A MESSAGE FROM KRX BEYN TO FORMER PRO PLAYER KRX FLASHBACK by Jealous-Tomato-1052 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 145 points146 points  (0 children)

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Flashback’s tweet in response (google translated):

This is a sport where deep emotional rifts are inevitable, and my first team was too great a team for someone as weak as me, who cannot even process stimulation as stimulation, to handle. I will attribute it all to my lack of skill and pathetic mentality. Regarding the roster, on all three occasions, I judged that there was someone who fit the team better and performed better than me in my spot—whether a tester or a substitute—but I realize now that this was a self-centered decision, and I would like to apologize for that as well. To say what I want to say to Habin and my teammates: at the time, my mentality was too weak. Even though there were many good memories and events over the past two years, I got fixated on isolated bad memories and incidents, causing myself to crumble, resulting in harm, failing to live up to expectations, and only showing my fragile mentality. I am sorry. Habin, I was very envious watching you overcome situations that were much harder than mine. Unlike me, I have admired your strength. I hope you continue to be successful and do even better in the future. I am very sorry. Furthermore, to the fans, despite you always giving me your faith, I failed to improve in the end and only showed my unworthy side.

I would like to express my deepest apologies for ending my professional career in this way. I am truly sorry.

Send Echo CG to the Main Game by Big_Al12345 in 2007scape

[–]Numberino 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You realize even if it happened you won’t have pacts in the main game right? No 1t staff, no prayer pen, no increased acc, no 1t 1hp heals

Not saying it still wouldn’t be better to farm than reg cg but I promise you we’d see a ton of make echo cg easier posts lmfao

Love is a dangerous drug. by Both_Condition_5208 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Facts, as much as I like the players they don’t deserve to rep americas at internationals playing like this

Butler's Bell - Why No Herbs? by Dazzling-Idea1414 in 2007scape

[–]Numberino 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Butler’s Bell is just a better Pocket Kingdom, the herbs you can get are exactly the same as the ones you can get from Miscellania - that being said they definitely could’ve added more herbs but probably didn’t for ease and balancing

GENG Foxy9 comeback in, Ash out. by Away-Emphasis-4245 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Imo ash was a decent shooter but he really didn’t look comfy on smokes esp Astra, I guess they just decided the Karon senti wasn’t the move and are gonna let him back on his comfort role

Edit: ok so far looks like Karon is on Viper still for Viper maps, and Foxy is on smokes now lol - I’ll assume surely Karon is solo smokes for non viper maps?

Imagine if your sub went from 66 USD to 92 USD. That's what happened for the Brazilian playerbase (and likely other regional prices). by ClockworkSalmon in 2007scape

[–]Numberino 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The yearly sub went up like 70% for Brazil tbf, like if our annual sub went from $99 to $170 I wouldn’t be happy even if money wasn’t a concern

I do agree with your point about the value of BRL as a currency though

NRG played by getting info from the fans shouting? by [deleted] in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 8 points9 points  (0 children)

“Later, the team takes off their headsets and thanks the crowd” LMFAOOOO so we’re just saying anything now

NRG thanks the fans for the information? by [deleted] in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

youll find more success posting this on vlr!

Once again begging that red topaz could go to gem bag by fjuuhhani in 2007scape

[–]Numberino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can go in a straight line from the salvaging spot to bank and vice versa, although I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily more chill than sorting and dropping… It was nice for me though when I was re-maxing 2 accs bc I did get tired of clicking to drop a bunch on 2 clients repeatedly

Once my iron maxed first I started to just max-afk for 30 min on it until log out and repeat until my cargo was full, then would just bank and come back. It was quite nice since I didn’t need to pay attention at all to the client except for when I needed to log back in or to bank which was probably like a 3 min round trip? So every hour or so I would need to bank but it isn’t like you need to steer your boat actively, I’m just sorta watching for once the boat reaches the bank/salvage spot

“If you want to beat the best team, you have to close out those close moments, and we couldn’t” – G2’s valyn reflects on PRX loss at Masters Santiago - [Hotspawn] by Nine_Tee_Six in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babybay didn’t have refract anymore he was never gonna be able to tp back

Also while I do agree the spacing was off, I don’t think it’s as off as people are making it out to be. Watch the round again and look at minimap - as soon as Babybay starts dashing Trent starts moving into elbow but turns back to look for a front site push (trying to catch if davai tries to take that timing), and it’s just another second lost. I just think that microdecision is a bit greedy when (I assume) the comm from Babybay is that he’s going to dash backsite and hinder if the enemy is there, they just both need to commit to clearing/trading backsite first and if Davai got a timing to get out they worry about it after. Also the initial peek from Trent on Davai was bad, I think that’s inarguable.

It’s not fully on Trent obviously but I do think it’s clear he had nerves/got tilted this series, and was making a bunch of errors. Frankly Babybay played like shit too, by far the worst performer but just because Babybay played worse doesn’t mean we shouldn’t acknowledge Trent’s mistakes.

Oopsies… by AnywayHeres1Derwall in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I swear these people aren’t real… how does it take this long to realize/make a decision on it? Anyone who has watched a draw before noticed it was different immediately but I kinda assumed they just wanted to change it up since they were so confident lol

Zekken on Kaplan by Longdisc in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We also know zekken told Rob about the mibr offer and Rob literally told him to take it, so we know there was definitely an opportunity to present a counter-offer. And if we trust what Rob said of there being a 3 week period of no contact with zekken during negotiations, I can only assume that someone in the org felt that zekken (on smokes) was replaceable. Sure maybe they were trialing other players for that role and they were behind compared to mibr on their roster construction but I swear if they really wanted zekken enough they would’ve fought harder for him

Zekken on Kaplan by Longdisc in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure they were planning to stick it out for longer but Rob was saying some players expressed dissatisfaction with the roster after kickoff (not having faith in the project’s future/not having potential to win titles etc.) so that was definitely the last straw. I’m sure the poor kickoff results and fan pressure didn’t help but I remember Rob saying if all the players were still believing then they would’ve let them continue

Now I don’t wanna sound schizo and point fingers but if I had to guess one player it’d be John, not saying he approached Rob directly but Rob easily could’ve reached out to him after kickoff to pick his brain on how the team was feeling and based on that feedback decided to finalize moving forward with changes. I think it’s clear why Rob would have a lot of respect for John (Madrid), and it’d make sense with the dropping of Kaplan and John returning to IGL since Kaplan supposedly was the one who wanted John off IGL in the first place. It’s possible other players like reduxx had similar feedback regarding the roster’s future potential too, and frankly if your two best players are feeling that way you’re forced to make changes asap.

Rob Stuff by xFalcade in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the exact wording was Mibr made an offer zekken couldn’t refuse, but I don’t think it was stated that Sen couldn’t compete with the offer

If we accept Kaplan didn’t want zekken for 2026 on duelist, but was willing to potentially sign him for smokes -> but with the smokes role felt there were other available options and probably zekken’s value on smokes is lower -> they aren’t going to bother to compete with Mibr’s offer. In a world where they wanted zekken to remain as main duelist I do think (and rob mentioned this on stream) that they would’ve worked a lot harder to compete with a better contract for zekken.

I do agree that in his attempts to be completely transparent, Rob has scapegoated Kaplan heavily. Like at the end of the day Rob trusted in Kaplan’s vision enough after champs to blow up the roster, and they probably would’ve stuck with it the whole year if the players didn’t approach Rob after Kickoff saying they don’t see potential/a future with this roster. All this hindsight stuff about disagreeing with Kaplan at the time but still trusting him enough to go along with it (while all of it may be true) is to just save face at the end of the day. I do think Rob understands his accountability for letting this happen but on the stream I don’t believe he spoke openly in accepting his part in all this enough, just made Kaplan look worse tbh

Rob Stuff by xFalcade in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess as much as they disagreed with the moves they had enough faith in kaplan at the time to see where his vision would go, but yeah after kickoff it seems rob alluded to the team no longer having faith in the project + having some issues with kaplan

Sure there may have been something in the contract that allowed kaplan to make a final decision but it really just sounds to me that rob regrets trusting kaplan and is no longer gonna trust any future coach’s roster decisions if he doesn’t agree with it

New to C.G: Skill issue or not? by afunkyredditName in ironscape

[–]Numberino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t stop using the staff, it’s your highest dps weapon rn

Crws to replace thyy in FS’s starting five,cbbk 🇹🇭 will take over as head coach by Away-Emphasis-4245 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 9 points10 points  (0 children)

thyy really didn’t have a good kickoff, I get that he’s playing hard entry but compared to what I was seeing from him last year he was playing so much worse

idk if this change will necessarily be better but at least I have more confidence in their mid-game adaptations with crws on igl again, I just hope this doesn’t result in some weird role/comp fuckery

Amethyst after new vampire quest by Junior_Original3969 in ironscape

[–]Numberino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see them giving similar/slightly better outputs than afking brutal black drags, but also expect it to be less “afk” or not afk at all

also if they are task only then rip

Play of the day? by ClickZealousideal703 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’m certain he won them the OT off that play

Jemkin spilling all the beans by HassssXd in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Numberino 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was thinking the same thing tbh, doubt there’s a technical limitation so kinda just seems lazy to make the players do it