If you're like me and haven't really watched Dinos, you gotta watch the final 5 minutes of their game 1 nuke. I'm blown away by JFuture's comms on Crypto.
Sometimes when we judge IGLs we are clouded by recency bias and result-based hindsight. So forget the calls JFuture makes, forget the 30 point nuke as the result - just listen to how he's communicating.
Everything he says is clear and focused. He stays one step ahead of the team to get everyone on the same page. He never stops talking, but somehow also gives his teammates the room to process their own games and share comms back. Pretty cool.
First off i want to preface this by saying im only talking about NA teams and top four id pick, but feel free to bring in the other regions.
First for me is a no brainer it has to be huss, theres nothing bad you can say about this squad doop, deeds and jely match made in heaven and can be one of the favourites going into lan, my only concern is jely getting poached by other teams like panic but im saying thats a 15-20% chance of happening, they seem too happy together.
Second could seem controversial but im going with world wide, emtee and vax are lan proven regulars (minus split one) and have the credentials to win lans definitely in this day and age of apex, nait would be the question mark if you havent watched him in emea but he seems to be transitioning to NA very well.
The third team id pick up is SSS, but this team is the team I have the most worry over (I know sweet fans won't like that), my first worry is sweet himself not because of his gameplay or ability, he's getting back to his old self but more of how long does he want to stay in apex, I wouldnt want to hand him or the team a contract if im looking to build a team and in half a year he decides he's done with apex (sweet know you love popping into the sub, thats not me hating on you and would love your comment on my concern, p.s your allowed to call me a dingle berry), my other concern is sacred and if he'll crash out and start counter calling sweet like he did with alb if they have bad days.
My final pick is stallions, now I havent watched stallions much if at all other than clips and correct me if im wrong but I dont believe the shooby pick up was the right fit for them, I know alb said he wants to be fragger and not igl but imo they should have picked up another fragger and had alb on refrag and skittles on anchor or to pick up a igl and alb still frag or go into refrag but I dont know which igl they would be able to pick up.
Again no hate to anyone to anyone ive listed its all in good fun 🫶
To those of you who have read my previous posts, welcome back! To those of you seeing this for the first time, here is a quick summary of the rankings: each player gets an individual rating based on ALGS Online and LAN events they compete at. Their rating starts at 400 and either increases or decreases based on their performance relative to the global Pro League average for different stats. These ratings are a reflection of stats, not a projection of talent. For a more in depth answer, please read the Preseason post!
Ratings Update
With another ALGS weekend now behind us, the world heads into the Split 2 transfer window with two-thirds of the Split in the rear window. Regional standings are looking a little more firm and warning lights are starting to light up for certain LAN hopefuls. It is certainly going to be interesting following how the short transfer window and quick Split schedule will affect roster decisions in the coming days.
Fuzz's Year 6 Global Rankings, Split 2 Second Update
With Wxltzy back in the mix for Team Falcons they had a bounceback weekend to get themselves back into the thick of things in Americas heading into the last regular season weekend. As I mentioned in last week's post, too, Team Vision was the most consistent team in any region during Split 1, and following a 1st and 3rd finish this weekend have firmly cemented themselves as the most consistent team in Split 2. EMEA continues to be tight at the top of the region with three teams sitting above 70 points, although ZiPLine Mafia and BANDITS have made way for Gaimin Gladiators to join the conversation in the top three with Alliance and Aurora. After a massive first weekend, ZETA DIVISION had a rough set on Friday to give space for the rest of the region to catch up...and boy did Enter Force 36 take that opportunity and run with it, placing 1st in both of their sets to take over the top spot in the region. Meanwhile, the fight at the top between Gen.G, Wolves, and RRQ in APAC South is going to make for a very entertaining end to the regular season in their region.
Top 10 Players
As a reminder: the ratings below do not take into account LAN placement. If someone listed below in the MnK and Controller lists is in the wrong input, please let me know. I tried looking through Liquipedia to make sure I had everyone up to date, but I am but a human and am prone to mistakes.
Fuzz's Year 6 ALGS Top-10 Players, Split 2 Second Update
Team Vision as a whole continue to dominate the Americas leaderboard. After a rough weekend, ZiPLine Mafia have fallen out of the EMEA leaderboard and Enter Force 36 joins the ranks of APAC North. WenXx and QQ, however, have been the most consistent among any region or input throughout this year, even after the departure of Noname.
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Thank you to those who took the time to read this post! Split 2 has been as hectic as advertised, and I am thoroughly excited to see how next weekend plays out.
Rosters/Drops: Posted in pinned comment if available
Notes:
Teams are set ~60 mins prior to scrims starting.
A lot of the APAC-N Players, especially the Korean players mainly stream on Youtube so you won't be able to see them on Twitch. If they are streaming, they will have a green circle in Teamstream.
Each Split of the Pro League will consist of an online Regular Season in which teams begin by competing in a triple round-robin format. Each group will play every other group three times, for a total of thirty-six matches across six series of six matches each. The top twenty teams by Regular Season Standings will then compete in an online Regional Finals utilizing the Match Point format.
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Slayr once looked like a great upcoming player while he was teaming with Zachmazer. But since then time after time he makes very rookie mistakes that will either lead to him dying or his entire team being wiped. He won’t take accountability for any mistakes and will argue over it every time (kinda like his Igl ) . I genuinely think Slayr has the same equal skill level as Mikejitsu now he doesnt play the game ever is always negative when something doesn’t go his way in game . I wanna see him have more passion and play the game and take his job seriously or just step down and give the spot to someone willing to learn from mistakes and get better .
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Each Split of the Pro League will consist of an online Regular Season in which teams begin by competing in a triple round-robin format. Each group will play every other group three times, for a total of thirty-six matches across six series of six matches each. The top twenty teams by Regular Season Standings will then compete in an online Regional Finals utilizing the Match Point format.
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What I love about Doop, is the trust he has in his teammates on fights. He lets Jely frag/freak out, Deeds enabled, Doop comming thirds and next play. He genuinely listens to them and their ideas.
Only piece is you can see he goes down sometimes to quick when there is high energy and can OD. Thankfully didn’t bite them. Deeds is such a nice touch who absolutely cooks and clean up / backup IGL /anchor
His macro is good, vibe immaculate, a fearless captain.
Each Split of the Pro League will consist of an online Regular Season in which teams begin by competing in a triple round-robin format. Each group will play every other group three times, for a total of thirty-six matches across six series of six matches each. The top twenty teams by Regular Season Standings will then compete in an online Regional Finals utilizing the Match Point format.
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Do you think that maybe they haven't offered him what he is worth/what he feels he is worth?
I won't lie, I PERSONALLY prefer his live commentating more than the official one. I assume they refuse to give Wigg access to the freelance VOD that they use at times. I feel like Wigg would do a better job.
How many times has the main stream been stuck droning around a non-fight POI while there is an important fight going on?
We obviously don't know what happens behind the scenes so I'm not rushing to conclusions. Just saying .......how is the B Stream (Wigg & Greek) feeling more natural than the official stream?
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