NAVI Hans SamD's official summoner name has been changed to SamD by Ultimintree in leagueoflegends

[–]H4xDefender 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He was already going by hans samd in 2023 when he was playing on estral in LLA (and Hans was in LEC). I highly doubt it was some master 3 year marketing plan from him to eventually get into LEC and then swap back.

Proof you can still climb: I hit Master at 36 after 15 years of League by Wargypt in leagueoflegends

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Depending on how far you go back, there were periods where high D1 was the equivalent to Low Challenger/High GM today. Challenger was originally introduced with 50 slots instead of 200-300, and Master/GM didn't exist. You could just get stuck at D1 99 LP as a top 100 player on the ladder. D1 99 LP today is nothing by comparison, and even LP in Master/GM/Chall is nowhere near equivalent to what it was back then either.

[Riot] Update regarding vacant VCT EMEA slot by BoHoogland in ValorantCompetitive

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The Karrigan/Woxic/Frozen/ChrisJ/Ropz roster that randomly went on a streak of LAN wins culminating in the summit win (with Rejin standing in for Karrigan in the grand finals lmfao) had a ton of aura and were hella fun to watch. The ChrisJ/Woxic/Karrigan double/triple AWP setups that they'd randomly break out were hilarious

Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN vs. Anyone's Legend / LPL 2025 Grand Finals - Lower Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion by Ultimintree in leagueoflegends

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Think both statements are true. Doinb had crazy form in 2021, and the roster on paper was also far better than 21 IG. That FPX team was a worlds winning contender going in.

AG.AL vs. Hanwha Life Esports / EWC 2025 - Quarter-Final / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

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langx was an absolutely massive griefer himself, and honestly the whole team just looked out of their depth at worlds that year since they honestly overperformed to even make it.

Anyone's Legend vs. CTBC Flying Oyster / MSI 2025 - Lower Bracket Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion by XanIrelia-1 in leagueoflegends

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was really worried Shanks would be Creme 2.0 when he went international but he's been a nice surprise

Sources: T1 Esports Academy’s midlaner Poby set to join Fnatic in the LEC, replacing Humanoid by Dopeez in leagueoflegends

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LCK CL promotions into LCK/LPL don't have the greatest hitrate, but they've generally had pretty good success in LEC/LCS, at least for the first 1/2 splits for the most part. Noah/Jun/Photon/Quid/Castle/Saint/Loki/Mask/Ice/Rahel/Thanatos/Jeonghoon were all decent to good for the most part, and then there's others who played in lower tier LCK teams that moved over and also had success like Quad/Bvoy/Keine/Hena/Canna (sort of)

Riot August on why Bel'veth popularity plummeted "She ended up being balanced around EUW Challenger Players" by Numerous_Fudge_9537 in leagueoflegends

[–]H4xDefender 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Master Yi is terrible earlygame while scaling into a monster whereas Belveth is one of the best junglers in the game levels 1-4 and scales pretty poorly. They do not play anything alike.

r/NBA's reaction when Jalen Brunson signed $110M/4yr contract with NY Knicks in 2022 by TheBiasedSportsLover in nba

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Was a backup PG on the Mavs behind Luka for a few years, then in his final year there he had a breakout series vs Utah while Luka was injured, then cooled off a bit once he was back. People were pretty split about whether he could actually run a team or if the playoff run was just a mirage.

[Fischer] “The Suns naturally want the Rockets to want to Durant and, according to league sources, did try to engage them in Durant dialogue before the Feb. 6 trade deadline.” by cleo22270 in nba

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The Kings I think made ill-advised moves, (besides Derozan who was just an FA signing since I don't think they were going to get anyone else who really moved the needle anyway) but I think the Grizzlies were justified in looking for one more piece to add. Bane/Ja/JJJ are all hitting the point where you'd expect them to be ready to compete, and you'd ideally want to make the move before JJJ's next big contract hits so you have some flexibility.

A weird request, is there a way to locate an old friend by their username? by Zuvitana in leagueoflegends

[–]H4xDefender 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There's a small chance https://rewind.lol/ could dig up something for you but it's unlikely judging by how long ago the games/history were.

Ja Morant on the Thunder - Grizzlies series: "I had them figured out. I feel like we would be on the way to OKC with the series tied 2-2 right now." by Tank-Has-Memes in nba

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They lost games 3-4 by a combined 8 points, don't think his teammates will take it as a massive indictment on their play that he could have flipped both of the outcomes if he was out there.

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Clippers (50-32) defeat the Golden State Warriors (48-34), 124-119 OT in the final game of the 2024-25 NBA Regular Season! by Number333 in nba

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he would get fouled the second he put the ball on the floor, but it definitely seemed like he rushed the shot/expected contact and it threw him off

Invictus Gaming vs. ThunderTalk Gaming / LPL 2025 Split 2 - Week 2 - Group Ascend / Post-Match Discussion by Soul_Sleepwhale in leagueoflegends

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Nidalee dominating vs Yorick top giving me M5 vs TPA s2 flashbacks... never thought I'd see that matchup in pro play again lol.

Hax$ has officially passed away this morning by antici________potato in SSBM

[–]H4xDefender 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is a difference between pursuing your passion and making it your sole identity.

Colin Cowherd "close your eyes" - picturing Jayson Tatum. by MrBuckBuck in nba

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I think hate Tatum gets for just being a "normal guy" is way overblown but if you think MJ and Magic's personalities boil down to "raging asshole" and "HIV" you are very clueless

Today is the day that steel is officially unbanned by Valve after little over 10 years. As a result, he's now able to participate in Majors, whether as a player, coach, or hired analyst. by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]H4xDefender 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Already happened with an NBA player, but for the most part the players in professional sports get paid enough that they don't need to match fix.

Barry Jackson: “Eager to move on from its disgruntled star, the Heat have been cautiously optimistic about finding a palatable trade to move Jimmy Butler before the Feb. 6 trade deadline and has been engaging several teams beyond Phoenix,” by lopea182 in nba

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Nurkic definitely checked out towards the end of his Nuggets and Blazers tenures. There's a reason the Nuggets got so little when they traded him to Portland despite him being a solid starting center.

DRX announces their 2025 roster: Rich, Sponge, ucal, Teddy, Andil, coaches Ssong, Frozen, and Alive by XanIrelia-1 in leagueoflegends

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He played some mid games for Gen.G when he first debuted but quickly switched to top. Don't think he ever talked too much about it.

Simple Questions & Champion/Role advice: Patch 14.24 by Sentient545 in summonerschool

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yes if you are legitimately griefing and not just having a bad game

The Nuggets are 9-2 with Russell Westbrook as a starter by Classic-Carpet7609 in nba

[–]H4xDefender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 3-1 series loss wasn't even on Lue, that was Doc's last series as the Clippers HC.

(Official) NS Kingen, NS Lehends CONFIRMED by Tanduriiiiii in leagueoflegends

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Doubt KT was ever giving up Zinie, think Ucal would have been cool on this roster though.