yep

people love to pick a side and categorise everything in to either right or wrong

there just simply isnt enough to go off of rn

please win
need a good looking domestic trophy 😭🙏

I believe tarik has said he'll watch the SEN games
I'd expect shanks to co-stream if he had perms
idk about other orgs

trapped on an island with no cellphones ahh

It's good that they've changed it, but not foreseeing this is kind of a huge blunder. We've missed out on the 4 opening games now (A few look like bangers from the scorelines)

Some teams (like M8) are using EWC qualifiers as glorified trials, sure it's not inherently an issue but it kind of reinforces what some people are saying about this tournament not being taken seriously by some teams.
+ Even if you don't care about teams like ZETA or DFM, there are fans who'd like to see them play, overall it just leaves a bad taste to see them not participate

12 matches being played in one day is more of a time thing than a resource thing. Unless they have A, B, C and D streams it's not possible to do 12 Bo3's in a day

I'm actually not completely sure

https://i.imgur.com/Mv0feEG.png

Based off of this message in their discord there should be Americas co-streams, but there seemingly isn't

This is misinformation.

EMEA Playoffs were scheduled to start when they did, even before the PC issues.

I'd be so down for this but unfortunately idk if I can see it happening at well... the EWC (😭) since it's meant to revolve around the orgs

(Strictly speaking in terms of esports)

1. Qualification games are at a really inconvenient time (in the middle of EMEA playoffs, (I guess you could also blame Riot for the EMEA schedule))
2. Some games can't be streamed due to #1
3. Teams aren't playing with their full rosters or aren't playing at all (LOUD, DFM, ZETA)
4. The group stage of the main event will likely be bo1's as 12 matches have to be played in one day, the main event group stage is really questionably spread out in general to be honest

it definitely looks like it was shoehorned in to the schedule last minute, so hopefully things are smoother for next year

I think the most efficient way to sort it would be something like: VCT Stage 1 Playoffs -> EWC Stage 1 Playoffs -> Masters 2 -> EWC Stage 2 Playoffs -> EWC (If you think there's another order that's better lmk)

Overall I'm happy to have more tier 1 Valorant to watch but it feels like they've really underdelivered this year

lowkey yeah

1. Qualification games are at a really inconvenient time (in the middle of EMEA playoffs, (I guess you could also blame Riot for the EMEA schedule))
2. Some games can't be streamed due to #1
3. Teams aren't playing with their full rosters or aren't playing at all (LOUD, DFM, ZETA)
4. The group stage of the main event will likely be bo1's as 12 matches have to be played in one day

it def looks like it was shoehorned last minute in to the schedule, so hopefully things are smoother for next year

I think the most efficient way to sort it would be something like: VCT Stage 1 Playoffs -> EWC Stage 1 Playoffs -> Masters 2 -> EWC Stage 2 Playoffs -> EWC

edit: ykw i put enough effort in to this comment that ill post it

I'm not too familiar with everything, all I know is that it happened, but not really the consequences. Was it a big factor in the downfall of NA CS?

how bad will it be...
people are saying this is going to be bad, like really bad

I've heard people say this is going to kill NA tier 2 (and therefore tier 1 down the line)

im not sure whether to believe in all this or to just think its elite fearmongering

dude...

mind... blown...

hmm I think at the moment they can go deep at internationals but don't really have a shot at winning them (I'd love to be proven wrong though)
I think Leo coming back would give them that last piece

However I do want to mention that crashies has been doing a great job, obviously no one can fill Leo's shoes but he's proven that he can still play at a high tier 1 standard

is*

https://i.imgur.com/kRapx0L.png

mrfunhaver in ardiis' chat is saying stuff
he then dmed ardiis something since he couldn't say it in twitch chat, ardiis then said something along the lines of 'screw bringing down tier 2, this could bring down valorant'

victor and marved on the same team?

nobody__100 eating good

if you could make it a google forms link i think thatd be more trustworthy

i fw pigeons

looks sick!
have fun

my goat

woah woah woah
lets add context here

https://i.imgur.com/n0usbyR.png

Nah, I'm just saying they should consider signing an academy
They have the money for sure, they literally had 3 teams running at the same time when the game was new

https://indeed.com/

The slot + the rest of the roster are still there

edit: ig slot isn't as important since it's guaranteed for Academy teams, but I don't think teams can enter the system mid year unless something like this happens (VIT.R for example)

M80 is leaving challengers https://x.com/AkamaruVal/status/1922416351043584227
this means their roster is up for grabs

invest in an academy team, it's great for you team and it's great for the scene
also it's insane PR

toasty sold me fent

oh damn
a whole ass double elim bracket

I thought it'd be like EVO series but this is better

breeze cypher cam
ascent turret

if its 10 paragraphs of glaze im down

might be boring but:

Derke
Boaster
Leo
Chronicle
Alfajer
Yay

Oh nvm, we just played a guy with the same name

by any chance were u just in a comp game on pearl on clove

FNC

random lucky

ive seen enough
this mans coping

he is still salty about lock in 2 years later, ignore him

bump

yea... this is the type of message im getting from this too
and not beat a dead horse but with the amount of matches tier 1 CS pros play, Valorant is still behind. I personally think this is a great step in the right direction, even if there are some growing pains in the first few years (such as the format)

imo
prelude
sovereign
singularity
gaia

guardian

they're both generational ngl

not after this
https://www.vlr.gg/397142/number1-cned-fan-is-no-more

I just wanna live to see the day he lifts a champs trophy (wouldn't even have to be on fnatic for me to be super happy for him)

I have the AW2725DF and I absolutely love it

although if you don't have a budget I would go for the PG27AQDP, It's 480hz

thats sick

im biased asl but i fw this heavy

im gonna have to manually type all of the names in to a website 😭😭

I think it'll be between TL and BBL, I'd be happy seeing either team tbh.
I also think there's a small but not insignificant chance that NAVI upset tomorrow too

i didn't intend to but i'm more than halfway there...

you can pick whichever!

in celebration of fnatic qualifying to toronto ill giveaway a team capsule (of your choice! (I would suggest fnatic though 🔥))
reply and ill roll the winner after the EMEA GF

edit:
because fnatic won EMEA im giving away 2 bundles!

aexbigb0t and Fal are the winners
they have 24 hours to respond

(thanks to yukky for writing a script to roll the winner, makes things hella easier)