its way less about performance and more about financials. . Teams like Gentle Mates who keep spending money to try and stay in Tier 1 will likely get the slot over a team like Koi who really dont appear to care very much

whats crazy is that while Furia SHOULD be relegated. . im not sure they will be. there have been no brazilian challengers teams who have fielded rosters long term. 2G is the only one who's been around for more than a year because they won ascension so :/ unless riot is fine lowering the # of brazil teams down to 2 (mibr/loud) then i think furia stays

FWIW i think furia should just be kicked and replaced by an NA/LATAM team because the talent in tier 1 brazil is too diluted already, so maybe just having 2 really good teams will be better

EDG literally never trolled regionally until Split 1. . they won EVERYTHING until XLG came along lmaoooooo

cope

just putting it out there for the vibes. . . If MIBR wins this, there will be 3 2-1 teams and 3 1-2 teams in group Omega after this week

the script would be scripting

MIBR 2-1, Kess gets shook by aspas' aura and fumbles

They would be 2-1 in the stage if they had just been playing double duelist all stage. .

They have played double duelist on TWO MAPS all year (in VCT events) and beat Liquid in kickoff and took FNC to overtime in stage 1. .

Love the penny pickup, but this team had Flor and Batu and never capitalized. .

What a waste tbh, they deserve to be relegated for how poorly they have been coached and managed this season, hope these players get picked up by better orgs who come in next year <3

(accounting for seeds, so 1st seed won playoffs, 2nd is runner up, 3rd is top points, 4th is 2nd points)

AMER: SEN, 100T, G2, KRU
EMEA: TL, FNC, TH, BBL
APAC: GEN, PRX, DRX, T1
CHINA: BLG, FPX,EDG, XLG

G2 and/or SEN will place top 2, meaning that is is likely that KRU only need to be top 4 in points, which they are right now already|

So they are looking plenty fine for a champs spot and they should pick up 2-3 more wins this stage and be fine :)

For KRU to not make it, they would need either SEN or G2 to bomb out of playoffs and for someone below them in points to finish top 2

Obviously there are plenty of niche cases where any number of things could happen, but thats the most realistic

Seed 1: Stage 2 Playoffs Champion
Seed 2: Stage 2 Playoffs Runner-Up
Seed 3: Most Points earned by team who does NOT finish top 2 in Playoffs
Seed 4: 2nd Most points "" ""

most likely during champs . .

What in the hell is this SRB comp?? I cant remember ever seeing a raze on haven

If you told me this would be G2 v GEN when the bracket was announced. . yeah this is nutz. . .

Anyway, G2 has momentum and GEN are broken.. G2 2-0

the players will go orgless for a bit. The 3 who didnt get grabbed by LEV (so Wedid, Bdog, and Victor remaining) will go out, find a couple buddies to fill the spots and play the game as normal

with that said, TSM should absolutely wipe the floor with this one

Edit: Apologies, this is in response to the question asked in comment #5

they have said they will relegate teams after next year. i think the specific wording was that they would "review which orgs were investing the most into the scene and reinvent into those orgs by giving them partner spots"

so yeah, FURIA needs to get their shit together or they will be replaced by someone like M80, TSM or Shopify (unless they ascend ofc)

Welp EG winning champs. Yay is so back

I mean, surely SR clutch up at least to playoffs right? cant be winning stage 1 and going out like this

OH . . ITS THIS TIME AGAIN HEEHEEHEEHAW

Boostio owns u frauds. See ya next split G2 :)

ok maybe a little close. FRUADS LOL ROLLED LMAO

G2 - 13 LMAO FRAUDS GG

Early banger. Lets see what this Wadadaa team can do

Still gonna pull for the president tho 😂 2-1 SR

My goats finally win one. Wish they did it under Moist but I'll take it

This isnt ascension bub

SRB 2-0. Cant ban both Fracture AND Haven, ez 1-0 start :)

SR 0-2... As a fan who has watched every game.... we dont stand a chance. Prove me wrong boys

😱 ok nvm monsi the goat

G2nd . . It was destined to be this way

FUCK G2 WE RIDE LETS GO T1 !!!!!!! Pacific #2 trophy

Says 4 stars on VLR. Who doesnt go outside?

He happy, that awesome. But stop being such a nuisance that you are insufferable from over 5 thousand miles away.

I could not imagine being in the building, much less having to sit within "can you shut up" distance of her. If I had tickets and she was there, I'd leave. Cant enjoy the matches at all.

I said "every kill." She has no single team. She has been at every day of the event (except maybe 3rd i didnt watch) and doesnt only shriek for one team

To the one woman in the crowd who does a double shriek after every kill

I hate you

That is all

after the double cliff dive i think this map is peak val

Kamyk 1v4
N4RRATE 4K
N4RRATE 3K
paTiTek 4k

if that was true you'd be forced to get a SEN rematch

their last 3 matches . .
G2
DRX
TL

so id guess SEN v T1

Lotus - attacker sided (usually) - SEN 7-5 on defense

Abyss - attacker sided (usually) - TL 7-5 on defense

If SEN win pistol and tie up this sh*t is scripted

this is a default as it gets, and its not an A wall specifically. It blocks the B entrance AND covers the initial A walk. . its more of a B wall than anything

What are the rules on casting and why does it make no sense (letting casters cast teams from their own region?? Only 1 caster here from EU???)
Here is the list of all the talent at the event https://x.com/ValorINTEL/status/1890818050384941414/photo/1

So far we have seen 5 pairings

Bren + Sideshow (thrice, EDG v TL | VIT v T1 | SEN v TL)
Achilios + Paperthin (twice, DRX v SEN | T1 v TE)
Pansy + Ender (G2 v TE)
Mimi + Ender (VIT v DRX)
Pansy + Sideshow (EDG v G2)

Regional talent casting their own team(s) have been

Achilios + Paperthin (Pacific talent, casting DRX AND T1)
Ender (NA talent, casting G2)
Sideshow (NA, casting G2 AND SEN)
Bren (NA, casting SEN)

So 1st point. . Why is Pansy the only EMEA caster here? She is top 2 in my opinion, along with the duo of Bren and Sideshow. I get maybe Mini is too new for an international, but surely we bring Mitch and/or Tom??

2nd. . I'm probably so NA pilled that I'm projecting, but having Achilios casting team from his own region felt off. . No reason we couldn't have Pansy + Tom (again why isn't he here) handling a Pacific v Americas/EMEA game

3rd. . Mimi?? Look I absolutely love Mimi as a talent, on the desk and on platchat. But I have never heard her cast before, and it felt strange to have her doing so at an international event. Also if we are getting Mimi on the mic, are we to expect an appearance from Yinsu or Kaquka with Pansy?? ok im just spitballing now

let me know, felt like VCT are just sorta rolling with whatever, feelt a little chaotic on the mic

??? 12-14 ???

Nice ragebait

Rip SRG. As a newer fan coming from Ludwig and Moist, I was really looking forward to watching a GC team light up T2.. wasnt meant to be.

No worries, just win relegation and we'll see 'em next split

gg!

Loser eliminated, gonna be sad to see SR go out like this

https://valorantesports.com/en-US/news/ace-valorant-challengers-na-2025-a-season-full-of-changes-and-opportunities

"Teams with 4 losses will be eliminated"

How does this have 4 upvotes for something false?

4 losses and you are out. Gets pretty dire for whichever team doesn't show up here

GEN 13-7 TLN on BIND
TLN 13-4 T1 on BIND

. . GEN 13-0 T1 on BIND LMAOOOO

ummmm. . definitely meant the other way around -_-

Sentinels Madrid 2024:

UF 0-2 v GEN
LF 3-1 v PRX
GF 3-2 v GEN

Sentinels Kickoff 2025:

UF 0-2 v G2
LF 3-1 v MIBR
GF ?-? G2

will history repeat itself

Vlr be like "live" ..... the hell it is 🤣

Also for gods sake i just wanna watch PRX... guys its almost 6 am and we still have another map

Use me as the "I was here" button

Every single player for BB went negative and they won the match.... yikes start to the season

NS 2-0 BME

TH 2-1

TH pick Team B

LEV ban Bind
TH ban Ascent
LEV pick Icebox
TH pick Abyss
LEV ban Lotus
TH ban Haven
Sunset remains

G2 pick Team B

FNC ban Icebox
G2 ban Sunset
FNC pick Haven
G2 pick Lotus
FNC ban Ascent
G2 ban Abyss
Bind remains

DRX 2-0. Trace are 2-0 on Ascent, 2-1 on Bind, and 0-3 on Sunset. Thats it, the only 3 maps they have played. And DRX are VERY good on both Ascent and Bind

DRX pick Team B

TE ban Icebox
DRX ban Lotus
TE pick Ascent
DRX pick Sunset
TE ban Abyss
DRX ban Bind
Haven Remains