Boostio and Zikz talk about Kickoff performance

[@Player5Games]

dont worry about it goats we are used to this, so theres no pressure

[@arimamira]

Lmao 😞

[@Thomazealot]

Being used to it is the problem bro

[@splaramklusmos]

😭😭😭real

[@chappiexgarra8467]

Lol so true but sad 😂

[@josefernandas8462]

Sounds like you are used to losing

[@awesamlee]

If I were Nadeshot, I'd be more pissed watching this lol

[@brandonmims1799]

I'm more piseed watching this

[@MaxHGR]

So much wrong with this conversation lmao

[@Natty11100]

I think Boostio is wrong about the off season and them losing kind of prove it considering Nrg, Sen and G2 all did a bunch of off season tourneys and said it helped them

[@Natty11100]

Nrg even lost some of their first games in the off season then won out the tourney

[@huethebest2694]

@@Natty11100 totally agree sen last year is obviously a prime example of this (winning afreeca then masters) theres not really a reason not to do offline tourneys during the offseason. Look at pacific as well Gen.G and especially T1 look great and they were grinding offline tourneys. It just doesn't make sense to not participate. Nadeshot complaining about not being able to watch the team when they literally didn't do any tourneys in the offseason is crazy work.

[@huethebest2694]

and zander joined in october of last year they definitely could have played in some tourneys with him. Or if all of them weren't able to attend just sub some people out. I feel like playing matches with more at stake opposed to just scrimming helps regardless of stage experience. Helps you adapt to the meta in a more real setting opposed to just scrimming which is just like a simulation of the real thing with the intention of practicing. While playing in offseason tourneys puts that practice into use to see what does/doesn't work.

[@Natty11100]

I also think the you choose how you want to play the off season, like boostio said he would play differently but if you go into it crossing to try hard and play like it's an official then they might have figured out boostios play style which I noticed immediately during their game vs trust n plug, he's a brand new intitator so he had trouble dying first and leaving his team with no util

[@TheIchae]

Off season event is not about the money or the glory man it about see chemistry between your team cause scrim are scrim it practice people don't care as much

[@RachaelAgaroC]

Breach was a new experience for Boostio,,, if only there were some off season tournaments for him to practice ….

[@wrekt2192]

isn't there redbull afreec sen invitation and few more?

[@IanStrain23328]

@@wrekt2192 There is. But 100T played in 1 single off season tourney. For Those Who Dare, and they lost 1-2 to a T2 team. So they only played 1 match and then nothing again until the MIBR game to open 2025 Kickoff.

[@dominichall1641]

I get what boostio is trying to say about the off season events but imo that’s the problem he needs to not see it that way and see it as a chance to improve and work on things before the actual season

[@chappiexgarra8467]

Boostio defending the fact that non Riot tournaments do nothing for the team is just pathetic. Its that type of mentality that would get me mad if I was team member or even the owner. The hunger isnt there if you arent trying to win everything sorry.

[@grapebadger]

I'm not a professional pro by any means, but i watch a lot of it. Started supporting 100T because of Hiko and stayed ever since. But no accountability for this kick-off performance is wild. Picking into Bind without making any changes to the comp since Shanghai is wild. Even if you still think that comp is valid, where is a new stuff with it? Still being passive on defense. Attack is readable when you play against good teams as well. You lost 7 out of 8 Binds since Shanghai. One win against MIBR was thanks to winning 2 pistols and MIBR basically not understanding defensive protocols. And it's your best map supposedly? Mid rounding on attack is not existent. I don't know what Boostio does, because he doesn't frag either. -30? seriously? I just don't know at this point.

[@helios1624]

Preach!

[@ugga_mugga]

Our Bind defense used to actually be very aggressive with mid-round reclearing. Part of the variation at Kickoff was to play passive and SEN burned the clock quite a bit until their first timeout. But I do agree with you, I feel like this is the ideal time to innovate. Falling back to comfort on the first tourney of the year doesn’t inspire confidence.

[@mattcurrent00]

"I'm not a pro, but..." *wall of text*

[@ilianvanwaes4883]

The hole point of that comp is that they weren’t passive on defense so idk if u know what ur talking about

[@versoke2908]

This gives us a lot of time for stage 1, I'm hoping we go far and make the rest of the internationals this year

[@marcusg7591]

here early to encourage the team! tough losses but we bounce back. tough teams to fight at the start of a tournament.

[@apostle7542]

Esports are so soft man this is what happens when you have two guys that are okay with losing and watching anime all day leading your team. They are so okay with losing and making excuses, no hunger for winning

[@sjehrjekjrhrkoehskenrn3527]

No excuses but I counted 15+ excuses lol

[@Arunbiju969]

LOL

[@CunningFlix]

Literally 33 minutes of excuses. Not even a 100T fan but this pisses me off for y’all.

[@jayg3371]

Not participating in the off season to improve new team chemistry due to "burnout from a few players" is a crazy excuse.. When 100T made it to Shanghai Asuna called SEN out for "burning out" and said that 100T is different which was why SEN did not make it to Shanghai. Now all of a sudden when they bomb out of kick off and people are questioning 100T's lack of participation in the off season grind like SEN, NRG, G2, C9, and LOUD, all of a sudden it's because the players were burnt out after not playing half the year? Grind more and start taking the off season more seriously like the rest of the remaining teams left in kick-off that all grinded the offseason 💀

[@yoddaeng]

they literally said in the podcast after they lost to kru some of them were burnt out and that was obvious with how that played back in stage 2. team chem was never a major priority for them because zander already has chemistry from being former teammates with cryo and eeiu, as well as him and asuna having a lot of chemistry from being go to ranked duos for like 2 years. and zikz wasnt saying theyre burnt out now it was to AVOID burn out later in the season

[@jayg3371]

@@yoddaeng But Asuna said that they wouldn't suffer burnout like SEN did because they just "want it more" in an interview in VCT Shanghai which made Zellsis respond on stream to "keep that same energy later in the year". I guess 100T Asuna got humbled and realized the dangers of burnout AFTER witnessing it for himself lmfao. Yeah I hope that 6 months break to avoid burnout was worth bombing out of kick-off and missing Bangkok, to quote Asuna himself, "they just didn't want it bad enough" like the remaining teams left in kick-off

[@yoddaeng]

@@jayg3371 thats the thing, asuna never experienced burnout. from what i remember it was zikz eeiu and bang that were the ones burnt out after shanghai/stage 2. ur being so damn dramatic about kickoff where SO many teams are still working on fine tuning themselves and improving on mistakes they have CUZ ITS SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. i agree that playing more in the off season can help but putting so much attention on that is just dumb imo because of the changes that were made before kickoff started

[@jayg3371]

@@yoddaeng The changes were made yet you're ignoring the fact that a majority of the teams that survived kickoff thus far all participated in the off-season to get on stage reps and encountering new issues they were able to fix before coming into kick-off. SEN, NRG, EG, LOUD, G2 all experienced the last minute changes just like 100T but are still in it. So much focus is being put on the off season because the org owner and this clown Boostio saying it's meaningless and pointless and it wouldn't help but you have people like Rob Moore saying everyone is putting the work in and took the off season events seriously while 100T thinks it's meaningless; compete even if the meta is going to change because it helps you identify any issues with team chemistry and adapt.

[@kingofthekongcb]

love that they're still confident in the long term growth of the team, looking forward to next stage!

[@shosh5806]

how do u guys have burnout when u get knocked out of kickoff twice in a row and only make ONE international. it doesnt make sense. its embarrassing that the main igl and coach are doing excuses instead of accepting reality that they are not doing enough

[@ZiyechSZN]

17:05 this legit sounds like a mentality problem

[@jusophone]

Great Vid! As a longtime 100T supporter it did seem like the team got comp diffed imo

[@SRGAMER_YT]

bruh i have fight like 10 v 1's agents SEN and NRG Fans because of there loss. Still i believe in u guys

[@danviviano7144]

Everytime I start to doubt, they pull me back in

[@josefernandas8462]

No accountability, its time for a change.

[@samigler279]

boostio has lost soo much weight good shit

[@SvenRz]

The offseason events may not technically matter but the on stage experience is priceless. You can’t knock that

[@Amadro95]

How did this podcast get approved??? Said no excuses than sat and made excuses for 15 minutes. All big teams are trying to get as many off season as possible and you guys think it wont help? Yeaaah nadeshot has a right to be pissed

[@Nachtel]

bro's doing content

[@trolldestroyer583]

Wow, you gained a lot of perspective on why you lost AFTER it was too late to do anything about it. If only there was a way to gain that perspective before you are in the elimination bracket. Boostio is a great player, but he really needs to check his ego on this one. You won a title once, great, happy for you. Keep putting in work, play the Mickey Mouse matches, and get that perspective before it's too late.

[@SirCarmelli]

great that u discuss all that

[@ryan26192]

One thing I was hoping for them to talk about is their map philosophy. Last year 100 thieves were world beaters in just one map: Bind, they were good in icebox and haven, and the other maps were fairly serviceable. And the moment people caught on to their bind or banned them they started losing. What I wanted to see from 100T this season was to have a much more balanced map pool, take the philosophy of Gen G who are fundamentally good on every map with a 7 map pool. This season we saw an amazing lotus, and an amazing split. And yet 100 thieves banned lotus against sen for a reason I really cannot figure out. Going against NRG is definitely unfortunate as we all know NRG were heavily upset from C9 and a bounce back was inevitable. Without a doubt in my mind 100 T would’ve beat C9 and we’d have a decent losers run on our hands. My only advice is to make sure your map pool is fundamentally strong, I would focus on asuna as a super fast entry, and not heavily relying on cryos Jett op on some maps. Double duelist with yoru iso would go crazy trust

[@Zagarth12]

Sounds like a mindset problem when it comes to approaching the offseason and scrims. Paid as a professional but acts like it's just a game. You should play for the fans bro! It's an entertainment event. I was on your side until that segment. Holy cow. Time to clean house

[@dooglebdotwana6096]

what about the 100 page doc on bennett island tho

[@taserface5354]

im tired of pretending nadeshot isnt right. u guys have potential but as fans im sure most of us are tired waiting u guys to live up to it…

[@reuwlane9867]

No way players on the team felt burnout after asuna was talking that big shit and throwing shade at SEN being burnt out

[@chounosuki3990]

when boostio talks about this 2024-25 iteration of 100t being the best team in the world every single time. im sure nadeshot is swinging his feet in joy every time 100t chokes and loses after talking shit for the 27th with no results to show 😮

[@raindezvous9868]

With this kind of mentality 100t definitely not gonna qualify in the vct. If i were nadeshot i will pissed off more after watching this.

[@superdedipro123]

Do whatever you want. I simply stopped caring some time ago. Best of luck. And I disagree with boostio about people not wanting to win off season tournaments. Any competitor of this level will want to win regardless of the event. If they watched any of the the teams they would know people were taking it seriously.

[@James-hu6fz]

boosti's hair unironically looks really good

[@yaneck4746]

Here's what offseason events do. Fuel a fanbase. Give something to fucking watch. Now 100t is out for 2 months and we didn't even get the luxury of watching them perform like sen or NRG in offseason events to build hype for something like a damn bundle. SEN isn't a magic org, they do shit to showcase themselves and that is why they make so much money.

[@rodrigogonzalez1570]

Not taking serious the off season is the reason you suck lmao Also boostio making excuses such as "This is not CS" is so cringe

[@forlornesports7922]

boostios opinion about offseason events is the reason he is seemingly fine leading his team to a losers round two exit while going -30

[@ThatsAmore123]

Yeah it’s the fucking team’s fault for not taking the offseason seriously. Nadeshot really complained about how the format is shit and he doesn’t watch his team play more when they had the whole offseason to play in so many tournaments which would have made them better going into kickoff.

[@Ruuinx]

Wouldn’t you rather start off rough and finish the year strong or start off strong but then fall off when it matters most? Don’t rush anything.

[@Eragon_-jy8qq]

Nadeshot tweet was nothing yall soft. He was 100 percent right. LOTS OF EXCUSES. JUST WIN

[@PigheadPoet]

Dude boostio makes me sick. Kid out here still holding on to shit talking with a -30 🤦‍♂️

[@SaibaFate]

The amount of hate you guys get is not needed. Hope you improve on your mistakes 100T goodluck

[@fardinabdullaacanto4715]

You guys are goated

[@ktae9930]

im sorryy but burnout should not be an excuse for not playing in offseason events, especially when you play so few games per year.

[@Kukkizu]

Boostio will never learn, it's really sad...

[@exodusv8624]

My only gripe, I get what Boostio is trying to say with off season events. But he also said he never tried in scrims before, and that its new for him to try so hard. He could have reallocated that effort to off season, his only Claim against off season is he wont take it seriously, but while Off Season are fake reps, wouldnt scrims mean even less?

[@MaxHGR]

Lmao there is so much wrong with this conversation after losing like they did. Especially with an owner like Nade. Essentially boiling it down to luck when you say you don’t try during the offseason is WILD 😂 “we just need some time to practice” “we’re only taking a week off”

[@turtsy4545]

Don't worry at least you guys now know that Icebox is located on Bennett Island in Sakha, Russia

[@CunningFlix]

Boostio got hit with the Ozempic nerf.

[@strawberryrafi4662]

I know we got this but off season part its just a excuse with low mindset. Its not about money its about hunger to win . I hope you guys do well.

[@guccisir7894]

The 5 Players are individually super good but they don’t match together imo, not chemistry it’s just their play styles don’t match. Cryo for example plays jett but he is not an entry Fragger he can’t push and kill , asuna can do that but the team doesn’t match

[@komilkhudoyqulov7229]

I feel like you guys got really unlucky against NRG and Sen, in both games you guys got snowballed hard on bind and Pearl was little bit unlucky that teams either kept hitting retake site or Cryo missed some crucial op shots which happens. I think you guys shouldve won both series, I have high hopes for stage 1 just like last year.

[@AGUILARHERNANDEZJESUSADOLFOITS]

Chin up, king ❤

[@im_happily_sadd3730]

While I do understand and agree with the fact that offseason events are nowhere near as relevant or important as VCT, to completely disregard the competition and chance to play against teams from other regions and experiment simply because you won’t take it seriously and don’t think anyone else will is actually such a shit mindset

[@tareknazmul6545]

whole lot of excuses

[@kelleypupello8821]

I love y'all

[@helios1624]

Boosted-io is so "humble" in this interview lmao.. fraud needs to be cut from the team

[@bam6182]

atleast now boostio has time to do content and then some practice

[@starcross8237]

100 excuses

[@reuwlane9867]

You know who would be an incredible pick up……. Victor Wong

[@nile1521]

i think what separates you guys from the other top teams is that they could literally change their comp/gameplan between matches and make it work whereas yall stick to your system no matter what, its both a good thing and a bad thing because your system can only be as good as whoever created it (this affects comps/maps/gameplans) kickoff was mostly a comp diff and a low map pool at the end of the day losing kickoffs mean you have a strong stage 1/masters toronto

[@cisco5081]

100Ls

[@Lvrdsean]

I understand the point of this video but it also just seems like a gun is pointed at both of their heads and they're just giving out PR answers. Regardless, I'm still going to continue to root for the guys and hope for the best. I understand things take time so just make sure you guys are working hard during your time off so you can show off what you can REALLY do when you guys come back in March 💪🏽

[@daddyelvis3127]

2 fkn months till they play again....

[@andrewehlert4989]

whole lot of excuses and "unluckies" need to see accountability and desire. wake up play go to bed and do it again every day. at least peter and eeiu seem to want it bad watching this just made me more upset

[@andrewehlert4989]

i would actually be embarrassed being zikz or boostio watching this back

[@JoshuaGuti11]

This shouldnt have been released. Just excuses and justifications. Comes a point where no one cares, winning is the only way to shut people up. Simple.

[@orthoboy9670]

Bro you guys lost to FURIA after placing top 3 in master shanghai that is unacceptable even accounting burnout if you had won that one Champs would have looked different you had 15 days to prep for that game I still remember the both overtime games it felt like you did not want to win the OT

[@ithenewrace]

Boostio has lost some weight

[@shark6350]

Ozempic boostio?

[@_Aulipr]

You guys are really good at making content , stick to it …

[@icanbuildguys1608]

Beating MIBR 2-0 and being competitive against NRG and SEN is not a negative

[@shosh5806]

beating mibr who had 3 days of prac, nrg who clearly isnt in form and just choking to sen who also have not looked at their peak with the new roster is in fact a negative. i will say the stage 1 map pool looks good bc atleast they have more jett maps but if they dont make both internationals this team has to be rebuilt

[@davidy6273]

piggy so bad hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@WW2Tales.]

there is no way these guys thought they were best in the world LMAOOO

[@perolix9429]

Play more, win more. Period. These days you NEED an IGL who can carry his weight in frags. For ex. JohnQT, Valyn, Saadhak, kiNgg. Boostio is not that guy and 100T is failing because of it. Same reason they lost with Stellar. Of course Boostio is going to keep saying that he thinks this team is the best, because he doesnt want to get dropped knowing that he cant carry his own weight.

[@wyattwren2102]

bro boostio is a proven igl he won a champs and made a deep run in shanghai last year chill it was one game

[@perolix9429]

@@wyattwren2102 Look back at his last 10 plus games. He cant get kills. If he wins his duels and gets his then his team wins, but he cant. He won a champs bc he got carried. Demon1 even said Jawg was more of an IGL then Boostio was.

[@lumitsukii]

@@perolix9429 he def has good enough mechanics but like he said hes just been utiling too much since hes used to being 2nd entry instead of full support initiator

[@perolix9429]

@@lumitsukii He does have good mechanics, but there's no such thing as utiling too much lol. Hes a pro player, he should be able to use all his util and get his ones at least. I don't think hes a bad guy or anything, I'm just saying in this level of pro play you got to be better than that. I think 100T would've won both games had he shown up to play.

[@bam6182]

lol i like how they try to justify not practicing in off season. no wonder they got knocked out. Even SEN didn't have a roster locked in at that time as far as I remember, didn't stop them from playing.

[@rayharris9270]

I don't like how they try to say adding a new player as an excuse. SEN literally lost 2 players

[@sephzera]

As a SEN fan, lil bro will never beat us, but 100T looks very good and will be fineee going forward this season

[@samuelcurdy6644]

Literally beat you 4 months ago lol

[@yahya777-c3o]

@@samuelcurdy6644 did it matter

[@im_happily_sadd3730]

@@samuelcurdy6644Crazy you guys beat them 4 months ago and they still end up 4th place at champs. Kinda sad ngl

[@wrekt2192]

​@@samuelcurdy664412-4 all time record lol. pathetic record

[@samuelcurdy6644]

@ His comment said "He will never beat us" That statement is false. Are all SEN fans this illiterate?

[@Shshxjcjsjsnkc]

🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

[@krateo9737]

-30

[@brose3943]

this is a perfect response video. i always have confidence in you guys, but this just boosted that