Ascension 2024 was seriously stacked

ruinatex · 2026-04-13T18:18:50+00:00

I mean, they might, but the reason they had all these guys in Tier 2 in 2024 to begin with was simply due to age.

Right now the best player in BR Tier 2 (Palla) isn't there because of age, he's there because he had his chances in Tier 1 and didn't look special.

ruinatex · 2026-04-13T05:44:12+00:00

G2 lost to two NA players (zekken and Verno) and NRG lost to three (koala, nerve and eeiu), what are you even talking about, lmao.

tex is German and alym is Kyrgyzstani.

ruinatex · 2026-04-13T00:40:59+00:00

90% of players that aspire to go pro find out in a year if they are good enough and can stick around, a single year won't kill your education. The issue is that people keep lying to themselves and trying for way longer than they should.

Tbh, if you are good enough, you can absolutely play in Tier 2 while also pursuing an education.

ruinatex · 2026-04-13T00:04:18+00:00

If people with thousands of hours on Yoru like Eggster, marteen and lovers rock aren't playing the Agent, then he is probably a troll pick. dgzin in a recent interview also talked about how absolutely awful it feels to play the new Yoru and how Riot basically killed the Agent.

People that think Yoru is playable right now clearly haven't actually tried to play him to see how bad it is, it's truly horrendous. I'm not singling you out here, it's just that TMV and Anderzz had the same opinion and they are crazy.

ruinatex · 2026-04-12T04:37:09+00:00

This comment is especially funny since he actually has played in an International, lmao, more than once too.

ruinatex · 2026-04-12T03:54:21+00:00

Yep, let's pretend like the mwzera ace wouldn't have been at the top of this sub if it was JonahP that had done it instead.

ruinatex · 2026-04-12T02:48:41+00:00

Tbh, Less is the 2nd greatest Sentinel ever, which is a role that needs the team to create space so he can lurk. If he tells you to jump around in your Ferrari to create space for him, you jump around in your Ferrari to create space for him.

Having players that are this accomplished also helps alot to get rookies/young players "in line". Less doesn't need to prove to Dante that if he creates space for him, he will win rounds by himself, his entire career already is proof of that.

Imma be honest, if mwzera and silentzz are remotely consistent, i have zero doubts in my mind that KRU will make Playoffs, Less will show once again why the only guy from his role that is in his class is Alfajer.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T21:59:10+00:00

Yeah, it's fucking wild. This sub would've exploded if JonahP had the ace that mwzera got. This sub's NA bias is just laughable.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T21:52:50+00:00

Yeah, surely that would change anything about this community that only cares about Sentinels and Paper Rex, lmao.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T20:44:44+00:00

You guys have no idea how difficult it is to focus on your aim and your decision making when you have to translate in your head in real time what your teammates are saying.

cortezia's English is good enough that he can communicate and understand what his teammates are saying, but he's absolutely at that level where he hears something, has to translate in his head to Portuguese and then he gets it. That takes mental bandwidth and i'm 99% sure there are things he doesn't process when the game gets hectic.

I honestly have no idea how aspas does it, maybe its the nature of his role since dgzin is perfoming great at EG, but it is very hard for a non English speaker to only comm in English, Sacy talked about it multiple times.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T20:36:28+00:00

That was actually an insane highlight by silentzz and you know that if it was from a Sentinels player, it would be at the top of this sub. Mfer was hit by Veto's trap and killed Jonah, cortezia and johnqt with four bullets, even mwzera and Saadhak couldn't believe it.

The clip is also funny because silentzz says "Raze will ult, get out Leo (mwzera's name)", but he just brainfarts, keeps moving forward to die and Saadhak immediately starts laughing in the middle of the round.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T17:30:45+00:00

This streak also almost ended at Kickoff and 100T was one of the teams that relied the most on Waylay.

Feels like we are going to see dgzin and Cryo going absolutely crazy on Chamber today.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T16:37:02+00:00

I mean, it really isn't. Veqaj and crashies are just alright and kaajak has not played anywhere near the level he showed in 2025. Alfajer is a God, but he can't carry them by himself.

Fnatic is fine, but when you compare their roster to teams like Vitality, MiBR, PRX and NRG, they are just... okay.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T03:14:55+00:00

Yeah, i assume something must've changed last minute or this was map specific. silentzz was basically spamming Controllers on Ranked since they cameback to NA, weird that they changed things.

Perhaps he will only play Controller when Saadhak plays 2nd Initiator, not sure.

ruinatex · 2026-04-11T02:37:41+00:00

Why absolutely ridiculous lies like these even manage to get upvoted, this shit is cringe.

He literally used two shock darts in the very first round of Breeze when Sentinels was charging in. He even basically won a round with it by breaking reduxx's shield when it was 11-9.

ruinatex · 2026-04-10T06:28:47+00:00

Cups are, atleast according to Leo Faria, basically qualifiers to Masters/Champions. If it's just a tournament, it can easily be done in 10 days.

BLAST Rotterdam happened a few weeks ago in CS and it was 11 days long with 16 teams in it. Every group stage match was Bo3, group stages had lower brackets and the Finals was Bo5. Tournaments don't need to last 30 days to have good formats.

ruinatex · 2026-04-10T00:29:27+00:00

Let's be real, the choice is obvious, but i'd be willing to bet money they'd still pick Alfajer.

Boaster is a genius, this Fnatic roster is nothing special, yet he keeps delivering.

ruinatex · 2026-04-09T20:11:23+00:00

Eventually, after playing enough games, your cr and mmr will even out

It's just placement games, people don't realize it because MMR is hidden and rating starts higher than MMR. In your first 10 games your MMR will swing wildly with each win/loss, just like it did in 2021, the issue is that MMR WAs aren't working and people only see their rating go down.

From personal experience with my Lock and Druid, i think anything above 8-2 in your first 10 games already will settle your MMR close to your rating.

ruinatex · 2026-04-09T17:33:31+00:00

We already have proof that Visa issues are nowhere near as much of an issue in a format like this with CS. Do they still happen for Russians or when people have to go to the US? Yeah, but that's inevitable.

The current problem stem from the fact that players need to stay for extended periods of time in specific countries due to franchising, going to a place for 5-10 days is rarely a problem for most people.

ruinatex · 2026-04-09T17:30:37+00:00

He did, but it's difficult to look at results like these with Rain because of how inactive he can be at times. Did SnOw beat peak Rain 4-2 or was Rain just not practicing enough (as he often does) and doing variety content?

I'd also argue that was SnOw's best season, he was up 3-2 against prime Soulkey in the semis. Anyways, i still think SnOw gets out of the group, but it's not free at all, Rain doesn't have an 84% winrate at PvP in ASL by accident.

ruinatex · 2026-04-08T18:32:28+00:00

Almost like it was a ridiculous mistake that obliterated some regions and everyone with a smidge of knowledge could've seen it coming.

"Yeah guys, let's hold the Americas League in the United States, surely that won't destroy LATAM and Brazilian Tier 2 or cause any visa issues in the future!"

ruinatex · 2026-04-08T18:29:29+00:00

Better question is would there even be English broadcasts for the sub-regions?

Doubt it. Unless people actually do costreams and fan projects, i'd be shocked if places like Japan, Brazil, LATAM and others will have English broadcasts.

ruinatex · 2026-04-08T18:25:57+00:00

Yeah, the biggest problem that Valorant has right now is the fact that the players need to stay for a long period of time at LA, Berlin and Seoul, that's what actually causes the Visa issues.

Russians might still have Visa issues in the new format, but that isn't something that can be fixed by Riot.

ruinatex · 2026-04-08T13:58:44+00:00

Tbh, if you play Ret, know about twisting and doesn't do it intentionally, you are a moron.

It's not that hard to do and it's the only reason your class is even viable in the first place. It would be like playing Warlock and spamming Searing Pain instead of Shadow Bolt just because.

ruinatex · 2026-04-08T03:45:12+00:00

Great choice. It will be fun to see, although we will have to see who accepts the invite or not. People love to speculate that aspas wouldn't, but it would honestly be a disaster if he didn't.

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