Masters, Champions, Kickoff Event Rankings

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Masters Events:

Copenhagen 2022 (this is NOT because I am a NAVI fan, so if you are a new valorant viewer, know that this is the best masters)
Berlin 2021
Reykjavik 2021
All Regional Masters || Masters 1 2021
Reykjavik 2022 (even though a lot of flukey placements because of FPX not being at the event and FNC having 2 subs, the ZETA run was nice)
Tokyo 2023 (some good games, but FNC shit on everybody (Alfa Derke Chronicle Leo all in top 5 rating of the event))

Kickoff Events:

LOCK//IN
Madrid Kickoff Masters

Champions:

Champions 2022 (fluke finals, but good event)
Champions 2021 (KRU run and GMB vs KRU, let alone EU vs NA games)
Champions 2023 (good NAVI games, billibilli, GIA vs EDG, everything else boring)

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Shanghai prob gonna be best masters ever. This current stage in 2024 is so hype

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Champs 2023 better than 21 imo

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sentinelmain377

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recency bias

trust me
Champs 2021 >>

KRU run (still the best underdog run in valorant history)
ACEND vs Vivo Keyd cypher cam exploit
GAMBIT including (5-12 comeback on Vikings (LOUD of 2021 with Saadhak and Sacy on this team) on map 3)
APAC first time making playoffs (with 2 teams)
X10 vs ENVY (upset)
all the NA vs EU (FNC vs C9, TL vs C9, SEN vs TL, ACEND vs ENVY)
popularization of omen one-ways

while Champs 2023

NAVI vs LOUD and NAVI vs DRX (close OT intense games and Ange0)
billy billy
GIA vs EDG games

not much else to list that is interesting

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anyone who says champs 2023 is better than 21 has either not watched champs 21 or is dumb

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nostalgia bias

trust me
Champs 2023 >>

EDG run (still the best underdog run in valorant history)
Group of Death
EG Redemption
PRX Jing narrative and choking AGAIN
Billi Billi vs NRG (upset)
All the LOUD vs EU (FNC vs LOUD, FNC vs LOUD, NaVi vs LOUD)
Popularization of actual competition in 2023 😊

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Is it crazy to say that whoever won the TL vs Acend game was winning champs 100%?
I know Gambit was crazy good, but they didn't impress me a whole lot at the time during champs despite making it to the final

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Champions 2022 best val event ever, 2023 clears champs 2021

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sentinelmain377

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u dint watch 21 bro
dont talk

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i actually didnt bc I was sent away LMAO

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i was gonna hate for putting copenhagen 22 first but then i realized that all the masters events were kind of mid in general
champs 23 should be higher than 21 though.

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sentinelmain377

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copenhagen was so good tho (best event id say)
how tf did u feel that it shouldnt have been first until you looked at the other masters

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cuz champs 22 was just that much better in comparison

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2021 was not a good year for valorant every single event should be last

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sentinelmain377

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did u even watch in 2021

clueless

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didnt watch berlin but i watched champs and reykjavik shit was mid tactically the game was at its worst and so many fraud players and the worst meta the only good thing about 2021 was chronicle ace on bind against kru legendary ace right there

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sentinelmain377

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bro
you missed out
Berlin was the best event of the year (literally the NA vs EU tournament. G2(EU) vs SEN drama + clout matchup, the 100t comebacks on ACEND and GAMBIT, Gambit nAts lurks, Gambit 13-0 G2, Vision Strikers, etc)

no shit you think 2021 was bad

also this list is not about fraud players and metas. it is about entertainment

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kyro1

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understand your point but personally astra viper on every map is boring to watch and watching frauds mid round or have shit gameplans is not entertaining to me. you seem like a bit of a nostalgia merchant i cant lie

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TheAceGamer30

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Madrid is a masters event it literally says a MASTERS

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dort

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its labeled as masters but in reality its just another kickoff tourney like lock in

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sentinelmain377

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it wasnt formatted like an actual masters

they just called it that so that is wasnt called a fluke tourney by people (even tho it is)

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TheAceGamer30

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double elim group and double elim playoffs it’s practically the same format as every other masters. The Swiss format just adds a randomise factor to the teams you are facing it’s good change . Kickoffs format can be argued for double elim playoffs but you have to be the best to win and that’s what happened.

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sentinelmain377

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bro

there was no real stage or split play before the event

it was just some kickoff groups and single-elim playoffs to qualify to madrid

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like I said before so what? Teams have to adapt to any format that comes in the way. And your acting it wasn’t double elim groups which it was. League split format takes more weeks and they want to add more lan events so would you rather see more regional matches or see more international matches I think everyone would want international.

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dort

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bro trying so hard to validate a tier 2 tournament looooooool

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EG went from being laughed at for not making champs, to go on a run that culminated in a champs win, yet you act like 23 was boring. On top of that your argument is "recency bias" when you clearly have EU bias

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sentinelmain377

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You didnt watch in 2021 bro
you dont know

all the co-streamers
the plat chat couch streams

the legendary KRU run and SENTINELS being upset
way better than eg run bro

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Siigma777

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tf you mean I didn't watch?? Age of my VLR account has nothing to do with when I started watching. Literally all of those thing happened in 2023 if you just change the team names around. Even more co streamers, plat chat, legendary EG run (where they won it though), FNC being upset. Way better than 2021

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sentinelmain377

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EG run was not legendary
that was tokyo
not champs 2023

EG was one of the favorites after FNATIC to win champs 2023 (not an underdog)

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Siigma777

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lmao proving you didn't watch is wild. Go back and watch ANY prediction video. Everyone was saying they weren't going to make it far

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Siigma777

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4mQKcal_2o&ab_channel=ThinkingMan%27sValorant

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sentinelmain377

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why the fuck do u watch TMV
he doesnt even do any proper analysis

Sliggy and Sideshow >>>>>>>>>

bro tf u doing to your viewing of valorant bro

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lol Champs 23 was the best event.

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champs 21 was boring lol 23>21, and stfu i watched 2021 vct events

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sentinelmain377

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no u didnt

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south_america_best_region

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I would love copenhagen if kru had won vs Guild :(
that 4v2 throw is still a trauma D:
but anyways Lev made the best performance in their history, these games vs XSET and FNC are goated :)
also PRX and FPX were just build different
so yeah is the best masters

btw, Champs 2021 groups >>>>>>>>>>> Champs 2022 Groups
champs 2021 playoffs were dogshit (except for KRU games and Grand final) but champs 2022 playoffs are goated ofc but in 2021 we didn't had lower bracket so is unfair, I believe that champs 2022 is better a bit better but 2021 is nostalgic fr

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that GUILD vs KRU game was so good bro

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ShuGo

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Every team in 2021 is mid, you'd be insane to rank it that high when the LANs were also boring as fuck

2022-2024 clears