Chad

get into those mind games as much they're going to simplify it a bit and I think the problem is for some of these tier 1 teams like they're whether it's fundamentals or just their floor at times isn't high enough where you just need to play more or less basic CS you don't need to think too much about

having trick plays and out mind gaming your opponent.

You just need to play standard CS in a way, obviously react to what they're doing and prepare for them, see what their tendencies are and see how you can punish them.

But you don't need to do anything crazy, right?

Because you have the superior players and those teams obviously have more weaknesses than some of the other tier one teams and that's what you do.

And upsets are going to happen, and sometimes these teams also play not to lose instead of playing to win, right?

They play it maybe too safe in some of these scenarios, but...

For my part, I think it's about perhaps a lack of understanding in the way in which you need to play against these teams.

You can't approach it the same way like when you play a tier one team, both for the players individually and you as a team, the things you're going to be doing.

You need to have this understanding going into these matches.

It's a different sort of a game.

I think you don't have to win now, but you have the pieces to win now, at least in theory.

If you got Magix back to IGL with this idea that it's going to take him, even a year is a lot, but let's say two years is crazy, that you're going to keep him there, that he's going to be developing as an IGL for two years.

I mean, that's just terrible team management.

And in that case, why are you doing that?

Why are you not rebuilding, but why are you developing an IGL for two years when you have Duncan Shiro?

Just get someone who can IGL on a very basic level even, you know,

With those sorts of players.

And Spirit just has a ton of issues, man.

They're just getting exposed when Donk isn't having great games.