‘Chiu on This’ is a short and regular opinion blast

Nel reported on flickshot that there is a move happening where s1mple and flamie could go to SK and join the trio of Coldzera, FalleN, and fer. I don’t know how true this is, but Nel is someone I trust as he has consistently reported more correctly than not. So if this is the move, then I’ll go ahead and say I don’t believe in it. There are too many role clashes and not enough support structure to get the entire thing to work. First let’s break it down.

Does SK need a roster move? Probably considering their current results and their ambitions to be the best in the world forever. Their last few months have been unacceptable by their standards.

Is removing TACO and boltz the right move? Based on their recent performances, I think both have been on a down slide for a while. They are also the two support players of the team, but it seems like a systemic problem. In which case, yes you could justify to remove them though the question is who you’d bring in. From the Brazilian scene, the best players to fill out their roles are probably fnx and steel. They already tried fnx and that didn’t work out. Steel is a possibility, but Liquid is a team that should be winning championships soon so that’s a hard sale.

Fine, maybe they want to go international. In which case the two players that could have worked were dennis and RUBINO. Dennis is flexible enough to do anything and RUBINO has proven he is a great team player and support player (one of the best in the world when he was on Dignitas/North).

So what about the s1mple and flamie move? S1mple is the best player in the world so regardless of the roles, if you can get him, go get him. Flamie doesn’t make much sense to me though as they already have way too much starpower and I don’t think flamie is the type of player that fits the typical SK mold when it comes to supportive ends.

The final thing to talk about is synergy. They are all going to have to talk in English. Are they going to play a loose style? The last time they did that with Felps it almost broke the entire team apart, but that’s the only way I think it could work with s1mple and their language differences. This is even more ludicrous than when FaZe got olofmeister and GuardiaN, so I don’t think this one is going to work. It just doesn’t make much sense to me in terms of balance of roles, language, and what I know of SK’s history as a team.