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looking forward to it then

deadass? I just went to furia’s profile to check on their 2025 😭

this will be my first time watching valorant this year (since prx will be playing today)
will probably watch a few other games too if possible

I haven’t been following the scene at all,
so how’s their form so far and which teams are looking good and are all the teams competitive?
hoping and excited for some good games after a loooong while

a summary rundown of the performance of each team so far would be appreciated thanks

drop your AL account then, see what you haven’t read

Game of Familia

its by tomodachi game author
underrated and not mainstream

then you’d rather have bad teams ascending and being an embarrassment? the point is for good teams to ascend anyways

ez, ask FNC if they rather have three 2nd place or winning 1 event but worser placements (4th, etc) in others.
they’d pick the winning any day

nrg won against fnc back to back and its as convincing as it is
2 map ban did not help their case of getting dominated on 3 (or 4) of the maps.
boaster said that they were ready for NRG when they won against DRX so its not like FNC werent prepared

cope.
in the first place just don’t lose in the upper bracket then?

dc, leave that for 2026, now its fnc vs nrg

manifesting this

must be going thru some insane rollercoaster emotions rn

actually really good no?

hmm not factoring in momentum + nrg’s mental?

now you know the importance of mental

either the greatest comeback or the greatest fake comeback in history no doubt

you dk ball 😞 but all good its all speculation anyways
nrg new lineup never get to play apac (prx/drx) in playoffs and thats just the only disappointing part about this champs (not necessarily saying who will likely to win etc)

tilt for prx = more team aggro = more entertainment, even if it doesnt work out

nahh that lost was fair and fine, its just the regional matchups sucks, they (DRX) know/played each other way too much and it can go both ways

nahh you gonna give him respect instead for trying to keep the team’s mental even after such a devastating scorelines / 3 maps
you could never

bro, I only hope bro doesn’t get broken by the hate
its just banter but people online are merciless

right… after that “NRG we are ready for you speech/nightmare” speech
now im feeling a bit bad for the aftermath he gonna face after this

maybe, but we wouldnt know since its all speculation
I just want this new nrg lineup to face PRX asap since the NRG rn is really a great team

DRX alrd lost to NRG once before in group stage,
but this new lineup never had the chance to meet PRX yet

disappointing since I think mada was looking forward so much to playing PRX
since he watched (along with tenz and fns) prx won live in the previous masters

people shitting on fnc but not giving nrg enough credit that they are simply outclassing them,
so no, just becuz fnc got dogwalk doesn’t means its a bad finals for me

nrg didnt get the chance to play apac (PRX/DRX) in playoffs since they bombed out disappointingly
and NRG was looking forward to play PRX too

W stripper, but he shoudn’t retire imo, his calibre belongs on the stage

Map 1:
HYUNMIN >> kaajak

prx lost but hopefully we get a 30 bomb v 30 bomb cinema today

peak match incoming

I will have hope for them one last time (internaitonals), but it they get owned just like in Toronto & EWC, they shall be known as pacific merchant fr 😭

have been using hyperx for 4+ years and am very out of touch so whats good/trending nowadays?

👍

FNC is the best team right now, but this is zero-aura fan behavior…
A true aura and dominant team would have won for which ever map pool (PRX is shit on ascent ik).
Just move on already, they are already winning now and looking real good.
Don’t need to make excuses for the past.

If you are right, don’t waste time proving it to everyone.
If you are wrong, don’t waste time pretending to be right.

either way why waste time, just enjoy the games and get out

all these pointless fighting-with-ghost in your head arguments…
PRX won Toronto because they were better then (even if its marginal).
FNC beats PRX simply because they are the better team here in EWC.

as simple as that.

surely pure luck to have beaten FNC’s methodical and systemic playstyle, surely

chilling totally, but no need the (haven’t done any good prep/scrims excuse), surely they prep to some extent and kinda disrespectful to dismiss it, and don’t need that weak ahhh bad scheduling/break excuse
GENG and FNC were simply better than them here clearly. And GENG has never lost to PRX this year (3 times in a row PRX lost).
they can just go next, no issue

no need excuse for them, FNC and GENG were simply better than them here, gg go next
and PRX lost to GENG 3 times in a row already this year

ggs, only bad part is that PRX did not get to played reformed TH with woot at duelist
curious how much closer it would’ve been compared to their matchup in toronto round 1

that makes a lot of sense actually, people only talk about the mental choke, but you might be right that while Gen.G’s mid-rounding isn’t bad by any means, maybe they just fall slightly short of FNC midrounding, since they rely more on set plays etc.

agree with #4, #8, #9

EMEA — methodical and systematic.
APAC — aggressive-leaning hybrid.
NA — balanced; less methodical than EMEA (except maybe G2), but also less aggressive than APAC. Hyped individual stars/heroes momentum based.
CN — I guess closest to APAC style and more towards aggressive? Not too sure how to define. Not an insult (zero intention) but I think they are just playing valorant.

define from your perspective (general outlook of the region) and upvote those that make the most sense to you.
I think EMEA and APAC have the most distinctive playstyle, so in particular I’d like to see more of how most people would define NA/CN playstyles.
no right or wrong, just how you feel, can define all 4 regions in an insulting manner too (just for creative fun-ness).

EMEA is close too, but kinda more for APAC since FNC basically gaps everyone in EMEA.
One bad thing I observe is that ‘new’ APAC internationals team that qualified from the “tough” road might not necessarily perform well in internationals since they are not experienced/used to other playstyles (especially slow-ones from EMEA), they are just very used to fighting the aggressive playstyles in APAC, but I guess that could also be recency bias from observing how poorly RRQ performed…
I mean it also took some time for PRX to adapt, even with their own distinctive playstyle

the time is here

thats good to hear, don’t want the team to suddenly just fell out of form, at least its perfectly acceptable if they just simply got outclassed

canon for sure since the good teams are playing with high prize pool, but winning-wise its just a good bonus thing to have, not too big of a deal but also not too mickey mouse of a deal either. definitely count tho imo.

And damn is TH back with woot on duelist?! Missed map 1 too

was it tho :( from scoreline it looked like prx got rolled, will watch the highlights

Missed PRX FNC today, gonna watch highlights later but was it a masterclass from FNC or PRX played badly or both?

I genuinely think this roster is due for a win, just a matter of when.