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Now, listen,
this is going to be a hot take.
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I don't mean that B.S.
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when people say
it's going to be a hot take.
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They just spout something
that everybody agrees with.
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You don't deserve your rank.
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You heard me.
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Maybe that applies to me, too.
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Cue some sort of intro.
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We don't have an intro.
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What up Birches! It's ya boy Hottakester.
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I'm here to talk about stacking in ranked
and how it's probably holding you
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back.
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My personal opinion
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is that you don't deserve your rank
if you are unable to solo queue to said rank.
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I'm not saying you technically
have to show a Q to that rank,
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but if you get to a certain rank
and you're like: "Wow, I know
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that I would not be able to solo queue
to my current position"...
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you might not deserve it.
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Let's say you're playing Apex
and you form a three stack.
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You all coordinate and communicate
well and you end up climbing the ranks
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pretty quickly.
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I think it's easy
to start thinking at that point.
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"Wow, we must be really good at this game.
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We're climbing the ranks faster
than anybody else."
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But here's the thing.
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If you can't solo queue
and reach that similar rank,
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then the rank you got
when you three stacked, isn't necessarily
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a fair assessment of your individual
skill level.
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Yes, Having a team of three people
can definitely give you an advantage.
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Of course it can.
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But does that mean you're a better player
on your own?
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Obviously, this isn't just limited
to three stacking in apex.
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The same goes for stacking in Valorant.
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It's a little harder
for me to say about overwatch.
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I know five stacking
isn't really a big thing.
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I was going to reach out
to an Overwatch coach,
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but I got shy and I chickened out.
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Now I know what you might be thinking, "but
what about those pros who play in teams?"
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while pro players are definitely super
skilled at the game...
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You got to recognize that they're able
to play the game for like 10 hours a day
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every single day, which is something
you probably do not have.
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Play with a team, lets you make mistakes
that if you were solo queueing with randoms,
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those mistakes would cost you the game.
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A lot of them are micro mistakes.
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That butterfly...
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into something crazy
When you're playing with the team,
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you have a luxury of being able
to rely on your teammates
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to cover for you when you screw up.
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In solo queue,
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the chance that there's someone
to catch you if you slip... are very low.
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Now, if you solo queue a bunch
to iron out those mistakes,
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can you imagine
how much of a better player
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you would be when you stacked again?
so that you could focus on teamwork?
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Like I said earlier,
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a lot of people are going to get stuck in
ranks like Diamond or Masters in Apex
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or even hit a certain rank
and then don't try to climb any higher
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because they know they can't.
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Yet these players will still
label themselves as "masters" players
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or "immortal" players
when they can't gain at all.
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I think that minimum requirement
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is that you need to be able to solo
queue the previous rank.
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So if you want to label yourself
a masters player,
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you need to be able to solo
queue through Diamond.
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Or if you want to label yourself
an immortal player,
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then you need to be able to solo queue
through...what is it? ascendent.
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And obviously the same thing
applies for lower ranks.
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If you want to say you're a plat player,
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you should have the capability
to solo queue through gold.
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I'm not even saying you have to,
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but you at least need to know
you're able to do so.
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If you're unable to solo queue
through that previous rank,
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I don't think you're going to be able
to gain
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in the rank that you're in,
unless you're carried or something.
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I think this changes, though,
when it comes to like predator rank. Solo
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queueing against pre-made pred or pro
three stacks is just not possible.
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And everybody in Apex is always like: "Oh,
I'm getting queued up against three stacked
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predators when I'm in plat. No you're not.
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I solo queued in diamond
every single day in November
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and I probably only came up
against a pred 3 stack
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or was in a master's lobby,
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maybe like five times
out of the entire month of November.
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If you had a server that's like as barren
as the Sahara Desert.
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Fair. Understandable. Have a nice day.
Okay? You Win.
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If you are agreeing with my opinions,
then feel free to like the video.
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If you are disagreeing with my opinions,
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then feel free to like the video
and subscribe
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because you won't always disagree with me.
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It is definitely very possible
for a three stack of individually skilled
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diamond players to reach masters,
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but does that mean
they're each masters players?
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And do you think that three
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individually skilled
diamond players can gain in masters?
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and the same logic for valorant,
of course. Five Stack Warriors, whatever.
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And then it all just comes back to
even if you hit Masters but aren't
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individually a master skilled player,
do you really deserve that rank?
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If you hit immortal, you aren't
individually an immortal skilled player.
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Do you really deserve that rank?
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Do you deserve to label yourself as such?
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Now, I'm not saying never play with a team
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and I'm not saying only three
stacking stops improvement,
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but I am saying that stacking
is more likely to make you
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complacent in your skills while picking up
your teammates and each other slack.
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Right?
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If you are stuck while three stacking,
it's time I think, to take a look
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back on the individual
that maybe you as an individual
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need to grow
before your team can keep going.
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If you're just playing for fun
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and don't really care about improvement,
perfectly valid,
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there is absolutely nothing
wrong with that.
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But if you do care, then maybe
you should think about what I've said.
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And maybe solo queue
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every once
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in a while to gauge what your skill level
actually is as an individual player.
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And that's it for the video.
Thank you so much for watching. I appreciate it.
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Are you mad? What if I throw some thighs
to make you feel better?
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Do you forgive me?
Make sure you like subscribe.
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Follow me on Twitter. If I piss you off,
let me know in the comments.
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Like if I did not piss you
off. Also leave.
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Like just pretend that
dislike button is not there.
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