There should be a "pro boost" that you only obtain after making top 8 in an rlcs event or something. Make it super exclusive, but accessible to pros who make it to that point. Trade locked from the start, must be earned.
The allure of alpha boost is that it's what pros use and it's exclusive. So make something more exclusive that can be acquired by up to a max of 72 players per season.
@@lIlOlIl101 Garrett mentions later that he was used to being able to cruise his way into top 4 until only a few years ago. And he talks about how adjusting to the new era with a lot more talent is difficult for him. Rise came up in this much more saturated environment where you have to go for every little advantage so he knows exactly what measures must be taken
But then it's not Alpha boost anymore. It was their mistake to not trade lock it when trading was introduced, and it was also their mistake to not ban the Alpha boost and the accounts that were duplicating them when a scam report was filed. I've had all of my items stolen as well, and I gave psyonix screenshots as well as the scammers account. If they have this information, the scammer should have their items trade locked, removed from the account, or the account permanently banned, and the scammee gets their stuff back trade banned. It would have stopped the exploit dead in it's tracks. People might have still been scammed out of their money, but at least the scammers couldn't keep passing the boost along, it would be one and done.
This whole thing is psyonixs fault tho? Like they could’ve put alpha boost in the shop or made all alpha boost untradable once it became apparent people were trading it as a rare item for money, which goes against their rules in the first place. They set themselves up for disaster.
ill be the first to say firstkiller isnt the best at team play, probalby ego or somthing behind the scenes, but he has the best stats out of anyone according to shift, this was best individual players, so him being second makes more than enough sense
Why do you assume only SSLs or Pro's would have the boost? There could be people who played the Alpha are garbage and stuck in Plat, but never cared to sell the item cause its rare?
love the cast but bruh talking about the ban situation for 45+min was so boring 😭 need 1-2 more topics to talk about so that yall dont spend an hour on the same thing
Great episode ! These must become 4 hours long, you guys didn’t get a chance to touch on Rise’ takes on the transfer window and on how Oxygen are doing. Also, regarding the whole Alpha boost situation, I’d love Psyonix to bomb the black market just like they did with the TW Fennec and Octane. Reintroduce Alphaboost and you are good. I also can’t believe how we move past the fact that minors got to spend thousands on an in game item. The whole NFT/crypto culture is the culmination of these type of behaviors, where you are made to believe that owning an in game item is an investment that could make you any money on the long run. The esports scene is so precarious, it leads to these types of problems when you have kids trying to make a living off of a hobby
Imo they shouldn’t bring alpha boost back. That’s why it’s an “alpha” boost because it was only available in the alpha. They just need to be more diligent when somebody claims they got scammed out of an item that they know is “high value” instead of just taking their word for it and automatically give them a trade locked version
That was my thought. Psyonix can giveth, why don't they taketh away? Like, sorry you got scammed, but you're not allowed to have that item according to the TOS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They should have numbered the alpha boosts in the name, "Alpha Boost #1-100000" and then you could literally hunt down the original owner then also since it has a unique name it would have been way more obvious to dumbass little kids that it wasn't legit
I find it hard to believe that only bubble players fell for this scam thrre are so many pro players and not 1 fell for it or participated? Tjats is either really impressive or really lucky. Its kinda hard to believe. Esp since pros like rise clearly were offered these boosts
How can they prove the person with the trade locked alpha boost is the same person that is the bubble player, doesn’t sound like it would hold in court
Every item will be tied to a unique ID on the backend. That's like asking how can a bank tell who i've sent money to - they just keep it all tracked in a database
@@nodidog no its not, lmao they cannot tell only by their usernames which multiple people can have, you would have to attach ur id number/ phone number/ social security for an account to be linked to a person
Hence why I never made an epic account. Until I got banned for telling a teammate that was demo chasing me the whole game to khs. Bro griefs the match and bumps me for 5 minutes straight and I get banned.
The way CJ delivers “turns out it’s drugs” like it’s a casual, happens to the best of us type moment is gold
time stamp?
@@hamishstein9978 34:37
Garrett is such a class act. I enjoy listening to him speak anytime he's on
GarrettG's openness in this one is great. OG speaking facts on Mental Health.
What a legendary episode, the last 15 minutes are pure comedy
I love how 1.5 hrs of the first half of this pod immediately got outdated before they even finished the pod 😂
There should be a "pro boost" that you only obtain after making top 8 in an rlcs event or something. Make it super exclusive, but accessible to pros who make it to that point. Trade locked from the start, must be earned.
The allure of alpha boost is that it's what pros use and it's exclusive. So make something more exclusive that can be acquired by up to a max of 72 players per season.
@@cscott3401 agree, but it's also a really good boost in general, mainly because it doesn't show that much in your pov when playing
Alpha boost is the perfect culmination of hype, that’s why it’s $5,000 in a free game and the supply is lower than the demand
1:44:23 is when the alpha boost/banned players update dropped live during the stream
This combo of guests is perfect
First episode I've tuned into, great job. I'll be watching for the next one!
"I dont like the silence" lmaooooooo
1:11:59 It's so interesting to me that Rise talked about that when Garret is right there
Pretty facts, Garrett didn’t make the connection tho
@@Nqwilliams it’s funny y’all even mention that considering garret has had the longest longevity out all players
@@lIlOlIl101 Garrett mentions later that he was used to being able to cruise his way into top 4 until only a few years ago. And he talks about how adjusting to the new era with a lot more talent is difficult for him. Rise came up in this much more saturated environment where you have to go for every little advantage so he knows exactly what measures must be taken
@@Nqwilliams what connection?
@@abusselltv5651 most people think nrg is struggling partly because they’re prioritizing friendship over making a change to improve
Have GarrettG on every week
Johnny dropped a based take at 37:45
Also learned from this ep that turinturo is definitely a comrade
@@SnakeThisLife Yes he is, the young man is a king
The amount of new up and upcoming talent is going to be crazy 😂😂😂😂😂
34:25 never let this man cook again 💀
The council will decide your fate
JohnnyBoi saying NRG is too quiet and needs to control the narrative, proceeds to talk over GarrettG when he is trying to explain his perspective.
Massive publicity stunt we all got caught up in…over cosmetics…but I was on the edge of my seat.
Someone in chat saying top Row is just facial hair progression
The last part is so good
Just saw rizzo’s new video, he’s still gonna play with Lunar and Peeps on Take3! Let’s goooo🔥
rizzo tweeted been given a second chance lmaoooooooo
easy solution with the alpha boost... put it in the game shop
But then it's not Alpha boost anymore. It was their mistake to not trade lock it when trading was introduced, and it was also their mistake to not ban the Alpha boost and the accounts that were duplicating them when a scam report was filed. I've had all of my items stolen as well, and I gave psyonix screenshots as well as the scammers account. If they have this information, the scammer should have their items trade locked, removed from the account, or the account permanently banned, and the scammee gets their stuff back trade banned. It would have stopped the exploit dead in it's tracks. People might have still been scammed out of their money, but at least the scammers couldn't keep passing the boost along, it would be one and done.
Psyonix issued a statement today about the banned players and said all of the bubble players are unbanned and are allowed to play in RLCS
They talk about the statement in the last 20 minutes of the episode
Imagine commenting before watching the whole video 💀
@@TrulyLegitGaming it’s a two hour long video, I can totally imagine people doing that😂😂
This whole thing is psyonixs fault tho? Like they could’ve put alpha boost in the shop or made all alpha boost untradable once it became apparent people were trading it as a rare item for money, which goes against their rules in the first place. They set themselves up for disaster.
1:45:17 is the live statement
Bro how did 15 year old bubble players get $1k to spend on trade locked boost???
Just me or did everyone have like 20 ads ??
Massive facts from the cast on how cringe air dribble bumps are and how that's SAM playstyle
ill be the first to say firstkiller isnt the best at team play, probalby ego or somthing behind the scenes, but he has the best stats out of anyone according to shift, this was best individual players, so him being second makes more than enough sense
I wondered if something wasd going on with alpha boost when i saw a guy in champ 2 with it i was like hmmmmm
Why do you assume only SSLs or Pro's would have the boost? There could be people who played the Alpha are garbage and stuck in Plat, but never cared to sell the item cause its rare?
Rizz goat
Couldn't you just create a new account? And escape the ban just play rlcs with a new account or is it the ban on specific person?
I’m pretty sure that would be “ban evading” which is also against tos
I'm glad NRG stuck cuz they will be a statement team for years to come. I hope everyone looks at them in the future as an example of LONG TERM growth.
1. Cj is great.
2. Rise’s “like” is liKe
Nrg resurgence incoming…. All y’all haters just made them stronger lol
love the cast but bruh talking about the ban situation for 45+min was so boring 😭 need 1-2 more topics to talk about so that yall dont spend an hour on the same thing
Great episode ! These must become 4 hours long, you guys didn’t get a chance to touch on Rise’ takes on the transfer window and on how Oxygen are doing.
Also, regarding the whole Alpha boost situation, I’d love Psyonix to bomb the black market just like they did with the TW Fennec and Octane. Reintroduce Alphaboost and you are good. I also can’t believe how we move past the fact that minors got to spend thousands on an in game item. The whole NFT/crypto culture is the culmination of these type of behaviors, where you are made to believe that owning an in game item is an investment that could make you any money on the long run. The esports scene is so precarious, it leads to these types of problems when you have kids trying to make a living off of a hobby
They talked about the trade window a lot 2 episodes ago
They need to just lock them all.
Imo they shouldn’t bring alpha boost back. That’s why it’s an “alpha” boost because it was only available in the alpha. They just need to be more diligent when somebody claims they got scammed out of an item that they know is “high value” instead of just taking their word for it and automatically give them a trade locked version
Big daddy rizzo
Why don’t they just remove all trade locked alpha boost and then unban the account?
That was my thought. Psyonix can giveth, why don't they taketh away? Like, sorry you got scammed, but you're not allowed to have that item according to the TOS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
rules are rules . once u change them then u can start doing that
They should have numbered the alpha boosts in the name, "Alpha Boost #1-100000" and then you could literally hunt down the original owner then also since it has a unique name it would have been way more obvious to dumbass little kids that it wasn't legit
Yeah but tbf when they made alpha boost in 2015 don't think they could have seen this coming
I find it hard to believe that only bubble players fell for this scam thrre are so many pro players and not 1 fell for it or participated? Tjats is either really impressive or really lucky. Its kinda hard to believe. Esp since pros like rise clearly were offered these boosts
Tcorrel fell for it and was devastated when he found out he was banned.
It is WAAAAAAY more cringe that you guys want air dribble bumps and demos banned or agreed to not do it like wow babies much xD
They seem to be glossing over the fact that these people just lost 1.5k dollars on an item they can’t use anymore. Is that not punishment enough?
Thats not punishment, its a life lesson.. If you buy something for the 1/5th of the usual price you can assume its fake/not legal..
How can they prove the person with the trade locked alpha boost is the same person that is the bubble player, doesn’t sound like it would hold in court
The same way they distribute tags to players?
@@trouble2-u923 the account get its, if the human behind makes a new account they cant prove it
in order for the bubble player to get the alpha boost they have to link the epic account to their main
Every item will be tied to a unique ID on the backend. That's like asking how can a bank tell who i've sent money to - they just keep it all tracked in a database
@@nodidog no its not, lmao they cannot tell only by their usernames which multiple people can have, you would have to attach ur id number/ phone number/ social security for an account to be linked to a person
Hence why I never made an epic account. Until I got banned for telling a teammate that was demo chasing me the whole game to khs.
Bro griefs the match and bumps me for 5 minutes straight and I get banned.
Deserved ban lmao. Maybe don't tell people to kill themselves, especially over something as minor as a demo
@MajesticMo I still won without him that's probably what made him so mad. Even dodging his bump attempts I still 1v2d and won. Such a troll
you deserved to be banned. And you should probably be perma-banned. Demo-chasing in a game is not an issue. Telling people to kill themselves is.
deserved ban lmao
www.twitch.tv/kaydop/clip/TallSmellyBorkNononoCat-KbDpiCbvxSQbaFXD
The Kaydop clip for those who were wondering.
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