AYO

It makes sense; pancc lost interest at the prospect of the streak reaching 18

Nah, he was robbed is what the tweet says; he wasn't kidnapped

What a shit take

There's no shot the guy with a TSM flair is asking when do Moist Moguls play lmao

Yep (: Although I never have a perfect pickem, so Fut will probably upset DRX ¯_(ツ)_/¯

EG will beat DRX today, but DRX still go through on lowers. I have the same as you for group A though

Nice early EG laugh thread lmao

The real answer is to appeal to DRX fans, who are a large portion of the viewership for this event

Imagine threatening a player for banter against a team featuring a gf abuser/beater; how do you support that team while ntk is on the roster?

Imagine not being born in 2000 lmao

Here's a question though: Do you think MxM will keep their comps the same? If MxM change their Lotus comp, it makes it very likely for me that they take Lotus. Even if they keep their comp the same, MxM have good odds of taking Lotus.

Also, we haven't seen MxM play fracture in a long time. They played Bind for the first time against the Guard and beat them. I'm pretty sure they'll have something ready for Fracture.

M80 could pull a comp change on Pearl, but even so, I'd say MxM's odds look pretty good. As it stands, M80 is favored, but only just a bit.

today is not the day for this thread

Sounds like someone lost a gamba

I'm copy pasting my response to gamr about Bind:

Where are you getting this from? Almost every time the Guard gets a chance to pick Bind, they do. How are you going to call Bind their 2nd worst map lmao? There was even a Sean Gares interview about when he was the 100T coach where he talked about playing the Guard and how the Guard like playing Bind so he prepped 100T against Guard's bind.

Before the MxM game, Bind was their second best map long-term historically with a win% of 73.6%, being second only to Icebox on which they have 77% win rate and is currently out of the pool. Lotus is their best map now with an 88% win rate, but they've only played it during this challengers season, so the sample size is small. Evidently, they weren't confident enough in Lotus to pick it against MxM.

Where are you getting this from? Almost every time the Guard gets a chance to pick Bind, they do. How are you going to call Bind their 2nd worst map lmao? There was even a Sean Gares interview about when he was the 100T coach where he talked about playing the Guard and how the Guard like playing Bind so he prepped 100T against Guard's bind.

Before the MxM game, Bind was their second best map long-term historically with a win% of 73.6%, being second only to Icebox on which they have 77% win rate and is currently out of the pool. Lotus is their best map now with an 88% win rate, but they've only played it during this challengers season, so the sample size is small. Evidently, they weren't confident enough in Lotus to pick it against MxM.

My bad, I misread the score line on Haven. Regardless, it doesn't change the fact that you enjoy being an asshole unnecessarily, and it also doesn't change that MxM has beaten the Guard 2-0 with their full roster, and one of those maps being Bind no less, which is the Guard's strongest map.

He said that the Guard was going to stomp MxM. Losing 2-0 is the polar opposite of stomping someone. The Guard did not underperform. On the contrary, some of their round wins were spectacular, like the flawless thrifty win on Bind. You could say Tex had a bad day, but sym had pretty much the same scoreline as Tex, which tells you how the game was played:

the duelists were used a lot more for space creation/gaining control, and because both teams are super competent, they punished each other's duelists for being first entry. That is, MxM's set ups were overall better that game, if even a tiny bit. Combine that with the ungodly clutch capabilities of MxM, and that's enough to push MxM to the win.

MxM didn't barely win. They lost Split in triple OT, which you could argue is MxM's weakest map. Mind you, they got stomped by G2 on split 13-5 or something like that before, so that was a massive improvement. MxM swept Haven 13-7 and Pearl 13-7. A 6 round deficit isn't barely winning. They cleared the Guard on those maps with a coach.

yep, that's him

IDK about stomping. I do think they are on equal footing, so the Guard very well could win in a rematch. The difference between you and gamr is that you simply state your opinions about a team based on what you see, while gamr proceeds to call everyone who disagrees with him a moron.

The reason why I'm inclined to support MxM as being stronger is because they beat the Guard on bind. The Guard enjoys Bind, and you could argue it's their best map. MxM never played it before. To beat the Guard on Bind the first time you ever play Bind is a massive accomplishment, you can't deny that.

Of course people have biases for their teams; it's one thing to support a team, and it's another to feign omnipotence and put other people's opinions down.

I'm not saying it wasn't a close game. I didn't even say that the Guard played bad. I was just calling out a guy who claimed to be "the only one to know anything" when he was majorly wrong on a prediction. Simple as

Saying they got annihilated on a tactical level is blatantly false. Even if it was a "fluke" win, if you're a team who can get "fluke" losses, then you don't deserve to Ascend.

Funny that this comes from the "pro watcher" (LMAO) who called everyone stupid who said that MxM would beat the Guard; I think you're very far from being the only one to know anything

The Union seem to have decent macro. Nothing crazy, but solid default set ups. They've certainly got shooters.

00 have shown some good strategy adaptability on Lotus so far, but they just got bodied on Ascent.

Was about to make this thread lmao; I actually like the Guard players, but they have some of the most annoying fans

I have the same final result as you, although a slightly different path: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/01cb94d5

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/01cb94d5

the 0-5 team which your team lost to in MSI XD

I honestly like the Guard, but you're just annoying lmao

Counter argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFRwHE_F2QE

Same pickem as you: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/1494/champions-tour-2023-masters-tokyo

Wait, valorantfanboy69, is that you???

Bold of you to assume that Loud will beat NRG

Poised is no longer IGL. It's tigg who is IGL now. Do you really think Faze would have 2 wins with Poised as IGL?

To help with that, I'd recommend learning some common kill trips to spam Jett on entry. If you are trying to go all the way up and maybe even pro, I'd recommend learning KJ at least. That way you could become a sentinel main, which is actually a fairly rare commodity right now.

I'd say Cyper for Split/Fracture, KJ for everything else. Cypher can be a niche pick on Haven/Ascent, but you'd need to have a fully functioning team to really make that work.

Take everything I say with a huge grain of salt. Best of luck to ya!

The reason they lost is because SEN's attack half was completely 1D. I don't recall a single attempt to fake a hit to pull rotations.

What is going on lmao? Every single crash has been after OR gets a round on the Guard lmao

I've seen you on these forums before, so I'd just like to say ignore the stupid bait haters. They're just attention seekers.

I'm rooting for other teams over yours, but that doesn't mean you should receive hate. You're a good player with great calling, so keep it up. I'd rather you put up a good fight against the teams I like vs. getting stomped so that the teams I like are forced to perform better. GG better luck next time I guess.

Bruh you might not be so delusional anymore.

Holy

I like how everyone respects Fenis' calling. He's definitely in contention for GOAT IGL.

schlong doesn't know a word, and assumes you are misspelling lol

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/genially

Bro everyone on here is maidenless. But you can't even spell

Bruh, how is everyone missing that you are being sarcastic? You have a Loud flair for fuck's sake. I normally disagree with 90% of what you say, but this is a rare alitmanus W.

Nothing close to a champions contender, but they are 4-6 against Navi and Navi just called a timeout against KC. Navi, you better not lose to KC. You will be made fun of for eternity

HMMMMMM...

Down 2-6 in opponent's atk half...
Opponent team is playing double controller, which is strong on defense...

Surprise: an "extended" tech pause

Yeah, we know what you're up to G2. Own up to not having prepped enough and take the loss.

I'm calling an upset. No one expected Oxygen to beat Shopify.

Oxy 2 - 1 G2

Aging like milk rn

This is a garbage take. Oxygen beat Shopify. If Faze loses today (which is quite possible imo), then we're looking at Faze not qualifying.

Guard 2-0 if they ban pearl.
Guard 2-1 if they let OR pick pearl bc too cocky lol

Edit: Aging like milk right now lmao