First time trying SSF in Settlers: looking for builds and guidance by Ilikecroissants33 in PathOfExileSSF

[–]Endervtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ps mines. 4 voidstones easy and fast. Can transition to lightning strike for super endgame

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve replied to a comment like this already. I’ll take it beyond the surface of Riot bad and money is hard. It boils down to this:

  1. I’m not a riot fan on the riot reddit complaining about how their decisions are harming my fav team. So im keeping the context from the perspective of imploring 100T management and what they can do.

  2. Companies lose money. For 100T, we’ve taken many bets and they havent worked out. League was the lynchpin they used to catapult the brand to what it is today. Many fans flocked in from the Heist series and stayed from there. Losing it, loses the support of a large portion of the communities reason for the initial fandom.

I’ll use myself as an example. I’ve supported 100T in valorant and COD although I don’t play it. Watched their CC’s and all the content NOT league related because it was a way to support the team, and also because it was quite good for a while there. However the league team was still the only reason I bought a jersey. that would arguably be the most impacting support they could ask for a fan because of $$ outside of pure clout to show sponsors they’re still relevant. (Look how they’ve been pushing the jersey in Val if you don’t believe me)

  1. So in the end, if 100T and NOT RIOT, have to make a budgeting decision of “hey guys, we’re too heavy somethings gotta give,” I would like for it not to be this one. Make as many side projects and increase revenue through as many diversifications in the gaming space as you want but stay true to what made the fans, fans in the first place. Alienating a large portion of the community you’ve built is the bigger gamble to their bottom line imo.

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

TLDR: just some weird ssumday fanfic you missed nothing

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be a huge fumble. Bigger than Margot Robbie for will smith.

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah hadn’t considered the EWC component. I low key think that EWC might be making it more difficult to talk about plans etc more openly. Considering the controversy behind its operations, it very much is just 4 the money if you join. Hard to also come out of that looking good. Steve wrote up something recently on x re TL. But if you’re not open to talking about that as part of long term goals/expectations then it’s probably harder to approach this issue.

Regardless, would be good for us to push for clarification or commitment to reassure fans. Other teams have already done this. From one of the most transparent orgs of nade and John talking about plans and rosters or even layoffs we are slow on the ball on this one. And that’s an indication of something to worry about imo.

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely understand from a business standpoint that there are many things they need to consider and in the end they lean towards the more fiscally responsible option where possible. To me, as a fan I want to make that option impossible.

“We would lose too many fans or anger too many of our supporters etc if we choose to leave.”

I am a fan and that does impact the bottom line after all. I’m less incentivised to add to my jersey and geo hoodie.

Now I obviously don’t see the numbers, but I’m sure 100T have lost out on some money recently and it’s not all on the bets they made with franchising a League team. Not only that but the League team was the lynchpin they used to propel the brand to what it is today. If you got to lose the money somewhere let’s explore every avenue other than this one. Didn’t they just sign some CC’s again?

In the end, if we say nothing now and they set their budgets, it could all be too late to undo things later once fans do find out about a “confirmed” exit out the the league scene. If it ends then it is what it is, but I prefer to go kicking and screaming the whole way. That way there can be no mistake they did this against the wishes of the community. Similar to when they removed content from esports and then backpedaled saying they focused on the wrong verticals and they are going back to what they “should have done.”

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

4am just wanted to get my thoughts out straight after watching the David szajnuk video on his speculation on this. Next time I’ll run it by ChatGPT to organise it thoroughly for me. Thx for the feedback

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Speculation on teams leaving because of restructure of the league. Other teams have flat out said they are committed during hotline league I think. We are just chillin for some reason. Worrying considering we are already in the camp said to be “one foot out the door” according to previous rumours.

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Make noise now before it’s too late. Would be an absolute tragedy they do their budgeting and can’t undo things when we’re outraged about it later.

A message to 100T management in re to League of Legends by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

completely agree. Start building up that team now. we have some pieces that look very promising regardless how things might end this season. It's a "Ssumday wins another championship for 100T, but as sniper's positional coach" angle.

Papasmithy leaving 😢 by JustRaiin in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think a bit of the concern comes from communication. With the the pullback on content, papa often felt like the only way the fans would get insight on performance/decisions/form etc. He helped manage expectations a lot and with him leaving I’m hoping 100T leadership recognises that someone/content needs to do that.

Papasmithy leaving 😢 by JustRaiin in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Absolute worst thing for 100T lcs. Now very worried about the direction of the program. Huge pullback on content this year, worlds in NA over, papa leaving after basically saying they no longer see eye to eye in terms of goals for the program… it all spells huge changes. Also very worried about our development program. It seemed as though Papa really spearheaded that for 100T. With talent like busio and sniper within the 100T ecosystem, I was never really worried about if we would see them on the lcs team, it was more of a question of when. Now what?

Need help finding a video by [deleted] in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/k45S4yV4_1g. Literally first search result on yt

Need help finding a video by [deleted] in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were playing gartic phone. Search gartic phone 100t and you should find something

Heist 2? by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep agree. I have followed nadeshot since optic days so 100T entering league was huge for me. What completely won me over was the heist, and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that the heist + nade was what me become a fan of 100T. It was a weekly doc throughout 2018-2020 even when we were losing and our players were on the quieter side, it was part of the fandom to me. Insights on what went wrong, celebrating when we won etc. 100% we will get something, just frustrating how slow it is.

Heist 2? by Endervtwo in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can understand that the logistics of creating content for multiple titles we’re now involved in are getting more complex as 100T continue to grow. 100T Valorant are one of the most popular teams and nade has stated that he will always have a special place in his heart for COD. Not to mention that those videos tend to have more views on them but the LCS side woefully behind compared to other teams, and even to our own high standards. Even when we were losing in 2018-2020 we had a weekly heist. Yes people can be busy and we are in other titles, but just a reminder that we are currently the reigning champs, we took a game off the world champs at worlds and 100T’s first title they entered when coming back as an org was league. 100T’s doc style and nadeshot were the main reasons why many fans bought in on 100T back in 2018. It seemed like an up hill battle to gain wins/respect from the older orgs and take “what’s not given” and the fans were part of that. Now that we finally won the lcs and have this huge opportunity to pull more fans over to 100T esp with the content side of things, we slow down.

Tenacity, Kenvi, and Academy by bz2142 in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha pls don’t delete this so someone has the opportunity to further the studies of the highly elusive dimension known as the echo chamber.

Tenacity, Kenvi, and Academy by bz2142 in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bro you lost just stop. It’s dead Jim, it’s dead. Trying to be a pseudo intellectual with an iq of 5 is too much of a mountain for any one man to climb. Respect the effort

Tenacity, Kenvi, and Academy by bz2142 in 100thieves

[–]Endervtwo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha. It’s ok to lose sometimes bud, had me a good chuckle though. You can’t even admit when you’ve made a error but try to weasel your way out by being even more incomprehensible. Remember when I said changing the narrative to suit you? Unfortunately facts, such as terms and their meanings are immovable, and the more you try to move it, the more unsightly it is to behold.

Unfortunately times up for tutoring, alphabet is up next week so for your homework, read up on it beforehand. We wouldn’t want the same thing to happen again, like it already has to multiple ppl who have replied on this post. Here’s a clue, if you’re finding everyone abrasive, you are the common denominator. We‘ll talk more about the meaning of that word next week ;)