00:00 CHICKEN NUGGETS 00:22 NRG Offscript Presented by Rockstar Energy intro 01:02 WELCOME BONKAR 01:39 What will the future of the NRG roster look like 02:14 Why did we choose bonkar as coach? 04:07 How do you balance teaching your team to play fundamentally correct? 06:11 How to get good team chemistry with new players quickly? 08:37 How have the new players been? 10:50 How to deal with pressure of new players? 15:17 NRG aspas?? 22:28 How are we going to stack up? 23:15 Who's the strongest VCT team? 25:06 Demon1 to LEV? 26:27 Hype for Clout Clash 28:03 GUESS THE RANK 34:37 Thoughts on M80 vs 2G Grand Final 42:47 How good will Apeks be? 46:55 Xi Lai Gaming Import Players 52:36 How to make Phoenix more viable? 55:33 Do you think any Tier 2/3 players getting picked up for Tier 1? 58:15 Who deserves to be Tier 1? 1:03:48 Does this make the talent pool weaker? 1:05:01 NRG FAN QUESTIONS 1:14:38 Welcome again Bonkar 1:14:44 Thank you #NRGFam, thank you Rockstar Energy!
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Question: what is the lore behind all of your ign’s (excluding Ethan and s0m lol) and who do you think has the coolest ign lore out of all pro players?
Question: How does the processes of picking up players work; do y’all look at t1 options then t2? Do communications between orgs have any animosity? Do some make it more difficult than others when trying to set up trials?
Question: How do you apply playing ranked to improving for VCT? Are there specific things you focus on like comms, mechs, strats, or are you just playing to get reps in?
Question for FNS: as an IGL do you prefer when u win a round with the initial call working as planned or when something goes wrong and mid calling from you and your teammats helps bring it back?
Question: How do you manage being in a relationship and competing at the same time? How often would you say it affects your relationship, and do you wish you had more off-time because of it?
Question: How much does anti-strating contribute to wins? ie noting player tendencies, way they use ults, pistol round etc. Is it something that you guys are consistently thinking about or does some stuff get lost in the heat of the match?
I really hope verno and mada can be on the next episode! Question: will the volatility of T1 rosters ever settle down over time as the game gets older? or is it a product of the T1 ecosystem as a whole? what could riot do (format, contracts, funding, etc) to encourage orgs to invest more in building out cores, or will it always be about trying to capture lightning in a bottle?
Question: When there are internal issues with players in the team, what is the process or whose responsibility is it solving those issues? EX: is it a coaches responsibility to address the situation? players figure it out themselves? or there isn't a process and players just stay frustrated? etc.
FNS and other content creators have pointed out how map ban / pick is a meta in Valorant thats been largly ignored for "We play our best map, they play theirs." Do you see a future where we might see gigabrained strats that forces other teams to play their worst map?
what do you see the 2025 meta becoming with all of the upcoming agent changes? how will you guys adapt? love the podcast y’all keep up the great content 🫶🫶
Do you think it’s more impressive to be able to play any role at a high level like forsaken or is it more impressive to be at the top of your role like yay or demon 1?
Question for Everyone: If you could take one aspect from another Esport and bring it to VCT what would it be? (i.e: Seeding, Splits, Map Bans, Agent Bans, or anything else)?
Question: Why let demon1 go instead of using him like EG did or developing around him?? Is it just not your guy’s playlist?? context: EG used him not only as a dive duelist but have utility for him to set him up and entry as a team it’s like what LEV does with aspas, when demon1 was with eg and aspas with lev they have low entry %
Question : With the constant updates and agent meta shifts in Valorant, how does NRG approach adapting to new changes? Do you have a specific process for incorporating new agents or strategies into your game plan, or is it more of an organic team decision?"
Question: Honestly speaking how good do you guys think Sinatraa is right now? can he still be a top 10 player in the world? and what team would be the best fit for him?
QUESTION #1 : What are the NRG expectations as a team going into the 2025 season? QUESTON #2: What are the the players personal expectations/standards for the 2025 season? QUESTION #3 : What can the NRG fans expect from this 2025 roster, how many LANs appearances can the fans expect ?
