chronicle is so good

at this point, you have to respect Chronicle.

the consistency, the longevity, the sheer commitment to the craft. every month, like clockwork, the paycheck arrives and once again, Chronicle proves why he’s elite. not everyone can master the art of showing up, blending into the background, and still walking away richer. that takes talent. That takes experience. That takes confidence.

people talk about hard work, hustle, and grind but Chronicle has unlocked a higher level. While others sweat, stress, and overperform, he stays calm, composed, and financially secure. no unnecessary risks. No dramatic moments. Just quiet efficiency. Truly inspirational.

you almost admire the discipline. the patience.the ability to survive every cycle without ever being questioned.legends aren’t always loud.

he’s not great because of impact, results, or contribution.
he’s great because he’s perfected the ultimate finesse:
doing the absolute minimum… and still collecting the maximum.

not a villain.
not a hero.

just the final boss of paycheck stealing.

0/8

collector of mickey mouse trophies and trophies his teammates earned for him

choker when it matters

The most forced EU agenda of all time will try to sell you Chronicle as a GOAT candidate. Their strongest argument is basically just a trophy count, which is already a weak argument considering thats a team achievement. Lets take a look at the superteam merchant "trophies" then:

b0tnicles "trophies" (none of them are Champions trophies):

1. Masters Berlin (2021): carried by prime nAts inventing lurking, Gambit was winning games with >Redgar playing Reyna< on Haven, plumbers era, VCT only truly started in 2022

2. Lockin (2023): he was fighting with Boaster for 4th best player on Fnatic (this never changed), played a GF against a nerfed LOUD team that had 2 rookies and their star players were suffering from serious health problems (aspas was going through physiotherapy and Less was taking serums between maps to not pass out, going to the hospital right after the games). He still almost lost and has zero memorable plays from that tournament. Leo MVP

3. Masters Tokyo (2023): something(Pacific MVP) was not there, Demon1 (future champs MVP) didnt practice with the team because of VISA issues, LOUD (Americas #1) was dead with internal problems

   • As soon as these asterisks disappeared, FNC did worse than all 3 teams at Champions 2023
     1- EG (Demon1 practiced with the team!)
     2- PRX (something was there!)
     3- LOUD (internal problems almost solved!)
     4- FNC

b0tnicle's performances on the tournament that matters, the World Championship of Valorant, Champions:

• Champions 2021: lost to -31 Kiles with +31 nAts on his team
• Champions 2022: didnt qualify
• Champions 2023: He was the MAIN REASON prime Fnatic 2023 lost Champions 23
  https://www.vlr.gg/248270/fnatic-vs-loud-valorant-champions-2023-playoffs-ubqf -15 against LOUD (Quarterfinals)
  https://www.vlr.gg/248282/fnatic-vs-loud-valorant-champions-2023-playoffs-lr3 -22 against LOUD (Lower Semifinals) Fnatic eliminated.
• Champions 2024: Eliminated by SEN. Sacy is still more victorious than the "most victorious player" 😂
• Champions 2025: suffered the biggest support diff of all time against NRG Ethan. Ethan had 3 rookies on his team and carried them on the most important map of the year, 5th map of Champions Grand Finals. b0tnicle was getting carried all game by the only rookie on his team, we struggle to remember a singular round from ghostnicle on that 5 map BO5. Ethan is also more victorious than the "most victorious player" narrative they try to sell you 😂

The "most decorated player" argument falls to pieces as he never won the biggest trophy (got embarassed at the biggest stage every time), and he is just not the most decorated player, thats Ethan and even Sacy was already ahead of Chronicle in 2024.

How can he even be considered in GOAT convos when he never won the World Championship of the game? And 90% of the time, he has ghost performances getting carried by superteams, still chokes and worst of all: hes the main reason his superteam lost (Champions 2023, ruined prime Fnatic Champions run).

Some other bumicle finals appearances:

Masters Toronto: got carried by Alfajer again (better than cumnicle since 2022, thats almost all of VCT) Lost to f0rsaken, the true GOAT flex, who can actually play every agent and MVP'ed the tournament.

• b0tnicle was also beefing with teenagers and threatning them over a ranked clip a day before getting owned by PRX f0rsaken

EWC: not even a real tournament but he still managed to choke against the biggest chokers of all time

Individual stats: Chronicle has 3(three) teammates of his ABOVE him in international ratings, and somehow they're all worse than Chronicle? Greatest PR of all time

• Eye test: lets be real, we can remember maybe 3 Chronicle plays in 5 YEARS of VCT, we can also name at least 30 players that are objectively more skilled than him.

• Cultural impact: zero. Boaster is the face of Fnatic and nAts was the face of Gambit. How am I supposed to buy b0tnicle's narratives when hes never even the main guy of his team, in both performance AND cultural impact

Leo, Alfajer and Derke are the ones suffering the most from this forced b0tnicle agenda. Imagining carrying his ass for 90% of VCT while the superteam merchant gets all the flowers from it to the point he gets compared to >Aspas<...

How can you ever be considered in GOAT convos if you're never the best player of your own team for your entire career? In b0tnicle's case is even worse, he was competing for 4th Fnatic player against his 30 years old british tiktok dancer IGL.

EMEA's MVPs: 2023: Leo, 2024: Wo0t, 2025: kaajak

• He was never the MVP of his own region, but as you can see again, his super teammates are there to carry him year after year

Now he hopped into another superteam, in hopes of finally winning a real trophy, the Champions trophy. I feel for Derke, he'll have to carry him again and still get rated under b0tnicle.

imagine if michael jordan still won 6 trophies, but put up less stats, was worse overall, and was either the second/third/fourth best player for each of the 6 rings, lost the FMVP every year to scottie pippen or dennis rodman

but still got called the GOAT

thats chronicle

for some reason there is this constant push to frame chronicle as “the greatest of all time”. always with the same lazy argument trophies. raw quantity no context no real analysis like trophies are an individual stat and not the result of being surrounded by insane teammates year after year.

chronicle is basically the perfect example of a narrative inflated player. he joins superteams plays the basics well doesnt throw and then has one or two good games. suddenly people act like he’s the center of the universe. he isnt never was and never needed to be because someone else was always carrying the weight.

if you remove chronicle from fnatic and replace him with any solid tier s flex the team would look almost the same. thats the part people pretend not to see. hes completely replaceable. a goat isnt replaceable. a goat changes the game. chronicle just fits into it.

people always bring up gambit as the final argument which is funny considering how selective that logic is. the same people who downplay tenz because he peaked in the “plumber era” use that exact same era to boost chronicle. either the era matters or it doesnt. you cant swap standards depending on who you’re defending.

and there is one detail that completely kills this narrative. chronicle was almost never the best player on his own team. on fnatic leo alfajer and derke were always above him. on gambit the face was nats. cultural impact basically none. protagonism minimal. regional mvp never.

chronicle isnt bad. not even close. hes very good. elite even.

but turning a solid functional low profile player into “one of the greatest of all time” is easily one of the biggest narrative inflations the vct has ever produced.

short version. chronicle is extremely overrated. carried by superteams. boosted by narrative. and at the end of the day he doesnt do anything another high level flex couldnt do.

quiet efficient replaceable.

chronicle is better than your favorite player unless its aspas or ethan

too many essays

I believe that the game has not been around long enough to crown someone as the GOAT. However, when the time comes to conclusively say who the GOAT is, I don't think it will be Chronicle unless he has an incredible year on VIT.