who would you remove (assuming you can't remove a LATAM or South American team)?

no one is holding you to that man, you dont have to say this ;_;

think viewers (not the fans) would've loved to see a group of death on par with 2024s group of death with TH SEN GenG which would've elevated the stakes in groups but all in all every team has a fair shot.

damn that's fast, either way hope you have a long happy relationship with your significant other.

holy frick that 4th group is literal group of death

wait how long has it been since the semester started for you?

I think EMEA will be very competitive with TH TL BBL FNC

we need m4 as an analyst as well, clearly Zikz couldn't see the potential and is now paying for it for lacking m4's masterclass analyses.

yeah Zekken is alot more adaptable compared to mass majority of the duelists in Americas atm.

Ngl, right now the south are taking themselves out of the equation before Champs.

Sacy should belong on this list imo even if you don't believe in his fragging ability, his intangibles and leadership skills are top tier.

Sen took out DRX at EWC though, and also took out DRX last year at champs.

ngl im surprised no one mentioned SiufatBB or Forsaken, they have actual muscles

Chris Paul is cool.

Sen do want a 1st round bye if possible, since they want to win a regional trophy at least. Not that it matters in the grand scheme for making Champs though if they go 4-1 due to champs points.

Sure, not exactly sure what you want since your team should be upgraded on paper and winning internationals with Tenz and Sacy gone right?

Anyone else could play in TenZ position for Sentinels and they would even do better than this.

They're kind of forced to replace Tenz and have done so since he's retired, not exactly sure what you want Sen to do.

Who are the Batman's in this case? nAts, Derke?

You're also saying Bangkok is less relevant than EWC by association.

G2 is playing with their coach while 100T is playing in the group of death and wasn't expected to make it out, I don't know why we are so doomer about this. Only one you can criticize imo is Sen since they haven't really figured out team synergy and defined roles after 8 - 9 months.

if its in terms of significance to the scene, Tenz should be on this list.

he'll be fine, he always shows up for worlds at this stage of his career.

as is tradition

Nah, that's a sign of a diehard fan, they're usually the first ones to bash their own team. Usually you can tell fans apart from haters by how they approach the criticism. If they're fans they will sound frustrated. If they're haters they will usually say stuff like T0nZ or Termite lmao, etc.

who do you want Sen to get in place of Zellsis?

I will say times have changed and the fragging firepower needed across the board has drastically risen from 2022, given that 100T also has Boostio who despite being a good igl has poor shooting.

I seriously don't understand why people think Group B is the easiest, when Group C looks easier on paper.

BBL gave Liquid a lot of trouble in their last two matchups and DRX are really good, not exactly sure why you think Sen has the easiest group. If anything, isn't this good for you as a DRX fan if you think this group is the easiest?

Jokes aside, if its just teams that have a consistent chance of making at least 1 international every year, I don't think KRU will ever win an international trophy.

who else is a good igl that they can get in the offseason? I'm assuming Saadhak is staying with KC for their long term project.

Its essentially the Haodong situation, it will definitely go down to his preference of being able to play or basically be retired as an assistant coach.

one of these things is not like the others...

Man reminds me of an old post from last year regarding how unlucky FPX got ( https://www.vlr.gg/398935/was-fpx-the-unluckiest-team-this-year), I swear if they win any one of those matchups, it would've drastically changed the course of Valorant Competitive.

They didn’t get swept at least.

What would team Russia look like? I know nAts and Chronicle would be locks on that team.

Besides G2 & NRG, who do you think is going to join them at Champs?

unironically this is one of the few times I wish they had tenz

They already won 2 trophies though…

Someone's gotta continue the curse for DRX since they're not here.

If we use the Heretics curse, whichever of PRX/Wolves ends up in the finals will be the tournament winner so it's all good.

long covid, can't play for extended periods of time

Good thing there's a bo3 and bo5 after this before they can even get to grand finals, so if they dont show up vs G2 and PRX/Wolves they won't be in grand finals.

round score too close to say that EMEA is a 0 team region, Sen can still choke this; I actually think icebox is one of their weaker maps

If I were to say every team that loses after having a significant lead, that would be everyone. I consider teams that get super close to the finish line (International Grand Finals) but never were able to cross it after multiple chances as chokers since that narrows it down. Otherwise I could call C9 NRG KRU chokers as well.

No, since they won a trophy already, that’s reserved for heretics and PRX until they win an international.

cost them the entire game

If Sen wins it though, they'll definitely call it Mickey Mouse since at bare minimum 4/6 wins will be against China.

where's EMEA in this triangle?

Think in English since SiufatBB keeps gassing Juicy up whenever we hear comms in English.

There were only 2 western teams that fell to lowers and they in turn took out 2 asian teams from contention in lowers, let's just enjoy the masters man without fighting.