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Overwatch University Ep 8:
Aid: Just letting everyone know that unfortunately due to timing and planning issues Coach Moon will have to guest star for next week's episode for his winners interview. Anyway we plan to start with going over each team
Topic 1: Is NRG Shock a Collegiate Team?
Aid: This was my first time ever seeing them and honestly I was quite dissapointed
Rush: You were disappointed?
Aid: Yeah it was my first time seeing any of these guys besides Rakattack so I had my hopes up and was very dissapointed. Like don't NRG need NineK to come back at this point.
NineK: Albert is already doing that. He was Mayhems GM. Someone like me can't be there anymore
Rush: This is a pro team? I thought this was a collegiate team.
NineK and Aid: We aren't that sure either.
Rush: When they first came out weren't they called Students?
NineK: There name was just Students of the Game and they did a little performance of them graduating to NRG.
Rush: So they're basically college team then
NineK: I knew Cal Rakattack and I knew of PGE but I didn't know what he played. He's very popular.
Aid: Explain more
NineK: Like the Super and XQC route of popular streamer? So a lot of people really seem to like him
Aid: Looking at his face he looks like he would just be a kid who studies well
NineK: Yeah he's very popular. He's really funny but he seems fucking crazy.
Aid: I watched them and thought oh geez this is NAs 3rd seed level? Like we knew the top 2 were Toronto and M80 with well known names and then you hear the Shock I thought they would be better so I anticipated a lot better than we got. Like Oh this is enough for 3rd?
Rush: You aren't thinking of this to its logical end. You're like "Oh this guy is in the 3rd seed team?" You should be thinking "How awful is NA for this to be the 3rd seed?" You're not thinking properly
Aid: Wow I must have been too positive a person then.
Rush: I think you were too kind
NineK: To be fair a lot of the good guys are in their collegiate programs
Aid: Oh are those going well?
NineK: Yeah they get scholarships and stuff to play for collegiate so they think it's the future so in a way this OWCS stuff seems to be for the younger guys who just want to try being pros so all the guys with experience probably want to try other things instead of trying super hard.
Aid: Well I guess we have to just think of this team as potential for the future they don't have stage experience after all
NineK: I do hope the collegiate system works out. These kids need to experience the real world to some degree and become functional humans. Pro players kinda you know...
NineK: To be fair these Western teams have more to worry about unlike us cause they have Face it League going on after all. But I can't help what would have happened if DAF was there though (the specific DAF that went game 5 versus FTG)
Topic 2: Twisted Minds Thank you for Showing Up on Stage
Aid: There were probably a lot of people excited to see them after all the hype and OWWC win. They had so many issues though so all I could think watching them was being thankful.
NineK: Thankful?
Aid: Like they had to have come knowing they would get destroyed given all the issues they faced like what do you do in their situation? You have no shot but can't just not appear so I was thankful.
Rush: They didn't even practice right?
NineK: I don't think so.
Rush: They're more invested in Face It League games with their current roster anyway.
NineK: I heard their manager played?
Aid: Okay? I kept thinking why is he only playing Torbjorn? But I was told he was the manager and understood why.
NineK: I heard he was at least Top 500.
Rush: Absolutely not. Just watching him a bit there's no way he was top 500.
NineK: Couldn't that just be the level of EU?
Rush: No even accounting for that there's no way. We'll he is bad so he had to pick Torbjorn right? But even then he was bad. Like if he was top 500 he would have actually dealt damage
Aid: I watched them versus Toronto and it was a mess the team was just off rolling like Someone Echo and Sugarfree Doomfist
NineK: Yeah they fucked around and got punished for it later on right?
Aid: they got punishment is Wow
NineK: Was that too much? Either way they shouldn't have stressed regardless. It was a hopeless situation and worrying about it was only gonna provide more stress
Rush: Now that 2 EU teams are guaranteed they're basically a lock foe the world cup though
NineK: I guess NA has to be worried now after this tournament
Topic 3: M80 Whoever is Retiring was the Problem
Aid: Time for one of the two NA teams
NineK: Meta was a big factor for Asia. A lot of people think Asia is just dive one tricks bit we are good at Brawl and Mauga brawl was good
Rush: But the one thing the West is good at is brawl
NineK: There's only a few of those guys left
Rush: Level of play has gone down NineK: Honestly it feels like they've gotten a lot worse
Aid: I felt like Hawk was the problem watching
NineK: I heard a lot about their problems during the event
Aid: How it seemed to me is Hawk can't play Winston right. So teams with off tanks just default lose on a bunch of the dive maps right. But Mauga didn't work for him Sigma didn't work for him and Dva didn't work either
NineK: Did you see Gators tweet? Basically paraphrased talking about how frustrating it is that you're forced to play players who want to retire/leave. I heard things weren't too smooth so people wanted to leave or retire from the team and because the points are attached to players the players couldn't leave and made it hard to practice. They were just forced to do this. Though it did seem right at the end they tried their best. This system was supposed to protect players but the bad side of it got revealed
Rush: I don't get it. It's a special spot and event it's that players fault then. Like if you have to play only until this event ends do your best and leave cleanly afterwards. Just quitting cause you're leaving like this isn't how the real world works. I think it's the player leavings work ethic at fault. Like if you don't wanna do something and it only harms you that's one thing. But you're just making it worse for everyone around you
Aid: Yeah if you have that hanging over your heads it has to be tough
NineK: Once Again I don't have all the details but they definitely had issues outside the game
Topic 4: Defiant Stage Fright?
Aid: Time for NA seed 1. I was very excited for Vega and was curious to see how well Sugarfree would do given his reputation
NineK: I mean he played last year and was good
Aid: They got destroyed by Crazy Raccoons right? But that was expected and I thought they played okay there. But when they played Ence i felt they played way worse. It made me think that maybe they were just this bad and maybe had a game of a lifetime against CR. Like Ence isn't that good either right? They're just carried by Kai Kevster. What did you think Rush?
Rush: Yeah I did. I always said I thought Toronto wasn't that good. Like I never thought they would compete with top korean teams. They're always just so-so
Aid: But then they lost to Europe
Rush: That did Shock me
NineK: Maybe they were just tired out from getting whooped in winners side.
Aid: CR boomed them?
NineK: From what I know they did okay in scrims. I heard they never used the IEMs and couldn't get used to it or something. Like they were caught off guard with the new system and then got whooped and started second guessing themselves. It seems like Vega either underperformed on stage or gets anxiety.
Rush: Did they not use IEMs in scrims? Didn't the other teams all know this?
NineK: I guess they didn't have friends to tell them?
Rush: But weren't people posting about the earphones? Couldn't they have logically concluded this would happen then?
NineK: Guess Casores messed up then
Aid: At least against CR I felt like they moved properly as a team but against Ence they just kept falling over.
Rush: Maybe the team was just used to punching down for so long.
Aid: I looked at their expressions after the game versus Ence and they were completely just out of it.
NineK: I saw a bunch of them after the game and they were really mentally hurt by it
Rush: Like this was possible for M80 but this roster definitely would get more boomed by the loss. Cause they thought for realy that they were the best
NineK: They even have 3 past winners
Rush: But you have to know the jinx of winning and then flopping a bit your next year
NineK: True. People need to get brought back to Earth after winning. I wanted to tell them you think you're the only super team to fail there are way worse examples out there but I didn't want to sound like a grumpy boomer about it.
Rush: Either way this is basically mid-season
NineK: But isn't it cause they're HERE that they're so boomed like even flopping they expected better than this probably.
Aid: If they did well in scrims no wonder they're sad
NineK: Not performing on stage can't be a consistent issue for them though that'd be bad. That's one of the disadvantage of the West compared to Asia right? Asia has had LANs so far. Honestly I feel if you win online it doesn't count.
Aid: If it was online Genesis would be the best.
Rush: Decay at home is unbeatable
Aid: Decay at home would destroy all of these teams.
Rush: Alright next NA team
Aid: There isn't anymore NA teams
Rush: Already? But there's 3 teams
Aid: You forgot about NRG
NineK: We're 30 minutes in to the podcast and done with NA what a tragedy
Topic 5: Ence, Korea is Better at Overwatch. West have better Livers.
Aid: I fell for Ence after this tournament
Rush: I always liked Ence
NineK: That much?
Aid: Their DPS leave me awestruck but their tanks and supports make me genuinely angry it's so hot and cold I'm getting dizzy
NineK: They're push and pull is really good with your emotions
Aid: Like you watch them and randomly keep feeling "Holy shit that's how you fucking do it!" Then they got you for life. Like watching them on one hand you think no wonder people rate Kai Kevster so well, but on the other hand you think Kai and kevster are this good how on Earth are they losing.
Rush: In EU they're the fun team to watch. Just watching DPS carry is fun afterall
NineK: Ghost was...
Rush: That players still very young you have to give him time. This team if you had Masaa of 2 to 3 years ago they would win way more. His mechanics aren't up to snuff anymore
NineK: I saw him die in the Falcons game and thought to myself " a pro actually thought to play like this?" Like you stand still and you provide value why are you
Aid: This meta was tough for main supports though. The thing that pissed me off is the supports I think never swapped off BapLucio the entire time. They played that comp on Gibraltr like they were on AnaBrig and their team kept dying getting no heals
NineK: It's cause that's what they're good at if they listened to you and tried Brig Ana they would've gone back to Europe early
Aid: The only thing I remember is they lost with that shit comp and Kevsters on cam was just laughing his evil laugh like "Sure who cares that map loss was a given anyways"
NineK: Feels to me like Europe has the most one tricks
Aid: More than US?
NineK: They're all just do things my way players
Rush: Europe is hilarious didn't they ona brodcast (Uncoachable) say Asia never switches characters so Korea had to be below their level while all their guys just play one hero and never swap?
NineK: They're saying that cause they're jealous of the better region.
Aid: Didn't someone say Korea swaps way too often and spread themselves thin
Rush: No this is before that they said Koreans never counter and always just run one comp.
Aid: They're probably happy they did their one thing and beat Toronto
Rush: Yeah the Europeans just wanna beat America
Aid: Yeah they probably came expecting to lose to Korea
Rush: Nah they probably did
NineK: I think they didn't cause I was drinking with some of these guys at like 2AM
Rush: Westerners love that though they'll be drinking the night before a competition and then be fine like they're built different.
NineK: They have better livers.
Aid: They're pre-qualified for EWC now so they got everything they needed.
NineK: There are no main supports
Rush: Korea doesn't have any either
Topic 6: SSG lost because of Christfer-Rush (I know they're rivals now this is banter lol)
Aid: They're the best from Europe but I'm not sure if they really showed the power of Europe or anything. All I felt watching them was Landons power. Also Seicoe was a lot better than I thought he would be. I didn't really rate him when I saw him in the league.
Rush: Landon is so good. Like I've been praising him for so long and everyone just cheers for Hadi
NineK: Hadi is very popular
Rush: He does give a performance to his play
NineK: Astro is still good at his teamplay
Aid: The best thing about Landon is a I saw him get attacked by DPS and his play was like "cmon try to fight me" and he would duel the dps while still healing.
NineK: But he got so beat down on by Raccoons.
Aid: That was different though. That team is usually just Raccoons but against SSG they were acting like actual Crazy Raccoons. Like the anger in their play
NineK: It felt like Landons monitor might as well have been off with how often he was dead like every ten seconds it felt like he died
Aid: (Chat asks about his roster) Landon has a worlds best Bap and an average Kiriko
Rush: He doesn't need it given his teams style.
Aid: Backbone is their Symmetra guy right? But it felt bad cause now you see Cass and Pharah just destroying Symmetra so you knew he wouldn't come out anymore like this was not his meta
NineK: The team feels more threatening with Backbone in but then you would have to replace Seicoe who is really good
Aid: If Backbone could only get a good Tracer the team would be so much better
NineK: Do Korean fans know this? Seicoe is in the army right now. I think there was some situation where if they had gotten to the Finals then he mightve been fucked cause he needed to catch a flight back.
Aid: I had no idea
Rush: Isn't he just becoming a soldier? Like leaving now for it?
NineK: Not sure. I just heard about it with like Avrls group bringing up he was so good while being a soldier
Rush: I've had a soldier in my teams before
NineK: The one dissapointment for me was their map selection. I didn't get it
Aid: Like they didn't pick maps to their strengths properly?
Rush: Then Christfer was the one at fault
NineK: I guess he was. Like I don't get why they chose Havana I don't think they did well on that map in scrims either
Aid: Maybe they literally only picked it for the Rein?
NineK: I felt they weren't used to the map pick system and that threw them for a loop or something. Also I noticed Hadi had a LOT of fans
Aid: I get it though. I'll sometimes watch their games and have a "fuck yeah let's go Hadi" moment too
NineK: But when you watch them it never does feel like it's one guy doing all the work they all work together well
Topic 7: Falcons
Aid: They were losing a bit in the middle swapped strategies and won right? I thought Wow these guys prepared hard and can really do this. Because at the end of the first game it definitely didn't feel like CR had found a solution yet. My first thought when CR lost was that all the staff probably didn't care at all about the SSG game and were just figuring out how to break the Mauga Genji Venture comp. They did play genuinely very well and I could feel how hard they worked this time.
Rush: I feel like CR just wanted to give Falcons some hope. Honestly watching the winners side I thought CR should win easily but they dropped the ball. Also chatters Raccoons absolutely were not hiding strats for the grand finals that's utterly ridiculous. They just got caught off guard and Falcons played well so the game went weird
Aid: Their initial thing was trying to melt Lip and had to swap to melting Junbin when the supports kept hard pocketing Lip. I thought if this went like OWCS Korea and Junbin took too long to adjust Falcons could've won
NineK: I felt Crazy Raccoons prepared very well. It didn't feel like Falcons lost cause their level of play was worse but just little things here and there got in the way. But CR pulling out Hog and stuff was interesting.
Rush: The Hog stuff they got from us
NineK: Yeah I know lol. From what I know Falcons has seen all of those picks before but probably didn't expect it to pop out when it did and caught them off guard. Though the only criticism of their play I can bring is their ability to hold the point in OverTime. They don't hold it as well
Aid: True end of Map 1 CR should NOT have won
NineK: Yeah that stickiness on point Falcons is worse. Like the little decisions that contribute on the outside of our minds to winning CR is better. I don't think they were mechanically outplayed outside of against the Hog that map. The last control point they threw away though.
Aid: Yeah letting it get to the point where CR could clutch was the issue
NineK: I actually remember in some interview Lip said his teams strength was to juggle the point very well. Like Wow these guys think about everything. Like when they were Shanghai I have a clip of them just perfectly lined up to touch in OT perfectly. Obviously it isn't Falcons don't care about that stuff, but in a battle of two super teams with amazing mechanics it can only be the little things that swing it one way or the other
Aid: Little things definitely can do it
NineK: I would love to see Over Time clutch statistics
Aid: I felt Stalker was very impressive on the Venture. Nobody knew how this hero was played and he did so well.
NineK: I don't get why they couldn't play on the live patch though
Rush: Aren't they separate servers so if the live blows up you can separately have this? I asked you day 1 if it would be on 0 ping right? I guess I predicted something might go wrong
NineK: I just never know what their standards are for what decisions they make or who makes them
Topic 8: Crazy Raccoons
Aid: Watching this game you learned why they're the best.
Rush: Please put Max in they don't use him enough you're gonna win anyways
NineK: It's not like they didn't even play him
Aid: Impactful things for me was Heessang. Heessang was just so good at the game. Tracer, Echo, Venture, Pharah, or Genji he literally didn't lose in any DPS mirror. It was such a strength for them. Like he just always wins the trade and flexes so well to let Lip play his comfort picks. Junbin got MVp but my pick was definitely Hessang
Rush: I keep thinking he should've been this good last year. I thought he was a guaranteed Rookie of the Year. Literally since I first saw him I thought he would be Rookie of the Year
NineK: We had a lot of issues.
Aid: Shock 2023 didn't exist guy
NineK: Don't ask anyone related none of us will want to talk about it. But I felt they showed us a lot of heroes, Lip and Shu are just always good but I really enjoyed Junbin recently. I didn't notice the main supports though
Aid: This meta in particular is really tough for main supports
NineK: Just so much to look at if you're a main support and process
Chat: What is Masaa looking at?
NineK: His deaths in the kill feed
Aid: They lost in the winners side but won in the end right? Chorong played off in my opinion there. His Timings felt slightly off and then better in grand finals.
NineK: Honestly it almost feels like main support can only be as good as the team.
Rush: I'm coaching again and I've noticed there's so much for Lucio to worry about right now. Like you're half a millisecond late and your team blows up
Aid: I mentioned it cause he's usually so flawless.
Rush: That's just the meta. In Orisa meta you just sit around.
NineK: Yeah the Mauga E key is weird. It feels like no one ever knows when it's on so it's so hard to account for. Like when hitscan is meta they just deal consistent damage but now with double flexdps it's even harder to do risk assessment
NineK: This meta was fun as a viewer
Aid: The DPS battles of this meta were very fun
Topic 9: Korea > EU > NA. Uncoachable>PlatChat?
NineK: It shouldn't be sk clear but it's so clear
Aid: I was so ready to see the NA and EU rivalry explode here
NineK: Come to think of it there are Koreans on all the NA teams and none on the European teams
Aid: And yet they still lost with Koreans
NineK: You sound racist lol
Aid: I mean they have former OWL GOATs and are losing
Rush: Honestly isn't it crazy to think how bad North America is even with Korea supplementing their talent. Isn't NA terrible then?
Aid: No if that were the case the Koreans would have been carrying their rosters as hard as Kai and Kevster did theirs.
Rush: Didn't they all have a member or two that played very well
Aid: What did you think of the meta read differences? It felt like NA didn't practice enough or something.
Rush: Didn't you say you thought NA > EU
Aid: I did feel that way at the time
Rush: I told you they only looked strong cause they were punching down on terrible competition
Aid: Maybe Europe gets better on LAN?
Rush: That's why those guys said they were better than us right? (Uncoachable) They play the game with better strats than us or something
NineK: No let's just say they heard our criticisms of NA and EU and they listened to us unlike NA so they improved to win.
Aid: Ahh they listened to Overwatch University to win. Of course you need to watch us.
Rush: You know what? I think Plat Chat doesn't read about us right? But Uncoachable definitely seems to and that's why EU beat NA. That's the difference.
Aid: True we are 3 people just speaking truths
Rush: Put Respect on Commander X
Aid: Korea EU union
Rush: NA needs to watch us too.
Aid: NA teams need to watch us more
NineK: (watching VOD of Ence vs Toronto) wow Kai Kevster really are good
Aid: Merit switched to Sojourn here off Cassidy probably cause he was annoyed things weren't working out.
Rush: Well the enemy has Sig he needs to swap to Sojourn
NineK: Why don't they just play monkey I to Ences comp?
Aid: That's what I mean by them not being prepared
NineK: I'm curious. I heard Sugarfree and Vega got roasted. Why?
Aid: I didn't understand Sugarfree but Vega made a lot of mistakes
NineK: Isn't it just cause the other 3 won Overwatch League last season so people are only attacking the other 2? Like we're those 2 particularly worse enough to be worth this roasting?
Aid: No it just looked like the team was a mess. They lost all their ult fights.
Rush: Main supports always look bad on the losing teams.
(They just watch Defiant lose every ult fight and get confused for a bit)
Aid: Kai Kevster were better than Merit Sugarfree too
NineK: (keeps watching the VOD) How on Earth did they lose this fight now? Did Rupal just not heal properly or something.
NineK: The way I see it the Western players just suck at using Suzu. (Keeps watching the VOD) I don't get it they should've won there
Aid: Ahh so Vega wasn't at fault it was Rupal
NineK: I actually think he might be the one at fault at least right here in the VOD
Rush: (smiling) If you insult Rupal he's gonna go off and get angry on the Internet again
NineK: I remember he got so mad at you
Rush: It's not like I even roasted him directly
NineK: We drank so much during that I can't remember
Rush: I said some stuff about Sugarfree and he got so mad
NineK: Coach what are you gonna do if Sugarfree retires cause of us?
Rush: Uncoachable was right about the situation though they said they didn't get why Rupal was getting so angry over banter
NineK: But their target selection and everything seems so off the micro is completely off
Aid: Toronto didn't prepare Mauga right?
Rush: You can definitely tell they're boomed cause usually when their opponents pull out Sigma comps they go Rein to counter
NineK: I asked a bit about why they didn't play Rein into the Sigma. Someone usually wins tank fights off counterpixking so I was confused
Rush: Why didn't he do that then. He got smacked up by Mauga and wanted to try it
Aid: Feels like they just in the moment just tried to copy what they thought was good
NineK: Looking at the VOD I think Someone just can't play Mauga. But the thing was everyone had a different meta read because nothing seemed extremely overtly broken. That's probably why the Western teams thought Korea was beatable. It genuinely probably seemed doable in scrims.
Aid: Then it's that. Europe was confident they were right about their meta read while NA folded and thought "maybe we were wrong?"
NineK: Haha it could be
Aid: Europe was like "what are you on about? What we say is meta is correct" and ran it down with their Sigma Ramatrra comps while NA was like "Oh maybe Korea was right about this?"
Rush: Europe was a bit smarter than NA. They knew they couldn't beat the Korean comps bit were like "wait we can still beat these guys in NA with our comps" looks even against M80 they're using the Ram comps we know aren't meta. Cause they're smart enough to realize even if they have the wrong meta read it's still enough to beat NA. NA was like "Oh wow those Mauga comps seem good let's try to figure out how to play it"
NineK and Aid: So they tried copying and failed
Rush: Honestly if you aren't going to win anyway because of the wrong meta read playing like EU did will likely get you further
NineK: That makes sense. You placed higher, you got the right to shit talk, you made more money, and you got more slots for EWC.
NineK: I talked to Christfer and he made me laugh so much. I was with Junkbuck and Crusty after Falcons beat SSG right. He said they found out how to beat the Mauga comp in theory but had no idea how to beat the dive. I was like "Then you can't win" haha there's no point
Aid: True
NineK: (Still laughing) In the end the funniest thing was Falcons lost to that dive too
Topic 10: SSG vs Crazy Raccoons
Aid: So EU slayed America and had to fight Korea.
NineK: I still genuinely don't understand the Havana pick even now. Cause you can even pick whether you attack or defend first wouldn't you wanna defend first?
Rush: Some teams like to attack first
NineK: But when you're in a predicament and losing wouldn't you want to start on defense?
Rush: They wanted to roll them to destroy CRs mentals
NineK: But it seemed like the only mentals that got destroyed on Havana was theirs.
Rush: Maybe this was their "ahh we figured out how to beat the Mauga comp" attempt?
NineK: I kinda wanted to ask after they lost but I didn't. Like maybe if they got to stage a team fight properly at all it might have worked?
Rush: I'll say as someone whose tried the Rein can't beat Mauga comps the Rein can't leave spawn.
NineK: The thing is Mauga has just replaced Junker Queen in brawl comps like this cause his skills are too good in a competitive team work setting
Chat: Mentioning Funnyastro roasted for performance
NineK: But the thing is there is nothing the Lucio can do in this meta. Like main support is always hard in OW2 but now it's way harder
Aid: Like you wanna avoid the Mauga stomp? You go on the walls. You go on the walls? The Cassidy 2 taps you.
Rush: Okay but if a Mauga stomps you that's your fault.
Aid: It's really tough for main supports even Masaa never mind he died to Stalk3r by wall riding in front of him
NineK: It's so easy to Ajax right now for them too
Aid: So this tournament showed EU was really behind Korea why do you think that is?
NineK: Tempo?
Rush: Practice partners? People said "CR could only practice against Once Again so they should be bad" but maybe Europe couldn't practice against us is why they they were worse
Aid: I think map selection helped as well
NineK: True they don't have this system in FaceIt League
Aid: Yeah if they were a bit better with those picks wouldn't they have been a bit better
NineK: I wish there were more map and mode diversity choices allowed. Like when CR loses they'll pick Suravasa and when Falcons lose they'll pick Junk City
Rush: Yeah but won't western teams just pick all the direct flat maps
NineK: I just wish like if there's a team good at payload maps they wouldn't only get 1 payload map every 5 games
Rush: I wish they would fix Flashpoint though. The point goes away so quickly you have to play Lucio
NineK: I did feel really bad for the main supports these days. It's probably really fun for DPS. But they felt bad for tanks and finally buffed them.
Topic 11: SSG vs Ence (Aids Choice)
Aid: I saw the Ence vs SSG game as something I wanted to really highlight here. Ence lost but I thought "Yeah these guys were OWL players for sure" Ence brought defensive Mei against the SSG Rein comp
NineK: How did they lose Midtown though
Rush: It was losable since they had a Tracer there
NineK: If Backbone was in 3-0?
Aid and Rush: Absolutely
Rush: There's nothing for Tracer to do here
Aid: Kevster was Mei here and really good. Like what can't this man do?
Rush: What can't he do? Win.
NineK: He's won before
Rush: Wait you're right he has won a few times actually wait he's won quite a bit
Aid: I just felt like at least in this map Ence played so well
NineK: Kevster comms have gotten really good
Aid: I was watching and felt when Kai and Kevster are going they're really good
Topic 12: SSG vs Falcons (NineKs Choice)
NineK: I loved the strategies Falcons used in Circuit Royale. They knew the Rein would probably come out so they used Pharah with the Lifeweaver
NineK: Go to the clip where Hadi shattered the team near point b. The crowd was genuinely so loud during that moment. I got chills from the moment and realized how popular Hadi was. It was also after this game that the crowd really started getting involved and cheering for players whenever they did a sick play. Like when other teams did well the crowd would cheer so hard for them the venue started to shake. The stage was so well made too.
Aid: This map pick also confused me
NineK: I didn't think it was too bad. Isn't this just the Rush classic of playing with a Lucio to get as many fights as possible
Rush: Yeah but the Rein comp is all these guys always do anyways. I did this cause you take 3 fights and defend on the 3rd with ults. But you can't defend against the Mauga with this comp.
Aid: That's why Hadi swapped immediately
NineK: Maybe they just thought Hanbin would run out on the Sigma
Rush: If it was the first day of the event that would make sense to not know they would run out the Mauga
NineK: It was day 2. Landon is really good but Hadi had that star quality right now. I think that's very important.
Aid: Man the Genji was so clean I love watching Genji never boring.
NineK: Genji is fun
Rush: If Genji does this stuff a lot (lots of blade kills) he gets nerfed real soon after
NineK: Seriously Genji pops up on a stream and next week you see "We found Genji too strong so we nerfed him"
Aid: Genji is hard to solo queue with you definitely need a team around him.
NineK: Genjis pointless without a real team. Cassidy I personally like but find way too OP
Rush: It's just his HP it's too high why is it him at 275
Aid: I did some content with Venture recently and
NineK: What rank?
Aid: Diamond
NineK: Hahaha
Aid: You disrespecting diamonds? My viewers were wondering just how far I'd climb. I'm basically doing and Unranked to Diamond. Please be aware chat I'm not a smurf that's just the level I'm at.
Topic 12: Falcons vs CR Gibraltr
Aid: I was going mad seeing this map
NineK: Absolutely a failure from the coaches
Aid: So they managed to defend okay on Defense right? And the entire round felt like 2 teams just hard out mechanicing each other and I thought they would do the same thing on offense. Then suddenly they ran out the Mauga comp.
Rush: They did really well and then got goofy
Aid: I felt the same
Rush: I just didn't understand what they were trying to do. Was it yo come to point we will fight you head on or yo you stay there we will go catch you
Aid: I feel like it was the former
NineK: If that's the case they needed a Cassidy
Aid: Also NineK you mentioned CR were very good at juggling the point right? In Gibraltr it was the Winston touching point and then when he jumped out the Tracer did it next they did that so well they melted the time away.
NineK: I feel like that shouldn't be possible given the comp they were playing into so I guess the DPS just missed the timing to contest properly
Rush: So Falcons Tracer messed up then
NineK: The Tracer and Venture both messed up.
Rush: Did the Tracer get pressured out by Lip?
NineK: I think they just played poorly but either way this is the fault of the coaches
Aid: This map hurt my heart
Rush: They missed their opportunity by letting the dive get to their ults
NineK: What was the next map?
Rush: I think they won the next one.
Aid: I just thought since they defended so well that they would keep that Tempo and keep it going on offense
NineK: It just feels so extra bad cause they worked so long to get that one Mauga ult and lost anyways I don't think it's wrong they tried this comp out. Just that they stayed on it too long.
Aid: My chat kept asking why they never swapped
NineK: But the thing is once they failed to get through and the enemy got their ults it was over. It was a coaching failure. The Oasis game too. The dogfight at the end.
Aid: Oh that one was crazy too
Rush: I didn't see it
Aid: It started here I'll play the clip. The ult cycle definitely favored Falcons.
Rush: Neither team had much
Aid: But Falcons had window blade and wakiki coming up.
Rush: CR died late too. The Tracers gonna have to touch the point.
(Watches clip further)
Rush: This was Fielders mistake
Aid: He should've saved Smurf so he could use his wakiki
Rush: No he wasted his window just now they just all went right. Then it was over when the kiriko ult came out
NineK: Wow they really got no window value
Rush: They all just ran to the right
NineK: Honestly just watching it at the event and seeing it again now this was a Falcons error. Like yes they got no value off the window but they were also very indecisive in how to deal with the enemy Venture pulling out. I said this earlier too and yeah they threw Gibraltr but it started here. Those little moments where they absolutely should win they lost.
Aid: We plan to stop here today. Next time we will have Coach Moon over to interview
NineK: We are actually kind of backed up with guests.
Aid: Yeah we just keep asking people and then randomly delaying them.
Topic 14: Random Short Q&A
Chat: Is it hard to get player guests?
Aid: No it's very doable
(Donation about NineK)
Aid: Thank you for the donation and compliments to NineK
NineK: The hardest part about interviewing the players you should know
Aid: They can't talk properly
NineK: It won't be that different from the 3 of us talking.
Aid: If it's a fun guy who can banter with us there wouldn't be any issues
NineK: Also players low key have a bit of awkwardness being with coaches. Like being a student under a teacher at school. Yes chat Smurf is one of our pushed back guests
Aid: We have a Spark question. Do you have a sponsor?
Rush: I already answered.
NineK: What do we think of the Proper retirement thoughts? That's just normal for players who lose in those situations. It's very hard and I do feel bad for pros in that situation. Coaches staff and players need to cheer him up.
Chat: Meta read failures?
NineK: I mean who would this apply to? They all just did whatever they wanted
Rush: Let's just say it was NA
Aid: They were last place so it wasn't NAs meta
NineK: Rather than a meta read failure. They liked the other kids lunch and tried to steal it but failed
Rush: They took the lunch and then got indigestion
Chat: Was the coach gap very big?
Aid: It was unavoidable to say it didn't have an effect
NineK: It probably did take too long for them to get used to it in the West. Either way the map pool for push and flash point are too small. The first map being random was weird
Aid: Yeah I was watching thinking top seed got to choose but didn't get that feeling at all watching
NineK: Funny and Masaas ability?
Aid: They're aggressive Lucio but in this meta you get nothing for being aggressive
NineK: Vega is aggressive too. Lucio is useful for his AOE heals

I used to be a dancer. I’m pregnant with our 3rd child in 3 and a half years. I see that he is following a nsfw account of an old coworker of mine. So I look at his phone and he book marked two of her nsfw photos. The photos were from 2022. So he was deep in her page. I confront him about it and he tries flipping it on me. I literally don’t care if he watches porn, but it’s not like we’re gonna run into Tori black at the grocery store. AITA for looking at his twitter likes and bookmarks? Also, I do online nsfw. But line that hurt.

I don’t understand how they can go from saying they wanted privacy with their baby and they don’t even know if they’re going to show their baby’s face online to literally displaying her on a world tour. Let’s face it. The travel wasnt for them. It was taking their possession on a world tour so EVERYONE else can see her and they can continue making money off her. It’s honestly really really sick and wrong to me. She is their possession that is a money bag to them and they watch as cash flows. I am a mom to a baby a little under S age and there would be NO WAY IN HELL I would let random strangers touch my baby. At all. Not a finger. These are random stangers! S literally gets passed around from stranger to stranger! It’s SHOCKING. And then they’re excited about making the Korea news again with their possession just plastered all over the place. I’m so mad on S behalf and her being adopted just creates an even further layer of betrayal and sense of being nothing more than a cash cow to the 2 people who are supposed to love and PROTECT her. Bella and Dallin need to STOP using S to make money and start protecting her and give her a HOME. Like it or not being adopted is a trauma and you need a sense of belonging and stability and routine more than anyone else. They need to lay a foundation of a HOME for her and create stability for her sake. It’s so important for her in these early years to have that and then later they can go on their travels when she’s developed a proper foundation. It’s seriously all just disturbing that they just pass her around to these random strangers. No maternal instincts whatsoever.

I recently started watching the show again, and my partner and I frequently discuss politics. We're both very left leaning. However, whenever we have a conversation regarding women's/reproductive/LGBTQ+/etc. rights, if I bring up the descent into authoritarianism that one side in particular is trying to push towards, he tells me that there is no way anything like that would ever happen realistically, basically bc people wouldn't allow it to happen. Not necessarily in a way that dismisses vigilance, but to try to put anxieties to bed. (And yes, he knows that every punishment/law in place in Gilead is/was at some point used in the real world somewhere.) I know THT was written decades ago, before the dawn of the internet and the ability to quickly spread information/organize/etc., and obviously people are a lot more incompetent than we give them credit for (look at Jan. 6th).
That said... it still feels like the possibility is still there, and like I need to have an escape plan. Even with general resentment towards the insane views espoused by Gilead (I keep thinking of that one scene where Serena gives a speech on a college campus amid protestors). And hell, the internet might even be making it worse. Because seemingly unlikely shit not endorsed by the masses can and will happen. The closeness of the 2020 election, despite everything that happened. Ultra-conservatives swaying voters on hot-button issues like immigration and economics while Trojan-horsing in their medieval views on reproductive rights and such. The fact that such medieval views aren't necessarily dying out with the boomers, bc we do have younger far-right politicians. Roe v. Wade overturning. Voter disenfranchisement. Rampant misinformation. The electoral college. Fucking Project 2025. And I'm even more concerned for my LGBTQ+ colleagues that aren't cis/straight-passing.
Maybe I'm just really heavily influenced by the media I consume and all the opinions I read online. Maybe it's the anxiety.
So... what do y'all think? I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this. (Not looking for advice or reassurance, just a discussion.)

Just like how Last Jedi got hundreds of thousands of reviews in a few months, the Acolyte miraculously has over 1000 audience reviews despite only being out for a day. It currently has an audience score of 40% on rotten tomatoes which is absolutely ridiculous - bad films are often at something like 75% because so few people are going to bother to leave a review after watching something they didn’t care about.
My two brothers used to watch every bit of Star Wars with me and just based on the online discourse they wouldn’t even consider giving it a try. Things like the dislikes on trailers and now this audience score are going to give casual fans the false impression that the Acolyte is awful and widely disliked.
And why this massive agenda against the series? Because it has a diverse cast and a female showrunner with progressive ideas.
I’m so fucking sick of this fandom being co-opted by bigots. I just want to enjoy the sci fi show with the lightsabers

Y'all, i just gotta say, as someone who just took the plunge into the world of online ranked play a few days ago i am having a BLAST!
Even tho my win/loss ratio sucks, I've just been having so much fun soaking in the gorgeous visuals and watching other characters pop a cool combo against me.
I'm just sorry i didn't get started sooner!

hope this is allowed.
I met my ex on Match.com about two years ago. He ended things at the end of March. He said he wasn’t happy and he needed some space. We’ve been doing no contact for 10 weeks now but every day he watches my stories on Facebook I know I’m on his mind , but I don’t know where he’s at about getting back together.
I was on Match just a little while ago swiping through and he popped up. I was in shock and I started shaking. My friend. Said this could be fate so I sent him a super like back now he hasn’t seen it yet cause he’s not online.

hope this is allowed.
I met my ex on Match.com about two years ago. He ended things at the end of March. He said he wasn’t happy and he needed some space. We’ve been doing no contact for 10 weeks now but every day he watches my stories on Facebook I know I’m on his mind , but I don’t know where he’s at about getting back together.
I was on Match just a little while ago swiping through and he popped up. I was in shock and I started shaking. My friend. Said this could be fate so I sent him a super like back now he hasn’t seen it yet cause he’s not online.

hope this is allowed. Female here.
I met my ex on Match.com about two years ago. He ended things at the end of March. He said he wasn’t happy and he needed some space. We’ve been doing no contact for 10 weeks now but every day he watches my stories on Facebook I know I’m on his mind , but I don’t know where he’s at about getting back together.
I was on Match just a little while ago swiping through and he popped up. I was in shock and I started shaking. My friend. Said this could be fate so I sent him a super like back now he hasn’t seen it yet cause he’s not online.

Hey, i am a 20 yo guy who loves to talk to people online. I am shy and introvert in real life but i love talking to people and making friends online.
I grew up playing games on pc so i would say i am a huge gamer. I generally play FPS games like Valorant, Apex, cs2 or pubg on pc. But i also love single player and co op games. Some of my favs are rdr2, the last of us , cyberpunk , uncharted and many more.
I am also a huge fan of cinema . So i love watching movies and tv shows and i would be down to watch it with u if u r down . Some of my favs are breaking bad, friends , interstellar , peaky blinders and sooo many more.
I am very chill and patient . I am a good listener ( at least thats what ive heard from people here ) but yeah if u think we could vibe , feel free to hmu .I prefer voice calls on discord coz i feel it feels more authentic and coz i find texting boring. Cya future friend.

Hey, i am a 20 yo guy who loves to talk to people online. I am shy and introvert in real life but i love talking to people and making friends online.
I grew up playing games on pc so i would say i am a huge gamer. I generally play FPS games like Valorant, Apex, cs2 or pubg on pc. But i also love single player and co op games. Some of my favs are rdr2, the last of us , cyberpunk , uncharted and many more.
I am also a huge fan of cinema . So i love watching movies and tv shows and i would be down to watch it with u if u r down . Some of my favs are breaking bad, friends , interstellar , peaky blinders and sooo many more.
I am very chill and patient . I am a good listener ( at least thats what ive heard from people here ) but yeah if u think we could vibe , feel free to hmu .I prefer voice calls on discord coz i feel it feels more authentic and coz i find texting boring. Cya future friend

Hey, i am a 20 yo guy who loves to talk to people online. I am shy and introvert in real life but i love talking to people and making friends online.
I grew up playing games on pc so i would say i am a huge gamer. I generally play FPS games like Valorant, Apex, cs2 or pubg on pc. But i also love single player and co op games. Some of my favs are rdr2, the last of us , cyberpunk , uncharted and many more.
I am also a huge fan of cinema . So i love watching movies and tv shows and i would be down to watch it with u if u r down . Some of my favs are breaking bad, friends , interstellar , peaky blinders and sooo many more.
I am very chill and patient . I am a good listener ( at least thats what ive heard from people here ) but yeah if u think we could vibe , feel free to hmu .I prefer voice calls on discord coz i feel it feels more authentic and coz i find texting boring. Cya future friend

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i have been watching Daniel Negranue at the WSOP and I see he is sponsored by GG poker. I was wondering how American players can play online poker, I thought it was illegal? Does anyone have advice on how to play online poker in the U.S.?

Zero on Job skill progression
I’m currently employed as an apprentice network engineer programme that’s in its 4th semester (6 months) of the overall two years. The first semester (6 months) were 5 days per week online in class, the second and third semester (12 months) required Monday and Tuesday in class and the remainder of the week at work.
I’ve no complaints about the college end of the course I’ve completed a lot of the content sooner then required gained my CompTIA+ and N+, I’ve progressed fast and been able for the pace and enjoyed the challenge.
The company I’m employed with I feel have not given enough on their end of things. I feel I know nothing from my time on the job. 12 months of work experience I’d hoped I’d know more by now but i honestly don’t. Their plan is for me to spend time with everyone within that department at the given time scheduled in core, solutions or ran so you get to know everyone and can give 33% to each department but each person had their approach on teaching and also their reservations on your ability which has lead me to stand their and observe their job never really taking part.
So now at the final hurdle I’m starting again in another department meeting new people for the next couple of months to watch and observe giving no actual responsibility and gaining no real skill that I could take on and use to progress my career. I’ve no idea what I should do? Leave the company? I don’t think I don’t have enough skill to be employed by someone else or should I stay and hope at some stage the company give me what I need.
If anyone has advice on what you do in a position like mine I’d be very grateful.

Why the internet works perfectly when watching tiktok or YouTube but doesnt work on online games like codm or roblox, we are using fibre optic cable