This group stage is completely useless... 2/10 teams won't qualify for play-offs based on their group stage performance.
May as well have jumped right into play-offs

Excluding texture and Meteor is such a crime

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The problem here is that you didn't watch 2021. If you did, it'd hands down be above 2024.
As for 2022 being on top of 2023, I guess that's fair but the fact that the level of play in 2023 was at an all time high makes ME prefer 2023 over 2022 by a long shot.
Every single tournament was amazing that year and you didn't have this extreme inconsistency that we had in 2024.

Cuz he is lmao

I don't hate Boaster. He's a kind person

Very accurate.
I'm sure around 80% of players agree that 2024 was the absolute worst year and 2023 the best. Those are without a doubt pure facts.
As for 2022 and 2021 I'd say that's up to debate but I would also pick 2021 over 2022.

Cry : )

Cry :)

MENA is sht. Bbye

If I'm not wrong, they used to be one of the top orgs in the world.
Now I barely see them participating in anything. And when they are, they're rarely any good

Did something happen that I'm unaware about?

69-420?

It's a bunch of saudi players... they're sht at everything.
I don't get why you'd still be surprised

He really looks crazy

We get it, you're ready for VCT

Crazy good. One of the top players in Valorant eSports

Nah fuck TU. Rooting for em to get annihilated

-org

GenG choking as always xD

Reminder on how much of a banger 2025 will be.
Especially after having the weakest year of VCT history so far, you already know that next year will be top tier.

That was such a crazy map 1...
I for sure thought GenG had that near the end and then boom!

I hope he joins an actual solid team and not SEN, that would be a real shame

Saudi Arabia is sht, damm

Fair, I may be jinxing TL haha

True...Belgium was basically the same. NL getting there

The fact that North Americas #1 team in LoL is a European team with a south korean/asian roster (3South Koreans and two Asians but American born) is quite funny.

100T I can live with but not the dogsht org we all know as sentinels. Please no

They should just give up and go back to hiring outside talent. Their players are clearly complete dogsht. Might be a couple of decades until they end up winning something

That's a funny joke. Team Falcons has never done well at anything with Saudi players.
But that was a nice one, made me laugh

That's a nice joke, I like that

Massive W
Then again, Saudi Arabia is sht at eSports. They just end up buying better players from other countries with fat stacks of money and even when they end up buying the best, they still always fuck up.
Goes for CSGO, OW, Apex and more

Get a life 😂
I know Valorant is your life but it's just sad

You can already tell that 2025 is gonna be an amazing year.
Especially after having the weakest year for VCT ever, you can only go up from there.

I really hope N4rate stays away from this dogsht org. Would be a real shame to see such a player stoop this low

Damn, wish I came in time to watch s1mple play. Hopefully in the future.
I agree about donk though, he's looking quite good from the little I've seen.

Valorant has more going on which is something I enjoy more. The difference abilities, character. Feels more unique.
I guess I'm also the type of person who doesn't really enjoy realistic graphics.

This being my first year watching CSGO, NRG is quite sht... As for Wildcard, they ain't bad but nowhere near best itw. At least not this year.

As someone who comes from Overwatch (game is dogsht now), Valorant abilities are incredibly easy to follow. More happening makes Val more entertaining to me but both are good.

I recently got into CSGO eSports. Obviously, Valorant is way more entertaining but CSGO also looks quite fun to watch.

Anyways, which teams seem to be top tier this year? From the little I've seen, I'd guess NAVI, VIT, Team Spirit and FaZe.

As for players? Who are well known top tier players?
Does CSGO have a Faker equivalent

Very true but the big ones are shooters

EU dominates CSGO
South Korea dominates LoL and OW (China also very solid at those two games)

Not sure about other games but for Valorant, will we ever have a region dominate it?
EMEA and Americas are neck and neck. Pacific and China claimed their first win.

How would you rank each VCT year overall?
Mine:
2023>2022>2021>2024

I'm hoping 2025 tops 2023

We've seen how impressive this player is despite DFM's poor performance in 2024.
Though watching him stream his games makes me realize how good of a player he really is. It's a shame he's held back by mid teammates

Incredibly excited to see what 2025 VCT has in store.
After such an amazing 2023 year heading into a disappointing and weak 2024, we'll definitely only going up from here!

Looking forward to players like Meiy, nAts, TenZ and Demon1 to find a team that'll truly allow their skills to shine.
Along with 2024s top performers keeping up their amazing performances.

This Champions is a perfect representation of VCT 2024
Teams have never been more inconsistent. Making a record amount of poor decisions and mistakes
2023>2022>2021>2024

Looked that up. In the past maybe but past few years, clearly not

Well they're pretty mid at most esports.
They're decent at OW and LoL but south korea still dominates them.
Are they the best at any esports?

Oh yea, NRG 2024 looked so scary on paper

He's good but there's better. FNC's and GenG's sentinel
Def a top contender

They won against sht teams to get here.
They're getting 3-0'd

Are you surprised... EDG does not belong in the Grand Finals
They're weaker than 2023 EDG