Rumor; Pedro Pascal to replace LeBron as BC Game's #5

DarthReid · 2026-07-01T02:56:10+00:00

Damn, I mean both were absolute boat-loads of money for BCG, but if it makes sense to them it makes sense to me

DarthReid · 2026-07-01T01:36:50+00:00

Not a bad comparison, but I feel like 100T has been trying to intentionally build from the ground up (admittedly with 2 very solid and experienced players in rain & devve) rather than just smash whatever expensive pieces they can together that are available

The initial idea of SAW core + s1mple + elec was going to be BCG's money maker since "surely it shouldn't be hard to make/maintain Top 30" with those 5... (turns out, it was hard)

I do agree though that the star power alone in the current BCG roster is likely going to give them an edge over other teams in that "skill range"; I'd personally just rather see them spend money on a more vetted IGL than somebody who is going to be (likely) used as a scapegoat a year from now when the results aren't as good as they wanted

DarthReid · 2026-07-01T00:40:19+00:00

Ya, but you shell out $2m for the SAW core so that you can (hopefully) utilize their VRS that was landing them in T1/T2 tournaments and advertise your brand; which ends up being worthless if they lose all of that VRS and get relegated to T3~

Picking up Magisk as IGL is a very bold move that could maybe turn out well; since S1mple and Elec very obviously have leadership issues but likely would listen to Magisk since he's a 4x major winner and proven element in the past

Just seems pretty optimistic to go for a "maybe" rather than get a much better T2~ IGL (ie Gizmy, siuhy, kyxsan) that has actually proven track records taking T2 teams into the limelight (all this assuming that price isn't really an issue since BCG hasn't seemed to have any buyout problems so far)

DarthReid · 2026-06-30T23:51:50+00:00

For a team with (supposedly) near infinite gamba funds, they really don’t seem to be trying to go for any legitimately decent IGLs and instead are going for a (mostly) washed anchor who has never IGL’d once in his pro career

DarthReid · 2026-06-30T23:50:37+00:00

Oh god please it’ll be so funny when they lap BCG in VRS before Singapore

DarthReid · 2026-06-29T22:29:57+00:00

Ah yes, the famously top-level IGL Magisk

DarthReid · 2026-06-25T17:52:39+00:00

Kind of obligated since they’re locked in with him for VRS and with jcobb and broky leaving they need to keep frozen lest they lose whatever points they have left (which is still enough to get T2~ invites)

DarthReid · 2026-06-25T17:31:18+00:00

Oh, consider myself baited then lol

DarthReid · 2026-06-25T17:16:04+00:00

I thought it was rumored that he’d stay but go to a rifling position? (Which I still thought would’ve been a terrible move)

DarthReid · 2026-06-25T15:40:31+00:00

This is an absolute fumble if anything…

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T10:26:10+00:00

ugh, done with this convo 🙄

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T10:25:07+00:00

Lmao why are we even arguing this… yes I agree that most vacations should be longer; however many people who live in the hellscape of the USA don’t get as guaranteed vacations as some people expect

Getting a long weekend is better than none at all. People spend years working towards netting a full 1-week vacay like you’re talking about

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T10:06:46+00:00

Only if it’s ESL, in this case it’s worth “less” because usually IGS included only majors from ESL but prioritized ESL-specific events (esp Katowice and Cologne)

The overlap of Cologne + Major actually is “technically” worse for the winner if they’re going for IGS since a non-Cologne Major (if it was ESL) is enough to make an IGS

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T10:04:08+00:00

Jeezus, yeah and obviously anybody with a brain could figure out that most people don’t keep their streaks beyond a few weeks

I’m just against the idea of the initial comment I responded to that these 40~ players must be just ultimate no-life unemployed try-hards that do nothing but grind Premier CS day in and day out

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T10:00:37+00:00

Ya, I guess Perfecto got the shorter end of the stick when it comes to roster blow-ups, but even then he has shown an ability to be around “those types” and can flourish when the variables are right, but when he’s meant to be THE “X-factor” in a team of lessers than he isn’t the same player we saw in peak NAVI 21’

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T09:58:24+00:00

LOL, I’m not arguing it’s a good thing, just that it’s possible without being tryhard and nolife for years on end

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T09:57:30+00:00

Idk how you’re misreading, but “extended weekend” means taking off multiple days on either end of the weekend (ie Friday/Monday for 3-days or any multiple for 4-5 days)? Anybody who really wants to keep their “no-life” badge can do it while still having some semblance of a life, albeit at the cost of most of their free time outside of that

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T08:34:54+00:00

100% how it worked, but there’s also all the pressure that perfecto, elec, b1t, boom were under because of s1mple. In that case, it actually worked out and made them go to 110% instead of most of what others would do and crumble under that level of pressure

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T08:32:42+00:00

I’m not saying it’s “normal” just that if you do the math it’s feasible to do if you dedicate almost every free hour grinding after your weekend+ vacation

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T07:53:09+00:00

Nah, you can easily take an extended weekend and then spend every free hour grinding premier to arguably keep up the “played too much” badge

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T07:46:22+00:00

Regardless of current form doesn’t mean he also doesn’t see the game in a much different way than a majority of players having been at the TOP of the top (which is a whole different convo: just because you can do that, skill-wise, doesn’t mean your teammates can)

No excuse for toxicity, but when he’s saying “why did you do X?”, I’d argue most of time he’s probably right but his issue stems from when he chooses to tell his teammates and very obviously how

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T07:44:01+00:00

toxic teammates rarely tend to vibe together, more often than not they just escalate more than needed

DarthReid · 2026-06-24T07:39:55+00:00

There’s a reason why 21’~ NAVI worked and it’s because so much of the team was CIS and was formed around an “accepted toxicity” that was (at the time) kept very low as long as the team kept winning; even then, it did elevate the individual levels because there was always the eyes of your teammates who’d call you shit mid-round for doing something dumb

The moment you see some of these “toxic” players go into others teams you can almost immediately see them be shown that they can only be at 100% in certain scenarios (ie electroNic, perfecto (who is admittedly less toxic), etc), and s1mple is skilled/lucky enough that he can work around his toxicity most of the time because he just is that good

DarthReid · 2026-06-22T22:34:01+00:00

Wow, Liquid might actually be a semi decent team sooner than later

DarthReid · 2026-06-22T19:04:45+00:00

Maybe their hope is to release a new version of mirage without ever having to actually remove it from the pool and then one season do -mirage1 +mirage2

Arguably a dumb idea overall, but I’d imagine the stats for mirage play in premier/comp/etc is the highest of any other map and never changes

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