hot take: LOUD are still contenders

people don’t seem to understand qck doesn’t have to be aspas. he’s a different player and he can fit the team even better. he can play as flex, which can make the team more comfortable. not to mention he hasn’t hit his potential and he’s gonna get way better by gaining the experience from his teammates

that being said, quick’s flexibility is BETTER for LOUD’s principles and practices of innovating and setting the meta. give him some time and there is a chance LOUD will become even more solid than they were in 2023. don’t forget tuyz and cauanzin have evolved and become better than their LOCK//IN version.

and this is not to belittle aspas, he is a demon, the best duelist IMO, but i don’t think he was ever LOUD’s key player. Saadhak and Less were.

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edit 02/17/2024
LOUD set a new meta for Ascent and prove they’re goated and still great without aspas
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edit 02/24/2024
LOUD prove their key player wasn’t aspas and SHIT on him
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edit 02/03/2024
LOUD classify for Masters Madrid with everybody showing up
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edit 03/18/2024
LOUD make it to playoffs of Masters Madrid. qck shit on kang kang. biggest stomp in an international tournament ever.

doubt it

i wholeheartedly agree

Loud will def make atleast 1 deep run this year, depending on how much Tuyz and Cauazin improve they could even win a major

wasnt there a rumor where they sign Onur ? If so im afraid its joever for LOUD

realvizierr [#2]

doubt it

flair

It's not even a hot take LOUD will be always a contender.

not a hot take...they have great players great igl...they are definitely nerfed from last year obviously losing aspas does that ...but definitely they are contenders

LOUD duplicated lol

not a hot take... less, cuaanizain and saadhak are some of the best players itw.

dezzo [#6]

flair

if I speak

A new flex is perfect for Loud. I always see them stuck with a few agents, and only Saadhak changes roles. Aspas was a mono Jett for most of the year, and Less just played Viper and Killjoy the whole season. Saadhak has a limited range, his duelist is weak and his best agents are Kay/o and Viper. Qck probably will not be the fixed duelist, but he's the new OP. We could see Tuyz or Cauan on duelist some maps.

Saadhak promised that he's cooking for the next season with their new coach. I'm afraid because some comps they picked on Champions were really weird (the Ascent and Pearl ones that were both discarded mid-tournament).

Yistyy [#10]

not a hot take... less, cuaanizain and saadhak are some of the best players itw.

exactly, and if there is more improvement/consistency from Tuyz, loud will still be a powerhouse

not a hot take or something new

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

i'll gladly revive this thread when the time comes

just like i've done with this one

ZettGundam [#5]

wasnt there a rumor where they sign Onur ? If so im afraid its joever for LOUD

nah, they've signed Peu, ex-The Union

bro really said aspas wasnt their best player 💀🤣🤣🤣

realvizierr [#11]

if I speak

keznit fan detected

Loud will always be competitive while less and sadhak are on the roster.

Loud will still be a top team. Just don't think they can win champs anymore

dezzo [#6]

flair

he is fake flagging, KRU🤝LOUD

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

flag + flair kkkkkkkkkkkk

dezzo [#19]

keznit fan detected

not a keznit fan, its only there cuz of messi, but since u wanna be a bitch about it ill change it to my previous flair

realvizierr [#24]

not a keznit fan, its only there cuz of messi, but since u wanna be a bitch about it ill change it to my previous flair

W messi glaze 🙏🙏🙏🙏🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

dezzo [#6]

flair

Don't bring up flairs with liquid as yours

-morte- [#26]

Don't bring up flairs with liquid as yours

GC lulquid too

-morte- [#26]

Don't bring up flairs with liquid as yours

liquid brazil*

I think Saadhak will create a system which works well with qck however I still think the roster will be weaker than if aspas was still playing.

2024 might actually be better year for the team due to the fact that tuyz and cauanzin have gained T1 experience.
Just compare cauanzin from Lock//in to Champs... he has grown into a top player.

I like the approach LOUD did with qck, they dont want to replace aspas making the qck try to do exactly what aspas was doing for the team like nrg did with ardiis replacing yay.

Yistyy [#10]

not a hot take... less, cuaanizain and saadhak are some of the best players itw.

cuaanizain lmaooooo

Shidoh [#31]

cuaanizain lmaooooo

Yeah I'm never gonna even try to spell his name correctly

I think the impact will be comparable to what happened with NRG. They lost their star duelist who singlehandedly won them a lot of rounds by hero plays. Even when they tried replacing yay with another star player ardiis it wasnt able to keep the same results. NRG went from top 1 NA/Top 2 Americas. To a top 4 Americas team

qck is underrated as well

Akukko [#33]

I think the impact will be comparable to what happened with NRG. They lost their star duelist who singlehandedly won them a lot of rounds by hero plays. Even when they tried replacing yay with another star player ardiis it wasnt able to keep the same results. NRG went from top 1 NA/Top 2 Americas. To a top 4 Americas team

it’s not comparable and aspas’ was never LOUD’s key player. yay was undoubtedly OpTic’s key player, they heavily depended on him. also tuyz and cauanzin gradually evolved and they’re different players after champions, way more confident. Less is arguably the best player itw, Saadhak is the best IGL itw. you don’t dare compare this LOUD to NRG

qck is like the most underwhelming signing ever

nutab1e [#34]

qck is underrated as well

and he wasn’t even playing on his main role, which has always been duelist. he will eventually hit his potential by playing in a structured team for the first time

Yistyy [#32]

Yeah I'm never gonna even try to spell his name correctly

goatzin, really simple.

funny_prank [#21]

Loud will still be a top team. Just don't think they can win champs anymore

why? if they can beat LEV, they can totally win champs. FNATIC is LOUD’s son, PRX might not be the same without Jingg, EG also not the same

KyLZi [#20]

Loud will always be competitive while less and sadhak are on the roster.

yeah that’s what i think either

dezzo [#28]

liquid brazil*

W dezzo flair

mid

Honestly, I think that Cauazin and Tuyz will be more comfortable in their roles, so just from that part the team will be better, and the fact that they will not have to deal with moving to a new country and facing the problems they faced last year will make the year less stressfull... so yeah, Aspas is a beast, but I think que team will be fine without him.

Shidoh [#39]

why? if they can beat LEV, they can totally win champs. FNATIC is LOUD’s son, PRX might not be the same without Jingg, EG also not the same

we will just have to see

Shidoh [#35]

it’s not comparable and aspas’ was never LOUD’s key player. yay was undoubtedly OpTic’s key player, they heavily depended on him. also tuyz and cauanzin gradually evolved and they’re different players after champions, way more confident. Less is arguably the best player itw, Saadhak is the best IGL itw. you don’t dare compare this LOUD to NRG

Only time will tell if they flop or not

Yistyy [#10]

not a hot take... less, cuaanizain and saadhak are some of the best players itw.

saadhak isn't one of the best tbf he's the worst one BUT can have incredible moments, he's just a 50/50 gamble on every map

fawning [#46]

saadhak isn't one of the best tbf he's the worst one BUT can have incredible moments, he's just a 50/50 gamble on every map

Saadhak value doesnt come from incredible aim lil guy

fawning [#46]

saadhak isn't one of the best tbf he's the worst one BUT can have incredible moments, he's just a 50/50 gamble on every map

I guess more specifically I meant he is the best igl in the world. Clears that shitmea fraud b0tster

They are contenders as long as Saadhak is on the team.

Shidoh [#31]

cuaanizain lmaooooo

Better than me, I say couzin

cartixuzi [#9]

LOUD duplicated lol

“ somehow… Loud duplicated “

Liem [#18]

bro really said aspas wasnt their best player 💀🤣🤣🤣

He said he wasn’t the Key to their success.

Sk00d [#36]

qck is like the most underwhelming signing ever

Every Loud signing is underwhelming tho
Every time Loud/Saadhak needed new players
The top names to be signed were never signed.

Nobody knew who Less was other than his small ranked fame
Aspas was only known as the “the streamer that uses wallhacks”
Pancada Literally came from another game
Tuyz Wasnt even the most clouted duelist in vct

Saadhak doesn’t seem to look for hype players,
Just good ones

ionlyHave1Zuni [#47]

Saadhak value doesnt come from incredible aim lil guy

i'm not downplaying his igling, by far the best in americas. just his value in firepower.

but if you put less and then saadhak as best players i'll take it as more kill impact.

Schizophrenic_Brazil_Fan [#53]

Every Loud signing is underwhelming tho
Every time Loud/Saadhak needed new players
The top names to be signed were never signed.

Nobody knew who Less was other than his small ranked fame
Aspas was only known as the “the streamer that uses wallhacks”
Pancada Literally came from another game
Tuyz Wasnt even the most clouted duelist in vct

Saadhak doesn’t seem to look for hype players,
Just good ones

agreed

Schizophrenic_Brazil_Fan [#53]

Every Loud signing is underwhelming tho
Every time Loud/Saadhak needed new players
The top names to be signed were never signed.

Nobody knew who Less was other than his small ranked fame
Aspas was only known as the “the streamer that uses wallhacks”
Pancada Literally came from another game
Tuyz Wasnt even the most clouted duelist in vct

Saadhak doesn’t seem to look for hype players,
Just good ones

except qck isn't unknown, tuyz was a great pick up and I wasn't criticising it cause i've never seen the dude play, meanwhile wck? I've seen him play a bunch and I know he wasn't at loud's level once during the time I got to watch him play - saadhak will have to do a lot of work to get this guy going I feel like

Sk00d [#56]

except qck isn't unknown, tuyz was a great pick up and I wasn't criticising it cause i've never seen the dude play, meanwhile wck? I've seen him play a bunch and I know he wasn't at loud's level once during the time I got to watch him play - saadhak will have to do a lot of work to get this guy going I feel like

he was playing off his role in a unstructured team. cauanzin had played champions once before LOUD, he wasn’t unknown either. he stepped up after getting signed by LOUD and the same is gonna happen with qck

Shidoh [#57]

he was playing off his role in a unstructured team. cauanzin had played champions once before LOUD, he wasn’t unknown either. he stepped up after getting signed by LOUD and the same is gonna happen with qck

I'd call that cope but whatever

we'll just see if he performs once the season starts

Sk00d [#58]

I'd call that cope but whatever

we'll just see if he performs once the season starts

at the end of the day we have to wait, but we’ve seen it happen multiple times, there are a lot of reasons to believe LOUD will succeed

Shidoh [#59]

at the end of the day we have to wait, but we’ve seen it happen multiple times, there are a lot of reasons to believe LOUD will succeed

yeah I think the chances they succeed are high, I just doubt it'll be thanks to quick

buuuut they still have the other 4 players, Less and Tuyz being some of my favorite players in the scene, so I don't really doubt them

I personally think they can be better than lev next season. Aspas is great, but sometimes the system behind him that makes him even greater. So as long as the system still there, I think loud will be fine.

Prontera [#61]

I personally think they can be better than lev next season. Aspas is great, but sometimes the system behind him that makes him even greater. So as long as the system still there, I think loud will be fine.

finally someone with a reasonable take. aspas is freaking good, but LOUD knew how to set him up so he could get the kills. there were also matches he would disappear but players like Less and cauanzin would carry (in terms of kills, but ofc not every contribution is easy to notice, like tuyz’s high kast and Saadhak’s or even Less’ calling)

Lmao. Aspas is the key player broo. Without him, loud is nothing. Did you think there is no smart igl and insane sentinel out there?

ofcourse...with all the mess involving NA talents, i wont be surprised if LEV and Loud are the top 2 teams from americas going to madrid....later on the NA teams will surely catch up

even if they get txozin on duelist they´ll always be competitive with cauanzin less and saadhak, even tuyz improved a lot so i dont think qck will be bad, maybe he wasnt the greatest player of all time on furia but he is solid and he has always played duelist fine on ranked (i know its not the same as pro play but its good to see him comfortable on it rather than forcing him to swap from zero)

koromast [#65]

even if they get txozin on duelist they´ll always be competitive with cauanzin less and saadhak, even tuyz improved a lot so i dont think qck will be bad, maybe he wasnt the greatest player of all time on furia but he is solid and he has always played duelist fine on ranked (i know its not the same as pro play but its good to see him comfortable on it rather than forcing him to swap from zero)

that’s it

Sk00d [#56]

except qck isn't unknown, tuyz was a great pick up and I wasn't criticising it cause i've never seen the dude play, meanwhile wck? I've seen him play a bunch and I know he wasn't at loud's level once during the time I got to watch him play - saadhak will have to do a lot of work to get this guy going I feel like

Literally every player to join LOUD wasn’t oN Louds level. Louds level IS SAADHAK. All the players had their performances vastly improved when joining Loud, the only ones who didn’t were Sacy and Saadhak. I mean look at Pancada, he is not playing up to his 2022 level BECAUSE there is no Saadhak.
Saadhak is like a plus 10 performance bonus to all players in his team

Samsat78 [#63]

Lmao. Aspas is the key player broo. Without him, loud is nothing. Did you think there is no smart igl and insane sentinel out there?

I think you didn't watch Loud's games this year or you don't know saadhak, friend 💀

Schizophrenic_Brazil_Fan [#67]

Literally every player to join LOUD wasn’t oN Louds level. Louds level IS SAADHAK. All the players had their performances vastly improved when joining Loud, the only ones who didn’t were Sacy and Saadhak. I mean look at Pancada, he is not playing up to his 2022 level BECAUSE there is no Saadhak.
Saadhak is like a plus 10 performance bonus to all players in his team

Saadhak is that one card you want to have cause it’s gonna buff every other

yes

Shidoh [#70]

yes

damn bro bookmarked this

Keep in mind only one map has been played, lets see if they can keep up their good performance.

doomvor [#71]

damn bro bookmarked this

Keep in mind only one map has been played, lets see if they can keep up their good performance.

even if they lose, im already satisfied with that showing for their first official match, they’ve proved there is a lot of potential and that they can be world beaters/contenders

okay so

Shidoh [#73]

okay so

can i say i told you

DAMN BRO COOKED

fardeengg [#75]

DAMN BRO COOKED

tired of coming back to those threads every single season to call out the terrible takes from vlr users, but here i am, once again

it feels like a cycle fr

funny_prank [#44]

we will just have to see

think you’ve gotten more confident now

this was never a hot take btw.
loud has always been a contender, aslong as they keep saadhak.

wykes [#78]

this was never a hot take btw.
loud has always been a contender, aslong as they keep saadhak.

maybe not much of a hot take for brazilians, but internationally, for the most time, yes.
also, how many people had this exact same take on vlr? i don’t only mean the fact they’re still contenders, but the aspects of the changes, the reasons why they’d still be great. yep, you got it now

Shidoh [#77]

think you’ve gotten more confident now

yes, all we have to do is perform in champs and the title is for LOUD

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

just wanted to clarify i haven’t forgotten about you

cartixuzi [#9]

LOUD duplicated lol

my man knew it

Take as cold as an Iceberg;
LOUD still has the best IGL and sentinel in the world + cauanzin and tuyz still have much room to grow.

Aspas was an important piece but it's not like he hard carried. The rest of the team can more than pull their own weight.

realvizierr [#2]

doubt it

that's crazy i believe...

ShuraGam [#83]

Take as cold as an Iceberg;
LOUD still has the best IGL and sentinel in the world + cauanzin and tuyz still have much room to grow.

Aspas was an important piece but it's not like he hard carried. The rest of the team can more than pull their own weight.

where were you the last couple of months lil blud

coldest take in history. you were on the gringos wave of "loud is trash without aspas" and now that you have seen that little has changed you're saying that they're "still" contenders when the truth is that they've aways were

i don't think anyone has ever been doubting loud

BielzinBalaTensa [#86]

coldest take in history. you were on the gringos wave of "loud is trash without aspas" and now that you have seen that little has changed you're saying that they're "still" contenders when the truth is that they've aways were

are you dumb? this is an old thread and i wrote it for a reason. try to guess why, genius

DelusionalNRGFan [#87]

i don't think anyone has ever been doubting loud

you were probably not paying attention to vlr or r/valorantcompetitive during off-season

Shidoh [#88]

are you dumb? this is an old thread and i wrote it for a reason. try to guess why, genius

my bad, i am dumb, didnt see the date. still a cold take tho

Shidoh [#89]

you were probably not paying attention to vlr or r/valorantcompetitive during off-season

i mean no leo faria made the offseason terrible, but even then i don't think LOUD was going to be in a worse spot, saadhak is one of the best and the whole team around him is consistently great

DelusionalNRGFan [#91]

i mean no leo faria made the offseason terrible, but even then i don't think LOUD was going to be in a worse spot, saadhak is one of the best and the whole team around him is consistently great

lol congrats ur not one of the delusional fans, but believe me when i say LOUD were being heavily underestimated when aspas left. i don’t mean stuff like “they’re unlikely staying as good” (that’s a fair take, even though i disagree), but claiming they can’t reach anywhere with qck since aspas was LOUD’s supposed key player

Shidoh [#92]

lol congrats ur not one of the delusional fans, but believe me when i say LOUD were being heavily underestimated when aspas left. i don’t mean stuff like “they’re unlikely staying as good” (that’s a fair take, even though i disagree), but claiming they can’t reach anywhere with qck since aspas was LOUD’s supposed key player

you just can't count them out. most consistent team in VCT

saying loud "set a new meta for ascent" is a bit of a reach. I doubt other teams are gonna start running the comp they ran

Shidoh [#81]

just wanted to clarify i haven’t forgotten about you

they still bad

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Congo1 [#95]

they still bad

but they're in madrid

Congo1 [#95]

they still bad

sure

ToastByToast [#94]

saying loud "set a new meta for ascent" is a bit of a reach. I doubt other teams are gonna start running the comp they ran

damn, but this comp looks really good. I'm still not sure if this will become a meta for ascent, but teams will need more time to understand the crazy head of GOAT saadhak.

ToastByToast [#94]

saying loud "set a new meta for ascent" is a bit of a reach. I doubt other teams are gonna start running the comp they ran

I bet they will

ToastByToast [#94]

saying loud "set a new meta for ascent" is a bit of a reach. I doubt other teams are gonna start running the comp they ran

i bet they will

they can make deep runs but they're not winning, no matter how you try to put it qck is a huge downgrade from aspas and they were already struggling with aspas

Shidoh [#96]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Bro really isnt holding back

uwukitten [#102]

they can make deep runs but they're not winning, no matter how you try to put it qck is a huge downgrade from aspas and they were already struggling with aspas

"they were already struggling with aspas" bro don't act like loud wouldn't have won champions if they hadn't gone to lower bracket, they should have never have lost that Lotus to PRX and their lower run was the hardest in VLR history so far, i remember the guys were trying not to fall asleep on semifinals against EG, they would have no chance against a full aware LOUD. no wonder LOUD were the only team that were able beat FNATIC. had FNATIC been lucky enough to not face LOUD, they would've won champs instead for sure. i would say EG's run was a fluke, but Acend's was worse (they still live inside Vivo Keyd's pocket)

Shidoh [#104]

"they were already struggling with aspas" bro don't act like loud wouldn't have won champions if they hadn't gone to lower bracket, they should have never have lost that Lotus to PRX and their lower run was the hardest in VLR history so far, i remember the guys were trying not to fall asleep on semifinals against EG, they would have no chance against a full aware LOUD. no wonder LOUD were the only team that were able beat FNATIC. had FNATIC been lucky enough to not face LOUD, they would've won champs instead for sure. i would say EG's run was a fluke, but Acend's was worse (they still live inside Vivo Keyd's pocket)

what is this braindead logic? prx themselves threw plenty of rounds on lotus, they won cause they're the better team and EG was even better
I might as well say optic would've won champs 2022 if they won x map and NRG would've won lock in if they won fracture

let's take a step back and say I follow your logic, if they could've BARELY won champs with aspas they're not getting close with qck

yes.

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

😄

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

sure lil bro

Liem [#18]

bro really said aspas wasnt their best player 💀🤣🤣🤣

i said he wasn’t his key player, which should’ve been obvious. but now that you’ve mentioned, Less is the best player itw

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhHHHahahahahahahahah

YES

Samsat78 [#63]

Lmao. Aspas is the key player broo. Without him, loud is nothing. Did you think there is no smart igl and insane sentinel out there?

are you sure lil bro?

doomvor [#71]

damn bro bookmarked this

Keep in mind only one map has been played, lets see if they can keep up their good performance.

I think so

this isn't a hot take and never will be

Shidoh [#104]

"they were already struggling with aspas" bro don't act like loud wouldn't have won champions if they hadn't gone to lower bracket, they should have never have lost that Lotus to PRX and their lower run was the hardest in VLR history so far, i remember the guys were trying not to fall asleep on semifinals against EG, they would have no chance against a full aware LOUD. no wonder LOUD were the only team that were able beat FNATIC. had FNATIC been lucky enough to not face LOUD, they would've won champs instead for sure. i would say EG's run was a fluke, but Acend's was worse (they still live inside Vivo Keyd's pocket)

You forgot about the EG vs Loud on lower final during champs, Ascent was 11-13 with MULTIPLE silly ecos. (and loud would've 3-1d EG)

1ski [#110]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhHHHahahahahahahahah

Congrats you drew the Journeyman squad that won 1 series to get here. Cant calculate this much luck in in predictions

never doubting loud again

michaelisupset [#117]

never doubting loud again

W

haha.

Congo1 [#15]

They will not qualify to a single Lan this year

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Liem [#18]

bro really said aspas wasnt their best player 💀🤣🤣🤣

wasn’t i right?

Shidoh [#121]

wasn’t i right?

aspas was their best player so you werent

yaiima0 [#45]

Only time will tell if they flop or not

time has already spoken, and it said “no”