you probably mean Handegg

The Lebron of football

making this Since Franchising and not counting last year VCT trophies (Americas - Loud, EMEA - Liquid and Pacific - PRX) makes no sense at all

yes, get out

They do check it now and then. I've been banned a couple of times, mostly when I say something "negative" about the so called Land of the free.

Theres no hope for this forum, relevant discussions appear once a day and get 2-3 replies, meanwhile there are 20+ daily post of " is this crowd good?" " is this team qualifying?" " is player x or y better?" and everyone is ready to give their take on those, not to mention the most obvious baits.

#makevlrgreatagain?

For rankes it usually takes one week, for pro play, I think it will be avaiable for playoffs. I think its the same with haven

An org that never qualified for international playoffs, same level as Furia. Ardiis> Mwzera though

Because the first chinese org to win an event had EMEA players. FPX in 22

Navi made 0 playoffs

if they cheered for neither, people would complain even more I think

Sports have always been deeply related to politics, religion, patriotism etc

Dont see why E-sports wouldn't, since they mimic sports

They throw some dice

same thing could be said about GenG's Breeze, but they managed to make it work.

I just think Astra pairs better with Yoru, and since there are 2 flashes already (yoru and breach), Omens Paranoia isnt that necessary, but the verticality factor is indeed strong.

I wouldnt play haven without breach though, like you said, teams mostly play retake A, and hes too strong doing that.

But there will be (hopefully) many playstyles and comps that are viable.

I like it, and I also think we will see more vipers on the map even though she was nerfed a couple of times since Haven left and we didnt see her being played that much there.

The comp I would try is

Yoru
Breach
Astra
Viper
Cypher

But Raze, Jett and Neon will prob be good there.

Teams could use Fade, Sova and Gekko

I think Deadlock is strong on the map, and some might still use Killjoy

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It will probably be banned a lot there, like fracture was on Champions 2021. Most teams wont risk playing it

What are your expectations for NRG, Sen, 100T and Furia though?

I think the last change they made was good for that, maybe make the plant area a little smaller, so you have to take control of the site instead of just going back to B long

Thanks for pointing that out, you get a math fact as a bonus.

If you add the amount of times Navi qualified to an international playoff it amounts to 0

It was played on all GF though

Number of times each map was played during each Champions so far

Champions 2021

Split - 15
Breeze - 14
Icebox - 14
Haven - 13
Ascent - 12
Bind - 8
Fracture - 7

Champions 2022

Ascent - 22
Haven - 18
Bind - 17
Icebox - 14
Breeze - 12
Fracture - 12
Pearl - 11

Champions 2023

Split - 22
Bind - 19
Lotus - 16
Pearl - 16
Ascent - 16
Haven - 12
Fracture - 5

In total, the most played maps in Champions history are (nº of championships featured):

(3) Ascent - 50x
(3) Bind - 44x
(3) Haven - 43x
(2) Split - 37x
(2) Icebox - 28x
(2) Pearl - 27x
(2) Breeze - 26x
(3) Fracture - 24x
(1) Lotus - 16x

At Champions 2024 the map pool will be:

Abyss - 1st appearance
Ascent - 4th appearance
Bind - 4th appearance
Haven - 4th appearance
Icebox - 3rd appearance
Lotus - 2nd appearance
Sunset - 1st appearance

It's interesting that many pros and coaches say they miss fracture, but it is the second least played map( it was banned 71x), even if it was on all Champions so far, and although Split is one of the original Maps, It only made it to half of the tournaments ( if you count 2024).

What are your favorite maps? Which maps do you wanna see played most during champions 2024? Will Bind or Haven take over Ascent as the most played?

Havoc
Nats
Benkai
Life

I WONT

because no one speaks Korean and its not on the official broadcast (Valorant channel)

taking a shower is a challenge most wont be up to

today

(e)sports does that to you, congratulations, hope you enjoy it

Agreed, lower bracket should go also

surely

This choke-off is fire

they have no right talking about finals

Id rather drink my own piss

snuck SEN there

fax

you must be nervous by now

I love water, so yummy

wheres y0y?

Feels weird watching GenG players with the Monster advertising on their sleeves drinking Red Bull.

Red Bull is way better though

kick off and vct emea split

miniboo just got his job back

Do turkish ppl disdain psychology?

Less? Goat

Furia x MIBR is just around the corner...

Just saw the bo5 thing

not in my books

?

Th is known for choking also, they might go 2-1 and lose

Thats why lock in had the best crowd so far at valorant

Na frogs need something to talk about

why? I'm only rating