The fact that this is a 3 hr podcast after multiple 9+ hour streams and these guys still haven't (completely) lost their minds is admirable.

PLAT CHAT goes to lcq and not tsm so Plat chat>TSM

The Co-Stream VODS are a time capsule of PURE 2021.

I just want plat chat to know they made my day I had a 200 page massive assignment to finish for my uni and I wrote it while listening to you guys! The discussions were so fun and relatable I didn't even know 3 hours passed and I also completed my assignment while I had fun. It's a big win win for me thankyou platchat :)

I’m so excited to see what y’all do for LCQ and Champs. Keep up the great work :)

Speaking of gamer shirts. Yesterday on campus i saw a man who was at least 65 y/o wearing the Winston Primal Rage t-shirt. I don't feel like it quite falls into what Wyatt was talking about but mad respect. (Edit) also Josh, human alchemy is the #1 no no of alchemy you egg.

I had a dream that the latest episode would be 5:28:46 long. Sidekick scamming my dreams smh my head.

25:32 Was thinking the same thing. Here's something I posted on reddit: Well, Jett dash is pretty crazy and we all know that. Was trying to think of a way to nerf it and while frame data changes might work, they run the risk of just killing the character so I was thinking maybe they just change the nature of the dash? Proposed change: have dash have a significant delay after activation such that it has to be pressed preemptively. Think of it like how viper smokes drop. Obviously the gap can be much less but same concept where you preemptively cast the ability before it goes off. You press dash, then toss the smokes, then the dash activates. You press dash, peek and try to take a shot, then the dash activates. You hear footsteps coming, you press dash, people run into your crossfire, then the dash activates. You get shot from behind, you press dash, have to try to flick or hope the enemy whiffs, then the dash activates. The thing about this is that in many cases where you are proactively using your dash it wont affect things. It will put the onus on you to make a play before your get out of jail card activates. This will significantly reduce reactionary dashes though. Jett is super strong because she can be out of position or be completely caught out and reactively dash to safety in a way that is much more flexible and unpunishable than any other character. This doesn't completely remove that but it does change it. The one most significant change this will make for Jett op ing is it won't allow you to post up an angle as unpunishably as before. You can't hold angle, shoot and just press dash right after like a machine anymore. Either you preemptively press dash which will mean you getting out was a good read or they have at least a small opportunity to trade you. Offensively this means for you to take a completely untradable peeking op shot, you have to preemptively expend your dash. It means aggressive op-ing will then be balanced across the board for all heroes! If this were to be the change then putting dash on a cooldown timer like other skills might be viable or something similar. I dunno. Didn't think that far. Just a suggestion! Here's to hoping this reaches Riot maybe but even if it doesn't we know they'll continue doing a great job🤞

I can see balla's point on 100T looking like the better team even when they were falling behind. It felt like even when they made the right plays they were losing gun fights or just missing timings. Also don't think Ethan is bullet proof of criticism. Seemed like he had an odd number of first deaths in mid rounds, particularly on ascent iirc.

I've got something to tell you guys, look at TenZ performance on Raze in stage 3 open and closed qualifiers in the tournament where they lost to Xset once. TenZ played excellent on Raze.

I just fall in love to this all over again.

Part of the insanity about nAts for me was that before the grand finals, he was 3rd in ACS behind yay and heat

I love hearing them talk about the avenue Riot is having to take with buffing underplayed agents until they are OP just to get people to play them - its happened with Jett, Viper, Skye so far and now it looks like Kay/O is next in line For Wyatt - Riot said they already tested the change to only dashing the direction you are facing and found that it made no difference whatsoever so they will not implement it. For Jett, i like the idea of getting tagged reducing dash distance. Basically if getting tagged reduces your movement speed by say 60% (i don't know the actual numbers) then if you get tagged you only dash 60% of the distance.

"its not gonna be the same" Balla exclaims with sorrow and rage

Kurt, your clean up work during the power rankings hasn't gone unnoticed. My mental says thank you.

My 1 year of watching plat chat valorant

Hype to see ya all back👍👍 KZfaq lag lent me to watching twitch streams instead but the content I did see was 100👌

I want to say congratulations on your guys success. I really want to see the green screen scenes you guys do for LCQ

you guys absolutely need to keep Balla on the show - at times with Josh, Wyatt and Avast (who can all think for themselves and are great at observing what's going on with teams, players etc) it can get a bit echochamber-y as they all agree on almost everything. Balla consistently presents different arguments and perspectives that challenge how those three think, sometimes even making them reconsider positions. That's really important.

this is the second time ive watched this and i just love this power rankings segment. first time in awhile since a video had me cackling.

Exactly 9 months ago nobody played skye. She had the lowest pickrates along side viper at the time. Now they both RULING the meta. Kayo has a really well rounded kit I'm sure people gonna realise his potential later on

istg if the technical delays didn't happen this would've been a 4hr show and i'm here for it!!

wyatt's weekly award is turning into bren's player of the week and I'm all for it

I would say VS definitely was the 3rd best team at Berlin. Above Envy I think is a reach, but I absolutely think VS would've won against 100T. Balla said himself that Acend looked trash against VS, but they still played a really close game against 100T. So by that logic VS would be miles ahead of 100T.

Fracture is the most fun map in the game imo

the power rankings segment was off the goop

I'd support a Jett change where to dash you need to have had your fire reset so that you can take a shot. That would mean with rifles you can peak and dash instantly whereas with an op there's a window where you have to wait for your weapon to reset to be able to dash. I feel that it would make it harder to take the free peaks, but not impossible.

The World Power Rankings had me laughing so hard lmao

So excited for LCQ can't wait to watch play chat on official stream

I think they should do a change to Jett like her dash gets a delay based on which weapon you have equipped. So if you have your knife out, you dash instantly but with the Op there is a delay. That would hopefully adress the issue that only jett is viable to play the Op which is one of the main problems

My favorite vod is the plat chat lore

My suggestion to Jett's dash is that her dash's speed is determined by the weight of the gun she is carrying, similar to how heavier guns like ops causes slower run speed than knife or pistol out. So she dashes slower when she has her op out

The world ranking at the end actually killed me.

POGGGG CONGRATULATIONS BOISSSS

I saw a comment about how it would be great if Plat Chat just had a old couch and interviewed players on it

Well I agree Skye did need some tuning I disagree she did everything well before the buffs and everything too well after the buffs. The only things I think really pushed her over the edge was the flash change so she can flash for herself and the dog vision range increase. Tbh I think the direction they could gone in with Skye was if they wanted her to be able to play off her flashes more then reduce the flash duration way more to be inline with a Phoenix flash or revert most of the flash change entirely (i.e. make it so she has to do the hand animation to pop the flash again). I think the flash being able to go around corners was a quality of life change because it got stuck on walls and corners more often than not. Other than that I do think her ult points needed to be increased to 7 because it is so good. It is much better than I first thought, cause when you had the first Nukkye backchat, he really changed my mind about Skye ult. I feel like the Valorant community really under plays how broken Jett really is. The fact that she has a free zero-risk escape option which can be super flexible for attack or defense is really broken. Reyna has an escape option but she has risk too it because she relies on securing a kill before she can use it while Jett does not.

I still can't figure out for the life of me why Riot didn't change the crate in the B-site lower tube from pennable to metal instead of what they did with the double stack. The current default on icebox B site is just so simple and uninventive whereas if you made it safer for teams to plant deeper into site, it would be much more interesting. Maybe attacker take snowman, or play mid. or go up into kitchen even. The problem with B site is that everybody falls back to yellow after this default plant

surprised no one said tnl if nuturn was mentioned, vs said that if it was a double elim bracket they wouldve qualified instead of f4q

i totally agree that sick is so versatile with agents

Excuse me plat chat I don't see Crazy Raccoon in your top 10 :)

No disrespect to the casters which do an amazing job but I'll never watch a live Valorant tournament stream without coming here. V good job. Loved it

Next week do an LCQ prediction and like an all star team. Each person picks 1 player and you see who has the best team

I am literally praying for 100t to win lcq. I thought SEN would defo would berlin so I was already prepared to root for c9 for lcq but nope 100t is in lcq now lol

Yet another banger

I think PRX deserves a spot simply because of benkai's entrances.

I was hopeful that you talk about Heat..

100t almost got boomed 0-2 by gambit, and acend and won on the backs of huge chokes from those teams. VS were either consistently competitive or dominant throughout the tournament. I dont see them choking against 100T.

During the segment on power ranking Berlin, should the fact that sen beat g2 in the first match and if their group had played the same as all other groups sen would have qualified as number 1 seed from that group and avoided envy and would have had the “easier side of the bracket” be taken into account?

You nerf the dash by only allowing her to dash in the direction she’s facing , making it more difficult but not impossible to reposition after a shot

So does the Gambit Pumpkin get to show up at Champions 2021 to defend its title and thus life? I think it should.

Can you make global power rankings a weekly segment? I was dying at everyone's reactions

G2 is the type of team which don’t win the first game against someone but then they make adjustments to their playstyle to win the next one.

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Kurt says Josh turn around, I was like not sussy again.. butt Sideshow didn't do it, that's when you know Master's Berlin has worn out!!!

I’m convinced they have no idea how a power ranking works.

Hot take Crazy raccoon should be 10th only for their second match against gambit

I kinda think the Sen form was because they were effectively the opposite of nV going in. They were the highest seed and the reigning champs so had something to lose. Whereas, nV were lowest NA seed, had very little expectations from spectators. As the guys mentioned, nV were massively prepared. Sen seemed really underprepared and not because of what the copium heads would have you believe. It wasn't because they didn't care, or because they were holding strats for Champs... They got complacent, they (or at least some of the team) thought they could just walk into games and come out with the W. It also seemed like they barely touched a PC apart from when they were on stage. Yes, their prac room seemed a complete shambles. But other teams spent a lot of time playing because they wanted the win, they felt like they had to earn it. Sen looked like they thought they deserved it.

Not going to lie, I dropped the money on the skin. I dont even play that much anymore but I had to have those skins

I think icebox is pretty bad. But I know I will hate fracture with a passion. Prepare for regular 10-3 t halves in the pro scene

hype

sideshow looks so agro towards balla

I disagree, rotating agent strengths is a very poor balance philosophy imo. Other games are proving that it is indeed possible to have a well balanced game, I see no reason why it should be different in Valo. Ofc there always will be stronger and weaker agents but at least the goal has to be to have no must-picks and no complete trash tier agents

where did the back chats go?

Thoughts on how well Fnatic will do a champions?

LCQ is dangerous for 100t but cus of 2 teams. Rest of the teams look like no competition as of now. But as u said, XSET seems to be breathing down their necks with C9 looking very promising. Hopefully they can pull their shit together and just pop off on a individual scale, cus then it should be no problem

spectrum is decorated minima change my mind

Dash is strong, but if you nerf it, jett instantly becomes what people thought she was in beta.

This power rankings is bOgus, FaZe #1 😎

Bro this guy actually counted the best teams who envy can anti-strat and didn't mention Sen

Balla CS legend

asking for a friend but what timstamp and date is avast pissing for berlin costreams

not gonna lie, i agree with all of what was said in the power rankings world, but it hurts so much listening to what was said about brazil, i agree, but it hurts

LCQ hype

does sideshow have jaundice? jesus what did berlin do to his liver

Im putting f4q over smb for berlin pr but other than that the list is good

csgo fnatic did use to take a whole timeout not saying a word in really important games to refocus. Not talking tactics in a timeout can be benefical. 2:09:41 not sure this did necessarily help acend though. That being said, people do try to laugh things off as a 'im not nervous im laughing' so i do think balla is right here

Jett nerf suggestion: she can't dash while scoped. Atleast she then can't dash so fast after a kill with op

Liquid being there in top10 is extremely questioable lol

I don't know anyone notice or not but the Opponent team's best player who is popping fucking off in the tournaments always flops against Gambit. It feels like Gambit hard prepare to counter the opposing team's star player (For ex:- cNed, Buzz, Asuna, Yay all these players didn't do well in their game against Gambit. )

Wyatt, come to Korea! Also, come to Brazil!

Platchat to LCQ hyyyype

Put vision strikers in Envys group and they would've gotten second (assuming the seeding made them fight the same teams as what actually happened.). If Envy fought Gambit round 1 of the playoffs they would've gotten the same result as Vision Strikers.

Tbh people are thinking it's unjust for lakia to go all the way to berlin just for 1 map, and tbf I get it, but remember they're korean and they're used to it. Just look at League or Overwatch where players would be subbed out on specific maps or when another player isn't playing so well. Koreans understand that in order to win they need the best and koreans are willing to step aside if its for the benefit of the team

Acend have to above Sen when you consider they were one round away from beating 100T five times, which would have taken them to the semi! Then you put XSET, a team that has never won ANYTHING, over Liquid, who has won EMEA twice and placed 4th at an international LAN. Crazy.

The issue with nerfing Jett is she’s basically the face of Valorant. She’s plastered over all of the promotional material and in all of the trailers. She’s a really fun agent. Other games have screwed this balance up with talisman characters. I don’t envy Riot with having to walk the line of balancing Jett for pro play whilst keeping her identity intact

Even tho gambit dont have a genetic freak of a jett de3ffo popped off

Putting VS over 100t pierced my heart. It disgusts me

I am proud that Gambit are my compatriots! Let's go CIS gamers, for mother Russia!!!

the schedule fucked them up on top i guess not being 110% prepared. Like people have to understand that EVERYONE would be working 100% to prepare for them edit: lol platchat rankings always clunky. SEN 2-0'd their groups. how they've gone 2nd seed from a rematch is unacceptable to me

Difference is SEN had a very good opening compared to Acend

Anyone know when avast pisses in the livestream

TL finally above Fnatic, i'll take that

I Feel LCQ might POP THE F*CK OFF

Balla came in a choose violence. Good takes

Riot should use the same approach they had on League and give every agent a dash... and also a stun and an ability that do damage based on the oponent max-health, a knock-up and a shield that scales with AP.

Bit unfair to sentinels in the berlin ranking, isnt it? Sen played envy way closer than 100t, whoch only got big wins through impossible comebacks that prob wont happen that often if you rerun the games. I mean i dont like sen so i am fine with this but still seems a bit weird

I thought I was shameful for buying only the zedd phantom... Smh balla.

I'm kinda upset that kru keep getting thrown under the mat. Kru deserve higher

Where bbg

Bro josh calm down. Liquid barely lost to gambit on the way to qualification. Bro seriously