I saw the clip posted on reddit today in case anyone of you wants to check out how insane it was without having to work for it to find the clip - https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/oOQCIwV19S

I think play in format is coming just like Americas due to uncertainty about 2 ascended teams in Boom nd NS.
I think atleast 1 from each region plus 3 from SEA will directly be qualified for grp stage with 2nd teams getting play in slots depending on how NS and Boom perform nd if they will occupy 2 slots then no play in .if any of them stays in VCT or directly gets relegated we will have play in slots.

the best split till date no doubt it's the highest level of play we have seen RNTX playing with so much patience so much teamwork is always great to see they have insane potential hope they realize it this year

Venka bringing his best when it truly matters that's what we love to see from our next gen our prodigy . Azys is honorary Indian by now he will represent both PH and us at global stages one day I know it . Rawfiul is our silent assassin was the original prodigy in 2021 and is still one of the best no matter what role you give him . Georggyyy is doing everything for the team and Anti the best team master the thread holds them all together as always . The fairytale that began at Enigma 4 years ago on the day when Rawfiul joined them continues another great chapter added.

OUTAIMING the Whole Region since 2022 5/7 splits for Anti, Rawfiul and Azys come again boys come again on LAN now we even have Venka taking your heads clean off.

Wow live feed for VCL

Ggs finally yet another episode of our international reps faltering when it truly matters

His OP is actually really really good like top tier but you have never seen it in international bcz he chokes everytime he plays there if once he op'ed like he does in India he would be a much more successful star by now

there's a very famous clip on reddit where Furia throw 1v3 one by one even after calling each other to peek together lol . Also VLT could play this better but it was more of Azys brilliance they wanted Damaara to get ace so first fight so he can go around and kill Azys but Azys had presence of mind to take out shorty and take down damaara before he could take him down. then VLT was preparing a double swing Azys anticipated and peeked himself to take one and dash to other side where he immediately had presence of mind to jett smoke himself to prevent main guy from killing him. Threw another smoke to distract Russ and peeked out from his smoke at the same time(at this point I have no idea what Russ was trying to do and why Madelyn was hiding in main) and took clean headshot and immediately adjusted to main predicting the peek , Madelyn now gave the most obvious peek instead of waiting and was instantly deleted too. You can see the util usage and positioning from Azys was perfectly auto piloting without a thought which allowed him to do that.

as I mentioned already in other match thread it should never have been scheduled like this it was already unfair to whoever lost upper final when they should be the team getting advantage but yess starting the match playing 2 maps and then shifting 3rd to next day isnt fair either to RGE. Did nodwin expect VLT to win 2-0 and took a decision based on that bcz that is shameful way of thinking . I hope we can have a bo5 tomorrow proper and RNTX gets fair time to warmup too bcz this isnt being handled well for any team

We are LAN demons since 21 VLT is really good but our LAN aimgame is better

Yep Rawfiul slept map 2 got cooked he topped the server 2 maps nd they won they need atleast 3/4 to play well to win which isn't a good thing or 2 of them to absolutely go nuclear

Just produced the best 1V5 clutch and ACE I have seen in my life you all need to see it to believe it
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/oOQCIwV19S

Venka has better pool and plays niche duelists but on conventional duelist it isnt even close Azys is one of the best in whole of Asian Tier 2 . Venka is better at Neon and hence they let him play but honestly Azys plays every agent like duelist look at how he played look at his first fights so yeah they need to have more reps with this comp it isnt good enough for international yet

I mean we barely have pool of 25 players I believe we are lucky we still have 2-3 good players everytime . I still remember 2021 time Enigma competed against SEA teams lost easily but Rawfiul and Rvk looked good enough to compete obviously times change players change but problem is same 2-3 good players and even they aren't consistent

Godspeed is their coach maybe he couldnt come to LAN definitely took timeout though ig

It was Rawfiul's slight whiff at 12-11 which brought this to overtime and it was his 4k to finish it 14-12 talk about quick redemption

I don't think we are watching the same match and VLT wasn't winning for most of the match yess gamesense isn't good they don't check angles at times choke in pressure and whiff sometime and you know some of them play with ego too big unnecessarily fighting but ig they were aiming fine had some standout moments and the setplay and executes were great too coaches have definitely put prep in

hopefully RNTX shows why they have such flawless record in Indian LANs ; time for a spark

Depends on how many survive realistically you are looking at 4 permanent ones being dropped+ 2 ascension orgs to bring the number to 6 teams.
When you leave 6 orgs you only keep best of the best regardless of region -in Pacific I would say DFM, GE , Secret and one of the 3 korean org getting dropped.
In EMEA I would say Koi,Giantx, one of Bbl or Fut and possibly navi.
In Americas it's almost obvious Furia, Mibr, Evil geniuses nd then it will come down to cloud9 or Leviatan.

great igl him and marzil are only IGLs in India I have seen who can win you round just with their reads and calling , we have a serious dearth of good igls

just go for Rawfiul or Deathmaker I guess both of them are good at senti and are all time top players in India you can check it out if you want . I guess Rawfiul was highest rated Indian senti in VCL SA split 1 too not sure though.

Infact I don't think you should use jerrwin, ion2x or sacred for India it's like putting Tenz as Vietnamese or Zekken in Philippines none of them are citizen of India infact afaik they were born, raised and have spent all their lives in US only their parents were Indian . I believe Venka on duelist , Rawfiul on intiator/senti flex, Lightningfast as Controller , skrossi on sentinel/2nd duelist flex and R1sen/Psy igling as Initiator main would be best Indian team but its your wish to proceed with your original idea or use this suggestion. I am excited for your simulation results regardless given Riot is probably never making this happen in reality.

I have heard pros say that they learnt controller by seeing him play even when he was in tier 2 so I dont think that's even a question he is the best controller in EMEA

I was thinking about adjusting in 2 day here bcz I am sure cost will increase substantially if they add another day to LAN that's why suggested that format ideally I would love to have full split on LAN like we had in 2023

idk if we can even wait 1 more year for decrease in number of franchised team I think Riot should quickly create a pathway for non-VCT teams to play against VCT teams for qualification of masters and champs as early as start of next cycle

haven't had a single Indian player whole year and despite that haven't achieved anything yet, Have only had total of 2 Indian players that too playing at different times since the start of franchising and both of them already used to play for GE since like 2021. GE has tried 16 foreign players and 2 Indians since start of franchising but sure bro Indians are the problem in GE

yep no study breaks guys that's the way you switch teams in Valo without buyout issues happens a lot more than you see . Anyways he is the best duelist in all of SEA tier 2 so excited to see him in VCT CN

https://www.youtube.com/live/YBxQNCWkTS4?feature=shared - that's the best you guys can get for this match Mioken is co-owner of GE .

though I like the vibes of new team Secret but honestly Wildoreoo as primary duelist may not be the play it just doesn't seem to work on raw firepower itself

Russia, Turkey, USA, Korea, Indonesia

it used to be 10 but now with teams getting relegated from vct I think it may go to 12 but format isnt out yet

good to see old deadly with his prime vandal shooting heads , ggnt to S8ul LAN won't be same without them but RGE deserved it so much today hopefully RGE can turn up against RNTX and VLT and we have good competition.
S8ul needed much more from Techno and Hellff today

different format some have winner of split 3 qualifies to ascension however South Asia and some other as of now have point system from 3 splits and then a separate ascension qualifier tournament with top 4 teams on basis of total points in 3 split

nodwin gaming employees sweating profusely at the possibility of not having S8ul at LAN

not to be that person but a part of and apart of completely changes the meaning...

okay so that's it for T1 in EWC if now Talon goes down to GE last round matches won't even matter

We are running away with this qualification to next stage is coming closer nd closer

What sort of format is this that we have this match one week later on LAN , whoever loses this will be at serious disadvantage bcz they will have to immediately play lower bracket final .

Wouldn't it be better if we played this tmrw bcz loser anyways will stay top 3 nd go LAN nd both teams get equal time to prep for lower final and we do two nice bo5 on 2 days lower final nd grand final like a proper format instead of bo3 that we have currently??

I mean he gives his best but at the end of the day he never played initiator before coming to RNTX he has always played duelist nd bit of sentinel so this is all a learning arc for him , he was picked bcz at that time everyone was kind of locked in with roster so he was one good player available even if he didn't fit the role in team ideally RNTX wanted a controller or Initiator flex like Tesseract or frostmind

Bgg top fragging playing only omen what year are we in ? 2021 CIS challengers ?

yess basically

I mean Riot's franchising took our viewership away since Indian fans are elitist PRX and SEN have like over 30k indian fans who turn up to watch them still, we used to peak 50k finals in 2022 and had stars like Boaster in chat watching and commenting before franchising came and everything fell apart. we even did whole 2023 VCL on LAN stage just like VCT in an attempt to keep our quality up and hold the viewership but tier 2 once named tier 2 will be viewed as tier 2...

passion brother most of our orgs were happy to invest and grow the scene personally as long as Riot gave them a way to earn viewership and sponsorship to mitigate some or our losses

Just play a deathmatch that would be enough you don't even need to kill anyone just finish the match

look brother you wont find bigger supporter of VCL South Asia and our players in tier 1 than me the thing is I have already seen LF and Skrossi play in VCT and they clearly were some way off or unprepared for it and you can see how much harm it has done to reputation of Indian players Skrossi is a global ridicule due to overhyping and pushing for somethiing before we were ready. Now I dont want the same to repeat with venka or anyone who goes because it feeds people like Rushi and others who believe Indians can't compete at that pedestal so I would rather see the players go when they have proven themselves in all department and are good enough. When Venka reaches same level of game sense and util usage as Azys his own teammate I would say he should immediately be picked but rn there's someway to go

ahh yess k1ngkappa my fav SG rank demon

He has great aim but he is still raw there's still some improvements and more consistency needed before he is ready for VCT but I am hopeful he is with right people now who will treat him like family and get him there

rawfiul goated bro I asked and he delivered what a 3k transfer to finish it

yep bro as I said great mental game from whole team Venka was so calm and believed in himself to make right decisions and clutch it out playing it perfectly with tp and ult

Don't bet bro they are playing well look at shots Azys hit in overtime to take us through the rounds not once but thrice nothing about that was low level