Oh okay well I'm hoping it’s at least somewhat filled

Does anyone know how big the crowd will be for tomorrow’s games?

Make it out of groups as second seed, hence not facing other EMEA teams first game BIG BRAIN

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I had PRX winning because they didn’t look too bad and Liquid trolled their first game but this is impressive from Liquid

LMAO this is actually insane Liquid beat PRX I can’t believe it

Yep beating the worlds best icebox team is a big statement and they made it close GGs Furia

Which one is a bigger disappointment?

Probably 2025 when Boasters contract ends and they finally pick up a good IGL

Tbh Liquid has to do what FPX did and let PRX come to them. I think Liquid has enough good players to win aim duels so it will come down to if Liquid gives into the aggression or plays it smart and waits for PRX. Even the old Liquid coach (Sliggy) mentioned that.

If Fnatic don’t choke and play like they did during Stage 2 Challengers they'll probably win this whole thing

It will be active again. Just the pre-champion boredom. Wait until either one of the EMEA or NA team loses a game or doesn’t make it out of groups and all the trolls will flood the site and it will be very active.

Edward Gaming vs On Sla2ers was the last VCT game where Split was played. IMO one of the best maps to watch. Goodbye, Split!

I'm interested to hear why Optic is B tier

S - FPX, OPTIC, EDG
A - PRX, FNATIC, LOUD
B - 100T, LIQUID, KRU, DRX, LEVIATÁN
C - XERXIA, BOOM, FURIA
NEAR AIRPORT - XSET

No team who won an International tournament last year has made it to Champions

• Acend
• Gambit (M3C)
• Sentinels

I think NA is the only region where the upper bracket finalist can ban 2 maps

Wait until champs lol one LAN isn’t enough to say a team is "onliners"

I forgot about BCJ mb XSET winning Champs

2 map bans and one day to prep against your opponent? GGs Guard hopefully they'll make it out of groups (I think they will) because I have no faith in XSET no idea how they qualified for Champs without winning a game at Masters

I'm giving The Guard another chance

Depends on the groups honesty like their guaranteed to have PRX, Optic, FPX or LOUD in their group so it depends on the other 2 teams and how good they are

APAC casters >

Surely they wouldn't put the first seed of EMEA, NA, APAC and LATAM/BR in one group?

Edit: these are pots not groups lmao mb

I think it’s safe to say eu is a far superior region. There is just such a mentality difference between the two regions. Teams from EU want to win, while teams from NA (Loptic, Streamset) just don’t want it as much. it really shows in the way they perform. EU is far more disciplined, practicing long hours of the day while NA would rather stream. Next lan, I’m not sure NA should get any spots tbf.

What the hell are both of these teams doing? I’m in bronze and I could compete better than all of the players in this tournament. I can’t believe I’m being held back by my teammates this bad. Any orgs feel free to DM

Pretty decent for a region which doesn’t focus on streaming

Or Benkai

Do you know how IGL'ing works? 😂

We all have that. Yet people still make it work. You don't have a lot of free time? Then watch each VOD individually with the time you do have. You should be able to watch all the VODs by Friday and know what you’re looking for. Yeah the article will be a little outdated but at least we know you put all your time and effort into it. The fact is that we can’t do your work for you. And if you’re passionate about being a writer then you’re going to take the harder route and not the easy way. But that’s my take do whatever you want with it :)

If you're serious about being a writer then make time and watch it.

If they had Twisten they would've won Haven 😭 and 2-0 NaVi

Yacine. That’s it.

Couple more years and EMEA will dominate Valorant just like CS

There’s a reason why FPX stopped playing it after the Guild game It sucks on attack

Oh damn their playing against 100T/Faze this is a GG

BUT THEY HAVE SHROUD SO 2-0 SENTINELS THEIR WINNING LCQ

LOL

The Guard was their best chance (if it wasn’t for some mistakes they would’ve won) now they’re going to play against either C9 or Shopify Rebellion (Luminosity) who are consistent and not washed up like The Guard. I don’t see them winning a map against these two or even making it close. It will be one-sided likely in the favour of C9 or Luminosity. Let me know your thoughts (and hopium).

Scrims don't mean anything

W

Top 10 APAC teams > Top 10 NA teams

Agreed
-Balla -Doug
+Dgon +Quis

Does anyone know their names? I can’t seem to find it

Edit: thanks for the names

VIT is built different

Shroud alone can 1v5 The Guard. Add Tenz and Sentinels win 13-0 13-0

Tier 1 NA teams can barely compete against International teams let alone tier 2 😂

Didn’t he have Covid or something and couldn’t travel?

Edit: yeah he couldn’t make it to Copenhagen due to Covid https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/leviatan-head-coach-onur-unable-to-attend-valorant-masters-after-testing-positive-repeatedly-1866715/

EU & APAC > NA

I don’t know what changed but somehow their Bind went from trash to amazing in 1 day. Props to their coach!

Yeah definitely. Haven isn’t FPX's best map so it’s 70/30 PRX. After that it’s 50/50 both. PRX and FPX are equally as bad on Breeze as each other.

GGs Optic! Still the most consistent team in Valorant, but it was time for a different team to be crowned champions. Glad to see it will be either PRX or FPX. Both hardworking teams.

My bad then