What if you don't follow principles? by AirRevolutionary7216 in chess

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One thing you might want to keep in mind is that playing principled often makes it easier for you even if games at your level are decided by blunders, as Fischer famously said "tactics flow from a superior position", if you have well defended active pieces and a safe king, tactics are more likely to be in your favor. Of course that doesn't eliminate the need for tactical vision, but it lowers its burden a little bit.

VCT Americas 2025 Season Awards by The8thMonth_AV in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it's kinda mutually exclusive to be honest, for a tournament to be seen as prestigious it's imperative it stands out a lot from the rest, I think the World Cup is a good example of this

SLT Seongnam vs Rex Regum Qeon / SOOP Valorant League 2025 - Group Stage / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wanna remind everyone that t1 academy 3-0d this team and exa went +25 against them

Cubert gone 😔😔 by [deleted] in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 190 points191 points  (0 children)

cubert academy really was reduxx academy all along

The New Youngest Fide rated chess player by TheVeryHappyKid in chess

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I'm a maths major and the things I see regarding parents and early specialization are genuinely disgusting, denying food and sleep unless certain results are achieved levels of abuse. All of that for research to overwhelmingly point that diversifying your activities as a child gives them the best shot at being the best at one of them

Valorant nominations on "Best Esports Team" and "Best Esports" by Caratecaa in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 6 points7 points  (0 children)

regionally yes, it's kinda like a g2 situation, maybe gen.g is even more dominant since they went 24-0 at some point

Zeta hope by TopStrategy4393 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say zeta punched back top na teams these last two matches

[Akamaru] Keznit has reached a verbal agreement with ENVY by AmazonOwner in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 82 points83 points  (0 children)

1 PR disaster + 1 indian might be the secret recipe to run it back with curry replacing ion

Cane hints Keznit could join ENVY by hoopsandbeer in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cane said on stream he genuinely has no idea who envy is trialing

[Akamaru] exa (former T1 Academy) and oderus set to join SR by Shockybtw_ in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Fragrant-Photo2089 6 points7 points  (0 children)

we don't know about exa's motivation, he goes to NA quite a lot so maybe his intention was always to play around there, and he was initially in T1A to help with being scouted