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@MrTeatime10 @Barrs03 But we already know how Sasuke turned out after training with Orochimaru…

@jonxsong @Barrs03 Ofc I am bro, the post is asking a hypothetical question lol.

which version of sasuke is stronger if this happens?

@MrTeatime10 @Barrs03 Like what tho lol, you speaking in hypotheticals. What forbidden jutsu did Sasuke even learn from Orochimaru name one

@jonxsong @Barrs03 Now of course just because something is forbidden doesn't guarantee much if any strength but it's been shown through many of his forbidden Jutsu that he knows many insanely powerful yet ultimately forbidden Jutsu that Kakashi never would teach even if he could.

@SeulgiVLR On top of what you said, the current Sentinels team does not have a superstar.

Sentinels' Masters Madrid content hit 2 million views. So why does their content today struggle to reach 10% of that on the same subscriber count? Much like most esports teams, Sentinels suffer from "the winning trap." Instead of building audiences, winning content creates one-time viewership injections. These are fans whose only attachment condition was the winning narrative. When wins stop, subscribers stay but become ghosts. Sentinels' post-Madrid content only amplified this. Every video was result-dependent: voice comms from winning, championship vlogs, match reactions. None of these build brand retention that survives without winning. Outliers like "Every Kill Sentinels Gain 5 FPS" work because there's a narrative understandable to anyone who plays Valorant. That's the blueprint they haven't built on. Winning gives you an audience for the moment. Making it last requires building organizational identity while the attention exists, not more content about winning.

@ogorlyog @DailyLoud NBA legends all have one thing in common. They simplify the game. In turn, they always go back to the basics. Realistically, these are also common reads in the PnR action. And if they’re teaching this, it might just be important

@DailyLoud how come footage of legends teaching today’s players shit is always stuff i learned in middle school?

Nash really doesn’t touch the rim on his shots

@ferupity @twnkiehuntr Larry Legend for a reason. Cold as fuck and easily in that top 10 in history conversation.

Nigga sped up the film 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@JudeOAkp The only counter for Itachi was his health and blindness. In his generation, there isn’t a shinobi who could fuck with him.

Konoha had a counter for every Uchiha powerhouse Except UCHIHA ITACHI, eg: 1. Hashirama for Madara 2. Minato & Kakashi for Fugaku & Obito 3. Naruto for Sasuke Don't suggest GUY for Itachi as he only counter genjutsu fighting without eye contact. What about Amaterasu ?

@24Dparks He sees himself in Bronny no doubt. Giving a 19 year old kid a taste of the playoffs could be the catalyst for his growth, or at least something to visualize while training in the offseason.

Idk why Redick thinks we need these short Bronny stretches where he does absolutely nothing. Why not give those to Smith who can actually dribble?

@FwSanjipiece I think Usopp is at a disadvantage since Kuro is good close range. However, Usopp having observation haki will be the difference maker for sure.

#ONEPIECE Who’s winning this fight ? Current Usopp or Kuro from syrup village?

@Sentinels @JerrwinVal Mechanics and entries were solid. Looked comfortable despite only one duelist comps. Much better showing than someone like cb from EDG playing Neon. Also one thing I noticed is he’s quite good at positioning for trades.

how about that debut from @JerrwinVal

@DevInTheLab Since you’ve played them both, predict a score to 30 between Bones and Kyrie

I’ve beat a handful of nba players 1v1 as well as lost to some. So u can take my word for it…. Just because they are in the nba or good in iso doesn’t mean they’ll be good 1v1. But man bones is on a different level. No one has ever beat me this bad

@doc_respawn Perhaps the mechanics and variety of units to play feels constricting or redundant (have not played this set yet), but not getting back into plat is entirely a skill issue rather than a matter of contested units or similar boards. The game isn’t so restricted that u can’t top 4.

New TFT set is so ass. Everyone contesting the same 4 starting units, every top 3 end game board the same, no interesting mechanics. Guess this is the first set I just don’t get back to plat

@JonahP_ @KRUesports So a power company like Riot couldn’t send one tech support over to help you out?

0-2 @KRUesports. Not how I pictured my comeback performance and I’m sorry to the fans for this opener. My mouse wouldn’t connect to the practice room PCs at all, and we were told by Riot there were other tech issues that took priority so it wasn’t able to be solved before going to stage. Unfortunately on stage there was another tech issue which resulted in us getting 60 seconds in the practice range before going live. The only 60 seconds I had a usable mouse since arriving to the arena. I can and will work on being able to perform better in any conditions, and I’m sorry I wasn’t able to adjust enough in time to make it count for today. Next week I’m arriving to Riot 6 hours early so no excuses. You’ll see a better version of me and us

@nicole_clash Unbelievable how Riot handled this whole situation with you and your project. Some next level miscommunication must have happened, and the wrong party isn’t doing anything. Looking forward to you becoming my boss one day. Best of luck venturing into new projects and ideas.

Yesterday was my last day at Riot Games. It’s been 3 years since I dropped out and joined the company. And despite the way my relationship with Riot ended, this has been the best learning experience I could have asked for. I had the chance to work with an amazing, passionate group of people, and count it among my many blessings. I was fired. I did not leave, and I was not laid off. I’m not going to come on here and pretend otherwise. They flat out fired me, and offered me 15k to keep my mouth shut. Needless to say, I did not take them up on that. The official reason for my termination that I was given was about an Applied AI pitch deck I made. I had put it up as a website with a password protection on it before sharing the site with our execs. They are claiming that I broke confidentiality. While I highly doubt that this was the real reason, I’m not gonna open myself up to libel by saying here what I believe the real reason to be. There has been no proof that anyone outside of Riot has seen the pitch deck, and that the security measures I’ve taken were not enough. What is more absurd, however, is that our CEO and various other execs have read it, told me how much they enjoyed reading it, and further encouraged me to explore the concepts I’ve outlined in the deck. Zero mention of needing me to take it down. If this was the decision of a random middle manager up my chain of command, I would have found that a lot easier to accept. What broke me though was the fact that an exec who I viewed as a role model, one of two people that I shared the deck with originally, who explicitly told me to share it out further, he knew about my termination ahead of time. And he did nothing to stop it. I was sad. Then I was pissed. Then I was sad and pissed. Now though, all I feel is an overwhelming sense of freedom. Normally, posting something like this is a big no no, since it will kill your chances of ever working in corporate. Luckily for me, I have made the decision that I will never work corporate again. Riot, if you’re reading this, I have also made the decision to not legally pursue the case of wrongful termination. We’re cool. I’m taking today off. Tomorrow is my first day as an entrepreneur. This is a step that I’ve thought about taking for a while now, but could never bring myself to leave Riot for. In a twisted way, I’m grateful the decision’s been made for me. I have a few ideas on direction. I will not be raising money. And I cannot wait to build, truly build.

@bluelockrensuke He’s inputting and calibrating. His time gonna come soon

In this game Isagi doesn't celebrate when his team scores lool

@Ballislife Pure hooper. Long career playing his own style and effective with it

@crazneaxgg The movement mechanics shouldn’t be nerfed. It’s what makes Neon as an agent unique to the game and allows for individual skill to shine. However, I do think that shooting mid slide is relatively unbalanced. Maybe shooting only at the end of the slide?

@crazneaxgg Tbh it’s a easy nerf to address Neon’s state of play. Make it so that her Q ability only shoots 1 projectile with no bounce and address the versatility of her wall. Something like having her wall ability not able to go through walls or teammates going through the wall get slowed.

Here is my take on Neon. She is an agent that honestly shouldn’t belong in a game like Valorant. Her sprint and slide kit feels more suited to a game like Apex Legends. There is even a character there, Octane, who can literally run faster in a similar way to how Neon does. But now that she is already in Valorant, the question is: what can we do about it? My answer is to simply buff everyone else instead of endlessly nerfing her. I don’t think it’s healthy to keep nerfing an agent every time their pick rate goes up. Players will always have favourites, especially when they watch a pro completely run riot on stage with that agent. Some of that popularity is just hype and player preference, not raw power level. If an agent is truly overpowered, then raising the floor on the weaker agents should be the play. Make everyone feel strong instead of turning the outlier into a clunky mess. In this case, I think they especially need to buff sentinels, since the meta has already shifted toward double duelist comps. Give sentinels more tools to punish reckless entry, stall Neon’s space-taking, or provide stronger info and traps so that pure speed isn’t always the best answer. If Riot wants agents like Neon to exist, the rest of the cast needs the counterplay and power budget to actually keep up, instead of the game slowly turning into “who abuses movement the hardest.” Again this is an online discussion. Please feel free to disagree but please stop throwing insults and attacks to each other or even me. I swear I need to make this clear whenever I do a post lol. Some people in this community is not ok in the head.

@TFizzics @Mortdog Didn’t say there isn’t? Reread what I said bud

@jonxsong @Mortdog there is a pseudo mercenaries every set buddy

Hey folks. It completely slipped my mind in the rundown, but I need to bring to attention a big change this set that's been a long time coming thanks to our engineers! We made a pretty big change to how surrendering works and how it affects army's. Here's how it works. Now when you surrender, it no longer instantly ends combat/deletes the army. Instead, the army won't be removed until the end of the round. If combat is in progress, it will finish the combat. When you surrender you still take 99 damage and can exit the game, but this helps prevent using it to grief someone's high risk trait loss streak for example. This also means when you hit your 3* 5 cost and the player surrenders, the combat will still play out and you'll get to see that final round! If you happen to notice it on PBE, that's what's going on. So keep that in mind as you test the game. If you happen to see a weird behavior let us know, but we've been testing it a while so it should be good to go, and a big improvement to the game long term! Thanks all, and happy PBE testing!

@BGNHoops @patbev21 @NBA__Courtside Dwade is saying you Pat, are not qualified enough to make definitive comparisons between these two players. Nor are you qualified enough to “speak facts.” And since you want to bring up missing the playoffs, let’s bring up championships, you know, the dudes who win the playoffs?

Pat Bev COOKED D-Wade: “You can be 4, it’s ok. You’re probably the only top 10 SG who didn’t shoot 30% from the 3 career wise… James has never missed a playoffs, you missed the playoffs multiple times.” 😭🔥 (via @patbev21, h/t @NBA__Courtside)