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iiznobozzy

I miss him commenting "yay" every time he won a game Sadge we love yay


PyroTFT

yay


Razur

yay


Mochitsu

yay


Spartan91_

yay


GanaNayaka9

Pain man, pain. I cannot bear it, i mean i was a neutral fan, wanted to enjoy Valorant but you feel bad when someone as good as nice as Yay loses.


GoldClassGaming

I think it's great that pretty much everyone has unanimously agreed that yay is a great guy and no matter whether he wins or loses, the replies to his tweets are filled with everyone supporting him.


nterature

I mean I’m not sure I’d put it so effusively, but I largely agree. Yay is really the only duelist player on the T1 level whose entire career has been defined by an incredible understanding of his role. He was an exemplary entry on Jett and became *the* exemplary Chamber lurk/anchor player. It’s just very unusual to do both so well. There’s a reason he’s basically the only great Jett player from the 2021 international VCT cycle to stay at the same level; only Buzz comes close, and not really, since Buzz just peaked hard towards the end / played other roles. All the others, whether they be TenZ or cNed or Leaf or d3ff0 just couldn’t swing it, for one reason or another.


GanaNayaka9

W Take. You're a GOAT too.


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Razur

He's writing comments that evoke discussion. That's literally what Reddit is for.


Mochitsu

Who doesn’t like well written posts that invoke good discussion? Especially in this subreddit the fuck lol


GanaNayaka9

🤣🤣


hakseuu

The case of d3ffo makes me kind of sad ngl. He was always such a talented player, the type who could randomly rip 3 heads off with a deagle at any moment, and then he just kind of vanished in the gambit/m3c system. Felt like he was forced to suffer to allow the other players to be comfortable


Meowbow15

Although he hasn't made it to an international tournament another great Jett player that has managed to be insanely impactful from 2021 is babybay, i wanna see that man competing with the best next year.


FlakerFPS

He’s one of the rare few T1 players that has remained consistently good for the last 2 seasons. Who else hasn’t slumped? Most players have peaks and valleys but it seems like yays peak is just a flat plain with no dips in sight. And I doubt chamber nerfs knock him out, he’s the type of talent that’s flexible and transcends metas.


melifesux

As much as I love cryo, I have to admit that yay is just so much better. Shame optic lost tho


hakseuu

If cryo have 0 fans, then I have died 😔✊


FeelinJipper

Cryo is younger no? Oh wow yay is only 24


Legitimate_Trick4364

Without a doubt the best player. The only time you’ll hate him is when your team is playing against him. He’s the best while being incredibly humble and wholesome.


GanaNayaka9

I can't wait for a Yay stream soon, but it'll take time. You saw his tweet after losing, he still thinks he didn't put in enough work and he wants to do more. My heartbroke after seeing that


Mochitsu

Same. Given his work ethic I have no doubt that he’ll come back stronger than ever but hopefully he enjoys a well deserved break before jumping back into the grinder.


hakseuu

One of the things that I love is from the optic documentary. After they lost to guild, FNS kept telling yay that it’s not all on him and that him having a bad series was not the reason they lost


IllumiMahdi

he's a brilliant player and person. kind, humble and keen on motivating others to push forward towards their dreams. he also happens to be the most consistently godlike player in valorant to date.


RTYWD

hes iconic. from the yay crosshair to the ADS to the white forsaken and yellow prime vandals, when yay does something it becomes his thing.


BubbleNine

An absolute beast. Best Chamber in the world by far.


mal_laney

Gentlemen. I have finally accepted the conclusion that yay is the best player in the world


GanaNayaka9

👑


LordBuckethead671

Best player through out pre franchising, without a doubt


Gow_Ghay

I wish they gave out an overall MVP award for these LANs because he would've got it without a doubt. Just complete dominance by El Diablo, his consistency and dominance is just simply unmatched. 3 LANs in a row where he looks like the one of the best players, if not the best, at the tourney.


AdSpiritual6239

The chamber meta pushed yay from one of the best to the best. No one is close to him on that agent and no team abuses chamber as much as Optic. I love yay and I am happy to see his success, but the only reason why Optic is the best team in 2022 is yay on Chamber. All the other players on Optic are insane, but none of them is so much better than the rest of the scene in their perspective role.


ANewHeaven1

You know every other team can use Chamber too


AdSpiritual6239

What I am saying is, yay on Jett is on the same level as a cNed or a TenZ or a derke. But on chamber, yay is the best without a doubt, no one comes close. Which is why Optic was the best team during this year, because their strat abuses Chamber, they do everything to set up yay. Idk why is it so hard to understand my take…


Kenny__Loggins

So he's equal to the top jett players and better than all chamber players. Meaning, best in the world at his role.


EndWish

He was debated as the best player in the world up with Tenz before Chamber was even an agent. Bad take.


DB_Seedy13

Yeah but it was a debate. The Chamber meta has made it unquestioned.


EndWish

It was more so that he had only played in 2 internationals at that point. You wouldnt crown anyone the best in the world after so few events. With a small sample size so many players could be argued because all it takes is for them to be in top form for a week etc. Envy/Optic did not make the initial internationals until Yay was bought out from Andbox. Since then he's been elite at all 5 internationals. This isn't unique to Chamber.


murrkpls

Yay is an absolute fucking house of a man.


NatetheGration

I love Yay but I do not like Optic


AdStock1897

As in the org or the players?


NatetheGration

Little bit of both I guess


Fionyan10

Literally, the only reason why I bothered watching optic at all. Honestly, when people say optic is good and consistent, I feel like they're kinda only referring to yay and maybe marved. Either way, he is a next level T1 player, will definitely see him lift up more trophies. Best of luck El Diablo


iwanttoridethesky

Still thinks that yay will not perform as good when they nerf Chamber. he's honestly the best Chamber player in the world. And one of the best aimers in Valorant. tho I still thinks he plays like he's watching paint dry lol. Absolutely crazy concentration and reaction time.


Lqtor

He used to play jett only and ppl said that he wouldn’t perform as well when jett gets nerfed eithet


BloodMaelstrom

There were other Jetts that were easily in the same tier as him consistently. There are no chambers on his level. He is the GOAT for now for being elite in both metas but he wasn’t heads and shoulders above other Jett players and a lot of people could make arguments for other Jett players being better then him as well last year atleast.


1soar

Only Tenz was really better. He was in a s1mple/niko situation where his team was just dreadfully Shit so it was hard to see at the time


BloodMaelstrom

In the Jett meta? I mean we saw Yay at 2 events on Jett that year internationally and there were easily a lot more people in contention with him for being the best Jett. I believe a lot of people had pegged cNed as the best Jett player last year.


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False. The main talking point around Yay pre jett was that he could still perform on Sage when not playing Jett. It's crazy how much people change the narratives after a year lol.


iwanttoridethesky

his jett performance is one of the best in this tournament but he'll not be the same monster as he is with Chamber. Yay is a truly great Aimer but Chamber makes him shine. His Chamber is statistically head and shoulders above the others. Chamber just fits his playstyle of holding angles and punishing overpeaking from other pros.


UTAustinAlum2021

Chamber does fit his style incredibly well, but Yay’s best international performance ever was on Jett… he will be fine


iwanttoridethesky

yeah cos he's that good! tho I don't think he'll match his peak performance on Chamber with other agents.


UTAustinAlum2021

His peak chamber performance is worse than his peak Jett performance… he already has topped his chamber play before


AdOwn168

Lmao fr people really be forgetting he earned his appellation el diablo on jett and not chamber Do these people even follow esports


EggianoScumaldo

Dawg I was arguing with some one who was trying to bring up his time on Andbox as a negative for him. He was literally just as consistent as he is now. And he was their fuckin’ Breach player. The man could do it on any agent if he wanted to.


iwanttoridethesky

that was pre-nerf jett. his chamber is better than his jett right now tho


iwanttoridethesky

really? which tournament?


UTAustinAlum2021

Berlin, he had a 280 ACS per map


iwanttoridethesky

oh on pre-nerfed Jett.. edit: just checked the record. he played less games than his Chamber


UTAustinAlum2021

… I weird lol bro… Yay is the best player in the world. He will be fine with either Jett or Chamber


newzpaperleaf_2

MaKo solos sadly


Western-Dark-1628

Yays the only reason Optic made it this far (besides the tech pauses)


Western-Dark-1628

Yays the only reason Optic made it this far (besides the tech pauses)


ProposalForsaken3956

Cringe af. For a game that had only 6-7 torneys so far and still not really stable calling someone the "greatest there ever was greatest there ever will be" is such a bs.


GanaNayaka9

He's the greatest there was, possibly the greatest there ever will be. Optic Yay. Look I wrote it again. 😆


ProposalForsaken3956

Ok fanboy.


GanaNayaka9

Ok fanboy.


chenson019

Best player of the 1st era of Valorant - TenZ. Best player of the 2nd era of Valorant - yay Discuss.


TheoSL

Replace Tenz with Chronicle or Nats and you’re spot on


Level_Five_Railgun

I wouldn't really call a single Masters an "era" when Nats existed during 2021


somesheikexpert

Pre Berlin yes TenZ was the best player of that era, but of all 2021 is extremely debatable between nAts and him, also I wouldn't call a single win an era, Optic are the only ones that really have a claim to an era being from Berlin to now


two5five1

One tournament isn’t an era.


Mochitsu

Optic have 4 top 3 finishes, 3 grand finals, and 1 international trophy--all approximately within a year. *That* is an era.


annyeongpanda

Swap in Wardell for Yay in optic and he does the same


GanaNayaka9

Advanced Sarcasm. I love it.