see this is where I'm confused, they let it float past the 1st round of bans and instead target ban

what title said. I'm genuinely curious because I thought they had one but seeing their Ascension map bans I don't think that's the case

My guy really tried sneaking in yay there

(this is just banter, I love yay)

you cannot be serious

at the event no, they played it regionally iirc

you can always listen to the desk or look it up and not be lazy but who am I to judge

He's from Colombia iirc

Watch one of his interviews from VCT Americas with saadhaak and someone else

It would appear I have spoken too soon

You know. I completely forgot about that. Fair point

Lose map 1 -> Win a close map 2 -> dominate map 3

Is anyone able to stop this gambit? I heard of possible counterplay ideas like playing a bo5 or tossing map 1, but y'all let me know your thoughts

Why is twitch and youtube chat so cringe?

no seriously do these guys have nothing to do but spam ragebait or watch with eyes closed?

I had nothing better to do

Worth it for round 23

My bad gang

My point still stands

Masters Madrid was 3 years later. This is a discussion about 2021 only.

I'm agreeing with you, even if Gambit lost in the grands, I still take them over an ACEND team that achieved nothing before and nothing after

And hey, Gambit disbanding was (as far as I'm aware) not their fault

rest of 2021 = international events before champs

sen won the 1st ever lan? cool. what did they do after? vanished

I still take GMB over ACE even if they got 2v5'd, two finals appearances speak for themselves

Ain't no way my guy said ACEND

Gambit won a Masters and were in grand finals of champs
Sentinels won the 1st masters but fell off a cliff and got grouped at champs
Acend did win champs but were invisible throughout the rest of 2021

Considering Champions was just another masters with a yellow coat of paint at this point, I'll take the team with 2 finals appearances

another one came to mind, NA'VI vs EDG Masters Tokyo.

KangKang OP Masterclass

FNC vs LOUD map 5 LOCK//IN

or just the entire match for all I care, that was a gigabanger

And 2021 ACEND

insane title

AMER: Bren and Sideshow
EMEA: observer keybinds are funny + replays
APAC: stage design
CN: player walkouts, that shit is so fire

realistically, I'd love for FNC to win champs and solidify themselves as one of the best teams in Valorant history

....however my heart is with KRU

oh yeah and I don't want SEN to win, they had their time to shine (+ I'm biased)

if so they'd have to get top 2, and even then it's iffy because you have the elephant in the room of FNC 2 trophies to GENG 1

gotcha, thanks for the correction

if you meant 2020-2021, I think more reasonable would be to say a year and a half, but otherwise you're right

if they win champs I think they should be considered as better than 2023 FNC

iirc he was often playing 2nd duelist in reykjavik like reyna to shazam's jett + cNed had a stronger year as a pure entry duelist, so arguably TenZ had only couple of months of duelist play

I might be wrong tho

EMEA's FPX couldn't go because visa issuesd iirc so there was 15 teams, and FNC had 2 substitutes

Linsanity
streets will never forget

thank you, I usually suck at lists (it's my 1st imte)

slight adjustments based on my gut and bias

1. GENG
2. FNC
3. G2
4. LEV
5. TH
6. DRX
7. VIT
8. PRX
9. KRU
10. SEN
11. FUT
12. EDG
13. FPX
14. TLN
15. TRACE
16. BLG

good idea
I loved them in Shanghai

and how exactly is it "worthless"? this is arguably the most competetive champions event we have seen yet? surely you're not mad that NRG didn't make it...right?

hardly "making history" when sen did it first (not a sen fan just an incosistency)

self-report (this is a joke)

Which flair should I start rocking for champs that won't make all my takes invalid?

that's a fair point, however I'm willing to chuck this one up to circumstances outside of his control (GMB the org collapse, Russia attack on Ukraine), and even still M3C still had some level of dominance regionally and just missed out in LCQ GF, and I can't say the same for SEN.

again, both players are among some of the best in their regions (and itw) but in my opinion Chronicle is better (also I'm a little biased)

HE IS TOO COLD

but it's so funny

marry FPX (cn bias)
fuck FUT (maybe try to add riens or wo0t, unlikely but one can dream)
kill TS, I don't think this roster can achieve anything as is

it looks scary good on defense, conditioning opponents with the harbor wall mid is really strong early game.
I think they cooked

minggg

if you look at it through the scope of trophies and nothing else, then maybe

however, Sacy has a 1 year gap in his resume on a mediocre SEN team

Chronicle staying relevant for so long + always being near the top of the competition (even if only regionally) is more impressive

both players are insane but right now I'll take Chronicle over Sacy

it looks really good so far
if it works, don't question it ig

I think they cooked with this one, their defense seems immaculate

we will see come attack

fucking true, we need more valorant enjoyers like us (but calling yourself enlightened is a lil too much)

if you wanna talk "mickey mouse" (no tourney is mickey mouse imo) let's talk about 2021 Reykjavik (I am attacking you based on flair, am I doing this right?)

W username

aspas? not

1. I don't think it's "respect", more so "not playing stupid"
2. "Fun" is subjective, and seeing a team execute strats flawlessly and work like a well-oiled machine can and is fun too

100%. or they could upset the top teams. you never know