Call it cope if u want, I genuinely didn't care abt the outcome of this game regardless, but Pacific / Chinese teams play so fucking cringe.
You have to be max asc 1 if you genuinely think they aren't cringe for the sole reason they "play fast🤓"
(whole lot of jobless PRX fanboys who get red in the face over VLR bait comin in)
They usually don't run all of lowers, they make it to the upper final, lose and then rematch, the only time they actually ran all of lowers was VCT Americas and they did a pretty long run in Tokyo. They won against DRX in lowers after losing to LOUD in upper finals in 2022 Champs, Masters 2022 they lost to FPX in lowers after losing to PRX in upper finals, they came back from losing to LOUD in uppers to winning against ZETA then LOUD in grand finals in 2021.
But I do think NRG/Optic core is a pretty gritty combo and s0m and ardiis are actually good pickups, but the core is showing a bit of age compared to the current squads which are all mechanically elite.
Yes, but you can possess both. At the end of the day you still have to click a few heads to get your team across the finish line. It's fine to hang up the hat and teach newer cracked players how to call, how to improve their fundamentals, it's better for the scene, probably will bring your team more trophies.
definitely not
I didn't even watch finals, or really any matches post C9/NRG's because I genuinely did not care about Sao Paulo
It was a single elim full bracket tournament, it gave an idea of what teams were good, but wasn't official enough to call it a Major
Idk how u can talk abt a 2022 last major win though, When APAC has NEVER won a major or lock in event
https://www.vlr.gg/130621/paper-rex-vs-team-liquid-valorant-champions-2022-group-stage-decider-a
then in champs u got grouped :)
I mean I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using the judge if it works for them. The objective of these games is to be competitive enough to win, get out of groups, and ideally perform well during playoffs. There is good rationale to criticize differences in play styles but if it helps a team win then you have to respect it. There is no one correct style. Although in the moment it can come across as fun and brain dead, I think in the long term it contributes to new anti-strats, new metas, and discussion about how good the judge really is.
bro what
https://imgur.com/a/NKNpDzr Look at my act rank in that pic
https://imgur.com/a/8gvZMRM and look at my act rank in this pic...
ur retarded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkHNsVHGfWY&ab_channel=ValorantPros
nah but its fine to use these guns every region uses them too
if u wanna talk judge in ur region well u guys have vanity
i dont know how you can say building strats around op is cringe when every team has to be doing that
i mean look at ascent you could say its pretty def sided because of how strong the op is and teams are abusing that you barely see a team not running a jett on that map
and when it comes to odin ive noticed a lot of sentinel and initiator players playing the odin a lot like c0m and crashies theyre abusing it too
also, again, if you wanna talk t1 chronicle likes to use odin and this man has 3 trophies under his belt lol
I think EMEA and NA popularised using the Shorty as a secondary since a few months ago. Literally, every region uses the Operator and Odin as much as they can based on the map. Judge has mostly been a player thing. I have seen Vanity and Bunny use the Judge a lot. I don't think it's true to say one region uses it WAY more. Can you get stats on gun usage by region in VCT?
Edit: Even if someone uses these guns, it's not cringe. It's a competitive game, you take every advantage you get. That's how you win.
I saw a statistic on twitter like 8 months ago that EU had much higher phantom to vandal ratios than NA, and APAC used judge / shorty the most by nearly 3x second places which was NA.
But ofc I can't verify that or make it hold any weight since I just saw it and kept scrolling and it was a while ago
Honestly im gonna take the bait. I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion if something is "cringe" or whatnot. When prize money is on the line, obviously teams are gonna do whatever to win. As long as teams aren't cheating, I don't really see a problem with a specific playstyle from a team. I'm honestly surprised by how many people took the bait, calling prx cringe or wtv I mean hey they're winning lol nothing's stopping other teams from doing the same. At the end of the day NRG are still Fnatic's dogs KEKW
Honestly I respect a successful bait when I see it, u can keep calling teams cringe but results speak for urself u can honestly rant for days on vlr if u want but whats done is done theres 0 point complaining about a loss js because u lost to a specific playstyle LMAO. If u genuinely didn't care about the outcome of a specific game because nrg has slow starts or whatever, then you wouldn't make a whole post about it. But since u got nothing better to do then js sit on vlr and argue with the braindead vlr community then u do u. If you find joy in just baiting and arguing with a bunch of kids on vlr then u can go ahead. At least pick a better bait then this.
This is all my personal opinion, but this is my take:
NRG is a t1 team. They should be able to counter judges. Oh, they use a judge? Lets take longer range fights. It's that simple. Also, its a playstyle. I'm a current Asc 2 kj one-trick and I'm a massive rat in val. I give your smokes 0 respect and sit in the stupidest corners. But it works. Call me cringe, but if it works, it works. I'm not changing my playstyle because some dude on the internet called me cringe. I change it when I get countered.
What the fuck are they even doing? Absolute cringefest of a performance and people are happy that they are cheaping out with fucking judge and shorty? FNS pulled that shit out and instantly got 4k.
They deserve no respect. There's like a tacit rule of not using that broken gun between actually civilized teams from civilized nations but APAC are worse than country bumpkin oafs and they use their smelly, clueless APAC ass to just breach that unspoken rule like ooga booga. It's hilarious.
They should be looked down upon. IF every team started abusing that gun the game would be no fun and they would win anyway. This is absolutely crude and PRX deserves contempt.
NRG would have owned and enslaved PRX and APAC if they also started abusing that gun, but no, they wanted it to be fair, civil and healthy for the tournament and viewers, but no PRX are just going to use underhanded cringe methods to make it worse for everyone while APAC fans eat up such a boring performance as a way to cope.
Call it cope if u want, I genuinely didn't care abt the outcome of this game regardless, but Pacific / Chinese teams play so fucking cringe.
You have to be max asc 1 if you genuinely think they aren't cringe for the sole reason they "play fast🤓"
(whole lot of jobless PRX fanboys who get red in the face over VLR bait comin in)
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