What happens if an academy makes it to tier 1?

So this year, Masters will only have 8 teams participating (2 grand finals per region)?
Isn't that kinda underwhelming

Edit: My bad, thought both masters and champs would be 8 players.

Do people really hate on Primmie? As for the other talon players, they really do lack consistency so I get that.
Primmie is objectively a top tier player. Few players that I expect solid performances by every game and Primmie is def one of those players.

Honestly... Meiy
Primmie had a great game today but I'd need more of the same in future games to acknowledge consistency

Let go of Governor and ban and sign Thai players.
There's some real talent in Made in Thailand

No doubt!

flair

Impressive first run in Tier 1!
Looking forward to see if they'll improve through the year

"rivaling kk and aspas"
Let's move on, they're old news

This guy decided to suck ass and throw every round on this map so far

For real... this guy is scary good

Agreed but same scenario anyways

Primmie and xeus the exact same.
Their teams are mid... but you can count on them to carry up to a point

NA > SA > NA

Curious to see how they'll do against GenG!
But yea, crazy entertaining game against PRX

He's good but people love to overestimate this dude for some reason

Not while Meteor exists

Hasn't uploaded the legendary NS v RRQ highlights game yet... I protest

Agreed

These academy teams in tier 2 makes it so much more fun to watch... heading into a region in tier 2 and not knowing any of the teams or players suck.
At least it gives me someone to root for.

Facts. China has like one good team and the rest are ok at best

Now they're getting hardcore outgunned. Swap roster PRX

Can we change up the roster for the first time in years? Same sht every year

Such an amazing player

24/30 of the players left in kickoff pacific would be korean

Agreed

The 12yo tenz fanboys have disappeared.
What's left is the actual SEN fans

RRQ v NS was entertaining af
But didn't watch Loud v SEN

I do and I'm not korean

For keeping my top 4 koreas dream alive!
Eitherway, that was an incredible game against RRQ. I was convinced RRQ would destroy NS

Both RRQ and NS would beat Talon, relax

Get over it, Tenz is old news

That would be peak valorant gameplay. Hard to choose who'd win ngl
I'd also like to put 2023 EG in the mix

I'm hoping for that full Korean top 4. NS is real good but RRQ does seem stronger unfortunately for me

Right... That game against Talon was sad.
Nothing against Talon but they really ain't that good. I'd see DFM, RRQ, PRX, DRX, GENG and T1 beat Talon

One team region incoming

That is laughable af... and sad

Yea fair point... TH would likely struggle against FUT if they don't step things up

In a nutshell, TH and VIT are the EMEA's only chance of performing at internationals then?

Pretty good team? They're both sht and would instantly get eliminated at internationals

How hard does this man have to carry for FUT to wake up

FUT's success will be based off of xeus's performance which is a problem. Can't rely on the rest of the team... not enough to go far at internationals

I'm expecting the opposite to happen but guess we'll see (Except BBL and TL)

Wouldn't change Masters Bangkok outcome if it were real so all good

Assumptions smh. Pacific and China getting their first win was great
The team I was rooting for literally won a trophy (GenG)

I'm honestly loving this year's valorant again.
Felt like we went from VCT peak (2023) to VCT all time low (2024). Last year felt quite boring and weak (opinion, chillax)
So far whether it's EMEA, Pacific or Americas, it's looking quite entertaining.

I'm hoping that Korea start dominating pacific HARD.

T1, GenG, DRX, NS, DFM, VIT, TH, FNC

How is LOUD looking? I'm seeing some talk about them being quite good.
Obviously we know what tuyz, cuanzin and pancada is capable of but... who tf is v1nny (is he any good?) and dgzin always felt like a very mid player at best.
I don't watch Americas so I can't be objective and factually correct on the matter. Thoughts?

PRX is always such an annoying team.
In a way that I just expect them all of a sudden to be crazy good and when it ends up really mattering, they suck ass