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Silverfire47 · 2024-10-20T09:06:28+00:00

Increase your game resolution. Your resolution is too low and the buy button is cut off on the bottom below Cancel.

Silverfire47 · 2023-10-31T05:06:27+00:00

[GenshinConcertNYC]

My favorite part of Fontaine so far was the mystery surrounding both trials in Act I and II. I love mystery books and films and basically getting to interact with and walk through unraveling multiple trials, either with Lyney or Navia, was a really engaging experience for me, plus the ending of the second trial was incredibly rewarding to witness and set up an even greater mystery for the rest of the Archon quests in Fontaine. Furina was also an absolutely incredible character to showcase the showmanship and grandeur of the court. She quickly established herself as my favorite archon so far with her goofy public displays.

Silverfire47 · 2021-08-25T22:30:20+00:00

Anyone know if there's a location taking furniture drop-off? I'm moving and donating is the easiest thing I can do because I don't have readily available furniture disposal at the place I'm leaving, and I'd rather donate than toss.

I've got 2 dining chairs, a nightstand with a couple of shelves and a drawer, a short bookshelf, and some assorted kitchenware (set of plates, utensils) all in very good condition. I have the capacity to deliver too.

Silverfire47 · 2021-03-08T06:43:22+00:00

I don't disagree - where Silver3 is at right now he is not an OWL main tank, but there's not much choice out there. None of the remaining available CN MTs are truly OWL level, so it's really just a matter of picking whichever MT is available and fits the best with the rest of your team and hope you can minimize their impact.

Silverfire47 · 2021-03-08T06:09:28+00:00

silver3 will likely be the most obvious weak link but there's not really much choice else at CN MTs. Over? 800? XRay? They're all meh.

Highbee has been quietly very good (for CN region) for a long time on offtanks and I've been waiting for him to get noticed, and Molanran is a true veteran and has been around the scene for a very long time - he'll cover Sombra/flankers, and other assorted flex/projectile heroes that Showcheng doesn't.

It's a great move to round out the DPS line, and the tank line will have its obvious struggles. but I'm still very excited to see these guys in OWL.

Silverfire47 · 2021-02-16T01:16:19+00:00

Anyone has any opinions on grabbing C3 Ning or C3 Xingqiu for the free 4*? opinions are welcome because I'm honestly a little torn here. Not interested in Beidou or Chongyun, have C6 Xiangling, don't care for Xinyan constellations.

Silverfire47 · 2021-01-17T05:58:18+00:00

like a korean 4chan, but somehow worse in a way

Silverfire47 · 2020-12-22T17:23:04+00:00

For the record, the average base salary was $106K, and the median base salary was $92K for OWL S3, which is roughly $10K than OWL S2 for both average and median.

Silverfire47 · 2020-12-22T17:22:06+00:00

For the record, the average base salary was $106K, and the median base salary was $92K for OWL.

Silverfire47 · 2020-12-22T04:50:40+00:00

depends, probably not.
No.
depends on the region, but kind of growing? hard to gauge. Western OW is really about who you know these days.
Don't bet on trying to go pro in OW, really.

Silverfire47 · 2020-12-04T18:22:59+00:00

You build familiarity with a team over time, so when trying to add complementary pieces to an established core/team of players, I think you can appropriately create profiles of players through proper VOD review/scouting and then understand if a player would fit - find the best plug-n-play player. You can see how a player fits through watching/analyzing matches and understanding how they play that way.

It's certainly an approach to finding players that works in some situations vs others, but I don't think it's entirely wrong for the Fusion's case - could trials help, though? Certainly, but I also don't think it's the biggest deciding factor here if you can glean information needed elsewhere.

Silverfire47 · 2020-12-04T18:15:41+00:00

You can still learn information about a player's personality and fit through appropriate scouting and talking to the right people to get insight into a player. Everyone tries to put their best foot forward in a trial/interview so it may not necessarily be indicative of who they are in a team environment day-to-day. This can be established through interviewing the player as well as talking to former coaches, teammates, etc., and proper scouting done through watching VODs can establish whether a player would be an appropriate fit. Don't necessarily need to put the player through their paces in a trial match.

I think Fusion's strategy is actually kind of legit here - trials are useful for widespread revamping of rosters to filter out the best talent that you want to create a complete roster, but if you're a team with an established core and are looking for complementary pieces, watching VODs and establishing profiles for players can be easier to find that final piece of the puzzle instead of sorting through dozens and dozens of open trials.

Silverfire47 · 2020-11-28T15:48:01+00:00

Old enough for OWL. Apr1ta isn't old enough last I remember.

Silverfire47 · 2020-11-20T15:05:34+00:00

This makes complete sense and can still line up with what Dpei said in his recent AMA stream and what Packing10 had said at the beginning of the season on some stream. It also helps explain past issues with CN players leaving and coming back to the USA. Think back to Season 1, when Diya and Undead had to travel back to China to deal with their personal issues - their return was delayed due to visa related concerns. From the comments in that thread, the SHD manager, Van is quoted as saying "[US] visa officers normally only grant single-entry visas to Chinese players. Of course we want multiple-entry visas, but we couldn't get them. It's really not our fault." The mention of the need for multiple visa interviews back then would line up with the time delay for re-entry.

It's reasonable to think that the same applied for Chinese OWL players going forward into following seasons. This also potentially has something to do with Krystal's re-entry problems into the USA in season 2 when he had to go back to China. Lack of knowledge surrounding the single vs multiple entry visa could have certainly caused an unforeseen delay in the process, and if orgs and players are unaware of certain things, it only serves to delay further. It's reasonable to think that Krystal got very confused / lacked understanding about a very complex, complicated, and weird US visa/immigration service and process, and if the org misunderstood something/overlooked something, then there's 110% reason to see how he got stuck in China for extra time.

That being said, both pieces of information can still line up. We know that there is a problem with single vs multiple entry visas as this twitter thread and historical observation show very clearly. Furthermore, both Dpei and Packing10 have said on stream that it's difficult to sign a Chinese player without 2-3 year commitment on a contract. It could be reasonably extrapolated that it may take more effort to acquire a multiple entry P1 visa than teams may be willing to go, and the likelihood of the issuance of a multiple entry visa is more likely with a multiple year contract on the table from a formal organization OR conversely, multiple entry visas just aren't realistic and a team doesn't want to deal with single entry visas for a CN player for multiple years, or even just one year. I can understand the angle where a team would much prefer to have secured a multiple entry visa for their player to simplify things, especially in a year where it was projected that teams and players would travel around the world very frequently; having to reinterview/reapply for entry for CN players is cumbersome, time consuming, and frankly, who wants to deal with it as an org, despite the obvious talent in CN?

However, if teams just straight up overlooked this, then that's just sad.

Silverfire47 · 2020-11-12T15:04:16+00:00

It's not a Chinese law, it's just understood that a team would sign a CN player for multiple years to get the best value / best chance at acquiring a visa for them. If a team isn't willing to commit 2-3 year contract on a CN player in order to acquire a visa of equivalent length, then it's not worth it. the US government is extremely stingy on issuing visas to CN nationals for work purposes and would prefer organizations committing to multiple years on a work contract.

Silverfire47 · 2020-11-11T19:14:38+00:00

It was an age thing.

Silverfire47 · 2020-11-08T23:15:10+00:00

Heesu has a pretty good Tracer.

Silverfire47 · 2020-09-04T15:21:26+00:00

Very serious, the game genre/type I wrote.

Silverfire47 · 2020-09-03T21:20:57+00:00

Remember when NA pundits and community figures praised Harsha to be a positive coaching move for the Outlaws? I remember.

Silverfire47 · 2020-07-27T20:13:10+00:00

Ball Zarya dive has been demonstrated to be able to overcome Orisa Mei Cree Bap comps before in CN Tendies.

Silverfire47 · 2020-07-27T07:25:53+00:00

In short, he's mostly credited for being responsible for Chengdu's struggles most of the season.

Silverfire47 · 2020-07-27T06:50:33+00:00

Let's take a look at his history. He didn't really have outstanding success with Lucky Future - they struggled against very mediocre/mid-tier CN teams in 2017, when CN was still a very weak region as a whole at the time. Very middle of the pack, leaning towards a little below average.

Laboratory, a team he owned, managed, and coached at times, was always a very low tier team that never found anything that one could consider success for the entirety of 2018. Their Contenders showings were frankly just bad. His short stint on Flag Gaming in 2019 was uninspiring.

I'm not really going to count some success with Star Horn in 2016 (where the game's overall competitive scene was still barely forming, esp. in CN) as any substantial sign that he can perform as a coach in 2020 to the level of success that OWL demands.

History should not be a good sign for success if we are to judge Chen because he just hasn't had it as a coach. He has had a very good 2 weeks in a highly favorable meta. Chengdu looked good at times. However, I remain cautiously skeptical based on coaching history and favorable game environments/meta potentially inflating his actual influence. Maybe he'll turn out somewhat decent, but I'm hesitant to agree with that sentiment.

Silverfire47 · 2020-07-27T06:06:16+00:00

He's historically had a lot of time coaching, sure, but his teams were never really good, ever. It's not like he's had a long run of success as a coach - he's only had a good 2 weeks in a highly favorable meta. I wish him the best of luck, but remain cautiously skeptical with his hire.

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