(GMT)
https://i.imgur.com/jFqujHn.png

That's when the competitive queue ends, so I'd say probably the morning of the 9th for EU

you have to consider the sheer cost of flying, housing and feeding 32 teams (224 people minimum when you only consider a team of 5, a sub and a manager)
(even as a FNC fan, who would've been happy if they won more money, I think it's understandable)
Also the prizepool (unless its absolutely insane, like I'm talking millions for #1) isn't as big of a motivator.
Normally you have to pay taxes twice, divide it in half, then divide it in in 6 or 7 to get your cut

tbh nah i dont think so
it'll certainly hurt them, but it defo wont make for 0 sentinel comps

FNC
G2
T1
WOL (not sure tho)

I think they're cool

Assuming tejo is good in pro play Im predicting:

Tejo
Kayo
Raze/Jett
Cypher
Astra

Or (kinda out there)

Tejo
Viper
Brim
Yoru
Cypher

2
(I suck at spraying, also if I can kill an enemy without taking damage the full shield gives me an effective full buy)

Although I don't like the changes DRX has made (I just really liked their old players), they excel at talent development, they've proven themselves in that aspect time and time again.

me (not really actually i only like hype)

you won't often find glucose (or fructose and sucrose for that matter) in gum (at least here, and I wouldn't really expect it to change across the ocean), the sugars in gum are often artificially made, usually it's something like aspartame which is artificial and absorbs in to your blood faster

+ gum has all that other nasty artificial stuff, even if you do find some that uses natural sugars

they need to pull up in this https://i.imgur.com/GXjMrVQ.png

they got diff types of sugars

U been watching too much ardiis bro

eh gums got sugar
water is good though
id say maybe consider fruit

if u sleep you wont be hungry

let me get back to you on that (for my choice)

for the record I don't agree with that guy

bro... what is this rebrand 😭

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

idk if it's worth of being called drama tbh

if i had to guess they're developing on an older patch since there's no point in the hassle of updating it when it doesn't really change anything (for the replay system)
i know nothing about game development or coding so i could be super wrong

I'm only theory crafting here
but my prediction is, if he gets use, it'll be in a double hybrid initiator meta

so something like: Skye + Tejo, or even KAYO + Tejo
alternatively, this could make Yoru stronger for his flash element, It'd be possible to run say Fade/Sova + Tejo + Yoru

Yeah, I think there is definitely some merit it teams being good in a fresh, non defined meta, so I disagree with the people who call Masters 1 'mickey mouse'

12 teams would still be nice to have though

it applies here too, seeing the comments

I've already gone over this so I'll keep it brief
yeah, LOCK//IN isn't technically a masters event if you only look at the marketing
but single elim + being an invitational isn't enough to make it worth less than a masters

why must we always discredit each others achievements

https://i.imgur.com/8BXoS2Z.png

I've just been watching YT today and I saw it pop up lol

i can never tell if you hate or love emea

🐮da

This is a joke

https://i.imgur.com/WW4Nomb.png

Tbh I’m in the privileged position where I don’t buy clothes for my self, my mum (still) absolutely loves buying clothes for me so I’m always lucky to have an abundance of clothes

Maybe at some point I’ll consider a hoodie or smth but I’m good for now

I can fs see them selling a champs trophy one in one the champs bundle
sorta really similar to the 2022 champs knife inspect now that I think about it

The E1 buddies are unique from all the other ones since they don’t rotate, E2-E9 they rotate with the back saying the episode

yeah you're right I should
my downfall is that I only use rare/now unobtainable buddies
there's so many good BP buddies I could be using

https://i.imgur.com/5skj7aF.jpeg

I'm going to go to sleep now so if there's any updates please reply to me here so I can update when I wake up

W buddy + skin matching
here's what I'm running rn

https://i.imgur.com/5skj7aF.jpeg

This is the answer

I'd suggest:
If all their players play at their celing at the same time they can easily qualify to a LAN

off the top of my head

Derke
Yay
hiro
FNS
stax
buzz
mako
less
saadhak
net
meteor
forsaken
t3xture
sayf
marteen
shao

I played G2 mimi like an hour before she played the GCC lower finals in deathmatch
I killed her a few times but I think she killed me more

https://tracker.gg/valorant/match/59a839c7-707d-46aa-a929-429dddf895b4

I just got IEMS, do I need to turn HRTF off?
google is giving me conflicting answers

I've only played like one game of league
but shouldn't top lane be the exact same as bot lane? like what's the difference

both are vandals which I use in phases
like I don't use them regularly, but when I do, I keep it equipped for a few weeks without switching

imo prelude is better than primordium

I have no idea but it's the best I've seen so far

thanks!

Will update this as they're released, please let me know if there's an update since it's pretty hard to track all teams (especially CN)
Note the ascension 2025 teams don't have their designs yet, but they will come eventually
Every team highlighted in bold has created a high effort announcement which I think is worth watching

------------------------------------------------------------EMEA------------------------------------------------------------

VIT

FNC (no video yet)

KC (no video)

TH

FUT

BBL

KOI

TL

GX

NAVI

M8

------------------------------------------------------------AMERICAS------------------------------------------------------------

LEV

G2

SEN

KRU

C9 (nothing yet)

100T (no video)

NRG

LOUD (no video)

EG

FUR (no video)

MIBR

------------------------------------------------------------PACIFIC------------------------------------------------------------

DFM

DRX

GENG (no video)

GE

PRX

RRQ (no video)

T1

TLN

TS (no video)

ZETA (nothing yet)

------------------------------------------------------------CHINA------------------------------------------------------------

AG (no video)

BLG

EDG

FPX (no video)

JDG

NOVA

TEC (no video)

TE

TYL

WOL (no video)

DRG

BONUS CAPSULE

I think there's a possibility
since in a recent video they said they were aligning patches with the VCT calendar in mind, making it so there wouldn't be any mid tournament changes

It's subjective
but personally I'd hate to go out in public wearing esports merch, the only exception being an esports event
if I ever plan on going to an event I might buy one

See #6, that pretty much sums up what I'd reply to this

That can also be true at the same time, but it doesn't discredit the tournament (it's not the fault of the TO or the other orgs/players)

Despite FPX not attending Masters Iceland 22, no one reasonably tries to discredit OPTC or LOUD
TH weren't great at Madrid due to things (sorta) out of their control, but that doesn't mean SENs win is underserved.

Maybe I'm just biased but there's a double standard when considering NA and EU teams due to the size of the fanbase (I've seen the same for NA teams in CS, and I think both are unjustified)
Also there's an argument for 'every team was invited', which tbh I don't really get. It means the good teams were invited too, and in fact the good teams did do well (Look at the top 4 + NRG),