this might be the area where we get fucked over by the different timezones in NA in a way that the euros don't

in just about every other region they play matches at like 9:30, but that's obviously 6:30 pacific

still, we could def go a LITTLE bit earlier imo with bo3s, it's just hard to have such a sea change so quickly

That ^ being said, with the b4nny ruleset bo1s can feel a little anticlimactic so more bo3s is pretty fire

If you're going to do a format with this many different stages I think more time and energy should be put into explaining it to people, so it's crystal clear what the stakes are/are not

Also I think the issue with breaking up the groups this way is that this season happened to have a strong middle and weak top, so teams like lebron and maybe even the covenant would be better suited playing cat posse than froyotech. This format with like froyo witness and g6 would be dope, but you can't always expect that

The hornets are really about to take miller over scoot smh

The Job Is Done. We Can Go Home Now.

like putting aside the engineer possibility do people actually believe they could do 80 dmg in this scenario good god

there's some real dunning kruger going on in here

I saw Sigur Ros live once, it was pretty sweet

Ian Wright to leave Match of the Day

do u understand now euros

cu@

I played a literal 3v6 in esea once

also had a bo1 that lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes

I had no idea who this guy is but he's been pounding in like every scrim/match

Ironically, ridiculous DM (independent of gamesense) is the one great equalizer here, because the one surefire way to get around networking is to utterly dominate in pugs. DM donkeys can get headhunted by good teams, while brain players need to make their own and build up a core.

I think DM is actually UNDERRATED by most top players because they either a) take their own DM for granted once it becomes second nature/muscle memory, or b) play against other people with sick dm and therefore rely more on timing, coordination, map pool etc. to win

The thing is, it's theoretically possible to have godlike dm but be so dumb and antisocial that you can't hack it in invite/prem, but that's omega outlier status. If you grind mge on a class like scout and meet an absolute bare minimum for comms/not feeding your ass off you can play at a decent level.

I'd also add that there are players who are perceived to have succeeded at a high level due mainly to gamesense (like blaze), but still had totally acceptable DM for invite: you'll almost never find an example of someone succeeding at the top of invite with outlier bad DM

Move all the servers to Maine. Don't back down, double down.