o7, what a legacy to leave behind, the first player to lift a Champs and a Masters trophy. Been there since the start on Team Vikings and was a big part in putting BR on the map in 2022. He deserves a good retirement.

wow

oh damn full retirement
he's achieved a lot so fair enough o7

14 rn kinda close to 15

yeah lfg

yeah I don't doubt that at all, he's an excellent player. It's just that if he's also trialling for LEV and 100T where a duelist role might be more achievable for a similar salary he might choose to go there. But if he has 0 problem with smokes then yeah, this is defo possible

how would they deal with the role clash
or is jawg willing to go back to smokes

real

Yeah bro I live in the burj khalifa

went downstairs on the half and now im back and it went 13-11??? apeks are cooked

https://i.imgur.com/Fc57jQV.png

did it in like 2 mins so there might be mistakes, if I left u out either idk enough about you or idk you
also the tiers aren't ordered its random

WAIT I didn't even realise the APEKS flair would get put in 😭😭

idek, this guy is funny as hell to see mald tho, its like a mini version of trembo and keznit

boaster 👻👻

he does but i dont even think he means to which makes it even funnier lol

Idk who said this but the reasoning that was going around was 'jetlag', also the article says it was still likely for him to stay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXlKv4Q-FJU

and we still have 3 more months in the off season

the card thing might be something riot does eventually, probably not for making predictions though

If you mean who gets replaced as in a team being relegated, that can't happen until next year, this year will simply be the new team joining.
If you mean roster changes, the only guarantee is on if PCF win, 3 of their players are under 18 so they won't be able to play in tier 1 (there's rumours going around they'll allow them to ascend anyway, but it's not confirmed)

if that's true, and it's not the same that's shocking

Oh wow that's interesting then, do you have a source?

maybe I missed it but why's everyone saying n4rrate? He could just be in NA to visit family, or he could be going to another team

ok but notice how 100% of people who drink water and eat food die at some point?? thats a bit of a dealbreaker for me ngl

don't take xeus away I want fnatic to have him 🙏😭

post this on hltv for absolute cinema

I agree the fans can be annoying but that's no reason to hate TenZ

hmm I would swap Less and TenZ personally, I value consistency over 2x form which I understand some people don't so yeah still valid

well yeah, if you see someone on the street thats short you're gonna get weird looks if you just randomly decide to shout 'HEY, LOOK AT THAT SHORT GUY OVER THERE'

i dont wanna say a lot at the risk of getting banned so ill sum it up: politics embedded in culture

Probably not as a full commitment no, he might have a stint like shroud though

after how close they played with 2G today, they're at least at a similar level

You just sound like you want it because the last time there was single elim format EMEA won all of them.

That's not true, I've easily watched more NA than EMEA, I'm happy to root for any region. Also it makes no difference, EMEA teams aren't just magically better at single elim.

The reason why so many people hated single elim this year was because it was regionally, which I hate too, this year I'll forgive for having to work around an odd number of teams, but I'll sure as hell be complaining if we continued with it next year. The Playoffs format of the most important tournament of the year is the exact same as the format for the other 2 events, which makes only the number of teams the competitive difference, which is mitigated by a double elimination bracket anyway. Single Elim at Champs however would actually solve a lot of problems, too few games in the venue? fixed, Higher stakes for each game? yup. It'll make one off upsets way more exciting as a favourite knocked in to the lowers can't just reap the lower bracket, from an analytical viewpoint sure single elim is worse, but as a fan it's got so much more entertainment value, and at the end of the day viewership is what makes investors invest, not the number of armchair analysts who think they can be the next up and coming tier 1 coach.

no disrespect but who

Yeah I'd be down for this too, I just want playoffs to be single elim, it would also differentiate Champs from Masters tournaments

This is a hot take with many flaws (I'm speaking completely irrationally) but CHAMPS SHOULD BE SINGLE ELIM, ITS THE LAST TOURNAMENT THE BEST OF THE BEST SHOULD GO THROUGH NO EXCUSES, NO SECOND CHANCES

it is logical to be the face of that region

then we agree, that riot, were in fact leaning in to KK in their marketing. Yes there's reasons for it; I just thought you were denying that they were doing it at all which is why I made a point of it

Yeah I'm not denying their results at all.
This is about Riot using KK in advertisements and such.
For LOCK//IN CN weren't an official region which is why I thought it was worth pointing out

I can see Jampii maybe, ardiis is like 50/50

EDG were invited to EA LCQ which qualified them to Champs 2022
They were invited to LOCK//IN
Invited to Masters Tokyo
Invited to Champs 2023

Then in 2024 Shanghai's theme was literally made around KK as #14 mentioned, things like his op pose were sent around by Riot.
Past that, China has been a weak region (not through their own fault), so EDG can experience diff them.

What does deserve credit is the run they went on in Champs though, that parts defo not forced. But you have to still admit that Riot have really been pushing KK to appeal to the Chinese audience, and that's not even necessarily a bad thing, but you're simply wrong if you don't accept Riot were pushing it.

oh yeah zjos you're right
that guy is built diff

I'll be shocked if any there's any radiants on vlr
there was that one guy with the thread the other day but hes not active

oh yeah fs
the opening of the champs theme song is literally from his play

The better you are the more people will clown on you if you fall
but my goat will be back

I say m80 because idk how much I like the reyna pick

lmfao

do it for the pizza

I would argue this

Face of VAL overall - TenZ
Face of VCT - KK

TenZ is more well known among the casual fanbase

yeah but you're ignoring the face of valorant can change, it doesn't have to still be tenz in 5 years, he just is right now

you would want TSM to win no? It would help them more since M80 are basically already through