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| Registered: | January 18, 2023 |
| Last post: | August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM |
| Posts: | 1995 |
no meiy is like boogie cousins
great player on a mid ass team, not goat level though
gets ppl to care sometimes so i think it's fine as long as it's not too personal
u right tho it's like when prx was winning early in 2022 or like when edg made an early breakthrough at tokyo and champs 23
"they're good aimers but, honestly lacking in strats yada yada yada"
like it gets to a point where like if ur getting outaimed - that's kinda on you
Penny has lowk been like doing consistently pretty solid bouncing around different rosters
Hope he find a good team to work with.
Recency bias is insane
This is why EMEA will always be memea
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yay returns and defeats the haters
A game 5 bout with crazyguy at the very end
prx and team heretics on their way to make me look like a fool in the past 4 weeks :
EDG have the things you listed due to losing a great player that was fundamental for the 2024 champs run.
S1mon’s utility was very good and set up the rest of EDG (who also all peaked at the right time)
This is from someone who’s watched them during FGC and their first ever LCQ run in East Asia (majestic).
Right now they unfortunately aren’t the same as their peak, but from what I’ve seen the environment that was created was both toxic for S1mon and the rest of the EDG core. I think it’s best they split up - at least for now? + even if it was a bad choice it’s always been done so we can’t really do anything.
I’m pretty confident that EDG will find someone to fill the hole that Simon left. Don’t forget they were still able to place T6 multiple times at internationals without S1mon - and they’ve been through thick and thin together,
I agree with the sentiment that S1mon was vital for the 2024 run, however I also think there is a misconception that the team as a whole cannot win without him. The entire team had been improving that year - and 1-2 bad tournament performances doesn’t imply that the team isn’t improving.
(Speaking from a competitor’s perspective, often times we will not perform to the expected level at a tournament, but there are many more variables than a lack of improvement)
I believe EDG’s core - which has been very consistent - will bounce back once this void of a utility player is filled/some alternative.
For S1mon, I don’t know the details to an extremely deep level, so I don’t want to judge his actions.
However, I think he’s a great player who will help the next team he joins reach new heights.
Idk what’s so hard about appreciating the greatness of both S1mon and the EDG core.
I’m not angry because :
1st - I’m not para social, and I don’t live through EDG winning or losing.
2nd - I’m confident that EDG will bounce back eventually. Remember that everyone doubted EDG in 2024 until the very end.
3rd - I’d rather this legendary team be split up than forced into a toxic environment where both sides are unable to understand eachother’s perspective.
I think in about 1-2 years the team will have fully rebounded by then.
(Or split up oops - let’s hope that doesn’t happen)
I mean I see what you mean from an overall standpoint, but if that was the case then the entire list that this guy proposed is wrong because americas and EMEA dominated early valorant.
If we're going off of recency bias then I think his list is mostly fine.
China's best team at every tournament recently has generally done well compared to the Americas, even claiming a trophy at Champs last year if that counts.
And if we're talking about insane recency bias, then duh it'd be 1 - PRX, 2 - FNC, 3 - WOL, and 4 - G2
Also as stated earlier, Mada said TOP TEAM ONLY, not top teams???
It literally doesn't matter if the representative has interchanged since we're talking about TOP TEAM, not TOP TEAMS???
There's a reason why Americas is ranked higher than China on an overall basis.
However, if we're talking about the top team at the current moment - then mada's original list seems fine to me, especially if we take into account insane recency bias (which most of vlr follows).
I will say this though, I think Americas is just at an unusual slump right now, and its best representative will do extremely well at Champs.
I feel it in the air...
bro they played in east asia lcq on vpns that shi don't count
Top team only?
Champs 24 - CN 1 Amer 3
Bangkok 25 - CN 3 Amer 2
Toronto 25 - CN 3 Amer 4
TS (Team Shit)
This nepo team cannot win.
If they win I’m gonna be very sad and try to forget about this comment.
The end of an era tbh
Greatest choker today (G2) vs Greatest choker in history (PRX)
maybe always bet on heretics to lose a grand finals idk they can be hakari
Sen playing in VCT China out here
hey i mean last time that happened china won the next tournament so maybe this is 500 iq
looks like haliban will have to sacrifice another person
bro watching fns insta die and then yay having to 1v4 clutch every round was tuff dont even lie
also laz drops 40
make a damn indian/south asian roster, they lose regardless so it don't matter might as well farm impressions
Nah he prevented regional China matchup that’s goated
Man if he just retired one year earlier his career wouldn’t have been tainted at the end
It’s not been banned lol
No one uses it mostly
uh the past 3 tournaments have been won by an asian team
4/8 cause i responded
Nats has a 100% winrate in tournaments that he's won a trophy at so idk what more to say
So generous this is why he’s the best
all time is sen
2023 is FNC
Champs 24 is EDG (literally all bandwagoners so I don't know if it even counts lmao cause i know 95% of "EDG fans" at champs 24 weren't even there to see the debut of EDG In East Asia LCQ 2022 much less watch them during FGC)
whatever team that's winning generally has the most toxic fans since a big chunk are just bandwagoners
this is why PRX doesn't have as many toxic fans as the others during their respective primes, PRX never won anything
bro people say this every tournament
G2 itself
China if you count haters (not that good barring EDG but I do feel like this is the most hated region cuz ppl think they steal slots)
you guys are like the uncs complaining about the nba finals rn as if its not hype
yeah it's sad that they choked in the finals
Blue Otter Fair
Ik people gonna say you a rage banter but I genuinely agree.
Not a bad studio by any means with some good movies, but I do feel like it’s greatness is often heavily exaggerated.
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