#esports-discussion

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willow tartan
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waiting for EU to start existing tbh

hot onyx
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And Stand1

tropic herald
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EU exists but also they are only allowed a few good players a year

hot onyx
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Don’t forget that Stand1 got signed over KR contenders talent

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YaHo or Someone

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Much better

willow tartan
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like how many european players are there outside of paris

tawdry hamlet
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Eu existed a lot in earlier league days before apac took over like if you look at s2 there were tons of eu players

hot onyx
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LinkZr Kai Masaa Kevster the whole Spitfire sHockWave EQO Poko Fastro

willow tartan
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yea im checking rn

hot onyx
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Fusions

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Logix

willow tartan
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kellex, molf1g, naga, shockwave, shax, linkzr, masaa, ripa, vestola, dridro, fdgod, poko, tsuna, funnyastro, fusions, hybrid, kai, hadi, kaan, kevster, sparkr, logix, daan, and onigod.

tawdry hamlet
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Bigger list than I anticipated lowkey

willow tartan
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theres more europeans than americans

tawdry hamlet
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Hehe

hot onyx
tawdry hamlet
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There's almost more Canadians than Americans and there's two of thoseb

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Wait with beast retiring how many Americans we got

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Super Danteh and like Ksf

willow tartan
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aspire, blase, dalton, danteh, fire, frdwnr, gator, hawk, hydration, jake, joobi, ksf, moth, nero, space, super.

tawdry hamlet
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Oh yes all the backups

willow tartan
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yep

tawdry hamlet
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America represent!

willow tartan
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o7

tawdry hamlet
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😭

willow tartan
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It is the American way to sit back and let other people do the work for them

hot onyx
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Imagine keeping someone like Hydration on the bench smh my head

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No wonder Houston keep getting 3-0’d by Dallas

willow tartan
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what happened to CIS overwatch

tawdry hamlet
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Most of the non apac players are specialists (one or two tricks) or backups lmao

willow tartan
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ow league just died in CIS huh?

hot onyx
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Alright I’m uneducated tf is CIS?

willow tartan
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commonwealth independent states

tawdry hamlet
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Uh like what New Zealand type shit?

willow tartan
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eastern europe

tawdry hamlet
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Ohhh

willow tartan
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like the post-soviet states

tawdry hamlet
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Yeah they had a couple

hot onyx
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There’s EQO

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Used to be KSAA

tawdry hamlet
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Belarus had a few same with umm Bulgaria iirc had one

hot onyx
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That’s about it

willow tartan
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EQO is israeli

willow tartan
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like when was the last time you heard of a CIS contenders team

hot onyx
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Israel is east europe?

willow tartan
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mf what

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israel is in asia

hot onyx
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Oh yeah

tawdry hamlet
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In overwatch regions Israel is attributed as eu

hot onyx
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I flunked geography

willow tartan
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yeah, CIS is also EU

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i dont think they have their own tendies region

tawdry hamlet
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Nope

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Only eu apac and na have one now iirc

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I'm pretty sure au pulled da plug or is on break

willow tartan
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wait are there less contenders regions than last year?

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their website only says aus, chi, eu, kor and na

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i swear there was south america

tawdry hamlet
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I forgot kr and cn were two for some reason

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Brain

hot onyx
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Unless Australia and South America pulled the plug it should be the same

willow tartan
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because china is big

tawdry hamlet
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Sa pulled plug for sure and au iirc pulled plug but they might just be on break

willow tartan
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seems so

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au is still listed

tawdry hamlet
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You could only watch sa games in the Spanish version of the site

willow tartan
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o

tawdry hamlet
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Was humorous to hear latin shouting after a big ult

hot onyx
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Also why is a team with 4 washed Chengdu bench warmers kinda popping in CH Contenders?

tawdry hamlet
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Because I don't speak any Spanish catplobbers

willow tartan
tawdry hamlet
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I think it was Portuguese actually since it was all Brazil loll

hot onyx
tawdry hamlet
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Revival OmegaLUL

willow tartan
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the ramen team

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i was gonna try their ramen but what the fuck its so expensive bro

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why their ramen so pricy

tawdry hamlet
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They had track apply McGravy Muma fix paintbrush and placed 8th in gauntlet which is like bottom 3

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Lmaoo

willow tartan
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i mean

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mcgravy muma?

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gg

hot onyx
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Imagine if Funi practised and played for a win with the addition of Astro instead of trying to force the fun comps with a coach for your ms

willow tartan
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isnt astro in korea now

hot onyx
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Yes

willow tartan
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yea fuck t2 i want fusion full roster

hot onyx
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But if he wasn’t

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Imagine how good Funi might’ve done

tawdry hamlet
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I want fusion full roster but watching jkaru force monkey without Fastro shot calls was hilarious

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Like depressingly hilarious

willow tartan
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poko was on rein

hot onyx
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Yeah dude

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Poko mt superstar

tawdry hamlet
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Poko got diffed by washed up s1 Paris off tank monkaS

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S2 I think actually

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I don't remember

hot onyx
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Yeah s2

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Paris didn’t exist s1

willow tartan
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paris as a city was not in existence in s1

tawdry hamlet
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This is true

hot onyx
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Yeah if only owl got cancelled

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The world would be so much more peaceful without France Morcy

willow tartan
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why the fuck are all the overwatch players from 2 countries

willow tartan
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cn and kr

hot onyx
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That’s just Korea but with extra steps

willow tartan
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no but i mean like

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compare it to other esports

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overwatch is just overwhelmingly korean

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for no good reason

raw ermine
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maybe dva? idk

tawdry hamlet
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I mean csgo is massively danish

willow tartan
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ehhh

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not really

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there's 2 top danish teams rn and astralis have fallen off

hot onyx
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You’ve got 你好 instead of 안녕하세요 and that’s about it

willow tartan
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but it is true that the vikings are very good at csgo

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the number 1 rated cs team rn is like gambit

hot onyx
tawdry hamlet
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Scandinavian in general are a popular csgo region. I think it's like mobile games and china, the region just likes games like overwatch more than they like the more realistic cs type games. I mean overwatch as a whole looks like something right out of a gaming cafe in Seoul imo

willow tartan
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and they're just a bunch of russian dudes

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CS has always been EU dominated

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but like recently NA comeback

hot onyx
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Try and make a super team of the best kr players then make a super team of western players and tell me which is better

willow tartan
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no no but like

tawdry hamlet
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Then c9 left and na dead again whenseeapu

hot onyx
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Because imo

willow tartan
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73% of the league is kr/cn players

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that is a big big disparity

tawdry hamlet
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Mobas are popular in Asia as well catplobbers

willow tartan
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well you dont have these sort of numbers in like league

hot onyx
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Carpe Fleta Void Smurf Slime Alarm > Kai Kevster Poko Super Moth and idfk who else

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Boombox or Kaan

tawdry hamlet
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Kevster isn't worth it monkaS get someone else

willow tartan
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smurf over fearless

hot onyx
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Hot take yeah

willow tartan
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and slime?

hot onyx
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Slime >>>> FeedJaeGon

tawdry hamlet
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If we go by ow regions eqo could technically be on the western team trollformation

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Otherwise western team has zero chance at all

hot onyx
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Rather have a reliable talented ms than one with a frontline tanking mindset

willow tartan
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actually

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what do you guys think this year's all star teams gonna be

hot onyx
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And one that knows how to use beat drop without getting cancelled half the time Morcy

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Plus Smurf over Fearless for pure meta diversity

tawdry hamlet
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I'm going to guess it will be like last year and be most of the top 4 teams and then 1 or 2 stars from everywhere else

willow tartan
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all stars is still gonna be divided right?

tawdry hamlet
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Pretty sure like 80 percent of Shanghai were all stars last season

hot onyx
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All starters on Shanghai got role star besides Izayaki poor guy

willow tartan
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yeah

tawdry hamlet
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I guess alarm violet had to take that spot from them but that's weird since iziyaki was instrumental in enabling fearless monke with his ana

willow tartan
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they didnt want to seem biased

tawdry hamlet
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Fucking nevix was an all star last season? Bruh moment

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😭

willow tartan
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what

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???

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nevix lmao

hot onyx
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Yeah Nevix

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Y’all know my guy showing off his prowess in the all stars since he finally got rid of such deadweight team mates

willow tartan
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The rosters for the All-Star Asia Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend

tawdry hamlet
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Apac all stars last season were so stacked

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So many good players monkaS

hot onyx
willow tartan
hot onyx
willow tartan
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wait why is haksal a all star

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i blanked out nyxl last year

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did he play even

hot onyx
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Uh yeah

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When he joined he practically started

willow tartan
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oh you guys remember last year's voting frenzy for mvp?

hot onyx
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Cursed Haksal + Liberomaker

tawdry hamlet
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Nah man na all stars was stacked bet

willow tartan
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dogman poggers

tawdry hamlet
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Nico should not have been an all star red

hot onyx
tawdry hamlet
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Glads sucked ass last year remember

hot onyx
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Space got all star though

tawdry hamlet
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But space super funny Strimmer

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And they'd have been voted anyway

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Since popularity

willow tartan
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what about the chinese casters vs the korean casters

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that game was a funny

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💪

tawdry hamlet
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Speaking of that casters to masters is live rn

willow tartan
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oh you mean the thing they host once per stage

proven saddle
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i found muma on fiverr, this is kinda sad

tawdry hamlet
willow tartan
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muma on fiverr

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yoo

tawdry hamlet
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Yeah many coaches go to Fiverr since a 30 minute vod review for 20 bucks is a nice side gig

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Since the amount of orders they actually get means they don't have to do it a whole lot

hot onyx
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Honestly just make Muma head coach of the Glads and hope for the best

willow tartan
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i could see a random apac team purge their entire coaching staff again

hot onyx
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Because DPEI won’t get them any titles

willow tartan
hot onyx
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“Please give a warm welcome to our new head coach, Whynot!”

tawdry hamlet
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Ok the fact nohill is out of a job is ridiculous monkaS

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Same with Diya

willow tartan
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actually where did coach moon come from

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was he a player?

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or has he ever played

tawdry hamlet
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Just a long time coach

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Since 2017

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Was 2018 valiant coach then team cc then shanghai

willow tartan
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the first team he coached had fate, diem and erster

tawdry hamlet
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It also had kariv and arachne

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Current and former gz dudes

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He coached a lot of stacked teams tbh

willow tartan
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man, diem was really around for ages with moon

devout path
barren quest
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Someone in S2 Valiant made the bright decision to bench Custa for Kuki tracerkek

hot onyx
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Kuki mad skilled wdym?

barren quest
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Yeah subbing in a tank player as main support will surely work out well

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Ironically 2021 Valiant did the same thing

hot onyx
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Keep it in the team genes

tawdry hamlet
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Well at least the players that were worth anything have somewhat successful times nowadays

willow tartan
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Haha, good thing that the Valiant are smart enough now not to use a tank player as a main support, huh?

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Didnt Valiant also do some funky subs at the start of s3 too?

raw ermine
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lol can't believe its been twice

tawdry hamlet
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Y'all remember bench lord slur 🙏

hot onyx
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Remember when Kalios played for Boston?

tawdry hamlet
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I didn't realize he came out of retirement for a second place finish with darkmode in may because he changed his name to provide

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But the idea that slur the guy who never played a single game for valiant came out of retirement and ended up second na is funny

hot onyx
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I don’t remember him

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I remember Silkthread

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But not Slur

tawdry hamlet
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hot onyx
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He was on 2020 Valiant!?

tawdry hamlet
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He never played a game, he left the team in January

raw ermine
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he got kicked cause
Get this
he said a slur

tawdry hamlet
worn falcon
tawdry hamlet
kind ridge
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and what happened then

tawdry hamlet
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He was released following old past offensive things he said coming up and then made a twitlonger apologizing and explaining and had a lot of support

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Then he retired but just came back this year randomly in na contenders

kind ridge
raw ermine
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he got confirmed he was off the list of "don't sign" OWL makes

devout path
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Imagine not playing a game on a team you got signed to

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Colourhex

willow tartan
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erster

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diem

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whoru

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molly

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and now develop too

tawdry hamlet
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I mean I'd say colourhex earned a break after being a hitscan main forced to flex when he blatantly couldn't

willow tartan
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colourhex echo and mei

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maybe Shanghai should sign godsb too so he can retire

tawdry hamlet
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Maybe godsb should become eu or na so he can retire when his team starts losing OmegaLUL

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Certified Neptuno and Shredlock moment

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We are merely days away from reading "Thank you Fusions!" On twitter and merely weeks away from "Thank you Colourhex!"

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I swear though we have had an insane amount of retirements this season

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I mean every season does but it just hits different this season 😭

devout path
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I miss bumper

tawdry hamlet
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Still can't believe fusions made that Boston roster this year monkaS

willow tartan
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yeah idk

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Maybe it's a pension

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50k a year (min) for sitting on the bench pretty good

tawdry hamlet
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Maybe had a multi year deal who knows apparently dogman had the ability to extend and said no, which I would think some players with that option would say yes too like idk Logix or something

willow tartan
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Mmhm

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Dont think he even plays in scrims lol

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just on the team by name

tawdry hamlet
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Aside from just not being as good as stand1 who already isn't that good he was stuck in eu and only just got to na when gbs did like beginning of June joust

willow tartan
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and punk doesn't play any heroes that GBS doesn't right?

tawdry hamlet
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Not sure just know gbs has a wicked signs

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Sigma

hot onyx
worn falcon
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Chex mei when

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or chex tracer

hot onyx
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Chex genji PogChimp

wooden robin
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are there contenders matches everyday?

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if so how long

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because im looking to get the contenders zarya skin

willow tartan
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contenders china

sullen berry
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Usually over 4 hours

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Day 2 was only 138 minutes

balmy wolf
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when will the next live stream begin on youtube?

sullen berry
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I've uninstalled youtube, you're better off subscribing to the Contenders channel and watching on the Contenders homepage for watch time for contenders skins

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Link is in the server channel description

balmy wolf
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what?

next mesa
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WHAT

hot onyx
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what

raw ermine
mortal abyss
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???

noble nexus
hot onyx
sullen berry
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@balmy wolf @next mesa @hot onyx wait you guys have YouTube on your phones?

next mesa
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yea

balmy wolf
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i dont have a phone

sullen berry
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Huh, imagine that

balmy wolf
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i have depression

sullen berry
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Huawei Mate 40 doesn't have Google apps built in

raw ermine
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when I don't feel like turning on my comp i just watch OWL in my bed

sullen berry
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I could download by doing the thing with sideloading but I cba

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I sleep in my bed so ill hard pass doing that again during a livestream

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I barely have enough attention span to get comfy and watch from my bed during NA games

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Spitfire results make me cringe when SparkR hasn't even played his first match

hot onyx
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Shit yeah need to fail my pickems again

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One second

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Ok fuck I’m stumped at the first match

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Paris vs London is meta dependant

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And idfk which basket to put my eggs in

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Echo meta

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Tracer meta

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How much impact the new coaching has for London

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How much impact more integration time for Vestola has for Paris

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Fuck it doneminsoo

tropic herald
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in theory paris wins

hot onyx
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Idk

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EU teams

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Brawl mirror

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Daan rein feeds harder than Deez

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Naga mei underwhelms again

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Onigod gets diffed by SparkR

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Or even in a tracer meta

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You trust Tsuna or Shax more?

raw ermine
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shax

willow tartan
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i have london taking it 3-2

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i believe this is where they get their first win

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hurricane stonks

hot onyx
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Believe me I was high on Hurricane stonks before the season since I rated them higher than Outlaws and Reign

willow tartan
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loll

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but i believe it fr

hot onyx
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Thanks Hadi and Milf

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That’s a typo but I’m not editing that one since it’s pure gold

willow tartan
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i have shock 3-1'ing the glads

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hz 3-0 valiant

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seoul 3-2 hunters

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ny 3-1 charge

hot onyx
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Uh I got Hunters 3-1ing Seoul

willow tartan
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o

hot onyx
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Every ounce of belief I had for Seoul is dead

willow tartan
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maybe i shouldnt put faith in seoul but i am going to

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besides its the eastern division, for all we know, tomorrow valiant 3-0's spark

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it could happen

hot onyx
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One of my more controversial choices is Hunters 3-2 Charge

willow tartan
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u do all the pickems at once?

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i do it day by day bc

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i need to see the teams play

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and readjust

hot onyx
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Can always change them

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Until knockouts

willow tartan
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mm ok

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i just dont do that so i dont get biased

hot onyx
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Dude I’m not biased either

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changes Fusion 3-1 Dragons pred

tropic herald
raw ermine
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thats cause you couldn't pay any OWL player to say they love bliz

tropic herald
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ggs

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shock fans in shambles

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@forest raven dont look at twitter

hollow bough
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NO WAY

raw ermine
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retired or no?

tropic herald
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glads 3-0 shock

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we dont know

gusty rampart
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STRIKER NOOOO

barren quest
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Alright Striker back to Boston tracerkek

raw ermine
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I think he's FA

plush grail
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HOLY SHIT

raw ermine
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or at least not retired yet

plush grail
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STRIKER???

true hound
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wtf

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that was outta nowhere

plush grail
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either retiring

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or no trust in shock

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so joining a different team

raw ermine
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ok ans rascal and moth sucked

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but striker gone?

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yikes

plush grail
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shock is gonna have to step up their game

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glister for sure

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glister will probably be the one who will have to fill the shoes of the best tracer in owl

raw ermine
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nero glister ta1yo

plush grail
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imo nero glister taiyo sounds WAY worse

weak bolt
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Not seen any rumours on Striker other than he maybe needs to do his military service?

tribal canopy
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😦

barren quest
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Nero has been doing fine

plush grail
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if he wanted to leave for military

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he would prolly do it in the off-season

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yeah but still

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i really do not see shock getting far now

weak bolt
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It's like 2 years of service and mandatory by a certain age I think?

plush grail
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striker is 21 rn

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so no way near the max age

mortal abyss
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Striker

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Oh no

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😦

plush grail
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okay but what if

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pine AND striker to dallas

cursive plover
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no point in that

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they have a great dps line already

weak bolt
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I feel like Striker wouldnt leave shock for another team now

cursive plover
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sparkle is arguably just as good on tracer

weak bolt
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If he's left Shock, I'd say he's most likely bored of OW

plush grail
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either retired yeah

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or he doesn't see a future on shock

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I really think it's the last one

weak bolt
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a future on a 2x winning team, I dont htink he'd jump ship so easy

plush grail
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yeah but not managing a finals twice

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with a 2x winning team

weak bolt
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yeah that pretty much settles it, retired

noble nexus
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I'm going to fucking cry

raw ermine
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what

noble nexus
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owl officially sucks

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no striker

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😭

mortal abyss
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I come home from class and get this

raw ermine
weak bolt
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Think we'll see more of this over the season. Diem, Striker etc.

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Unless OW2 gets a launch date in the near future, Pros are going to burn out

raw ermine
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2 years service, he'll be back in time for OW2

earnest leaf
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nofucking way

weak bolt
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Wonder if Shock pick up a replacement, they have to surely

raw ermine
weak bolt
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Crusty loses his longest compatriot too, all the way back from Boston days

clear crane
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Holy shit. Out of left field

earnest leaf
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Ow legend just poofed away

weak bolt
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I hope this doesn't mean they transition viol2t to dps full time

worldly flax
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lmao

umbral steeple
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shock not lookin too hot rn

worldly flax
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so the lineup will be viol2t-nero? glister's gonna be benched again NotLikeSoldier

weak bolt
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Glister/Nero you'd assume

worldly flax
weak bolt
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Unless Shock make a big move for a star dps, I don't think they're getting the 3peat this year

earnest leaf
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Glister will be playing a lot more

worldly flax
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why did y'all think striker leave? SombraThinking

umbral steeple
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Who can they actually pick up that'll do anything close to what striker does?

worldly flax
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bruh his tracer is actually disgusting

noble nexus
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if glister plays more and gets enough time to work through his confidence issues he'll be a lot better

worldly flax
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plus he can play hanzo, reaper and mccree NotLikeSoldier

weak bolt
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He retired from OW. He's probably burnt out

noble nexus
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not as good as striker obviously but still decent

worldly flax
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it's not like he can't aim but he choked a lot

umbral steeple
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shock lost two of the best dps players in the league like magic

noble nexus
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he just doesn't believe in himself sometimes

worldly flax
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I think they (him and nero) have this notion that they're ans and rascal's replacements

mortal abyss
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Nero does

noble nexus
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Nero is kinda living up to it

mortal abyss
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Idk if glister feels like that

noble nexus
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his echo is insane and his mei as been decent

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glister has just struggled being on an actually decent team

weak bolt
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Shock have lost ans striker moth and rascal from last year, that’s crazy

worldly flax
mortal abyss
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Plus arachne and junkbunk

noble nexus
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and agape

weak bolt
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I think shock will concede this year is a development year for them now and the 3peat won’t happen

umbral steeple
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wait i didn't even realize striker fully retired

noble nexus
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they need to replace agape and sign a new dps

weak bolt
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Hopefully they don’t have smurf or Choi burn out

umbral steeple
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didn't just leave shock he left the league

noble nexus
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yep

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he retired

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hopefully he'll want to come back for ow2

weak bolt
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Shock would have to do something crazy like sign Fleta, or why bother at this stage. Unless it’s a proven star, not huge point in a signing

worn falcon
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ohshit

mortal abyss
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Why would fleta sign ti shock

worn falcon
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the crust is crumbling

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i wasn't bready for this.

weak bolt
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Was just an example, not sure they’d get anyone really

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Unless decay is going to ditch justice randomly, which is possible 😄

worn falcon
#

time to dedust Ta1yo

worldly flax
#

is it too late for ans to come back? jk jk

#

ta1yo NotLikeSoldier

kind ridge
#

why did striker leave sf

weak bolt
#

If you can’t sign a ready made star, you have to invest in Glister and acknowledge this year might not be their year

#

He retired from OW

mortal abyss
worldly flax
weak bolt
#

I hope he goes to Valorant and just dominates though honestly

umbral steeple
earnest leaf
#

Shock's chances of winning it all dropped hard

#

Striker was an x factor player like ans

umbral steeple
#

Bro blizzard better pull some magic with overwatch two

weak bolt
#

Yeah shocks best chance was probably a tracer grand final meta

umbral steeple
#

Way too many cool players are leaving

worldly flax
#

and moth set their pace nicely NotLikeSoldier

worn falcon
#

glister ta1yo, lets goooooo

devout path
#

NOOOOOO

#

STRIKER

weak bolt
#

Will be Glister Nero now all season, won’t see ta1yo really

devout path
#

WHY

#

This is so sad

worn falcon
#

Shock can hire SBB now

#

if they want to dedust his tracer

#

poggers

devout path
#

Striker ans dps line will never be seen ever again sadge

weak bolt
#

Unless they team up in Valorant… 😄

north relic
#

did he leave due to military?

worldly flax
weak bolt
#

All we know is he retired

worldly flax
#

kinda weird he'd leave during the peak of his career

devout path
#

His peak was last year

weak bolt
#

Two years on a winning team can be draining, imagine the grind he’s been on for past 3 years

devout path
#

Maybe the incredibly high expectations got to him

weak bolt
#

Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s burnt out and maybe wants to go back to Korea

next mesa
#

striker is gonna come back

worldly flax
#

or he knew that the shock's not gonna make it this year

#

and quit while he's ahead

next mesa
#

wtf

worn falcon
devout path
#

Striker to Dallas?

worldly flax
#

but he deserves the break TracerSalute can't imagine the pressure he's been in since 2018

weak bolt
#

If he was quitting for another team he’d have done that, rather than retire

worn falcon
#

no, Striker reitred ow

#

inb4 choi retires too

#

or smurf

worldly flax
#

not smurf NotLikeSoldier

weak bolt
#

It’s a real possibility any of the long term owl players could burn out and quit

#

Just as likely for it to happen to profit or birdring for example

worldly flax
#

sleepy

fierce ferry
#

Do we know why he left

trail perch
#

Choi

#

Is going to retire real soon

#

I put money on it

#

He’s getting burnt out and washed

fierce ferry
#

But why did striker leave

trail perch
#

He’s going to retire before he ruins his legacy

#

Like Diem did

earnest leaf
#

Choi not washed

trail perch
#

Yes

#

Yes he is

earnest leaf
#

Nah

trail perch
#

He’s not even top 5

earnest leaf
#

Ok now you're smoking

#

He's still top 3 easy

trail perch
#

Nope

#

His zarya is trash

earnest leaf
#

Mf zarya is barely meta. And his zarya isn't even bad

trail perch
#

His dva and sig aren’t top 3

#

Double bubble?????

#

Is most likely the meta

#

For no hero pool

next mesa
#

idk about that

#

perhaps

#

we'll see

earnest leaf
#

Void/Hanbin/Choi easy top3 OTs

worldly flax
#

it already says retired

earnest leaf
#

I don't know of any other ot that has a definitively stronger sig AND dva than choi besides maybe hanbin and void

worldly flax
#

space

#

jk jk

noble nexus
#

idk I think Choi is one of the most clutch off tanks owl has ever had

#

I'd probably maybe take him over hanbin and void if I had the choice

#

but that's bias innit

tropic herald
#

APAC > NA

kind ridge
#

kinda like saying valiant > titans

tropic herald
#

There’s no point in comparing either of those teams

earnest leaf
#

apac is not better than na

#

All apac has is shd

#

as a good team

#

that's it

#

rest are a 50/50 if they do well or not

raw ermine
#

man now we have sfs match day one

#

tracer is back

#

and we have no clue of the meta

next mesa
#

what the fuck

#

striker

#

:/

trail perch
#

Glister pog tracer

#

Just bad map last time he played

worn falcon
#

shock should buy sbb

trail perch
#

Dallas should have bought sbb

next mesa
#

what the fuck happaned dide

#

dude

#

what the fuck

#

bro i am literaly crying

#

things are not okay

willow tartan
#

wtf striker is gone

#

wtf

worn falcon
#

Yes

willow tartan
#

he's retired??

worn falcon
#

The crust is crumbling

#

Yup

willow tartan
#

????

#

why

mortal abyss
#

Shock are boomed to sag the least

worn falcon
#

Bready for retirement of choi/smurf

willow tartan
#

no

tropic herald
willow tartan
#

wait why is striker retired?

#

do we know?

worn falcon
#

We don't know

#

Probs burned out

#

And shock can't reach Hawaii

willow tartan
#

glister full time?

tropic herald
#

There’s whispers in the bushes about internal discourse between players but it was absolutely not backed up with any credibility

worn falcon
#

Glister Ta1yo

willow tartan
#

ta1yo pllays genji i thought

tepid ibex
#

oh god striker

worn falcon
#

Yeh

mortal abyss
#

Most of the rumours were military service but that doesn’t make much sense

willow tartan
#

military service?...

worn falcon
#

Korean military service

#

They're obligatory

willow tartan
#

i mean if he got drafted i feel like it would be an easy thing to just say

tropic herald
#

The one I’m referring to was some sort of drama involving taiyo Glister striker

willow tartan
#

but they gave no reason yet

tropic herald
#

Don’t know much about it

#

Or if it’s even true

willow tartan
#

super retires after this year and goes full time streaming

#

i can see it

tropic herald
#

iirc super said he doesn’t want to full time stream

willow tartan
#

o

#

viol2t cree full time now guys, gg shock 3peat

tropic herald
#

I’ll just c v it

#

"Apparently, the Shock want to field a combo of Ta1yo/Striker or Ta1yo/Glister, but Taiyo and Glister are not getting along at all and it’s bleeding into some shit that Taiyo also started with FDGod. Because of the issues, Shock are unwilling to field the two DPS due to severity of the issue so they’re stuck with “sub-par” starter in Nero, and FDGods mental is torqued so he’s not playing well anymore"

#

Keep in mind this has no credibility

mortal abyss
#

How is nero sub par

#

Compared to ta1yo?

tropic herald
#

This was in May

mortal abyss
#

I’ve seen rumours about the dps line not getting along but I don’t recall hearing people say shock wanted to field ta1yo/glister or ta1yo/striker 24/7

hot onyx
#

Imagine

mortal abyss
hot onyx
#

If Shock used the money they paid Nero and Ta1yo with

#

For this “Rascal” kid

noble nexus
#

hasn't Nero been good for them tho?

hot onyx
#

Nero has had his moments but there is no alternate reality where he’s better than Rascal

noble nexus
#

I'm talking about nero being better than ta1yo

#

he's obviously not better than rascal

hot onyx
#

Oh god yeah he’s better than Ta1yo

noble nexus
#

then why tf would they even want to field striker/ta1yo at all times lmfao

hot onyx
#

Crusty Crackpipe moment?

worldly flax
noble nexus
#

Crusty's Crackpipe has been spiked this season or something

digital cloud
#

striker was their best dps this season too

#

3 peat hopes shattered

hot onyx
#

Viol2t Super genji mccree when?

#

Good thing that 3-2 Glads pick isn’t gonna go to waste

earnest leaf
#

I still think shock beat glads

noble nexus
#

If Glister can work through his confidence issues the shock won't be as bad off as y'all think

#

he's a fucking nutcase when he believes in himself

#

I'll never not be a glister believer

mortal cipher
#

it was alreadt looking like a not threepeat already

tribal canopy
#

idk it looked promising with some fixes. still believing but its gonna be really hard now

earnest leaf
#

It's still possible

#

just much harder now

feral zodiac
#

At least now shock can stop relying on the striker carry

turbid cargo
#

WAIT, STRIKER IS LEAVING

tropic herald
#

Shock 3peat requires a lot of things to go right after a lot of things just went wrong for them

mortal cipher
#

yeah and the two champion denys both ending in a 3-0 loss

tropic herald
#

Shock is gonna win this year is looking more and more like COPIUM

#

I’d set your ambitions a little lower for the team if you can’t win maps in knockouts

noble nexus
#

Idk I'd be surprised if they manage to win a tourney this season

#

gf win probably won't happen

#

you never know tho they might pull a seoul

dark hedge
#

shock is fucked now lmao

noble nexus
#

they have the potential still

tropic herald
#

I’m just waiting for the copium to die out

#

Take a hint bro, ur team hasn’t won an important game or a map in those games

#

How can you be considered favorites to win it all with results like that

noble nexus
#

it's weird knowing that the shock are chokers now

#

dominate 2 seasons lose your all star dps players and get 3-0'd every knockouts

weak bolt
#

Shock dominated for 2 seasons, they're probably far less motivated anyway vs other teams

mortal cipher
#

yeah sad rlly

#

true but still

tropic herald
#

It’s very clear this season their environment cannot deal with losses

noble nexus
#

sometimes half their core plays like shit

#

it's weird

weak bolt
#

Other teams levelled themselves up hard, and spent a lot of money. Shock didn't really do much spending so not overly surprising others caught up/overtook

tropic herald
#

Still extremely smug in saying that Choi isn’t top 5 ot overall

#

People still mald over it

worldly flax
#

viol2t got away a lot of shit while nero and fdgod received hate dms when they lost

stuck radish
#

wait wtf

noble nexus
#

Choi is probably still a top 5 ot individually

stuck radish
#

striker left?

#

shocks doomed

tropic herald
dark hedge
#

ye

#

shock fucked

weak bolt
#

People are going to jump on the new shock players and blame them, but its also a case of other teams improved significantly

mortal cipher
#

shock either are fucked or have to try harder than ever

dark hedge
#

shock downgraded hard

mortal cipher
#

theyve looked that way since texas' losses

weak bolt
#

This current shock team would probably be still very dominant vs the S3 rosters

worldly flax
#

is it too late for moth to come back to shock

mortal cipher
#

ironic how it was a questionable move to glads but now

dark hedge
weak bolt
#

Dominant teams never stay dominant, but curious to see if they bounce back next year (If there is a S5)

stuck radish
#

moth saw the script and said "fuck that"

worldly flax
dark hedge
#

also wtf are shock doing with taiyo

stuck radish
#

japanese super

worldly flax
#

what's wrong with ta1yo?

noble nexus
#

he hasn't played

next mesa
#

shock wont be able to pull a seoul they dont have enough fuck you energy

noble nexus
#

lol

dark hedge
#

yea

worldly flax
next mesa
#

their fuck you energy was striker ans viol2t now its just viol2t

stuck radish
#

whos gonna replace striker

noble nexus
#

yeah

weak bolt
#

Ta1yo could be grinding some weird heroes that OWL will never see

stuck radish
#

glister?

noble nexus
#

that's basically it

worldly flax
#

viol2t yikes

dark hedge
#

its been like a year since he got signed and they havent done anything with him yet

weak bolt
#

Glister/Nero is still a pretty good dps line, but it's not championship winning most likely

noble nexus
#

glister nero goes hard if glister gets his shit together

worldly flax
#

dude's wayyyy too aggro as moira NotLikeSoldier

stuck radish
#

nah glister is fine

#

shock's support line needs to get their shit together

worldly flax
#

what sucks is the next tourney won't have hero bans so shock could've made a comeback with the tracer meta

worldly flax
stuck radish
#

idk why they dont field twilight more often

#

he always does so good

raw ermine
#

fielder twilight fdgod 2 strong

worldly flax
#

twilight's not too aggro too so it balances out with fd's playstyle

feral zodiac
#

Ppl still said shock will be back after two flops in knockout rounds

#

Pepelaugh

worldly flax
#

meanwhile fd viol2t's just in the enemy backlines SombraGiggle

stuck radish
#

what if super becomes a tracer main and is better than striker

earnest leaf
#

shock can still win

#

just gonna be hard af

mortal abyss
worldly flax
willow tartan
#

watch them still put viol2t over glister on dps

digital cloud
#

never heard of burnout I guess

#

imagine getting tired of playing a game for 10 hours a day every day, one that isn't obscenely simple like cs

willow tartan
#

you think cs is simple?

#

smh

digital cloud
#

It is hard at top level but the fundamentals are much simpler in comparison

#

They have like, three kinds of util basically, that ain’t shit

willow tartan
#

were you not talking about the professional level

digital cloud
#

It is hard to play against someone like s1mple

#

It is still a very basic approach to the game

feral zodiac
#

It's more basic than overwatch

#

But most games are

#

Fps games*

willow tartan
#

so... shock 3peat? haha.

hot onyx
#

Not unless they field Twilight over Viol2t

earnest leaf
#

?

willow tartan
#

i dont know if twilight has been consistently good or if they've only been sending out twilight in situations where he will play good

earnest leaf
#

Viol2t still the best FS in the world

#

unless ana is meta, swapping him won't be the best

willow tartan
#

feels like for the most part twilight has been more consistent than viol2t but also smaller sample size

earnest leaf
#

gg shock win

willow tartan
#

WGHAT

#

bait?

earnest leaf
#

NAH GG

digital cloud
#

no way

earnest leaf
#

SHOCK WIN

feral zodiac
#

Shock win

willow tartan
#

?????????????

#

WHAT

feral zodiac
#

Fucking hell shock win

earnest leaf
#

GG

#

GG

#

GG

feral zodiac
#

Literally not even close

#

Flame careful of mute

raw ermine
#

NO FUCKING WAY

#

IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING UNIVERSE

#

NOT A FUCKING CHANCE

tropic herald
#

huh

bold scarab
#

Uhhhh

digital cloud
#

no fucking way

bold scarab
#

Soo what's going on

feral zodiac
#

Are shock legit just going to cycle players in and out of retirement

#

Cus that is mega big brain

tropic herald
#

ggs

#

shock 3peat inc

shadow dagger
#

YO HOLD ON WHAT TEH FUCK HAPPENED HERE

#

??????????????????????????????????

stuck radish
#

lmao nvm

raw ermine
#

brb gotta change pickems again

digital cloud
#

a small price to pay for salvation

stuck radish
#

shock no longer doomed

#

but what happens with glister

digital cloud
#

dropped

stuck radish
#

glister might become tracer player

earnest leaf
#

makes them good again for double hitscan

next mesa
#

holy shit

digital cloud
#

this is fake though right

earnest leaf
#

a soul for a soul

green dust
#

ANS IS BACK

shadow dagger
#

im losing it

green dust
#

with the shock wtf

stuck radish
#

a seoul for a seoul

shadow dagger
#

im actually dying

next mesa
#

no this makes no sense

#

wait

#

if ans was coming back

#

why would striker leave

#

did he know this

tired zodiac
#

shock gonna get the three peat 🦾

raw ermine
#

I think I didn't wake up today

feral zodiac
#

Retirement cycle

raw ermine
#

might have died in my sleep

feral zodiac
#

Big brain shit

next mesa
#

striker should know that if ans comes back its ez 3peat

#

what the fuck is happening bro

feral zodiac
#

Give players a break then bring them back

#

Without paying them

tired zodiac
#

or just reserving them

stuck radish
#

shock's motto "Shock the world" really coming into play today

tired zodiac
#

for when they need them next year

willow tartan
earnest leaf
#

this is some fucking whiplash

tired zodiac
#

so they dont get drafted somewhere else idk

earnest leaf
#

Also ans realized valorant boring

#

and he wants to bully owl again

willow tartan
#

ans got signed to play valorant and then literally didnt play 1 match

green dust
#

ANS IS BACK HOLY SHIT LOL

earnest leaf
#

You know what the good thing is about this

stuck radish
#

dude

willow tartan
#

for like the what, 8 months he was signed?

stuck radish
#

poor moth

earnest leaf
#

Ans can be slotted right back into the team

next mesa
#

WE WONT BE ABLE TO SEE ANS TRIKER BRO

#

FUCK

#

FUCK FUCK FUCK

earnest leaf
#

But we get ans/glister now dude

stuck radish
kind ridge
#

yooooooooooooo

willow tartan
#

Striker released because shock needed money for ans 5Head

tired zodiac
#

i wanted to see more of glisters hitscan thoo

willow tartan
#

yea

worn falcon
#

Babybay to ratlanta when

willow tartan
#

glister goes back to being permabenched hell

#

sadge

tired zodiac
#

aw man

willow tartan
#

he's played like 2 maps this season lolol

next mesa
#

BRO

mortal abyss
#

WHATBTHE FUCK

next mesa
#

WHAT THE FUCK

#

WHY

#

STRIKER PLZ

mortal abyss
#

HWTATAT

next mesa
#

:(((

#

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 LET US STRIKER ANS PLZ

willow tartan
#

ans o7

devout path
#

ANS BACK ANS BACK

worn falcon
#

Ans vs pine

#

Pls

devout path
#

SHOCK WIN GG

stuck radish
#

2 hours later: "Welcome back Striker!"

next mesa
tired zodiac
#

LOL

devout path
#

Shock just picks back up rascal too

#

And architect

mortal cipher
#

please sat sike

worn falcon
#

And sinatraa

stuck radish
#

shock should just buy every good hitscan player in the league

earnest leaf
#

Sorry owl

worn falcon
#

And nevix

stuck radish
#

force every team to play double proj

earnest leaf
#

king has returned

willow tartan
devout path
#

Ans is back 😍

mortal cipher
devout path
#

The king is back

feral zodiac
#

Shock just picks up danteh

worn falcon
#

Nah sbb

feral zodiac
#

Sbb my balls

next mesa
#

strikerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

stuck radish
#

how funny would it be if shock 3-0 glads

mortal abyss
#

Idek how to feel

worn falcon
#

And drops ta1yo

noble nexus
next mesa
#

STRIKERRRRRRRRRRRRR

#

WE WERE SO CLOSE TO GREATNESS

#

STRIKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

#

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

mortal abyss
#

Ughhhhh

next mesa
#

FUCK

#

FUCK

willow tartan
#

now if only diem come back Sadge

next mesa
#

THIS FUCKING SACRIFICE

tired zodiac
#

ok question

willow tartan
#

but his done with overwatch for good

tired zodiac
#

whats gonna happen to taiyo

#

hes been permabenched for so long

willow tartan
#

taiyo doesnt have the same hero pool as ans

true hound
#

shock fans on a rollercoaster

stuck radish
#

we just need

feral zodiac
#

@foggy dew nah

stuck radish
#

a tracer player

#

but glister might pick up tracer

willow tartan
#

maybe

feral zodiac
#

Tay1o tracer

#

Pog

willow tartan
#

wait yeah

earnest leaf
#

Glister plays tracer

#

so does nero

mortal cipher
earnest leaf
#

They're fine

mortal abyss
#

When glister played tracer in maylee…..

noble nexus
#

I'm on a literal emotional rollercoaster

#

wtf is going on

worn falcon
#

So glister ans?

willow tartan
noble nexus
#

I'm in shambles

mortal cipher
#

idbk anymore

mortal abyss
earnest leaf
#

Glister ran tracer for one map when they wanted to go widow

worn falcon
#

Nero ans?

next mesa
#

STRIKER DUDE

#

I AM IN SHAMBLES AS WELL

#

FUCK ME

noble nexus
#

lmfao

#

nty

#

but

#

Idk what to do

#

cry or laugh

mortal cipher
#

ah he might change that but i believe usually when someone says their done theyre done

noble nexus
#

or just cry laugh

stuck radish
#

we lost rascal architect moth and now striker

#

sadge

tired zodiac
stuck radish
#

moth come back when

willow tartan
# mortal cipher did he say for good

i dont exactly know what he said since im not korean but in his retirement video it goes something like him being too stressed out and scared of failing

tired zodiac
noble nexus
#

nah owl forced striker to retire because they couldn't have ans striker back in the league

#

it'd be too easy

mortal cipher
balmy wolf
stuck radish
#

he helps viol2t a lot more

noble nexus
#

moth is better for the shock

#

fd is coachable tho

mortal cipher
#

and ans only retired because of health issues

willow tartan
noble nexus
#

he just doesn't know what the S key is yet

mental vine
#

AT least we have ANS

mortal abyss
#

Platchat missing this lmfaoo

stuck radish
#

platchat is in shambles

raw ermine
mental vine
#

i bet its that widowmaker skin that made him wanna come back XD

mortal abyss
#

Shock can somewhat revert to their old play style now trying to enable ans

mortal cipher
stuck radish
#

just devote all resources to ans

balmy wolf
#

who is T1

#

did he even play

fierce ferry
#

Lmao shock shocking us real heard

digital cloud
#

plat chat gonna miss the announcement lol

stuck radish
#

shock wins grand finals

mortal cipher
#

not sure

mental vine
#

f*** ans going to valorant he is going where he belongs

willow tartan
#

severely underrating

earnest leaf
#

I said that shock lost a big x factor in striker

#

but now ans is back

#

so fuck

willow tartan
#

ANS is a carry

mental vine
#

now that ans is here its basically Ans vs Pine

tropic herald
willow tartan
willow tartan
stuck radish
#

ans > pine

noble nexus
#

^^^

#

facts

tired zodiac
#

amen

noble nexus
#

literal facts

earnest leaf
#

Ans is the best widow

fierce ferry
#

Ye

earnest leaf
#

there is no argument

mortal cipher
#

ans and pine are two beeg widows of different seasons but ans is more insane

next mesa
#

i want to cri

willow tartan
#

pine hasnt been in a competitive environment for like 3 years before he got picked up

mortal abyss
#

Ans didn’t get treated well on T1

fierce ferry
#

What did they do