Read #4 pls

What I'm saying is that stupid seeding changed the future
F4Q will go to Berlin, F4Q will go to LCQ, F4Q has damn huge chances to go to Champions

What TNL gets - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Both won their seeding matches
Both won their GSL groups

But F4Q got a significantly easier bracket without Vision Strikers in it, TNL were less lucky as you noticed

Now F4Q is qualified to Berlin, has a guaranteed last chance spot, and might as well go to Champions if they smash other Asian teams including weak Nuturn without Lakia
TNL is out till 2022 season because they don't have enough VCT points

But it's still not known which team is stronger - F4Q or TNL, they never played against each other, and both looking really solid

Hope KR will get double elim in the future, it's just sad that the entire history can be changed because of a fucking seeding :(

Same but it's 404ed for some reason xD
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/77907e94

But I can see myself in the leaderboard

Rofl, the guy who's been shitting on CIS teams for the entire past week (just checked his comment history), now tries to despise other haters, those who doubt TR teams

Seems kinda 2Faced to me

EMEA - daniveus, pngomes, hekzy, glycoroldas, kyleria, stratum (although he shits on CIS)
SA - moet, iper, noyn
NA - turkey, schlong, nsg observer, greedeetv (where the fuck is he)
Asia - firell, firefirstom, smoke

Also fellow Gambit fans from NA - mattgg and wind

South America LCQ = free BR slot in my opinion

Oh wait that would mean 3 BR teams at Champions, makes sense their region is so strong xD

But Turkey and CIS will probably get none while having better teams :D

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/Circuit_Points/Korea

Nuturn has 410 and they won't earn anymore (out of VCT till last chance / champions).

If Vision Strikers win TNL (in other words, go to Berlin) and place top-8, they will acquire at least 275 + their current 140 from past splits = 415 which is just 5 points more of what Nuturn got.

Unlucky really for Nuturn, but it looks like last chance is inevitable. If they won Damwon today, VS would have to do a much harder job - getting into top-4 at least, but now it's a lot easier for them.

And what Nuturn did to be praised so much?

https://www.vlr.gg/27301/nuturn-vs-dfr-champions-tour-korea-stage-3-challengers-group-stage-main-opening-d
Dropped a map to tier3 team, who turned out to be the worst in the group

https://www.vlr.gg/25759/world-game-star-vs-nuturn-champions-tour-korea-stage-3-challengers-group-stage-seed-quarter-f
Barely won World Game Star, who later got demolished by TNL

It was clear at that point that VS, TNL and F4Q are way better teams and Nuturn fell off

It was a random tournament without any importance

W

Ok
Ok

F4Q > TNL cry is free

Nt Akuma weren't cheating /s
These are their gaming setups:
https://imgur.com/e0RGzMh

Aha just like they gave Gambit #8 seed last time and they played FPX (undisputed #1 EU back then)

Small indie company doesn't like CIS

???
They won FPX and almost brought Fnatic game to Ascent (which could go either way cuz Gambit were really good on this map, and Fnatic not that much)

Fun fact:
If Nuturn gets here (i.e. qualifies for Berlin), they are automatically confirmed for Champions as a Korean #1 circuit team regardless of Vision Strikers results.

VS gotta pray that F4Q take Nuturn down, or just win Berlin 4Head.

Basically Iceland ruined this entire VCT year because there were only 2 of our teams + retarded single elim format which rewarded Lulquid so much

Maybe if Masters 2 had 4 EMEA teams like it was meant to be, FPX / Gambit / Acend / Guild would qual too and the gap in points wouldn't be so Fnatic-sided right now

But we know that 99% of Valorant viewers are dumb kids who only want HYPE and LANS even if it only has 10 teams instead of initial 16, nobody cares about circuit problems which are caused by different Stage formats

There is a quite big possibility in which Fnatic still gets to Champions without having to grind LCQ lol.
Example:
Acend wins Berlin, gets a straight spot at LA.
G2 and Blaze place top-3/4 at Berlin, still can't get past Fnatic in EMEA run (325 < 350).
Gambit places top-8 at Berlin, overtakes Fnatic in EMEA run (145 + 275 > 350).

Woooops! Free 2nd circuit spot for Boaster & co. while not doing anything since Iceland, and it's just one example, there are much more.

Yea this system is so fucking bad
I feel like I want SEN to smash everyone once again just so Fnatic don't get a free Champs spot while being pretty bad

Well you gotta pray on Acend / Gambit / FPX / Guild downfall if you're a Fnatic fan
Those are biggest rivals in points

They are already at least in lcq lmao
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/Circuit_Points/EMEA
I'm talking about direct qualification, it's still quite possible

They hold 350 points and won't be earning no more
Top-8 at Berlin receive 275 at least, I assume that all EMEA teams will easily get in there since the only real opponents will be NA and KR
Acend / Gambit already have 100+, if they go Berlin and place top-8 they overtake Fnatic by circuit
FPX / Guild already have 75, if they go Berlin and place top-8 they are tied with Fnatic, but I think recency tiebracker will be included (i.e. teams which get better results at stage 3 will have an
advantage)

4 EMEA teams have a good chance at stealing Champs spot away from our current leader, also don't forget about G2 (even though they have nothing to begin from)
Thoughts?

1. Sentinels
2. Acend
3. G2
4. Vision Strikers
5. Gambit
6. XSET
7. FunPlus Phoenix
8. F4Q
9. 100 Thieves
10. TNL

I think Gambit players should get japanese citizenships and stomp every game 26-0, ez spots for all Masters and Champions

This is how you sound

Hey you know that Iceland was supposed to have 16 teams, as well as 4 spots for EMEA? You know that if coronavirus wasn't a thing, Gambit would qualify to Masters 2 as a 3rd seed after Fnatic and Lulquid?

I'm tired of all these dummies.

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/Circuit_Points/North_America

You don't even need to calculate shit, liquipedia homies do it for you. Dark green - qualed for Champs by circuit, light green - qualed at least for last chance, maybe for Champs too, red - eliminated till next VCT. Of course there is a possibility in which NA team wins Berlin - then 1 more Champs spot appears in these rankings.

Also what is easier to understand? You want asswater leagues like in LoL? Fucking hell.

Facts
I hope Giants and Tenstar qualify just cuz Iceland teams really suck and I don't wanna see either of them take a Champs spot from a better EMEA team
Fnatic is more dangerous i.e. they have 350 pts, so even if Fnatic place 5th-6th at Finals it might still be enough for circuit lol
Lulquid gotta qual to Berlin to have a proper chance

Must be so fun watching same 10 teams play against each other, split after split, without relegation, and only 2 international tourneys per year :D

Tactical throw from Vitality to get a free lower bracket run 😎

Ez win over 19/Wave here -> ez win over Vexed/MTP/NiP -> ez win over Tenstar (they will lose to Heretics/Finest) -> welcome to Challengers 2 main event

Goddamn...
1) dota2_enjoyer is a well known troll on this site, nobody should take him too seriously
2) The only purpose of this post is to give Jame (famous russian CSGO player) some attention, not belittle pokimane success

Also stop offending everyone and being an "internet therapist" or whatever it's called

Liquid fan talking

Btw bref is a really good team

Dw if something goes wrong they can always rematch

Listen to me.

CSGO has such rankings because there is an event every month - ESL, Blast, RMR, Summit, Flashpoint, whatever. All tier1 teams compete in these tourneys, so it's quite easy to place them on the scale from 0 to 1000, from the worst to the best.

Valorant is the game in which there are only 4 international events per year, but in current iteration of VCT it's only 3 - Reykjavik, Berlin and Los Angeles. HOW are devs supposed to create a ranking? There is no data, there are no cross-regional matches right now. HOW do you want to estimate the value of each team?

Am I the only one who doesn't give a shit about rankings? What does it even mean for you? The coolest teams are those which are leading in VCT circuit, those which are likely to qualify for Champions. Rest doesn't matter.

Idk I never watch these games just sitting in VLR rn

1. Don't bet, especially on a game like Valorant in which upsets happen more often than JW gives birth.
2. Japan is a beta region with no good teams, don't expect them to run actual strats and hit all shots.
3. I just looked at Liquipedia and found out that Selector almost lost their chances to qualify for Japanese Finals. Why would they give this game their best if they are most likely going to be eliminated anyway?

So you're okay with japanese bots Zeta being there?
Btw why is barce still on the team? He bottomfrags in every match + can't play any agent except Omen lol.

Nope
They won EMEA Finals because Fnatic didn't even try to win
Also Gambit never played against Lulquid, IMO Gambit was much better

https://www.vlr.gg/16985/andbox-vs-sentinels-champions-tour-north-america-stage-2-challengers-2-ubqf

After this game SEN dropped to lower bracket and been unstoppable ever since
But EU format had no lower bracket, hence all teams including Acend didn't even get a 2nd chance to perform, they were instantly knocked out

Instead trash flukes called Lulquid abused this system all the way to Iceland
Now that double elim is in EU too, you can see where Lulquid really belong

1) Argie asks in a joking manner whether the bracket was fixed

2) Splitter responds in a rude way that the bracket couldn't be fixed

Where do you see any hate specifically towards hungarians?

And Alliance almost won Liquid not a long time ago...

Megasitut, MTP, BK ROG are all very good and most importantly underrated.

LMAO THIS NAME they are teasing "wait for fut"

???

Close game vs G2 (2nd best EU)
Close game vs FPX (4th best EU)
Couldn't reach Stage 3 Challengers 1 just because of unlucky bracket (got opponents above)

Vitality is in fact top-6 EU, better than Lulquid, BDS and Rix.GG, and weaker than other 5 (you know who)

It's not about getting better just with sheriff or just with guardian smh.

It's about placing your crosshair on enemy's head consistently, cuz you can't spray neither with sheriff nor with guardian, you gotta hit those headshots, there is no other way around.

If you use phantom in dm, you won't progress lol, cuz you will always want to spray the enemy because it's faster and easier than trying to click heads.

And those people who use rifles in dm... They ruin everything... They don't improve at all, instead prefer to go for easy method aka "spray your opponent as fast as possible, before he kills you".

Sheriff-only or guardian-only mode is needed.
So that people can actually train their aiming skills without being rifle-sprayed on every occasion.

Those who want to win in deathmatch ruin deathmatch.

Kings

Idk bro, you are assuming that #1 TR and #1 CIS team are also getting byes alongside with Acend and Guild/G2 winner.

But at the last stage... You know how they treated CIS. They put Gambit against FPX (#1 seed EU back then) in 1st round, meaning that Gambit was fucking #8 seed, even below all 3 Turkish teams. It might be the same right now for us, you never know. I wouldn't be surprised.

You're not fooling me

Between you and you?

So, 4 teams out of 12 get a bye first round in EMEA Finals.
I'd assume the winner of this, the winner of TR Chal.1 and 1st-2nd places of EU Chal.1 all get a bye?

Or Rito gonna put CIS teams last seeds again, like they put Gambit against FPX in Stage 2?