How do I stop watching for regional rivalries?

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sheesherz

I feel like every time my regions team loses, its a stab to my stomach, and every time the region I dislike wins, its a knife to my heart

(metaphor btw)

I hate this feeling, at one point I went numb and stopped watching Valorant but then I started again... now I just try not to care anymore but the candle in me is still lit dimly.

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Thriceistoocold

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What your region sir

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sheesherz

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NA? Look at flag sir ( I dont like EG, I want OPTIC back)

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The_Cleg

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that's why you dont want to do that anymore, your teams always lose.. I understand you I won't even lie

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PooFaceCe

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u been watching the last 2 lans or just FNC's games? cuz...

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The_Cleg

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Cuz what? Navi went 4th in lock//in and liquid 6th in Tokyo lol, keep crying buddy

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PooFaceCe

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I could never imagine having such an awful region as a whole that I flex having 5 slots and only one other than my only team being 6th

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The_Cleg

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Brother, your region was NA for 2021 and 2022, I think you know much more than me about being awful💀

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PooFaceCe

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America's dominated 2022 as well lmao

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The_Cleg

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Americas was not a region lil bro

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PooFaceCe

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Using thay logic, EU 's wins under the "EU" Banner and not the generalized "EMEA" means EMEA doesn't have as many wins as they do, only the ones that actually were under the "EMEA" banner

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yawnster

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Just log off lil bro, Na isn't winning anything anymore with Fnatic here and Cn rise. For your own mental health 🙂

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PRXRoach

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Flair 🙂

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GhostNexus

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That's why ur fucking cringe bro. You support nrg but can't support other teams from your region. It's why NA will never win anything ever. Fnatic fans support other EU teams fans. PRX/DRX fans support each other. NA is always fighting themselves that's why ya'll will never win shit. Cringe fuck

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h786

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LMAO are you trying to gatekeep who he can support

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Ullyr

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You can't? That's part of the fun of watching sports or esports.

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Zeron

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look bro ill have that same feeling once fnc beat prx in grand finals :(

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sheesherz

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FNC dont really matter to me since they are an anomaly, its out of my control, FNC literally just bought all the best players, its not organic, so it doesn't effect me as much. if it was a team like Giants/old gambit/old amend who wins, that would be pretty effective

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Zeron

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oh i see so would you feel this way if navi beat loud on saturday?

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sheesherz

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Yes, but I understand that it would be hypocritical for me to feel that way since their players (ange1, suy) have a subtle NA mentality/flair. It's funny at the same time, but they are definitely the biggest threat from EU apart from the others, and a formidable team first and foremost ( as in, they have the potential to be really good but they are held back rn)

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Mkin11

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Just bandwagon the team that's winning, that way you always win

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blueberry

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Root for players you enjoy. I have no reason to root for paper Rex in their games, but I still cheer for them because their players make the game interesting

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sheesherz

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this is how I wanna be ^^^

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gagers78

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They are so fun to watch. As much as i enjoy a slow paced game with 3 minutes of waiting for Ange1 to pick A or B at random, a quick pace PRX game scratches an itch Navi could never satisfy

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samhatts

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Based SEN enjoyer, same but reverse, I want zekken to succeed

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NA_BEST_COUNTRY

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Just stop caring bro. I don’t care what happens. It’s always funny to see EU lose though.

I think the most heartbroken I’ve ever been in this game was when EDG lost to Liquid in Tokyo

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Zerphyr1

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honestly its sort of for fun when you don't root for a team or dislike any teams. When I just watched all the matches without judgement or rooting for any team I enjoyed watching the games a lot more.

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OnlyHereCosBored

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That would be nice but it’s so boring to me like that. Before I saw EDG at Tokyo I never watched the games esports scene cuz it was so boring to me, but now I have fun rooting for the teams I like. Maybe it’s because I don’t play the game anymore so watching teams I don’t support (no matter how good they are) is boring

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Udarara

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Regions literally don't mean anything and almost no one at the highest level cares. It's cool to have a favorite but remember that the region a team is from does not define them.

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gagers78

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To some extent you will always care more if your region wins. These people in some way represent you. Not personally of course but in a general sense they represent the entire region.

However it is just a game, it's not like regional supremacy actually matters in anyway. So what if fnatic won Tokyo, that has no actual affect to my day to day life because it's just a game.

Idk if this helps in anyway but that's my perspective

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msarez

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thats what makes it fun

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queueK

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that's what makes it fun! your team(s) suck until they don't and then you kinda wish they sucked because it's more fun sucking and hoping the team does well

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Astar

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i need to inject those tears in my vein