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digital cloud
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I was thinking of paris v philly

next mesa
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2 teams each region right

digital cloud
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that was the only reason paris could beat philly

next mesa
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im thinking dragons will qualify for every tourney

mortal abyss
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Yeah but in thier other matches it was usually pretty close, it was always fun watching them play against each other

next mesa
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second apac rotate between like every apac team

digital cloud
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on paper dragons have the current best dps line

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and close to the best tank and support

next mesa
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yes omg they are so crackedddddd

mortal abyss
next mesa
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dps needs to be more explosive this year

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since they dont have fearless

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the playmaker

digital cloud
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every year just gets better and better for most teams

tropic herald
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I think this is going to be Fate’s year

digital cloud
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I have my doubts

next mesa
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fate's gonna look really good

tropic herald
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Did you watch him at NEXT?

next mesa
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He doesn't hardthrow he's gonna look top tier

digital cloud
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a bit

next mesa
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yeah fate ball

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outplayed fearless ball

tropic herald
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In the last game

next mesa
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I didn't watch the finals yet

digital cloud
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he is absolutely great, ofc, but I have a thing where I get really hyped about newcomers

tropic herald
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His ball was hacked significantly less times than Marve1 and Gesture

digital cloud
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I am thinking 9a9a, muze, and mag outdo him

mortal abyss
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is 9a9a a better ball then ameng? I've seen a couple people say he is but i don't atch much contenders

next mesa
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dallas needs to hit the right meta to be championship level

tropic herald
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Ok, Gaga is another one I think will be insane

digital cloud
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idk how his name is spelled

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point is, that dude and mag and muze are freaks

next mesa
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gaga has ameng ball but can actually play other tanks

mortal abyss
tropic herald
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Gaga Muze Fate Mag Smurf Fearless

tropic herald
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Those are the best ones I can think of

digital cloud
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sado maybe?

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sado pretty good

tropic herald
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Supposedly Takoyaki is a freak

digital cloud
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maybe more like a tier

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than s

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Takoyaki I hear is good as well

tropic herald
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I think Sado is pretty good, I’d be willing to keep him S if he performs on Toronto

digital cloud
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honestly toronto kinda sleeper pick rn

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I keep forgetting how many good pieces they have

mortal abyss
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Mano has potential to be amazing with a better support line and better coaching this year

tropic herald
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Toronto has a really scary roster but I’m low key scared of some of their players

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Like Ansoonjae and Michelle

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I have no idea who the former is and the other one was meh in my memory

digital cloud
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not all of them are what I would consider winners, true

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but they to me have about the same sort of pieces as, say, washington or boston

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maybe Washington a bit higher but

tropic herald
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Mag Fury Decay is def enough to Puch Justice high even if other parts underperform

digital cloud
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only a few teams really look weak rn

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London, paris, Vancouver

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maybe atlanta Houston mayhem

craggy sandal
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How are mayhem weak?

digital cloud
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others seem like they have potential

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well they lost to atlanta

craggy sandal
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Any of the showmatches legit don’t matter

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And they weren’t trying since it was like 2am for them

digital cloud
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and neither do games, we know

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saving strats

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bad ping

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hurt their elbows, sun in their eyes

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anyway, even if the showmatch meant nothing, they haven't gotten that many pieces I would consider game changing

craggy sandal
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Yaki is legit a crackhead

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Bqq is really good

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Gnj is also a top tier flex support

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Gargoyle a top tier off tank

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And kuki

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They are definitely going to be in the upper half of na

digital cloud
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ashamed of the joke?

mortal abyss
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😭 yeah

digital cloud
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don't worry, I screenshot it

mortal abyss
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oh no

digital cloud
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mwehehehehe

mortal abyss
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Well you can't send images here so i'm safe

digital cloud
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yeah, that is true

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I can't

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can I

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hmmmmmmmm

mortal abyss
digital cloud
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anywho, I am not high on the idea of the Mayhem

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nor can I truly say that I think Houston or Atlanta are gonna succeed

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and no one wants Valiant or Vancouver to do well

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except that one person that showed up here that one time that wanted a team to choose with the team they wanted already in mind

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is london or paris likely to be any good?

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I seem to remember them having crummy teams

mortal abyss
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London just picked up Shax a couple of days ago

next mesa
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london above paris

tropic herald
mortal abyss
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oof

next mesa
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damn so

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Kai very likely now

digital cloud
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seems like edison oughtta be good enough

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not sure why they want kai and edison

cloud latch
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so they have 2 hitscans

digital cloud
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need to get better supports is what they need

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and maybe better tanks

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probably better tanks

raw ermine
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reminder sephy is still HC

digital cloud
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and another hc

plush light
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I hope Paris or London sign sharp

feral zodiac
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Didn't sharp only just get signed

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Or was he perma benched

weak bolt
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He was on roster all S3 I think but never really played

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I don't think he'll be on a team now for S4

worn falcon
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sex big dick to defiant

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nice

silk frost
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tmw lastro gets more of a graphic when joining a team than leaving

trail perch
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No sharp actually played a fair bit

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He was the echo player

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And sombra

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Not perma starter but not perma benched

plush light
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Lastro needs to change his name to $ex_b!g_d!ck

quartz cairn
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$3/\ _8!g_d!ck

balmy wolf
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hi:)

upper niche
quartz cairn
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??

upper niche
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It's okay. One day you'll do computer science and understand why we say that Perl looks like an explosion in an ASCII factory.

quartz cairn
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no

plush light
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$€×_B¡G_D¡<K

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The Florida mayhem's New superstar, dickomode

upper niche
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Seriously, my life right now is "if ($linx =~ /CREATE TABLE ["]?(a-z_].)["]?(.)/i){" ... 😦

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kmn.

silk frost
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richard Orwell Mode

digital cloud
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Imagine using Perl instead of brainfuck like us sophisticated programmers

sullen berry
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I prefer the minimal programming language
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. ..

plush grail
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go code ow2

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blizzard isn't gonna do it anytime soon

noble nexus
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I prefer the english language myself but whatever floats your boat 👍

plush light
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Whitespace is the best programming language

raw ermine
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first NA, then SA, now KR

next mesa
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Idk who any of those players are but nice

raw ermine
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assorted NA and KR midtier korean players

tepid ibex
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Only heard of spera

sullen berry
digital cloud
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well it happened

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probably the most disproportionately dps oriented team in the league

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pelican, edison, and kai, three very good dps

frank granite
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them and outlaws

digital cloud
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and no supports or tanks for backup to speak of

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yeah, true, but outlaws don't even have that crazy a dps line

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happy and danteh are decent enough

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but the others are meh

frank granite
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true

silk frost
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but the support and tank lines zzzzzzz

digital cloud
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plus at the very least piggy is supposed to be decent

silk frost
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on sig

digital cloud
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sig is still very good, and I doubt he just is decent at sig, but point taken

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no one expects anything of either of those teams realistically

silk frost
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I have pretty good expectations for atlanta

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decent support line, decent off tank, fantastic dps

wanton birch
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how does the valiant moves effect the rankings ?

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atlanta or defiant any higher ?

tepid ibex
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defiant i could see beating teams like florida and dallas this season

wanton birch
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do they even play lastro over aztac though ?

tepid ibex
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i doubt they will, only if aztac isnt working I think he will get play time

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or in a double flex support

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but they may try a rotation with lastro and aztac

worn falcon
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kai to ratlanta

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still no news on valiant roster right?

karmic grotto
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I can't get used to kai

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Anyone else?

worn falcon
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i got used lol

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its more easy

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instead mixing with ksf

digital cloud
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why you calling them ratlanta

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did they screw something up too?

balmy wolf
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doesnt like them

worn falcon
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always called them ratlanta since they were meh

balmy wolf
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hmmm

worn falcon
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they had good players

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but never got like some synergy

balmy wolf
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idk how you can hate a team thats not valiant

worn falcon
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or not enough to push up here

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Erster

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Babybay

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frd

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pokpo

digital cloud
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I just don't see the connection between comparing them to rats and thinking they weren't a good team

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but whatever floats your boat I guess

plush light
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Is boombox the best Western fs at the moment?

mortal abyss
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imo yeah

raw ermine
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kaan maybe

noble nexus
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crimzo?

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or is he really just a moira otp

trail perch
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Crimzo prob

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His moira is top notch

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And His ana and Zen are still really good

cedar oasis
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ratlanta

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i love that

mortal abyss
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I have boom over crimzo for bap but thats literally the only hero boom got playtime on last season

trail perch
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Bap is more MS, but crimzos wasnt bad by any means

silk frost
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All Im saying

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S1 of OWL and S4 of Apex had the same team basically winning it

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S2-3 of both had the best team at the time rolling

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Now season 1 of apex had a western roster with 1 new eastern player win it

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You know what that means right?

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Say hello to your 2021 champions

turbid cargo
silk frost
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Vancouver

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You could also say dallas because its envy but thats no fun

raw ermine
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i still don't know why the fkc they buffed her

silk frost
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I'd buff her shield and remove sigma's

mortal abyss
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One of my friends made the observation that each year the amount of Eastern-western players in the final map for the winning team in the grand finals has gotten more even over time, in season 1 it was 6 Koreans, season 2 it was 5 Koreans 1 western and in season 3 it was 4 Koreans 2 westerns

silk frost
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Well to be fair super is still a top 5 orisa

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And they would have won with him too

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But I see the point

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Wait s2 sinatraa and moth?

mortal abyss
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In the final map of them winning it

next mesa
mortal abyss
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it was architect rascal smurf choi moth viol2t

tropic herald
mortal abyss
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😮

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So do philly

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And shock potentially

next mesa
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halo doubters where yall at

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48/51 now

true hound
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lul

balmy wolf
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oh hey winston got buffed, very nice

patent moth
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Idk if reaper got buffed or nerfrd on experimental i tried him out i still dont know

frank bronze
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It's a nerf to his long distance effectiveness but a buff to his close distance effectiveness, so really it's a buff but it's sorta debatable

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That's if I read the patch notes right, were the changes made to his range or his spread?

feral zodiac
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How is it a nerf to long distance effectiveness

frank bronze
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If the patch is to his range then it is but I'm not sure if they changed his range or his spread

digital cloud
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Spread

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But that affects range too

next mesa
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It's literally the opposite

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I think

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Tighter spread means more damage mid range

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I think

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Okay yes cool

forest raven
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jesus fuck the orisa buff

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why

silk frost
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double shield is eternal

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Reaper got nerfed melee ranged, buffed HARD mid range, but nerfed a little bit long range, because at long ranges you will only normally hit 1 or 2 bullets and this won't affect that. Instead, you'll deal like 1-2 less damage per shot. Not a lot, but still TECHNICALLY a nerf at long range. However, the buff to mid range damage is EXTREME

hexed charm
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indirectly nerfed reaper with the orisa buff tho

silk frost
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oh a huge indirect nerf yes

spring lintel
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on the topic of blizz protecting cheaters, was there literally any pro in overwatch that was "found" cheating?

trail perch
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I think BQB is cheating, but thats just my opinion

spring lintel
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kinda weird how not a single pro were ever caught cheating for 4 years but thats just my take.

earnest leaf
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Pros gain nothing from cheating

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and have everything to lose

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and I wouldn't be surprised if when the had to play remotely, their PCs where scanned for cheats

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Since they had to play official matches

silk frost
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I mean Mouffin cheated

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just not at the game

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and Valiant cheated like 8 players so who's really the cheater

tawdry hamlet
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I believe since they all play at team houses and it is a franchised league where they use sponsors and equipment and stuff any potential financial gains are outweighed by the huge amounts of losses

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If they cheat, their org and team get fined, they'd be blacklisted, lose their legaue salary and shit. All for what to like win a prize pool that could be voided if cheating was discovered. They make far too much money and have grinded way too hard to justify cheating outside of things like smurfing and account boosting since many players have been fined for that

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Also I think the league games are played on a specific client or something so im sure cheating just isn't feasible

upper niche
mortal abyss
dapper stone
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anyone know any good diamondish tournaments going on around now?

upper niche
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When they're playing on-prem, the systems are all a set spec and the players have two SSDs which are removable/replacable - one they keep and one clone which stays on-prem. However I don't know what hardware was being utilised for Season 3 when they were remote.

orchid acorn
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hey-team manager here-looking for a coach for TANK DPS and SUPPORT-message me for more info

balmy wolf
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@orchid acorn

feral zodiac
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I highly doubt anyone in the owl is cheating

plush light
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I think that lastro is using sexBigDick.exe to cheat.

plush grail
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ameng is not cheating

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but being such a chad

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should be bannable

shadow dagger
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Is OWL following 222 or will it be like open q?

balmy wolf
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222

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its ranked standards

digital cloud
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Is owl keeping hero pools this year?

balmy wolf
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i hope not

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but they cant balance their game

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so we might stuck with the same shit meta for the whole season

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thats bad aswell

hot onyx
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Hey is there a channel that I can post my preseason power rankings in?

tawdry hamlet
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I mean here I guess yee

hot onyx
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Won’t let me use the picture icon

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It’s faded and not budging when I tap it

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Do I need verification or a specific role to prove that I’m not gonna flood the server with furry porn or something?

tawdry hamlet
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Oh rip

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I wasn't sure if regular was required

hot onyx
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Is there any way to get it?

next mesa
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cant

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well

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active

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!!regular

young fractalBOT
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next mesa
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:(

hot onyx
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Sadge

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Wait

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If I posted it on twitter or reddit and linked the post in here would that violate the rules?

next mesa
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no

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bypass ZaryaLUL

tawdry hamlet
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Yeah a lot of people do imgur links or just paste in discord and copy link and paste it here

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It won't embed but it can still be clicked on

hot onyx
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Great I’ll brb

worn falcon
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smh paid actor

plush grail
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what cinematic

worn falcon
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probs the one for blizzcon

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or just bait

somber solar
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Any currrent way to get free league tokens?

plush light
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If viol2t gets mvp they should make a troll bap skin

cedar oasis
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Atlanta is too high

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Sorry ratlanta

balmy wolf
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dogshit opinion

cedar oasis
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ratlanta is going to be bad

balmy wolf
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theres no way

cedar oasis
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they have below average tanks and supports

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they might be able to beat houston

balmy wolf
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ill gift you a sub if they are bottom 5

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or more idc

cedar oasis
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bottom 5 in na?

balmy wolf
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yes

cedar oasis
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nice

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they have a bad tank line and supports

balmy wolf
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quote me on that

cedar oasis
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there dps is good tho

balmy wolf
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ill forget it

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they have the best dps in na imo

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on par with glads

cedar oasis
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ok

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but their tank line tho

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and them supports

balmy wolf
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yes

cedar oasis
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garbage

balmy wolf
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iris is a beast masaa is bad

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they are ok

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tankline is mid tier

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but dps carry

cedar oasis
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mid tier nah

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gator is trash

balmy wolf
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yes

cedar oasis
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boston is better then atlanta

balmy wolf
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no way

cedar oasis
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i would say houston aswel

balmy wolf
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stand1 isnt good

cedar oasis
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he is tho

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when he played he was good

balmy wolf
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1 he played on shanghai

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2 vs chengdu

cedar oasis
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chengdu better then atlanta

balmy wolf
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maybe

cedar oasis
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he stil played good

balmy wolf
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apac is stacked

cedar oasis
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stand1 better then gator

balmy wolf
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either team could be top5 in na

cedar oasis
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not chenngdu

balmy wolf
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gator isnt that bad man

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i watched some vods he is actually pretty good

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not the best

cedar oasis
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currently gator is one of the worst main tanks in na

balmy wolf
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but def better than stand1

cedar oasis
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stand1 has shown only good performences

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idk how you can say he is bad

balmy wolf
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hje played two games

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wtf

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gator played 20

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ofc he looks bad against shock

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or philly

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i mean its not that stand1 was bad

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but he had little impact

noble nexus
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you said stand1 was bad then said he only played two games to disprove him being good

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I don't think we know enough about most of his hero pool

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although the only not bad component of atlanta is their dps

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but their dps have been supposedly top tier every season and they've been dogwater most of the time

balmy wolf
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he said they are bot 5

noble nexus
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in NA?

balmy wolf
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yes

noble nexus
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ehhh maybe

balmy wolf
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damn

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you guys dont like gator

noble nexus
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he simply isn't that good

balmy wolf
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i know

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but he cant drag the team down to bot5

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4 players are top tier

noble nexus
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gator hawk hasn't exactly been impressive and I'm not sure they've ever tried to change it up

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2 of those are hitscans that play the same hero

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their best players are both hitscans

balmy wolf
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kinda

noble nexus
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they won't be as good as you think

balmy wolf
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they are good on every dps hero

plush grail
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atlanta was never good and will never be good

noble nexus
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ehhh releasing sharp changed that for me

balmy wolf
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i dont think they are as good

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but bot 5

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cmon

noble nexus
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he was barely played but his echo and sombra were the best on that team

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bot 5 in NA isn't doubting atlanta

balmy wolf
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it is tho

noble nexus
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NA has unanimously improved

balmy wolf
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na is shit

plush grail
balmy wolf
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compared to apac

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edison iris pelican

next mesa
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pelican

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idk about iris

noble nexus
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^

balmy wolf
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iris def

noble nexus
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pelican is nuts tho

balmy wolf
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maybe not edison

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but iris for sure

noble nexus
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he said above average

plush grail
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i legit would not be surprised if atlanta joins london, vancouver and paris

noble nexus
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above average for FS isn't close to what iris is

balmy wolf
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wtf guys

plush grail
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no but like in the past they kinda had some good pieces like erster and babybay

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but wtf do they have now

balmy wolf
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they literally upgraded

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pelican > erster

noble nexus
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I think they'll place and look better than the bottom 3

balmy wolf
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ksp > babybay

noble nexus
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that's all they have

plush grail
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imo atlanta looking kinda meh

balmy wolf
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hmm

noble nexus
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kai and pelican can't deadlift them

plush grail
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let's hope they play good then

balmy wolf
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i cant change your mind

plush grail
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but when i look at their roster

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i dont really see any stand out names and this roster could legit have trouble with paris or london

balmy wolf
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have you seen valiant last year jack?

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dps deadlift

noble nexus
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mcgravy swimmer was better than atlanta

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tanks

balmy wolf
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noooooo

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no

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no

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ur trolling

noble nexus
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gator hawk aren't good

balmy wolf
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better then swimmer and mcgravy

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pls man

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i agree they are mid tier

noble nexus
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ehhh maybe it can go either way

plush grail
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i legit only remember hawk and gator being seen as like a decent double shield duo

balmy wolf
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but no way

noble nexus
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that's all gator and hawk are good at

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lol

earnest leaf
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gator has a decent rein

noble nexus
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oh yeah and that

balmy wolf
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hawks dva is good

noble nexus
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also you can't compare dogman to lastro

balmy wolf
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yes they got iris

plush grail
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who's better, hawk gator or hadi molf1g

balmy wolf
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gator hawk

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no bias

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im german

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i love hadi

noble nexus
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hadi molf1g are better at current meta tank line

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from what I saw anyway

balmy wolf
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youhave seen eu contendies

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compare that to owl

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eu is bad

noble nexus
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so is gator hawk

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not to be a dick

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but they've only looked good playing double shield and gator rein

balmy wolf
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agreed

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but they still were gatekeeping bad teams

noble nexus
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that's nothing to brag about

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lol

balmy wolf
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and they improved their roster heavily

plush grail
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also jesus christ contenders is dead, the game where bh lost the like 1,3 year long streak does not even have 1k views

balmy wolf
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sadge

noble nexus
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blizzard sure are good at promoting things!

balmy wolf
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yeah...

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ok guys imma do a hot take and say atl top 5 na

earnest leaf
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They promoted contenders in during owl, in game, gave them skins, put them on the launcher, tweeted about them on owl twitter

balmy wolf
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let see

plush grail
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atl bottom 4

earnest leaf
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People gotta realize, others just don't care about t2 like they do owl

plush grail
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let's see who was right in a few months

balmy wolf
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reminds me of how i miss owl man

plush grail
balmy wolf
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pepehands

hot onyx
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I come back and see the only issue is that I place Atlanta too high

plush grail
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imagine announcing something in 2019

balmy wolf
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too low imo but ok xD

plush grail
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and then just nothing

hot onyx
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Would’ve thought there would at least be a comment about justice or defiant

plush grail
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justice and defiant are liks

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coin toss

balmy wolf
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agrred

plush grail
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the roster for sure looks top 5

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but they could still fuck this up BAD

balmy wolf
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but justice too low anyways

plush grail
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same for toronto

hot onyx
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Personally I have more faith in the Michelle gamble over the Closer-Bebe suicide mission

balmy wolf
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switch them with tor and we gucci

plush grail
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tor and justice are the 2 sleeper teams

#

and then we have dallas

#

which is still such a gamble

hot onyx
#

Everything between GZ and Nyxl is far too close for comfort

plush grail
#

nyxl should be higher

#

they beat shock 5-0 in scrims

hot onyx
#

Yeah but which season?

#

1?

plush grail
#

wdym

noble nexus
#

those leaked scrims

plush grail
#

like 2 months ago i think

#

i could see nyxl being top 3 tbh

noble nexus
#

I love their dps line

plush grail
#

alot of flexibility with the dps

noble nexus
#

gwangboong looks really good too

plush grail
#

if the tanks and support line are decent the dps could carry

noble nexus
#

the support line includes jjonak tho

#

they built around him which is interesting

hot onyx
#

I don’t think the dps’ backs will be able to stand the pressure

noble nexus
#

they're probably coaching out the feed in jjonak with their not dogshit coaching staff

plush grail
#

weren't there some rumours that nyxl picked up friday because jjonak liked him

#

i saw that on either reddit or here

hot onyx
#

Whynot will ruin the talent they have 100%

#

He is literally if you combined the Midas Touch with the Thanos Snap

#

Even though their tanks and supports are mid tier at best the coaches will ruin any chances they have

plush grail
#

nyxl will play around jjonak perfectly but jjonak will still manage to find a way to feed because of sheer determination

hot onyx
#

Put Flora on FS

#

Modern problems require modern solutions

slow pollen
#

I need a team looking for a lucio main

plush grail
hot onyx
slow pollen
#

Ok thx

tepid ibex
#

in APAC yes

#

maybe in the whole league, I'd say SFS is better than both teams. I'd say Shanghai only out classes Shock with dps

#

fleta, lip, erster and diem is a nutty dps line

#

a common worry i see about Shanghai is their flex support position

#

izayaki doubters

plush grail
#

isn't ms the worry

#

ljg

cedar oasis
#

fate isnt top 5 thats shanghais weakest postion

hot onyx
#

Out of the top teams last season shanghai definitely downgraded the least

tepid ibex
#

i think they only down graded at main tank

#

i'd say molly is a better than luffy

#

and they got rid of dding for erster?

hot onyx
#

Correct

noble nexus
#

fate sidegrade

#

unless monkey is meta

tepid ibex
#

I think fates ball may be better than fearless'

noble nexus
#

maybe

hot onyx
#

Oh no it 100% is

noble nexus
#

wait yeah they had stand1 play it in gf

#

fearless diffs fate on monkey and that's about it

#

maybe on rein too

tepid ibex
#

i'd say they're pretty equal on rein and orisa

#

fearless has a way better monkey

#

and fates ball is better

noble nexus
#

fearless is a contender for best MT when he's on monkey

next mesa
#

the problem with support line nyxl isnt even jjonak its friday

noble nexus
#

don't even know the guy's name tbf

plush grail
#

you are the problem

noble nexus
#

so I can't comment on him

plush grail
#

owl is usually played on weekends

hot onyx
#

Not much seen from fridays VODs but I wouldn’t say there’s a particular “problem” with nyxl’s roster

plush grail
#

that doesn't benefit friday

hot onyx
#

Seems quite well rounded, not enough to win a title

#

But the coaching staff will drag them down even lower

plush light
#

Fate is an orissa God, Def upgrade for that. Fate is good on monkey, just not smurf/fearless level, but above average, more like oge level. Fate ball is definitely and upgrade and rein is a side grade. With the new orissa buffs it is a net gain.

feral zodiac
#

I put fate on even footing with fearless as an all around main tank

next mesa
#

rein is not a side grade my guy

#

Fearless rein so much better

#

his second best tank and rein is fate's weakest hero

plush grail
#

is chipshajen even alive anymore

sullen berry
#

he's in sweden

#

of course he's alive

plush grail
#

whats the last thing he has said

#

online

raw ermine
#

he and snillo are racing to see who can get the most mushrooms in an hour

obtuse glacier
#

Does anyone know how to get condtenders skins for Dva or Zarya, Ive seen both in game but have never seen anything on how to get them

tropic herald
#

If they haven’t been part of the viewer rewards then you have to be part of contenders to get whatever skins

#

Iirc

obtuse glacier
#

Ah ok I play at a high Elo so those people are probably in Contenders, Thanks

silk frost
#

Owl s1: dive, goats playoffs
Owl s2: goats, double shield playoffs
Owl s3: double shield, hog sig playoffs
Owl s4: double shield, zarya dva playoffs

raw ermine
#

hardly a goats playoff in s1 playoffs, but ok, if we go by your logic, why double shield and zarya dva? shouldn't it be hog sig and a never before known composition, which could be zarya dva?

silk frost
#

My logic is

  1. Double shield will never DIE
  2. Last time I talked about s1 playoffs here I got bullied for saying it was triple tank solo heal meta ;-;
  3. S4 playoffs will probably be stupid as shit, like Zar orisa or something dumber. Dva zar was just what I thought would be funny
idle forge
#

Yea double shield will be meta if the expiramental goes through.

#

im envisioning an orisa/zen + whatever else is good

#

because orisa is unkillable except when discorded, especially if we got a bap or an ana on the team

iron zodiac
#

If exp goes through Rein, orisa, reaper, sym, zen, lucio/brig

buoyant stream
#

good morning

#

wc

feral zodiac
#

Was goats played in s1?

#

And s3 playoffs was a mix of sig hog and hog zarya

cedar oasis
#

Wasent s1 playoffs double sniper brig

mortal abyss
#

S1 playoffs had a little bit of goats iirc

silk frost
#

S1 playoffs was
40% triple tank double sniper
30% goats
30% dive

raw ermine
#

yo I just saw a clip of a bunch of SFS affiliated players/coaches/streamers playing goats. When did that happen?

sullen berry
#

yesterday

raw ermine
#

oh

#

lol

next mesa
#

Crusty shot calling win

balmy wolf
#

What team comp has the best win percentage?

silk frost
#

If you look at every comp ever it'd probably be goats

#

Right now I dont think you can determine

digital cloud
#

Houston

next mesa
#

seoul

tawdry hamlet
#

I don't have one, I would love old league skins tho I need 2018 shock skins 😭🥺

kind ridge
#

td

#

how much u think s1 skins are worth now (mayhem, valiant, shock)

tawdry hamlet
#

Idk account selling is against tos so I've never really looked at actual prices for stuff like that

silk frost
#

houston

#

sadly

digital cloud
#

yeah

#

it hurts to be a fan of them

#

but I am anyway

raw ermine
#

in other news angry titans disbanded rip

cloud latch
#

pausechamp

digital cloud
#

why do they need another dps?

#

are ttuba and decay not enough?

craggy sandal
#

im pretty sure this is the announcement that was happening for justice

raw ermine
#

whose gomey?

craggy sandal
#

Justice graphic designer

digital cloud
#

why is everyone talking about reaper fridays

trail perch
#

Rascal...

#

Or libero

#

Or Assasin

#

Or Maybe a trade...

raw ermine
#

halo said not likely to be rascal or libero

trail perch
#

Oh rly?

digital cloud
#

rascal or libero doesn't seem likely

raw ermine
#

likely to be assassin, nothing confirmed

digital cloud
#

and I thought ttuba was a god now or something

trail perch
#

Doubt it

#

Thats just scrim rumors, and based on those NYXL>SHOCK

karmic grotto
#

yeah

feral zodiac
digital cloud
#

jerry doesn't matter

#

much as he is memed, he is irrelevant since they have decay

silk frost
#

look

#

they're gonna do the ol' switcheroo

#

and sign gido as a projectile dps

#

tbh tho I think Illicit is a fair guess

cedar oasis
#

Nah

#

They get whoru

next mesa
#

illicit is dogshit

#

okay to be fair he's competing against profit, but he was still bad

silk frost
#

was he tho?

#

he was a good pharah

#

I'm sure he'd play very well under a good system

#

also a good hanzo

sand violet
#

why would they ever even want illicit

#

ttuba is just better

silk frost
#

idk I mean

#

cheap, decent player, decent experience, played under profit

sand violet
#

...so?

#

ttuba has like

#

just as much experience lol

#

like illicit brings nothing to the team

#

hes not a vet or something

#

it would just be a waste of money

#

at least jerry makes it so you can do decay tracer in double hitscan

#

illicit just does nothing

silk frost
#

is this a thing now?

#

Illicit isn't even BAD

#

where did this COME FROM

sand violet
#

Dude hes not starting caliber on any important heroes lol

#

his hanzo gets dif'd by most hanzos in the league and pharah is irrelevant

#

why would justice want him when they have a HUGE potential fdps

#

already

#

and dont need any of illicit's heroes

silk frost
#

pharah and hanzo he's very good, his junkrat was lowkey insane, and his mei is lowkey very good

sand violet
#

so all heroes justice dont need and most teams already have better players for

#

its not even illicit hate lol its just facts that hes not gonna start over many players in the league on any heroes

silk frost
#

I feel like I'm being b8ed right now

sand violet
#

dude not everyone who disagrees with you is some troll

silk frost
#

I'm not saying that

sand violet
#

Washington have already passed on several super good fdps and you think ILLICIT is the person they wouldve wanted?

earnest leaf
#

scrimbux op

silk frost
#

I mean they kept bebe and closer so it isn't that weird

#

people have been picked up for less

sand violet
#

That just has zero correlation to anything lol

silk frost
#

there are WAY better supports out there???

#

that's the correlation???

sand violet
#

that would be implying that justice had easy picking for other supports

#

which we dont know

#

?

#

use ur brain bud

#

we dont know if bebe closer was the best of what they had options for or not

#

we KNOW they passed on other fdps

#

so again, why would they pass on very good fdps for ttuba just to pick up illicit lol

silk frost
#

Revenge was on the market to start with, Unique is a MS available who is probably BETTER than closer, Vigilante is lowkey really good over in contenders as well

#

there was definitely better supports than bebe

sand violet
#

people being on market =/= available

#

players can decide who they trial with and who they accept offers for

#

and no shot is unique better than closer rn lol

silk frost
#

so the contenders players would rather keep on in contenders (revenge literally whined on twitter about no offers) than get an opportunity on a top 5 NA team?

sand violet
#

Do you think that hasnt happened before?

#

If you think the only thing that determines players getting signed is being better then

#

idk

#

youre wildly ignorant

#

visa issues, personalities, previous experience with the team, willingness to trial, budget, etc etc etc

#

again, WE DONT KNOW if justice had better support options available

#

no matter how much you argue isnt going to change that FACT

#

you can theorize what players they had available but we dont know

#

we DO know what dps they passed on bc of public info

#

its literally that simple

#

stop trying to be right and just read what im saying lol

silk frost
#

do you realize that you kinda explained my point about illicit being a potential signing for the justice

sand violet
#

omg

silk frost
#

worse player than the dps players they had available, but for some reason or another, he could just fit

sand violet
#

youre illiterate

silk frost
#

???

#

that is your EXACT argumetn

sand violet
#

right the player they explicitly said they want to build around fits worse than illicit

#

right

#

I guess build around is the wrong word but

#

they value his potential over anyone elses

silk frost
#

yeah because fits is fucking insane

sand violet
#

??

#

what

#

are you talking about

silk frost
#

is that not what you're saying?

sand violet
#

im talking about... washington?

silk frost
#

what the fuck is your wording dude

#

read that again

#

right the player they explicitly said they want to build around fits worse than illicit

sand violet
#

the player they want to build around - ttuba - fits worse than illicit. That would be your argument if youre saying illicit just "fits"

silk frost
#

you look like a drunk person who's never spoke english in his life found access to a keyboard

sand violet
#

again

#

just illiterate

silk frost
#

you realize how bad using the word "fits" is in this context is right

sand violet
#

Never did I ever talk about seoul

#

holy fuck

silk frost
#

when you say "fits" which is ALSO THE NAME OF ANOTHER PLAYER ILLICIT USED TO PLAY WITH

sand violet
#

youre the only one who would get confused by that LOL

silk frost
#

YES

sand violet
#

youre just moronic idk

silk frost
#

BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE THING TO GET CONFUSED BY

#

dude

sand violet
#

right I used a verb that you just used and suddenly im talking about a player?

silk frost
#

YOU SAID FITS

#

FUCKING FITS

#

THE WORD

digital cloud
#

can you people take this to dms

sand violet
#

have you passed first grade english clash?

silk frost
#

WHICH HAS 2 MEANINGS

#

ARE WE CONNECTING THE DOTS YET

sand violet
#

dude stop typing im losing brain cells

silk frost
#

AS TO HOW YOUR PHRASING WAS NOT THE BEST

sand violet
#

sheesh

digital cloud
#

DMs

#

would be nice

true hound
#

🤣

digital cloud
#

watchu laughing at

true hound
#

whole convo

kind ridge
#

lmao

green stump
digital cloud
#

We got some argumentative people here

#

Still remember the day Saint showed up

#

We had a lotta arguing that day too

true hound
#

it’s always fun seeing Levy argue

next mesa
#

@true hound shut the fuck up bitch

true hound
#

ily

next mesa
#

Mwah

raw ermine
#

On one hand you could probably determine what he meant by the context after a moment, but on the other hand, how did someone know who illicit is and not know who fits is

next mesa
#

I'd say he's the worse dps player last season

plush grail
#

i love arguing about a esport

#

avast power ranking is interesting

#

NA i totally agree, maybe dallas, mayhem and defiant switched around a little

#

but his APAC ranking

#

what

true hound
next mesa
#

okay to be fair

#

it's profit

silk frost
#

You heard it here first, levy thinks adora is better than illicit

next mesa
#

im better than illicit

sullen berry
#

When I grow up

#

I wanna be saebyeolbe, not illicit

upper niche
# plush grail

Bloody ridiculous that Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York are permitted to not base themselves out of NA :/

tropic herald
#

I’m so confused why Mayhem is so high in everyone’s power rankings

#

Like yeah they aren’t shit but are they really that good

earnest leaf
#

they retained a solid roster and solid coaching

#

Oge is the biggest question

#

But we know what to expect from the rest of the team

tropic herald
#

OGE makes or breaks this team and we had this same question last year

#

He broke Glads

earnest leaf
#

Glads were having other issues that I don't think were specific to oge

#

Space said recently that glads in general would have communication problems, and people would go silent in matches, and they wouldn't talk as much as they should

tropic herald
#

Dpei and Space both have confirmed one of, if not the main issue, was OGE and Space synergy was not it

earnest leaf
#

Hopefully oge does well in florida

#

full korean roster so no more excuses, no weak links either

tropic herald
#

This is his last chance

#

And I’m not risking it this time, Florida #3 just makes no sense

earnest leaf
#

honestly 3rd place and below is a pia to place for NA

#

Feels like a lot of the teams can interchange there

#

well more so 3-6 is really wishy washy

tropic herald
#

Is it really realistic to have Florida sit comfortably above Toronto Justice and Dallas

#

Like I could understand Justice and Dallas maybe

earnest leaf
#

For dallas I think it's meta defendant

tropic herald
#

But Toronto has a really good coach and their overall roster is good

earnest leaf
#

toronto idk enough about their new players to make a decision, and justice you could argue justice being above

balmy wolf
#

justice has a strong tankline with one super dps and a eh support line

tropic herald
#

The only players I question are Ansoonjae (easily Bc I haven’t watched them) and Michelle

balmy wolf
#

judging new squads is always hard so

#

mayhem has been consistent with their biggest peak early on in the season

tropic herald
#

I think the fact that justice tank line is insane carries them through like 90% of games

#

Man now I’m tempted to shuffle around my NA rankings

#

I just keep looking at Toronto and slowly but surely they’ve been looking better and better to me

earnest leaf
#

I hope sado pops off

tropic herald
earnest leaf
#

Putting glads above shock is a bit questionable

#

but I can see the rest of it looking how things go

tropic herald
#

Listen, I might be a little biased but, every role is pretty even and in the ones that aren’t even

#

Glads take it

balmy wolf
#

we'll see how good they really are in playoffs

earnest leaf
#

tank shock wins pretty handily though

balmy wolf
#

dpei always fails when it matters

tropic herald
#

It also helps that Zarya is looking decent

earnest leaf
#

glads got the better MS atm, and FS viol2t is just built different

tropic herald
#

Idk

#

I think MuZe Space gonna surprise people

balmy wolf
#

shock are just built diff in playoffs

tropic herald
#

Also I love that no one questions my APAC rankings

earnest leaf
#

seoul is probably too high

#

but between shd and valiant idk where they all go

balmy wolf
#

dragons is number 1 and u could make a argument for any team in any position

tropic herald
#

Realistically, Seoul should clap

#

Will they?

#

Idk they shit the bed every other week

earnest leaf
#

seoul gonna be 50/50 again

balmy wolf
#

yes because i believe apac is the most even region

#

they can all take games off each other

#

expect dragons

tropic herald
#

If Seoul just makes sure that Gesture isn’t in on any main tank but Winston and Hog they will be fine

#

But for whatever reason they really like watching the world burn

balmy wolf
#

they pretty well in the nexus cup

earnest leaf
#

then lost to dallas

balmy wolf
#

still made it to the finals

#

profit/fits lineup is a nasty dps duo

tropic herald
#

There was a very big team gap in finals

#

The only parallels in that match was the dps lines

earnest leaf
#

I do see something people forget about when criticizing shock for the upcoming season

#

I don't see people mention they lost junkbuck and arachne a lot

tropic herald
#

I’ve heard that Junkbuck was pretty integral to Shock

earnest leaf
#

Been said he's a mini crusty

tropic herald
#

Idk much about Archane doe

balmy wolf
#

i dont believe is a massive loss in the end

tropic herald
#

I feel like just Junkbuck isn’t a bad loss

balmy wolf
#

the system crusty place under the team allows him to plug in practically anyone he wants

tropic herald
#

But they lost ANS and Rascal and Moth and gained what?

earnest leaf
#

they did grab agape who was apart of s1 london

tropic herald
#

Wasn’t Agape also on s2 London

balmy wolf
#

crusty didnt even had junkbuck on boston

earnest leaf
#

the people they picked up after losing those 3 are suitable replacements at least

#

Of course you can never replace those 3 fully

tropic herald
#

It feels like they have duct taped a breach in a ship, idk if it’s going to last

balmy wolf
#

yea but its not a 'oh shit' moment for them, their good enough or maybe even better

tropic herald
#

Anyone got any info on who is going to Justice

earnest leaf
#

Halo said it might be assassin

#

but he isn't sure

balmy wolf
#

its not libero or rascal

tropic herald
#

That might be good pickup

earnest leaf
#

But shock did retain a solid core

tropic herald
#

That reminds me

earnest leaf
#

Like it's hard for them to not be top 3 at minimum with smurf/choi/viol2t/striker

tropic herald
#

Can Proper turn 18 faster

#

Yeah, I’m not saying Shock bad but they certainly aren’t dominant this year

balmy wolf
#

thats what we said last year

tropic herald
#

Didn’t people think Atlanta were going to be top of the pack

#

With NY

balmy wolf
#

yea, and we never could have predicted that same teams were just better

#

like the dragons

#

shock gonna stay the same, the gap will be smaller in terms of skill but their still gonna dumpster teams

earnest leaf
#

yea they didn't really widen the gap, but still maintained it a littlew

#

Or blizz forces a hackfist meta with winston sig and dallas runs rampant

tropic herald
#

Double Bubble for Dallas

#

That would be Pog

balmy wolf
#

even with philly being their best rival last year, the only ones to really challenge them was paris and even then that was meta dependent

tropic herald
#

Didn’t that have a challenge each cup

#

They*

balmy wolf
#

mayhem was 1st but they still beat them even tho their comp was technically inferior (ashe/torb)

earnest leaf
#

Countdown cup philly were favorites but shock still won as well

#

Paris was just playing too well during summer showdown, but even that came down to a single fight

balmy wolf
#

almost won with tracer still even tho genji was better

#

1st cup was probs their hardest one if u think about

#

striker had a wrist injury and ans was forced to play and mayhem had figured the tracer/ashe was the superior lineup and still lost in the end

earnest leaf
#

Was ans having mental issues then or later on?

balmy wolf
#

later on

#

and he was a still a rookie

#

made some very obvious mistakes

earnest leaf
#

all aim no brain

balmy wolf
#

i think it was until season playoffs where he was at his best

#

imo tho im putting my stonks on dragons to win the season

#

i really like how fate has integrated into the roster

next mesa
#

Facts

#

Same

#

But I'm seoul fan so 😩 😩

forest raven
#

SE OMEGALUL UL

next mesa
#

We are called the dragon killers

#

Dragon gets in finals we beat them bam easy

forest raven
#

so what does that make shock monkaHmm

#

the team that actually wins?

balmy wolf
#

Always in contention

#

But dragons look just a bit better in the dps line

#

Tho that isnt saying much

true hound
forest raven
#

keep living in denial pepeLaugh

true hound
#

🙄🤚 ukno it’s true

forest raven
#

doubting the inarguable champs OMEGALUL

kindred mortar
#

dm me if your a gamer

cedar oasis
#

Dam

#

It was not libero

forest raven
cedar oasis
#

IT WAS NOT LIBERO

#

Sadge

raw ermine
#

Halo said it was not likely gonna be him or rascal

cedar oasis
#

my only hope for libero is Toronto now

next mesa
#

Assassin naisu

#

Lmao

raw ermine
tropic herald
#

That reddit thread was quite something

forest raven
tropic herald
#

I love finding hilariously bad takes

cedar oasis
#

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

karmic grotto
#

assassin to justice

#

ez

raw ermine
#

Mag Fury Decay Assassin Bebe Closer

cedar oasis
#

Lmao what about ttuba

tropic herald
#

I still think Ttuba is a good dps just not someone you want on flex dps like Mei or whatever

slow kraken
#

Tbh carpe is one of the best widows but other players can easily compare tbh

#

The really only widow who was wild in the owl was ans

true hound
#

ksp and decay

#

KSP moreso on the Ashe tho

plush grail
#

pine was also nutty

#

with proper coaching and mental health help

#

pine would FUCK

trail perch
#

is it a problem if I think justice is top 3 NA now?

#

I think Bebe and closer would actually be nutty under hocray and chillhwa

sand violet
#

Pine wasn't even nutty he just had highlight plays

#

Overall as widows he wasn't as good as the top

#

And no it's not a problem to rate justice, all of the top tier rosters besides shock and Shanghai have holes

#

Fuel have holes in hero pools with ball/orisa and dps with tracer, glads have holes in their coaching and a non top tier ot, justice have holes in their sup line, etc

tropic herald
#

I trust justice to be good, theyve been scrimming for a while now i believe and all they did was pickup another flex dps, so they must be really confident in their support line

slow kraken
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There’s no really decisive top 5s this season

tawdry hamlet
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Diem Imo best widow currently in league

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not even based on 1v1 performance, just in general he can come in after weeks of not being used and match or best the best widows

silk frost
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OH

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MY FUCKING

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GOD

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THE MAD LADS DID IT

next mesa
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What

tight axle
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Is anyone still into libero bc I thought he would've been picked up mega fast

raw ermine
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It seems a general trend of preferring new younger talent has taken over, rather than veterans

cedar oasis
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Poor libero

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Literally cant get any better then libero

silk frost
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I mean maybe rascal

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And haksal

cedar oasis
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Like I said you cant get any better then libero

plush grail
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2 liberos

silk frost
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Libero squared

next mesa
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Yeah

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Ttuba over libero weird

sand violet
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not rly

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for what justice want

next mesa
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What do they want

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Big Dick energy?

sand violet
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and libero will prob be a mid season signing

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if he doesnt retire

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and they just want a super high mechanic flanker player in ttuba

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genji tracer echo pharah

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libero does some of those but not all

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and clearly justice likes ttuba's mechanics on them more

silk frost
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I mean Libero is a mega monster pharah and genji

sand violet
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but not nearly as hard as ttuba is on echo tracer

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and ttuba is prob a better genji anyways

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Not to mention there can be a lot of reasons why teams pass on libero

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so I wouldnt be surprised if hes just a mid season signing

silk frost
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I'm not sure if I agree with that, I think there's an argument Ttuba is a better pharah but Libero is better genji imo

sand violet
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same as like tobi

silk frost
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where would tobi go

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I say this with tears in my eyes

sand violet
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Any team that ends up regretting their ms signing mid season lol

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like hes not gonna replace moth or funnyastro or something

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but there are a lot of ms that could be good or bad this season

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if one of them ends up being bad

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a team could look at tobi

silk frost
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I mean NYXL is a prime example now that I think about it

sand violet
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justice charge nyxl mayhem

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are all options like at a minimum

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er by options I mean teams with potential to want a dif ms

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not that i think justice will

silk frost
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I have some faith in arachne to get a lot out of Mandu honestly

sand violet
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still an option regardless