2) will always be and only franchise teams going forward so your argument their is mute

3) single elim is harder then the current upper/lower bracket giving second chances

4) so why was their a trophy at the end of it ? It was a show tournament it wouldn't be an accolade for any team just money and bragging rights

5) can't argue that they did but after that they had no control so effectively a semi mute point

Not me majors are a great accolade to have by any team takes alot to win a tournament regardless of format/tier type, na were a power house a for the first couple of years and can still be one just right now their unfortunately not their yet only loud and EG imo have the strongest chances against the other two regions NRG are a bit inconsistent at the moment hopefully they'll get their form back

That's your come back ? You think because of my nationality that I would say that ?? I couldn't care less who won lockin or majors as I don't fully support a single team I enjoy watching pros playing at a high level I even backed EG to win masters as a great underdog story so you clearly have no argument .....

Because effectively it was a major it was an International event one I would say is much harder to win and should be held as high of an accolade as possibly champs to be honest

Where is this being streamed ?? If it is ast all

This comment aged like milk

I'm apparently a shownu alt acount XD (got accused of it the other day) I assure any one I'm not lol

Where's Canadas region teams at ? Oh yeah they don't have one 🤣

If EDG makes finals with will be EDG but if not then Def zeta shame they didn't make this major though

Glad they pre posted their laughter at NRG so overrated 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If loud played the way they did Vs bleed in scrims and EG in first round playoffs ...hate to say it but EDG might take them down you can't take Away from EDG right now they took a map off TL and beat Navi and T1

This isn't an alt account who is shownu? And my message wasn't to trigger or hate on you I was mearly saying fnatic can be a true threat from emea I would have said the same about drx but the way they played against EG I don't think they have a good chance EG how ever would love to win the tournament would be an amazing underdog story with a rookie in demon1

With all do respect you say fnatic choke but they were on an unbeaten streak up until their regions playoff finals and they did beat loud when loud should have easily have won their final map against fnatic in lockins I still think fnatic are a possible true threat don't get me wrong I'm not saying NA won't dominate their already looking good through groups the true test will be in playoffs imo

Common misconception about turkey an incredibly small part of turkey is in Europe the majority is based in Asia

This wasn't the original format who cars look like they pulled out so a round robbin would have been the only sensible way forward due to odd number of teams

I believe the seedings determine who chooses first map pick/ban for knock out stage giving a slight advantage I guess I could be wrong though

I don't know since zelsh came in they've improved massively they took a match from what is on paper far more superior in team heretics doubt they will qualify for Tokyo but they will show improvements

Single elim tourneys aren't "fluke" that's higher pressure and going unbeaten proves your a better team so to be honest lock in would be in my eyes classed as a higher prestige compared to previous majors fnatic deserved it they never fluked

I believe the wingman NERF is quite a big thing to be honest for example if all players are dead and wingman is used to defuse he used to be able to win the round BUT now you can't it means gekko players can't play so aggressively in 1v X situations it will make them rethink decisions when last alive the mostput however is minor most people won't notice this

You mentioned super bowl ... It triggered me... 🤣

Since when did people care about the NFL ??? Your top sports have been comprised of ripping off other sports and claiming it to be your own, base ball is a sport formed from rounders/cricket (English sport) your NBA is a sport formed from netball and the NFL is a sport formed from rugby union and league with the one minor change you can throw the ball forward honestly know your history on sports from emea YOUR WELCOME

Ep came second in the league how are they in the first round ??

This aged well when loud choked an 11-3 advantage XD

I will not condone the crowds giving the extra edge to their home teams but people need to realise this isn't just Brazilians who do this, it happens every where in the world so I'm not butt hurt if loud win the lock in for two main reasons firstly LOUD are an immense team and have proven that coming off the back of their champs win and two crowd cheering is expected at lans it can't be controlled in any manner when theirs no perspecs boxes for the teams to sit in like they have done in the past, put it this way if it was your team getting the same advantage would you complain ?? Highly unlikely so people need to give up this whole Brazilians are winning because of the crowd that's rubbish they won because their good at the game right now

Is it true one of your players has switched to play for bonkar???

Why does Bonkar have the oxg tag??

I hope they keep it grass roots loud at champs did really well to win it and in a dominant fashion

Apparently all regions of the Americas are classed as residents so mibr furia and loud could play with a full USA line up do you think this is fair ? I feel this kind of makes the whole 5 usa 3 Brazil and 2 LATAM spots pointless

Definitely not whining about franchising now ive seen the orgs I'm pretty happy with it the only thing that would have killed it would have been riot banning orgs names like the CDL did but thankfully they didn't 👍 good job riot

😂 I genuinely thought this was an optic gaming hate thread damn I got baited 🤣🤣🤣 gg

The great thing about this line up of teams is every team apart from boom I believe have made a major so we know every match will be a banger good luck to all teams at champs

As much as I agree they did better then expected I as I said about G2 needing new players when they had the likes of ardiss and davidp in the team sentinels need an over haul of players, don't get me wrong dapr Shaz are good players but I feel they have been caught up and surpassed by the young bloods in valorant and I don't feel they can keep up with them any more it's a shame because they will go down in val history as a dominant force but if they carry on like this they will bottom out and be nothing more then "washed" players which I wouldn't want on any one

Your welcome for keeping your flat pack shop alive 🤣

Yo what's the lottery numbers? Gg on your prediction by the way lol

I semi agree it will be a close match BUT I still think it's. 50/50 as who wins hopefully it'll be a banger of a match