exactly, like GKS is easily a T2 regular team thats been around since the start under the renegades banner. Sure they havent done shit in terms of VCT but they are in that similar boat as teams like Team Basilisk and Akrew that are staples of the T2 scene pretty much, theyre just a meme name team because they dont have an org

This aged well

Its why teams that rarely have their players stream, both NA and globally are the ones that have results. Personally rarely if ever see teams lile Optic or Guard streaming on the NA side of things. (Could be wrong with that), ik C9 players stream a lil bit here and there but i dont think they do it very often.

they used to be the Renegades roster before the org disbanded

Team Mystic the woman beaters

Darkzero officially the woman beaters

GKS just said pros dont fake to win Haven

its on Nerdstreet C

Knights about to 13-0 YFP on breeze after a double OT on Haven, sheesh

they needa go back to korea

thats cus most are either ex T1/T2 pros or in ethos case a signed streamer that has also been on like T3 teams

wait Rated fr forfeited to girl kissers? no match LUL

on Valorant esports2 rn
https://www.twitch.tv/valorantesports2

Split and Bind are the main 2 maps I could see her maybe getting used on, Breeze and Ascent being another potential place where she would get play on maybe? But taking out a Sova/KAYO on either of those doesnt seem very likely. Other maps its either gonna be rare or it somehow just shows up when someone mains her on all maps? But I can definitely see pros working her into a Split and Bind comp

I said they fall into the top 50 as of today based primarily on mickey mouse tourneys and VCT challengers, where both times C9W has made it to the top 32, but no higher than that. So theyre safely in that range, wouldnt say anything above 20 though.

I'd say they're in the top 50-25 range, like on a good day theyre a tier 2 level team. But 15 is a huge stretch, they've only really made it to a top 32 in NA.

fair list but NA I'd put Victor, Marved, Leaf, or Saya over Cryo just because Cryo doesnt have international/LAN experience, but he's insane in his own right.

cNed? Tenz? Heat?
Crashies lower
Scream lower
Chronicle higher
Cryo is great but never been to LAN/internationals so you can't really tell until he does.

LMAOOO he's here

Faker or S1mple, easiest two picks depending on what side of esports you wanna look at.

SEN as an organization isnt all that small, their Valorant team just lacks a structure, their Halo team is way better setup and thats why they won the KC HCS. The team for Valorant isnt bad but it lacks alot of the support other orgs have thats why they're bombing now

Wasn't a fluke, miracle runs can happen, ZETA made big moves to improve and they're basically kings of Japan now. The international competition of valorant has largely evened out across all regions to where you can say its anyones to take, Masters shown that when we had NA, APAC, Brazil, and Japan as the top 4.

V1, Knights are ez 1 and 2. 3 and 4 is where it gets dicey. 100T and SEN could but theyre looked either good or completely garbage to where teams like GenG Akrew, EG, NYFU, are all suddenly dark horses to lock down those two over 100T or SEN if they have their number or get a lucky bracket.

Same as stage one, round robin into double elim bracket playoffs

Vanity is def one of the best NA igls, if not the world. But NAs igl scene is actually pretty stacked with players like Zander, Dephh, FNS, Valyn, etc.

false

same can kinda be said about alot of EMEA fans too tbh, regional supremacy is cringe

The fact they dont have a coach plays a big part too in why shazam gets targeted, because as their igl hes likely got alot of the coaching duty as well due to the lack of an actual coach. Yeah they have a "manager" but how much is he doing?

What i meant by that is SEN look washed as shit, theyve had a few moments but theyre def bordering becoming a T2, so i dunno that theh qualify. Could flop big time and itd be hilarious

V1 Knights 100T and between either SEN, GenG or Ghost. Dark horses in Akrew and Soniqs

Knights > Ghost Gaming. I'd agree with 100T and either V1/LG but SEN if they're lucky, they've looked hot and cold lately.

we'll see how it goes in groups for them, shocked me atleast

didnt happen

notice how now that he's also playing the chamber on icebox and topfragging for V1

Always has been

They are a Tier 1 and top 10 in NA team. Always have been, they just havent been a top 5 "get to internationals" team

Wardell on V1 isnt meant to be the duelist fragging out, he's filling in for Wippie, the Sentinel player, Wardell has had his moments but he's not been on Jett/Chamber thus far like he was on TSM

100T for sure, as for anyone else I dunno

way to jinx it

The fact that these two teams are the ones qualifying, even if they deserve it, blows my mind. 2 teams that were basically in the T2 purgatory finally getting over the hump

13-2 GKS LMAOOOO

ITS HAPPENING

well TB is kinda the benchmark for that tier 2 scene as the gatekeepers, so people who considered ghost as a VCT contender (t1) massively overrated them

NRG 2-0 ez

broke my pickems thus far now

bro what is LG doing

SEN up 1-0

v1, lg, sen, and nrg for first
ghost, faze, knights, tsm maybe for next one

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/4281ef2d
V1, LG, SEN, and NRG take this one
I expect teams like 100T, Knights, Faze, and Ghost to win qualifier 2

My fav player isn't on the team I rep so take a guess