again i dunno if its a riot rule or if its based on specific tournaments.

Covid + boomer (he's 30)

Pretty sure teams that have won an international (or even been to one) aren't allowed in some T2 tourneys, something either as a rule from Riot or said tournaments like NSG or KW. Thats why you don't see Guard, Sen, Optic, C9, etc. in any T2 tourneys these days.

it is unfair yes, but VCT NA and VCT APAC are ran by different people

Faze*

Him and Miggy man. Both are amazing, The team isn't great right now but they're atleast trending upwards compared to recent years.

Detroit Tigers, I enjoy pain

FaZe choking, but NRG basically came out of the half and then the second time out with guns blazing.

Vlr rankings are always slow to update and arent immediate following matches.

in that top 3-10 convos, but wouldn't say he's the best itw

This is why a 12 or 16 team league would work out best for all 3 franchised regions. Too many good teams across upwards of 3+ existing regions not enough spots

Honestly same, havent paid attention much to college the last like 2 seasons outside of the bigger name guys. I had to actually research into who my team drafted for the first time in years

I havent had anything down to that detail, just slow loading map textures (they sometimes look low poly PS1 graphics for like 30 seconds), and my voice and text chat constantly disconnecting. i have a rtx 2070 on high graphics and never had an issue with anything of the sort from when i got the game to like patch 4.09 or so, now its every game. I honestly couldnt tell you but your problems as weird as mine. Riot just needs to fix their shit

Ratzam

FNS still probably is one of the best callers in all of Valorant lets be honest, even if he isnt the best with the gunplay

Hopefully it wont negatively affect then too much, NRG hopium.

All believable

Good analysis and take. Big W

Just like every other episode reset. 5 placements for everyone in Act 1, With Ascendant added anyone under immortal might see potentially one rank shift up either immediately or fairly quickly due to more accurate placements. Whereas anyone in low immo or high diamond might be in the new ascendant rank.

saya and leaf are easily in the top 10 NA players

google is free.

or just look at CDL, LCS, or OWL for a rough idea.

actually fire

NRG, TGRD, PRX, NAVI are probably my top 4.

Jamalesh "Hazed" Cobbanath is an Indian professional VALORANT player for NRG who joined in October to step into the IGL role. He is well known for his fragging and flawless calling as well as his beard, which he hasn't shaved since converting to Hinduism

I feel like XSET or 100T will probably make out of groups in Copenhagen, would they win probably not.

that is also very true, welcome aboard tho

gg EG and their fans, good luck in LCQ

LFG

not gatekeeping, I've just seen people trying to say that NRG has a bunch of bandwagoners as of late

ratio + tex owns you

yeah theyre safe in LCQ

I'mma be honest, bandwagons kinda cringe.

GG to EG and their fans.

Jamalesh "Hazed" Cobbanath is an Indian professional VALORANT player for NRG who joined in October to step into the IGL role. He is well known for his fragging and flawless calling as well as his beard, which he hasn't shaved since converting to Hinduism

gg

LETS GO NRG!

Eeiu clutch moment

well he's been trying to do a few funny walls so yes, and considering that

1. When was the last time Sage was played on Ascent
2. S0m hasn't played Sage recently either

It feels half like a troll but its working

It appears that this what if has come down to. Only one of them are going to masters.

In my opinion, I could see anyone from Hazed S0m or Tex being on the potential to be dropped. NRG has a solid roster but doesn't have a standout superstar player that every other Tier 1 team has. They divide that up between two above average pros in Tex and S0m (the former having been arguably one of the most improved players between Stage 1 and Stage 2). They're just in a purgatory of good enough to make VCT but not good enough for international competition.

But I don't think they'll change the roster until post LCQ. Plus depending on if they get into the Partnership program we'll see what they do.

Dollar store Grimm/Flow battle sage moment

NRG rlly back at it with the unpredictable comps

That just means that they have competition, plus its group stage matches. Itd be a diff story if they lost during playoffs

Except Optic has consistently been near the top of NA having made just about if not every international event, theyve been consistent for longer than Sentinels, they just finally made the leap.

NRG hopium

Seems like my ranked teams comp for fracture ngl.

the only correct answer

They wont. Literally worst team in the LCQ.

If youre more comfortable on it and you get kills with it, isnt really a problem. Especially if youre an arm player.

Cant wait to see them lose out. Really sucks for Ghost since theyre a better team.

Lets go NRG. Sadge for ghost

In that same boat as an NRG fan, theyre my team i want them to win, but Ghost have been lights out this stage and deserve it over sentinels.

Name a team in LCQ worse than sentinels, they've shown very little this stage and i highly doubt they improve further towards LCQ. Yes thats opinionated but its backed up by the fact that they fell off really hard. Theres a reason theyre on the bubble this year and its more than likely they bomb out of LCQ as well.

Honestly the best answer