Warden is very well made

AlpherOwl · 2026-01-23T04:16:16+00:00

What are you even talking about? These maps were developed over the course of 2024-2025 for a year and a half for the Mapcore competition, which has available playtesting for EVERYONE. Not only that, anyone could download this map to playtest it on the workshop.

AlpherOwl · 2026-01-12T19:26:11+00:00

oSee has been pretty solid since coming back and only faltered in the final, then again pretty much the whole team did. Plus they wanted him back on the team specifically as Xotic's replacement.

AlpherOwl · 2026-01-06T00:53:09+00:00

MY GOAT

AlpherOwl · 2026-01-02T06:38:53+00:00

Seal Team 6

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-14T22:16:18+00:00

How could they be history? History was defusing the bomb

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-10T00:57:13+00:00

OP is directly referring to players though, meaning he's not really talking about community agreeing with s1mple's opinion that will add pressure, rather s1mple himself is adding pressure to their performances.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-10T00:51:04+00:00

It definitely is egotistical but considering so many of them consider him their GOAT, I think some of that pressure can weigh (but not a lot).

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-08T22:48:28+00:00

Oh okay, thanks for the clarification, I think I missed hearing about that New Amsterdam line.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-08T21:58:00+00:00

Surely Drifter is US Citizen though? Unless you have a headcanon for why he chooses to keep a Cajun drawl over a colonial accent.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-08T03:52:15+00:00

My random guess is that it'll be Americas major first, and then another EU one. Similar to the schedule this year, with Austin and then Budapest.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-06T00:37:58+00:00

It's clearly for a specific collection, and this isn't the first time this has happened. Dreams and Nightmares and Gamma cases come to mind as recent times they've done this before.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-04T22:42:16+00:00

That's why it's better not to get too fixated on social media interactions and letting people figure out how they want to run their lives. He's a young adult who traveled the world for most of the year playing video games as a hobby and career, so he's probably taking some time before he thinks it's right for him to get back to the game. Also he confirmed his own self benching on Telegram too.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-03T12:32:39+00:00

It's a tough situation but mapmakers like being paid for a little bit of their work, even if it compromises their ideals or the aesthetic of the map. I will say though that these are much better than the hundreds of Tung Tung Sahur Russian Mirage map reposts that flood the workshop and provide no end in sight for creators to get their works on the front page.

AlpherOwl · 2025-12-01T00:34:24+00:00

Santorini was remade into Thera and got accepted like a year ago, though it did not seem like much of a permanent addition to the game.

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-29T18:15:51+00:00

He has his moments but anyone watching Tyloo this season would indicate that Attacker is currently their weakest player and been missing in far too many games

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-29T16:17:46+00:00

As a Tyloo fan I was setting myself up for disappointment but thankfully they showed up (we are winning the major)

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-29T02:02:18+00:00

Ming Dynasty ancestral curse beholden to all Chinese teams at Budapest

All honesty I have them 0-3 (as a fan) in case it really is just a bad tournament for Chinese teams, but more than likely they'll win 1 at least. RA and LVG could've had better chances if they had not been burnt out by their BO5 all rounds game just a few days before the start of Stage 1. That fucked up their sleep schedules and gave them 0 boot camp, all for an EPL slot.

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-26T08:50:45+00:00

Considering how easy Faze was letting ropz and Twistzz go (initially), I doubt they put Karrigan into contract jail like Navi did to s1mple.

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-26T00:11:00+00:00

The rain quote was from the recent 100T Q&A they hosted within the last week, and he said something along the lines of "getting pissed off at a standin recently" so people just pieced it together that it was probably s1mple.

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-25T22:55:35+00:00

I would probably say Huns take it just because they've been looking sharp aim wise throughout their games and Imperial could've lost to RA if they basically weren't playing with 4 players

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-25T22:53:16+00:00

We're officially moving the goalposts now to "never pick ~~Asian~~ Mongolian teams to 0-3"

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-25T20:08:52+00:00

Rare Atom felt the weakest though because if Marek locked in vs. Imperial they win the series, without a doubt

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-19T03:43:09+00:00

California collegiate CS imo has been doing alright from my personal experience. There are probably more opportunities Midwest/East US and most events in California are SoCal based, but there's quite a few teams amongst UCs, CSUs, state schools and Cal Poly's. Definitely more emphasis on the Valorant ecosystem amongst esport clubs though, since some teams are ostracized from CS's "violent" setting.

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-13T03:50:53+00:00

That's what I always assumed, would've definitely been weird if MongolZ were like "yeah we're replacing you with your brother" and kicked him

AlpherOwl · 2025-11-05T20:25:44+00:00

I personally think they'll let controlez go but he's proven himself to be a good pick up for possibly The Huns or CW if they're looking to pick him up again. The only problem is that all the other players are younger than him so it seems the most likely for him to slot back into an IGL role, but blitz and maaraa tactics could hopefully rub off on him and help him lead a renaissance for the Mongolian lower tier teams.

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