if ur on the fence about if ball should be banned ask yourself why the cow mangler was banned in the first place... charge shots having potential to insta win any fight. a crit ball can do the exact same thing ALL WHILE not using any primary scattergun ammo, recharging faster, doesnt stall ur movement, and instantly shoots.

ngl i feel like pretty much every flank scout in invite uses it, and if ur not then ur missing out on free damage for no risk

i know this is a joke but sniper being annoying is more of a map design problem, not exactly comparable to weapon bans.

to be honest, skeez just needed to press any other movement key than s and also not route his movement up a surfable ramp. highfive as well was probably looking at chat or his players in house, which is why is reaction to this was as slow as it was. if he was more prepared for a fast counter sack, he probably could've positioned himself in from of skeez and denied me.

as much as i love using mg, the first quarter of the take is actually a pretty good one. although everything after is just wrong. its VERY possible for the opponent to interact and deny a soldier of a crit mg with good positioning, movement, and simply just anticipating a soldier with mg.

this stuff actually does get talked about with the admins, usually a meeting with the admins and invite players occur at the end of each season. the problem stems from players being reluctant to show up to those meetings. threads like aren't bad, in fact id say its good because it brings discussion. (PSA if youre an invite player, attend the meetings!)

wrap assassin is another item i think needs to be banned, crit balling is so broken and theirs no risk involved, obviously similar things and can be about LNL. in my opinion, thats what separates weapons like LNL and wrap assassin from the spoon.

good content surrounding invite/prem would bring more eyes and hype to the scene for sure. sad to see how little coverage there is these days, especially given how competitive these past 2-3 years have been.

this is a very good point, the barrier of entry is not bad at all.

another thing, i think it'd be a good idea for RGL try making better youtube content. maybe trying to do team documentaries or player profiles/interviews.

also last thing, kinda unrelated but why doesnt RGL mirror all the big announcements and news threads from the rgl forums with this forum? usually some random person has to copy and paste it and make their own thread here for it to actually be seen by anyone. https://forums.rgl.gg/category/1/rgl-news-updates

i feel like this discredits the map a lot, bagel is one of the most balanced and well designed maps in the pool once you understand the flow.

how come?

you can sub people on the other team literally why

https://youtu.be/FdOL61t4Y4w?si=wLq8zfVdG2_1lzod

the website doesnt make noises unless ur tabbed into it, ive missed multiple pugs because of this (maybe this is an issue on my end?). also the ready up noise itself is pretty bad (the pug champ hl2 beep sound effect was perfect)

EDIT: also would be nice to see exactly how much elo we gain/lose in each pug

https://youtu.be/uiivgKE5bDA?si=k_2XKAyve6zKfDQX

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really good mechanics

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It’s good that RGL is lowering the # of invite teams. To be honest the 10 team seasons were pretty dreadful as the bottom 2/3 teams kinda get skill gapped by the upper level teams. Also having more teams leads to longer seasons (1-2 weeks of extra regular season matches) and less competitive matches. I feel like the division shouldn’t feel pressure to fill out excess spots if the teams are really qualified to compete in invite.

tldr iron sharpens iron

i think releasing pugs should be RGLs #1 priority, not changing the season structure atm.

https://clips.twitch.tv/HelpfulKindDiamondBuddhaBar-o8BDzvqo1K_cAgqn