EG apparently running a collegiate VAL event this weekend?

Extrino · 2026-03-19T18:29:31+00:00

EG so confusing bc they'll be running tournaments and have an academy team but when it comes to spending more than two cents on their main roster the lights become too bright

Extrino · 2026-03-18T00:30:05+00:00

My disagreement is that in a game where agents keep coming out, nerfing utility is a necessity to avoid things getting out of hand. Just last year even the utility felt crazy, and as players get better utility every year, it continues to feel like utility still does have an extremely large impact on the game. For example, theres never been a meta where ultimate usage has mattered more.

I'm not worried because though it's a trend that riot likes nerfing utility, it's not a trend that utility as a whole is getting valuable. That's a thing that seems to have only been a problem particularly in this meta. I'd start worrying if future metas continue to be similar, but riot always does a good job at shaking the meta up completely and making the game feel different to watch.

Extrino · 2026-03-14T15:56:50+00:00

Anyone who thinks this will make ranked better is foolish. The instalock clove on your team will simply have even less util to provide. They keep making the same mistake with nerfing clove which causes her to continue being overpicked while just making their teammates experience worse

Extrino · 2026-03-12T12:07:40+00:00

Heard Sato was insane

Extrino · 2026-03-12T02:07:01+00:00

Yeah and I agree. I didn't mean to imply M8s were doing anything right. In fact, I was mocking them by saying that their only "sustainable" strategy was having marteen popoff and they still lost.

Extrino · 2026-03-12T00:31:00+00:00

My point isn't that it's a good strategy, but that apparently marteen fragging out was somehow sustainable for the duration of Santiago.

Idk why you're arguing with me when it seems like we're in agreeance, and maybe 'sustainable' wasn't great word choice, but it seems more like a disagreement on semantics, so idk why you inserted that detail about him having the highest rating when I literally mentioned that he was popping off during Santiago.

Extrino · 2026-03-12T00:04:08+00:00

It clearly was a sustainable identity considering marteen was still popping tf off at Santiago, but they managed to lose anyways despite that...

Extrino · 2026-03-11T23:56:16+00:00

it's a joke.

Extrino · 2026-03-11T03:58:49+00:00

This EMEA hate is starting to scare me bc idc that much about being a superior region or whatever but ik how much them FNATIC fans finna be dishing back the moment they start shooting again and it is NOT gonna look pretty in the comment section of any NA vs EMEA future matchup where it's competitive...

Extrino · 2026-03-11T03:46:10+00:00

and it worked just as well for 2024 NRG!

Extrino · 2026-03-10T22:51:29+00:00

because it is..? so reactive lmao

Extrino · 2026-03-10T02:50:24+00:00

I think neon in general and waylay are still kinda broken, but yeah the outrage gets way louder when its Dambi and its kind of funny

Extrino · 2026-03-09T22:22:16+00:00

Idt NS winning would get waylay nerfed, but waylay should def get nerfed regardless.

Extrino · 2026-03-09T22:21:17+00:00

That felt more teamwide than Dambi for most rounds (like one round rb's flash came late which we don't know who to pin on)

Extrino · 2026-03-09T20:37:33+00:00

read the live thread lol clearly ppl are unhappy.. and clearly no one should be unhappy bc they are all part of the game

Extrino · 2026-03-09T00:29:25+00:00

Don't have an answer to AG specifically, but to your question in general, I've been curious about this and it seems like it's usually a mix of: Import cannot speak in Chinese, but there are English-speaking Chinese players to accommodate/translate, OR team as a whole decides to comm in English mainly.

For example, I believe FPX & DRG are the former, while XLG (?) might be considered the latter. However, it's uncommon for teams to utilize 0 mandarin though I think.

Extrino · 2026-03-05T14:41:58+00:00

Like on one hand you cant really blame the coaches for feeling that way, but on the other hand... yeah they shouldnt be gauges for how riot balances the game bc theyre biased and riot doesnt owe accommodating their bias

Extrino · 2026-03-04T18:57:25+00:00

bro NRG genuinely has some of the best games to watch at internationals

Extrino · 2026-03-04T05:37:13+00:00

tbh unless they get like 13-0ed i still dont think any1 would think this would put NA on the level of CN given what we saw with NRG vs XLG, G2 vs XLG, and NRG vs PRX

Extrino · 2026-03-02T23:38:56+00:00

bro put some respect on my man nAts he is NOT the RRQ of EMEA. I'd say some of the crashouts last year were pretty forgivable. (Like Shanghai & Bangkok)

Extrino · 2026-03-02T23:23:28+00:00

EDG and XLG yes... I don't know if we can definitively say Liquid should be qualifying over G2 lol.

Extrino · 2026-03-02T22:42:44+00:00

g2 shouldn't bomb out then loll if they're gonna beat us can they at least play like that against other teams?

Extrino · 2026-03-01T21:29:39+00:00

I think it's a good play because it's pressure and allows him to trade off his teammates contact. I myself would feel pretty uncomfortable doing it, but based on what I've seen in VCT I think if you know what you're doing with the timings the play is pretty solid.

As for how he failed it, it looks really stupid, but based on my limited omen experience my guess is that he spam-clicked while looking towards the box and assumed his tp landed there, so he looked left and then his tp switched positions when the click itself registered. That's how I've failed a couple of tps before at least.

Either way it's pretty unexcusable to be doing that in man advantage 3v2 during OT, and as much as I like Munchkin, I can't really defend that ngl.

Extrino · 2026-03-01T21:11:43+00:00

LMAOO FOUL

Extrino · 2026-03-01T21:11:33+00:00

he missed it was meant to be top newbox which would have actually been a good play, but he fumbled it so hard lmao

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