Why Were THE FINALS $50,000 Twitch Rivals Winners So Good?
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
- Today we're going to head back into our THE FINALS Academy series, with a video today breaking down the strength of Gigz, Lycommit and Netex in the Twitch Rivals tournament. Even though they played VS a wide range of skill, they finished 1st 86% of the time, so what did they do different?
Thanks for watching once again, I'll be making an announcement next week!
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Aceu POV'; / 2175482575 - Ігри
Really enjoyed the video. Your ability to articulate the finer macro strategy of the game is unmatched. Much better than I could ever do. Keep up the good work! If you care, I'll copy paste our team's macro strategy that I came up with before the tournament. The strategy is a bit different since 1st place mattered instead of the standard top 2:
1) Go to vault with only 1 team, win as fast as possible, and get 1st plug (always 1st plug - always make sure you're in 1st)
2) if we win both 10k cashouts: hold a 15k for the rest of the game
3) if we win only 1 10k: go for the 15k and play like normal
3A) if the team that won the other 10k also wins the 15k (and we do as well), play only 1 22k, or plug both and hold the 2nd place team (the 3rd and 4th place team can't pass us with 22k)
3B) if 2 different teams win the 10k and the 15k, play both 22k or keep both out of play
Yooo Gigz! I didn’t expect you to be here watching aha, thank you so much I appreciate that! This is perfect and I pinned the comment so others can see too.
Hope that we get more events soon because the comp scene really could use some spark right now.
Damn #2 is actually so big brain, I've never thought of that before
Fascinating breakdown here. Do you have a similarly optimized decision tree for the regular game? Would love to hear it.
imagine when the finals reaches its competitive maturity; it would really feel like a 4d chess.
100% and I’m really excited if that day finally arrives because you can do so many different paths with this game :) Thanks for watching!
Game will get shut down before that happens 💀
@Oryxxie look at Apex. Everyone said the same thing about that game its first year out, and now it's one of the biggest most competitive games on the market. The Finals haven't even been out a full year. Lmao. Foh.
@@Foghorn925 because im sure apex dropped to 16k concurrent players on steam mid season when it was gonna die right? youre on mad copium, the new season is down 12k players from season 2 launch, twitch rivals did little to nothing for the playerbase, ranked is absolute garbage now and will be for over 90 more days and on an unrelated note nobody wants to even watch the game on twitch to begin with, but continue huffing goofy
@@Oryxxie better to be hopeful and support the game to it’s fullest than be as negative as you are. One of my all time favorite fps, I’ll support it till the end.
Other teams were worried about which cashout to defend and steal in order to win.
Meanwhile Gigz and his teammates were discussing which team should finish 2nd. They literally dictate whole series. Calm and amazing gameplay by them
Yeah being in that position is pretty crazy and even comparing the comms on Gigz team vs others really showed you how confident as a trio they are together, I can’t wait to see these players hopefully get back again vs other stacks to see how it compares :)
THE FINALS ESPORTS IS SO SICK
WE NEED MOREEEEEE
@@THiiXY I KNOWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
RIGHT?!
Dont be discouraged from doing different styles of content. You've got good intuition and you should trust it. Great video, and keep doing you! 👍🏻
Aww well thank you very much, end of the day it’s just me trying to keep the content fresh so I understand that some will eventually be a miss, but I appreciate you! :D
“Why were The Finals Twitch Rivals winners so good?”
“They had Gigz on their team”
- *Outro starts playing*
I swear only lulu's team were actually fighting teams gigz, while everyone else are too afraid to do it
100% and that’s another point of cashout too, even though lyrics team did fight Gigz team it wasn’t for the cashout, it was for the vault.
Aceu’s team did take them on and even nearly beat them too which would have been crazy.
I think the other games improved and it could be “first match nerves” or something because I’ll be real I’d be sure as hell scared to fight any one of these players LOL
Thats because ottr knows hes better than him lol
@@UnforgettablyLegitand he clearly was. They were able to wipe Gigz's team head on but then they get third partied right after lmao.
Lulu's team couldn't even wipe them. Balise team was the only competition to Gigz team since they were the only team that fought and won against them in a 3v3 scenario.
@@lacific9482 Yes because lulu was getting FRIED. I don’t know good the ttv guy was but really hard to do anything when one of your teammates isn’t really helping
why the fuck would they let people who have never played compete for the 50Gs.... that actually just pissed me off. top 500 for what?????
They only won because they were the only pre-stack period. These guys have played together since the Betas.
They grinded together for 12 hours a day, day after day to get the 1-3 places in ranked last season.
100 percent of every other team, had at minimal 1 to 3 people that didnt even play The Finals or they didnt play ranked at the same level as GIGZ stack.
To add to this, the event was short notice, some teams werent even finalized until THE DAY OF.
Ottr's team didnt even play together as a team until 2 hours before the event. Most other teams either didnt play at all or didnt start playing until the week of lol.
Yup the whole event was honestly a mess seems like Nixon just threw cash at twitch and said get every random streamer
Fantastic video. 💯
I was watching Ottr before it started, and he and Carnifex were playing together while waiting for Lulu. They played much tighter with random solo queuers than when they joined with Lulu. Their ability to make plays and execute just dropped off and had to be rebuilt. You could see them working through it even during Rivals.
I'm say this not to drag Lulu, she picked up on things really fast, but just to highlight the insane experience differential that the non-Gigz teams were dealing with.
Yeah that seems like the real lesson here IMO. It's not surprising that a team of dedicated Finals players did way better than teams with some players who aren't.
Just wanted to say that you and a couple of other the finals creators are a crazy motivation for me.
Watched rivals with the bois, jumping between streams and we enjoyed your casting! Keep up the great content!
Ayy well thank you very much Kraberzii, I hope you're still doing well, awesome to see you pop in here and sometimes in the live chat :D Much love!
They won before it started
Amazing video, love these deep dives and the explanatios are top notch. Please, keep it up!
Ayyy well thank you very much! Hearing this stuff keeps me motivated to evolving and making more so I’ll be sure to find something cool to show next :)
even though the tournament was very interesting to watch (the finals I knew it wouldn't disappoint in that sense) it was also very painful, practically seeing Carnifex's mental fall because they spent the whole time with 3 or even 4 teams fighting is absurd Plus they had to play with Lulu who had opened the game for the first time while on the other side there was Gigz's tri stack
if they want to do it again I'll gladly watch another The Finals tournament, if they want to put random people it's ok but the stacks of pro players must be prevented otherwise only put those
Yeah I think that it’s also huge respect for Lulu for playing too, I would have ran it so that it’s either one top player and two streamers, because it would have been funny seeing how the top player tried co-ordinating the streamers.
Or for more of a competitive feel, two top players and one streamer to watch the chaos unfold around them
Just wanna upvote because I love these types of educational strategy videos. I learned a lot thanks for doing this. Hope there will be more!
Ayy well thank you very much! I'll maybe be looking into some more plays and breakdowns from the event :)
This video was awesome to watch. Love the format of commentary as well.
Pls do the rest of the games
Ayyy well thank you very much, I'll look to see what else we can take from this event :)
Wow genuinely Im in shock. This video was so detailed and entertaining; the way you explain their thought process and possible outcomes really does sound like chess. I hope once they revamp cashout it gets really sophisticated and enhance the Finals best features.
Ayy well thank you very much for watching it!
I 100% agree with you, and I think sometimes from the outside THE FINALS doesn’t show the level of depth that this game really has, once cashout is revamped, I hope that we get to see more strategies and ideas from other players etc :)
Oh my gosh. The editing is so good my guy. You're amazing!
Ahaha thank you so much!! :D
Played against GIGZ so much in the first two seasons on ranked and he is so far above your average diamond 1 player. Dude is a menace lol
Yeah that 1v2 play was wild, a lot of players would have that mindset of “ahhh it’s over” but he was like “this is not ideal” then uses his utility and specs to his advantage and flips those odds around.
such a great video. i love these type of in depth videos
Thank you for the comment! I appreciate it as sometimes these are hard to know if they’ll be received well etc :D
I love the analysis. That’s what I want more of from creators (and less whining lol). I want to know how to get better. Obviously get better at aiming is point number one but there’s so much strategy involved. That’s what I like to see. Thanks for the vid!
Ahaha yes thank you, I really appreciate this comment because a lot of newer players getting into this game do think that it's really a case of aim, but in THE FINALS it's for sure how you manage all the basics, height advantage, utility, pacing and game sense. So glad to hear you enjoyed it!
W video, actual insanely well made!
Thanks for watching lycommit! It was really enjoyable to watch how calm and collected you three were :D Can’t wait to see you run it back again (when we hopefully get more events).
Been waiting for this
Well thanks for watching, depending on the feedback I might find other perspectives of players from this event to break down :)
Great in-depth look!
Thank you for watching it! :D
Cracking vid fella, really hope they introduce some kind of demo recording, used to spend hours upon hours analysing CS matches that way to see what i could take away.
100% and I actually made a video on this demo topic if you’re interested by the way, because even though I’d really die to have it in the game, it’s not super easy because of the data required for server side destruction, the video is; ua-cam.com/video/xUjGvR2ZKhI/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
This reminded me of a guy whose video i used to watch where he used to explain Pro matches of valorant what were the pro thinking amazing visual mate
I really wanna see some 1000 iq plays in finals esports Hope this game grows even more
Ayy well thank you very much for watching! I really enjoy breaking matches down like this so hopefully we get to do so for official matches eventually down the line too!
Obviously these guys were good and know what they're doing, but its impossible to ignore that things were arranged exactly in their favor.
Because they're the only 3 stacks in this tourney
As mentioned multiple times yes, but I still wanted to take that opportunity to teach players some cool fundamentals of basics that they still did very well regardless, I feel it’s still a bit harsh to write of the entire video with that point, as this was a rare opportunity we got to see everyone’s perspective in a high-stakes event than usual matchmaking online.
That’s all, sorry if it wasn’t in the scope of what you wanted.
@@THiiXY loved the video, but “high stakes” implies we didn’t know exactly how the tournament was gonna go before it happened lol
1:48 new finals skin leak??
lmao
At 3:00 you mentioned that they were all fighting around the other cashout and it benefitted Gigz's team because now they aren't contested. I'm not sure you go into this I haven't finished the video but once Gigz's team established themselves as the best team on the map everyone chose to not fight them because they had entrenched themselves as the better team with a HHM composition.
I know he's controversial in the community but Ottr made the point that this illustrated more than ever the problems with the format in a competitive match:
1) The best teams are avoided and get free games (apparently this was also common in ranked once your rank was visible on the dashboard screen)
2) How obscenely powerful 3rd parties are in this game because you don't have the ability to quickly reset the fight ie in Apex you can do shield swaps to rebuff the incoming 3rd party.
100% good point, again, as I said in the video THE FINALS has so many “additional” routes factors, bias, plays etc to make that it’s hard to just explain one path, which is why I was taking the most logical path and reasoning for the viewers to understand, without going off on external factors such as the points you’ve raised, I was really focusing on the “what’s happening in this game at this time” rather than the “what player is a part of it” because I felt there was some valuable lessons in this video to show/teach players.
- High Ground Advantage
- Spectator on Wipes
- Timing Cashouts
- Pacing
- Game Awareness
- Finding weaknesses in good teams
So hence why I stayed out of the bigger scope.
@@THiiXY Yea that makes sense I don't know if Embark is doing this or if they've spoken publicly about it but I think that they are using the world tour as an opportunity to test variations of cashout to eventually reinstate it as the primary ranked/competitive game mode.
I'm always interested in the decision making and strats behind cashout I find that aspect of the game intriguing so thank you.
Don't worry, Embark is fully aware that HHM is one of the strongest comps in the game (and has been, since it's inception), that's why after seeing this at some of the highest level in Twitch Rivals, they did the obvious thing and nerfed Light.
Complete and absolute joke balance team.
thiixy edits htting hard as always
Ahaha thank you caoss
Liked the vid as soon as I saw you running down the hill with the hair dryer 😂😂
LOL idk wtf I was doing just wanted to mix up the ways I make videos I guess ahaha
@@THiiXY comedy gold
I’m so looking forward to watching this when I get home
Thanks Julio, a nice long video with some different editing styles too aha, hope you enjoy!
@@THiiXY absolutely loved it, might even watch it again. Thank you for the breakdown!
Great Vid!
Appreciate you! :D
Great content
What a thrilling match it was. Hoping for another Twitch Rivals event!
100% I think that seeing an EU one or a round 2 would be so cool :D
Watched it live and really enjoyed this analysis. Would love to see more.
For pro lobbies the current Cashout mode is great if everyone is playing the 4D chess macro. But in solo Q lobbies with less macro game it can be very frustrating. Would love to try the idea where the team holding the cashout gets the cash over time.
100% and I think that this experience translates over to the real game mode too in previous seasons.
Because for trios, a lot of the time the game was a lot more engaging to play, but then the randomness of being matched against solo players decision making really made that more chaotic in a way.
Not sure what Embark are going to do to solve some of the frustrations with cashout, big a bigger chunk of players solo/duo than we really think.
Thanks for watching too btw!
bruh it's 1 AM here, I'm almost asleep.. Getting deep throated by a massive strategy guide did not come to my mind at all.
amazing video tho, might need rewatch it tomorrow lol
LOL thank you so much for watching! Yes I decided to drop this one at a different day than usual but also just trying out new stuff :)
lots of new info i learned from this vid..... thanks
This is awesome to hear! One of the main reasons I do this is to give info to players, so I appreciate you!
NOW THIS IS WHAT THE FINALS is about
HELL YEAAAAAA
Would love to see a breakdown of your favorite moments from the tournament
Yeah for sure, I could do an overview one as well :)
I watched till the end 😂
Appreciate you!! :D
If you're an average player, blindly following the meta in any game may get you some quick wins, but it will cap your skill level very quickly and for several reasons.
1000% and this game is some really nice proof of it too, it will only get you so far! Thanks for watching
Woah dude great commentating and every thing! wanna game sometime? I usually play the finals alone
Thank you! In my discord I do community nights sometimes where we all group up in private matches together, but next week I'm announcing something big :D
W acting from thiixy
Ahaha thank you next Leonardo DiCaprio
Someone said in the finals discord that Gigz’s team has zero fun playing competitively but man the results 😂
I dunno how anyone thought the results would be different, literally 3 of the top 5 players in the world vs mixes 😂
Also found it weird gigz picked the lewis over the SA
Bruh the editing 😭😭
Ahaha I don’t know anymore just trying out random stuff haha
Let’s be honest gigs team only one that gunfight because of double heavy. And L order for not placing down dome shield.
Yeah each team fight really came down to the wire on those cashouts, it’s actually really interesting that it’s like that, as I said I might make further videos on this event because everyone’s POV was really cool :)
dope vid
Thanks for watching :)
Nice video sir
Ayy I appreciate you watching and leaving a comment :D
It would've been so much better as a watcher if team gigz were all split up instead of being on the same team
Yeah I was saying maybe have it like Top Player + Streamer + Streamer so then it would be funny to see how the top player manages the streamers for example
@THiiXY Ya that would've been way better. My favorite twitch rivals tournaments to watch are always the ones where the teams are completely random and no one knows who's going to win. The random chaos it adds makes it really enjoyable to watch.
Would be nice to see a draft pick system eg there is a max amount of picks for each class of light, medium and heavy. This would ensure a good rotation of team compositions and all players should be versatile with certain classes. Creates also great advantages or disadvantages in some game scenarios.
That would be interesting, I’ve actually been hearing that a lot of players were getting closer to the idea of forcing LMH in matches, because it actually feels a lot more enjoyable to play against rather than meta comps etc
@@THiiXYyeah, my number one problem with the finals atm is the absolute dominance of the meta. I played in the open beta (which I felt was pretty balanced, actually) and there were optimal picks but generally everything was viable. I played early season one and with the changes made there was now a clear meta. Getting back in right now, it’s…. It’s all dual blades and heavies, and dashes
Maybe I just don’t play at a competitive enough level but it’s just all I see man
@@hwyadoin_alt exactly, the devs should encourage in comp modes, the essence of this game: chaotic gameplay with various amount of playstyles. That is what the finals is making different to other games.
Cashout in this state is imo not a good fit for comp style. I think quick cash would be way more entertaining and easier to watch as a spectator. Ofc with an adapted ruleset.
Good shit 👍
Thanks for watching! :)
Short answer: they're nerds. Long anwser: they're nerds.
LOL I’m the biggest nerd making the video though let’s be real they earning like $$$ for this Ahahah
My favorite part is when the devs didnt put out a balancing fix that was desperately needed, until after the event.
I absolutely love this game and want to see it succeed, but the devs got to do something about invis. If I have a 10-15 second cool down after picking up a turret then the lights need a cool down on popping invis. Almost every high rank lobby I’ve been in are just full teams of light players running invis bc it’s so broken on these maps rn. Hopefully this isn’t a meta that the devs refuse to address for a full season.
I can't wait for the game to be property competitive. so upset I couldn't be up for the streams :(
How dare you stick to a sleeping like any sane person would!? It’s fine lol the vods are there after too :D
Because they were the only squad filled with players who actually played the game. Other squads had one, others had none. They were more concerned about getting big names into the tournament for attention rather than giving the existing players an opportunity to compete. Player number barely changed so that worked out well...
Rivals was dope overall. Would have been better if they had dedicated colors for each team. It was a little annoying seeing every POV as the blue team
100% I got pretty frustrated with it and decided to switch to my own POVs on stream but I agree that even from my POV it would have been waaaay easier to show narratives if colours were set, this is good feedback for Embark though!
is there a VOD with your commentating? i want to watch it haha
Yes! It’s on my “live” section on my YT channel or Twitch :)
I really like to discuss the balance of the cashout gamemode but that would take so much time a trials to see what works best but one thing embark can try is to give an incentive to early aggression and having it start cashing out first. One other one i think is have it like drain the cash overtime till some cap and in the end get the last remaining cash like...lets say first cash starts at 10.000$ in the span of 100 sec it cashes towards the team holding the point till it reaches 5.000$ with only 20 sec left and whoever owns it gets the last remain.
Yes, I actually made these points all the way back in CB1 before many people started talking about the balance, but back then most people were still new to the game and said the idea wasn't great, so it's cool to see that others have the same perspective/idea now, as it's one of my frustrations with the mode too.
@@THiiXY still i think they should give us some access to some testing servers for the enthusiast in the community to try balance changes before they go live to avoid some mistakes they made and test balancing for modes without upsetting the community
This video would be better if you would doubt yourself less. You don't need to constantly say "oh these guys are really good so im sure they had their reasons"
They are in the moment playing you are an analyst trying to make a video for everyone to improve from and put your ideas out there. If others disagree so what just be confident.
Yeah I don't know I just have this mental state where I'm always thinking that someone knows something way better, but at the same time I'm always thinking that if one of the top players were to watch the video on stream or something, they'd be like "who tf even is this thiixy guy anyways - he's not even gotten a top 10" or something so I feel that I do have to cover myself, at the same time as saying that this is just my opinions, rather than me knowing everything, but I do probably overdo it, I agree with that.
Thanks for the feedback I really needed to hear this because I can imagine it would get quite frustrating to constantly hear lol
The Rivals stream honestly would have been so much better if Gigz team was not playing. Ruined the whole thing for a lot of people.
What would have been cool would be if they had one top player and two streamers kind of new to the game, would have been hilarious seeing how they co-ordinate their team to setup/attack/defend etc but hopefully they do something like that for next time.
Man I really hope twitch rivals put this game on the map in terms of comp
Yeah I think it would have done some contributing but not as big as others would think, it needs more of these, and official too.
Im loving the new season but my biggest frustration is players leaving during a world tour or ranked terminal attack as soon as there's any minor loss. I play with my GF and we can hold it down with just us 2 but that's not always enough.
100% they need to dish out some more punishing examples for this. It’s in nearly every other game at a ranked level, and sure you can say “but my internet DCd” if it’s a one off okay, but it still hurts literally everyone else in that lobby.
why tf did embark let a comp stack play together in a show tournament?
I don’t know if it was Embark etc but I do agree that it should have been Top player + Streamer + Streamer or Top Player + Top Player + Streamer because there was some imbalances
do you think its worth trying to use these paths of thinking in lobbies full of teams who are just mindlessly playing?
100% but if you hear the full video, I actually used this mode as an example as to why the mode is actually quite random as well, so really either way you're screwed, but I feel that if you use this though process it will give you at least higher odds of success, and every top player uses something along these lines.
Dope
Having 3 cashouts I believe will help with the third party
Cash out tournaments are just the better game mode. The third party issue is always going to exist in any game mode with multiple teams like battle royales for example. And I think this game is sort of a hybrid between a basic objective based shooter with 2 teams and a battle royale. Essentially, I think this is just how the game is designed and they shouldn’t go back on the original design because it’s what the game was developed around and it should just be expected that third parties will happen as they expect in battle royale games that are still played competitively.
6:33 Calling it random makes it sound bad to me, but isn't this what a lot of games strive for in player expression? Maybe cause I'm a low level player but I've never really had any frustration with the game mode
Still can't believe THiiXY died while making this video, R.I.P king
Hello, this is THiiXY's funeral directors. Yes, the event was tragic, but we will be hosting the funeral in due time, he left a note saying "thanks for watching" :D
i was here
And I appreciate you for that!! :D
1:21 you accidentally typed stronk😂
aha it's a meme way of saying strong, hasn't been used in a while I guess :D
@@THiiXY oh😭
@@THiiXY i forgot about the meme
If I only played this game I’d be cracked too😂
I would relate but I only play this game and I can promise you I’m not cracked ahaha
@@THiiXY i understand your struggle
because they are. duh?
you could have just said gigz team is top 3 leaderboards rankers
Let’s be honest gigz team was gonna win in they’ve been in the ranked top ten since beta and half the other teams consisted of people from other ranked games
Nice
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed :)
They play the game
They were handed the win, not even FIFA was so obvious with Argentina in the last world cup...
I thought ottr would win but I believe his team was pretty inexperienced compared to him would of been better if they scrambled the teams instead of building teams
many twitch rivals player dont even play the game
The Game is Simply too dynamic for 1answer to keep being the “right” one
100% and that’s exactly my point with a lot of guides out there, ofc they are super helpful but there’s always so many different ways of playing this game currently, that sometimes either not 1 answer is correct, or you have to be very adaptive based on the decisions the other teams are making
i cant believe thiixy fried my rice
Ayoooo wut
Just cringe that they were sitting there waiting to 3rd party
THE FINALS
3 stack against random trios that mostly don’t even play the game. Really awful decision to let Gigz to have his main stack.
Yeah I would have liked something such as;
Top Player + Top Player + Streamer (more serious)
or
Streamer + Streamer + Top Player (more fun)
So all these players know how third partying works and they couldn't change it up for 15 matches so that one team wouldn't dominate? Seems like in all this time there would be some counter measures.
because they are pure team rather than the others, are just random teammates lol.
were there any controller players in this tournament?
Good question! I don’t think so, no :/ However I will say that this was more of a tournament with selected opponents etc so we have yet to see a potential full tournament which could include controller players if they qualify etc
I love the finals but cash out is soo luck based, one time we were splitting up because :
1 we wiped the team that was fighting for our vault ;
2 the other team was wiped for quite some time to, but we were expecting them to respawn soon ;
3 the other vault was far away and so we wanted to insert our vault first to get some advantage on the time since we are good at defending ;
GUESS WHAT : The other team spawns right to the left of me (Heavy) and I died in milliseconds, I literally saw them spawn, my light and medium were 2 stories above me and 100 m in front of me, they also died after, then we got revenge but since the other team also died and their cashout finished we got molested by the other 3 teams and could not recover after
Honestly I think that the cashout mode is great and I really hope it gets to a spot where there’s more logic than chances.
Sounds like in this case it was those spawns that really messed you up too and that’s another thing which is a problem on top of that.
I think that even though ranked is only for TA, in Season 4 if they really work on the feedback to make the matches at least closer to logic and less random, with the new MMR system, it’s going to feel way better playing.
Skill issue
This video just makes me sad that ranked is no longer fun.
Yeah let’s hope they have a plan for World Tour in the mean time though honestly.
COD/xdefiant players complaining that they have to use their brains to win 😂
Who are thy top 500 i doubt it i been top 500 3 seasons in a row/ open beta
free cam needs to be removed for a competitive environment, I know most people don't use it for advantage but if they did...
It’s actually super OP when you think about it, in some cases you can even get a free preview on the other teams setup without exposing yourself to it
@@THiiXY Exactly, I know people use it in the final 3v3 so I intentionally stand around doing nothing until they respawn or pretend to hold from a certain position then relocate when they spawn, caught some easy elims that way but it should be removed, it's a very casual choice, I'm still not convinced Embark want a competitive audience
why ? bc the only people who play this game ar the hardcore fan base. it feels like there ar no casual lobbies anymore. no wonder whit that Marketing strategy from Embark.
Cashout is a bad ranked mode tbh
With the randomness and challenges to issues that it currently presents, yes.
I think Twitch Rivals showed us a lot of the times that this really is a 3rd party battle a lot of the times.
Luck? Stream sniping?