no doubt, unless syouta proves himself in tier 1

Lugia is cool

i'll match you on that

both my dude 😔

i see
he seems chill but loud drama icks me a bit. otherwise I agree!

you would trust less?

that shit cracked me up.

legit they updated the caption so it said "Stage 1 Data" to "Stage 1,2 Data" after the unsuccessful timeout I can't bro

please bring back old swvyboi1 this is a bit too creepy

dihydrogen monoxide 😬😥

valid take lowkey
although his role issue doesn't seem to be the only factor in his poor performance...

also dusk mane has a better elemental type combination

OC was referring tier 1 to the tier 1 in the main VCT circuit, not GC tier 1 (where there is technically only one officially recognized tier)

absolutely idiotic if you twisted that into your delusions of referring GC to tier 1

since you love analogies, I'll give a proper one:
the NBA is tier 1 in the basketball scene. the WNBA is also tier 1 in its own scene. when people talk about the highest tier of competition in basketball, absolutely NO ONE would refer to the WNBA.

i haven't caught up with pokemon since ultra sun/moon
also I played ultra moon so I had dawn wings

u2!

holy necro

get some sleep king

edit: how you telling someone else to sleep when you need sleep too bahahaha (im also sleep deprived)

early you implied that GC is tier 1. by saying that skill doesn't determine the tier of competition, you would be discrediting your own point!

this is assuming that skills DOESN'T determine the tier of competition.

your initial point was that gc is no worse than t2 because it has a higher tier but now you're saying that skill does not equal tier?

full of contradictions my dude, perhaps use your brain for a quick second

For those who haven't taken chemistry:

H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide is a highly deadly chemical), while H2O is drinking water.

2H2O2 --> 2H2O + O2
(2 moles of H2O2 + sunlight will catalyze into 2 moles of water and 1 mole of oxygen!)

nerdge ☝️🤓

AMER has a lot of mid-table teams, but not many title contenders
EMEA is a mess atm but they can still win it all
APAC has quite a few title contenders but the bottom half look extra shit
CN as a region needs improvement, give a few years

The bartender asks what they would like to drink.
The first scientist says "I'll have a glass of H2O please."
The second scientist says "I'll have H2O too."
The second scientist dies.

appreciate the kind words

you just proved my point.

SEN LOUD G2 100T
TH FNC NAVI FUT
GEN PRX DRX T1
FPX EDG TE DRG

RRQ is not better than T1 after stax (might be biased coming from a drx fan, but they genuinely look good now)
I trust in NAVI, they just got fucked by single elimination bracket. they look in-form
DRG over JDG because my goat stew cannot qual because JDG already had a shit record in stage 1

LOUD also look uncertain, but perhaps C9, LEV, or KRU can make it as well?

just sit back and get a box of popcorn or something

I just got unemployed because I stood up for another employee when she wasn't getting paid for her overtime

dawg what? NBA is known worldwide for being the top level of competition. players from worldwide compete in the NBA as well (doncic, antetokounmpo, porzingis, jokic, gobert, sabonis, schroder, the list goes on). meanwhile, the olympics has a way lower bar for competition, with only a few dominant teams with many players from the NBA. This proves that the NBA has a far higher bar of skill.

You compared the NBA (top tier of play, pseudo-international), with ascension (tier 2, region-based international) which is incorrect.
You also compared GC (detached from the rest of the VCT circut, region-based international), with the olympics (low tier of play, international). This is also incorrect.

While the Olympic has a higher tier of achievement, why does the USA dominate so much? Probably because the regional competition, the NBA IS the most dominant scene in basketball. This also points towards the Olympics having a lower bar of competition than the NBA.

you said the example, not me!
im saying that men play against men in the NBA and the men's category of the olympics because you tried using these examples to compare to t2 (99% being men) versus GC (marginalized genders and identities).

you started making irrelevant comparisons, so I merely pointed it out.

please refer to my previous messages.

all of these examples were either very incorrect or they gradually got better/in-form.

xeta is actually sooooo nice

4k after 4k...
drx fix (COPIUM):

• stax
• rb
• zest

depends on the mood!

they both have very repetitive tropes (generally manhwa being slightly more repetitive while manga being cliche)

but I genuinely enjoy passing time with them

watch my goat play Neon

oh how I missed 2022 drx on fracture

ngl its kind of funny, and i recently quit debate club, so I guess I'm just exercising my debating skills against these insane people haha

I also just have a tendency to argue haha

are you going to try to nitpick every single player that fits your tiny frame?

also you are also wrong on this point LOL

rossy did pretty bad in his stints in TSM and FAZE, but as time passed, you could see his improvement as a player and as a teammate, especially in the long stretch of games he had with TT (Turtle Troop). This is where his form came in, and T1 saw this and picked him up. now, he's doing great!

next player? you're currently 0/6 on players that you thought would fit your ridiculous example.

happy father's day!

how did you even get this from what I said? i never said gc is just for women, did I?

are you trying to distort what I just said to make me look like I'm tryna insult GC?

• Johnqt did very well in M80, lead his team to solid 2nd in ascension, your point is stupidly invalid.
• N4RRATE? doing bad on MAD? are you fucking joking. bro was held back by his team. look at his career stats and he has a positive rating on almost every agent he touches.
• BcJ got fucked over by EG, man still has potential
• Screwface? Champ in Tier 1? are you fucking joking? THIS GUY PLAYED 0 MATCHES FOR EG I CANT LOOOOOOL

and if I mention about Bob... i would be labeled as a misogynist, but as far as I know bob has been trans even before EXO.
oh, and even with that unsaid point across, Bob is one player out of countless in GC. where is your point?

on god he's a top 3 DRX hater

bro, this is just nitpicking now.

the g league is comprised of males, not females. you're also referring to the g league stomping "piss poor countries" at the Olympics, against other males. how is this anecdote relevant to the argument.

jesus christ. i really don't get on how many levels you could introduce fallacious statements

ranked is merely a show of mechanical skill in an uncoordinated environment. ranked only proves that if you outaim, you win.

however, it is a tac FPS after all, and aim is a very relevant part of VALORANT.

on the other hand, if you want to talk about general pro play and organized/constructed gameplay, there has been instances of very washed tier 1 players rolling through in-form tier 2 players, but giving benefit of doubt, let's just claim that they are merely showmatches/friendlies, so they aren't too relevant.

even with this point across, tier 2 pros have proven that they roll through GC competition. in a few years I hope that GC can send some players to t1, but I don't think it'll be too soon.

I think japan should give one spot to oce. either this, or a relegation system that allows for more teams to qual through ascension.

my suggestion would be:

after 2027, where the number of team spots cap out (carrying capacity), remove the 2-year system, and the bottom 3 teams will be relegated (e.g. EPL), and 3 teams from ascension make it to tier 1.

bottom 6 teams go through double elimination, bottom 3 from the 6 get relegated to tier 2, and ascension promotes top 3 teams to tier 1

To be fair, the recognition riot gives is for the welfare and the promotion of gender equality in the fps, and in the general gaming scene.

The point is, recognition does not equal elevated level of play. i think riot is doing good work with supply the GC scene with more recognition, but it's very clear that the level of competition is below tier 2. this might sound misogynistic, but to be blunt, many GC players in general have never even hit radiant or even imm3, whereas the average tier 2 player has hit radiant for a few acts, showing consistency to perform at the highest level.

TL;DR: Riot recognizes GC more b/c its been a marginalized scene and had low windows of opportunity in the past. recognition is therefore not equal to skill, as proven by many forms of statistics.

I agree with this. Still an objectively questionable format. I would've liked to see additional points granted for split placement in the region, instead of carrying over wins between splits. Would allow for a better objective for teams to try to get to, but still allow for consistency to be rewarded.

yeah

You would be correct. Top 3 teams in regional Split 2 playoffs (Adjusted Seeding via Final Ranking) advance directly to Champs Seoul, while points evaluate the 4th team to advance to Seoul.

For example, in APAC: DRX has guaranteed playoff birth from their record (6-0), since they have a better record possible than the 4th best team in their group. This wouldn't guarantee them a Champs clinch, but would guarantee a spot in playoffs.

On the other hand, GEN has the possibility of not clinching Champs through regional seeding (via playoffs) but they have basically guaranteed themselves 4th place due to the 12 points they have already accumulated. Unless PRX and GEN both manage to fumble, not make playoffs, and PRX has a greater amount of champs points, which the chance is astronomically miniscule.

Also, the game mechanics are wired differently on console, so you would need an entirely separate system catered to console VALORANT rather than PC VALORANT. For example, I heard that phoenix flashes are nerfed in the console edition to be dodgeable on console.

carries over from split 1 wins. stupid format coming from a generational drx glazer

y0y

surely!

geng don't choke gf!

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