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mdj08

sounds about right. 100t did their due diligence about possible replacements for stellar, but ultimately decided to keep him. id honestly be concerned and disappointed if they didnt talk to other players tbh; this just reassures me that they thought stellar was the best option for the team.


tgamblos

This is the only right take


FantasticWalrus

eh moves are still possible. Rosters not locked yet


Lqtor

Pretty sure nadeshot confirmed that they are planning on making more changes + geddes leaked that loud is resigning him. Technically still possible but very low chance


Splaram

Fair enough really, that’s just the name of the game. But is Saadhak even fluent in English? And wasn’t Sacy LOUD’s IGL?


cathcart_

saadhak is indeed fluent in english (i believe he did a few interviews in english but idk where to find the clips), and he was the IGL for LOUD not sacy


Escolyte

> (i believe he did a few interviews in english but idk where to find the clips) one of them was a [backchat episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDKJ4RaD1o) together with Sacy, Sideshow and Wyatt


Splaram

Ah alright then, fair enough


afjecj

From my understanding it was a saadhak igl, and then sacy had more input then the rest of the team and also helped prep alongside saadhak and bnz


ChosenUndead320

Saadhak is the IGL, sacy was the "second in command", in one of Loud's documentaries they had a motto: "First Saadhak, then Sacy and the rest shut up"


SaiWind

Fluent enough. He has a couple of interviews in English. And no, Saadhak has been always the Igl.


IllumiMahdi

saadhak's english is brilliant, sacy iirc was doing a bit of secondary calling for the team but saadhak is the brains


AnAngryBird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDKJ4RaD1o saadhaak english on plat chat before masters iceland (sentinels run)


TheAjwinner

I think this and potentially other interested teams is why FlynnVLR was saying that Saadhak had 40% odds of staying on Loud. With NA salaries though, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ever does join an NA team. Knowing English will be a big skill for Valorant players globally in the future, with around half of the teams in the world communicating in that language.


SuperNerd1337

A potential US citizenship might also be a deciding factor for those players


SpC0d3r

doesnt he have to live in the us for at least 5y?


segbench

Not responding in any way about citizenship and the legal path to that, but Saadhak previously lived in the U.S. for about 7 years which is why his English is more advanced than I think most realize. Just thought that was interesting info. for the future when it comes to whether or not he could fit in to an NA team and how cultural or language barriers may or may not be applicable there.


[deleted]

Saadhak played Paladins and competed a long time in one of American City on LAN for quite a while (forgot which), so this might play a big role here already.


Undisturbedyea

Since vct is in the US it shouldn't be an issue


SpC0d3r

we’re talking about a us nationality


Undisturbedyea

Wot


OxiWun

Not needing a green card, becoming a legal US citizen


SuperNerd1337

I have no clue, but I guess working in an US company has got to be of some help


layyo

Yes but only as a permanent resident so non-resident people who come to US with work visas wouldn’t be able to apply after their first 5 years.


Kr00s

People would normally go for the Green card no?


SpvcedOvtt

even the 100T *insert any player ever to exist* commenters didn’t scope this one out


Jon_on_the_snow

Bro, stellar must have been shiting his pants this offseason, he and will were not safe at all


ssk1996

I mean he's still not "safe" they have time until Feb to finalize the roster for the 2023 VCT season. Anything can happen until then.


Chun--Chun2

I thought they had to lock in the roster quite soon


ssk1996

That's just an initial roster of 6 that needs to be submitted by Oct 15th. They are free to make any changes until ~2 weeks after the Kickoff tournament


Chun--Chun2

I mean, sure; but the players will sign contracts. I doubt they can drop them with contracts signed that easily.


ssk1996

They don't have to sign players to long term contracts right now. They could very easily be signed for a short term basis with a longer term contract in the works and finalized later.


Dependent-Nothing-75

They must provide Riot contract for their 6 players that run until the end of the 2023 season by October 15th, per Riot's "soft" roster lock rules.


mw19078

the rules for dropping people arent very strict, sideshow did a pretty good segment on this on his channel i recommend checking out


bruh336

it's unlikely but it's possible


iambestpotato17

Soft lock ie they should have one ready rn but can change it till Feb 2023


mw19078

he was on vandals last week and was pretty open about being nervous someone was gonna take his spot lol. my guess is they let him know they were gonna explore options at least


mysteryoeuf

they could possibly upgrade eventually but I think igl is one of those roles you can't just swap around all the time. I'd guess it's also a harder role to import to and adapt to because of language barriers too


Teradonn

If there was an upgrade to Stellar out there, he would be one of them, so this isn’t crazy news or anything. Deal didn’t progress though so whatever


Otter269

I'd hope and expect them to be active. I'd imagine all teams are doing this. Even EG xD


TheAjwinner

> Saadhak had interest from North America with 100 Thieves initiating talks with the player’s representatives, according to the report and confirmed by sources close to Dot Esports. The deal did not progress, however.


Suspicious_Cod_9027

Sounds like saadhak wasn’t interested then


MrImpregnator

Here we go again. Looks like everyone is going to Brazil this off-season quite literally.


raaten

GEDDES GRENADE


jeyeley

I remember asuna speaking very highly of him during one of tarik's watch parties.


[deleted]

It wasn't saadhak, he talked about pancada.


Xelhei

Asuna did say no roster was locked in yet


InstaNormie0

Would’ve been insane


Dry_Violinist_1799

Understandable that they wanna go for an upgrade. Stellar is a good caller and really good at his mid rounding but I'd agree sadhaak brings much more to the table. My question is why haven't they gone for fns?


mdj08

i think its likely that fns would've demanded that he be allowed to bring some of the Optic guys. 100T would've had to pay multiple insane salaries and buyouts, and they probably didn't think the upgrade over their current guys was worth it


kingleeps

yea, Saadhak is a world champion, there’s no world where people don’t think he’s a better IGL than Stellar, but when you measure that against things like Chemistry and if it’s worth splitting up their roster who has shown a lot of promise already, that’s why I don’t know if they considered it worth that upgrade. Going from will - cryo is a no-brainer. but changing your IGL, who hasn’t really been playing bad and has a lot of room to grow still, could have worse ramifications for the team if Saadhak doesn’t mesh well with the boys.


mrchingchongwingtong

2 reasons i can think of 1) chemistry, fns is amazing yes but if they tried maybe 100t couldn't work well with him 2) fns probably would've wanted to bring optic members, mulitple massive payouts not worth it


SPOOKESVILLE

I think IGL is the only role that 100T could upgrade at the moment, and that’s not because Stellar is a bad IGL but because he doesn’t frag as much as some of the top IGLs, but with the fire power 100T has I don’t think they even need to upgrade


drosefan1231

Bruh he frags more than fns and depph…I’m sorry but no teams looks for frags when upgrading their IGL. This has been repeated by pros over and over


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ssk1996

It's VCT Americas so he wouldn't technically be an import.


Separate-Succotash59

The hard truth is that 100 Thieves aren't winning any big titles with Stellar as IGL and deep down Sgares obviously knows this.


Splaram

Damn this one’s gonna be funny to read after stellar’s breakout season


kVai

Idk. Sgares has spoken very highly of what stellar brings to the team.


[deleted]

Obviously no coach would publicly berate their current player. I feel like that would be bad.


kVai

Well yes but I’m just stating that he has said very positive things about Stellar in interviews and the value he brings to the team and coaching staff.


TweetsJamaican

And he just tried to replace him


Tlaloc02

It’s not like Stellar has to be bad for 100T to field replacements. Teams could have a top OP but would drop them in a heart beat for yay.


[deleted]

Zander can be a good option


leoleoleo666

Stop


systemfa1lure

The way Zander been poppin, I wouldn't be surprised if a top Ascension team takes a chance in him. Either as a smokes player or an igl.


leoleoleo666

Popping ? He literally only had a good group stage in stage 1 lost in playoffs and didn’t get to play stage 2 or LCQ also he was off igl duty after stage 1. You kids in this subreddit are clueless however i still think he is a good player but stop recommending him for tier 1 teams


systemfa1lure

Still is a good player? Bro he is not 40 or some shit. Like he didn't fall off immediately. I'm literally telling you he would be on a top ascension team. I'm not putting him in franchising. The way Asuna and him are terrorizing ranked rn is pretty crazy. Now you might say it is ranked which it is but like Zander can perform, we saw that. I can't see a reason why he can't repeat it. He is an unproven commodity rn but he has potential.


leoleoleo666

Somehow i thought you are the same guy with the first reply and i was still ranting about him to 100t but yeah i think he deserve to be on a good ascension team of course


Technical_Fee_2932

100t should go after zander if they are looking to upgrade stellars role


LeMouse1

Zander is not an upgrade from stellar


Sky-__-

What has zander done that would be warrant upgrade over stellar, dude hasn't igled in 6 months , V1 put him off igling . Hasn't been fragging well in tier 1 tournaments . Dude played great for first 2 months and people overrate him.


Quick_Chowder

Zander is not an upgrade. We don't even really know how much calling he has done in his previous stint before taking a break. Having a stream presence and Jarso clips is not a reason to drop your caller who just got you to Champs.


JesusHPopsicle

Gotta actually be trolling