The players deserve champs the org doesn't after dropping d00mbr0s

Yeah I think EDG is just testing shit right now since they just signed 2 new players especially since they have no fear of not qualing to champs

Then again they were never scared in regionals lets just see how they perform at champs

firepower wise yes but I feel like they were more disciplined with Benkai they only threw with him during Copenhagen but that was mostly because of the nerves on map 5

well i mean the year is still 2024 and the meta is still the same

If they all adapted to the meta none of this "plunder era" shit. Also in their respected regions not international.

2021 Iceland SEN - probably 6th-4th (Sick, Shahz, and TenZ were some of the most mechanically talented people of the era)
2021 Berlin GMB - 3rd (Has the most talented players in the region I would rank them lower than TH and a bit lower than FUT)
2021 Champs Acend - 8th-6th (back then was just cNed carry but they have potential to make playoffs idk bout a LAN)
2022 Iceland OPTIC - 3rd (if they adapted to the meta and let FNS cook they would've done really well especially since they would keep their form)
2022 Copenhagen FPX - n0vi kekw
2022 Champs LOUD - 2nd-1st (probably one of the best teams if the core still stuck together only might be lower than current SEN)
2023 LOCKIN/Tokyo FNC - 2nd (TH just look a bit better than they did back in 2023)
2023 Champ EG - 1st (legit no competition SEN would come close but they were just so much better)

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For GE I would personally say Benkai if he's not making small mistakes he's a really decent player and probably the best on GE

in purp0 we trust

LETSS GOO CLOUD FINALLY GOT A GOOD TEAM

anyways odds that GX make playoffs
GX beats TH and FUT
VIT beats BBL
M8 loses to FUT and TH and beats NAVI
NAVI loses to both KOI and M8 or one of them cuz GX has h2h
Lulquid loses the rest of games

map bans or previous game momentum?

We've seen teams get beaten in the upper finals and then they win the lower finals and then come back and absolutely smack the team in the grand finals. So do we think that map bans and picking maps that you're team is more comfortable on is more important or bringing the momentum from the previous game win into the grand finals?

since Americas is hella tense right now I'll make some updates on what every bottom team needs to qual.

100T - Beats remaining teams, can lose to one but needs to beat EG otherwise out, or lose to EG and hope EG loses to MIBR while 2-0'ing the rest of teams. Can also hope that C9 or G2/KRU do horrible and have a chance there.
NRG - Beats remaining teams, 100T beat EG, EG loses to MIBR, 100T loses to MIBR and LOUD, then LOUD loses to LEV
LOUD - Beats remaining teams, 100T beat EG, loses to MIBR, EG loses to MIBR. Can also hope that C9 or G2/KRU do horrible and have a chance there.
FURIA - Beats remaining teams 2-0, LOUD beats 100T 2-1 loses to LEV 2-0, 100T loses to MIBR and LOUD 2-0 and 2-1 beats EG 2-1, EG loses to MIBR 2-0, gets a better round diff

if I made a mistake say it

at least LOUD made playoffs with qck I don't see LOUD with pancada in any playoffs

they made a LAN and playoffs with him, now they won't even be making top 9

How about instead of flaming c0m 24/7 we just put Kingg as a site anchor on attack and let c0m do his thing on flank, he gets so much more value as a lurk and is 100% more comfortable on it. Maybe then we can get 2023 c0m and Lev can enter the superteam convos.

that "easy game" that navi has also smoked the team that smoked navi

bro abandoned navi 😭

It's almost like he plays initiator he doesn't need to have a high rating if he's supporting his teammates with god tier util and also getting frags lmao. And he also singlehandedly carried 100T into champs in 2022.

its an interesting concept just the map design is so horrible, also only like two places use the fall off design being the place in A main and the ledge on B main, besides that the concept is just useless as barely anyone falls off the map. You can see the map design is ass by places like attacker spawn where if you jump off the ledge with the zipline you will take fall damage, like who tf added that shit in its the most random and useless thing ever.

• horrible formatting for kickoff and stage 1 and 2, single elim denies any cinderella runs or upsets and removes the chances of teams qual'ing by a ton.
• no time to rest/practice for LAN teams, like winning a LAN gives you a week to go back kekw.
• Abyss, like what the fuck is this map nobody likes it, so attacker sided, just horrible ass map in general that I know the devs did not test before shoving it into the game.

just the few I come up with probably more

He has also only played the Madrid winners and the 3rd place finishers at Shanghai

Its almost like NRG didn't have someone experienced as an IGL, we saw how that turned out before with 2023 SEN.

FNATIC has been considered a superteam with some of the best players for basically the entirety of valorant's history, those frauds you call Enzo and Mistic were the best talent of EMEA's back in the plunder days. Saying that Boaster hasn't been carried is funny as he has constantly been getting the best talent that FNC can find and that money can buy.

Why are people hating on my boi puchan, are we not gonna talk about the horrendous comp that chet cooked? Like I knew chet was doing his cousin FNS dirty but not to this level of selling. (also can we talk about the fact that chet is 27 and looks 45 while FNS is 32 and looks 27?)

I think it was a good idea as a showmatch to show off all of the teams, I just think rito just messed up making it such a big thing and giving the winner an extra slot for the next tourney because it just rewarded who could make the most of the limited downtime between the newly formed teams and letting old teams do much better than newer ones.

basically if you were a pro what you would get from every NA team

NRG (decent pay but major decrease of playoff/LAN chances and also a 24/7 paranoia of a dude called billy 👻👻👻👻👻)
SEN (literally what every pro wants, good pay good team)
C9 (basically the shithole of orgs you will get that dopamine that you will make a LAN event then get that hope taken away, also kekw pay)
G2 (decent team and decent pay but you will always have some dude behind you questioning your every move COUGH COUGH icy haters)
EG (horrible org and horrible pay but you will always somehow manage to do good, potter effect)
100T (either you make a LAN once or you will never be seen in a LAN for the next 2 years, decent pay tho)

because I wrote NA first then realized the abbreviated version of what South America is and then just didn't remove the NA part when I wrote AMER? dawg its not that big of a deal idk why you getting all over it

South America is also part of the Americas but I'm not writing the abbreviated version of that so we just stick with AMER

NA showdown today who yall got winning

personally
NRG 2-1 G2 (hella close games but pujan will pull through)
SEN 2-0 C9 (whoever wins first map wins the series but 2-0 cuz Zellsis takes his anger out on c9 and drops 50 in the series)

NA showdown tmr who yall got winning

personally
NRG 2-1 G2 (hella close games but pujan will pull through)
SEN 2-0 C9 (whoever wins first map wins the series but 2-0 cuz Zellsis takes his anger out on c9 and drops 50 in the series)

Ethan (ignoring 2024) went from one of the least reliable players on NRG to being one of the best on EG

LOUD got a map off EG while Furia couldn't even get 10 rounds?

Leo above Zekken when Zekken dominated Madrid and is also doing really good right now compared to Leo who bombed out of Shanghai and isn't even playing rn?

They should add a feature on the loading screen where if someone hovers or locks in an agent it says their kd, winrate, and acs stats. They can just like partner up with tracker.gg or just use their API system to figure this out and can be used for people who want to see if someone is good or not if they hover or instalocked an agent I feel. So many people already use apps like blitz to do this so there wouldn't be a reason not to do it.

Shahz did not die for this. He might be a rat but bro was singlehandedly making MIBR look alright.

dropping Redgar for a DUELIST PLAYER while you have purp0 already and fit1nho who is a DUELIST FLEX PLAYER is kind of wild, not only that but Redgar improved in the latest game with Navi and now they are stuck without an IGL. TF were they thinking. Not only that but apparently Famsii is going to be playing in both T1 and T2 so that's going to mess up his schedules and rest too.

Indian fan not shitting on GE for a loss????? W Indian fan. Also yes that sounds like a good idea they just need more firepower their strats already look pretty good just not enough aim to back it up.

I respect navi's players and want them to have success again but after they dropped d00mbr0s I lost hope for them they look horrible

yall say you guys own APAC but its been 315 days since you last beat an APAC team

Artist (sounds enough like ardiis) is in a 1v3. What's he going to do? Start painting?

Carlao is ZETA's opp, the players can be great and have results to back them up (the rookies in t2 and the core from previous events) just lack a good enough coach, pretty sure Carlao's timeout winrate was like 25% of smth.

Did you not hear them hyping TenZ up when he got his ace on lotus? bro I had to turn down my volume for that.

Whenever the team you aren't cheering for lands a raze ult NO SKILL ALL LUCK, whenever the team you are cheering for lands a raze ult ALL SKILL NO LUCK kekw

yeah but I have 100T favored over them even after them losing to Furia

im just gonna assume that h2h is applied with points because how would it be determined if both teams don't make it through top 3 and both have the same number of points

100T (9 points):
LEV (prob beats) + 1
MIBR (prob beats) + 1
EG (prob loses)
LOUD (prob loses)

END 11 Points

SEN (10 points)
KRU (prob beat rn) + 1
C9 (prob beats) + 1
G2 (50/50 but prob loses)

END 12 Points

This means that if both 100T and SEN make playoffs SEN is automatically confirmed to champs due to h2h of points over 100T. How it would work: if 100T is placed in either elim or upper they would need to get 1-2 wins to make champs, 1 win would mean they tie with SEN and SEN already beat them before so due to h2h they qual or 100T qual to champs so it wouldn't matter and SEN would qual off points.

EG has beaten LOUD, SEN, and G2 they aren't a bad team lmao. No one expected Furia to beat EG in the first place anyways

First all I don't think he can speak english well, second off he dislikes the IGL role and wants to have people that can guide him instead of him having to guide others.

guild core, also because kicks and runneR are known chokers that are always inconsistent.

Since hiro is improving fnatic a lot and making them look like a good team again I feel like it might be good to let leo go. Anyways lets make vitality into a superteam, Cender (or another sentinel IGL), trexx, sayf, patitek, and leo, thanks for listening and you're welcome VIT this team will make sure you don't choke anymore.