MENA megathread 1/6 (reupload)

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player: akai (EX FLC/CURRENT STALLIONS)
https://www.vlr.gg/561294/stallions-esports-vs-twelve-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-3-r5
https://www.vlr.gg/534299/sos-vs-baz-esports-dubai-police-esports-tournament-2025-gf
https://www.vlr.gg/323664/the-ultimates-vs-team-falcons-saudi-eleague-2024-major-1-playoffs-gf/?game=all&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/305369/team-falcons-vs-fraggerz-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-1-gcc-and-iraq-r13/?game=all&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/305284/the-ultimates-vs-team-falcons-saudi-eleague-2024-major-1-group-stage-r4/?game=160998&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/300696/team-falcons-vs-dragons-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-1-gcc-and-iraq-r2/?game=all&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/294160/apeks-vs-team-falcons-superdome-2023-egypt-main-event-gs
https://www.vlr.gg/305332/team-falcons-vs-the-ultimates-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-1-gcc-and-iraq-r4

versions:
24 FLC akai: primary duelist, enabled by spyzera and khaalid, still a raw talent but some obv aim potential

25 STALLIONS akai: STAL have a yoru player called SRX (talented player in his own regard) and akai plays dive on the team, he is more of an entry than on FLC, making his stats look worse, but his spacetaking and gamesense have improved in a way stats cant show

Overall strengths: great raze, spacetaker, high aim ceiling

Cons: raw, prone to occasional lapses in judgement (gamesense gaps) and a bit rusty/inconsistent rn
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player: recoil
ex tsm, TU, and t3

TSM recoil: mostly played vyse in split 1, went decently well, he's solid at anchoring. then they tried to roleswap to a senti/duel hybrid, the duelist didnt go great, ended up dropped
TU recoil: played viper and scans, TU as a whole struggled due to lack of a clear igl (they dropped khaalid for recoil), recoil still performed solid, TU ended up disbanding, recoil wasnt enabled at all and still looked pretty good.
t3 recoil: he flexes a lot when he plays in t3 events, kinda a careless playstyle

Strengths: anchoring, wide agent pool (has played all 4 roles decently well), raw aim, crazy high ceiling
Cons: game sense, mental block (saudi aleksandar basically), his low sens (0.025 3200dpi) costs him sometimes, not a great entry (went horribly on tsm), needs good system to suceed (tsm and tu werent that)

worth trials for t1 imo, obv high ceiling
also worth picking up for a t2 team looking to ascend
preferably needs a mental coach
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player: srx
(ex: onyx ravens/current stallions)

vods:
https://www.vlr.gg/561294/stallions-esports-vs-twelve-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-3-r5
https://www.vlr.gg/561274/al-dahab-club-vs-stallions-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-3-r1
https://www.vlr.gg/491459/stallions-esports-vs-nobles-saudi-eleague-2025-major-2-r6
https://www.vlr.gg/491441/flare-esport-vs-stallions-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-2-r2
https://www.vlr.gg/464336/rafha-esports-vs-stallions-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-1-r2
https://www.vlr.gg/417969/twisted-minds-esports-vs-onyx-ravens-saudi-eleague-2024-major-4-playoffs-sf
https://www.vlr.gg/414254/twisted-minds-esports-vs-onyx-ravens-saudi-eleague-2024-major-3-playoffs-cf
https://www.vlr.gg/414246/onyx-ravens-vs-qadsiah-esports-saudi-eleague-2024-major-3-playoffs-playoff-groups

On both onyx and raven he was a hard carry (think of xeus roles) recently on stallions akai has come in to play dive, leaving srx as yoru otp, his yoru is the 2nd best in mena rlly rlly good

strengths: good yoru, good firepower
cons: unproven at higher levels so some questions
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player: ExiT
(current twisted minds)

vods:
https://www.vlr.gg/561281/twisted-minds-vs-alqadsiah-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-3-r2/?game=all&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/538441/boars-vs-twisted-minds-challengers-2025-emea-stage-3-group-stage-d5
https://www.vlr.gg/513074/twisted-minds-vs-the-ultimates-challengers-2025-mena-resilience-gcc-pakistan-iraq-split-2-gf
https://www.vlr.gg/464347/twisted-minds-vs-alqadsiah-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-1-r4
https://www.vlr.gg/414270/qadsiah-esports-vs-twisted-minds-esports-saudi-eleague-2024-major-4-group-stage-r2/?game=all&tab=overview
https://www.vlr.gg/414245/twisted-minds-esports-vs-qadsiah-esports-saudi-eleague-2024-major-3-playoffs-playoff-groups
https://www.vlr.gg/350971/vision-esports-vs-twisted-minds-esports-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-2-w2

his role on TM has shifted from senti to duelist, his evolution is amazing

pros: entry, good yoru, consistent
cons: meh awping
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player: fr1
(current fraggerz, ex rvn and TU)

vods:
https://www.vlr.gg/513066/alqadsiah-esports-vs-rvn-challengers-2025-mena-resilience-gcc-pakistan-iraq-split-2-usf (highlights struggles on rvn)
https://www.vlr.gg/489313/the-ultimates-vs-rvn-challengers-2025-mena-resilience-gcc-pakistan-iraq-split-2-w4
https://www.vlr.gg/464339/nobles-vs-rafha-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-1-r3
https://www.vlr.gg/360838/unity-esports-vs-underground-gaming-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-2-lbf
https://www.vlr.gg/117108/the-ultimates-vs-ankaa-esports-saudi-eleagues-2022-season-1-w2
https://www.vlr.gg/104539/venomy-esports-vs-vslash-esports-valorant-regional-league-mena-resilience-stage-2-w4

pros: glimpes of potential, good entrying
cons: poor aim, inconsistent, low upside

should consider a role swap if he wants a future in val
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player: kuno
(lft, ex: rvn and onyx ravens)

vods:
https://www.vlr.gg/491463/rafha-esports-vs-f16-esports-saudi-eleague-2025-major-2-r7
https://www.vlr.gg/417969/twisted-minds-esports-vs-onyx-ravens-saudi-eleague-2024-major-4-playoffs-sf
https://www.vlr.gg/414246/onyx-ravens-vs-qadsiah-esports-saudi-eleague-2024-major-3-playoffs-playoff-groups
https://www.vlr.gg/305349/the-ultimates-vs-unity-esports-challengers-league-2024-mena-resilience-split-1-gcc-and-iraq-r8

pros: flexible agent pool, good game sense, good util
cons: low fragging, no X factor

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9wntr

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is there genuinely NO ONE who gaf abt mena

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1dan1x

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LMFAO

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9wntr

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across 15 posts abt mena ive had 1 COMMENT discussing the actual thread
dead ahh region ngl

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1dan1x

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they can drop the last 3 letters in EMEA and noone would notice

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9wntr

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the TU discord (used to be the 2nd largest saudi org) during emea stage 3 was basically dead
the val channel had like 1-2 posts a day

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poggpigg

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no, we only care about mango, mustard, 67, 41, dudeman, totr and chicken stars

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ch0cken st0rs

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delighted

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mango mango mango mango

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delighted

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cuz let's be honest mena hasn't accomplished a fuck ton of things

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I suggest you keep it short and simple.
Omit the link, it's way too long,people will get tired before they even see what you're trying to convey, convert it into something shorter ( I have no idea what it's called but ykwim)

Also in a megathread unless they are well known it will usually always be just you and a few enthusiasts.

Also re-upload is kinda a bad idea and so is splitting your threads to parts. You're not writing articles nor novels , you wanna make sure when someone is curious about MENA they will always think about your thread

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9wntr

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well whenever i mention a mena player i can always tell no one im talking to actually knows anything abt the players
so i thought i could enlighten vlr

#11

IonlywatchvcjXD

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Welp that's fine and all.

But I'm telling you from experience you're going to feel the same way for a looong time haha

Since generally if it's not Tier 1 people wouldn't really care too much

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9wntr

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i c
meh i didnt expect it to blow up or anything, even in saudi mena val is niche
but my thought proccess is if 1-5 ppl read this and are enlightened abt mena val id be happy

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Good luck then.

Also from my experience player ratings hold tons of weight unless you want to highlight something that rating is unable to.

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SnorlaxEnjoyer

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yo been a while got any insider info on '//, and DFM

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Jayde

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U gotta make it way shorter, also mena hasnt shown much potential so people wont care much (personally have never watched a single mena game and havent regretted it yet)

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9wntr

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tap into twisted at ascension trust

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Jayde

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Ill watch ascension, but until the region does anything great i aint tapping into the league

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theiceman

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gj keep highlighting mena players iam tired doing that for years alone so as a mena og supporter u have my blessing
we could have been a great region the amout of talent we have but riot is killing it

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delighted

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dw mena will have it's revival soon

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9wntr

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fr
mena ON PAPER is a better region than jp

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delighted

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I just don't understand what the problem MENA has

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9wntr

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all the orgs are either clown orgs or banned by riot
except twisted minds