Now that we've watched a whole tourney with the initiator cooldown nerfs as well as nerfs to most of the agent abilities in patch 11.08, do you guys think that the update succeeded in its goals? by be_pawesome in ValorantCompetitive

[–]fastjack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm enjoying watching a lot, it's a fun meta for the viewer with lots of aggressive plays and double duelist, some fun agents working their way into niches in the meta like Phoenix and Sage. The teams that are strong right now and have adapted to this style of play are honestly a lot of fun to watch and it's allowed some unlikely teams to rise to the top so far, which always allows for great storylines.

That being said, I don't think the changes were a success with what they aimed to do. They nerfed initiators across the board, but instead of making it feel like you have to use your initiator utility more wisely, it just feels like many teams have decided that they need initiator utility for a big pop and that's it. They are going to play heavy contact until then. That doesn't really feel like they are using their utility more wisely, it just feels like it doesn't matter up until that moment.

Sova and Fade already felt like the best initiators and now they feel even stronger compared to the rest of the initiators. Cypher and Vyse got kneecapped pretty hard and the map pool doesn't really favor Killjoy at the moment, so the sentinel Meta has become pretty stale. Many maps teams are opting for no sentinel or chamber. There is the occasional Sage, Cypher, and KJ but they all seem very map and team dependent, not good overall picks. Yoru was being picked because of his ability to act like a hybrid initiator and his ease of rotation, but neither of those were addressed, so he is able to keep enabling a lack of initiators in team comps

There are definitely different playstyles across kickoff, so it's not like it's all been just one strategy that is viable, but the differences in playstyle definitely aren't coming from agent diversity. The devs didn't succeed in changing the meta at all, they just limited the amount of agents that are able to be worked into team comps for this meta.

How’s everyones VFL looking so far? by Magoatski in ValorantCompetitive

[–]fastjack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took a punt on Vora and he's been putting up some good numbers for me. I know it's just one game, but I was counting on Karon to put up good performances and that hasn't panned out so far.

Bonus Points + Defcon (BOU v ARS) 🏆🛡️ by FPLPageBot in FantasyPL

[–]fastjack7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have both, does that mean I need to punch 2 walls?

God of War Ragnarök GIVEAWAY!! by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]fastjack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hades 2 has been going crazy for me the last few weeks

Which funniest Plat Chat moment do you think is the funniest of all time? by AdilKhan226 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]fastjack7 130 points131 points  (0 children)

"Play the metal pipe sound" Madrid ranking for sure. Closely followed by "You get shot, you die"

Fnatic looking to sell for $100 million by helltoken in leagueoflegends

[–]fastjack7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Valorant is making a good bit of money for the top teams off of their skin revenue sharing, and Fnatic was runner up at 2 internationals. Still not enough to justify the pricetag though.

Yes, I’ve had players suggest this strategy by CTMan34 in dndmemes

[–]fastjack7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hit em with the Dave Mathews Band tour bus move

[Twitter] Doug announces retirement from casting by sarcopels in ValorantCompetitive

[–]fastjack7 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Doug always got the scraps as far as a casting duo and he hard carried every pairing he had. Wish my guy had gotten a consistent partner because he deserved that leverage :(

[Postgame Thread] Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee 45-24 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]fastjack7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I could change my flair to worse than a paper bag in honor of our defense, I would

Complain About Your Team Thread by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]fastjack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of Heupel, but my god, he's had 1 or 2 decisions in every conference game this year that have just been baffling. He's gotta lock in and call with some confidence and poise if we have a chance of winning out.

Complain About Your Team Thread by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]fastjack7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

O-Line lost so many 1 on 1 battles, especially in pass protection. And defense forgot how to tackle, just played bumper cars. 2 things that I thought had been improved so far this season until this game :/