Will M8s play in qualifiers for French Challengers? Always wondered why the Americas GC teams were the only ones that really put effort into going beyond GC.

Asuna with the Valentine’s Day 🥀

literally the coaches exact job to do those things mind u.

rare but actually correct take from VLR. Even in the T1 game yesterday the coach didn't even take a single time out even when they were getting rolled map 1. Took one super late in map 2 as well. The players are indeed super undisciplined and just make bad decisions a lot (when they're down especially).

DFM learned nothing from T1 game yesterday. Just throwing round after round

We good off NRG, swap them with the REAL people's team: furia. Also swap T1 for DFM. Japan comeback much more interesting than seeing T1 there.

G2 actually owns NRG

Free Alexis

"losing to a player that has always performed well" average VLR brain.

What does that have anything to do with the original point?

They’ve literally beaten tier 1 pros before lol

This is a BO1...

imagine giving this much thought to a BO1 offseason match. Even if it was during season it still doesn't mean anything. Teams lose one map and go 13-4 and 13-5 all the time. You're in way too deep.

Losing to SRB is not a bad thing. They are probably just as good as the average “tier 1” team. You people are too caught up in these labels that don’t really mean anything. You could switch the average tier 1 player with tier 2 of the same role and the team results would be the same. Valorant isn’t the NBA.

Tiers don’t really mean anything in valorant. The reason most of these guys are on SRB is because of age, not because they couldn’t play in franchising. SRB is probably just as good as the average “tier 1” team.

imagine being such a loser you're commenting about a match you're not watching to hate on it...

stop all that crying

2 v 5

so blinded by betting that you think 5-2 is some kind of meaningful lead. put down the crypto and come back to earth.

Corny. Trying too hard to force a meme. The letters don’t even match.

HYUN HIM

That’s not based on actual team skill, it’s just based on people who still in 2025 underestimate China lol.

this is not a real upset. Xi Lai and SEN are even.

i think srb made it over them because they won the head-to-head (i'm assuming).

Coming from GC has nothing to do with this, because them actually making it into challengers has nothing to do with GC at all. And by you bringing that up it kind of proves my point further. And just like you said about SRG, SAD are also "overall bad in terms of challengers level" that's why they're in promotion/relegation too. No one should be genuinely shocked if SRG beat SAD. It's an upset, sure, but shocking is a stretch.

You think it matters what character is holding the odin for it to broken lol. Do you think when you pick the gun it blocks from using it unless you're a specific character?

You're not listening to what I'm saying. I'm not talking about people who predict SRG would lose. I'm talking about the people who are shocked when they don't. Do you think any team in challengers beating SAD should be something to be shocked about? No disrespect to SAD, they have solid players, but it's not like they did good during group stage either, that's why they're in promotion/relegation just like SRG lol.

I'm not talking about them being the underdog, I already admit that. I'm talking about the people who think it's some shocking earth shattering event for SRG to win, like when they won against TSM for example.

Genuinely why did you think SRG coudn't win this lol. I'm convinced some of you just have irrational hate for women. I'm not even saying SAD aren't the favorites, i agree they are. But why do you think it's some impossibility that SRG win? SAD are not some unbeatable force.

TSM is back

Odin has become a constant meta in every region in every level of valorant… also it’s so funny you’re argument against tier 1 and tier 2 being close is “look how envy is playing this match?” As if tier 1 teams don’t look like absolute shit as well every week lmao. Just give it a rest. Tier 1 is just marketing. The teams aren’t all that.

Since week 3 of group stage till now, the only teams TSM have lost to in challengers is Cube and Envy. How are they terrible? Just saying anything to sound smart. TSM is beating teams like C9, furia and even Loud too lol. Your understanding of “tier1” is based on long established sports, valorant isn’t that. If you swap a random tier 1 player for a random tier 2 player of the same role, the teams aren’t doing that different. You can’t say the same for NBA and D1 (which is considered “tier2” basketball).

Envy is beating every team in tier 1 except maybe 3. Whatever great difference you think there is between t1 and t2 doesn’t exist. Valorant is not the NBA. This tier system is just about chance and opportunity, not a great difference in skill.

so does anyone know what happened to wildfire...

feniz the goat

The thing that confused me is the end date for this stage Swiss is listed as August 13th, so this week they play again tomorrow if they win? It’s not a one week break?

So do either of these teams still have a chance at making playoffs?

so i guess governor just left apeks and decided he wants his masters three months later lol.

So how does the university system in esports work? Obviously there are players in university teams that are not “college age” anymore. So does a university just sponsor a T2 team and have their name attached to it for marketing? Or are there genuinely players on the team that attend the school?

Whatever gap u think exists between cube (or even envy) and the average tier 1 team is not what u think. valorant is not the NBA. there's no established multi decade league structure that can easily separate the best of the best. The truth is you could choose any random tier 2 player and swap them with a random tier 1 player and the results of either team would not change that much (except for a very very small handful of players). Your expectations of "tier 1" are way too high.

So how does the university system in esports work? Obviously there are players in university teams that are not “college age” anymore. So does a university just sponsor a T2 team and have their name attached to it for marketing? Or are there genuinely players on the team that attend the school?

how are these troll comps? that's a normal 2025 haven comp and almost every team is playing waylay on corrode. Also, corrode is too new to even have a set "meta comp" anyway.

dodonut not playing duelist on icebox actually throwing.

If SRG lose this match then they play funhavers to make it back to challengers, the same team they beat to make it to challengers the first time. On the flip side , funhavers could be blocked from tier 2 by SRG twice in the same year.

did you just start watching valorant today? winthrop has been good for a long time. just because you put sentinels in front of someone's player tag doesn't make them unbeatable.

Is playoffs gonna be in studio or still online?

If SRG win this there’s a chance they play SRB next week lol

Rankers are 14-0 since they formed. They haven’t lost a single match yet. They are better than both those teams.

Free flor

if TL win this then at least one GC team is guaranteed in T2.