Trying to praise Lev here, not Vit

Well then I guess we'll just have to disagree on that one my friend

31/46 pistols won on international LAN

Again, that's just not how it works. Plus notice how absolutely no team who didn't keep at least 3 players from last year performed well at lock in. BBL and Fut have both been together for about a year now.

If you really think Fut and BBL are gonna finish the league with a higher placement than TL then idk what to tell you my friend

Nobody can win pistols against Lev, that's not Vit's fault

Yes you can, losing a game doesn't turn you into the worst team in the league, we all know the potential is there

Neither are BBL and Fut then xD

Missed KC

Unironically many tier 2 NA players earn more than most EMEA tier 1

That's not how it works
The best player in the world(which I don't think it's Derke btw) ≠ the most expensive player in the world
There is a lot more to that, but overall there is probably like 15 NA players worth more than Derke. Ange1, Zyppan, Shao and Suygetsu were all worth around half a million total. There are NA tier 2 buyouts that high simply for 1 player

Good, there has been a pretty big cheater wave. I don't think it's too big of an issue if it gets fixed this fast tho

Dang EMEA numbers are awful compared to those xD

No worries, I try to keep myself informed

Chronicle got it at 15 kekw

It's a series of posts he has been doing for a while. Hypothetical situations, it's meant to debate not predict the future

Well they would have to go back to VCL after the 2 years until 2026/2027 (Not completely sure at the moment). Riot can only give or take away the franchise spots every 4 years. Basically in 2026/2027 Riot will decide which ones if any of the 2023, 2024, 2025… etc ascension teams have performed or brought something more interesting to the league than the partnered teams

If you ascend this 2023, in 2025 you must go back to VCL until 2026/2027 if Riot decides to promote you then

Idk if it’s clear enough, kinda hard xD

Orgs need to have their own offices at the city. This is a long term thing. For example in EMEA Riot wanted to do the league in Barcelona but since most teams already had their offices on Berlin because of LEC they asked for it to be Berlin instead so they didn’t have to get new ones

They’re playing good now tho. Plus Idc just get fucking valyn or Johnqt or idk doesn’t have to be an old dude. Or trust Dephh. Just don’t pull the TL strat

And DSG playing a lot better with steel?

Well then don’t change your IGL, or get a young one and believe in him. I don’t fucking care as long as you have an IGL

Only reasonable reason is Tenz leaving to spend time with Kydae due to her health, but that’s about it

I never said keep depphh tho. My point is if you’re gonna bench your IGL it has to be to get a better IGL that can structure your team, not to get a 5th fragger

Why tho? When you see the SEN roster, what comes to your mind is they need more firepower? Really? Wtf is that gonna solve lol

Also Pancada > Marved, so Ig you’re proposal is to bench the IGL to get a fragger tf

I think C9 just can't pay a buyout rn and since all tier 2 players have one they have had to go straight to unsigned players

Pretty sure there isn't

He went from playing tier 2 to downgrading to college Valorant... But if you wanna tell me he was a top tier 2 player then sure, ig I'll have to watch more NA tier 2

What I actually think is that C9 is so fucking broke that they can't afford to pay a single buyout so tier 2 is not an option since they're all signed

I meant if he did come to mind before they picked him up? No right?
If he doesn't come to mind when thinking about tier 2 players it can be because of 2 reasons:

1. He is new to the scene and is still growing on a progressive curve
2. He is nothing special in tier 2

I think #22 kinda proves is not the first case...

When you think about tier 2 players, does he come to mind?

Just the slot for the region, they still need to qualify

Yeah but it's not like other regions get it and Polaris don't is what I mean. Still, wtf is Riot thinking? Pay every league dude, it's their product but also the future of your fucking game

And people are really saying "-dephh, Sacy IGL" xDD

https://www.vlr.gg/player/8742/jakee
xD

C9 took a vlr bait to the next level and made it happen xD

Wdym unless Marved plays for Sen lol who tf do you think he is

Let me correct, they looked like the worst team. I don't actually think they will end up last more like 8th/9th

Yeah ik I'm just playing with him cause he is saying whatever. Koi is literally managed by Rogue, the less clout org ever. Literally have 1 streamer and it's just because he is a caster

There is way too many players to do that

He left LOUD, doesn't seem like he is too worried about this stuff. Plus what other option would he have? MIBR?

You lost me here my friend, are you trying to use having clout as an insult?

Idk about in between splits, I just know it's not possible before the first one

And, if a team qualifies to Champions why would they want to make changes?

EG is not as bad as people think either
(Nothing to do with TH, they still the worst team in EMEA so far)

I don't think there is time to import a player in just one month, it takes a long ass times to get that type of visa/paperwork done

Nope, that's the other twist. Orgs do not own the spots so Riot has reserved for themselves the possibility to swap the partnered teams every 4 years (2026) as they wish. So basically if Riot decides a partnered org is not doing things as they were meant to, they can put another org on their place (If one of the ascended orgs does a really good job on those 2 years they will be the strongest candidates most likely)

This avoids situations like the Astralis one in LOL who just purposely tank year after year placing last just to keep Riot money and sell the spot for a lot of money

Yes, basically this is how it works:

2023: 1 team ascends (11 team league)
2024: 1 team ascends (12 team league)
2025: 2 team ascend, 2023 team is relegated (13 team league)
2026: 2 team ascend, 2024 team is relegated (14 team league)
2027 and on: 2 teams ascend and the 2 teams that ascended 2 years ago (2025) are relegated (14 team league forever)

EG about to farm them so bad

It will be 56 eventually just by adding China, that's more than enough

It's not like NA has many more rn lol

Furia and MIBR did nothing wrong and are far less problematic than Faze and G2 tho

Because there’s not a decent company interested in organizing the league like everywhere else. Viewership is so low that no one wants to do it, so viewership gets even lower, and it’s like a fish hitting it’s tail

How vlr supposed to rank correctly teams who have played 1/2 games?

I mean if no one in Tier 1 offers him anything. G2 is the most likely option. He can’t go to another region and G2 might all in on him to ascend