https://x.com/VALO2ASIA/status/1936333269953335519
Key Points:
"Nobody remembers Masters or other winners besides Champions and if we win Champs we are undisputed best team"
"Back home at Americas, shits too easy"
Honestly hearing this post conference, the level of disrespect G2 has for others despite getting owned 2-0 in Lowers is insane. Hate is valid for these guys, too much hype and 0 trophies.
"Golden Era" lmao
I think saying no one remember master winners is ridiculas
Sen and Gambit is more remembered are more remebered the Acend
Optic is just as remembered as Loud
Fnatic is just as or more remembered than EG
2024 is a little more for the champs win but thats because EDG are the first chinese team to win and thats huge news. And the sen/geng win are still pretty memorable
What makes you memorable is being constantly good, not just the champs win
Lowkey agree with original poster to an extent since Valyn's attitude can be hit or miss. You either love him or you hate him. I don't mind having a winner's mentality but you need to back it up on stage. Undoubtedly G2 were the favourites going in since they have the most dialled in strategic Valorant with a team full of aimers. However, it seems like they lost some of their quality by trying to streamline their comps into playing the same agents on as many maps.
Now, it is facts that G2 will more than likely dominate in Americas for Stage 2. Every other Americas team asides maybe Sentinels has a major flaw holding them back from being serious contenders for the regional trophy or many minor flaws that are piling up. I will however disagree with Valyn's claims that nobody remembers Masters as much as Champs because people will often remember the storylines of teams in the tournament. Some of these Masters events have the most insane storylines that make them memorable.
dont look at it as right now,in a few years everyone will remember who won THE big tournament
everyone claiming KK was the best player in 24 just cus he owned champs and how EDG are the best team of 24 when they werent
g2 are far better than any team in americas and sen are close 2nd
they aint wrong
i started watchin late 2022 so i cant really speak for that year but i remember loud more than optic as it was the first champs i watched,fnc more than eg as they won 2 lans which is historic and edg last year more than sen and gen g
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also more people watch champs than any other masters and to a casual viewers they gonna remember who won champs more than anything
He said: "At the end of the year, everyone knows who wins Champions, if you think back to 2024: who was the best team? You say EDG"
This is a generally true statement.
He also said "Back home, shit's too easy"
Also a true statement since they won kick off and Split 1 without any real difficulty. You could argue that NA is especially weak this year and maybe doesn't challenge G2 enough to be good enough in an international event.
If G2 win Paris then they are the best team throughout the whole year because they were 2nd in Bangkok, 4th in Toronto and 1st in Paris. There are no other contenders because whoever wins this one, wasn't at Bangkok and T1 wasn't at this event.
Is it arrogance? maybe yeah, but they have the ability to back it up. It just hasn't happened yet.
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