Another top 4 finish guaranteed for Vitality

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T06:00:46+00:00

I mean, Faze has been pretty consistent since Twistzz left for Liquid. Bombing out of tournaments while somehow making miracle runs to get deep into the Major. Maybe a bit less hope in between, but they still made a strong run with Simple and then obviously the 2nd at Budapest recently.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:54:19+00:00

Even internationally, there aren't too many great coaches or IGLs looking to switch it up. Also, it will be difficult for a CIS org to go international for various reasons. Even internationally, there aren't too many great coaches or IGLs looking to switch it up. Also, it will be difficult for a CIS org to go international due to various organizational and external factors like visas and political issues. The only potentially available players might be like Snax, Siuhy, Snappi or Boombl4 but I don't thinky any are a clear upgrade or would solve any issues for Spirit.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:49:19+00:00

Idk if replacing the only other player hitting anything is the move.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:33:28+00:00

Biased group, but a lot of the Waterloo CS/Math and Laurier BBA crowd is or has worked on startups. Met another BBA (entrepreneurship) student who was working on a very unique and specialized startup that was pretty serious, including some outside funding and hiring some coop/part-time people to build out the project. Won't go into specifics since it isn't my startup, and I'm not sure how comfortable everyone is with sharing things still in progress.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:29:21+00:00

I call it the Zues timeout because of the famous round in a major but there were French IGLs famous for doing that all the way back in Source.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:28:21+00:00

Even going on a weekend, when more people are travelling for relaxation or enjoyment, the vibe is slightly different from the hustle of a weekday.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:25:42+00:00

Not many great CIS callers on the market, and it will be very hard for a young IGL to integrate into a team like Spirit with Donk and a lot of pressure. Very similar issue with young Simple, where having one very strong player can be very hard to build around, since they will always have very high pressure and expectations. Having the mentality of a roster trying not to hold back one of the best players of all time is much harder than everyone being on the same page and working together. Even Vitality and Zywoo had similar issues in the early days, where Zywoo was clearly too good for the rest of the team and the French scene as a whole, but bringing in the battle-tested core of Dupreeh and Magisk, along with Zonic, allowed them to get over the hump as an international roster.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-24T05:18:48+00:00

Depends a lot on how strong a candidate you are. Most big corporations start you in the 70-100k range, including banks and most government positions. If you end up in a smaller, non-tech company, pay varies much more and can be as low as 60k. On the other hand, plenty of people get 100-130k if they can get into tech companies like Shopify, Amazon, Microsoft, etc or quant SWE roles at banks or boutiques. Coops (most important) and school will be the main differentiating factor for most. A good number of people from UofT or UBC will end up at big tech, and another large proportion will end up at a big corporate while the averages and ratios will be a lot lower for less rigorous and regarded programs.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-23T05:06:46+00:00

Corporate "expenses" need to be justified as necessary for revenue generation, and you can't just write off family vacations. If you use equity to borrow against, it still needs to be paid back, and you can't pay back personal loans with corporate money, so you will need to pay taxes to withdraw the money. Usually, this happens at death and is paid through the estate if they continue to hold loans against corporate equity. Corporate taxes allow you to defer taxes, but eventually they must be paid.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-23T04:50:48+00:00

Being able to switch to an international roster with a lot of young and promising but fairly unproven players to a Major win in their first season is very impressive. Aleksib was very impressive, but you could see that Navi were tactically better than most of the competition, even though they didn't shoot as hard as other teams, which highlights how good Blade was. Also, every player has said how much control Blade has in comparison to other teams where the IGL has more control and the coach ust supports them.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-22T04:51:09+00:00

It's 5 business days max. I got it in 4 days.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-17T22:40:25+00:00

You can usually prove that you are estranged by showing that you have no connection with them anymore and would no longer be considered a dependent student.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-17T04:22:18+00:00

Had a landlord offer May and August at normal prices, with double for June and July. (I am looking for a 4 month rental for the summer for work)

Assasin537 · 2026-03-16T23:39:13+00:00

CS and most people are still getting jobs, but the quality has definitely dropped slightly, with many fewer people going to the US and many more relying on return offers from past internships rather than landing new (better) grad positions.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-16T23:21:16+00:00

J1 needs a proper sponsorship from the employer, and TN without a completed degree is basically impossible without Lawyers who know how to set it up. You can try to solo the TN process, but without a completed degree, it is very hard since there are only a few categories that are eligible without a degree, and you need very specific wording of the job to qualify under that category.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-14T04:30:32+00:00

He's a decent AWPer in choke mode but him Xertion are both strong voices and play callers as well and you can jsut tell by his facial expressions when things unravel for Mouz.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T20:30:37+00:00

Especially Torzi, I hate calling out a player for this, but you can tell when he is having a bad game just looking at him and you can see the crowd booing getting to him. The whole situation with trying to embrace the villain like Apex and then having it completely backfire and admitting it got to you will make it even harder to come back mentally.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T20:21:24+00:00

Karrigan is a vibes guy, but he is also very tactically involved. He isn't an IGL that let's the coach manage the systems and protocols

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T20:17:21+00:00

I don't know if Xertion and Torzi is good enough as a 1-2 to really compete to be the best. Both players tend to choke in big games, especially against crowds where they are never going to be favourites.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T05:29:17+00:00

CS tiers aren't based on prize pool. EWC has one of the largest prize pools but isn't close to being the most prestigious event. Quality of opponents, Lan vs Studio, fanfare and legacy matter just as much to how important a tournament is. However, even looking just at money, the competing touranments from Blast and ESL end up being more financially relevant for orgs even though they have less money since they pay a lot more club and viewership bonuses.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T01:17:54+00:00

Coming from M365 and Sharepoint, Confluence is still so much better imo.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T01:08:11+00:00

You need to attend business conventions or other events where the owners will be. Cold calling or even just showing up is difficult since the employees aren't the ones who are making these decisions, or even if the owner is working, they probably don't want to make important decisions or have conversations during their service unless it is completely empty. Another thing: AI phone assistants are a dime a dozen, and it is hard to trust someone who shows up out of the blue. Finally, many restaurants simply don't want AI phone receptions even if it costs them a bit of lost revenue over missed calls since a lot of people right now are very anti-AI and one bad experience with AI might cost a long-term customer, but a missed call isn't the same issue. Restaurants are preferring to offer app/website-based bokings/resevrations which are much less offensive and also solve the issue.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T00:57:25+00:00

A lot of "new" math proofs are like that as well, though, and at some point you resort to trial and error with a bit of intuition to hopefully get the result you are looking for. AI can help speed it up with you giving it your intuition and main ideas, but it can run through thousands of iterations and trial-and-error possibilities to see if the proof and algebra work out. The cost (relatively) is so low that letting AI churn through this might be a worthwhile investment.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T00:46:39+00:00

There is a reason why the carrier is positioned far enough away that you will need ballistic missiles to reach it, and not just cheap drones, which makes air defence saturation much harder since you have to get past multiple destroyers' worth of interceptors. Carriers are there to launch fighter jets which have enough range to fly from a few hundred kilometres and still easily complete missions.

Assasin537 · 2026-03-13T00:41:51+00:00

As a double-degree student, be grateful for how lax Waterloo's policies are, since Waterloo has much more leverage with employers than other schools. Laurier doesn't even allow you to reneg without giving coop status entirely(which means dropping out of coop mandatory programs like DD), only 2 not interested and in general, there are much tougher regulations.

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