It's already there - under VCT then standings. But for this year the point system is diff so it only shows the 3 winners of kickoff events

Can anyone explain the format exactly for this year. FNS said whoever wins between Sen and NRG qualifies for champs? Is that true?

Or is it the winner of Loud and Sen who makes champs cause of the 3 circuit points.

Or is it none of this?

Both EMEA and APAC following the same script

Grand finalists both come from the same group. Gen G and KC both lost in groups but made it to play-ins.

Both lower seeds (Gen G and KC) win GF 3-1

What's on the cards for SEN?

Ban was match mvp dumbass. It was just that whiff which costed them the game, unlucky

Guild's game is being streamed by Jonas I believe?

Guys is his name pronounced mawzera or M W zera? I thought it was mawzera but casters keep saying MWzera.

I don't think they're saying that that is a 'group'. A group and a pool are different. The pool is just a collection of all the teams at a particular skill level. Since all the teams in Pool 1 are the best of the best, they'll all be split into 4 different groups. Essentially a group will have 1 team from Pool 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Ohhh yea makes sense rightt my baddd

The teams confirmed in Champions are now

Sentinels (NA)
KRU Esports (LATAM)
X10 Esports (SEA)
Team Secret (Formerly BREN Esports) (SEA)
Vision Strikers
Vivo Keyd (BR)
Vikings (BR)
Crazy Racoon (JP)
Gambit (EMEA)
Acend (EMEA)

Note: Acend have 375 points at the moment and haven't officially qualified for Champions but from what I've seen the only competition to Acend securing their Champion spot (through CP alone) is if G2 come second and if Acend loses their first match. If this does happen both teams will be tied at 375 CP in the EMEA region. If im not wrong im guessing they would use the same rule as the SEA region (for TS and PRX) then based on seeding Acend would still qualify right? So I'm guessing they are basically confirmed for champions?

Please do correct me if Im wrong

Even if G2 places second and if Acend loses their first match they will be tied at 375 points right and if the same rule applies fo rTeam Secret and PRX then Acend should still go through based on results from EMEA Challengers right?

no they already have the second most circuit points so I think they already qualify for Champs.
If they lose right now (worst case scenario) they get 275 circuit points which make their total to 375 (100 from masters1).
Fnatic are at 350, so they have already overtaken them

If im not wrong Gambit has 420 circuit points minimum (if they finish 5-8th place) and Acend are at 375. So that means Fnatic are out of the top 2 positions so they are out of Champions and Acend and Gambit are in. Fnatic and Liquid are bumped out and will have to compete against each other and more teams in the EMEA LCQ.

Ohh okay makes sense ty

So they check h2h map record over overall round differentials? that seems odd. (assuming the above scenario where SEN has a higher round diff)

A quick question, how can we say that G2 is the first seed for sure? Sen still has to play F4Q right? and if they win they too will have a 75% win rate (3 win and 1 loss).

Hypothetically if the match against F4Q went like 13-0, 15-17 and 13-0 in favour of sen (Sen winning 2-1).
then SEN would be in total 115 / 83 in rounds and their round differential will be +32. This is more than that of G2 (whose round differential is +31 114 / 83) and hence they would go to become the first seed right?
I know this definitely won't happen, but Riot should still have to wait before making the draw right?

Am I being stupid or theoretically is it possible for SEN to get first seed?

It's official. Team Secret (formerly Bren Esports) make it to champs along with X10 as the representatives from SEA region.
With PRX losing both their matches, they are tied with TS in circuit points but due to the result of the SEA challenger finals (i.e TS being the first seed) TS get a preference and qualify for Champs.

PRX's only chance now is in the APAC LCQ. Good luck to them, they showed to be a team not to be underestimated.

Thing is although it was their fault, PRX only picked Breeze cause nobody has seen SMB play breeze (from what the caster said) they tried picking a map to SMB's weakness rather than picking one to their own strength. Kinda risky play which backfired.

Point is although it was PRX's pick it wasn't their strong map either (they've played it only once themselves)

Yea but I'm pretty sure Acend would have scrimmed with X10 and Nuturn (in Iceland scrims) and now they would have scrimmed against F4Q or something. They would have had a sense of how Asian or Korean play style is

The SEA team did better against VS than Acend did just saying... Not implying that PRX is better than Acend or anything, just saying they shouldn't be underestimated. No hate

Can someone tell me why people say kkkkkkkkkkkk alot? I've seen it on twitter and in twitch chat when something cool or funny happens. What does it mean?

yep precisely, maybe better than the worst EMEA team which as of now idk which it is SMB or G2

VK did pretty well against NV. VK top 6 or 7 teams in Berlin imo.
HL and CR are pretty weak tho, one of the weakest in Berlin.

Sooo
VK>Zeta
HL>CR (not sure about this).

So BR 2 - 0 JP

To be fair SEN wouldn't mind playing 100T or NV. They dominated them in all the NA tournaments (and not even close either). Sen could if they want purposely get second seed and they might have a better chance of getting into Semis lol (except if they play VS then it'll be a tough game).

But obviously SEN doesn't care about any of this , they don't care who they gonna play, they just plan on showing up and winning i guess

Guys chill F4Q are a for fun team of sorts. They're a team full of content creators/streamers. In the SEN match they were just vibing and singing during pauses. Mid game too they were laughing after losing rounds. You can clearly tell they are here to have as much fun from this huge opportunity. Bunny would have said that in a lighthearted way and credit where credits due he does take a different approach to raze.

As for the VS statement I don't think they're actually saving strats, They just said that to create more hype around them and look tougher (i.e making it seem like they beat acend without even full power). Just my thought tho

True lol. Vlr is just twitch chat all over again

Lmao there were so many threads the moment Sen lost icebox to G2. All of them saying that Sen lost a map to EMEA 4th seed and that they stand no chance against Acend or Gambit and threads laughing at NA and Sen whatever

Tbvh I could see your prediction on PRX happening but I think it's unlikely (something like 25 or 30 % chance of happening). Prx could probably beat SMB but I think Acend will not let themselves be beat by PRX. They'll be really motivated and I think they beat PRX.

I really don't think CR will beat Gambit. But I do think its possible for G2 to lose all their remaining matches.

So for me I think maybe 2 EMEA teams in playoffs.

Interesting take tho :)

True but tbh we see alot of the same people here on Vlr lol. How many posts were there yesterday after G2 won one map nad how many now after VS did the same. Those cringe posts saying 'EU lol' or 'NA lol' or 'SO BAD' . So stupid

I really wanna see VS qualify but that means 2 out of Acend SMB and PRX will be out and the only reason I include PRX in this list is cause perhaps there's a possibility they can be compared to Acend (cause they came so close against VS and VS are doing well against Acend)

Yea they do. I've been watching KR valorant since stage 1 and I really do support them and wanna see them do well. But Acende could very well beat them now

Ik this is pretty obvious that Twitch chat is pretty braindead but idk why people are roasting EU region (Acend) for (at the moment) losing to VS. Many teams and players have said that they think VS is a really good team and that they were worried/excited to play them. For some reason people find it funny that Acend are losing to VS, when clearly VS is a strong team not to be reckoned with.

To clarify I'm an NA fan (trying to defend Acend) and support EU fans.

Tbh I think Acend may still win this. Let's see what happens tho

Not to be disrespectful or anything and I'm perfectly fine with them chanting that but tbh all I hear after each round win from them is BAAA BAAA BAAA

Bruh Sick on Phoenix on Haven is a different fucking breed. Mans going 21 and 4 or something (5 assists I think) in 1 half alone . He ain't even scared he just flashes and peeks.
Sentinels just farmed G2.

Shahz too. Especially since we gonna see him on jett again on icebox. Gonna be fire no cappp

Then they're not braindead sen fans moron, they're braindead insert whatever team they stopped supporting to join sen. The way you say it is like you're insulting Sen when its other team fans who are braindead

Lmao Sen would have to lose for any braindead fans to leave kekw

To be fair Soniqs was the best OCE team and they come here and are like around a T2 team I guess? So I don't think that they will do that good. Not saying they don't deserve a slot or anything, just saying that I don't think they can win against any NA team in LCQ.

Oh oops i thought you were showing the map points my bad sorry

if you're saying they're gonna get map wins how are they losing 4-0?

Ep 2 Act 3 no agent was released. Only Breeze was. Although yea, Skye and Icebox came together in the same act I believe.
I just think it won't happen again (both a map and an agent being released together).

No way riot would release a new agent and map in the same act. It's better for them to release it separately to keep the hype going each new act.

Okay title is Clickbait a bit but hear me out.

Bren has 225 circuit points making them 2nd in SEA region. Paper Rex is their only contender for that slot. No disrespect to PRX but they are in the group of death and I don't see them winning against any of the teams. This means they get 175 points too making them tied with Bren in circuit points (total 225).

What will happen since both teams are tied for the second Champion slot? Since Bren was the first seed will they get priority?
Obv everything will change if PRX manage to win even 1 game.

bro its too late for the 3rd place team to go through, they would also have to apply for visas which wouldn't be approved in such a short time. Unless rioat have prepared for such a scenario

yea this is what i thought too. There's too many jetts out there

How is this guy not being picked up. He is a really good jett player. In the knights Gauntlet they beat a few T2 teams like Knights and Complexity and Soar (in the NSG Champs). The team consisted of content creators only but Harmful wants to go pro but can't find a team. He consistently top frags for the team. I hope he gets into a decent team so atleast everyone can see how good he is. Am i just overhyping him or does anyone else think he's really good?

Probably after group stage ends i guess?

bruh chill no gambit fan said anything why you attacking them for no reason lol

Damn guess i was pretty close

Yea I guess it is a bit easier than others but what can I say there's 4 groups and only 3 NA teams KEKW.

Nah jk but I think CR is a bit underrated. I think they had an unfortunate run in Reykjavik and they're gonna be so much better. Additionally BREN is this first seed from SEA which brought us X10 (another promising team). So idk it's not too bad is it?

What do you guys predict each group will consist of based on Seeding from all the regions?

I think it could be something like this

Sentinels . G2 . KRU . F4Q .

EMEA #1 . CR . BR - 2 . BREN .

Vision Strikers . 100 T . Acend . Paper Rex.

BR - 1 . Envy . Zeta . EMEA #2 .