I would like to see ZETA back at Masters, but it would be cool to see another Japanese team. It would be interesting to see how they would stack up to the international competition, especially compared to ZETA's previous Masters run.

Zeta vs REJECT, zeta vs CR, zeta vs SENGOKU (super copium)

ZETA 3-0 SENGOKU (not even something can carry this game)

Nth 3-2 ZETA

even if zeta doesn't qualify for masters 2, they'll probably get champions slot just by their points

zeta

Nth - zeta 3-1 2x OT

Zeta 3-1 Nth

LEZ GOOOO ZETAAAAAA

ZETA EZ master

Is this really a bo3?

I hope this match will be close, both teams rather impressed me in this stage.

• Zeta are still looking good coming back from Masters 1 and now have a even bigger mappool with very cool and interestings comps. Good fundementals that always set up some insane midrounding, not to mention also the talent of the roster being absolute insane, everybody just has the potential to clutch different 1vX scenarios.

• NTH is always atonishing to look at, the org somehow manages to get insane talent on their Valo team every single time, now with Meteor, xnfri, Derialy, JoXJo and Blackwiz although some of them needs polishing, the talent of the roster is definitely visible, especially with Meteor who looks straight up like a demon in game. Good mechanical talent that uses good strats and various interesting set ups.

Zeta is definitely favoured to win this but hopefully this will be a fun match to watch

wait the final is best of 3???

Nth picked Breeze against CR in week 1 qualifier and lost 11-13.
CR picked Breeze against Nth today to do the same thing then lost 6-13 and throw momentum away.
Nth players and coach can do their homework.

I can't deny Nth had so many "Meteor go kill" rounds but they also has good map control and some set ups too. If they can do homework in this one day, they would have better match tomorrow.

ZETA 3-2 Nth

i hope both teams qualify

ZETA 3-1

ZETA 3-0

whoever wins doesnt matter, i only hope this match goes all 5 maps

Zeta 3-1 NTH

I just hope there's 5 maps

wow !!! im kinda jealous of that big ass stage omg
btw Zeta win 5 - 0 NORTHEPTION ngl

ZETA going for the final choke lfg

was so obvious they choke the final gz northreption

wow Zeta lost a map already, ngl this is unexpected :o

huge pressure on zeta right now, let's see how they react

Why only zeta bans the map?

just ff

guess what

if you win a bo3 in valo, u better get to ready to get fked in rematch

nth lcq redemption

Go zeta <333

gg go next

NTH running it down and ZETA walking with knives out staring at the ground

clean 2-0 to 2-10 remember laz from cs as awper sad hes so shit in valorant was the face of jp couter strike

NTH came to fucking play alright

Imagine ZETA lose this series 🤣

If zeta loses this, my mind is going to blow up

dude, is this real

Nth better close this on map 4 if not ZETA will destroy them on split

dudes who betted for NTH on 4.83 could make millions

lo mas probable es que gane zeta paciencia y tengan Fe (☞^o^) ☞

game 5 pls, idc who wins this

NTH 3-1, they anti stratted zeta so hard on fracture and they probably did the same on ascent because it looks like they don't like losing the same map twice

ONE MORE NTH CMON

Holy fk

Omg didn't imagine zeta can lose.... Their map pool is not wide so maybe this hurt them

no way zeta

Meteor is gonna shock so many people at Masters, he's playing this finals phenomenally

GGs

one more cmon

GG

damn NTH bettors making big bank GG

Noooooooooo

what an underdog story, cant wait to see nth on master

ex NTH againts NTH new roster, zeta lose kkkk

Congrats NTH

Gg to zeta
Good luck to NTH for masters 2
Hope they dominate just like zeta

good to see another JP team in international event, this is great for jp scene

LOVE TO SEE THE BOYS HUG AND HAVE NICE SPORTMANSHIP

holy shit i accidentally bet on nth but i got it all back with interest

the japanese representatives at masters are not in the good hands, northeption will go home early they will be like crazy raccoons always fail at masters, the japanese representatives should be represented by zeta

so deserved, cant wait to see the boys finally get the credit they deserve on international lan

Northeption has a COMPLETELY new roster, and tbh, I don't have a lot of expectations for them. Sure Mete0r was an absolute demon on Jett for TNL, and JoXJo is a really flexible player and was good on GoNGo Prince, but their Japanese pickups leave a lot of question marks. [...] So many questions around NTH, but if their JP players can perform, then they can be a fair shot to be decent in the JP scene, but it will be a far cry from how they were in 2021 APAC LCQ. - me four months ago before VCT Stage 1 started.

As an avid japan believer, as much as I wanted ZETA to qualify and do another Cinderella run, NTH looked insane. I feel like they'll be an excellent representation for JP. The strats they had and the plays they did were fun to watch.

Their anti-stratting against ZETA was nothing short of world-class, and ZETA themselves are world-class at anti-stratting.

I can't wait to see the same energy from NTH in Copenhagen.

#ZETAlost

Crazy absolute crazy what Northeption did here. In a single day they managed to completely anti-strat the maps that Zeta had beaten them the day before. Not only were they the first team in JP to get a map against Zeta, they were the first in this stage to beat them.

Whoever is scouting for NTH needs a pay raise, they managed to find 5 absolute insane players that could matchup the super team from JP. Xnfri is somebody to look out for in the future same with the rest of the team.

GG, congrats to Northeption and good luck in Copenhagen!

Let's make JP proud NTH!!!

GGs! Congratulation for NTH!!

NTH plays really well, the best team from Japan when it comes to scouting players has finally able to win trophy.

Meteor pog

#NTHWIN

Great team. And they look so mentally ready play on LAN.

W team NTH hopefully they perform well in copenhagen

I know he is KR legend but Nth coach bail is so good.
ZETA had 2 bans for upper bracket advantage and picked Icebox on 1st map(Nth kept banning Icebox in this stage).
Then they just rushed A and B so many times on attack and still showed aggression on defense with Meteor Jett to gain information.
They constantly kept showing aggression and it worked with Neon comp in Fracture too. Basically ZETA and Nth are only good teams not permabanning Fracture in this region because so many teams just wanted to avoid ZETA fracture.

ZETA looked scared about their aggression and execution so became too passive. They lost map control and forced to do so many bad retakes.

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WTF just happened here... I fell asleep after Icebox... What a surprise

Prediction, NTH will play like CR did on LAN, showing some promise but ultimately still one of the worse ones in LAN

Washed

holy GGs

Lol Japan is fluke region haha

niiice

EZ for Nth
sheeeesh

happy for NTH and JoXJo, been a fan since his GNH days and their run to quarters was crazy

the glowup on meteor, went from playing on a team called i need girlfriend, to making it on tnl, and now qualifying for an international

Congrats Nth