Champs ends the season

I would put hiro and patitek as well. What if heretics and fnatic just made them look good?

as if those best in the world can't really be measured across 3 international events ......

democracy is a right to have your opinion. In my opinion your take is an L, therefore I disagree, therefore I downvote. Simple enough

The biggest astralis contender right now are probably g2. System + great individual

If Brazil hasn't done anything then the entire Asia but China and Korea should get IP banned from Valorant

jl is the only huge name. Bymas was decent, can't remember others

my favourite genre of pros are those from obscure countries just being there. Like heretics having two lithuanians, runner being the macedonian, cender adding to the lithuania squad, ardiis and Kicks representing Latvia and Estonia

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7204499/Liverpool-youngster-Rhian-Brewster-wears-Champions-League-winners-medal-getting-hair-cut.html
Same vibe

Based

I have seen enough of this roster, Valorant needs AleksiB. Professional G2 hater and counter

Team gets a slot in franchising.
Player gets salaries, a bonus, no contract obligations and a boost in reputation
Win-Win

well it's way easier to intergrate one player into a well built system instead of building a completely new system

G2 aren't a newly assembled team with a new igl and a star player in a new system. It's just a great team getting an upgrade in the duelist department, where they had the biggest problems

remains to be seen, either they fold the division or sign new players. Thankfully i am not the manager, but I would just take 2Ls and fold the division. Too expensive and too little accomplished

well MxS is the only somewhat big name, others aren't as big tbf

well they only lacked in a duelist so I feel like now they are really deadly

so -3 of the biggest orgs in t2 na, correct?

-tsm -m80 -oxygen in one year has some wild consequences

not yet, but they might pull the plug. Pretty much the only somewhat big orgs in t2 na are MxS and TSM, no?

well running headshots mostly happen with pistols like tec 9 or smgs. When it comes to rifles, there really isn't a lot of running and gunning, even players who rush like donk are just skilled at counter strafing

But that states only that their current lineup left, no? I didn't quite understand it, they didn't say they closed the division, rather disbanded the lineup

Does that mean M80 Valorant is over?

good for casuals, but sweats will always find reasons to dislike the game

made by the owner of vkontakte (biggest russian social network, kinda like facebook), more popular than whatsapp and viber (boomer apps). Contact app, groups, emojis, gifs, polls, It's pretty much big because some apps are taken down, like insta, twitter, youtube

my goat is back

forgot about fortnite, rl and r6 probably a tier lower

in 5 years the only big esport scenes standing at that level will be lol, cs, val, deadlock/dota (no particular order)

afaik his biggest projects, after navi, are a hotel in the middle of Kyiv and STALKER 2(game featured on Xbox E3 a few years ago). I am pretty sure that before the war there were plans to create a cyberarena in the nearby hotel, but with them buying a 2nd one pretty much in the same district, I feel like we might possibly see an esports event in Kyiv (when the war ends, ofc)

True, but I felt like you put it as the arguement against having them in franchising and their scammy past

Most of the fuck ups have to do with the old ownership, despite Krippa being rumoured to GG BET he seems to have changed his net worth more towards gaming, esports, real estate, donations, etc.

well I am sure you know about FTX.
A russian youtuber, Morf, who has quite a few sources, has backed up the claim that navi have indeed scammed people with NAVI Tokens (with OG and Alliance). They also collabed with G2A alongside SK and VP. Their current owner Maksym Krippa is rumoured to have made the biggest rise in net worth thanks to GG BET (biggest bookmaker in Ukraine and one of the biggest in Russia before the war started).

navi launched fake crypto, worked with g2a, are owned by the owner of GG.BET
G2 have promoted gambling to underage kids via CSGORoll who then scammed their clients out of their money
TSM worked with FTX who were scammers
EG are literally in a lawsuit against their ex players and employees
Team Secret scammed several sponsors and players out of their money
If you have problems with 2g, I am sure we can find other candidates ''not worthy'' of franchising. Problem is that dozens of orgs will drop, but then no scammers :)

Bangkok: Gen.G
Toronto: TH
Champs: EDG

With masters shanghai giving us top 4 finishes for G2 and 100T that means 5/6 NA teams have top 4 international finishes at masters events. SEN at madrid, NRG at Tokyo and EG at champs. The only team without a top 4 finish (or even a masters appearance) is C9.

basically Stan Kroenke who owns Denver Nuggets Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Rams and Arsenal also owned the Guard

well FaZe literally needed new owners and sentinels got a 3.8mil$ injection just to exist

They are a huge football club, that is correct. Most Clubs you see in European sports operate under some debt. In fact only FOUR football clubs in europe have no debt, 3 out of which are owned by owners of small countries ( like qatar, or uae) or a holding (like chelsea). It's all about a long term plan. however, when you are in the tier 2 , you cannot build that long term plan. A club like navi or fnatic or g2 can easily pay off loans in case they needed them. an org like Apeks or Galorys might get rolled with it

investments, holdings, sponsorships covering the most expensive parts. afaik some sports clubs are also in debt (like barca, but that's taken to the extreme). Biggest recent example in Esports was Faze. They got bought by Gamesquare, a holding, after their shares went to shit. Basically the investors treat it as a long term investment, nominally the team grows, gets more exposure and then you profit

95% of the orgs which are currently in any esports scene are working in a minus, even the big ones

enough internet for today

ну звісно це ненормально, але йобнутих хватає. Критика це нормально, але ось погрози смерті це звісно крінж

I still live off his esea s rank days :(

FNS doesn't have this hype aura against tarik imo. Like tarik just has another vibe to it

people don't like in depth analysis, people like content

unfortunately my friend Mason who is a janitor at sen heard zellsis saying ''obrigado, aspas, bundle bundle''

aspas to sentinels, tenz to cs2, nitr0 to m80, there we land

well that's what separates a good reporter from a bad reporter

pancada sounds cool

well fabrizio has contacts with everyone now, basically. as for rocketbullets, i doubt it was possible, too small of a following