Yeah because I don't underestimate my opponent mid game if that's what you mean being pussy lol

Well EG better not end up like SEN. The last trashtalk heavy team and we all know what happened to them. Love SEN btw they were what motivated me to do better in Valorant.

Yeah DRX my bad. The TS wave was Liquid vs TS

Course not, something jinggg and forsaken clears

Let's put it into perspective. Some banter is honestly funny. All I was saying is that teams that just come to play and be at their best without trashtalking other teams should not be labeled as fake or fake humble.

Some banter that were actually funny

• Nuturn mimicking vanity's cat ears being cut after their loss was funny
• C9 wave goodbye to prx that was funny (even though MCE said he had some bad blood with PRX because of TGRD)
• TS waving goodbye to C9 when they sent them home in response to the previous one for prx was funny
• G2 Carlos and G2 saying f*ck sentinels on a plane meme was funny (cause you know they're kidding around)
• Boaster doing dances and stunts after winning absolutely hilarious

Trashtalk that isn't funny

• Asuna calling the other team (other NA team) sh*t players
• Ex-Sen Zombs calling Brazil a sh*t region
• EG Boostio saying that chinese teams will never catch up to Americas

Definitely don't want hugging and kissing haha I kinda want the old SEN trashtalk but I don't see EGs that way because straightup boostio said that chinese teams will never catch up to the americas. It wasn't a trashtalk, it was a statement. I can tell he really doesn't like Chinese teams. I guess that kinda threw me off that they're banter isn't just for fun

How to spot a loser "calls the other team worst before the series is over" 😂

Being a good sport should not be equated to being fake. What if some people are just nice and came to win, you automatically make them fake humble. Not everyone wants to engage in drama like FNC just win and win and win without any trashtalk. They only play good focus on their strengths and being the best roster they have now instead of putting other regions down like Boostio continously trashtalking chinese teams. Being confident is alright but when you have to put other people down just to feel better about yourself or to entertain people then surely you're either attention deprived, insecure, or the viewers have some weird entertainment preferences that's why they need to do that kind of trashtalk (eg or sen). I think the SEN vs G2 banter was ok-ish with g2 saying fuck sentinels but Boostio saying that chinese team can never catch up to Americas was just not trashtalk, just straightup insecurity.

I'd bet on liquid. Loud has obvious team issues and based on the last DRX match, it's so easy for Loud to let a game snowball.

I agree they'd be better if the IGL was more disciplined like boaster

Especially obvious in the one round that Ange1 had brim ult and shao had sova ult. I had no idea why Ange1 didn't just play post plant with the brim ult if Sova ult would break kj ult instead he used the ult to fight A top to delay DRX but they're obvious play would be stairs because they had KJ ult.

Let's just admit that the truth with NAVI is that they're just all aim. Suygetsu, Shao, Cned all walking headshot machines but after that nothing else, no lineups, no post plant plays just random gunfights and hope to win otherwise L.

I agree with pearl and fracture ban. I'm most excited for their bind match.

Honestly, I'm cheering for both of them (although I did want PRX in the grand finals) but can't help but cheer for Boaster and Derke now, I've been watching them since Iceland back in 2021

We wish for good games from both teams. Both are looking very solid but anyone who's been following Valorant since SEN vs FNC in Iceland should understand that FNC are long overdue for a Masters Championship Win after multiple iterations and struggles. I hope Boaster and Derke finally get a masters trophy. If EG loses tomorrow, it would have been an amazing run anyways.

My map ban predictions for the grand finals: Fracture and Pearl

Well this went well

What's the point of a big brain IGL if they can't shoot back. At the end of the day, Valorant is a shooting game not chess. But FNC has a good balance of both insane aim and a big brain igl.

I said yesterday if NRG leaves FNS alone to clutch in a round that's purely aim duel situation, I'm 95% PRX win and they did win 13-11.

As long as they leave FNS last alive to clutch in an aim duel, I'm already 95% confident PRX takes the round.

Just remember how envy/optic lost against X10 it was a super unexpected turn of events and super possible to happen again. Just because NRG is hyped to have a big brain igl doesn't mean that PRX loses I mean they look like they don't prepare but I doubt it, the game is more than just IGL calling anyway.

PRX did well to make it this far. Every one on the team is stepping up and Cgrs is doing his best and the core team has already lots of experience on internationals compared to EDG, it's not just about the "on paper" but experience and mental that EDG still do not have at the moment. PRX can put up more than a fight against NRG same. I remember Envy/Optic losing against X10 and that caught everybody by surprise. With apac teams you never know

Idk how you drew this conclusion mate. Remember how envy/optic fell to X10/Xerxia. Never underestimate an APAC team. What good does strats do if they can't shoot back in the chaos especially FNS

They better not pull a Sentinels Reykjavik and win champs. Meanwhile here in APAC, I'm still supporting PRX and our own TS for LCQ.

If you're rooting for FNC, you definitely can sleep well unlike some of us here lol. I'm also expecting FNC to win Tokyo but I can't help hoping for some underdog upset story.

Maybe the mentality of the CEO/management affects the team in a way cause how would anyone be comfortable playing if they were just one tweet short of losing their job. They're a good team (cracked players) that's somehow failing in coordination and strategy.

We can say this about the other pros as well for being able to stay in pro because of clout as well but I think Tenz is always the familiar name that comes up every once in a while in terms of criticism because people (not tenz) referred to him in the past as the "best player in the world". Unfortunately, he could not live up to it. Don't know, I just feel sorry for him because he always seemed like a nice person.

He had covid and a finger or wrist injury from what I remember so marved was subbed in for him during LOUD and MIBR game and I think it was a mutual agreement between them to just finish the split with Marved.

SEN was stomped on by C9 in a very convincing way this time without Tenz. Who do the people blame this time? Can everyone just accept that this is not an individual issue but rather a team/otgissue. I don't really dismiss Tenz's questionable decision making sometimes but I just can't help to feel sorry for him and glad he's taking a break from all of this. Overall he must be the most singled-out most and hated player this season besides dephh. Last year, it was Zombs, then Shahzam in parallel with Tenz who was always blamed on old SEN.

This is considered high sens if you base it on the recommended eDPI range in valorant. Low sens 150 to 300 eDPI while high sensitivity players typically play on 300 to 450 eDPI

I use high sens (1600 dpi 0.22) = 352 edpi same as PRX jinggg because I only have a small desk. Low sens is hard if you don't have a large space / mousepad to move your arm & hand in so not everyone can play on low sens. I'm currently diamond 3 and hoping to reach ascendant if I just play more often T_T

At least you took the time to capitalize Hope, Heat, and Zekken 😅 but in the meantime take this capital L instead.

This aged pretty well

True, didn't know why they didn't give the slot to CR when that roster made it to champions last year.

You're probably talking about KCORP. Just watch all of their games after BBL. Teammates even left voluntarily, it was that bad.

There's till things to work on but they're still the best team in all of PH. Side note on lenne, that guy's insane on BLD a couple of months ago.

I think people here on vlr enjoy the online bickering even though they're one region now, though I see something in APAC too mostly with Indo and PH. Apart from that mostly civil discussions while here on Americas, NA users be dragging quality of life in Brazil to the discussion which is petty.

Rooting for SEN in my heart but it's hard to believe they'll beat LEV so LEV 2-1 SEN

Break the pasta

VIT 2-0 unless KC plays like a team

Ty for translation, I also think Sacy and Pancada should keep their original roles. Kinda sad actually that those adjustments are all because of Dephh.

This is something SEN should definitely consider since Sacy already is very comfortable on the initiator.

Yeah but realistically everyone wants job security right. I personally think it's a good start for them to take the XSET core and decide what to do from there. Maybe we'll even get to see Sacy IGL. Don looks like an open minded person.

Based on the interviews, I think it's because Don and Dephh are already well acquainted with one another and Dephh, they already have many established protocols in place. I just kinda paraphrased this but yeah this is why I think they're gonna try this out until their contract expires.

Based on interviews with Syyko, he mentioned with Rob Moore how he wanted to build for the long term and that was his condition to accept the position as head coach. So I don't think SEN is going to be dropping players anytime soon unless it's an internal problem like poor work ethic or other unfixable problems with the players. I mean just look at XSET and how long the squad has been until they got dropped only because XSET did not make franchising and they just improved and improved with each tourney up until champions 2022.

2022 was rough even the most dedicated jett players switched to chamber

The thing that makes aspas > yay is that both are insanely mechanically skilled but Aspas can go crazy like a duelist should be but Yay plays very slow methodical like a sentinel. Maybe Yay could try sentinel since he looks good holding site.

That's why no one signs them because they're to cocky but can't actually provide the value they hype themselves for. They'll just ruin the team with their attitude and just play for stats to justify why they should be kept.

Ascension in your dreams ✨️

LOUD 2-1

Sorry had to report this for racism