I mean I obviously understand that, but isn't it possible to step over that rule by signing the deal with the parents? afaik cs teams do it if their player is under 18 (e.g. donk, monesy, mzinho, jimpphat). It is easier for cs pros since they go to events for a few weeks and don't have long leagues, but still

players under 18 not being able to play is such a dog shit rule

I mean he left recently, he is a solid player actually, not top 20 but i would put around top 40. It's just crazy to me how he stayed around for so long: https://imgur.com/a/t60c5Dr
just look how many players nip changed during rez' tenure with them :D

I am on it because of their CS roster, TYLOO WIN!

totally nothing to do with val, but i have a similar example. REZ from NiP in cs. Been there since 2016, org has been going down the shitter since forever, players changing constantly, going international, yet rez remained there until 2025. Reason? IEM Oakland MVP 2017! When he destroyed FaZe with niko! Which is now a reason for one of the oldest references in HLTV, respect the IEM Babylon 50 BC MVP

cuz some people like mediocrity

good changes, but I feel like tier 2 is already too far gone

disagree, if for 1.5 years you haven't won a single international, then I would say you got worse compared to other regions

I mean eu cs hasn't lost a single S-tier pro to valorant, meanwhile NA CS got massacred

I mean finally there is a french team which is like tier 1.5, 3dmax (maybe possibly going to gentle mates), but I feel like they are a few big guns away from becoming tier 1

I mean the trend shows that EMEA is not good enough to win internationally anymore. Playoffs are good, but winning events is what matters

only 2 french players, have switched to international in 2022

america has a different problem, the talent is separated among different teams

When was the last time EMEA won an event?

Maybe because the best tier 1 prospects choose cs instead of valorant? you are free to argue if eu val has fallen off, but because cs remains more popular, val simply doesn't have such a huge source of talent there, like apac or china or americas?

navi is not cursed, their management is absolutely degenerate, the only reason their cs roster is good cuz blade is a mastermind

they should copy hltv where author pieces are marked with green, matches are marked with red, threads are marked with yellow. Makes it way easier to navigate

obviosuly he himself by signing the contract :D

Leo Faria slander is generational, probably peek'd when some idiot wrote that they need to shoot him during bangkok

oxy is in his 1v9 stage

damn they were high on some emea copium

I am Mr.Worldwide

I just don't understand, so like in 5 year time when people will talk about Bangkok they will say ''WELL ACTUALLY EDG CHOKED AND TRACE AND DRX WERE OUT IN GROUPS SO ASIA IS STILL SHIT'

right now Asia's best > West's best, it's all that matters

he never actually tried to improve tho, he played it with his gf afaik

I like how a random brain rot discussion from one thread has transitioned to another thread, I truly love the internet

when the fuck did a valorant discussion turn into a political discussion? Or did I miss something and leaf's chamber actually started an uprising in Bolivia?

tejo player is fucking wild :D maybe sova as well, ukraine's drone production has been quite massive

I mean obviously it is fiction, but imo it is scientifically proven that for CIS to dominate in any esport we need 2 Ukrainians + 3 russians (navi 2021 from cs, spirit from dota in 2021 and 2023). Now because Ukraine has only 1 pro in val, I needed someone. This someone is s1mple. he still is in contract jail, doesn't really wanna play cs, spirit buys the slot from navi alongside his contract for valorant, ez era

2022 fpx doesn't count, it had ardiis and zyppan who are not russian speakers. we need another navi 2021, another spirit 2021-2023 from dota

zyppan is not a russian speaker, cis can only dominate with people out of post-soviet union (guardian is an exception, he an honorary ukrainian/russian)

this would bring peace to the ukraine-russia war

spirit buys navi's slot mid-season, chronicle-something-s1mple-ange1-nAts

loses in probably the closest grand final series of all time = -2 players
please tell me are you n4rrate-word

https://mhanational.org/get-involved/contact-us

honestly I would rather lose 2-3 in a close fashion and understand that you need to just do small adjustments to win next time than get blown out 0-3 and feel like utter dog shit

age has more to do with your motivation and time dedicated to esports, not your in game form

I mean it's ok I guess, val has a lot of people who have no back ground with CS, ofc they will like a more overwatchish gameplay

I mean cs2 is getting better with updates, welcome back bro

he might get some chance of a job in cs, complexity will remove their coach so now chet gets a job (maybe)

most og cs orgs already have a roster
virtus pro have a shit ton of money (sponsored by totally not russian money ofc)
og are running on a budget afaik
falcons left just recently
EF are in tier 2
Astralis have danish only policy
gamerlegion would rather not invest a lot into another discipline
nip are a shit show

I feel like this politic of releasing more and more agents will just once fuck the balance up entirely and create a briggite overwatch situation

afaik there are teams who bought property in berlin (e.g. navi), so forcing them to another place is just not good

how ironic calling berlin a boring city when a lot of your countrymen live there :D

CIS is all that, add kyousuke and deko to chronicle-nats-trexx and we have a 8 time international winner

can't wait for absolutes, dead insides and egoists to transfer their cancer cells to yet another community, val community is yet to see ''1000-7 ghoul mode'' go 30-5 while going 100% hs

gambit - ceased to exist, dead org
vp - moved to armenia, maybe a possible expansion, but they can get thru even without the war ending
spirit - best candidate, denounced the war, moved to serbia, biggest org amongst russian speakers after navi left the russian scene

oh yeah, of course. I feel like if valve wanted, CS could have double the prize pool of what TI had, easily

by C's I assume CS? and also why is better?

because every org knew that riot would sooner or later apply a franchising system and the more they spend the higher likelihood they had of getting into the league