all due respect, its a very fun region to watch; there's a reason theres imports to your region. You have INSANELY gifted mechanical players but in valorant you can only utilize ur mechanics as much as u can follow what is going on in a round/know where u can actually isolate a kill/opening.
Seeing a player get insane ranked highlights/lower tier match highlights when the competition isn't really indicative of what the international scene needs: its not enough to just bring aim to a team.

Now is your statement true? probably, but Gov is a very marketable player/streamer and he ALSO has the mechanics and he ALSO has the dedication/puts in the time.
So when the question is gamble on a duelist that hasn't seen the same exposure/pressure/style that franchise orgs aspire to compete in, vs import, importing is safest.

that being said I am also a player and my opinions probably have a grain of truth but come up short as far as how things are truly weighted: I have no idea how much it mattered to them that Gov already has a bigger following but IK its the #1 thing thats told to us when we deal with contracts "How do we get our return?"

EITHERWAY GIVE HIM A CHANCE HE DESERVES IT

im stealing that flair

not by any real metric I've seen, we are building grassroots here vs 20+ years of cs roots. Sure maybe the big dip with the extensive cs2 bugs with movement on release then the explosion of cheaters in premier people stopped for a bit but most probably planned on just waiting till fixes.
We have our own spot and cs has its own, I've experienced both in depth: valorant isnt going anywhere nor is cs and neither has to actually crush the other to grow and prosper.

I aint no king yet but im entering my Duelist IGL arc so maybe soon

position-no change
"valorant dying?"
lol

I mean he was my roommate so its hard to really be objective but I think the only duelists he wasnt more valuable than are already signed to other tier1 teams across regions-announced or not.

yea im sure your eyes making orgs lots of money picking players to get

by what metric sir

Yoru good on this map cuz u can actually fight mid on def without being trapped, also lets u punish efficiently when u know what the other team is doing, raze solid go brr tho.

ok 1 meth per sloppy toppy

no i need it ty sry

meth

Space? created. Info? found. Proper setup gunfights? ERROR... ERROR... ERROR...

damn bro im 0-8 by map 2??? nvm kek

respect

we cooked up some food poisoning

As with many great things in life you have to work for the things you want. EVERY SINGLE THING YOU WANT COMES FROM THE T2 SCENE DEVELOPING INTO A BETTER LEVEL OVERALL.
Its like saying "I want to have more money."
"get a better job"
"WOT?"

yo

all those things you listed are not making the agent easier they are what makes him more effective. youre just on the wrong definitions here my guy

NTA, divorce her and marry the dog

ty

wat goin on wit jinggg

they do fund the a relevant part of the world this site is built for
edit: ok ig the line that people want to draw is on billionaire so i take back entire for a relevant portion

hello everyone, every other superteam that has been tried in this game is only super in aim, fnatic actually has god tier flexible players, and a great vibes igl. That is the difference.

Yea my vote was to just give map veto advantage somehow? like pick first 2 maps and side for 1 and the other team has to prove theyre better via beating them on their own turf (not sure the exact process that would be fair) but not having to play is not a good thing. never seen it go well for a team

no tourney warmups just playoffs

debuff of having a bye

bro WHAT

for the record at no point in either cs or val have i actually wanted to awp and i got picked up to be a cypher player and then shit happened suddenly im awping.

can you teach me how to be a better shitposter i feel like my friends think im being serious more than i am

ye it goes both ways. a player is not shit bc they dont have the best stats on their role

ye most of the time you see "upcomer" overperformances consistently its bc they do whatever they want in an environment not as much is asked of them. is that this situation? dont care. just here to make the point yall need to think of more than "holy shit he shoot so much kill"

^ everyone is spoiled

ya bro we take huge tokes together

he does have rly good highs

nah i got us in the bo3 im fill and the map wasnt run how they had even planned to begin with so was hard to not overassert but also not play to not-lose.

50% kast 0-6 but positive rating goes hard

i forget who clone played for im not bros with any of em but yea i know them. TGRD imo have a higher full 5 skill peak, but i think M80 just got lazy lowkey.

ok im ngl i just said that word cuz i was overstimulated prescrim, i think koalagokill.exe is very effective if you are allowed to know everything a team is gonna do.

thats the exact matchup id say they have to take a step in an alternate direction bc they will prolly not win if m80 does their due diligence

I think mental isnt the direct issue i think nobody has the courage to take that team a step further than they are naturally as far as what they can bring to the Valorant Server.
Josh is a VERY vigilant coach
edit: im just sayin shit, josh is my boy Im just pulling old opinions back to light. theyve been doing alot behind the scenes

In no way am I intending to nor do I truly think I am detracting from their massive comeback; BUT a team does usually have to lack the ability to close in order for a comeback to be possible. Now, how DEEP that problem is determines how hard another team has to work to achieve the comeback; Loud aren't weak.
But perhaps Sacy/Pancada added an element they no longer have and they have to figure out how to compensate to maintain their position internationally.

ye the fact that loud lost a map 5: 11-3 comeback IN BRAZIL is just not something that should ever happen. Lowkey not something that happens before Sacy and Pancada left.

leaf should be #5 nats #6 on this specific list.

this is the epitome of all epitomes of how much context is vital to information

my BAD GUYS I HAVE BEEN INFORMED I WAS INCORRECT. If only the order of teams on here was actually their ranking/placing it wouldve been a lot easier the first time around.

kxtie stfu

not the hype they deserve, BUT THE HYPE THEY NEEED

i mean permanently is not the word you should use but he is starting

reeeeeeee