No, I'm saying it's NEVER, useless to improve your team. Even if they made those moves too late to "save" this season. More time with those new players isn't useless.

Probably management logistics, and it's never useless to improve your team?

FU and 5 maps games, couldn't close the deal this time though. GGs all around.

Stage 3 Week 5:
#20-#11
#10-#1

They already have 4 DPS so probably not.

Your sarcasm amounted to nothing more than a cheap hot take.

If you look at this season plenty of good players aren't getting play time because they don't fit the meta. Team are just now STARTING to play DPS comps. Unless Taimou had been practicing Brig on his own and was a better Brig than Zach, putting him in might not have made a difference. He says he did great at the world cup, and that's fine, I don't think he was amazing, on top of the OWWC not being a great barometer of how well he'd do in the league.

I'm not saying he's not a great player. I'm saying his impact is not likely to have been as large as you, and Reddit, are saying it would have been. Was it a mistake to not put him in? I never said it wasn't. But I have been saying that it's not that clear or obvious, to use your own words.

Shrug?

Why are Jayne and Aero coaches again?

Not sure why you're backtracking this.

And, again, could they have put him in? Yes, of course they could have. Should they have? Maybe, maybe not. Is it obvious that they should of put him in and that they're bad coaches for not doing so? You say it is, I say it isn't.

Why are Jayne and Aero coaches again?

But I guess your eyes and mind can pierce through the uncertainty of probabilities and determine that not playing Taimou was, for a fact, an obvious mistake.

If you read what I wrote you can clearly see that I never said it was, or wasn't. But that putting Taimou in isn't the soul saving move you're making it out to be.

Because you obviously know that he clearly is the solution to the woes that Dallas are having.

This isn't rocket science, so again, could they have put him in? Yes, of course they could have. Should they have? Maybe, maybe not. Is it obvious that they should of put him in and that they're bad coaches for not doing so? You say it is, I say it isn't.

I'd wager many less people complain about it if they win those two Chengdu matches, because if you're saying he would have won them the other 5 matches you're either a genius or illogical and somewhat delusional.

That's what my sassy peanut brain is saying. I even tried making it simple for you, hope it helps!

You could argue that the only games they were predicted to win (in stage 3) were WSH and CDHx2 (which they obviously failed at) the rest you'd expect a loss.

Taimou may or may not have helped them win those two Chengdu games, and whether they chose to rotate him in at any point previously probably doesn't change the outcome unless he'd a God Tier Brig. Could they have played him more? Of course. Would he have been the savior you're making him out to be? Unlikely.

Now, did they drop the ball? You know what, looking at their overall record, I'd say probably not, unless your galaxy brain predicted that they'd be mid table after 3 stages, let alone having been top 8 after 2.

Settle down kiddo, the bandwagon is full and you won't fit in it.

Him getting fined has nothing to do with them losing unless you're going for extra Reddit logic here.

...And those same coaches were part of Dallas' early success so there's that even though I really would have liked him to play on all maps regardless. Dallas as a whole has had a hard time keeping good streaks going but they did perform relatively well for the first two stages.

Please calm your plat, back seat coaching tits.

With Stellar.

Once he left they didn't look anywhere as good until the very end of stage 2 on top of having a relatively easy strength of schedule in the first.

It's a big change for the team so them looking bad now is to be expected. The idea here is that you're hoping that you improve over time sand that you eventually come out as a better team.

Not sure what you mean Scrub. You trying to pull a Pixel?

Why not?

That's unlikely, their last 4 aren't necessarily easy and incorporating new players hasn't been smooth for this team.

I say this as a big fan of my local team, but this stage could be the 4th (or 5th if WSH does it first) 0-7 to happen this season.

I'm hoping it's not, but I'm prepared for it and I know that they're working on making the team better in the long run. We'll get there eventually.

wait wut?

They're opinion pieces by nature and I don't think there's any value in self censoring just because. You can highlight both plays and misplays, there's no need to omit one or the other if you don't want to.

On this day, Kariv ascended as a God.

I WAS HERE LOOOOOL.

Stage 3 Week 3:
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#10-#1

oooff

Only one thing can be learned from this: LAV > GLA.

It's been proven by science.

What about the new 3-3, 3 Main Tanks and 3 Off Tanks, yall can't be unhappy with that one aimiright?

Damn, and I was so confident about that last one!

Right now I might swap TO and BOS until the former can show that they're starting to figure their new situation out, otherwise it's just small nitpicks.

Hmm, I see my 6 support prediction wasn't popular, how about 6 DPS instead?

If he has dual citizenship then they aren't getting away with it. That might make more sense if you're looking at ;let's say, Gladiators Legion's squad.

Wrong. 6 supports is where it's at.

Also, don't leave feedback, we don't want or need it.

I don't use my 4 star power often, but this is something I can wholly endorse. Pixel for President, 2020.

Or it could also be that a player was frustrated that he lost a match. That's a thing.

I WAS HERE.

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Had to stick to the script ya know.

They beat TO who had a new tank line. Even with the old tank line TO were middling at best (and beat Paris 4-0).

So I don't think that's an indicator of Paris being good, but this match might help determine if they're at least average or slightly below.

The musical chairs strat working it's magic for Seoul.

They could really get shit done if they figure out how to keep this up against the other 16 teams.

I'm just waiting on a Mangachu announcement so TO can have his as a mascot. Jokes aside, would LOVE to see Gods get some play time, but I guess we'll see.

And either move the team to EU or go around the region locking. Jokes aside, this should be interesting.

Edit: The joke was in reference to Gladiators Legion's roster for those that didn't get it.

Like Scrub said, they've addressed it. We can't sit here and say they've fully ignored the issue, they've just done an abysmal job of significantly moving the needle on how dominant the comp and it's variations are. GOATS might just be the comp that break the camel's back on Blizz refusing to make drastic changes to the game. They want to nerf the comp itself without making individual heroes forfeit outside of it...and without deleting Brig.

You bet! Amazing how they managed to lose Havana when I thought it was no longer possible for them to do so.

He's a troll, nothing to see here tbh.

Shrug.

The only way I can respond to your comment is to shrug.

My point is that you can't throw wild claims out there then get upset that people don't agree with you or call you out for bull shitting, and that goes for both sides of the argument.

I've never claimed to know everything and I say, pretty often enough imo, that I do not know. Now, if that's reason for you to direct personal attacks my way then so be it, but I'll say it again, ignorance isn't a valid excuse.

Ah yes, the fabled Reddit approach. Ignorance isn't a license to spread outright misinformation because one thinks their opinion is worth more than another.

I somewhat understand the general sentiment but then again I also fail to understand your point with some of the specific things you mention.

• Viewership numbers are something I can't speak to, because I don't know what the league considers "a disappointment"

• I'm not sure I understand your issue with the world cup, you sound like you just dislike this type of event in Esports in general, so complaining about it specifically in regards to OWL doesn't make sense if that's the case. As for the glory of winning...well that's pretty subjective, and I think it brings the game to audiences that OWL may not have.

• I agree that Contenders is in a bad place right now. Blizz needs to take action, which tbh I think could be as "simple" as either massively relaxing or removing the sponsorship restriction so that teams can at least get a chance to sustain themselves or maybe even profit if the opportunity is there.

I don't know man, most of this thread in general is just people overreacting and spitting meaningless "facts" either way.

Ignoring most of the garbage being said on either side for a moment, this video talks a bit about him leaving and the impact (or the lack there of) it'll have on the league given what his role seemed to be:

Panda Stats with Defiant Analyst Barroi - Tactical Crouch Podcast Ep. 35

Gonna have to give you an upfrag for that one.

Lots of team that i'm not confident in placing so a good chunk of them I had to go with my biases and gut feelings. Looking forward to seeing how things might change if the meta evolves past being GOATS dominant.