This team is very one dimensional rn. I think the agent pool of Akeman is hurting them more rather than massively helping them. Sure, the firepower has increased but it only led to one specific style of play. I think it's time for vo0kashu to flex for the team, play him viper instead of cypher in some maps, play him sova if you are really committed to play nicc on breach. Otherwise they will get relegated.

I have a feeling this will be a legendary match. WINNER STAYS IN TIER 1 AND LOSER GOES DOWN !!!

Nicc is not that bad imo. This year his initiator value has been all time high. Also his aim is sometimes godlike.

Out of the 16 teams that are in the EWC tourney, how many of them are very likely to make champs?
I think Pacific is locked in unless T1 suddenly remembers who they were a couple of months ago.
Americas also looks solid, but I know for a fact that 100T/NRG will choke, giving MIBR the spot. EG do have an outside chance.
In China, Trace/Wolves might replace TEC.
I am not confident on both BBL and KCorp. BBL might be okay, but I think Kcorp loses to Liquid for the last spot. If Vitality can get their pieces together, they might replace BBL. But I have an odd feeling that Liquid will go to champs. 3 and 4 are either BBL/Liquid or Vitality/Liquid.

You can't really get the full picture just from the leaked chats and 3rd party sources translating things to you. Benefit of the dout should be given to everyone. Me and you are not in the practice room with Simon and other players and staffs. Asians male are notoriously known to give a false sense of security where they will give out the vibe that they don't care but they actually do. I believe smoggy gave out the same vibe to Simon which Simon didn't like. Hence this heat.

The fact that Simon is an initiator player and does not have good aim like his teammates should be a solid indication that he needs more practice than all of them. But on the other hand, the senior players could have shown more professionalism and could have helped Simon during his grind. As Simon is new to the squad, you should not expect that every new player will be okay with your work ethic just bcuz you are quote and quote "The OG's". Both side of the argument are completely understandable. Someone could have made the sacrifice but they decided to show off their bloated ego instead.

Not kickoff but I will take it as a big W!!!

Don't get me wrong, Trace are actually a very good team. They are just having a downward slump as many other teams do at some point of their journey. They will bounce back eventually and be regular in internationals. With that being said, given your criteria, the choices of drg and xlg are completely fine.

Yeah nova winning is almost guaranteed but still I would love a 5 way tie

Imagine a 5 way tie. That's actually insane. Thanks for the info though.

What comes first? Map diff or round diff?

To the CN heads out there, can anyone explain the group table situation for every outcome of the last 3 matches? How come even edg can get eliminated? Seems interesting

Bro, stop the palpitation. DRG is a dud team. Their only win con is vookashu. They will play the same game as the previous one but this time 2-0

You need to give an honorable mention to happywei. The guy's goooood...

They missed a great opportunity to name themselves as the game's character names. Imagine 'Big Pauly' lol

Am I the only one that thinks nova will be fine without swerl?Don't get me wrong Swerl is a good player but I respect the decision of Nova going full Chinese comm wise

Do you think that the current meta of running more tejo, vyse, yoru and less cypher, killjoy is automatically producing muddy valorant even if the teams don't want to?? Or do you think the enemies muddy gameplay is always the reason why a organized team losses their cool hence turning the match into a eventual slugfest?

What scoreline do you consider for a match to be called a boring/one-sided/clear diff? I think if you lose with less than 7 rounds (bo1), 15 rounds (bo3, 2-0) and 25 rounds (bo5, 3-0), it should be called a one-sided game. What are your thoughts?

Wait what happened to Flex1n? He should be on the main 5. Anyways, 2-0 to Nova. Drg not getting more than 15 rounds

Do you know anything about the new players? Like who is more promising? Whom to watch out for?

Geospliced, prancer, canadaman anyone pls sell me about the player

I think ezeir and slowly can get honourable mentions

I am Bangladeshi and I like VCT CN the most. Actually, I only watch APAC and CN because of my time zone. Tbh I don't know, I think I like Cn bcuz the Chinese commentary along with their chaotic gameplay kinda holds my attention throughout the game. Also, I feel like you can relate your goofy gameplay to these Chinese teams. Ok, you know what I got the answer. Entertainment Factor.

Calling it now. 26-0

2-0 EDG, 13-3, 13-5

Bruv OlingO is good, wdym?

Every Chinese international game will be a banger.

EDG 2-0 Nova. Both games will be 13-11

I wanna believe that DRG is Trace's kryptonite, but truth be told, Trace is winning this 2-0. Last match vs JDG was gifted to them. The real DRG was exposed in map 2 and Trace are good enough to exploit the strat drg was using in Abyss defence. o7

I would also love to be delulu about it. But lets be real, DRG arent staying up this year with XLG performing like this:(

I mean yah you can say that. The starting 5 members are all better than him imo

o7 Tec, you had your upper bracket run. Time to go down to lowers. 2-0 Fpx(26-16)

This Xlg team is going places I tell you that. Happywei is such a treat to the eyes. 2-1 XiLaiG

You're also right. But it is the ex EDG members that are getting me hyped subconsciously thinking that they will do good

Nah bruv TEC are looking good on paper. I expect good things with Rb, Abo, Haodong and After at the helm

You can add Ezeir from Nova or TZH from AG into the 5th controller slot

I personally think kawaii is good on senti but let's see

You can add me as BD original just saying

You know what you have to do DRG. After that, you could also run your own off-season tournament lol

I don't think he is an upgrade tbh

Am I the only one who thinks that TEC has something cooked in their kitchen this kickoff?

2-0 NOVA. AG won't even get 15 rounds

2-1 Wolves. Goated teams with goated players

2-0 JDG. Even if they are having a C9 moment, stew and jkuro clears

I dunno how to rate G2 or 100T atm. So it's either NRG or SEN winning for me .

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If viva goes to XLG, then they are going to Masters(Maybe even Champs). Also, free my boy stew🙏

Blud, why are you dragging the Bangladeshi flag down with your lunacy?

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