What ranks are you?
I'm tryna play more CS
I'm asc in val so I wanna know how far I can get with just mechanics (ik it'd be relatively lower since the avg CS player probably has better mechanics)

gulp

bump (I'm going to periodically bump this when I feel like it's relevant, I feel like the data is important)

How’s he gonna satchel like that in CS 😔

I broadly agree, a changing meta is what keeps this game unique.
That being said I also think it’s important that pros have the ability to voice their opinions

After being terrorised in ranked I think the neon one is valid

TSMC ever comes back (and is not a fraud) you'll get the VP
4 months and counting I believe in the comeback

I opened vlr at the EXACT perfect time 😭😭
like I'm literally ab to go to sleep and I was gonna see if anyone replied to me anywhere and then I saw this thread at like #28

4 months ago is crazy

I wish falcons didn't leave, I think they defo would've given him a shot

thank you so much for the buddy, i've been trying to get one for years

Sad that he won’t get a major

#3 describes it well

I’m so cooked
I thought you were talking about the Skye flash and was confused

Allow boaster
He had a bad 2024, give him another year with a proper second caller (crashies) and see how it pans out

I would not mind a surprise from APK

I suspect a henbabyh alt

A teams success is down to more than just their players.
Which is why I wrote that last sentence

It’s a recipe for success, they just have to cook right

Yeah fair enough I have a really bad habit of doing that. My digital footprint is cooked

FNS + Ethan (trophy level experience)
Made + Verno extremely cracked rookies

It’s a recipe for success, they just have to cook right

In order (imo):

CN for sure
APAC if no competition continues
AMER I feel like AMER would be most prone to a novel game coming along and stealing the spotlight, nothing objective to back this up, I think it’s just maybe because of streaming culture which is most common there
EMEA CS continues to be the FPS of choice and the league had the smallest viewership last year, I think it’s most at risk of falling severely behind unfortunately . Also I think riot really really messed up the region allocation: no German, no CIS or no MENA orgs

Ah I see that’s interesting, I have a kind of similar thing but not to the same extent since I’m not mixed ethnicity. Both of my parents are ethnically Indian (all of my grandparents moved to PK in 1947, so my technical ethnicity is “Muhajir”) then i was born and mostly raised in the UK, but I’ve never really felt like I’m properly engrained in either one of the cultures. I’m not religious like my parents and a religion is a big part of the culture. But at the same time I don’t really feel as “British” as some of my white friends. Especially with some of the political stuff going on recently (which I won’t elaborate on since you already know) it feels even worse.
It feels like a first world problem to be concerned about this kind of thing, like there are defo people that have worse going on but I still feel torn between identities

I fw Furia asw
I think most people have their eyes on mibr but I really like Furia's roster

this is for a very very particular audience (which happens to include me)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvHYTtHDrc&list=PL5IMg7-HLL1Y4K06HdsDBeiTvZbE3mqgP

but ive been watching this series for the past few weeks and its really cool

no one from EMEA ?😭

Pick 1 from each region. They don't have to be a good/top team, just whoever you're looking forward to watching the most, be it because they're from your country/subregion or you like a particular player. Any reason is valid

for me: FNC / T1 / G2 / FPX

AMER was tough for me between G2 and NRG, but I went with G2 because of TGRD core
CN was tough because I don't really know the teams as much, but seeing FPX in 2024 made me a fan

ardiis can tell you

the roster on paper is very good, and they've played really well in the off season
probably my new favourite APAC team

the BP skins clutter it too much imo

We have a few colourblind options, but nothing like OW
I think it would be a cool addition to the VCT broadcast too, it would make the viewing experience slightly better if the teams were distinguished with separate colours (to avoid clashes with similar colours you could have each team use a 'home' and an 'away' team colour)

This is how the OWC implemented it and it looks very visually nice
https://youtu.be/YE7Cfgz-LRw?si=_7b1SbZEHLMEW3fu&t=930

bro he's got ptsd from the jumpscare
you can't bait him in to a good clip 😭

I think you meant to reply to this thread bro💀 https://www.vlr.gg/432238/my-2024-all-star-team

im speculating that it might be a teaser for some kind of drone ability for the new agent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2G2CT466-o

a pigeon
go to the park = free food for life
i can fly anywhere i want
if someone pisses me off i shit on their windshield

idk what it was specifically, but Leo Faria did confirm that there would be something special for the 2025 EDG bundle
so that would be consistent with what he said

ive been following the pro scene since first strike so thats like 3 months after beta
i only made a vlr account during the champs GF
I think I made one for 2021 Reykjavik but i dont remember the log in details

since cned lifted the trophy

this aint ardiis lil bro

what's your ethnicity

i have a theory
he secretly enjoys it, he just has to play it up for the cs fans

https://strawpoll.com/kjn1DYN4JyQ/results

get ohne to play more valorant

It seems between when you posted this and now you've moved around the IGLs (which is what I disagreed with the most) so I'll bump it up to 90%
A few things though: I think miniboo is at least B tier, marteen is A tier (I'm a believer in Yoru this year), and I'd probably drop GRUB and MrFalin down to high B

I fw like 80% of this
so yeah, cook

DFM and FUR both are in that boat for me

nah this is crazy

nobody in Paris??

Damn wish I was good at pickems

nice i've always wanted to go
how did you find it

Where did you go on vacation

I think this is the most underrated kickoff match
both teams have something to prove, and this match'll likely set the tone going in to the rest of the year (unless whoever loses goes on a crazy lower bracket run)