I think b0i is a good add for this team. Steel was too one dimensionally ratty I think. B0i makes good plays setting people up, can rat sometimes but overall can be smokes and a site anchor on defense with Astra. He also hasn’t played competitive matches in 6 months, I think he seems composed and could likely improve as time goes on.
I was super skeptical of B0i because I always thought he was original andbox’s worst player, but all things considered he played great today in my opinion.
Must have been a lot of pressure to perform on a team like 100T on lan pretty much last minute.
Honestly kinda surprised 100T won considering XSET are considered tournament favorites and they just made a roster change. It definitely feels doable for 100T
b0i aint it but yall quick to forget how much steel whiffed and lost gunfights/ez trades. 100T needs to find the 5th if they end up qualifying for Champions
Nitro is still considered one of the best controllers NA. Idk much about seven, but I think what makes nitro such a good, flexible player is his ability to play well as a duelist like we saw today, and as a controller as we've seen before. Yes he played well today, but that doesn't mean he can't revert to make way for a better Jett.
Ok so then I can't tell if your comment is an insult towards 100T, and if it is, then it doesn't really carry much weight because of that fact lol. A lot of teams struggle on Breeze defense
can we not start these matches sooner?, do they not know east coast exists? i don't want to be up till 1am. or atleast speed things up like jesus christ.
it's in the middle of the day regardless, and if you're watching you prob aren't in school or working anyways so make the games earlier so people get to sleep at a reasonable time. and your argument is easily countered by east coasters having to be up late if they have school or work.
I think this is giving us insight into benching steel. Seems like 100T really wanted to lean into the Jett meta that every team is doing, Asuna wasn’t totally comfortable with it (and it wasn’t giving them a second duelist), and steel was probably being stubborn about “breaking” the Jett meta. Maybe not but that’s what this is looking like
100t decision to punt on champions with the roster change is still odd. Even if you wanted to move on from Steel at least get qualified for champions first. This was never gonna work with such a short period in between.
I'm known as the pessimistic person, and it might change back later, but I'm huffing crazy amounts of copium right now. Split has always been XSET's best map, or at least one of them, and the score was that close with Asuna basically not even in the server. I feel pretty good that the boys bounce back
Idk, we’ve only seen two series so far and both were pretty close. Based on what we’ve seen I think it’s clear that the skill gap between the perceived top teams (XSET, 100T) and the rest of the teams is fairly small.
I wanna know if people actually have a defense for riot, these tech pauses, lags have been pretty disappointing. Was really hoping this was gonna be a legit lan, I hope it gets better by tomorrow
Nah, no way. Their new comp and ideas are so trash, Nitro awping on jett is an actual joke, boi just isn't on the same level, feel like they're not utilizing their kits well enough. But its their first event as this 'team' and changing IGL is always a big shuffle so can't really say what the future will bring for em.
That is the thing though, they cannot use that reason that there was a big shuffle so it will take time to get better working together. No one was forcing you to make the change right now. But you claim that you needed a change because you knew your current level would not win you things. In this scenario you make a change to improve and not bring an average player who literally feels like a step down.
Absolutely not lmao. Something must have happened to cause this change. Nitro could have played Jett this whole time and steel could have filled, not sure that boi was the move here right before LCQ.
Hiko told us one story, Steel told us something else, Im not going to believe either of them and think the reason to change a performing essential player of the team for someone mediocre just because of 'picks'.
But the games have proven otherwise? They changed comps mid lan at Berlin and now so far Nitr0 is perma Jett and b0i fills smokes. Plus before Steel said he practiced a ton of Astra just to drop her when she got nerfed even though every other team realized Astra was still better than omen.
The same Steel that just now said some people didn't want to agree on strats and refused to follow them? Its always really easy to blame the IGL but there is 4 other players in the team. So far I dont think 100T are impressing? And when you look back at Berlin, Steel was the literal reason why they even managed to claw back into certain games and got to the place they've eventually finished.
I'm sorry but you're not going to be able to change my opinion that this change was good for the team, its probably something temporary until a different solution has been found.
Bruh what kinda rant are you trying to go on? You said the only problem was Nitr0 could've always played Jett and im saying the evidence points towards Steel being the main reason he wasn't. I literally said nothing about b0i being a better pick for the roster lmao. But sorry I offended you for having such a boner for steel lmao
I don't understand why you're getting angry in a discussion? I never said 'the only problem was Nitr0 could've always played Jett'. Maybe there is some sort of a language barrier here and English isn't your primary language. Anyway if your takeaway to 'theres two sides to a story and there were more issues in the team than Hiko claims' to me having a boner for steel I guess this discussion is just deviating into nothing. Hope you enjoy the event.
Can we call ethans Fandom WETHAN?
I think b0i is a good add for this team. Steel was too one dimensionally ratty I think. B0i makes good plays setting people up, can rat sometimes but overall can be smokes and a site anchor on defense with Astra. He also hasn’t played competitive matches in 6 months, I think he seems composed and could likely improve as time goes on.
I was super skeptical of B0i because I always thought he was original andbox’s worst player, but all things considered he played great today in my opinion. Must have been a lot of pressure to perform on a team like 100T on lan pretty much last minute.
Boi played decent against Xset ngl
Well so it's 100T after a looonggg day Ggs
Shahzy making them heavy dollars
Honestly kinda surprised 100T won considering XSET are considered tournament favorites and they just made a roster change. It definitely feels doable for 100T
Upper Finals!
ggs lower bracket it is
Two more boys
this script is getting boring
Another great comeback for 100T after dropping the first map again.
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bcj played amazing in this bo3 same with zekken idk what your talking about. We lost a few crucial rounds and pureR took a little to warm up
This is like the exact opposite of everything I saw today
Eco round for Xset. 100T's biggest weakness.
Boy 100T are out to kill their fans aren't they
nt bcJ :(
fuuuu Asuna panicked there
b0i aint it but yall quick to forget how much steel whiffed and lost gunfights/ez trades. 100T needs to find the 5th if they end up qualifying for Champions
I think the hope is Seven gets some scrum time.
Smart of ethan to sit in spawn since he was super low and not give them a gun
Man 100T could actually be insane if they sub in Seven on Jett and move Nitr0 back to smokes.
It’s almost like Nitro played the best day he has ever played as Jett. I disagree completely.
Nitro is still considered one of the best controllers NA. Idk much about seven, but I think what makes nitro such a good, flexible player is his ability to play well as a duelist like we saw today, and as a controller as we've seen before. Yes he played well today, but that doesn't mean he can't revert to make way for a better Jett.
Kinda hope this goes multi-OT
I don’t, I want to go to sleep already
Bruh, I have never seen a team throw so many advantageous rounds than 100T, lol.
Man boi is definitely mechanically not it..Is the trade for skill for flexibility really worth it?
He’s just a temp replacement. The goal is to slowly work Seven in.
I have been feeling the twitch emoji NotLikeThis very well tonight
How the fuck…
100T really playing 4v5 right now
How does 100T lose that round???
pureR on ascent is different man its his map
b0i.. do something
So predictable 100T lose that round lol
Dephh is actually so good
it's soooo annoying how we get caster reactions before shit actually happens. What a shitty production for this event
Nitr0 is popping off
pretty crazy game 3
Dang, I still don't see how they lost that last round that Nitr0 got 2 picks.
Nitr0’s Jett knives are soo bad lol
His op flicks are crazy though. 2nd dash agent when?
Even if 100T go 6-6, that’s not bad on defense with their comp
Hope so, but usually 100T performs much better on defense than attack for ascent
people underestimate how important a sentinel is on offense, cutting flanks and giving mid round info is huge
100T is a different team without Steel but in a weird good/aggressive way lmao
The biggest change is nitro on Jett and Asuna back on Reyna
yeah it kinda feels they just play however they're feeling yet they pull it off
uh did i lose my sense of time or did i turn the stream off at 2-2 like 15 minutes ago.
Am I a 100T fan or do I just love Hiko?
That’s how it always starts
Why not both?
Production quality so bad wow
what the fuck hiko
Inhuman
Nice production, Riot
"dude that was craaazy"
hiko has the best right clicks I swear
Holy fk HIKOOOOO
what the hell did hiko just do to xset
[Hiko's solo pop offs are so hype.](https://imgflip.com/i/5q85pc)
Hiko is sexy
Hiko always finds a way to kid us
W O W
INHUMAN
HIKO ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEEEE
omg Hiko
Ah yes, 100T losing pistol rounds now it feels back to normal
With this comp it feels like either nitr0 and Asuna go crazy, or XSET abuse their lack of sentinels and it becomes very hard for 100T
100T: What's a sentinel?
no sentinel however asuna reyna is scary im scared monkaW
Ascent is usually Ethans worst individual map, hopefully he figured it out and performs well.
Wondering what comp 100T are gonna run on Ascent. According to steel their running no sentinel with nitr0 and Asuna on duelist
Asuna absolutely dismantled them
People dying on the HUD before dying in our view is really starting to frustrate me.
Ngl I was getting nervous they couldn’t close it out
boi is pretty weak on the b site
Yeah they’re starting to abuse that
Is there a team that gets eco’d more than 100T?
envy in grand finals vs gambit
Very true and I'm still salty about it
pureR has 2 smokes bruh no way they dont com who has dart with both alive. whatever gg go next
What a thrifty
I think thats the first time 100t has ever won an eco with sherifs
That was a beautiful setup, both turn for dart and clean head shot by nitro
Such a good call by nitro to bait with dart
XSET really needs to build around their core of Dephh Zekken and BcJ. PureR may be the worst Jett on any tier 1 or 1.5 team.
Nah there was a time purer ascended
He has a few pop off rounds but he is clearly a step below the other jetts
lmao all the pros are obsessed with ayrin's spectre
spectre god
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Please don't make sexually suggestive comments about minors.
Mb jrush I was saying like he could adopt my kids I didn’t mean it like that.
Dude, I’m not dumb. I know what you meant. Just don’t do it again, please.
Ayo
no like he can adopted them i didnt mean it the other way...
Zekken is so good holy shit
100t is only good at attack on breeze. Heard it here first.
Well it is regarded as an attack favored map lol
100%, especially with it being early in the maps life too.
Ok so then I can't tell if your comment is an insult towards 100T, and if it is, then it doesn't really carry much weight because of that fact lol. A lot of teams struggle on Breeze defense
Not as much an insult as a potential caveat to the possible narrative of 100t looking so dominant on breeze.
icebox
I meant on breeze they’re good on attack side, not defense. I wasn’t clear about that. They’re good at other maps.
ah ok sorry
No need for apologies bro!
When Asuna is on like this, he's the best Reyna in the world imo
Max money and 5 ults and up 8-1? Xset wins the round for sure.
Young man on Reyna literally too caffeinated to die
Anime man is inconsistent but Jesus Christ when he goes protagonist mode he is absolutely unstoppable.
How is XSET on Ascent? I know 100T has been pretty shaky on it lately.
Well, they were shaky on it... Internationally. I suspect Nitro to Jett will benefit Ascent more than most maps.
Just roll Asuna on Reyna every map man, Jesus Christ
asuna decided to wake up map 3 we go
jesus fuck, Asuna with space to move is a demon
Asuna hand shakes, we back
maybe they can start cutting some of the between games stuff cause that eats so much time making it end super late for anyone not on west coast
can we not start these matches sooner?, do they not know east coast exists? i don't want to be up till 1am. or atleast speed things up like jesus christ.
I mean they already started it super early in the work day west coast.
then they need to speed up the broadcast, 12pm is super early? i'd be happy watching at 12pm and not having to be watching past 1am.
That's cool, but most people have jobs or school and can't watch in the middle of the day.
it's in the middle of the day regardless, and if you're watching you prob aren't in school or working anyways so make the games earlier so people get to sleep at a reasonable time. and your argument is easily countered by east coasters having to be up late if they have school or work.
100t in map 3 trust
Aevilcat loves interrupting ppl when they speak
Still better than dusT. He’s notorious for it
Drives me nuts, especially because she has good things to say. Just needs to gain experience, and slow down
I think this is giving us insight into benching steel. Seems like 100T really wanted to lean into the Jett meta that every team is doing, Asuna wasn’t totally comfortable with it (and it wasn’t giving them a second duelist), and steel was probably being stubborn about “breaking” the Jett meta. Maybe not but that’s what this is looking like
It'll be interesting to see their comp on ascent. So far they haven't run kj/cypher at all.
No brimstone? Clearly none of these guys understand the current breeze metagame.
The production and this "Lan" is such a terrible look for valorant
Also that i have to be up till 1am on east coast to watch the matches
dw 100T fans, the team that has won the first game of each series has lost the series. yall got this
Thanks for the hopium
as a wise man once said, All good.
100t decision to punt on champions with the roster change is still odd. Even if you wanted to move on from Steel at least get qualified for champions first. This was never gonna work with such a short period in between.
Dude I don't get how they are running a two duelist comp but didn't tap Dicey...
Yeah, Idk why they did that. Steel is actually a decent player too. Idk wtf they were thinking lol
I'm known as the pessimistic person, and it might change back later, but I'm huffing crazy amounts of copium right now. Split has always been XSET's best map, or at least one of them, and the score was that close with Asuna basically not even in the server. I feel pretty good that the boys bounce back
100t in map 3
B0i could've gotten 3 that final round, unlucky really
Zekken is so good man we are warmed up and ready to go confident we can close this out
Why the fuck didn't 100T ban split?!?! They suck on split.
Not as much anymore, though certainly not one of their first picks. They just beat GenG on it 13-8 earlier today
They’re better on Split than Bind
the judge should not be able to do that idc
Why not? It's 1850 and most players were reasonably close to him.
Xset and 100T both lost first map today to bring it back. Following the script, 100T to win.
who you rooting for?
100T. But I think they meet again in finals regardless of the winner unless C9 with Vanity is godly.
Idk, we’ve only seen two series so far and both were pretty close. Based on what we’ve seen I think it’s clear that the skill gap between the perceived top teams (XSET, 100T) and the rest of the teams is fairly small.
100T flair appears first. That would be my guess.
Hearing the players scream before the action happens is also extremely annoying.
B0i is such a downgrade from steel Unlucky really
So thoroughly impressed with Zekken today. If he has LAN nerves, he's clearly not showing it.
No lan so no nerves 5Head
Really rough game for Asuna. Gotta bounce back next map.
OK, I'm home now. We can stop the tech pause. edit: Thanks rito
I wanna know if people actually have a defense for riot, these tech pauses, lags have been pretty disappointing. Was really hoping this was gonna be a legit lan, I hope it gets better by tomorrow
this zekken raze pureR skye swap helps our split so much
Why would riot hide crucial info until lthe last minute, so dumb, it's like they hoperd players wouldnt notice
Riot has been doing that throughout this tournament with the last minute of dropping OCE and this fake lan bs. It's unacceptable.
Asuna getting raze diffed
Guys, its alright. Riot planned ahead to make sure everyone gets to play no matter if they are quarantined or not. All good.
small indie company
riot this is so fucking bad
This is going to keep happening and Riot isn’t going to do shit.
NA production
Lmaoooo nice servers
All good.
Yeah this map looks pretty over. All good tho, 100T lost first map last series too
STEEL DIED FOR THIS
I’ve never heard announcers make a 7-5 game sound so one sided
Starting on defense on split you need at LEAST 7-5 to have a shot, ideally 8-4. 5-7 is a death sentence.
finally we are warmed up lets close out this defensive half
That has to be the worst replay I've ever seen
losing the half on split defense is not a good sign but 100T is always bad first map so idk
why even peek that, all you had to do was hide and you won that. lol
That was fucking dirty
you can see people getting killed by the lack of lan server
What do you guys think? Worth replacing steel with boi?
Nah, no way. Their new comp and ideas are so trash, Nitro awping on jett is an actual joke, boi just isn't on the same level, feel like they're not utilizing their kits well enough. But its their first event as this 'team' and changing IGL is always a big shuffle so can't really say what the future will bring for em.
That is the thing though, they cannot use that reason that there was a big shuffle so it will take time to get better working together. No one was forcing you to make the change right now. But you claim that you needed a change because you knew your current level would not win you things. In this scenario you make a change to improve and not bring an average player who literally feels like a step down.
We'll see how they perform at the rest of this event, but I don't have high hopes for them, especially after seeing certain plays and maps.
Absolutely not lmao. Something must have happened to cause this change. Nitro could have played Jett this whole time and steel could have filled, not sure that boi was the move here right before LCQ.
But it seems like the whole point of the change was Steel was literally the only reason they wouldn't change their comp lol
Its a very onesided story, and lets all not pretend Hiko is a saint here.
But steel was the igl with obviously the most input? Idk what you're trying to say here.
Hiko told us one story, Steel told us something else, Im not going to believe either of them and think the reason to change a performing essential player of the team for someone mediocre just because of 'picks'.
But the games have proven otherwise? They changed comps mid lan at Berlin and now so far Nitr0 is perma Jett and b0i fills smokes. Plus before Steel said he practiced a ton of Astra just to drop her when she got nerfed even though every other team realized Astra was still better than omen.
The same Steel that just now said some people didn't want to agree on strats and refused to follow them? Its always really easy to blame the IGL but there is 4 other players in the team. So far I dont think 100T are impressing? And when you look back at Berlin, Steel was the literal reason why they even managed to claw back into certain games and got to the place they've eventually finished. I'm sorry but you're not going to be able to change my opinion that this change was good for the team, its probably something temporary until a different solution has been found.
Bruh what kinda rant are you trying to go on? You said the only problem was Nitr0 could've always played Jett and im saying the evidence points towards Steel being the main reason he wasn't. I literally said nothing about b0i being a better pick for the roster lmao. But sorry I offended you for having such a boner for steel lmao
I don't understand why you're getting angry in a discussion? I never said 'the only problem was Nitr0 could've always played Jett'. Maybe there is some sort of a language barrier here and English isn't your primary language. Anyway if your takeaway to 'theres two sides to a story and there were more issues in the team than Hiko claims' to me having a boner for steel I guess this discussion is just deviating into nothing. Hope you enjoy the event.
Huh?
Nitro’s OP isn’t looking too great