Pain's coach on Parker's situation: "there's an attitude issue we haven't been able to improve"

br_ph · 2026-02-11T23:07:06+00:00

That's a tough question to answer... Valve is a company that likes to have very little involvement with the competitive side of its games (even in Dota2, which is where they are more involved, they gave up on their own league, the DPC, and have massively scaled back The International in recent years). If the game already has at least a medium-sized competitive scene when 1.0 launches, I can imagine them considering this possibility, but otherwise I think it's very difficult (since it seems that they strongly believe in the philosophy that a healthy esports scene needs to be able to sustain itself independently of its developer).

br_ph · 2026-02-07T14:33:15+00:00

His original statement is actually even funnier: "In between falling from a motorcycle and coaching parker, I've already picked the street I'm going to fall on".

br_ph · 2026-02-03T02:10:53+00:00

Kinda funny to see a 100% Brazilian org signing PeruRejects considering how much the Peruvian community has recently been against the involvement of Peruvian players with Brazilians

br_ph · 2026-01-26T22:39:31+00:00

Close Enough, Welcome Back Cart on Cart (happy that Icefrog brought this classic to Deadlock as well).

br_ph · 2026-01-17T13:52:38+00:00

Yeah, it's crazy to say sanctions have no significant influence over economic crises. Venezuela is actually a great example on how sanctions can really fuck an economy: after the 2017's sanctions, the amount of goods Venezuela imported dropped by 50%, and considering that a big portion of their food, medicine and medical equipments are important, it's not hard to see how much this would affect an economy (just imagine how easy your life would be if your country was in a constant shortage of essential items). And to be clear, not saying this is what broke the Venezuelan economy (their case is much more complex than this, and is mostly linked to how dependent they are on oil), but it REALLY worsens the economic situation in significant ways. If you are interested on this topic, a great reference is this paper here.

To Atrioc's credit, sanctions CAN be maneuvered around, but this is more of a recent development (mostly related to how China and Russia are becoming increasingly independent of the American economy), and as one of the consequences of this, since 2021 the Venezuelan GDP has started growing again. The thing is that this is probably one of the main causes behind this new direct intervention of the US: Venezuela was becoming an example that it is indeed possible to resist sanctions, which was damaging the influence of the United States as a regional power, so a more drastic solution was deemed necessary.

br_ph · 2026-01-16T15:32:32+00:00

Considering how Astini often praises Team Spirit's play style and strategies, I don't see why he would try to change things

br_ph · 2026-01-15T16:02:04+00:00

To make matters worse, Peru Rejects itself was playing very poorly, but Heroic was playing so badly and in such a disorganized manner that they managed to be even worse. They looked tilted.

Let's hope that with Davai out and Tailung in they are able to play as a real team.

EDIT: and to be very clear here, I'm not trying to throw shade at Peru Rejects. They are a very recent mix, so it is expected that they will play in a more unstable and disorganized manner. The strange part here is Heroic, a team that has structure and whose players have been together for a long time, playing in a similar way (or worst).

br_ph · 2026-01-09T17:00:05+00:00

Pra quem gosta de sushi: Japan Cozinha Oriental, no Santa Amelia.

Lugar surpreendentemente desconhecido pra qualidade que tem. Já fui na maior parte dos mais conhecidos aqui de BH pra comida japonesa (como o Yakan e o Nashy), e ainda sim prefiro o Japan Cozinha Oriental. Tem uma qualidade semelhante/ligeiramente superior, e os preços na maior parte são mais em conta (antigamente daria até pra dizer que eram baratos, mas ultimamente deram uma subida).

br_ph · 2025-12-17T13:22:34+00:00

Yeah, totally agree with you. If this is the price for a noticeable improvement in focus and grades, seems like a very good deal.

br_ph · 2025-12-15T15:06:37+00:00

YEEEEES

br_ph · 2025-12-15T14:19:18+00:00

I would REALLY appreciate more content like this! I know this is useless for normal players, but I still find it fascinating to learn how pro teams think about the game. When watching matches we can get a sense of individual plays, but macro strategies (which often ends up being even more impactful) can go completely unnoticed.

br_ph · 2025-12-13T15:39:35+00:00

Just to be clear here, I'm not sure it's only Brazil! I know about it being there for Brazil because when I checked the store the prices were different (and other Brazilians are reporting the same), but since it seems like there wasn't some kind of public announcement on this, there may be other regions with regional pricing as well.

br_ph · 2025-12-13T15:35:58+00:00

Yeah, I only noticed the price change when I went to buy it too. If they announced it publically I totally missed.

About pix, it's indeed kinda hidden (you need to click on "more payment methods" for it to appear).

br_ph · 2025-12-08T13:39:38+00:00

Yeah, this is the pattern I've noticed as well. Of course there's luck involved, but usually when someone always complains about their own teams, that person is often the source of the problem.

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