This is a project I've been working on for a while, and with the prerequisite stuff for it being wrapped up, I feel like now's a pretty good time to share what I've got.
There's been a ton of conversation over the past couple years about what a potential VALORANT world cup could look like, especially with EWC around the corner (I even made a thread about the idea myself back in October). But who would actually win a hypothetical tournament?
To find the answer to this question, I've created 32 teams (with help from many of the active users of VLR, in two different Discord servers) that I feel best represent their nations at this tournament. The rules for these teams are simple:
- The roles must make sense (every team has at least 1 player for each role, plus an igl)
- All players should be participants of either tier 1 or tier 2 (no retired players, but it's fine if they're a sub or something like that)
- All players must use that country's flag on VLR (e.g. I can't use jawgemo for Cambodia, nor ardiis for the UK... I will allow international flags to play for their previously used flag, though, such as SUYGETSU)
- Maximum 3 players who currently play for the same org can be on the same team (e.g. I can't simply use EDG for China... nor can I use DRX for Korea Republic)
With that out of the way, here are the teams I've created (igls are noted with asterisks):
๐ฆ๐ท Dantedeu5, nzr, rubkkoide, Cebando, Saadhak*
๐ฆ๐บ SWERL, Maple, pl1xx, Minimise, Autumn*
๐ง๐พ SimonD4rk, zeddy*, 7ssk7, Winteryrook, diseased
๐ง๐ท aspas, cauanzin, artziN*, pANcada, Less
๐จ๐ฆ mada, eeiu, TenZ, Zander*, JonahP
๐จ๐ณ ZmjjKK, Kai, slowly*, Smoggy, CHICHOO
๐จ๐ฑ keznit, suther, Mazino, kiNgg*, Shyy
๐จ๐ฟ marteen, Ambi, MAGNUM, Jesse, Minny*
๐ซ๐ท TakaS, nataNk, CyvOph, sh1n, K4DAVRA*
๐ซ๐ฎ Derke, Famsii, H1ber, Jamppi*, hoody
๐ฉ๐ช Click, tex, xanarchy, Felix*, al0rante
๐ญ๐ฐ riyabtw, coconut, SiuFatBB*, YOU, heybay
๐ฎ๐ณ Jerrwin, Venka, Lightningfast*, sacred, Paradox
๐ฎ๐ฉ Famouz, Kushy, f0rsakeN*, Monyet, Lmemore
๐ฎ๐น bipo, N A I S, Z3RO, caydeN*, Tag
๐ฏ๐ต Meiy, Xdll, CLZ*, gyen, SyouTa
๐ฐ๐ท t3xture, stax, Munchkin*, MaKo, Meteor
๐ฑ๐น MiniBoo, Destrian, Boo*, ceNder, vakk
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mephisto, Peloncito*, otaQ, solution, seven
๐ฒ๐ณ consz, MnFeaR*, SkyIsBlue, nex1SphiX, CXIX666
๐ต๐ญ Jremy, JessieVash*, PatMen, Papi, invy
๐ต๐ฑ kaajak, kamyk, MOLSI*, PROFEK, westside
๐ต๐น tomaszy, Addicted*, Fragger, starkk, Fizzy
๐ท๐บ Jemkin, Shao, Chronicle, vo0kashu, nAts*
๐ธ๐ฆ ExiT, KHaaLiD*, Moh, Fighter, Elixllo
๐ธ๐ฌ Jinggg, nephh*, STYRON, Juicy, Deryeon
๐ธ๐ช Zyppan, Leo, Creamydreamy, Sayf*, Meddo
๐น๐ผ Spring, Nicc*, S1Mon, BerLIN, happywei
๐น๐ญ Primmie, cgrs*, Killua, JitBoyS, Laz
๐น๐ท Wo0t, MrFaliN*, RieNs, Ruxic, yetujey
๐ฌ๐ง Keiko, Lime, aNguiSt, Boaster*, benjyfishy
๐บ๐ธ zekken, trent, N4RRATE, valyn*, leaf
That's not the interesting part, though... this much has been done many times over. What I'm going to do is sort these teams based on projected strength, sort them into groups, and run a 32 team tournament to decide who the best team is. I will be using Valorant Simulator (thanks juni!) to simulate all matches, and the tournament will use a FIFA World Cup / VALORANT Champions hybrid format, with 8 groups of 4 teams feeding into a two-sided double elimination knockout bracket.
The plan is to simulate these games over the course of the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to give frequent updates on how this tournament is playing out.
If all goes according to plan, the next thread will be the group stage draw! I'll be power leveling these teams and sorting them into groups in a FIFA-style draw.
That's all for now! If you have any suggestions or concerns, please let me know. ๐ซก
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