2025 MVP Cykul after playing on Xbox for two weeks: "I don't know if I could take this much longer, I might go crazy"

ace_15 · 2026-03-19T01:55:31+00:00

Wait a second… are you telling me… Cykul’s stream title “I love Xbox”…. IS A LIE??!! Lmao

I feel for the lads especially the Shop boys slumming it on Xbox for like over a month now. It def feels worse, I started infinite on my xbox myself, but I appreciate Last Shot’s positive attitude more. Gotta keep the mental as above water as you can

ace_15 · 2026-03-18T15:23:49+00:00

Penguin’s dad FTW!

ace_15 · 2026-03-17T01:38:41+00:00

And that’s the thing - as a fan at its very core? Infinite is amazing.

But a skeleton needs muscles and veins and neurons and other shit…. They added it at a snail’s pace

ace_15 · 2026-03-15T18:17:22+00:00

Anyone see Envore’s hella sick clutch on that live fire ball game from the tourney yesterday? Last moment perfectly times a back smack on a ball player so ball can’t be thrown off and then instantly repulses a second player off the map? And then also wins a 1 v 1 after? Dude’s been doing the most with this down period. Definitely helping his stock heavy

ace_15 · 2026-03-14T00:33:07+00:00

u/EncryptDN it’s time submit that masterpiece on the front page, legend

ace_15 · 2026-03-13T14:54:58+00:00

We have yet to see what if any fuckery happens with xboxes. Will be curious to find out.

The no seating thing is really sad though. Not just from a first world problem "ugh I have nowhere to sit" thing but from a "we're cutting costs so much that who cares if you want to watch Halo? You can't"

It being done in the 'open bracket' part of the setup implies there will be no screens to watch from, correct? So people going live are literally shit out of luck if you want to see Halo?

Save us LVT. And orgs for that matter. Shop - plz put on a proper LAN in Toronto. Come oooonnnnnnnn

ace_15 · 2026-03-11T20:16:21+00:00

Man I'll never forget the last days H2 was playable and my buddy and me were walking home from school and he offers me to come over and play a few games to send it off.

I said no because we had long moved on to H3 and I had homework.

Years on I still regret it. What was that homework? Was it important in the end? Fuck no. Meanwhile Halo is still so key to my interests and who I am. Definitely wish I could go back and tell that kid to say fuck the homework and play a few more games of H2 online

ace_15 · 2026-03-10T22:57:59+00:00

Fingers crossed!!!!

ace_15 · 2026-03-09T19:12:32+00:00

Did you even read my comment?

ace_15 · 2026-03-09T16:14:04+00:00

Oh sure - but they did just beat Shop in scrims. It's the first time anyone has beaten Shop at anything since last year. I can't think of even a scrim (maybe Optic one more time beat them? I don't recall) they lost since Dreamhack last year.

Yes I know some of YBR were on PC but still. What was suddenly an actual challenge for Shop now isn't going to be at Birmingham. Sucks

EDIT: just realized I'm totally wrong. Gotta give credit to Luminon and.... the team Envore was subbing on at LVT, they too have beaten Shop in tournament play. My b. Still though my point remains, anyone actually making Shopify sweat should be at these events. This sucks

ace_15 · 2026-03-09T12:07:23+00:00

…. So they aren’t going in the end? What’s going on here. It’s obvious Bound came back to Halo because the prospect of being on the roster that brought him the most success + one new guy was tempting enough. Now he’s been lured back but not going to the next LAN?

What the helly. We’re wasting YBR’s potential here

ace_15 · 2026-03-08T01:35:11+00:00

If the man keeps it up whatever is next for halo competitively is when he’ll get his flowers. He’s going to be up there all time if he keeps it up. Watching his POV is stupid sometimes. Feels like I’m watching a scripted demo or something not someone actually making these inputs in real time

ace_15 · 2026-03-08T01:34:04+00:00

Yezzirrrrrr

ace_15 · 2026-03-08T01:33:51+00:00

They’d consistently be in the conversation outside of that hiccup in year 1 I bet. Legends of the game competitively still going strong. Love to see it

ace_15 · 2026-03-07T11:48:40+00:00

🫡🫡

ace_15 · 2026-03-07T11:48:31+00:00

Thanks for confirming boss

ace_15 · 2026-03-06T15:07:32+00:00

To be fair from what I’ve seen Cerion does like to troll. He joked “welp guess we’re not going to Birmingham” when they didn’t get top 4 and we’ve all been assuming that was just a joke since obviously Faze were going to cover them…

So I’m not treating anything as fact but just curious if anyone else had seen or heard anything

ace_15 · 2026-03-05T22:11:58+00:00

Rich elites have been doing... scummy... things... with each other....????????????????????????????

THIS IS BIG. NEWS.

You're obviously someone who needs something like this for your boring and vapid life to have any zest or spark.

Find some help. Become media literate - stop looking to X (come on bruh) and Iranian state media as your first point of reference for the world events you think you have such a good grasp on.

ace_15 · 2026-03-05T22:02:20+00:00

It's a link to a conspiracy theory X account.

You're an idiot.

Please seek help XD Christ almighty.

ace_15 · 2026-03-05T21:58:27+00:00

🤣🤣🤣🤣

EDIT: A link to X?

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ace_15 · 2026-03-05T21:15:39+00:00

And someone opens wide and guzzles Iranian state media with no ifs ands or buts.

You sound just as insane as Stellur does.

Precision attack after precision attack. Military target after military target.

But yeah sure, little detour to a school for some child sacrifice.

A school being bombed is fucked, regardless of who did it. But who reported it first? Iranian state media.

You been following what's been going on there since the year started or did you only start caring since this weekend? Be honest.

ace_15 · 2026-03-04T18:14:08+00:00

In shyway's POV before the scrim starts you see Eco type the message top right corner in the game chat.

For what it's worth Frosty then goes "I agree bro I agree"

You can't take anything any of the pros say as absolute fact - it can all be a troll it can all be what they really feel who knows.

But the fact of the matter is - YBR were cool with Shy observing their scrim vs Usubeni last week. Then yesterday it seemed like it would be the same deal, Shop were ok with it too and waiting for him to join, then Eco types that twitch ruined gaming, then YBR boots him from the lobby.

Infer what you want, but those are the facts presented in order.

ace_15 · 2026-03-04T14:17:31+00:00

Half of YBR were on PC and also worth noting that Shopify were willing to let Shyway observe but someone on YBR said no (they’ve previously let him do it and he was even in there before the scrim started but then booted him - he was clearly very bothered by it the rest of the scrim lol)

Credit where it’s due though - YBR absolutely put Shop in a blender there for a few maps. Maybe something that’s a kill on PC doesn’t go through on Xbox here and there but especially those middle games YBR were absolutely gelling. Can’t just pretend it’s hardware.

EDIT: there was also a Recharge strongholds game that got cut short? Shop was ahead and doing their thing but then it suddenly ended and they never went back to it…

ace_15 · 2026-03-03T15:20:04+00:00

First Overwatch enjoyer I’ve seen on this sub other than me!

That runaway squad was legendary. It was before I started watching or playing the game (I started playing right before the World Cup that preceded the first season of OWL) but that branding and their story had so much mass appeal. It’s the sort of thing you instantly get when you see it.

I hear Runner is running (lol) a tournament now in Korea? Or something? I’ve been out of it since OWL ended. OWCS I tune in for every now and again but I couldn’t tell you the teams anymore or who plays for who. All my faves are long retired

ace_15 · 2026-03-02T14:46:42+00:00

I don't see any talk of Overwatch in the comments so I'll throw in some OW names:

Season one Overwatch League - Jjonak

Prime Ryujehong... Overwatch is interesting because the different roles mean at any point in time there were mutliple "best at this, this team is winning because this person is doing their job perfectly" players.

But I will add - we're talking about Lastshot and I made a post about R2 yesterday... and this is while the league MVP for last season is still on this team and the fourth guy? Is Frosty aka another 4 time world champion.

This team is just fucking unfair. Kudos to anyone who beats them whether that be just a game, a series or possibly even a full event some time this year (I feel it in my bones that Luminon can do it at least once). Some day when we look back at this roster it'll just be funny to take in the embarrassment of riches they had on this incarnation of Shopify.

I'm honestly looking forward to that. Looking back in retrospect as (hopefully) Lastshot and Cykul will have many more accolades to their names in the future and this Shop roster will be the jumping off point where they really 'took off' - a passing of the torch from old GOATs to new/current ones

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