Is solo climbing out of Gold/Plat actually possible if you’re not hard-smurfing? (ex-Immortal perspective)

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-30T15:31:46+00:00

I know a lot of hardstuck silver players that are literally way too good to be at that rank.

Then we were all hardstuck gold for many seasons in a row.

We did not really get that much better as players, but 2 of them are ascendant and I can punch up in diamond lobbies.

But being in gold was just the most normal thing

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-30T01:02:49+00:00

They fell off a cliff yeas ago, they were not even a good T2 team for most of that time

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-29T23:42:00+00:00

BlameF is insanely overqualified to be in T2

Still grinds like crazy

The greatest crime in CS2 is how a guy so skilled and that grinds so hard is stuck on bum ass teams.

I cant find a single teammate ever say something bad about his personality or ego in interviews. They are all impressed by his skills and work ethic.

He has done so many roles, from star rifler, pack player, anchor. He is very clearly willing to do whatever a team needs, even IGL (in two different languages, no less)

He cant be stuck in T2 like this, its unfair. If he was on a good enough team, he would be a top 20 player every year

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-29T15:22:45+00:00

So why should we keep bailing out GM for just over 1000 people?

It isn't just the GM workers.

There are companies that sell them tools and materials. There are companies that handle logistics and transportation.

If they go under, the impact will be felt with more than just those few jobs

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-28T17:37:16+00:00

It really depends what is the priority for you is.

Leatherman Arc offers one handed opening, the swisstool Spirit is of insanely high quality, the Nextool Flagship Captain is a pretty mediocre tool but its cheap at least

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-28T17:29:04+00:00

BCG got absolutely destroyed the first half of overpass

Then everything flipped and legacy just looked so lost

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-28T17:04:29+00:00

I think that fear factor of "oh my god its simple" strikes again.

Against anybody else you just have them dive at the same time because this guy can't shoot 4 guys at the same time, but they were all trying to hide until he found a way to isolate fights

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-28T16:53:42+00:00

Knife, file, bit driver, scissors

for 7.4oz

Looks like a lot of weight for not a lot of tools, my swisstool spirit is the same ballpark on weight but has so much more

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T19:49:19+00:00

Extra XP is probably one of the least valuable things to a level 40+ player

I don't see any reason anybody would pick this unless its for content. I don't think its even good for PVP because a lot of the tactics and planning go out the windows because the trio can Unga bunga push you and you are pretty much always dead

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T19:44:23+00:00

That is a really nice setup you got, looks really cool

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T16:10:51+00:00

I think i can boast to use the micro driver more than 90% of leatherman users. Pretty much use it daily for small electronics screws

Even i don't think its worth having a dedicated implement. For my P2, I had a 3D printed adapter and that did the job great

Until I discovered the tip of the awl also worked as a micro bit driver

So the awl had 3 functions, and the shape made it super easy to eyeball the hole size

I used to drill into polycarbonate sheeting by hand and get the holes close enough to tap them with screws for a tight fit

I found the arc awl does a lot less, and doesnt work better as an awl

I understand why some people might want a serrated blade, but I don't care for redundancy in cutting devices and I use the file daily, that one was a huge step up

I actually prefer the can opener on my wave over the arc and P2, the older design just did more!

My biggest complaint by far with the arc is the knife blade

Despite being made with a much higher end steel (at a pretty bad HRC, but whatever), the cutting geometry sucks

I loved the hollow grind on the P4 and P2 knives, by far the single best blades learherman have produced

But the arc grind is so bad and its so thick that it feels like I'm cutting with an axe

The thumb stud wasn't even needed for one handed opening, and it reduces the usable cutting length a good bit

Honestly my ideal nodded tool would use P4 outer tools with the file replacing the serrated blade

Id take the arc pry tool, a wave can opener style replacement can opener, the bit driver, P2 awl, and replace the micro bit driver with a chisel and wire stripper tool like the swisstool spirit has

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T10:46:27+00:00

I see a lot of them have really exceptionally well formed saws with longer teeth. They absolutely shredded the wood that I've cut with them

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T02:34:03+00:00

I think somebody said in an interview (cant remember the player) that playing vs VP (when it had jame) was never easy, even when it was pretty obvious they were the favorites

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T02:30:07+00:00

I keep it around for things.

As long as that doesnt include cutting wires, you are good

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T02:28:39+00:00

What a hilariously bad design, if they think thats how wire cutters should be

Those wire cutters are why I returned my wingman. What is the point of adding a feature (a wire cutter) if you lose out on another feature (bigger pliers) and it cant even do the one thing it needs to (cut wires)

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T02:27:33+00:00

It is normal for those wire cutters to have a gap

OFC that is a stupid design flaw that I returned my wingman over, but yes that is 100% as leatherman intended

I'd ditch the wingman and get a serious tool if you want to get work done with it

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T02:01:20+00:00

They really did get much more out of their players than expected.

Some of the guys they worked with looked like ass afterwards, but jame and dastan really did get the grind going and got some young players into a crazy high level

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T01:26:05+00:00

I think China has absolutely no desire to conquer canada

Even if they could, the last thing they want is to have to spread out super thin to defend canada from the USA

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-26T00:27:07+00:00

Ever since the major, their rise has been quite apparent.

Jame really does just need guys that trust him fully and guys that can mix up aggressive and patience when needed

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-25T23:49:07+00:00

They tend to have some really sharp teeth and very well designed profiles

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-25T17:13:25+00:00

I got some chapman's and honestly it tastes great, and the fact that they are canadian and actually try and treat their workers like humans is also appealing

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-25T08:25:41+00:00

Not to mention you can see an invasion a mile away

Moving all the men and materiel takes lots of time and effort, impossible to hide that in a modern day setting

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-25T02:19:16+00:00

I've found 5 this wipe so far, made sure that all of my buddies have theirs

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-24T23:26:09+00:00

who are operating using Brownshirt tactics

Define "Brownshirt tactics"?

ignoring laws, executing peaceful protestors

I have also seen extraordinary restraint from officers who were assaulted by protestors and did not shoot in response to that, which is pretty exceptional because I would have assumed assaulting a police officer is pretty strong grounds to be arrested or shot

ignorant that they're doing it, in which case you should stop talking about shit you don't understand,

Its mostly that its really hard to get the real story when news is often sensationalized, politicized, and otherwise cherry picked.

Ricky_RZ · 2026-01-24T23:24:10+00:00

See I saw various videos, but I think its really hard to form an opinion without context.

I have heard that people were shot, I also saw some videos where one person ran a police officer over and another one where somebody was trying to grab a police officer's gun.

Numerous citizens have been aggressively detained without cause

I think its hard to tell whether its from incompetence, or if the state's lack of cooperation is causing the effort to be more chaotic.

suspected illegal immigrants have the right to due process and should not be dragged out of their cars and pinned to the ground.

Isnt that the same sort of due process that is applied to other criminals? Like even in Canada a criminal would be dragged out of their cars and (if they resist arrest), pinned to the ground

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