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This Valorant Life

Tim Yeung

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Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 54

Improve at Valorant and at life. Co-hosted by Tim Yeung and Adam (Dopai) we take a holistic look at improving at Valorant both in-game and out-of-game.

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Beating Tilt with a Mental Health Counsellor | This Valorant Life Episode 54

Season 1 · Episode 54

Thursday, May 8, 2025 • Duration 50:10

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.

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T_Yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me
👨‍⚕️ Justins Links:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/justin-wang-brooklyn-ny/1358193 https://twitter.com/wang_jus

⌚ Timestamps: Coming Soon

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Can ANYONE Actually Hit Immortal? | This Valorant Life #52

Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 44:30

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.

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@t_yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ 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

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How to Practice the RIGHT way | This Valorant Life #53

Season 1 · Episode 53

Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 43:48

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.

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T_Yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ 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

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This is the BEST playstyle for Ranked! | This Valorant Life #51

Season 1 · Episode 51

Sunday, April 13, 2025 • Duration 29:25

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.

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T_Yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ 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

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Why Most Esports Teams Are Doomed to Fail | This Valorant Life #50

Season 1 · Episode 50

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • Duration 01:04:47

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

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@t_yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me
🐐 DDK's Twitter: https://x.com/ddkesports

⌚ 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

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These Books CHANGED our lives... | This Valorant Life #49

Season 1 · Episode 49

Saturday, March 29, 2025 • Duration 36:36

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.

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@t_yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

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

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We became a REAL Podcast | This Valorant Life Episode 48 | Valorant Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 48

Saturday, March 15, 2025 • Duration 58:38

In this week's episode, Adam and I talk about topics like finding success and the soloq journey as well as other topics relating to purpose

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: / dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: / @t_yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ Timestamps:
0:00 TVL Tent
1:49 Tims POV is temporarily unavailable (intro)
1:59 Money doesn't buy happiness
4:29 Wanting to succeed is stressful
6:13 Enjoying the process of discovery
8:27 Not all goals are fulfilling
9:24 Its a choice to be excited for the journey
9:56 Process Goals
11:34 Process Goals aren't equally easy to apply to every situation Having space to think Accountability Approval Applying Heuristics Adam's Beach vacation Giving yourself Grace Your first time of everything only happens once Appreciating the Hard moments in life Always being the student Range and Grit Resilience Designing your life SoloQ Zekken Vibes Irrational Confidence Guy SoloQ is the best way to improve Final thoughts (Outro)

Why this Pro HATES Valorant | This Valorant Life Episode 47 | Valorant Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 47

Saturday, March 15, 2025 • Duration 40:33

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

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: / dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: / @t_yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ 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 Why is every game a Hero shooter with a gimmick? Chess is the ULTIMATE competitive game Does utility actually make Valorant more exciting? The skill floor keeps rising with time What makes Valorant fun? Valorant is about adapting External/internal locus of control You can't Clip-farm to Radiant (Sorry) Tims underground Car Racing adventure (Lawfully) Consistency Not every pro is a star If you were the Avatar you would know Jawgemo is laidback and light-hearted Is Valorant becoming better for "strategist" type players? Its hard to make a game for everyone Final thoughts and take aways Outro

Deep Dive into how to ACTUALLY play Pearl | This Valorant Life Episode 46 | Valorant Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 46

Monday, February 24, 2025 • Duration 54:51

In this week's episode, Adam and myself get into how to play Pearl

TVL Tent Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thisvalorantlife

📞 If you want to contact us:
thisvalorantlife@gmail.com

🎮 Dopai's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dopai
🎥 Tim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T_Yeung
🤙 Tim's Website: www.timyeung.me

⌚ Timestamps:
0:00 TVL Tent
1:45 Intro
2:03 What kind of comp is viable?
5:07 Defaulting on attack
11:09 What is Mid control?
11:50 What do we do after taking mid?
13:00 A Default on attack
13:47 Attacking A Site
19:03 Post plant on A Site
21:51 Killjoy Ulting A site
22:38 Attacking B Site
29:24 Post plant on B Site
31:45 Does splitting work?
33:23 Defending on Pearl
36:20 Fighting for neutral space on Defense
37:30 Defending A Site
41:09 Defending B Site
49:40 Eco Rounds
53:39 Outro

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Deep Dive into how to play FRACTURE | This Valorant Life Episode 45 | Valorant Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 45

Friday, February 14, 2025 • Duration 47:25

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