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true hound
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muma winston is actually pog

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if only houston could play winston always

hot heart
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The man shouldn't play anything else

feral zodiac
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exactky

true hound
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when houston had hackfist + winston dva

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they fucked

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too bad thtas never gonna happen

feral zodiac
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when ur flex dps outperforms you on mt

true hound
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omegalul

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actually to be fair

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houston is 3-7 with muma

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3-8 with hydration

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hydration feeds less but the pieces in houston just dont fit

feral zodiac
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if we go off of tjat

hot heart
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Ngl houstan and dallas need to throw out

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Most of thier roster

true hound
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y

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houstons roster is good

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except they dont have an actual main tank

feral zodiac
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houston players would shine jn another team

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that isn't blston

silk frost
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Houston has had 1 good support playee

true hound
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huh

silk frost
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It's jecse

true hound
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jecse + rapel are good

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but when ur team doesnt have an actual MT its a gg

silk frost
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I think Rapel has been underwhelming

true hound
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better for the team than Muma will be

feral zodiac
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Houston have been underwhelming

true hound
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yh they busted out the big bucks for a good roster and uh

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theyre a wash

silk frost
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Yeah but compared to my expectations, houston are better and Rapel is worse

true hound
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i wouldnt even change anything besides getting a damn MT

feral zodiac
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at least boston doesn't send themselves broke getting players

true hound
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Danteh is consistently nutty

feral zodiac
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just find t2 talent, make them decent and sell

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ez profit

true hound
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Linkzr is interesting but he'll do cause when he pops hes the best

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and Blase will work well as their doom genji specialist

feral zodiac
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linkzr is very inconsistent

true hound
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just.. dont put him anywhere else

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yh but thats his charm

silk frost
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Houston could drop everyone but Meko, Danteh, and Jecse and pick up Fusions and Myungbong from Boston

feral zodiac
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he is either a top 5 hitscan or a bottom 5 hitscan

true hound
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lmao

feral zodiac
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no inbetween

silk frost
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Top 8

true hound
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bruh

feral zodiac
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best of houston and uprising would actually be a solid team

true hound
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uprising honestlyisnt that bad player-wise

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theyre just a)mad boomed b) idk wtf coaches r doing

feral zodiac
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uprising have the worst coaches in the league

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even worse than what dallas had

silk frost
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Fusions, Meko, Danteh, Hydration, Diya (on the fence with that), Jecse, Myungbong

feral zodiac
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also i fully believe that next year chengdu will go unbeaten for 40 games

true hound
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yes

feral zodiac
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just watch

true hound
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ameng ball

hot heart
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Ameng will just become a head coach

silk frost
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Will it be because they grabbed Diya?

feral zodiac
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fusions deserves a far better team

hot heart
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And make them better

feral zodiac
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actually most of boston does

silk frost
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I'm tellin ya dude Houston with Fusions would slap

feral zodiac
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except maybe halo and hex

true hound
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no Halo is good

silk frost
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And maybe Mikeyy but his sample size is tiny

feral zodiac
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trying to make hex learn a hero is a guaranteed loss

true hound
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Chex just gets uh forced onto DPS heroes he cant play

silk frost
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Halo has been mediocre at best and depressing at worst

true hound
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tf

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bruh

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all of boston has been depressing

feral zodiac
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remember when a hex torb hammer put boston out of the summer showdown

silk frost
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Lol

feral zodiac
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legit if they confirmed that kill they'd have won the map

karmic grotto
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I guess it's time for me to join Boston

hot heart
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Tbh

karmic grotto
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Can't be worse off tank than

feral zodiac
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but no hex gotta whip out the hammer

hot heart
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Boston actually have no hope

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But

feral zodiac
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punk would slap you adriel

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no offene

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offence

hot heart
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Punk Jerry and myungbong

silk frost
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Also sorry Zalty I didn't mean lol at what you said, I meant the hammer thing

hot heart
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Could all do decently on mid table teams

true hound
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punk is dope af

hot heart
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Other than them

true hound
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@silk frost nah ik dw

hot heart
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They mostly suck ass

karmic grotto
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:) yo, if hex and Co can stay, I'll become like ChipSa

hot heart
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Ngl

silk frost
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Myungbong could start on Shock bruh

karmic grotto
true hound
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chippers

hot heart
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Chex could be a sub

feral zodiac
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how can you leave fusions out of that list

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one of the best reins don't @ me

karmic grotto
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Boston gotta pump up money

silk frost
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The best of houston + the best of Boston = a top 10 team

feral zodiac
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across all regions?

karmic grotto
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If they just sign "streamers"

silk frost
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Across all regions yes

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I think it'd be a nasty team

feral zodiac
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maybe

hot heart
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Fusions too

feral zodiac
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depends how the glue together

silk frost
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Imagine Danteh playing with Fusions and Myungbong, and then Jerry with Meko

feral zodiac
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they*

silk frost
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It's almost a perfect blend of newer and older talent

feral zodiac
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jerry + danteh

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i lost

karmic grotto
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..

earnest leaf
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jerry is a pretty avg hitscan tho

hot heart
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Meko fusions jerry danteh Myungbong Jecse

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Holy

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Ez top 10 ngl

feral zodiac
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who is houstons other dps?

earnest leaf
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I'd probably rather have linkzr over jerry

hot heart
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Uh

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Blase

feral zodiac
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ah

hot heart
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Linkzr

feral zodiac
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idk jerry seems more consistent than linkzr

hot heart
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Someone else maybe

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Yeah

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He is

feral zodiac
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but when linkzr is good he's a machine

hot heart
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Linkzr just

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Id take him as a sub

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Not a starter

feral zodiac
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widow specialist?

hot heart
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Yeah

feral zodiac
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idk what jerry's widow/ashe is like

hot heart
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Jerrys ashe from what ive seen

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Is nasty sometimes

earnest leaf
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Also linkzr has been consistent lately

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For the past couple months

hot heart
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He has

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But

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I expect him to dip a bit

karmic grotto
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These players are fine for not reading reddit or comments

feral zodiac
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true

karmic grotto
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Imagine being titans, bottom tier team

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And reading comments

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Better to not read

feral zodiac
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they've done pretty well

true hound
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yh but tbf everyone feels bad for them

hot heart
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You'll be boomed

true hound
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boston is a different story

karmic grotto
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Dragons had worse

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From trash to..

true hound
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Titans were whipped together halfway through the season and forced to play in the big leagues against teams which have been scrimming and gelling together

hot heart
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Boston is just disliked tbh

feral zodiac
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i hold out hope that this time next year titans will be mid tier

karmic grotto
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God tier

hot heart
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Sometimes hated

true hound
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Boston org is disliked probs

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not the players

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Fusions is a fuckin champ

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3 seasons of boston

karmic grotto
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2?

true hound
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however many it was

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its enough to fry ur brain

hot heart
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Fusions is absolutely boomed at times though

feral zodiac
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titans story is literally the fall of the titan WidowLUL

hot heart
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Its sad to see

feral zodiac
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so is all of boston

hot heart
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Like

true hound
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@hot heart cant really blame him tho

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Fusions is good

karmic grotto
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I don't know how the players must feel

hot heart
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Houston could pick him up

feral zodiac
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they've gotta put up with constant defeat

hot heart
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And worst case scenario

true hound
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Houston with Fusions would actually be dope

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id so take that

karmic grotto
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Defeat, makes you stronger. Impossibility in your mind

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-zenyatta

true hound
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theyll probably release Muma Boink and Hydration mayb

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and pick up an actual MT

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for some reason boink still exists

karmic grotto
true hound
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idk what niche Hydration would fill if hes not gonna be tanking

hot heart
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They do better than with hydration

karmic grotto
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If Boston pulls a ChipSa and signs Flats /s

true hound
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ngl

sour magnet
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Houston needs an overall

true hound
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Flats would be dope

sour magnet
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Over haul *

true hound
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now Houston sign kabaji

karmic grotto
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Streamer team

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Kabaji could go pro...

true hound
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Doesn’t want to tho

digital cloud
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houston with kaiser

true hound
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Yes

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Release rapel sign ml7

karmic grotto
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But he still did that bronze to Gm with Echo

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So that's a minus

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Point for him

true hound
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Unranked

sour magnet
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I wish dafran stayed in Atlanta to play this meta

karmic grotto
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No no

true hound
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Necros did bronze

hot heart
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Id like to see what ml7 would do in OWL

sour magnet
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It would of been so fun

karmic grotto
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He was in low rank

hot heart
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Mechanically

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He's so good

digital cloud
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ml7 trash

karmic grotto
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I remember me saying something about it

true hound
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tf

hot heart
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ml7 trash
@digital cloud weirdchamp

karmic grotto
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On general discussion

true hound
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bruh

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ml7 is a god it just comes down to if he’s coachable

digital cloud
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just like chipsa, ml7 would be destroyed in OWL

true hound
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if he can fit and work with a team

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Ez clap

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Eh

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ml7 is nutty, with enough coaching he’d be good

karmic grotto
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@digital cloud don't think so. ML7 would have more playtime than ChipSa

true hound
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You’d be saying the same about ANS

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ANS was taken straight from ladder

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And guess how he turned out

digital cloud
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ANS was taken from ladder because he could cut it

karmic grotto
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Well not quite

digital cloud
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so was jjonak

karmic grotto
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Ans played pro

true hound
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ANS was one of the best widows in ladder, Ml7 is one of the best anas on ladder

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Barely @karmic grotto

karmic grotto
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EU ladder

true hound
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It was a short stint

feral zodiac
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ans was very well known on the korean ladder

true hound
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u can’t really the say the streamer will be bad until they actually play in OWL

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obv they’ve never played pro

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But if they’re coachable, they’ll get it

hot heart
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See

karmic grotto
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Some pro player said something about it

true hound
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it’s not just they are streamer not in OWL so they must be bad

feral zodiac
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usually the people they scout will play in a few scrims prior to being signed

hot heart
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mL7 would probably be okay

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I think

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He'll be a pine type of player

true hound
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wot

karmic grotto
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Uhm

true hound
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Y would he be inconsistent

hot heart
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And just be flashy as hell

true hound
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idk

karmic grotto
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We don't know

hot heart
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But not as consistent as other top Ana's

feral zodiac
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that depends

hot heart
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Obv that's speculation

karmic grotto
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Obviously, other ana scrims hours each day

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At high level

hot heart
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Yeah

karmic grotto
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Not your average ranked shit show

feral zodiac
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we're not sure how he performs in a serious team environment

karmic grotto
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I'm sure how Harbleu would be

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Man was cracked with kariv as support

feral zodiac
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harbleu tried out t2

true hound
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harb has a fatal weakness

feral zodiac
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he performed very inconsistently

true hound
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Not being able to play dva

digital cloud
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harb couldn't cut it, he isn't a team player

true hound
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and dva has been meta for an extremely long time

sour magnet
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You could definetly still make a good team out of steamers

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Streamers*

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Just streaming is way more money

karmic grotto
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@feral zodiac makes no sense what you say

feral zodiac
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and from what i've been told harb doesn't work well with teams

true hound
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ye you’d just have to coach them right

karmic grotto
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Who said that?

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And when?

feral zodiac
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empathy i think

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idk when dude

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i don't remember the dates of messages

earnest leaf
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harb would get omega clapped in owl

umbral iron
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tbf the life of a tank is getting clapped until you have ult

karmic grotto
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Of course, nobody that scrims will get clapped

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It's obvious

feral zodiac
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?

digital cloud
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harb was in contenders

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he would still get clapped

umbral iron
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chicken contendies

karmic grotto
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Clapped when you don't scrim, yes

feral zodiac
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people that scrim can still get clapped

digital cloud
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THEY PLAYED IN CONTENDERS

karmic grotto
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Yup

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So it's not a bad thing

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Look at Boston

sour magnet
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Streaming makes too much money that’s why he sticks to streaming

karmic grotto
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Pepega team

feral zodiac
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that doesn't mean scrimming isn't an advantage

sour magnet
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No shit

karmic grotto
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Streaming > scrimming

feral zodiac
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well yeah

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gotta get that $$$

sour magnet
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More money

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Less effort

karmic grotto
sour magnet
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Generally more fun

feral zodiac
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better working enivornment

sour magnet
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Since I’m guessing the Boston roster isn’t having a lot of fun currently

feral zodiac
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not at all

karmic grotto
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I bet, if the salaries were in the million, you would see more players training hard

sour magnet
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And you don’t guarantee your on a team like the shock or dragons

feral zodiac
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ik fusions hates it

sour magnet
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And even then, Shock and Dragons probably have a shit ton of work

digital cloud
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you would see more, but then better people would get the job

feral zodiac
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fuck yeah they do

sour magnet
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Between scrims vod reviews etc

karmic grotto
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If owl players could make 2 millions a year, oh man PepeDans

digital cloud
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all we need to do is get more viewers

sour magnet
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Thing is

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We don’t know salaries

feral zodiac
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how to send blizzard bankrupt 101

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we know the minimum

true hound
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Boston probs pays low

digital cloud
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shouldn't be too hard

feral zodiac
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and we know the highest earners

true hound
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Teams like Dallas pay bank

sour magnet
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Players like Carpe, Jjonak could be getting so much

true hound
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Don’t we only know Sinatraa

sour magnet
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And Decay before he left

true hound
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150k

feral zodiac
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minimum salary is $50,000 a year per player

digital cloud
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only need the whole population of China viewing

sour magnet
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We only knew Season 1 Sinatraa

feral zodiac
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they released a list of the 20 highest earners a year ago

sour magnet
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After getting MVP for OWWC And OWL it would of went up so high

feral zodiac
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pretty much all koreans

karmic grotto
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I once had a dream about owl

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That Blizzard was financially backing up the players

feral zodiac
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nice dream

sour magnet
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Ngl

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That’s kind of sad

karmic grotto
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I am not sure about the vision of Activision Blizzard, but when money speaks, this vision is a short term thing to get money

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Overwatch stays strong as long as Jeffrey Kaplan is the director

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I would even say that if they decided to cut Overwatch, that it wouldn't even hurt them

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That's how low the impact is

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2016? Game has evolved, but at what cost?

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All those big streamers leaving Overwatch because it's not fun for them anymore. It could have had 100k thousands viewers each day realistically

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But too slow

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Bad decisions in between

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And when the trouble is finances? They have to create OW 2 to make more money

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But at what cost?

feral zodiac
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it does have hundreds of thousands of viewers dail

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just no in the west

karmic grotto
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Outside China

feral zodiac
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korea

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korea pulls in massive numbers as well

sour magnet
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Blizzard has never favoured a Western Audience

karmic grotto
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Sometimes

sour magnet
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Games like Starcraft etc

feral zodiac
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only game that really favours a western audience is WoW

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idk what that's like in asia though

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but yeah starcraft, hots, overwatch all make their money in the east

karmic grotto
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If they didn't kill pro pugs, didn't kill the sponsors teams can have, didn't kill the ability to work together with faceit to create a stable and health semi pro ranked games for competitive matches without bullshit of throwers, leavers, win traders...

feral zodiac
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hearthstone as well

digital cloud
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and if they actually made the changes they say they are going to quicker

karmic grotto
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Create games for short term profit

feral zodiac
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they have lol

sour magnet
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In the end Blizzard is a for profit company

karmic grotto
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That's their style

digital cloud
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and didn't walk back buffs almost immediately

feral zodiac
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???

sour magnet
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Short term? The games been good for 3/4years now

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And is still playable

digital cloud
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playable? yes. but god is comp cancerous sometimes

karmic grotto
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It is short term

sour magnet
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Sometimes

karmic grotto
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Kinda

sour magnet
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Go play csgo and it’s way worse

feral zodiac
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that's thanks to faceit

sour magnet
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I’ve started to play Valorant and what I’ve found is Overwatch is way more fun to win, but valorant is more fun to lose than to lose in Overwatch

karmic grotto
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is it even worth it to even buy the game that has no stable competitive environment as advertised?

feral zodiac
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csgo?

karmic grotto
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Imagine you hearing that owl teams have academy teams, and then hearing about them not being in contenders

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What does that say?

feral zodiac
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uh

sour magnet
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The teams shit

feral zodiac
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idk, what does it say

karmic grotto
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Most of owl had Academy teams, but right now they're non existent

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How will players see the pro side of Overwatch, as a real pro thing like LoL if they don't even see T2 academy teams playing?

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And then start to gather information

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And read that T2 system is actually trash

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We, the players know what we want to see on the pro scene, but the heads don't...

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They rather see money

edgy tinsel
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crusty interview

feral zodiac
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i don't get it

karmic grotto
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That's what she said

true hound
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what

karmic grotto
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🥁

hot heart
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So

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Crusty saw potential in ta1yo

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Not just as a genji player

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I expected that

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But

digital cloud
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I think that is what he is saying?

hot heart
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Yeah

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Yeah

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Its hard to understand kinda

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But

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Ye

edgy tinsel
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Hes saying

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Taiyo was never chosen to be a genji specialist

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If he was basing off just genji, he wouldn't have went for taiyo

balmy wolf
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crusty values roster depth a lot

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same reason why he got twilight

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by virtue of having more players, you more options on how you want to shuffle the roster

true hound
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ye they sub in dif dps every round

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and they still beat the fuck out of everyone

hidden vault
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But players wouldn't want to be benched

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So they might ask for transfer

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Like architect

tropic herald
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I’m pretty sure they got Twilight Bc he’s a monster on Ana in the same way Viol2t is a monster on Zen

next mesa
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Im pretty sure they got twilight just so the other teams cant get twilight

tropic herald
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That too

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But my statement still stands

next mesa
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isnt it funny that seoul and london are probably like worst apac team but if it was in na they are probably at least atlanta tier

tropic herald
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Twilight was playing Ana like ranked against philly in the finals

next mesa
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lol

tropic herald
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Go watch Oasis it was the funniest thing

worn falcon
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Fuckin sneaky Ana

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And rascal noticed that fast

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So he could dash

tropic herald
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Rascal didn’t even have scrim time on genji

forest raven
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That's how scary shock is

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They literally started running genji dive with rascal in that match and it outclassed Fusion

next mesa
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fusion looked mentally boomed

balmy wolf
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in avasts stream mcgravy alluded to how rascal wasnt playing in scrims at all

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it was super on genji in scrims

forest raven
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Yeah

balmy wolf
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then they pulled out rascal genjis in playoffs and what do you know they pound on it

forest raven
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Super said something along the lines that Rascal's tweet was 'basically true'

vagrant jacinth
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Shock are just so scarily good

balmy wolf
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feel bad for philly tho

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i thought this dive comp suited philly perfectly

forest raven
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I feel bad for the players

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Not the fans

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I will clown on philly fans

next mesa
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carpe GWvertiPeepoSadMan

balmy wolf
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player wise philly had the better sombra and zarya, but the team play overall favor shock

forest raven
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Ivy seemed

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idk

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Tired?

balmy wolf
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cold

forest raven
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Or maybe Shock just adapted to his genji

balmy wolf
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hes neutral was fine, but his blades got no value

vagrant jacinth
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Yeah, shame they look so good but nothing to show for it

balmy wolf
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rascal had the game saving ults

tropic herald
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Ivy genji is very good

balmy wolf
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just got shut down

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same thing happened to paris, alarm shut down the dps hard

forest raven
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Shock won Anubis only because Rascal made a play

balmy wolf
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paris couldn't mirror the dive and they couldn't force philly off it so they lost

tropic herald
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You could tell Rascal was watching Paris v Philly

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Rascal never dived Alarm in blade

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Never first at least

forest raven
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Ye

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Alarm was quiet that whole series

balmy wolf
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You think paris could've beat shock if they were in the same bracket instead of philly?

tropic herald
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No

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Xzi was cold on sombra

forest raven
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As soon as Shock figure out Rascal dive is the play, no team in NA would have beat them

vagrant jacinth
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I don't think Paris would. They didn't look as good as they have in the past weeks

balmy wolf
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mayhem almost took shock to map 5, but shock clutch up on eich

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and the momentum shifted towards shock

tropic herald
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As much as Alarm dicked on sparkle I fear Teilight would’ve done it more

forest raven
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Shock has a bad time on Busan

tropic herald
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Shock throw control to play KR

forest raven
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But koth means nothing

balmy wolf
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busan is the weirdest control map

next mesa
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just give me shock vs dragons

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fuck

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come on

balmy wolf
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each stage favors a different comp

next mesa
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dont be a bitch

forest raven
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Every team that won the first control map lost the series

next mesa
#

make dragons play on 200 ping

forest raven
tropic herald
#

Busan kinda sucks

next mesa
tropic herald
#

One KoTH is super easy to snowball on

balmy wolf
#

but yea busan does suck pretty hard honestly

tropic herald
#

And two busan is the easiest one to do this one

forest raven
#

60 or 70% chance to win the round if you win first fight?

#

Something like that

tropic herald
#

Yes

balmy wolf
#

its more than 50% on average

tropic herald
#

If you win the first fight you will win the round unless you beef

balmy wolf
#

u have a decent chance to get it last fight territory pretty easily

#

if u get it 1st

#

then u bank ults and flip it again to win

forest raven
#

Ye

tropic herald
#

And Busan has really good chokes for defense on two of the points

balmy wolf
#

but yea poor paris

next mesa
#

its like 60%

balmy wolf
#

they actually got 2nd seed because they dropped a map to justice

tropic herald
#

Wait

vagrant jacinth
#

just give me shock vs dragons
@next mesa yes pls, I need to see this SO much

tropic herald
#

Paris would’ve been able to make finals and they not beefed

#

Actually

#

Florida could’ve beaten them tbh

forest raven
#

Yeah

balmy wolf
#

but considering paris couldnt do dive ig it didnt matter

hidden vault
#

beef meaning?

forest raven
#

If they didn't drop a map to Justice they would have had a better record than shock

#

By one map

tropic herald
#

When you beef you fuck up

hidden vault
#

how did they?

#

was it the support line?

tropic herald
#

Paris dropped a map to justice

balmy wolf
#

^

tropic herald
#

They lost #1

balmy wolf
#

paris lost 1st seed

#

they needed a clean sweep

tropic herald
#

They had to face Philly instead of Florida

balmy wolf
#

because paris and shock had the same map record

tropic herald
#

They weren’t gonna beat Philly but Florida is a mayb

balmy wolf
#

paris lost a map and shock swept so shock was #1 seed

forest raven
#

Shock also lost a map

#

Anubis to Mayhem

#

Shock won the head to head because they 3-0'd Paris earlier in the year

tropic herald
#

Mayhem winning Anubis to shock of all teams was a statement

forest raven
#

lmfao

#

ikr

balmy wolf
#

before the showdown they had the same map record for the qualifer

tropic herald
#

They could’ve flipped the momentum

forest raven
#

Beating shock on 2cp

tropic herald
#

Not even that

#

Florida are cheeks on Anubis

balmy wolf
#

alright i just checked

#

paris and shock had the same MD

#

but paris lost a map on the last qualifier day when shock swept

#

so shock went up

forest raven
#

Oh neat

#

I thought it went down to the h2h

balmy wolf
#

?

forest raven
#

Head to head

digital cloud
#

what is this Guillard Purple thing

#

I know the reference, but why is it here

balmy wolf
tropic herald
#

Not a regular rip

next mesa
#

LLLLLLLLLL

digital cloud
#

guess I'm not

#

I need to complain to someone

idle gorge
#

Thx for banning the two heroes which made the game interesting to watch

plush grail
#

I really don't understand owl

#

They nerf or buff characters

#

But then instantly ban them

karmic grotto
#

Hero pools?

plush grail
#

yeah

karmic grotto
#

Void has very shaky hands. How much does this player play?

hot heart
#

Wdym

sullen berry
#

We've got the FCSM supporting Cr0ng and Eileen

#

At this point I'm waiting for their basketball team GZ Long Lions 🏀 to come out with their support

primal minnow
#

Fleta is 7k away from taking back 1st in votes. Dang

sullen berry
#

Yeah it'll continue to fluctuate like that

edgy tinsel
#

Yoooo special gang

hot heart
#

We do be colourful doe

feral zodiac
#

hold up is xzi still in the lead

karmic grotto
#

owl players have such different positioning

primal minnow
#

Yh xzi is in the lead by 5k votes

#

Alarm is over 10k away from 2nd

vagrant jacinth
#

Wow, carpe dropped down to 4th

hot heart
#

Bruh

vagrant jacinth
#

Good to see alarm climbing though

hot heart
#

Yeah

#

It was all because of finals

feral zodiac
#

he dropped because he didn't play

hot heart
#

At least alarm is getting up there

vagrant jacinth
#

Yeah

#

He does deserve it, man's cracked

feral zodiac
#

suprised but also not suprised at the shock players positions

vagrant jacinth
#

Same

#

thought crong would've been higher too lmao

feral zodiac
#

how long ago was summer showdown now

#

2 months?

balmy wolf
#

People’s vote counts only for 25%? Honestly I don’t think any of the current top3 will be MVP after pro’s votes.

feral zodiac
#

fleta and alarm both could

#

xzi i doibt

balmy wolf
#

Maybe alarm. But there will be a surprise.

#

I love Paris but Xzi would be an hold-up. He isn’t as good as before his injury.

tropic herald
true hound
#

wtf Houston should be #1

tropic herald
vagrant jacinth
#

I think I'd agree

#

Don't think I'd move anyone around

tropic herald
#

I know someone is gonna ask why Justice is above Fuel

#

Well@you see

#

That group of 5 could go anyway

#

But I still think Justice wins most of the matchups in that 5

vagrant jacinth
#

You think so?

tropic herald
#

Yea

vagrant jacinth
#

I could see outluls doing it tbf

tropic herald
#

And that’s you

#

But Houston also just got rolled by Valiant so idk

vagrant jacinth
#

Tru tru

#

Now we wait for plat chat

sullen berry
#

3 hours, right?

#

live on twitch only

#

sweet

#

I can run this in the background while I'm up all day

#

working from home difference

vagrant jacinth
#

Ye I think so

#

Work from home is pog

sullen berry
#

having to set up last minute is kinda ass - my internet can only upload/download from home

#

as all those watch parties have taught me

vagrant jacinth
#

I got roles PogChimp

#

Oof

sullen berry
#

corn though

#

🌽

#

very cool

#

oh you have access to regular chat too

vagrant jacinth
#

Yes corn

#

Regular chat?

sullen berry
#

just higher bitrate voice, alongside the usual perms with regular role

vagrant jacinth
#

Ah, cool

edgy tinsel
#

i forgot how anticlimatic goats was

#

i just watch a fight:
4 gravs
2 bombs
3 shatters
1 beat
2 rallies
4 transcendence

#

1 kill

vagrant jacinth
#

Lol yeah

#

Fights would go on forever

#

Was cool imo, went on for too long

#

What are teams gonna run now with the current bans?

edgy tinsel
#

double shield

#

bap zen

#

then id presume

#

ashe/widow , mei/echo

#

which means

#

LONDONNNN THRIVEEEEEE

#

and seoul will be poo

#

SOOOO

#

EZZZZZ

#

Profit will be on mei / echo

sullen berry
#

but the quiffs that came with goats from the casters would be awesome, if you look for them

sullen berry
balmy wolf
#

Umm excuse me where the hell do the 100k votes on alarm come from ??

#

That finals really did him well

#

I don’t trust the voting process

raw ermine
#

WHAT?

#

100K?

#

WTF

#

bots

#

gotta be bots

balmy wolf
#

People are able to vote multiple times

raw ermine
#

really?

balmy wolf
#

Yeah

#

It’s bugged

raw ermine
#

that is flawed as hell

tropic herald
#

Philly using their good money

raw ermine
#

why Alarm then?

#

why not carpe

#

lmao

#

Who makes a bot to do this

balmy wolf
#

Carpe isn’t the carry?

#

alarm carried philly all season

raw ermine
#

no cause carpe had more votes

balmy wolf
#

Have you seen sado play?

raw ermine
#

would have been easier to pull off

balmy wolf
#

Fan vote is only 25%

raw ermine
#

still is worth something

hot heart
#

?????

next mesa
#

thank god it's only 25%

#

no offense but xzi doesn't deserve mvp after being absent for 11 weeks

edgy tinsel
#

really?
@raw ermine I've literally said this multiple times ...

#

Doing it in incognito allows u to do it infinitely

raw ermine
#

Must have not seen

hot heart
#

This is mega fucked ngl

sour magnet
#

Xzi is very good but I agree

#

11 weeks absent

#

Alarm should get it but he won’t so I think Carpe

next mesa
#

maybe

swift moth
#

i voted for choi

echo sigil
#

┃Need 2 People To Help Start A Professional eSports Org With. Must Be Willing To Invest Time And Money! 16+ ┃

swift moth
#

need 2 people to scam. Must have money

raw ermine
#

true

tropic herald
#

There’s absolutely no way someone didn’t bot Alarms votes

raw ermine
#

yeah

edgy tinsel
#

everyone will have bot votes

#

OWL usually gets like 60k viewers iirc?

#

So thats either lots of people voting who dont watch owl

#

or bot votes

swift moth
#

yup

next mesa
#

dont forget that asia audience is at least triple of our audience

edgy tinsel
#

dont forget that asia audience is at least triple of our audience
@next mesa ok
so add them together, around 250k, the top 3 alone are about 70k higher

swift moth
#

also asia audiance will probably vote for apac players

tropic herald
#

The audience in Asia is a lot more than triple

next mesa
#

yeah I said at least

vagrant jacinth
#

LONDONNNN THRIVEEEEEE
@edgy tinsel hell yeahhh

next mesa
#

how did london get clapped by chengdu

#

I didn't watch the game

tropic herald
#

London simply just don’t got team play

edgy tinsel
#

thats a lie

#

they tried to force divve

#

instead of running counter dive

#

they didnt even get clapped either

#

it was a p close 3-0

onyx solar
#

LIE LIE LIEEEE

edgy tinsel
#

I mean

#

Its not a lie

swift moth
#

I was asleep during the match

vagrant jacinth
#

I said it before, London looks a lot stronger with babel and glister

karmic grotto
#

You know who else is strong

#

Your mother

#

Anyway

#

I was watching dragons vs spark and nyxl

#

and as I see Dragons playing, I don't see Shock winning

earnest leaf
#

In this current meta Dragons would probably beat shock

#

but if we went to a rein rush meta

true hound
#

oh

#

It’s dive

earnest leaf
#

shock wins

true hound
#

yeah pretty much

#

Super and moth press w

#

it’s over

earnest leaf
#

Rascal mei aswell

#

and then I don't think anyone on shd can consistently contest ans on widow

true hound
#

Diem..?

karmic grotto
#

Yes they can

true hound
#

All 3 of them are good widows

karmic grotto
#

ans never played vs dragon tanks pressure yet

#

I don't think he would get much sight line

#

maybe he will

#

depends on shock

true hound
#

idk

#

Dragons probs know by now ANS is a threat and will try to play around it

#

But shock will answer back

earnest leaf
#

imo I think it takes a meta that favors one team more than the other to see a clear winner

#

Because if there was a meta they were both really good at, idk who would win

karmic grotto
#

we will see in grand finals

#

or, quarter finals

true hound
#

if it’s still winston dive

#

Shanghai will probs be unbeatable

#

idk

#

unless chengdu does some dumb shit

earnest leaf
#

inb4 chengdu ooga boogas and goes to grand finals

karmic grotto
#

2 weeks of gameplay

#

then the season is over

#

fuck

#

2 weeks of no owl

#

...

true hound
#

shock vs outlaws finals, it will be 3-3 and outlaws will almost complete their reverse sweep

#

Then they c9 and lose

earnest leaf
#

I'm curious to see where the meta goes if the experimental changes go through

#

Because the obvious choice would be winston zarya sombra tracer

#

Then maybe like ana zen

karmic grotto
#

ZEN

earnest leaf
#

But maybe the rein rush comps could come back

#

But also I wonder if winston zarya stays meta

#

If shock can improve at the comp to compete head to head vs dragons

#

But choi would have to majorly improve on the zarya

true hound
#

Are playoffs double elimination bracket

#

Or nah

earnest leaf
#

Don't know

karmic grotto
#

Void Zarya is very good

#

I was watching from his view, and then Choi's view

earnest leaf
#

yea

#

and zarya is choi's worst OT

karmic grotto
#

Void doesn't do much things

#

He's simple and clean

#

Despite having shaky crosshair

#

But Choi looks like he has no idea what to do

#

Wasting a lot of bubbles

earnest leaf
#

Imagine if they had sinatraa still for the zarya

karmic grotto
#

one could imagine

worn falcon
#

inb4 chengdu ooga boogas and goes to grand finals
@earnest leaf Never doubt Chengdu 🙏

earnest leaf
#

Our lord and savior Ameng will come to win 🙏

karmic grotto
#

I would lmfao if hunters managed to get in the play offs

true hound
#

y did Albert yeh make this

tropic herald
#

Bro LeeJaeGon on Lucio beats ans

true hound
#

true

edgy tinsel
#

@true hound I have shared this amazing petition to OWL team servers

earnest leaf
#

@tropic herald moth vs ljg lucio duels

edgy tinsel
#

moth is better ngl

#

imo anyway

true hound
#

moth who

#

i only know ljg

worn falcon
#

Slime ZenyattaCry

edgy tinsel
#

Washed owl player moves to val

true hound
#

Valorant ain’t gonna cure his wrist

raw ermine
#

Alarm overtook Fleta????

#

HE IS ABOUT TO BEAT XZI

true hound
#

Alarm meta

raw ermine
#

less than 100

true hound
#

Wtf he’s climbing

raw ermine
#

10 away

true hound
#

ALARM

raw ermine
#

HE IS FIRST

true hound
#

#1

raw ermine
#

BOTS

#

WTF

true hound
#

Lmaoooo

#

Overnight

raw ermine
#

He was 3rd last

#

now he is first

true hound
#

the bots love alarm

#

muma robbed

tropic herald
#

Okay Comcast we get it

#

You have money to bot vote

earnest leaf
#

the voting is botted fyi

#

just in case no one could tell

tropic herald
#

I understand Fleta Carpe and Xzi getting so many votes

#

But ducking Alarm going from under 10k to 1st

true hound
#

Alarm shot like 100k over night

#

Lmao ye

tropic herald
#

I see no logical reason that happens

raw ermine
#

He is 1000 ahead!

#

jesus bots

edgy tinsel
#

Btw

#

if anyone is watching platchat

#

they basically explained how xzi is there

#

the casters , desk etc etc voted on a top 10

#

a long time ago

raw ermine
#

but this is the community vote no?

edgy tinsel
#

the top 10 were chosen by the desk etc

raw ermine
#

oh the top 10 yeah

hot heart
#

????

#

??????????

#

Why

#

Why do they specifically bot for alarm

raw ermine
#

idk

#

its really weird

#

If it was philly

#

bot Carpe

#

cause he is higher up then alarm

#

it would be easier and less sus

#

maybe a superfan of alarm?

hot heart
#

Hm

#

Maybe

#

Or just a philly fan that doesnt really care about carpe

#

That probably doesnt exist

#

But

#

Idk man

#

Alarm superfan probably

#

OWL have to be looking in to this

edgy tinsel
#

well i mean alarm has been more instrumental than carpe

#

like platchat said

#

carpe HASNT shown up in big matches

karmic grotto
#

Not his meta

true hound
#

no reason to play carpe rn

#

but if sigma orisa nerfs go through and its double hitscan or smth

#

not playing carpe would be throwing

digital cloud
#

I don’t know, Heesu looked clean

raw ermine
#

XZI is making his way back up

opaque ginkgo
#

Alarm in first Nani

edgy tinsel
#

@karmic grotto @true hound i mean the whole year.

he DOESN'T show up in big matches

raw ermine
#

Xzi is first again

#

by 26 votes

tropic herald
#

It’s France v Bkts

#

Bots

edgy tinsel
#

Its actually
Baguette Bots vs Bots

karmic grotto
#

hmm

tropic herald
#

Honestly Alarm mvp

#

I wouldn’t even complain

#

We’d get a sick Bap or Ana skin

edgy tinsel
#

I liked Mr.Xs idea

#

a sick ashe skin

#

with a fish head for bob

tropic herald
#

Is Xzi Gets it and he chooses Ashe we can get BenBob

true hound
#

carpe fish skin tho

stuck radish
#

brig mvp skin

#

yes.

hot heart
#

No.

edgy tinsel
#

no

hot heart
#

The Council has decided

#

We Unanimously Stand against an MVP brig skin.

#

Oppose us and face punishment.

karmic grotto
#

no

vagrant jacinth
#

I'd love an ana skin

hot heart
#

I dont play ana but it would be cool yeah

#

I just really want a tank skin now

#

We've gotten support and dps

#

But

#

Void needs to get a majority vote to even be close to being mvp

raw ermine
#

the bots have ceased operation

#

for now...

raw ermine
#

First, there is no longer any limit to the number of players who may be designated as two-way players at any given time. Additionally, two-way players on teams with no academy team affiliate are now eligible to participate in Contenders competitions.

digital cloud
#

no limit?

#

nice

#

wonder how that will look

worn falcon
#

this one is pretty interesting too

digital cloud
#

if the league still exists next year

worn falcon
#

30-day contracts: If a team has at least seven players signed to season-long contracts, a team may sign additional players to 30-day contracts. Upon expiration of a 30-day contract, a player becomes a free agent who may negotiate with other teams. Teams do not have the option to extend 30-day contracts unilaterally.

digital cloud
#

hmmm

tropic herald
#

OGE memes

#

Always good

karmic grotto
#

So

#

That means we have a shot on getting new players?

swift moth
#

wait

#

does this mean that teams have a max of 7 players?

#

and then the rest on 30 day contracts?

#

or is it just another contract they can give to players

worn falcon
#

The 30 days is to avoid something like what happened with Vanc

karmic grotto
#

...

worn falcon
#

they hay 14 days contracts

karmic grotto
#

They all had?

worn falcon
#

The free agent must have citizenship for a country in Asia
The free agent must have an existing visa to travel to countries in Asia ```
#

wew

karmic grotto
#

This is just hiring players with more steps

raw ermine
#

yeah

#

it's to localize play

#

tbf most players in OWL are korean

worn falcon
#

@sleepy#4671 No, teams needs to have a minimun of 7 players, max 12. All teams are required to have at least seven players signed to season-long contracts at all times from Nov. 23, 2020, through the end of the 2021 season. Teams may have a maximum of 12 players signed to any type of contract at any time during the 2021 season.

raw ermine
#

but that will just make more of them Korean

worn falcon
#

Ironically is VISA to asia, nothing to USA

#

🤔

#

More safe to travel to asia than USA i guess.

raw ermine
#

yeah

digital cloud
#

why would you say that?

edgy tinsel
#

Its obvious that travel to asia is safer

proper cove
#

Ok so idk of anyone will know but are there any non open division/ contenders PC leagues?

digital cloud
#

ah, yes, obvious

#

please explain it to me as if I am stupid then

edgy tinsel
#

as if ur stupid ok

#

Covid is bad in us

#

Covid not bad in asia

#

Covid = dangerous

#

Meaning going to asia is safer

hot heart
#

Gr1m is a 5head

#

Hey Gr1m can you explain the word hello

#

Never understood it

edgy tinsel
#

sorry thats past my level of knowledge

hot heart
#

Ah i see

#

Maybe grike knows

#

@digital cloud

digital cloud
#

ah, yes

hot heart
#

What does hello mean

digital cloud
#

this reminds me of a phrase

#

fuck you

hot heart
#

Ye

digital cloud
#

also, US being bad now does not mean Asia won't be worse in the future

#

India is projected to surpass all current cases soon

hot heart
#

Yeah wouldnt expect them to be safe in a year

edgy tinsel
#

but "Asia" in owl is China + Korea

hot heart
#

Or less

scenic glade
#

isn't in funny how in the may melee (i think) , summer showdown and the countdown cup that the team dallas fuel lost to was the one that ended up winning the whole thing

feral zodiac
#

Yep

raw ermine
#

I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess

edgy tinsel
#

i just completed a mission valorant that was "kill with guns"

edgy tinsel
#

Guys lets take roar as an example here

#

If he feeds constantly

#

And we take consistency into account for mvp

#

Shouldn't roar get it?

#

For clearly being the most consistent?

hot heart
#

Ah yes

#

The most consistent feeder

#

MCF

#

5head

worn falcon
#

Most consistent feeder? Muma

true hound
#

idk man

#

muma's winston can pop

#

roar is turbo inter on every role

raw ermine
#

technically

#

MVP

#

most valuable

#

so if we have 2 teams in the league

#

as an example

#

team A has 6 excellent players

#

and team B has 5 poor players and 1 excellent player

#

then the 1 excellent on team B should win

#

for being the most consistently best

hot heart
#

True

#

But

#

Not how it works in the eyes of the community and OWL

raw ermine
#

yeah

#

it should be

#

just the "Best Player" Award

next mesa
#

but if we're talking about being the most valuable the mvp's team should also produce top tier results

tropic herald
digital cloud
#

?

tropic herald
#

That’s what someone said in this game

#

If you do not know, this is Viol2t and FunnyAstro

digital cloud
#

ah

next mesa
#

instalost

#

only viol2t and funnyastro?

pseudo fjord
#

support diff

swift moth
#

if only they had super on the ana

#

then they would win

edgy tinsel
#

They added a captcha to the mvp votes

upper niche
#

What a messed-up roster we have this week: so not only do London play Seoul twice, both London and Seoul also both have to play three matches (each) in three days. And, London additionally play Shanghai while Seoul play New York.

#

Then, they don't get a break next week either: Seoul and London play both of the only APAC matches - one of which is again against London, and London against NYXL again

karmic grotto
upper niche
#

So basically to bring everyone up to having 21 games played, London and Seoul both have to play 5 games in two weekends, NYXL play 2, and HZS/SHD play one.