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i don't think this is a hot take at all tbh. in the tf2 community there's a general hierarchy of clips going from pubs < pugs < league games < LAN, with gradients in between based on how good the opponents are. i feel like this general idea is true in every game, or any discipline really however, good aim is still good aim. if somebody has hard to hit movement and u fulltrack it, that's impressive no matter the rank imo. it's just a skill they've enjoyed pushing further than the rest of them, and they care more about that skill than the game as a whole, which i think is valid. i also agree with the other reply, usually you can tell how good the opponents are just by looking at how they move and peek. for some reason this isn't a topic of contention at all in the melee community. almost all of the most ridiculous combo videos with boundary pushing techskill are played at like plat or so? that game has so much defensive counterplay that comboing top players will feel completely different and half the combos probably wouldn't work consistently. but people still appreciate those videos for what they are: a cool showcase of mechanical skill, passion, and whatever else the video offers as an artistic medium.

a ramble about why i think you should be making montages