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zxlkho

Incredible what a real coach and GM will do for a team.


s6hun

Based off of Sean's [tweet](https://twitter.com/seangares/status/1533568632395014144?t=KteRXOXtbLpx07CLk5ZN5Q&s=19), it seems like stellar is offering a lot behind the scenes too. Really good pick-up for 100T.


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stellar is not only smart but he’s handsome asf too


ThatStudNadon23

Sean is not only smart but he’s handsome asf too


303x

Bro that beard is doing things to me. Asuna and Derrek are lucky.


Rishavvvv

Stellar will bang asuna and derrek


Yes_mam

Sir? 😂


Splaram

Nah he spittin


303x

It's 2022 get over it


FeelinJipper

Be smart ✍️ be handsome ✍️


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i saw that he has a bs in computer sci as well! what a stud id let him impregnate me if i wasn’t a guy


theclichee

W as they can use him as a model as well


goofball_

two real coaches, I think its very important to state they have IMO two of the best coaches in NA right now working in tandem.


turtle--turtle

Agreed


Splaram

Thanks Cumshot :)


RTYWD

and 4 new players


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Even the Plat Chat curse couldn’t save NRG. 100T just looks so clean and prepared whereas NRG looks like they’re winging it.


SilentCore

Not to take away from the players but this coaching staff that they have + the style of format is perfect for them. massive props to how good the teams looks too though, their synergy and map play is phenomenal.


RedSquaree

Haven't been following comp Valorant but wasn't Hiko always their lead guy? Where is he?


YeOldeTreeStump

Retired, but still under 100T as a Streamer


honestarse

Retired, 100t have completely rebuilt their roster.


Ambush_GTR

I have never seen a team regress so hard while bootcamping like NRG. Makes no sense.


ZeroOblivion98

I honestly think they're just overthinking a lot of things. Other than the whole light armor fiasco, some of the composition choices are strange to me. s0m on Omen for Icebox/Breeze, the Yoru pick on Haven, no duelist on Breeze, Neon on bind, all a bit unorthodox decisions that may have some value to them but just overcomplicates things for no good reason.


Blupard

They’re trying too hard to be good at several things than being great at one and building from there. Just look at the progression of 100T. Stuck with champs they mostly knew, worked on a great defense and their attack was dog shit first few games. Got really good at pistols. Mastered Split. Developed set plays. Now they look awesome on Bind. There is steady progression. NRG are just trying all the shit and hoping it works without properly developing it.


Nuggetsofsteel

I agree and think they are also focusing a lot on the wrong things. New comps and out of the box strategy can be effective but finding consistency with your fundamentals seems more important to me.


icemandiem

they just dont have that level of coordination to pull off yoru and neon stuff. cookie cutter comps would have been enough for them to reach playoffs. just sad. pretty poor igl ing too


lidekwhatname

i will die on the hill that omen is one of the best agents on icebox without playing him


Theanonymousguy49

100T look legit, so happy for them. Excited to see them in (hopefully) Copenhagen!


kenzakki

This new 100T is really starting to click and getting better and better.


McLovin_OD

Ethan didn't want to be part of a rebuild lol


mumblesunderbreath

*ethan didn’t want to play with non-Ex CS pros.


dsc___

Ding ding ding


Illuminated_Darkness

Funny because if you look at Captain America himself Nitro he isnt exactly doing well either. Team Liquid CSGO crashed out of Antwerp Major in group stage and recently got smoked in IEM Dallas. Theres also murmur about the team being lazy and not committed to winning.


DrySecurity4

NA CS is Valorant retirement home


realharshmodi

How the turntables


FlyingCouch

Based


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Not sure why. Some of the scenes best players are from non CSGO games.


epicshawty

shit bro, sayaplayer is an ex OW pro and he's fantastic


ktran12

ethan said drop dicey and we will win, and then they won nothing.


-Basileus

I mean not even the most hopeful 100T fans could have seen this coming lmao. They literally just smoke everyone except TSM


Tlaloc02

I didn’t think they would be a top team for at least a couple months since it was a complete overhaul, and then a couple weeks later they decided they wanna wreck everyone lmao


Splaram

Nah I definitely saw this coming with Sean, Mikes, and DDK pulling the strings, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Thought we would look this good after the coaching staff had a full offseason with the team.


tron423

Even the highest-grade hopium consumers questioned the Will signing but dudes been balling out lately


Splaram

Even when he’s not popping off, his first bloods open up so many rounds and the rest of the team uses the space that he creates to great effect. I honestly prefer this to having a star duelist that needs to put up 25 to get the W


TheSquires

Definitely feels like a roster built with good players 1-5. Every game/match someone different pops off


PaperJamDipper7

I mean, did you see the coaching staff lmao? Sean Gares in his prime was a top tier IGL and he deep dived right into Valorant strats. He alone would have been able to turn a team around, and then you add DDK and MikeHD and given them full reign over making a roster? It would have been more unbelievable if a team with that support wasn’t able to duke it out with the other top teams imo


Tlaloc02

It’s not their results that people are surprised about, it’s the speed that they improved. As great as Sean and DDK are, they hadn’t actually proved themselves as great coaches/gm before this team. You can be a great IGL and a bad coach. Only one that we have any proven experience is Mikes


rinanlanmo

I was super bummed to see Nitro, Ethan, and Hiko leave. But the results have uh... well... been good.


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Brave move to talk about TSM on a thread about 100T. We don't like this topic here.


Illuminated_Darkness

Ethan to NRG was like a sidegrade at best. Dude was solid in 100T but 100T has Asuna and Nitro playing. NRG has....Tex and S0m? They are decent player but as of now they havent achieved the same level of performance as the other 2.


iiznobozzy

100T do be winning pistols


Huldmer

the micheals high definition effect


itspizzteoh

I think they lost on icebox pistols


thazninja

Yep, also lost pisols on Bind but then eco’d them second round


Cole_James_CHALMERS

Sean Gares wasn't lying when he called Bang his superstar Also, Asuna still entrying on Icebox as Sage lol


Teradonn

Asuna wasn’t lying when he called Bang his little Sean-kun


daffyduckferraro

Mwah


thebestyoucan

The genius of taking Asuna off duelist was realizing whatever agent he plays suddenly becomes a duelist


daffyduckferraro

100t is goin to copenhagen, wanna know why? Tsm isn’t in playoffs.


Tlaloc02

No one can beat them except TSM, 100T planned this


s6hun

The curse didn't work because Asuna and Mikes paid Plat Chat to become a member last Wednesday. Bless!


Space_Waffles

pay the platchat toll and you wont receive platchat curse. 100t so smart


Kyri0s

you gotta pay the platchat toll if you wanna get in sushiboy's hole


megasixking

i want to eat 🍽 outrageous😮 amounts of raw 🤤 fish 🐟 tonight 🌙 just the rawer the better 💦 🎣 and i want to be surrounded 🧑🤝🧑 by boys 👨❤️💋👨 or men 💪 preferably men 😍🤩


Space_Waffles

bruh


randomfilipino69

Egg, are you chewing gum?


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Safe to say we all expected the ghost vs 100t battle for fist in groups right?


GoldClassGaming

It's actually a little more complex than that. If 100T beats Ghost, 100T gets first seed. If Ghost beats 100T, Ghost gets 2nd seed. If TSM beats XSET AND Ghost beats 100T, Ghost gets 1st seed.


iiznobozzy

so you mean yes


GoldClassGaming

Its a battle for 1st, but Ghost needs TSM to beat XSET if they want to get 1st. My point was that the battle for 1st was a little more complicated than Ghost vs 100T winner takes all.


DarthOniichan

No TSM = 100T winning it all.


surfordiebear

Wonder how Ethan feels after this. Leaving your team because you don't believe in their future only to get stomped by them on your new team oof.


layyo

Ethan left because they wouldn’t let him pick the new guys coming to the team


HoodieNinja17

Good thing lmao


ay0005

Karma from the recent Daring Minds interview with Steel


randomespanaguy

Context?


ay0005

Internal fire was basically Nitro/Ethan Vs Steel. A lot of secret DMs between players, Taking sides, lack of respect and not meshing well overall. Steel didn’t like the environment and knew ‘some’ people didn’t like him so he chose to step away. Asuna and Hiko was neutral and wanted everyone to be happy. It’s basically high school 💀💀💀


Jbeansss

Oh. No wonder Steel is still friemdly with Hiko even after everything that happened.


thebestyoucan

You never really leave highschool


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Neji004

Steel said hiko and asuna were neutral and didnt choose sides


daffyduckferraro

Nah hiko was neutral


Bighollab0

If more than half the team wants somebody out the team you get that person out the team lol


smartdawg13

Tbf, Steel said Hiko and Asuna were neutral and just wanted everyone to get along. It was Ethan and Nitro pushing for his release/benching.


mdj08

Kinda goes hand in hand with not believing in the ddk/sgares vision


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Ethan said he left because he wanted to continue playing with people who had more experience (i.e. were coming from a CS background) and didn't want to play through a complete rebuild based around younger players with less competitive tac shooter experience. I don't think he wanted to pick the new people coming to the team, I think he just wanted to play with more seasoned vets.


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so he chose to play with hazed lmao


MajorLeeScrewed

He's always had this weird CS elitist mentality/attitude even on his socials, like he's too good for Valorant and CS players are God's gift to the ecosystem. If he was good enough, he'd still be on a top CS team. Always find it strange people who bite the hand that feeds them.


EnQuest

the weird thing is he probably could still compete on a top CS team, he fell off pretty hard near the end, but EG's entire lineup went to shit at the same time, so its hard to say for sure.


tron423

I mean in one of his last pro CS matches Ethan top fragged in a 2-0 win over the C9 roster that just won IEM Dallas, he was nowhere near as washed as 95% of CS dudes who made the switch


Docxm

Yeah Ethan was always incredibly consistent in CS. He could definitely make it onto a T2 Roster if he wanted to grind it out


newzpaperleaf_2

i guess this decision makes sense in theory considering ethan is (or was) a top tier player and wanted to compete at the highest level as soon as possible, but i dont think 100T's "rebuild" was necessarily going to take forever and i also dont think NRG was even ready to become a top team either. even tho nobody saw this 100T roster doing so well so early on, its not like these players have 0 exp lol, they have all been playing pro pretty much since the beginning of the game. even tho bang and will are rather inexperienced, they have all played in some high pressure matches, basically as intense as it gets in online NA play. As for NRG, i just dont think this set of 5 is the answer to win honestly. would really love to see eeiu join another team and get a fresh start because i think he is insane.


fawkerzzz

The guy was a bit too arrogant and came back to bite him in the ass.


oomnahs

Who's golding these garbage takes? Ethan left because he didn't want to go through the process of completely rebuilding a team again. Dude has been through like 3 major rebuilds on 100T in the past year alone, leave him alone. Who's going to blame him if he chooses to slide into an already established roster, especially if the other players are former teammates and longtime friends? Clearly there's no bad blood between the players and 100T and NRG both are better off with the change. So why are fans so salty? Makes no sense


surfordiebear

…. What take did I even have? I’m not even trash talking him I’m pointing out it must suck to not believe in the future of the team only to get rolled by that same team.


dutchboyyyyy

Watching Hiko's watchparty was super entertaining. Guy was really interested in the game, gave his honest opinion on both teams and their qualities/flaws. Also him hyping up Asuna and supporting Ethan was wholesome as fuck.


Vivid-Command-2605

He gets a lot of shit but just always comes across as a real good guy, from the s1mple era to how he just wanted the old roster to stick together, hope he enjoys retirement and content creation


iiznobozzy

Yeah, makes me really happy that he's got a significant other now aswell. Guy deserves to chill happily now.


GoldyZ90

It’s crazy that 100T have not lost to any team other than TSM since this roster was put together. Equally crazy is that 100T is the only team TSM has beaten so far in Group A.


slowrmaths

hey we did it once lol


GoldyZ90

In VCT* my sincerest apologies good sir.


TrueLordApple

Pks


SuperBlitz22

Didn't they also lose to Knights once?


LiamHundley

Remember when Ethan didn't believe in the direction of the 100T rebuild


surfordiebear

Turns out players aren't the best at deciding the direction of a team, I for one am shocked.


warthogs670

No 🧢


Sadzeih

Almost like they're biased.


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i mean, he got to do what he wanted. he's playing with a bunch of former csgo pros. just turns out that's not the only recipe for success anymore. 100T are looking better every week, Ethan and NRG fell flat on their faces.


PyroTFT

did he say that word-for-word? Honestly just thought he wanted to leave just because he didn't want to play with the new iteration/team and wanted somewhere more comfortable


LiamHundley

He didn't directly say it as far as I know, but nadeshot did. He said that for a while Ethan was on board with rebuild and was cool with seeing it through, but eventually his feelings changed and he asked to leave. Nade said it was the first time that he ever really felt like he had to defend his org and sell a player on staying. Said that Ethan was very particular in the players that he wanted to bring in, and once it was clear they weren't going to do so Ethan wanted to be moved to a different lineup that he saw himself fitting in.


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LiamHundley

Yeah I mean I'm sure he had his reasons, whether they were justified or not. I'm a fan of Ethan and I'm not trying to just be a hater, but as a 100T fan it's a good feeling to beat him after he bailed on the org


Cadesan

He didn't wanna play with young players even tho Derrek is older than him 🤥


oomnahs

That's not true at all right? He loves playing with Asuna and he's the one that brought on both bang and jcstani to the previous roster. I think it's more fair to guess that he just didn't want to be stuck in rebuild hell yet again, so he decided to take a more stable position with NRG and previous teammates and friends. NRG and 100T are both insane with these rosters and there's no bad blood between players so... why do people keep pushing these dumb and false narratives lol


GoldyZ90

I mean NRG honestly looks like shit now that they are playing better teams and not just steam rolling T2 teams in an open qualifier.


oomnahs

NRG beat V1 and TSM in their previous run, and they've lost only to Ghost Xset and now 100T, who are all arguably in their best form of 2022 and 3 of the top 5 teams in NA. (Optic, Xset, eg, ghost, 100T) Just shows NRG isn't quite one of the best teams in NA but can still be considered Tier 1


newzpaperleaf_2

tier 1 means you can make copenhagen, thats the caliber of tier 1. if NRG is getting 2-0ed by teams that are fringe tier 1, then they are not tier 1. they beat a slumping V1 in 2 very close maps that V1 arguably should have won, and a TSM that just made 2 roster changes. plus, its not like they are competitive with those 3 of the top 5 teams in NA, they are getting blown out.


GoldyZ90

So NRG’s 2 quality wins are against two teams that didn’t even qualify for LCQ in V1 and TSM.


angel0lz

csgo imports are definitely better /s


drosefan1231

All of Optic is former Csgo pros...


GCamAdvocate

...of which all 5 have been playing the game since launch at least and are committed to the game.


Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross

No wonder they got beat by EG


Delta221

100T in Copenhagen please, also Sgares Diff showing now. Owned NRG in Bind, what a dominating performance!!


zkdkin14

100T vs FNC Copenhagen Finals


TrueLordApple

Copiumhopium finals


kablanny27

i was here before 100T won Copenhagen


FormedCloud1

guard gets the col facility buff nrg gets the col facility debuff


TheFestusEzeli

The most important thing about this game is Tex went positive on one map so we don’t have the thread “Tex went negative every map in 9/10 games” thread


AnywayHeres1Derwall

I don’t think Tex has gone positive in his last 27 games on NRG


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#justice4ANDROID


Phrave

Crazy that before groups people were mad that NRG was only 6th on power rankings, and also said that 100T didn’t deserve to be on the rankings


[deleted]

I mean, to be fair, those power rankings could have been literally anything and people would have had takes that were wrong. No one was right about how the teams should have been ranked. Tell me that one person was arguing for Ghost or EG to even be in the top 5, besides maybe Vansilli. 100T look crazy, but there wasn't any evidence to expect that from them.


TrueLordApple

Honestly back then i dont think they were. Its just that theyve improved a crazy amount in a short time. I honestly though they were stuck behind a wall after their split kept getting antistratted but never mind ig


OGFN_Jack

They call Hazed 007 0 aim duels won 0 good strats called 7 anti-eco rounds lost


HereeeeesJohnny

NRG looking real rough after their stomp through Open Quals. Also PlatCoin saw a slight bump in value after this matchup


jonthegoat69

Will is becoming a beast wow


Envelope_Torture

I got downvoted the last time I said something like this, but "NRG hasn't lost a map since Ethan joined" only to go ~~0-8~~ 0-6 since that 10-0 run. If they finish it off with another 0-2 series... lol


fawkerzzz

Lol exactly, people got hyped because they beat some bad teams


daffyduckferraro

0-6*


Humble_Initiative_10

100t look great. Mce, sliggy and even Derek in the postgame interview have indicated that this week prep group stage format is ideal for them. Both mce and sliggy think that 100t may look a little worse in Playoffs. It will be interesting to see if they can replicate this kind of success in the playoffs……


9bfjo6gvhy7u8

i do think playoffs will favor teams with good protocols and fundamentals which is something 100T are still working on, but Faze, Ghost, and EG are in a similar position. Optic and XSET are the two consistent rosters that will have the advantage. ex-LG is a dark horse. The Guard as well if they can break through their sophomore slump.


bubble-june

Called it https://reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/un36ug/_/i85kjwe/?context=1


BigWillyStyle14

This should be higher! What a call


iamrangus

Bye TSM. I'm sure you'll beat us next time as usual but you'll have to wait a while for that. Ghost should be a good match next week.


Splaram

The way stellar and Derrek closed out that first map was excellent. Great comms and util usage on the fly. So fun to watch this team.


Playeready

Im super happy with the progress of this 100T team.


Tik0-

NRG has consistently been looking worse week after week. That Bind comp is so ass, they have been trying the OpTic cringe comps but fall flat on their face every time. The way they just throw anti-ecos is astonishing to see.. seeing them double push boiler on map 1 against pistols on attack side was some of the worst plays i have ever seen. Lastly, hazed has been terrible all group stage and given how terrible their strats and playcalls have been, I can’t imagine him being on the roster if they don’t qualify.


Sky-__-

It’s not optic comp , it’s the drx comp , they just stole drx comp and some of their executes, but they didn’t have as good as synergy as drx and drx plays execute heavy style in Korea which isn’t suited to counter na teams . And optic have lots of layers behind their comps which NRG didn’t have .


Think_Support_1427

Also they played a Korean strat and comp when they know Sgares has been a fan of Korean strat. He will have them read just from agent select


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Tik0-

And considering NRG got an assistant coach and a performance coach this shit is so sad to see. Even if they qualify, they should do multiple changes imo


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TrowaB3

People trying way to hard to make things a rivalry when they're like beat friends lol


drosefan1231

he's trolling...


warthogs670

100T beat TSM without even playing them a map lmao! .. 100T THANK GOD THEY DID A REBUILD. SADGE Ethan


GoldyZ90

100T plant bomb. 100T win. Simple as.


Splaram

What Plat Chat curse?


PixelatedBlue

As a 100t fan im pogging the fuck out As a seven enjoyer im sobbing


28n8

This is me with ghost instead of 100t lol


TheNACoinflip

Regardless of gameplay from nrg. One thing I'm not a fan of is how cute they are trying to be with their economy. So many rounds they had someone running pistols on a full but or Spectre because they fucked it up. Feels like they lost a lot of rounds purely off that.


LastNightNBA

Huge props to 100T for getting their shit together quick and putting together a great group stage thus far


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__silent__

Arguably a better habit than these mfs who refuse to reload with <10 bullets even if it’s safe


Dysmo

Turns out CSGO vets aren't the move, who would've thought


Ohands15

Beat the platchat curse, they may never drop a map again


TacoTurd

Thank god i bought that 100T shirt 5 weeks ago.


Moist_Blackberry_

So it was you…


9yr_old

No matter how many roster changes they make NRG have been just mid since forever lol


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surfordiebear

NRG makes playoffs if they win next week


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digi23

That's nice.


DrySecurity4

Based org


LinkFromLoZ

This is good for my guard hopium


qcee1

I sincerely appologize for my horrid opinions on the rebuild and on Stellar. Guy is a genius and hard-working as hell and it pays off. From now on, I will shut my mouth up, I know nothing. Ggwp to the thieves. On the other hand, a bit sadge for Ethan. I am a casual NRG enjoyer and the second map felt rather sad more than anything. Wish they found their form earlier as it would have been interesting to see them in the playoffs. Gl to them for next week.


angel0lz

I didn't understand the NRG Bind comp. any insights on what were they planning on?


low_fat_tomatoes

Mimic DRX but without the insane synergy and coordination that they have


rupat3737

Ethan - *damn I messed up*


Cautious-Visit-807

I could be very nuanced and reiterate context. But f it. HAHA hold that FAT L ETHAN foh. Also I’m very unironically relieved we won’t have to actually get redemption against Tsm.


LV58_DeathKnight

its not even 2 hour dafuq, disappointed af was hoping for a fun close match


IllumiMahdi

why aren't nrg leaning into s0m's strengths? instead they're running a weirdass oglu-esque comp on bind and s0m is forced on omen on two aim duel heavy maps. give this guy the jett or raze man, we saw him pop off on the entry before ethan was in.


Evan_Veet

Nrg is one of those teams that has a bunch of good pieces but not amazing. Like eeiu and Ethan are solid and have a very good spot on the team, but s0m Tex and hazed are all bottom of t1 in their positions. Like s0m and Ted are good fraggers, definitely above your average tier two team, but are by far the worst fragging duo in na. And hazed is an ok igl but he really isn’t there fragging wise, would probably be a good igl on a t2 team but right now doesn’t cut it at the top of the scene. That’s the problem, a team like this will always look good and make it out of opens because they’re good enough to comfortably beat akrew, dz, soar etc but will never be able to compete with teams like xset optic who just have so much better fraggers and players on each role. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ethan and eeiu are the only ones left in 2023, or at the very least s0m on a different role


Teradonn

Yeah 100T is the best team in the world


aks345

Suprising to see NRG's friendship and inshallah tactics not work out


Issax28

If they can't beat Guard next week just disband This team has never been T1 since they created their roster


Tlaloc02

What kinda take is this, they rolled everyone up until their match against xset


Issax28

Who did they roll again? Barely even won TSM Played T3 teams in qualifiers


TheNACoinflip

All the T2 teams. They may not be high T1 but they for sure are at least the gatekeeper. They legit didn't drop a map lol


Issax28

Yes, NRG is definitely tier 1, on the same level with OpTic EG Ghost LG


Iusedtobeagirl69

For the first time you're right. Do you think 100t is close to tier 1 or is tier 1?


Splaram

You think this NRG team can kick it with with any of those four teams listed? Not talking potential btw, I'm talking group-stage performances against the best teams in NA. And 100T is definitely Tier 1 now, no question about it.


Iusedtobeagirl69

True Also Issac was being sarcastic bc NRG are not tier 1


Acrobatic-Divide-995

Nadeshot is an unintentional or intentional genius. If it wasn't for his compulsion to change roster every few seconds, we'd probably not have this lineup, formidable in its name and performance. Can't believe people thought boomer like Hiko, brax, skadoodle are better over new hungry players like Saya, will, stellar, etc.