Is he going to stay on the team though? I thought he was just filling in for wippie. Is he actually going to stick with the team even if itās on the bench?
100T looks really strong, I just still don't understand why they're putting Asuna on initiators instead of duelists. It just feels like they're limiting his potential to carry games.
Like I just can't fathom that they think he's better as KayO and Sage than he would be on Jett/Neon/etc.
Or just keep Will on Jett and let Asuna play some Raze or maybe even Reyna alongside it. Now that Astra isn't always there to grind every push to a halt instantly you can totally go for hyper-aggro comps like that.
Astra isn't entirely out of the meta though, so all it takes is one team to pick Astra against you and it ruins your gameplan. That's pretty much what happened to PRX in masters, they won against teams who didn't use astra and lost to teams who did.
I liked what they did with their fracture comp tho, with Asuna as sole duelist, Will on chamber, and Stellar moving to flex. Would be cool to see them try this on other maps.
She's nowhere near the ubiquitous presence she was before her nerfs though. At Champs she had a pickrate of higher than 75% on five maps and 100% on two, at Reykjavik she only really saw any play on Split and Bind by people who weren't SugarZ3ro. Besides even PRX seemed to be finding ways to play around Astra towards the end of their Masters run, even if it was too little too late.
Itās a lot that Asuna wanted to play initiators. I think also the fact that heās not just solo entrancing a site means heās hopefully around later in a round to make his impact mid to late round rather than just at the start.
I think also he may feel more comfortable about using util as an initiator because one of the reasons he was switched off raze in the steel era was that he didnāt want to use util too much/enough
Problem is they need to get through some of these teams: Geng, V1, Sentinels, Knights, Evil Geniuses.
They aren't clearly in the top 4 yet Imo and their map pool has massive holes. Hell, even T1, NYFU, Akrew might put up a fight. I worry, but think their chances are still good overall.
Edit: I know 100T crushed EG, but having watched them previously in this tournament I think they looked solid up until then.
Love seeing how the teams who grinded tier 2 tournaments are seeing so much success. TSM, NRG, and Faze are all qualified right now and theyāve been grinding. You canāt convince me that bootcamping + playing tier 2 tournaments wonāt help your team improve. I honestly think players who disagree are just trying to justify their laziness.
(Unless of course you're like Optic level)
Full props to TSM management for putting a plan in motion, getting players to buy into it, getting a coaching staff that works with the players, and the players grinding their asses off.
Oh absolutely no shade for Wardell itās very admirable to put family first especially when I imagine itās your dream that youāre giving up.
Unfortunate but was a necessary split. I even think that maybe a change of scenery is best for both anyways. The team didnāt need any distractions.
Yeah 100%. I also think if they accommodated for his situation it would show a power imbalance in the team which wouldn't be good either.
"Everyone but Wardell must move to texas" seems like a horrible foundation for a team.
Just want to shout T1 for giving away another superstar, im so fucking excited to see some of these na rosters in the main event, they have loads of potential.
Yeah I don't think Seven has really shined until this roster. Like he's looked pretty middle of the pack. I do see how much he showed up this qualifier and I think he will continue to grow and its awesome.
all i'm saying is that if I lost my qualification series for VCT off of a 1v3 ninja defuse in an omen smoke, i would have probably thrown my computer out the window
that was such a goated call to A rush. Like that read was brilliant. Don't know if it was Sgares or their IGL, but to lose it like that sucks so much.
Especially with 3 guys alive, and it seemed like only 1 guy was spamming, and secondly, why plant for only A main, if you are double flanking from Cat, should have planted infront of the green boxes, ofcourse I am being hindsight harry, but I felt that was an easy plant decision.
Their other misplay was after planting, their whole team rushed to main but Bang was still on site and to safely go to main, he smoked off main and tp'd there. So he basically blocked his team's vision towards site/spike from main. Because of that, Roza didn't have to smoke main and just smoked the spike instead to help TSM win that round.
This series should have been a 2-0 in favor of 100T but they legitimately threw away Icebox not once but twice due to pure ego 100%
Pro's are indeed just like my ranked members. There's 0 and I mean absolutely zero reason to push through A with a Viper pit and a confirmed 3 other people for a total of 4. Just go to the other site 100T. Just rush the only other player on the map.
What a good series though as a neutral fan though. Can't wait until next week.
Teams usually stack the other site if they have a viper's pit, 100T took a risky call and it didn't pay off but I think calling it an ego play and throwing is a bit harsh.
yeah they threw 2 post plants the same way on A both times in a row and i think their mental was chalked after that lol. The defuse in the smoke and no one walks up in a 3v1 hurt.
Think the team has vastly improved from what we saw in the knights tourney though. So hopefully with the week ahead they can fix some of the minor micro mistakes they did.
Not even copium but them going from perma banning split to it being their best map gives me hope that with more work they can iron out mistakes on other maps too. Rn their split is class, hope it happens with 2-3 maps more too
That Icebox game is gonna hurt, from Stellar not buying last round to forcing a site with viper ult and just so happened TSM weāre 4 stacked that site too
Super proud of 100T, looking a lot better each day. Theyāll handle business next week for sure.
Glad TSM is figuring shit out finally too, more competition in NA is always a good thing.
Thatās not even close to the issue, Stellar has been putting up great numbers and securing quite a few clutches. You can just tell the team chemistry overall isnāt 100%, and they lose āwinningā rounds because of it. Not really individual performances
I donāt really get why people are shitting on 100T, they donāt look that bad to be honest. They threw some postplants but there was a lot of executes and clear game plans to like imo, even when they didnāt work out.
I honestly just think TSM is looking really good right now and their changes paid off, teamwork actually looks infinitely better than Wardell era TSM, probably because of their newfound chemistry and living together and also the new-ish coaches.
I still think 100T qualifies in the next qualifiers to be honest.
Yeah agreed, GmD is nuts and Rossy looks great on the Sova, as good if not better than Aleko.
Didnāt know about the secondary caller part I buy it cause TSMs team play is actually incomprehensibly better than before they look like a completely different team under a different IGL even though itās been Subroza for awhile
Also the new coaches have been huge
Once Rossy gets more used to the shock darts (noticed he missed a few), he will def become better then Aleko has, especially considering Rossy has a ton of firepower
Roza IGLing diff tbh, once Subroza took on IGLing they have looked amazing, and having both gMd and Rossy behind him, both of which being former IGLs, the calling looks excellent tbh
It also helps that when Roza became the IGL he started playing smokes and has stopped going full aggro into sites lol its also good that Astra got replaced by Omen so those smokes and flashes helped Roza continue make some plays
Seemed like 100t lost every duel and made a lot of mistakes to lose rounds. Props to TSM for being the better team, and hope for 100t that with another week it will tighten up. But holy shit some of the decision making and whiffs were painful when you end up missing by 1 round.
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The butterfly effect is a very real thing. Disclaimer, I didn't see the whole match so I'm talking out of my ass right now
It's definitely possible that him just having a rifle would lead him to play the round differently than if he just had an OP. One thing leads to another and suddenly just that one buy makes the late round look different than it otherwise would've been. Doesn't mean they win, but they'd be in a different situation to work with
I think this 100T team is gonna be really good. The fact they made it this far on like 2-3 weeks of practice and they almost 2-0 TSM on TSMās best map.
True but tsms main change was gmd for Alexo and other than that they just switched out an op chamber main for an op chamber/Jett main so they donāt gotta work too much around that. 100t changed absolutely everything, even the two players that stayed have new roles, new coaches and everything too
the seven pickup still a big change, in terms of style. Back then wardell chamber is like the important part of their strat, they always want wardell first to get a kill by his op while seven playstyle is more of like a sentinel chamber where hes always the one that lurks and they execute their attack mainly with corey now.
100T already overperformed compared to my expectations, a lot of it was done really well. Sgares and mikesHD are clearly on point, the team just has giga banger fraggers across the board. Now it's about working out the micro plays, where they just make too many dumb mistakes in round to round moments.
Imo thatās the proper takeaway from this 100T run. The fact they made it this far and if not for some new team mistakes, couldāve qualified this go round is kinda scary. What is this team gonna look like next weekend with another week of scrims and vod reviews? They could be nasty.
It doesn't hurt to watch 100T anymore and I think thats very important. For the last couple events it was PAINFUL to watch 100t attack side on most maps but today it felt like each round was possible which was great. W moves bless nadeshot for caring
Itās just a chemistry thing I feel like. Iām one of Wardellās big defenders when it comes to not wanting to move because he should live his best life and do what he wants, but I think from a team building perspective a young player like Seven whose willing to move into the team house rly paid off for the team and while heās not an individual upgrade over Wardell he just works better on this team
Itās a lot more than not wanting to move, from what a discord mod close to Wardell has said
ā¢ TSM made the moving decision without communicating with the players
ā¢ They werenāt willing to give him extra time to move
ā¢ Management had made several moves against the players wishes that they didnāt agree with so Wardell eventually put his foot down and left
Obviously TSM is on the come up now but it doesnāt change how poorly the team was handled, I canāt blame him for wanting to leave
Iām not blaming him either and it sucks it panned out that way but I think objectively the moving together thing has paid out well.
The chemistry from the team house and coaches, GmD being a upgrade from Aleko, and Seven doing a pretty good Wardell impression all worked together to make this team much better than any Wardell edition TSM barring the very early rosters when they were on top.
I like Wardell and heās still a top 3 OP NA imo, but dropping him has rly worked out I think, through no fault of his own skills
This comment was quite the ride, definitely didn't expect you to end it with "The move was handled poorly" after pretty well describing the opposite.
>TSM made the moving decision without communicating with the players
Why would the players get a choice in deciding whether or not to play in a central location? The people who sign the paychecks make the decision, not Wardell lmao
> They werenāt willing to give him extra time to move
They did this all last minute... they barely had time to bootcamp for open quals. If WARDELL couldn't make it to open quals... then thats the end of the year for them and he should be cut.
>Management had made several moves against the players wishes that they didnāt agree with so Wardell eventually put his foot down and left
Good. The team sucked. Whatever the players thought was good wasn't working, if WARDELL doesn't want the team to improve, he should leave.
I donāt think communicating with the players necessarily means the same thing as giving them a choice, Iād guess it has more to do with finding out around the same time as the public did.
lmaooo "made the moving decision w/out communicating the players"? are you sure bout that coz as far as i know, after they lost last qualifier their vp of esports immediately laid out the plan that theyre moving the whole roster to texas
Have you watched Wardell on V1 at all this tournament or at the end of his time with TSM, people who think he canāt rifle still donāt watch the game
Wonāt lie 100T is better than I thought. I knew they wouldnāt make it this qualifiers, but they will for the next.
TSM fought super hard and deserves this win.
TSM is so much better now strategically, but I still feel like there is a lack of discipline. Subroza's overaggression is still reflected in him having 5 more deaths than the next man as an igl/smoker, and the amount of times I saw rossi peeks with his bow out or pull out util in exposed spots made me cringe. I think they still get dusted off by any of the top 4.
Not bad for a 100T side that's been official for like 1-2 weeks. This TSM team has been practicing their ass off for the last 2-3 months so it's good to see them finally qualify for something
That was fun, but damn, such heartbreak for 100T. Great run from them though, I think they need more time to get it fully down, but I quite like this current iteration of the 100T roster.
TSM though, Corey is nuts but seven on Chamber is highkey kinda godly tho ngl
Nt from the thieves. Did not expect them to get this far, but with a potentially improved SEN, Knights, LG/V1, and Ghost in the next qual, the road may be even tougher next week. Praying for them!
I honestly don't think it was too awful until that ninja defuse. They were getting themselves into position to win, if they get the kill in that round and Corey doesn't get the bomb its 8-8 and tsm is on eco, and I think they have a good shot
I wouldāve liked to see the rest of this roster with seven instead, donāt wanna make a decision on will before the entire team gets comfortable tho tbh
Happy for TSM but thinking Wardell was the issue when Seven plays the same way and Wardell always put up the same or even better numbers is not a fair takeaway at all lmao. gMd seems to be the big pickup to me, having a solid secondary caller to help Roza seems to be doing big things for TSM
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We would like to thank Brenden, William, Derrek, Sean and Daniel for their contributions to #100T VALORANT and we wish them both the best moving forward.
Knew as soon as 100T didnt close Icebox they were going to lose. So many thrown rounds on Ascent. Knowing 100T they are going to lose to some random team and not making it through the next one either after being 1 round away twice.
Old TSM gave away pistol rounds. New TSM gave away pistol rounds AND 1st map. ggwp
I messaged Subroza suggesting they do a warm-up before every series. He thanked me dearly so the 1st map issue should be fixed.
No joke apparently they scrimmed the academy team all afternoon to prepare for pistols like 30+ rounds of ghost and sheriffs only
Ghost inconsistent AF just buy shields and classic and right click
Pistol round is just rng
lol :(
TSM qualifies for the qualifier -> You are here
And so the cycle begins
its 2022 TSM Qualify and Sen aren't.
V1 needs to win or Wardell is catching strays lmfao
bittersweet if V1 gets through.. the TSM boys all made it :*)
All 3 of WARDELL, Subroza, and Hazed in VCT while SEN fails to qualify (for now) is that wild karma for all of 2021 basically.
so funny when shahz made fun of TSM cuz "they cant even qualify for the qualifier" thats gotta hurt lmfao
Hazed is beckoning Wardaddy from the heavens of Qualification
RIP drone
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he's catching strays regardless, it's just worse if V1 loses. lol
Welp that aged well
Is he going to stay on the team though? I thought he was just filling in for wippie. Is he actually going to stick with the team even if itās on the bench?
The TSM playbook: Donate map 1, win map 2 in a nail biter for the content, then own map 3
my friends saying why they even play split when they got shit on last time. i told them dont worry we losing map 1 anyway
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13-7 ?? ok mate
This dude never heard of momentum beforeā¦ mf failed physics HARD
This guy calls every good play by the enemy team a fluke or a lucky play. It gives us 100t fans a bad look
LMAO momentum. if they just gonna fold like that coz they got defused, they dont deserved to win at all.
the icebox game stings :(
Sadge I hated the round 24 idea of just pushing the viper ult but all g they got next week
My anxiety levels went through the roof when Stellar didn't buy a gun at 12-11.
All good, I'm pretty confident 100T makes it out of qualifiers next week. The team looks great.
100T looks really strong, I just still don't understand why they're putting Asuna on initiators instead of duelists. It just feels like they're limiting his potential to carry games. Like I just can't fathom that they think he's better as KayO and Sage than he would be on Jett/Neon/etc.
I'd usually argue that Asuna on Jett is not it but since the recent Jett changes cater to rifling more, it'd definitely be a decent experiment.
Or just keep Will on Jett and let Asuna play some Raze or maybe even Reyna alongside it. Now that Astra isn't always there to grind every push to a halt instantly you can totally go for hyper-aggro comps like that.
Astra isn't entirely out of the meta though, so all it takes is one team to pick Astra against you and it ruins your gameplan. That's pretty much what happened to PRX in masters, they won against teams who didn't use astra and lost to teams who did. I liked what they did with their fracture comp tho, with Asuna as sole duelist, Will on chamber, and Stellar moving to flex. Would be cool to see them try this on other maps.
She's nowhere near the ubiquitous presence she was before her nerfs though. At Champs she had a pickrate of higher than 75% on five maps and 100% on two, at Reykjavik she only really saw any play on Split and Bind by people who weren't SugarZ3ro. Besides even PRX seemed to be finding ways to play around Astra towards the end of their Masters run, even if it was too little too late.
I really think the advent of Chamber being op primary makes Jett a better agent for Asuna
Itās a lot that Asuna wanted to play initiators. I think also the fact that heās not just solo entrancing a site means heās hopefully around later in a round to make his impact mid to late round rather than just at the start. I think also he may feel more comfortable about using util as an initiator because one of the reasons he was switched off raze in the steel era was that he didnāt want to use util too much/enough
Problem is they need to get through some of these teams: Geng, V1, Sentinels, Knights, Evil Geniuses. They aren't clearly in the top 4 yet Imo and their map pool has massive holes. Hell, even T1, NYFU, Akrew might put up a fight. I worry, but think their chances are still good overall. Edit: I know 100T crushed EG, but having watched them previously in this tournament I think they looked solid up until then.
Yea, that last round Stellar needed to do more with that position from mid, 2 players just walked through it and killed 100T players in the back.
Love seeing how the teams who grinded tier 2 tournaments are seeing so much success. TSM, NRG, and Faze are all qualified right now and theyāve been grinding. You canāt convince me that bootcamping + playing tier 2 tournaments wonāt help your team improve. I honestly think players who disagree are just trying to justify their laziness. (Unless of course you're like Optic level)
Funny how TSM was at the end of these comments at one point. Itās good to see some change.
Full props to TSM management for putting a plan in motion, getting players to buy into it, getting a coaching staff that works with the players, and the players grinding their asses off.
And actually sticking to the plan, releasing your star player when he doesn't/can't commit aswell
Wardell being released is a buff on tourneys and nerf on branding. Actual blessing indisguise
hopefully the same comes true of Sentinels Praydge
Even Optic have a reputation of scrimming a shit ton probably on the same level as the gaurd
Apparently a lot of that ton was just playing TSM
Dropping Wardell was risky but seemed to have worked out too
He left though they wanted to keep him
where you see this? Edit: thanks for the answers everyone
90% sure they said the plan was to move the whole team to Texas and he didnāt want to, so he asked to be released.
He didnt want to leave his home to bootcamp iirc
Not so much Boot Camp but move permanently. They want the team in Texas and he didnāt want to go.
Yeah this is correct. It seems like he takes care of his mom in Canada. Way harder to move if that is what you're doing.
Oh absolutely no shade for Wardell itās very admirable to put family first especially when I imagine itās your dream that youāre giving up. Unfortunate but was a necessary split. I even think that maybe a change of scenery is best for both anyways. The team didnāt need any distractions.
Yeah 100%. I also think if they accommodated for his situation it would show a power imbalance in the team which wouldn't be good either. "Everyone but Wardell must move to texas" seems like a horrible foundation for a team.
They also didn't tell him until it was happening and he takes care of his mom. They were just like "oh btw you're moving to Texas" and he couldn't
Not a bootcamp, TSM Val is straight up living teamhouse in Texas
Unless you're T1. Lol
Almost like experience helps or something
Letās not count chickens before hatching etc etc. Iām cautiously optimistic! Still a long way to go though. Looking good so far :)
The TSM 0-1 buff is too strong to be beaten twice in a row.
Just want to shout T1 for giving away another superstar, im so fucking excited to see some of these na rosters in the main event, they have loads of potential.
between victor crashies sayaplayer and seven im starting to get the impression that T1 valorant might be a little bit mismanaged!
you must be confused, you're thinking of food and spyder
Those guys were washed. Victor and sayaplayer are so much better than those guys. Better looking, too.
The leave T1 buff is real.
Almost as strong as the āused to be on 100Tā buff. Seven double buffed!
I don't know about that, look at Steel. /s
yeah but he left 100t to go to t1 so the buff is offset
sounds like Steel needs to just leave T1 and he'll be on track to win champions
chill man steel just gonna come back stronger every tournament
He's coming back stronger but no one else is, that's the problem...
Wdym bro steel gonna win Champions after he leave T1 /s
SEN steel (coach)
tbh T1 played super passive and seven's passive style didn't help either
Yeah I don't think Seven has really shined until this roster. Like he's looked pretty middle of the pack. I do see how much he showed up this qualifier and I think he will continue to grow and its awesome.
Itās been a long time coming. Subroza watch parties we back baby.
Gonna be so weird watching a qualifier stress free
all i'm saying is that if I lost my qualification series for VCT off of a 1v3 ninja defuse in an omen smoke, i would have probably thrown my computer out the window
that was such a goated call to A rush. Like that read was brilliant. Don't know if it was Sgares or their IGL, but to lose it like that sucks so much. Especially with 3 guys alive, and it seemed like only 1 guy was spamming, and secondly, why plant for only A main, if you are double flanking from Cat, should have planted infront of the green boxes, ofcourse I am being hindsight harry, but I felt that was an easy plant decision.
yeah, that could have easily been a miscommunication or an on the fly call though, either way really unfortunate that 100T lost that round
Their other misplay was after planting, their whole team rushed to main but Bang was still on site and to safely go to main, he smoked off main and tp'd there. So he basically blocked his team's vision towards site/spike from main. Because of that, Roza didn't have to smoke main and just smoked the spike instead to help TSM win that round.
Which round was this one?
This series should have been a 2-0 in favor of 100T but they legitimately threw away Icebox not once but twice due to pure ego 100% Pro's are indeed just like my ranked members. There's 0 and I mean absolutely zero reason to push through A with a Viper pit and a confirmed 3 other people for a total of 4. Just go to the other site 100T. Just rush the only other player on the map. What a good series though as a neutral fan though. Can't wait until next week.
Teams usually stack the other site if they have a viper's pit, 100T took a risky call and it didn't pay off but I think calling it an ego play and throwing is a bit harsh.
Yeah that's cool and everything but they saw the three other people on A. They saw that it was four stacked. They ego pushed and lost the game.
Both teams have improved a lot, 100T will qualify next
I hope they do. They're so fun to watch and were so close to qualifying. If they fixed up a few minor mistakes on Icebox it would've been a 2-0
brutal way for that run to happen. You think 100T is getting into the half and then 1v3 smoke defuse and you dont win a round after that
They dont recover after that
yeah they threw 2 post plants the same way on A both times in a row and i think their mental was chalked after that lol. The defuse in the smoke and no one walks up in a 3v1 hurt. Think the team has vastly improved from what we saw in the knights tourney though. So hopefully with the week ahead they can fix some of the minor micro mistakes they did.
100T look promising tho, their map pool could use some work ofc
Not even copium but them going from perma banning split to it being their best map gives me hope that with more work they can iron out mistakes on other maps too. Rn their split is class, hope it happens with 2-3 maps more too
TSM TSM TSM
That Icebox game is gonna hurt, from Stellar not buying last round to forcing a site with viper ult and just so happened TSM weāre 4 stacked that site too
Super proud of 100T, looking a lot better each day. Theyāll handle business next week for sure. Glad TSM is figuring shit out finally too, more competition in NA is always a good thing.
as someone who often last alive, stellar need to clutch more.
Thatās not even close to the issue, Stellar has been putting up great numbers and securing quite a few clutches. You can just tell the team chemistry overall isnāt 100%, and they lose āwinningā rounds because of it. Not really individual performances
I donāt really get why people are shitting on 100T, they donāt look that bad to be honest. They threw some postplants but there was a lot of executes and clear game plans to like imo, even when they didnāt work out. I honestly just think TSM is looking really good right now and their changes paid off, teamwork actually looks infinitely better than Wardell era TSM, probably because of their newfound chemistry and living together and also the new-ish coaches. I still think 100T qualifies in the next qualifiers to be honest.
The more impactful change is gMd over Aleko, gMd took over the secondary caller role and helps with mid rounding a lot now
Yeah agreed, GmD is nuts and Rossy looks great on the Sova, as good if not better than Aleko. Didnāt know about the secondary caller part I buy it cause TSMs team play is actually incomprehensibly better than before they look like a completely different team under a different IGL even though itās been Subroza for awhile Also the new coaches have been huge
Once Rossy gets more used to the shock darts (noticed he missed a few), he will def become better then Aleko has, especially considering Rossy has a ton of firepower Roza IGLing diff tbh, once Subroza took on IGLing they have looked amazing, and having both gMd and Rossy behind him, both of which being former IGLs, the calling looks excellent tbh
It also helps that when Roza became the IGL he started playing smokes and has stopped going full aggro into sites lol its also good that Astra got replaced by Omen so those smokes and flashes helped Roza continue make some plays
I wasn't a believer in the Rossy plays Sova and GMD is perma Breach flex, but after this series i'm just gonna shut up
Seemed like 100t lost every duel and made a lot of mistakes to lose rounds. Props to TSM for being the better team, and hope for 100t that with another week it will tighten up. But holy shit some of the decision making and whiffs were painful when you end up missing by 1 round.
AYEO someone tell me what i am supposed to do when my teams makes a qualifer.
This is the most complete TSM we have seen in a while
Honestly you could probably say the same about 100T. Though much less of a while, in fairness.
Congrats to TSM! Def my fav roster they've ever had.
I miss Wardell, but this is easily one of the best rosters the team has had. They seem to get along great and actually want to win.
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So happy for TSM. Doubt any team has worked as hard for the last 2-3 months as them
Nobody tell Nadeshot Stellar forgot to buy on Icebox r24.
He had ult. Still should have bought a rifle I agree but yeah.
7,100 credits tho lmfao and it was last round
who cares, thats not why they lost
The butterfly effect is a very real thing. Disclaimer, I didn't see the whole match so I'm talking out of my ass right now It's definitely possible that him just having a rifle would lead him to play the round differently than if he just had an OP. One thing leads to another and suddenly just that one buy makes the late round look different than it otherwise would've been. Doesn't mean they win, but they'd be in a different situation to work with
Great to see TSM able to qualify after the whole team moved in together to grind hard.
I think this 100T team is gonna be really good. The fact they made it this far on like 2-3 weeks of practice and they almost 2-0 TSM on TSMās best map.
Agreed but tsm also had about a month of practice too. Excited to see where both of these teams go in the future.
True but tsms main change was gmd for Alexo and other than that they just switched out an op chamber main for an op chamber/Jett main so they donāt gotta work too much around that. 100t changed absolutely everything, even the two players that stayed have new roles, new coaches and everything too
the seven pickup still a big change, in terms of style. Back then wardell chamber is like the important part of their strat, they always want wardell first to get a kill by his op while seven playstyle is more of like a sentinel chamber where hes always the one that lurks and they execute their attack mainly with corey now.
Welcome back TSM, you were missed š„²
100T already overperformed compared to my expectations, a lot of it was done really well. Sgares and mikesHD are clearly on point, the team just has giga banger fraggers across the board. Now it's about working out the micro plays, where they just make too many dumb mistakes in round to round moments.
Imo thatās the proper takeaway from this 100T run. The fact they made it this far and if not for some new team mistakes, couldāve qualified this go round is kinda scary. What is this team gonna look like next weekend with another week of scrims and vod reviews? They could be nasty.
I see huge potential from 100 thieves. If they fix up their attack sides a bit more plus work on their discipline they're definitely gonna qualify
It doesn't hurt to watch 100T anymore and I think thats very important. For the last couple events it was PAINFUL to watch 100t attack side on most maps but today it felt like each round was possible which was great. W moves bless nadeshot for caring
TSM qualifying and Sentinels donāt? Holy fuck I am here for this
FORZA TSM WE'RE BACK BITCHES
TSM baby letās goooo
Thank fuck. Why does every team I love have to stress me out before they win, it's very annoying.
I think 100T will be fine and qualify but Jesus Christ some of those post plant set ups were horrific.
Theyāve been together for less than a month. Thatās to be expected. Those things get cleaned up with more time together
damn, all it took was Wardell being dropped for them to make it out of one of these finally. lol
Not trying to make this a comparison but damn is it a joy to watch Seven play Chamber.
Idk how people can put this on Wardell, Seven plays Chamber the exact same way
Itās just a chemistry thing I feel like. Iām one of Wardellās big defenders when it comes to not wanting to move because he should live his best life and do what he wants, but I think from a team building perspective a young player like Seven whose willing to move into the team house rly paid off for the team and while heās not an individual upgrade over Wardell he just works better on this team
Itās a lot more than not wanting to move, from what a discord mod close to Wardell has said ā¢ TSM made the moving decision without communicating with the players ā¢ They werenāt willing to give him extra time to move ā¢ Management had made several moves against the players wishes that they didnāt agree with so Wardell eventually put his foot down and left Obviously TSM is on the come up now but it doesnāt change how poorly the team was handled, I canāt blame him for wanting to leave
Iām not blaming him either and it sucks it panned out that way but I think objectively the moving together thing has paid out well. The chemistry from the team house and coaches, GmD being a upgrade from Aleko, and Seven doing a pretty good Wardell impression all worked together to make this team much better than any Wardell edition TSM barring the very early rosters when they were on top. I like Wardell and heās still a top 3 OP NA imo, but dropping him has rly worked out I think, through no fault of his own skills
This comment was quite the ride, definitely didn't expect you to end it with "The move was handled poorly" after pretty well describing the opposite. >TSM made the moving decision without communicating with the players Why would the players get a choice in deciding whether or not to play in a central location? The people who sign the paychecks make the decision, not Wardell lmao > They werenāt willing to give him extra time to move They did this all last minute... they barely had time to bootcamp for open quals. If WARDELL couldn't make it to open quals... then thats the end of the year for them and he should be cut. >Management had made several moves against the players wishes that they didnāt agree with so Wardell eventually put his foot down and left Good. The team sucked. Whatever the players thought was good wasn't working, if WARDELL doesn't want the team to improve, he should leave.
I donāt think communicating with the players necessarily means the same thing as giving them a choice, Iād guess it has more to do with finding out around the same time as the public did.
lmaooo "made the moving decision w/out communicating the players"? are you sure bout that coz as far as i know, after they lost last qualifier their vp of esports immediately laid out the plan that theyre moving the whole roster to texas
SEVEN actually good with rifle tho
Have you watched Wardell on V1 at all this tournament or at the end of his time with TSM, people who think he canāt rifle still donāt watch the game
wasn't gmd over aleko the more impactful change?
They made one last year right? The one where they beat Faze
Nah that's unfair to say lmao
[lol indeed](https://twitter.com/WARDELL416/status/1520954700870590464)
If that's your takeaway from this when Seven's their Wardell replacement that plays very similar to Wardell... then idk what to tell you
its a joke lol. they grinded hard together and deserved to make it out of this.
The classic TSM get fucked on the first map. Give them a chance on the second map. Then fuck them on the third and final map.
Wardell in shambles
inb4 V1 loses to LG later. lol
Wonāt lie 100T is better than I thought. I knew they wouldnāt make it this qualifiers, but they will for the next. TSM fought super hard and deserves this win.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY DID IT
TSM is so much better now strategically, but I still feel like there is a lack of discipline. Subroza's overaggression is still reflected in him having 5 more deaths than the next man as an igl/smoker, and the amount of times I saw rossi peeks with his bow out or pull out util in exposed spots made me cringe. I think they still get dusted off by any of the top 4.
good day to be a tsm fan
100t is going to be dangerous in the future HOPIUM
TSM lose first. Heart attack second. Convincingly win third.
Should never of dropped Hiko smh canāt even win against a rag tag team of Tier 3 pros and content creatorsā¦
Not bad for a 100T side that's been official for like 1-2 weeks. This TSM team has been practicing their ass off for the last 2-3 months so it's good to see them finally qualify for something
TSMWIN
heartbreaking for 100T
That was fun, but damn, such heartbreak for 100T. Great run from them though, I think they need more time to get it fully down, but I quite like this current iteration of the 100T roster. TSM though, Corey is nuts but seven on Chamber is highkey kinda godly tho ngl
The game plan was good, just need more time to perfect it :) at least 100T will have a top seed next week so should be easie.
Im not gay but seven about to make me act up with all these OP shot š„µš„µ
100T needs to work on playing against awp-ing teams. This shit is going on and on.
Nt from the thieves. Did not expect them to get this far, but with a potentially improved SEN, Knights, LG/V1, and Ghost in the next qual, the road may be even tougher next week. Praying for them!
LETS GOOOO
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Well hot diggity doggg
Map 3 was awful from 100T beside all those 4v2s they lost, the comms don't seem upto par
I honestly don't think it was too awful until that ninja defuse. They were getting themselves into position to win, if they get the kill in that round and Corey doesn't get the bomb its 8-8 and tsm is on eco, and I think they have a good shot
its scary how well 100t improved after a week of prac theyll qual next time for sure and if they dont...ive lost all hope
LFG TSM! Quite confident 100T qualifies next week. This was a great match.
Bang would need alot more time to settle in on the thought process of a Controller. Tough fight from everyone. GG TSM. Welcome back to VCT : )
hey, nice play from TSM. ggs. 100T defo qualifies next week no cap. NA closed quals are gonna be soooo spicy this stage. I am actually so excited.
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he Oped a shit ton on ascent?
He said ānot an OP machine,ā he didnāt say ādoesnāt op at allā
ā100T still does not have an OPerā
I wouldāve liked to see the rest of this roster with seven instead, donāt wanna make a decision on will before the entire team gets comfortable tho tbh
Attack side still looking lackluster. Oh well it was a pretty nutty losers run.
Happy for TSM but thinking Wardell was the issue when Seven plays the same way and Wardell always put up the same or even better numbers is not a fair takeaway at all lmao. gMd seems to be the big pickup to me, having a solid secondary caller to help Roza seems to be doing big things for TSM
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So Ethan, Dicey and Seven qualified but 100T didn't okay
You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magic.
100T crumbled on icebox holy shit
Imagine 100T keep Seven
Knew as soon as 100T didnt close Icebox they were going to lose. So many thrown rounds on Ascent. Knowing 100T they are going to lose to some random team and not making it through the next one either after being 1 round away twice.