We already know these guys can farm offseason events. They did this before kickoff and fooled everyone into thinking they would be good.
Do something in VCT already NRG.
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We already know these guys can farm offseason events. They did this before kickoff and fooled everyone into thinking they would be good.
Do something in VCT already NRG.
So?
How many players do u know that can pop off for 5 games straight and single-handedly win a map? He did his job as an individual.
Manhwa--- Bastard. Its author also has 2 other manhwas about a zombia apocalypse which is also good.
Manga--- Alice in Borderland
Do the Japanese fanbase give a shit about tier 1. The tier 2 experience there is genuinely amazing, but that doesn't seem to reach Zeta and DFM.
We need Riddle Order in Tier 1. They might be shit or great, but atleast they have fans that aren't there out of pity for the team.
He has outcalled Boaster multiple times playing against them. Is one of the main reasons TH made it to so many finals. I feel bad for your mama that their child has no talking points in an argument
You cannot be having mental problems against a team playing a caster. Sen are depending on Zekken to drag them out of every bad situation too much
He is an A tier igl with better aim than most S tier igls. Hence "almost"
Sentinels have
--- A top 5 duelist
--- 2 talents who haven't even reached their full potential
--- The Hype Guy
--- An IGL almost on par with Boaster and Saadhak
--- Access to more facilities then any org needs
--- Millions of fans
--- Support from the biggest Valorant streamer on twitch
Sentinels don't have
--- A trophy without Tenz
--- Actual good performance at an international without Tenz
Congrats to Sentinels for scraping a win against a G2 in overtime. All they needed was a caster and Trent on his worst Tejo performance.
(Babybay played fire. He would be the best player on Leviatan, its expected that he looks worse on G2 replacing Leaf.)
Isn't Skrossi the definition of a tier 1.5 player
APAC and CN are never gonna be, and never have been top 3 "going into" any international.
This has to do with the fact that the way that these teams play is very on the fly.
Individually, most CN and APAC players ahve better intuition and instinct. Problem is you cannot rank intuition the same way you can do with macro/micro.
I love XLG and want a PRX vs TH final: But I am not going to rank either of these teams in the top 3 because I don't have definite proof apart from belief.
Which is also stupid because they would have gotten 2 weeks break before playoffs.
So it seems pretty obvious that the PCs were a problem that they were trying to fix in between. Unluckily for them, the camel's back broke at the last second.
Overrated or underrated has nothing to do with the players and everything to do with the audiences perspective.
Look at flor. Going in so many people said she was underrated, that she ended up being overrated. And now because she is called overrated so much, she just became underrated.
The most overrated player is definitely Leo. He was the best player in 2023 in the world, but at this point casters, analysts and fans have hyped him up to a god level and there is no way for him to live up to those expectations once he comes back to Valorant.
He said Hot takes not 50% chance to be correct takes
(BBL and Liquid players included) List is performances from Stage 1
I just hope BBL makes it so that there is atleast 1 new team from each region making it to an international
It helps that he isn't a salty player. He took the defeat in stride and owned it.
Are u watching the game?
He was watching A main and left to join up with his team. That has nothing to do with him being a Tejo
Drx lost 2-0 vs PRX.
RRQ are giving us an actual close game vs PRX
IDK dude, maybe DRX should just git gud
Nah. Navi is 100t. One known whiffy player, one shaky aim, and one absolute chad who overpeeks everything and wins
0 Trophies in 2023 so going to have to go Fnatic
It is. They had originally said it would come after Toronto but they changed their decision.
Hatewatching Apeks and M8s is like taking candy from a baby. There is no fun in that. Hatewatching actual good teams is more fun because when they lose, nobody is happier than you.
ok?
That's true for most fps games. Search up top CS clips, 70% of them are rat plays. That"s where the skill to prevent lurks comes in.
NOOO!! How dare monyet not perform well on DRXs map pick.
The map isnt even over. Chill out on the reactionary bs
I am disappointed in the VLR users. How do the most ragebait takes annoy the site meant to be for ragebait?
Packgod? The cringelord who literally fakes his "packs" and edits like a chimpanzee on adderall
It comes down to Maps and then round diff
Well then you are a minority as well aren't you? If you don't think its fun, don't watch it? Nobodies forcing you
They'll definitely be pretty upset. Though it says a lot about the concept of winning when you really think about it. Even though LOUD lost all their games I am sure they are definitely happier than Nrg or even Lev. Even though NRG have qualified for playoffs, their mental is more fucked than that of LOUD players.
No. Even if RRQ would have won the first priority would still be H2H, which Talon has over NS and T1. NS would then still be fourth because they lost to T1.
They need Hiro to pop off to make it happen. Otherwise they just get aimdiffed by the players on Vitality
You don't understand buddy. Saadhak and engh are playing 5D chess. They are maining Harbor when nobody is playing him. Once Riot overbuffs and makes him OP they are going to farm in Paris. Trust the process.
Saadhak is playing 4d chess. When Harbor gets buffed, he is gonna run him on every map and just smurf
Americas:--
LOUD is the team who i have immense hope for in Stage 2. The coaching definitely needed some changes but the team itself looks good. In the EG game, LOUD looked like the better team for 90% of the game but Potter diffed Stk so hard in the coaching department. Lukxo is amazing and a much needed help for Dgzin. While i don't think they'll win anything, they could be the surprise 4th Champs team.
EMEA:--
GiantX is my pick here. Ara and Flickless are great additions to the team and now it feels like GX can shoot back. One of the things I like about them is that they never give up. That sounds very weird, but the comeback against TH would never have been possible if they just folded and didn't punish TH for their misplays. I don't think this team has scope for internationals, but they could be a team where they will punch down and maybe get an upset over a team.
APAC:--
APAC have an insanely amazing and competitive top 5, but a very boring bottom 7. TS, DFM and GE look dead in the water. NS, Talon and ZETA have upset potential but i don't see them qualifying for an international. Ironically enough the team with the most potential is PRX, which feels nauseating to say. They have a chance to suddenly find their old form and blast some teams along the way. TRACK BY TRACK.
The cope and seethe from EDG fans is apparent. Though can't really blame you. The Simon fallout was brutal for the mental.
A fight for the higher seeding is the same as a final. It doesn't matter who looked better against the weaker teams. It depends on who beat the other team. Here, Kru have beaten Sen. Hence, in this moment of time, KRU are better than Sen. Hence they get first seed.
If according to you, every group stage game should count, then I'd argue that the most important game was the one between Kru and Sen and the results of the other games get low priority.
By your own argument, EG winning against Kru wasn't a Grand Final either. So we can just pretend that Kru didn't lose a game.
The reason this is not like real sports is because the difference between a bad valorant/esports player and a great one is very small. Whereas, in say Basketball, the difference is humongous. So Valorant rankings have no choice but to be reactionary.
At the end of the day, SEN lost to Kru, and Kru were the best team in the group stage.
Fair enough, Let me give you a proper reason.
Round difference and map difference is a silly metric to take into account, because it doesn't prove whether a team is better than the other with the same points. Round/map difference would make sense if every fight in Valorant was transitive but that is never the case. If Kru have beaten Sen, then it makes no sense for them to be below them. H2H is even more impactful in deciding the 4th seed. Lets assume 2g beat SEN and Loud win tomorrow. Even if 2G has a better map diff, EG should still qualify because they have beaten them.
Like it or not, Valorant rankings have to be reactionary to make sure the best team in that moment is the one that qualifies, not the team with consistent results. So for now Sen is a weaker team than Kru.
Different regions, different casters, different ideals. Both players are not comparable. Also, Governer has never been a good player, he has always been below average. On the other hand, Patwho has shown signs of brilliance and is now in a slump. It makes sense for casters to talk more about the player with loads of potential, rather than a below par player who will always be below par.
I think an IGL like Boo or Nobody is really good. They are good fraggers, but their aim seems unimpressive when put on a team with Woot and Kangkang.
Their calling is also good and both seem to make some questionable and risky plays, but don't let those plays affect their team on a whole level.
Correction: I would rather have 2023 fnatic than any other. Boaster is a great igl, but he needed the rest of his players to mesh well with his calling. If your team is a bit more freeform and can have multiple callers, then a fragging igl is probably better, but it depends from team to team.
Muscle Man was a G. His jokes were from ignorance, not from trying to make an edgy joke and failing miserably.
Bro tried to sneak in RRQ.
APAC is going to depend so much on match-ups to decide who is going to go.
TH did play Pearl during kickoff and it did look good. There is a chance they don't ban it
Calling yourself stoic is the least stoic thing anyone can do
1) Most people don't care that SEN are somewhat regressing. Do you think they should be perfect every year with no faults.
2) Do you actually watch the games? Watch the aftermatch of the LEV vs Furia game, Probably the most fun interview in ages.
3) I don't know where you get that? Kangkang and Tenz are not at all similar players. You are just a Tenz fanboy who is mad that there are other people playing at or above his level.
4) You are completely correct there, but there is nothing anybody can do about that.
5) Same question, are you watching the games. Aspas is being completely outshined in the recent games by cortezia and xenom. Even great players regress, there is nothing inherently wrong with that, considering they are winning.
6) The PRX situation is sad and that is valid, but do you only watch PRX games? Thee are so many other teams playing amazingly maybe watch their game.
You seem like someone who started watching in like 2024, got attached to a few teams, and are mad they aren't still perfect. Its an esports. Ups and downs is the name of the game, and you need to start watching more games rather than crying about the few that aren't going the way you want them to.
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