In this week's episode, Adam and Tim discuss the climb up the Valorant ranked ladder and the factors that contribute to a player's decision to stop their grind.

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⌚ Timestamps: Coming Soon

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In this week's episode, Adam and Tim talk about Masters Toronto and how it reflects the current state of Valorant.

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In this week's episode, Adam and Tim get into what it means to be a Valorant Coach and how new methods, techniques and technologies are evolving this role throughout gaming as a whole.

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In this week's episode, Adam and I get into how to combat tilt and become more emotionally intelligent people, developing our mental to be more resilient.

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👨‍⚕️ Justins Links:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/justin-wang-brooklyn-ny/1358193 https://twitter.com/wang_jus

⌚ Timestamps: Coming Soon

In this week's episode, Adam and myself get into how to practice more effectively and what to practice specifically to become a more versatile and whole Valorant player.

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⌚ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:14 What is practice for valorant?
1:23 Translating practice into the game
6:42 How much should we practice?
8:00 Practicing utility usage
9:48 Pros have such good peeking technique
12:11 Comfort is a skill
15:51 Narrowing your focus
17:55 The 80/20 rule
20:12 Playing to perform
24:03 Locking in
26:38 Small crosshairs
28:41 Improving mental performance
31:50 The capacity for story telling
35:32 Reframing issues
36:36 It's not cringe to try (like seriously you're allowed to be passionate about things)
42:49 Outro

In this week's episode, Adam and I get into what makes an immortal/radiant level player and how possible it is for a player to improve and navigate the journey to that level.

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⌚ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:39 What's changed since last time?
2:33 Why is it so hard to be Immortal/Radiant?
4:03 Self sabotaging in between round
8:08 What factors into becoming an immortal player?
15:49 The Variability of humans
20:54 Self sufficiency 
22:56 Sometimes Close enough is Good enough
24:52 aligning your actions with your values
26:39 Flexibility & Adaptability 
33:14 Becoming a more Versatile player
40:00 Mechanically dominant players thrive in ranked
42:32 Removing variance
47:13 Outro

In this week's episode, Adam and myself get into what the best way to approach ranked is and how to master good patterns of play.

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⌚ Timestamps:

0:00 TVL Tent
1:58 Intro
2:23 The Vyse/Tejo Meta
2:47 Vyse
5:04 Why do people think Vyse is bad?
7:20 Vyse has a simple playbook
8:51 My Goat Kay/O just isn't the best rn :(
10:02 Tejo (God bless Tejo nerfs)
11:30 Should you be spamming Vyse/Tejo? 
13:44 Gimmicks vs Fundamentals
14:03 Iso
14:48 80/20 (Aaannnddd Roll credits)
18:29 How do we play Fast Rotate properly?
19:56 What's the 80/20 for attack?
20:59 Performance is an odds based event
21:44 You cannot play "perfect" Valorant
27:38 Outro

In this week's episode, DDK teaches Adam and Tim what the issues with and difficulties experienced are by Esports organizations. 

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⌚ Timestamps:

0:00 TVL Tent
1:58 EPISODE 50!!!
2:39 DDK!
3:01 What's overlooked in Valorant E=Sports?
6:10 Building culture
9:19 Riot is restrictive
11:10 Optimising an individual players performance
14:38 DDK's time with 100T
24:09 Malleability in development
27:06 Theres not enough financial stability in Esports
28:16 What has DDK Learned from his experience?
33:08 Culture is what you fall back on when you're not winning
37:07 "Family" and interpersonal relationships
38:10 You're most vulnerable to failure when you're succeeding
39:23 Aim training and its place in player development
45:59 Practice and how it informs performance
49:55 The illusion of control and resetting after setbacks
53:22 The mental game
56:50 You can't brute force dealing with your emotions
1:00:35 What is DDK doing in the future?
1:03:14 Outro

In this week's episode, we get into books that changed our perspectives and outlook on life; as well as how they've affected our approach to improving our quality of life and upping our self-improvement journeys.

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Book list:
The Slight Edge - https://shorturl.at/TXaZs

Range - https://shorturl.at/Rlvj9

Designing your life - https://shorturl.at/Xd1vS

The Courage to be Disliked - https://shorturl.at/cSbky

Can't hurt me - https://tinyurl.com/2u4w7vn8

Never finished - https://tinyurl.com/3hu5a9ss

Million dollar weekend - https://tinyurl.com/bddz5yxy

Thinking fast & slow - https://tinyurl.com/4dcx5c9h

Deep Work  - https://www.amazon.com.au/Deep-Work-Cal-Newport/dp/1455586692

⌚ Timestamps: 
0:00 TVL Tent
1:55 Intro
2:29 What's our top 5?
3:51 The Slight Edge
5:54 Range
9:08 Designing your life
12:48 The Courage to be Disliked
15:40 David Goggins (Can't hurt me & Never finished)
17:06 Victim mindset
25:25 Million dollar weekend
28:19 Thinking fast & slow
33:59 Deep Work
35:42 Outro

In this week's episode, Adam and myself get into why Tenz is unsatisfied with the current state of Valorant

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⌚ Timestamps:
0:00 TVL Tent
1:49 Intro
2:16 Tenz Clip
4:09 Tenz thinks utility is annoying
6:02 Mechanical skill is undervalued in Valorant
8:42 VALORANT IS DYING!!
9:26 Do casual players belong in Valorant?
10:46 Riot actually has really good matchmaking (stop coping)
11:55 We take modern ranked for granted
14:14 Why is every game a Hero shooter with a gimmick?
15:19 Chess is the ULTIMATE competitive game
16:35 Does utility actually make Valorant more exciting?
17:14 The skill floor keeps rising with time
18:41 What makes Valorant fun?
21:02 Valorant is about adapting
22:41 External/internal locus of control
24:23 You can't Clip-farm to Radiant (Sorry)
26:56 Tims underground Car Racing adventure (Lawfully)
28:51 Consistency
30:09 Not every pro is a star
32:14  If you were the Avatar you would know
34:12 Jawgemo is laidback and light-hearted
34:56 Is Valorant becoming better for "strategist" type players?
35:44 Its hard to make a game for everyone
36:27 Final thoughts and take aways
39:59 Outro