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

What a game we are completely getting outcalled and outplayed but the team is showing champion mentality to make comeback from every situation, Azys what a player nd Rawfiul brother we need you at your best for map 3 it's hard to win when any of our Fragger has off day with our play style

tech issues from TO's side in production

tldr is we have won absolutely nothing in ascension and till this year played contact aim game without good macro , VLT 's current gameplay is changing the narrative they genuinely look like a great team so as always we again have hope. Rest come watch the 2nd map and then 2nd game today to judge yourself bcz these 4 playing today are 4 best teams/most popular teams in VCL SA

that azys being sleeper narrative is old now he destroys anyone now if he is feeling it he has improved a lot in past 7-8 months but the macro game at RNTX is definitely nowhere near VLT as of now even though they are player for player better aimers than VLT.

that team and original Orangutan both dealt with players completely losing the plot or guaranteed underperformers something that VLT isnt facing 'as of now'. Orangutan by the time they reached ascension we knew despite being unbeatable Antidote's aim and igling will not be enough against top teams but the hope was RVK will play like RVK and mitigate that but unfortunately RVK for some reason fell off the cliff completely lost the plot around that time and when a team relying on firepower has 2 people going negative every match safe to say nothing will be won.

Same story last year everybody knew Skillz isnt going to cut with his fragging against good teams and moment Skrossi started going negative due to injuries as he claimed after the tournament or pressure whatever RNT was also done against good teams bcz a good team has 5 people who can atleast hold their own and do their roles perfectly to win a tournament

yep this is the first time a team in India genuinely plays extremely good valorant everything has fallen in place for them and it's looking super good as of now but then again the trio has already represented us globally in past and fair to say they played completely different there. Again I have heard LF is having wrist issues hopefully he can keep managing it well bcz he is playing with fire in his belly determined to return to VCT and I dont want to see another episode of LF and Skrossi completely losing the plot to injuries by the time ascension comes around

4 of 10 aren't even Indian anyways come watch them all play once today before forming an opinion .

I think VLT takes it but I am hoping for a good match atleast , RGE will depend a lot on Moner and his clutches and anchoring

i guess I need to queue up games after over a year for this, that's a nice prizepool on offer for just doing normal pickems like always

but leo faria told me all the best players always play in VCT and Tier 2 players are always worse than those at tier 1 otherwise they would be playing in VCT...idk how every 2nd player from tier 2 is completely taking over tier 1

Prime RVK returns to save dot exe from relegation battle casually drops 21-4 while igling the team for first time in life

holy shit koala 10-0 on first kills

now is the time let's go NAOS

that's nothing see the youtube stream once no mods means anything is being spammed

a clear statement a roadmap a promise that system is opening as soon as possible to make it fair to everyone to compete. Leo Faria has already gone on record saying he will drop the no. of franchised teams to 6/8 now he needs to give a proper structure to it as to how he plans to do that.

i have no idea about betting works but ig they will just hold your bet till 20th also golden rule always check schedule at valorant esports official website bcz that's official

I think instead of giving slot reservation given we barely have 10-12 slots they need to let everyone play the qualifiers and let the best 10-12 teams play in masters and champions franchised or not

picking this from recent reddit discussion I saw-

this is tier 2 acc to riot - https://www.vlr.gg/222700/bleed-vs-orangutan-champions-tour-2023-pacific-ascension-omega

but this was tier 1 acc to riot -https://www.vlr.gg/104841/made-in-thailand-vs-enigma-gaming-champions-tour-asia-pacific-stage-2-challengers-playoffs-openi

almost same prizepool , same type of qualifiers, same level of teams just 1 year apart then what changed ? - the tag of Franchising thats it, before they were playing for masters and champions now they were vying for one year carrot at next VCT with constant pressure and see the difference in hype it created for the event look at number of comments.
Enigma is dead now bcz Valorant was their main game Amd their only sponsor and not getting eyeballs means they cant sustain even a single year. they made a last ditch attempt from SG to get into franchsing but fell short to bleed and that was it.
It doesnt mean they were top team you are mixing 2 different arguments but it meant they had a chance to grow and improve bcz that structure allowed them to compete against top teams and be those underdogs . it allowed for moments like these - https://www.vlr.gg/13802/sentinels-vs-built-by-gamers-champions-tour-north-america-stage-2-challengers-1-ro16

Nope your denial means absolutely nothing every single team that has exited the scene in past year or so has literally cited the same reason this closed system keeping them out of competing for substantial money, fame nd sponsorship.

Trophies isn't how you measure a 'Tier 1' team if something like that even exists , Prx was the best SEA team for majority of it that doesn't mean they were tier 1 nd rest of SEA was tier 2. Nd pacific couldn't even win a trophy pre-franchising that doesn't mean whole region became 'Tier 2' by your definition. There will always be good teams there will always be mid teams , there will always be nad ones but you have to let that happen organically instead of creating compartments is what I meant.

My question is why artificially create a tier 2 or tiers in first place??
When everyone was competing at equal pedestal yess some teams were better than others but the difference wasn't that glaring between the top 8 of say NA and the next best 8 teams ,on good days they all could beat each other did best each other so why Riot had to box it to just 6 teams notice here teams means best orgs not even the best 30 players .
For example Xset was top 3 core back then nd wasn't selected.
Sure provide stability have franchised/partnered teams but don't make it a closed system , let it be open to everyone nd anyone give a platform that allows teams even from premier a pathway to Masters nd champions if they are the best in the world as simple as that. There were never Tiers in Valorant not the way they are made now some regions like South Asia let's say was worse than SEA nd that's about it .

Bro please correct VCL SA schedule too when you get time it's all messed with matches missing from the main page too. Thanks.

Mods vlr schedule is all over the place for this split, this isn't happening on 18th that's today rather it's on 20th nd so is the second upper sem of S8ul vs RNTX.
We rather have lower bracket round 1 today so basically Ast vs Ge academy nd Dxe vs Xo ind matchup nd then a break on 19th may .

well yeah imagine you make an outrageous 418 acs prediction for him and he still does it in map 2 and still somehow is in tier 2.
He nailed Secret just before stage 1 still they choose to look the other way - https://www.vlr.gg/430813/team-secret-vs-rival-predator-league-asia-pacific-2025-a

idk what more he needs to do people were picked even from vcl sa by doing half of what he does everyday , but nvm the day will eventually come

igl quota bro also he is the man manager , the org magnet basically its a core he has built and he is central thread which ties all these personalities and scene together

Rntx back with their tried and tested its an fps game we click head and you die look at those headshot percentages, they are unbeaten on pearl with this ranked ahh comp this year

Another chance for him to audition for VCT given Secret has a spot open nd are hesitant about their picks nd calling them stand-in.

No not really I read it nd I take it with utmost seriousness wishing nothing but justice for the victim but I don't want to witch hunt on anyone or community until we are done with the investigation so I don't end up saying any words which I regret in future or feel guilty about given I have no knowledge or say in this matter personally

I wonder if Flor's sudden retirement had more to it than just her feeling burntout now. Regardless I hope we get fair investigation from both Riot nd legal system nd justice is served . I am not focused on larger repercussions at the moment which we can leave for later