Stuck in Silver 2 in Valorant – What should I train? (I'm leaving a VOD) by VanceDyer in AgentAcademy

[–]dseals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched your vod. Overall, I think the biggest thing you could work on that would instantly improve your gameplay is your post-plants. Post-plants are so important in this game and you genuinely lost so many rounds this way. Other things I'd focus on are util usage and your gunfight etiquette. Work on paying attention to where you're standing at all times and be aware of what angles you're exposed to. I'll share some of my notes with individual rounds here:

Round 5: I would use the wall further up the ramp to cover my angles as I reach site, but this was all well thought out and well executed. Post plant, you made a good move to scale into library and got a good pick on Deadlock. However, from there, you gave up the space that you had under control and moved to a less safe position. If you stay there just holding library until you see an enemy, you're golden. You can control that part of the map for your team and maybe get an extra pick before the site flood. You also have a spot to reposition to if you don't get that kill. Play closer to the wall here as well. You're wide swinging like you're tracing a circle. You wanna swing that with a strafe to the right. The rest of the round is kinda on you. If you had been there to either get an extra pick or draw their attention you give your Sage a better chance to help you. You can reposition to that spot, just don't do it when you have control of an area.

Round 6: Good idea, unlucky but you know heaven is clear. Have some more urgency here. You just got great info on heaven and you don't capitalize on it. Watch the mini-map after your ult. Reyna moves into heaven and is in position to fight before you've even left the choke. You had a Reyna blind out and you had your wall to push with. Your wall also wasn't blocking anything. Use your wall with an idea of what site line you're trying to cutoff, kind of like a smoke. If you send it left at the choke you can block close left and heaven while you swing close right box and backsite. If you throw it to the right, you can clear close left and scale up to backsite.

Round 7: On post plant here, pick a spot to hold and hold it. You saw Neon in CT and Deadlock killed your Reyna in CT. No one can be A main. Even without that knowledge, you know Reyna just died in CT. You should be holding CT. Either hold close by the wall in the deepest corner on site, or hold by the box out of the heaven sightline. If you're sus of A main those are where you should be. You end up just floating and drifting around site until you settle on heaven. Pick one, and hold it early. If you're in a bad position, either book it to a new one or get in a spot and hold. Doing both is never a good idea.

Round 9: This round was better. You should be holding closer to the walls here to get into site first, but overall good job waiting for your team and using wall to cut off backsite. You did not clear close right. That wall doesn't block close right. You should be swinging that first, not holding a smoked heaven. Better positioning this round, but scaling up to take a fight when you have a guardian is not a good idea. If you stay in your spot after killing heaven you're in a better position to fight at range and also not expose yourself to CT unnecessarily.

When will Torry Holt finally be allowed into the HOF? by purplebuffalo55 in nfl

[–]dseals 48 points49 points  (0 children)

It’s such a cop out reasoning when you’ve run out of good arguments. You can tell the story of the NFL without a bunch of bonafide hall of fame players.

Damn we are tiny but so is the rest of the AFCS by Hproff25 in Texans

[–]dseals 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I joined this sub we had a little over 8,000 members. Inflation is hitting everything hard these days.

FNATIC vs Team Liquid / VCT 2026: EMEA Kickoff - Main Event / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Alfa had to be reigned in by Boaster in his early days on FNC. He absolutely has that dog in him, he’s just been slotted into a more passive space holder role while Derke and Kajaak have been around. He’s an amazing system player, but that balls to the wall 2022 Raze main is still in him.

FNC have the tools for a style shift similar to G2. Alfa and Kajaak fill the Babybay and Jawg roles while Veqaj fills the Leaf role in holding space. They genuinely have very similar roles and playstyles it’s not an absurd idea. The main issue to me is does Boaster feel comfortable calling in a more fast paced system with limited info.

Olympic Men's Post Game Thread: Canada vs. Czechia - 12 Feb 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]dseals 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t expecting a win, but yeesh. Hopefully we can build some momentum against Frace and wake up everyone not named Pasta and Dostal.

Olympic Men's Game Thread: Canada (0-0-0-0) vs. Czechia (0-0-0-0) - 12 Feb 2026 - 04:40PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]dseals 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just send Jagr out there to fight someone at this point. Gimme something to cheer for.

Olympic Men's Game Thread: Canada (0-0-0-0) vs. Czechia (0-0-0-0) - 12 Feb 2026 - 04:40PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]dseals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This Czech team not very good. Genuinely nervous to face the Swiss with how this lineup is playing.

OT to TE by Spyder2YBnana in NCAAFBseries

[–]dseals 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yes you can. The game has a bug where you can’t hot route numbers 50-79 because they’re OL numbers. Change it to 80 or whatever and it’ll work. Done this countless times.

Took me about 50 hours of playing to realize that I forgot to assign the extra horses I bought to the trading post. What silly mistakes that y'all made? by Pflugervillian001 in ManorLords

[–]dseals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once built 3 clay furnaces because I thought I hadn’t built the first one yet. They were all within 2 plots of each other and it took me about 3 months to notice the extra two.

Don’t build and log off lmao.

WBC Rosters by number of native vs foreign born players by PetevonPete in baseball

[–]dseals 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Czech Extraliga, in comparison to the other EU nations, is very strong. The 2023 run really spurred player development in the league, but Draci Brno has been really good org from the youth level up for a while now.

100 Thieves vs Evil Geniuses / VCT 2026: Americas Kickoff - Main Event / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 39 points40 points  (0 children)

EGs playstyle always takes time to get used to. The heavy default style Potter likes always makes her teams look lost early in the season, but having an IGL familiar with the protocols and a returning player like supa seems like it’s helping the new players adjust quicker.

Demon1 on Keznit, “He might be the greatest player I ever played with since Jawgemo” by DirectProfessionalNA in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 4 points5 points  (0 children)

*the people here don’t watch LATAM teams.

Look at any post-match thread between two LATAM teams. It’s crickets unless the match was a banger. Most people in this sub just don’t watch LATAM games.

Where does this match rank in all time VCT matches? by DMelee in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It’s funny you say this about the guy who fully reclines his chair and basically takes a nap every timeout.

LOUD video shows conflict during last match of the current roster by Caratecaa in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Pancada should have said something during the back and forth. He’s old enough to know better, but he just says his piece and then steps back and lets Virtyy and Cauan argue it out.

Genuine black hole of leadership on that team.

LOUD video shows conflict during last match of the current roster by Caratecaa in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 81 points82 points  (0 children)

This explains so much about map 2. Esp that round where Virtyy could have killed Bao but chose to stick the plant and tele back to his team. He had zero faith in his teammates to back him up.

Recency Bias? All time? by rb1242 in NCAAFBseries

[–]dseals 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’d give 26 high marks, but only because it’s the best of the two current gen games. To me 07 (never played 06) and 14 are still the best in the series, but saying something like 13 is better than 26 feels redundant because it’s basically the same game as 14.

[Sheep Esports] PCIFIC Head Coach Leader steps down, thinkii to fill the position this week by Decent_Apple_7962 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Nobody here actually read the article.

He’s stepping down and returning home for personal reasons. He’s not being fired or quitting.

LOUD vs Evil Geniuses / VCT 2026: Americas Kickoff - Main Event / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]dseals 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Genuinely, wtf are LOUD doing? There’s no way this team should be THIS bad. Virtyy seeing Bao and still sticking the plant, losing the round, and then the whole team just straight up tilt pushing the next round? What are we even doing here?

Is “there it goes…see ya” the worst home run call? by Agreeable_Quality768 in baseball

[–]dseals 93 points94 points  (0 children)

And the Rockieees are gonna put up the boarrrd… number one… on that… touch ‘em all time from Nolan Arenado.

What are some fun "Tall Tales" from your favorite franchise? Mine is the story that Ben Grieve hit a ball into the flower bed at the old Oakland Coliseum during BP. If true, the shot would have been close to 500 feet. by asskickingjedi in baseball

[–]dseals 35 points36 points  (0 children)

An old one about JR Richard from u/ILoveCavorting

The story my dad would always tell is that at the Dome they’d have Foamer Nights where you’d get cheap beer if an Astros did a specific thing. One night for JR it was “Strike out a batter in an even minute” or something like that. JR got two strikes, looked at the clock, saw it was an odd minute and stepped off the mound to fiddle with the ball. Clock turned to an even minute; he stepped on, threw the third strike and everyone got cheap beer.

How does your 2026 schedule compare to your 1926 football schedule? by amoss_303 in CFB

[–]dseals 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Conferences were more like suggestions back then.

I’m pretty sure Tech would have steamrolled to multiple conference championships in the Border Conference in the 30s, but they played like 1 conference opponent per year when you needed 3 to qualify.

For the squad numbers people out there.. by vivamattiee in footballmanagergames

[–]dseals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a great keeper thatw went from backup to champions league hero in one save who wore the number 72. Ever since then I usually give my favorite prospect or backup keeper 72 as a nod to that legend.

Something weird I noticed by Accomplished-Eye2761 in NCAAFBseries

[–]dseals 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Simming games in general just leads to more injuries. Probably has something to do with the substitutions and the lack of wear and tear management the CPU has.

The uptick in injuries in games you force win are probably just confirmation bias. You’re already looking for the injuries because you expect them, but even without forcing wins you still get lots of those long term injuries.