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@X22ow Congrats!

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@ItsSmawl Keep working at it! I see you doing bigger and better things every year.

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@thekirbyparty .@FlexecutionOW

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@FlexecutionOW @rattecs I wanted to send this to you but I thought it was too soon LOL

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ethically acquired* champ 5

(6v6)

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@hmmmfggg .@FlexecutionOW wrote this tweet

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4-1 MCC Gold to win open divison
had to play tank for 3 matches but my teammates just carry ggs

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@imalicenine Why post this and not follow up with any proof that this is actually Infekted?

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day 9. redemption.

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Undefeated 10-0!

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Day 5… pain. Agony. Despair. Defeat.

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day 3
we are not making off this island bro
(@FlexecutionOW pov)

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first time playing PEAK is going great @FlexecutionOW

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3rd place going into winter break 😁

[Zhang Yong 张勇 @zhangyong02]

" over watch " ,. video game . ruin life . cause balding ,. metabolism ... brother in law addiction

do not play horrible mistake

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Hey I do that

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Evilest guy I knew was 6’4” and would go around at parties telling women with boyfriends that he was 6’0”

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🎙️ Summary of Checkmate’s Post-World Finals Stream

I expected EMEA teams to dominate the Korean teams. I honestly think none of the teams came in with good strategies against EMEA.

In scrims, both Korean and non-Korean teams tried Mauga–Juno–Brigitte a lot, but no one was able to beat us.

We kept banning tanks in the Finals because we believed D.​Va always wins into Ramattra.

In the match vs Weibo, I copied Kiriko with Echo, but it was an account we got from the organizers so all the controls were different. Left-click and right-click were flipped and my ult was on Shift. I usually change them beforehand but I didn’t expect to ever play Kiriko.

In Map 1 vs CR, we were playing better and had the advantage but still lost. So for Map 2, I decided to wake everyone up. I said, “We can’t beat CR. Let’s just go next.” Then my teammates instantly fired back like, “What are you talking about? Why wouldn’t we beat CR?” So I doubled down, like, “Yeah, why are we playing like this? We’re good.” Everyone snapped into form and we won 3–1.

All throughout S24, whether in scrims or matches against TM, we always won the Sym mirrors. We only started losing when TM used Seicoe in the EMEA playoffs. In the Winners’ Final we even beat the comps where they used Seicoe again and got momentum — so losing the Sym mirror in the Grand Final feels so frustrating. That stage hits differently. I don’t think TM played insanely well — we just underperformed.

Main-DPS heroes are broken right now. Especially Sojourn and Freja. Flex-DPS heroes are basically unplayable except Sym and Mei, so Sojourn and Freja just run the lobby.

Quartz is good, but if a Main-DPS is hard-carrying, I think the opposing side just isn’t doing enough. We were nervous. It’s a relative game — the worse your opponent plays, the better you look.

Sym was already favored into Tracer before the nerf, but after the nerf, Tracer basically can’t win the matchup.

From the Korean team perspective, the Tracer nerf was awful. When Tracer is good, Main Tanks are good too. If you nerf Tracer, you have to buff Genji or Echo at least.

The Sym meta was created by Youbi. He’s been a Sym one-trick for 3–4 years. I only started playing Sym this year.

This Sym meta can be countered by playing Venture or Wuyang well. We actually lost to T1’s Venture comp in our first scrim.

I don’t think Vendetta is good right now — but with just a little buff, they could counter Sym.

I thought Falcons were really good at the Ramattra comps, but after arriving in Stockholm, they started struggling. Probably because Sym re-entered the meta.

Liquid looked insane in scrims — honestly I felt their dive looked better than CR’s. But in Stockholm, they didn’t show that same level.

NA and China aren’t very high level right now.

Prize money is way lower than OWL Grand Finals. That’s disappointing.

Saudi ping is crazy high — usually around 90–100. We played the whole regular season like that, so the fact that we did well is kind of a miracle. In a way, we had the hardest conditions out of everyone. Korean teams are playing in such a comfortable environment. Though to be fair, our salaries are great.

After losing the Final, LBBD7, Landon, and ZIYAD all cried. Landon is usually a very tough guy so seeing him cry hit the hardest. I don’t cry when we lose — I get angry.

ZIYAD is legitimately hilarious. I have no idea why he doesn’t do YouTube.

LBBD7 is the best Lijiang Tower 1v1 player.

The S23 Fnatic roster came together suddenly. I was originally set to join another Korean team but things fell through, and my choice was basically between a Korean or overseas team — so I joined Fnatic. The others joined very last-minute too, so we never really had time to build synergy.

I’d be confident coaching someday, but I’m not seriously considering it yet.

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@madpurpl333 This is every gm5 lobby for me. I get it.

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@TeamLiquid Thank You Alienware