that's just how it's supposed to be. only good teams make it and every game is GAS

Hotness: 8/10
Correctness: 7/10
I think Pacific has the highest floor but also the lowest ceiling out of the 4 regions right now
You are forgetting DRX who I think will make it and will at least get a win but overall I agree with you

Hotness: 10/10
Correctness: no
no shot. Liquid look so bad in their games there is no way

Hotness: 7/10
Correctness 9/10
Lev is 100% not as good as people make them out to be
PRX still have a shot at Bangkok but it's likely they won't make it.
I agree with you a lot

Hotness: 9/10
Correctness: 4/10
I love Kru, but they confuse me
They looked lost against LOUD but beat the piss out of 2Glue
It'd be really funny if it happens and I'd love for it to happen, but I don't think it will

I SPECIFICALLY said KICKOFF take

but since you seem reasonable I'll do it anyway

Hotness: 9/10
Correctness: 4/10
There are lots of strong teams across the leagues and I don't think Giantx are one of those.
If they are to win they'd have to pull some serious bullshit out of their asses or really improve after kickoff, maybe a roster change or 2
Unlikely but plausible

Hotness: 5/10
Correctness: 5/10
I think the Furia roster has potential based on the off-season, but that's only if they all click at the same time
Just give them time they will be the 10th best Americas team

Hotness: 7/10
Correctness: 4/10
Unlikely, but very funny if it happens
RIP FNS's last year

I will remember this next time I queue into icebox

I did say Kickoff, meaning ONLY Kickoff and not Bangkok, but since you're here....

Hotness: 10/10
Correctness: idk like a 2/10
As a fellow EDG believer I think they have a legit shot at winning
The second part of your take drags it down overall since I really think G2 are so much better than them

that's an interesting way to look at it, however I don't think any of the americas teams are the type to throw a random weird strat at G2
even if, I think their firepower will bail them out and they'll adapt in 2-4 rounds

hey wait a minute I've seen this somewhere before

surely not

Hotness: 9/10
Correctness: 6/10
They have a hard bracket and even if they beat Fnatic I don't think it'd be doable
Fnatic, Fut/Vit, BBL
It would be interesting if that happened tbh, but it's unlikely

Hotness: 6/10
Correctness: 8/10
They're definitely top 2, but since we haven't seen much of them or Team Sickretics I can see why you'd think that
FUT are a great team and I hope they get a good result at an international this year

Hotness: 7/10
Correctness: 6/10
For the roles to make sense they'd have to drop v1c unless they drop more than 1 player
I can see Clown9 dropping players because fuck you that's why
The bigger issue is I'm not sure if Marved would even want to play for C9

Hotness: 9/10
Correctness: 3/10
As much as I'd love for it to happen, it's not going to
the absolute GAUNTLET they'd have to go through will prove too much for the team
I really like EG tho and I wish them lots successes in this year (I hope they make champs and yay proves his doubters wrong)

Hotness: 8/10
Correctness: 6/10
It's definitely possible that DRX make Bangkok as they look like the best APAC team rn, cold take

RRQ on the other hand, I don't think they have it in them to make a run like that, especially if xffero is still sick
They'd have to beat NS, Talon/T1, PRX AND the loser of the upper final and I think it might be too hard for them.

If it does happen tho I'll become an RRQ fan on top of many other teams I support

idk you personally but I don't think it's that hot of a take, I think people rate DRG overall

Hotness: 9/10
Correctness: 4/10
I just don't see it, they look so strong that I don't think they won't come at least 2nd
They'll def beat LEV, Sen vs G2 is very winnable for G2 and in fact I favor them in that series
If they do lose however I still think they'd be strong enough to go though lowers

Hotness 5/10
Correctness 8/10

They definitely are in the discussion for top 4 in china since FPX looked so...mid
Right now I'd say it's
EDG
TRACE
BLG/XLG/DRG
NOVA/FPX
and then the rest

Hope we can have a civil and intellectual discussion :3

Drop your hottest Kickoff take and I'll rate it in terms of hotness and correctness

I hate it. I come to this site for mature discussions of the game and all I get is ragebait

Same thing you said yourself, as long as it's not all bait it's fine. But ragebait is just so stupid why do people do that

You're all my favorites (when you don't bait)

W jenopelle

Literally last year's G2 in Shanghai

RRQ is a good team, I got them making playoffs in both stages and maybe champs

inb4 dambi spills noodles all over RRQ keyboard and runs circles around them

(This is an example of bad humor(

who y'all got?

I think this is a sleeper pick for a banger match, I got NS in a close 2-1

how did this end 13-11 holy toss

I stand corrected

Florescent is Male to Female

as for the vlr question idk recency bias

1st match nerves + he arrived in Berlin this morning

but his firepower was reported as not amazing

WHO CARES WE TAKE THOSE <3333

W FLORESCENT

Fnatic look shaky, maybe top 6

TH were sick in their game against M8's, still not much is known

Vitality played a close game with KC and it was cinema, definitely a top2 team in EMEA

coaches are forcing him onto the yoru to fit the weird comps

either that or the marteen yoru onetrick allegations are true

KC are having an off-day it seems

but also the marteen yoru doesn't really fit into some of the comps

Zest is the goat, Zest in my throat

EG over a year of being irrelevant

L England flagger

(jk I love EG)

I'm dogshit at the game and very frequently miss

Detonate for detonation <3

we welcome new users to vlr <3

I'm sorry but if you trust in Liquid in 2025 you deserved it

being a Valorant Tyloo fan must be rough

oowyz

China IS the best region after all (jk)

I watch most of China and APAC (But prioritize China), all of EMEA and almost no Americas cuz it's too late at night