said its because he didnt have a scope

for his r99 and shotgun

so while im trying to fight he is just in drone as high as it can go

the second a fight happens valk ults and flies away so im left with 1 teammate in drone and my other one flying away 😭

[tight totem]

im down

[outer sleet]

lessgoo

[tight totem]

1v1 before sleep keep the doctor away

[outer sleet]

call me on dc

[empty thistle]

Just take the top 5 streak maintained and go next lmao

[elder kayak]

me

[golden sphinx]

hard to keep motivation with randoms but im trying lol

especially when u die to cheaters

valk players with wallhacks

no one scanned a beacon and im completely hidden last 3 teams alive and valk flies at me and completely ignores the team closest to her

couldnt have seen me with her ult from where was ratting

[tight totem]

okay question to soloq ppl

is it that hard to find people to play with

cuz i have not soloqd once in 5 years of play

[bright slate]

now find people you work well with and arent horrible

[tight totem]

okay thats just high standards tho

ur literally playing ranked

just find someone that dies after you and not before

[rancid slate]

Difficulty: Impossible

[bright slate]

being better skilled than golds should not be a hard task if im looking for masters players

[tight totem]

it aint

[bright slate]

but cest la vie

it is

every lfg ive done was miserable

[tight totem]

youd think theres some here, we got ppl complaining about soloq everyday just this chat

what if the soloqrs band up and make a dynamite team

[rancid slate]

I've found decent lfg groups i've done well with. But they end up just disappearing and we never play again

[tight totem]

chopped game

i feel u

[rancid slate]

impossible to find people that want to actually play in a team

[bright slate]

yeah

[rancid slate]

everyone is just anti social, they get what they want and fuck off basically

[bright slate]

the few people i queue with that are decent enough

just dont play a lot

[tight totem]

i groom my teammates from diamond to masters 🗣️

years of work

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/851441409096679425/921917703256674364/D7F124DC-CA42-4011-BAA7-45DC0C8D185D.gif

[rancid slate]

that's truly the best way

[tight totem]

yea

[rancid slate]

i've tried to find fellow master players in lfg and it really makes me think this game is just dead

but i'll group with some hard stuck diamonds and they want to do nothing but play

[tight totem]

i usually just keep a lookout on fun people who are mechanically skilled in dia and all theres left is just teach them some basic game sense and theyre usually somewhere low to mid masters

[outer sleet]

ggs

[empty thistle]

I've only ever had 2 ppl I've played with consistently for more than a month icl

[empty thistle]

@quasi delta he's talking bout you buddy

[empty thistle]

bro is the hunden of apex

be4 the cheating

[outer sleet]

I didn't end up trying lfg since I quit the game for a month but outside of that its fucking impossible

[empty thistle]

flip msg'd me after I bitched about being hardstuck soloq d2 last year in this chat, 1k games later hard stuck duoqing in high diamond we hit masters for first time

[outer sleet]

like I sometimes end up solo queing into people that are good and we play together win like a thousand points and the next time I play with them they're just like every other random

like I don't even add people on the game now they just turn into clankers the next day idk

[rancid slate]

FEEL THAT

I'll play solid with some people group up and it's just a circus the next time we play

[empty thistle]

ppl have good and bad days

[outer sleet]

I have like 1 irl friend who is pretty much just as good at the game as I am I que with him sometimes

[empty thistle]

gotta play long term if u vibe

I've legit had -1000 days then 2 +1000 days after

or I can't gain 200 pts in 3 hours

then I gain 1200 in 3 hours next day

[rancid slate]

i just chalk that up to engagement based matchmaking

[tight totem]

engagement based mm would be a good reason but theres not enough players in ranked in order for them to match you up with other people apart from the usual ranked players

[rancid slate]

pretty sure there is hidden mmr within ranks

[tight totem]

yea but you lowkey just match up against the same people constantly

[empty thistle]

I chalk it up to just having bad days vs good days

sometimes I giga troll

sometimes im locked

[outer sleet]

whatever I'll just hit it solo que at some point I don't care

I'll be hardstuck d1 as long as it takes

[rancid slate]

whatever the reason just do more kovaaks

[tight totem]

lol

[empty thistle]

ye u always see the same names

first season I hit masters I died to 3trixx like 40 times

[tight totem]

ok whati f u guys hit the wildcard x worzel x uhtila stack

[outer sleet]

tru need that gm tracking its the only way

[tight totem]

when uhtila deranks from masters or decides to smurf

[rancid slate]

i solo q in masters

[outer sleet]

that would be fire

[rancid slate]

ill derank soon enough

[empty thistle]

when u boosting my d1 smurf to masters @tight totem

[rancid slate]

i do have a d4 smurf though

[tight totem]

im not good at rp

it took everything for me to focus up and stop inting in order to get pred

[bright slate]

wrong way to play

[tight totem]

im that guy who ppl flame for hot dropping with 5 teams and i will be that guy next season

[bright slate]

just int everything

[tight totem]

yes

[outer sleet]

same bro I go kill

[bright slate]

get better mechanically then steamroll lobbies

[empty thistle]

I should get my smurf to masters today or tomorrow

think my other smurf should be p3

[bright slate]

just grind one account

[rancid slate]

you dont need game sens if your mechanics can make up for it

[empty thistle]

we aint roller tho

[tight totem]

maybe if the ttk was still long

[rancid slate]

im shit until i can consistently beat koyful in 1v1 mnk vs roller

[tight totem]

so true

[outer sleet]

bro I used to think like that and it made me derpressed so much lol

[rancid slate]

exactly

[outer sleet]

Like I could 1v3 a team and be like fuck I missed 2 wingman bullets guess im dogshit

time to uninstall type shi

[rancid slate]

i feel that deeply

[empty thistle]

na this aint an aim based game

[tight totem]

better that than get turbo ego in diamond or something

[rancid slate]

if i don't 1 clip with r9 im actually jumping

[empty thistle]

thats not the reason u die lmao

[tight totem]

think theyre just joking around

im sure theyre aware

[outer sleet]

I'm aware but it just pisses me off

or it used to I'm doing good now

[empty thistle]

mokad gave me some coaching, he turbo gaps me mechanics wise but even without it he turbo gaps me in fighting

even if he had worse aim than me I think I;d lose 8/10 times

[empty thistle]

apparently kennys used to just always blame his aim even when he was dominating lmao

[outer sleet]

alr gn boyss I'm off

ggs

[empty thistle]

gg's

What’s ur benches look like @rancid slate

[rancid slate]

Dog

i haven't focused on kovaak benches lately though

been doing like 1 or 2 times a week for a couple hours maybe

[bright slate]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/614384090992476180/1222189023133564948/blocked_by_voltaic.gif

[rancid slate]

other than that i just stay in wildcard

[empty thistle]

damn

thought you;d be like masters

[rancid slate]

nope im bad

[empty thistle]

ingame aim conniseur

[rancid slate]

yeah i don't focus too much on kovaaks

[golden sphinx]

i dont know anyone that im friends with that plays it

[rancid slate]

i like to grind scores on scenarios i like more than anything

[golden sphinx]

but i have always played solo in pretty much every game i played

well by solo i mean with randoms

with people i know i feel like there are expectations for me to perform as well as them to perform well but with randoms i dont expect anything from them except for maybe getting a single knock in a fight

[tight totem]

thats a lot

[golden sphinx]

i really do be lol

[tight totem]

a knock is good

really good

sometimes i dont even knock anyone!

[golden sphinx]

also with randoms i dont have to feel bad about saying anything mean

[empty thistle]

I always play worse with ppl ik icl cuz I feel like I need to be playing well

[tight totem]

you guys need some casual ass friends

that are maybe like diamond or whatever

just go look for them in fps communities or whatever the hell

or just twitter

[golden sphinx]

maybe someday

i also like the challenge of playing with randoms too even if it is way harder and more stressful

[empty thistle]

I don;t see the issue with randoms

its like gambling

u might get someone worse than a stack

or someone better

pushing past masters ye

but up to masters

[bright slate]

its online gambling

odds are artificially against you 99-1

[golden sphinx]

nothing better than getting that one team where no one is on comms and they can actually win a fight

say nothing the whole game everyone frags

say gg and never see each other again

[empty thistle]

@quasi delta when u releasing the soloq thesis

[golden sphinx]

really hoping dropship doesnt feel as bad as i remember

[bright slate]

the amount of people that dont know how to fly is insane

this game is 20 years old

[golden sphinx]

idk how i had a teammate that cant aim without a scope

that was their whole excuse for not firing a single bullet

[empty thistle]

wtf was this guy doing bro

pads onto me, pulls out a nade, doesn’t sit on door

[wintry cypress]

idk whos mic cut out like that in the clip but damn

that lowk hurt my ears

[golden sphinx]

he was thinking multi dimensionally

you were just too low iq for his play to work

[mental ridge]

guys spend time with my girlfriend irl or push for shiny master badge this season

[tight totem]

time with girlfriend

chopped game

[ocean flame]

Push for master badge

[mental ridge]

but im 1.2k points from master

[ocean flame]

Just because of how stupid the question was

[tight totem]

@ocean flameu wanna duo

[ocean flame]

Yea

[mental ridge]

hmmm

[tight totem]

oops i meant to dm

[ocean flame]

Lets get to diamond

[tight totem]

i got like an hour in me iim really sleepy

yea lets push for diamond

[ocean flame]

Dammit

[tight totem]

1.2k points to go

[ocean flame]

I need at least 4 hours to finish that

[tight totem]

we can always try

[sly lynx]

[tight totem]

chopped phone

[sly lynx]

FR

weak

i have iphone pro bitch @mental ridge

[mental ridge]

and i have money6

[sly lynx]

money to spoil me

[golden sphinx]

master badge

[sly lynx]

CRAZY

[golden sphinx]

priorities m8

[mental ridge]

yeah thats what i thought lets go

[empty thistle]

Girlfriend is temporary masters badge is…also temporary

If she’s not gonna be your wife masters badge is the obvious option

[mental ridge]

okok

[ruby sandal]

am I the only one not seeing enemies properly in r5?

[empty thistle]

wym

[outer sleet]

Apex > Gf

[undone copper]

play apex with your gf fr

[mental ridge]

noted

[mental ridge]

well she doesn't want to

[outer sleet]

Breakup speedrun

[elder kayak]

I would spend time with my gf 😜

[outer sleet]

Simp

[mental ridge]

SIMP

[mental ridge]

no way its gonna be a chill and harmonic time

[elder kayak]

How is it simp behaviour 🤔

Imagine going out with your gf while holding hands

Wouldn't be so much fun?

[mental ridge]

imagine grinding ranked while gf gives under the desk support

[outer sleet]

Its just distractions

[hushed forge]

New meta

[elder kayak]

Yeah so much distraction 💦

[elder kayak]

Imagine playing all day apex and night play with your gf

[mental ridge]

could be me if she would let me play apex

[elder kayak]

You should beat her if she doesn't let you play

[mental ridge]

good advice

[rancid slate]

Anyone know of good strafe scenarios? Trying to work on when i do a short strafe staying on target, my short strafe always throws my aim off target. Mirror / Anti-Mirror is fine, my wrist keeps up and tracking is smooth, but fast AD spam is another story

Currently only have Patstrafe Advanced in my playlists of strafe scens

[empty thistle]

Pole long dodge maybe

Could check the old e1se dodge routine

[tight totem]

lwok just play 1s for that

[rancid slate]

rarely have time to spend time doing 1v1s looking for stuff i can fit into my schedule which is sometimes only like 15 minutes to play.

If i have a lot of time im gonna be playing ranked or something

[elder kayak]

KovaaKsPullingRockyAimbot
KovaaKsSneakingLongFireteam

This might work

[tight totem]

what the

15 is crazy

thats tough

[rancid slate]

I'm unc compared to you guys. Wife, kid, job, etc...

[tight totem]

dw

ur life is better compared to us

[rancid slate]

I still do my best to keep up with the youngsters in games though

[tight totem]

that is cool

[empty thistle]

I’m also unc

I wouldn’t even have time for games if I wasn’t On a medically induced gap year

[rancid slate]

sweaty unc gamers unite

grinding reactive keeps me young

[shrewd pollen]

you better

15 mins is enough for this game

[rancid slate]

Yeah I still see progress even with my limited time. I am starting to get to the point where it's hard to identify what I'm doing wrong though which is slightly annoying

[shrewd pollen]

starting game, blaming your random for not helping and close the game

if you still enjoy the game you will be fine dont worry

[empty thistle]

When irl gets serious again im becoming an aim trainer main 🥀

Can’t get far on 4-5 hours every other week

Humbled

[shrewd pollen]

i feel you

[cobalt ledge]

Uncs united i normally get on r5 or get absolutely destroyed on quake live when i habe little time to play

[shrewd pollen]

probaby i met you on r5, your nick is raritows something?

[cobalt ledge]

Yeap thats me

Your name rings a bell too

But i think r5 level has dipped and a bunch of people just playing cover always

[undone copper]

fair enough 🙏

[main merlin]

I gain more rp soloq then playing with my homies

[undone copper]

never know until you try but true

[empty thistle]

depends on the homies xd

[main merlin]

Maybe its just forcing a chemistry that doesn't work. Still like they guy but we dont gain rp sadly

[empty thistle]

sometimes for sure

my friend gets like 4-5 accs ot masters per split but when we play together there's 0 chemistry lmao

we're basically always on complete opposite pages and only gain like 100 per hour

like in my mind we;re duoing so I;ll babysit the random

in his mind we;re duoing so we should ignore the random

completely fucks our chem

[rancid slate]

randoms are interesting. like when i solo q and get a duo, even if i don't know right away they are duo q as soon as you see them sticking together and you go off on your own i usually clock they are probably queued together and just stick by them. idk why more solo q'ers don't do this

every random i get in a duo q just goes off on there own and dies or is just not playing with us even though me and my duo are like glue

[hushed forge]

fr

were trying to rotate somewhere and im sitting there spam pinging and meleeing at the random to pick up the pace so were not caught in the open cuz other teams are gonna be rotating in

and hell just be doing his own thing taking his sweet time like hes walking through the fucking park

or decides to do a 180 and just piss off to take a 1v3

[empty thistle]

wtf is this thumnail

[tight totem]

block that channel

[mental ridge]

wym district is THE GOAT bestest controller scripter there is

[golden sphinx]

i keep getting some dude on youtuber shorts who is basically a gravistar advertisement lol

just runs sentinel in the most bot lobbies to ever bot lobby

[outer sleet]

OMG I CAN FINALLY HIT MASTERS

lets goo

[bright slate]

you too can become a predator just like district

[outer sleet]

he is my idol I wanna be just like him

[blissful sail]

https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/28-0-designers-notes

these people are braindead genuine morons

yes we force metas to make the game feel fresh and recycle content

yes we made ttk low when our games main point was high ttk because we like tactical positioning

yes we raise the skill floor where we can and try to reduce the skill ceiling

[empty thistle]

tbf they;'re just trying to cater to the casual andys thats 80% of their audience

most people can't even hit d4

[blissful sail]

They don’t tho

They release no content for casuals no new modes

No guns no legends no story (cinematics, comics and ingame events)

This game is based in the titanfall universe

People loved tf2s story

And world

Yet they give out content like it’s a esport title but balance like they are high on fent

[lapis moat]

never seen a game company just come out and say "we have no talent so we need to force metas"

[dire berry]

bring back season 13 😭

[hollow pewter]

His ego is so big it's sad

[devout tusk]

riot said the same shit a long time ago for league, another balance team with brilliant minds....

[bright slate]

riot phreak likes to abuse broken picks for 700lp THEN nerf it

[mental ridge]

HIS EGO IS JUSTIFIED

[royal schooner]

how so

[devout tusk]

blocked

[empty thistle]

My goat

Not only is he the #1 apex coach, he’s kovaaks master!!!

(Or vt plat in other words)

[outer sleet]

yoo anyone wants to run 1v1s?

[final forge]

what else are you supposed to do to shift the meta. It's perfectly fine if the right legends are getting tuned and its done often enough

[lapis moat]

balancing the game by understanding the macro game between legends and team comp such that metas can develop organically instead of outright saying we are specifically starting this meta?

the point is forcing metas are unorganic and not fun because players don’t even get to find out on their own what is optimal

also in the scope of apex they only buff legends and so power creep has been a problem since like s20

[devout tusk]

and means the meta is so optimal that doing otherwise is just greifing yourself so theres little variation and gets stale much faster

[quaint karma]

fuse can fly next season

i love giving verticality to everyone ever

who needs power positions bro

just fly up

[mental ridge]

WHAT

[quaint karma]

he can nadejump

from what i’ve seen

like high up

but i haven’t looked that deep into it

[empty thistle]

Movement creep going crazy

Remember when they nerfed the fuck out of pathy cuz he was “too mobile”

[boreal sorrel]

movement creep with skill checks is a net positive for the game

catering strictly to competitive minded people is what made the game so unfun before

[agile bone]

LETS GOOOOO

[golden sphinx]

ayy nice

make sure u choose wisely

[quaint karma]

i have 300 shards spare

dk what to do with them

guess i’ll forever hold onto them

[mental ridge]

fuse heirloom

and mirage

[final forge]

Thats where you are wrong, metas develop and are not usually made of the buffed legends. The main issue is legends beeing buffed and nerved based on pick rate and encounter win rate. Since both stats present a false image due to the majority of the playerbase either underusing or using the respective kit not to its full potential leads to the wrong legends beeing adjusted.

[quaint karma]

fuck no bro

[empty thistle]

inspired me to buy the 2 packs for 100 coins

and...

first heirloom

[mental ridge]

on smurf?

[empty thistle]

Na on main

Remember I only have like 5k career games on my main lol

Might be less actually

[mental ridge]

thats a smurf ammount of games

[empty thistle]

I think it was 600 hours when I first hit masters

300 if you count s17 lmao

[dark mesa]

yo, anyone listens to district advice? or what he says is bullshit

[empty thistle]

Worth listening to if you’re hardstuck plat4

[hushed forge]

s17 was that free?

I know it was really easy but damn 😭

[empty thistle]

Ye

I was probably like a d3 player skill wise

So like I hit masters week 1 of the season

But by the end I think 25% of players were masters

[hushed forge]

😭

I have a friend that doesnt stop talking abt how he hit masters

and he hit it in s17

now hes hardstuck gold with 2k hours

[empty thistle]

That’d be why lmao

Iirc there was no points for killing

And mmr matchmaking

[hushed forge]

bro what

[empty thistle]

So you could climb fighting 0.5kd players the entire time

[hushed forge]

why would they ever do that 😭

[empty thistle]

They’ve always been on crack I guess

[final forge]

Honestly, how, how is that possible

[hushed forge]

I really dont know

hes just awful at fps games

he crutches aim assist cuz he plays on controller

and hes an octane main

with awful movement

[empty thistle]

I know a guy with 6k hours in warzone whose still got a negative kd on controller

Some people just don’t have it

[final forge]

That i can relate to. Cod‘s controller input sucks ass. No linear no hold crouch…

[golden sphinx]

i love how they still have not given the older prestige skins their own dive trails n stuff yet

sure they said they were gonna update them but i cant remember that was ages ago now

also removing trails from ranked lowkey ruined ranked for me cause that was the only reward i cared about 😭

[vagrant kettle]

Is aim training on controller worth it for apex?

[bright slate]

just play the game

[vagrant kettle]

I've seen nekosu9 his aim is crazy from aim training + grinding r5

[bright slate]

wont matter if your strafe is bad

[wintry cypress]

from what ive seen its pretty decent

[wintry cypress]

just aimbot

wont need strafe

[bright slate]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1305571683045740655/1306300407533797507/togif.gif

[lapis moat]

only true for comp, for ranked the metas are very much defined by respawn (ash/octane/etc)

also the problem of respawn crutching stats to buff characters is correct but that doesn't contradict the point that respawn forces the metas through balancing

[main merlin]

Respawn also buffs/nerfs characters becuase they are popular and fun to play. Octane was always fun to play even when he was complete cheeks

[tight totem]

crypto had one of the lowest pick rates and they buffed him

[final forge]

that's because ranked is a horrible representation of a competetive br not because of the balance changes

[lapis moat]

apex is not balancing for competitive?

when did this happen

that's where the criticism is

[final forge]

all i'm saying is that ranked is a bad representation of the legend balance since the only thing that matters is killing fast

[hushed forge]

if they fixed ranked system this wouldnt be an issue

if the lobbies werent a bunch of diamonds with high masters and preds people would actually play "properly"

[sly lynx]

[outer sleet]

What's good strafing on controller though? Surely its different from mnk

Or like do you just try to dodge and stuff still?

[tight totem]

yes bro you dodge

😂

sorry

its just funny

[outer sleet]

That's not how I meant it

Guess it made a lot more sense in my mind idk

It's just that changing directions on roller is way slower no?

So like I would assume you're supposed to think about it differently

[severe canyon]

just flick the stick faster bro

[outer sleet]

Fair enough

[rancid slate]

Good strafe on roller is just anti mirror everything for max aim assist

[sly lynx]

you don’t strafe you run up to their face aim assist stronk and beam the shit out of them

apart from that anti mirroring and bias strafing

[sly lynx]

he’s not even playing with me 😭

[hushed forge]

phone on desk

suboptimal for in game performance

he needs to lock in

and whys he playing with the big yahu 😭

[wintry cypress]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MxPYXanRHjke7Cg5cL

[sly lynx]

dafuq is that?

[hushed forge]

unc how you not know the big yahu

[sly lynx]

bro i’m blind

and deaf

[hushed forge]

lock in

[wintry cypress]

He dont know benji

Thats crazy

[sly lynx]

yeah he no no

[hushed forge]

big benja

[mental ridge]

big yahu said come 1vs1

[sly lynx]

LMAO

poggy confirmed i’m your boyfriend now @mental ridge

[hushed forge]

tell him after my game

[wintry cypress]

I never said that but go off 😭

https://tenor.com/view/crine-im-crine-son-im-crine-anthony-mackie-tiktok-gif-10273212848663596705

[mental ridge]

he my gf

[wintry cypress]

HE

Aight bro

[golden sphinx]

why is this a thing lol

teamate was disconnected from the second i we loaded into the game

for 5 whole ass minutes

[sly lynx]

did he ever get kicked?

[golden sphinx]

we see a team and my other teammate is a loba who is throwing his q at them constantly

solo

nahh he didnt even get kicked

[sly lynx]

rip

that’s fucked

[golden sphinx]

which means he disconnected himself and just didnt bother rejoining

[sly lynx]

[golden sphinx]

and it seemed like my loba was just trying to get herself killed

its oki ill make a mental note of their names so i can throw if i get them again

i should have played yesterday so i had more time to get to masters but i was too tired 😭

[hushed forge]

lemme 1v1 big yahu

[sly lynx]

i never forget a face

[sly lynx]

i feel you i was D2 for like the last two days literally the last day of the season i got to D1 and i stayed up grinding to masters with my friend with no sleep

[elder kayak]

guys what is the fastest way to improve game sense, i'm having trouble developing game sense my brain has been train to operate on auto pilot

[empty thistle]

Vod review every game while you’re loading into next one

Or after u finish playing

[elder kayak]

i see thx

[empty thistle]

Just try to workout why you died and what you should’ve done instead

[elder kayak]

okay noted

[sly lynx]

femboy detected

[wintry cypress]

Why the spoiler 😭

[hushed forge]

wolf so tuff w the cat ear headphones

[sly lynx]

not everyone wanna see your local femboy wolf 😔

[sly lynx]

[wintry cypress]

Ooohhh

[sly lynx]

jaaa

[golden sphinx]

dudes got the best view for a gaming setup

[mental ridge]

yee

[quaint karma]

yes

[golden sphinx]

they need to bring back the damaging the car damages the enemy shit

literally watching a team of master players drive into full teams and just shooting without getting out of the car and actually knocking people

[final forge]

No not really, there is little to no punishment to dying thats the main issue on hand. The matchmaking could be better but its not the main culprit here

[shrewd pollen]

anyone run some 1v1s?

[golden sphinx]

multiple games today where teammates have went afk

this dude went afk cause he didnt get alter

i got her cause i was afk during the legend select

i usually give if someone else wants them lol

[golden sphinx]

yeahh this game is just so bad lol if my teammates are not afk the servers are giving me that slow motion lag bs

2 games in a row with the lag and both my teammates had it too so i know its not just my internet

[dull falcon]

Nostalgia

[dull falcon]

Ngl ive done it not to the point of having my scores consistently good but it didn't work for me

Like im pretty sure i spammed a controlsphere scen for a bit but i never felt like i improved

Maybe im doing the wrong stuff

[balmy stump]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271511361003716742/1272772263392837683/GIFMaker_me.gif

[golden sphinx]

literally my 5th game today with an afk teammate

[hollow pewter]

Dm me to 1v1

[golden sphinx]

how tf is the carr a red weapon

shit does nothing

[hollow pewter]

They upgrade it

[tight totem]

car is crazy wym

laser beam

[undone copper]

lmao im sorry to hear that 🙏🙏 clean setup though

[outer sleet]

Come duo que with me sometime

I hate to see you suffer

What server do you play on though?

[tight totem]

thats NA if ive ever seen one

[outer sleet]

Ohh shit

Well whatever I should still be better than the randoms hopefully

[glossy talon]

Had a team where one of them insta left and the other fell off the map off spawn

Still got masters tho so I'm not stressing

Solo Q really is hell.

[mental ridge]

u ever gonna play apex on mnk

[dull falcon]

after i get masters this season

or hjust after this season

[mental ridge]

u still diamond

2 or 1?

[dull falcon]

i really didnt startplaying till like 2 weeks ago

diamond 1

[mental ridge]

same

[dull falcon]

i need like 400 or so

[mental ridge]

u wanna duo upnin 1 hour

[dull falcon]

u have a 3rd or no

i do have a duo so we can 3 stack

gotta do some warmup

[mental ridge]

not necassarily

[mental ridge]

im down

[dull falcon]

bet

[mental ridge]

I LOVE GAMBLING

[dull falcon]

some dude bet his entire lifesaving on the superbowl