The two Russians beasts on SCARZ will be the deciding factor I guess. When they play like against Orangutan, SCARZ will win.

2-0 Acend

*Edit: Okay, not really.

azury is sooo good! 1-1... so let's see how the 3rd map will go.

Yeah, absolutely. Keiko will be one of the next duelists everyone talks about. I'm quite sure about that.

Case really managed to stop Keiko so far. They are doing so much to get gim early. Excited for map 2.

Bro, there are insane Turkish players.

Kr1stal and Jemkin, the Russian power duo.

Apeks 2-0

That will be super exciting. Tough to guess this one... two great teams.

I say 2-1 for Acend.

The Polaris and Turkish leagues are so strong.

Apeks Keiko will be the next big thing when he plays VCT. I bet he will be named as one of the best duelists soon. That dude is really different.

And the Turkish league has also a few crazy players... Izzy, RieNs, Elite, yetujey, Ruxic...

Either Leo or Alfajer.

Leo was the best player on 3 of 5 maps against EG, but Alfajer was the best overall by rating. I don't know at what things Riot is looking, they probably have their own system to choose the MVP. Since Leo was VCT LOCKIN MVP, I could think of Alfajer getting the MVP title for Tokyo.

Can we not just all be nice to each other? xD

Yeah, I know it's the internet.

My fav. player together with Leo!

Yeah, Alfa and Leo deserves it for the whole tournament... but Alfa def. for the final.

Turkish players are diff! :)

Actually I never thought Fnatic would do this 3-0. Leo... I have no words for this dude. How good can a player be?

Very tough to make an objective as possible guess when you like both teams. And the fact that you see Demon1 streaming in his Derke jersey and C0M and his dad making photos with Boaster, Boostio playing ping-pong with Boaster and the all around wholesome interactions between both teams doesn't make it easier.

I think... EG 3-2 FNC. Maybe?! Dunno. Their momentum must be over 9000 at this point. Fnatic will have a insanely tough evening when they want to beat them a 2nd time.

Haha, that made me think about betting again. xD But I lost a few bucks on MOUZ bad performances at the Play-ins a few days ago, so I guess I should let it be.

How? Do you know from where they come? Please look at the Americas league in April and what games they lost then... just 2 months ago. And now they're in the Grand Finals of Masters Tokyo. They have every right to be happy.

Congrats to EG, insane team! GG to PRX... playing that good with a sub and without their main duelist is really impressive. Looking forward to see them with their full power at Champions 2023.

FNC vs. EG rematch in GF will be crazy.

EG, FNC, every other team in Tokyo: coaches appearing with IGLs, notebook and calculating their stuff and which maps to pick

PRX: Alecks appears alone, hands in his pockets and decides everything by the second

To be honest, I'm really wondering why any team wouldn't ban Fracture against EG. They're owing the map at the moment and playing it to perfection. It's like FNC on Lotus.

I'm pretty sure EG will do this 3-1.

FNC vs. EG
One team will win by 3-2. :)

It was an answer zu hekzy.

Edit: it's been dealt with

Yeah, MOUZ has good players but they play so unfocused.

I hope a lot that al0rante is going for a new team again. He deserves better. I think he is really unhappy there.

Bro, MOUZ is so dead. I hope so much al0rante searches for a new team again. He deserves better.

only 10€ at GG :D

But al0rante is an awesome player, tbh. He played with NRG ardiis at Heretics and there is one famous match of his first team "volvo peek", where they faced FPX (back then one of the best teams worldwide) and he performed so good: https://www.vlr.gg/15301/volvo-peek-vs-funplus-phoenix-champions-tour-europe-stage-2-challengers-1-ro16/?game=28198&tab=overview

Def. a big, big talent.

Respect to Vitality.

Bro, I can't even imagine the next EMEA league without Twisten showing up in a funny costume and cheering everyone up. :( This is still so damn sad.

Yeah, after Tokyo I'd change a lot. Players from EG and EDG, Alfajer higher... Leo probably on rank 1 etc.

al0rante and Filu, please show what you're made of.

He said after the match it's time for him to step up again. He's entries are crazy, but he simply plays too aggressive. Like way too aggressive. It works, since he has Leo, Chronicle and Alfajer on his side, but it's simply a risk. If he'd play a bit more careful... a bit more like Sayf, aspas or Demon1 - like entrying, backing up and then popping off when the time is right - THEN he'd probably be almost unbeatable. His flicks, movement etc. are unmatched.

FNC vs. EG again

One team will win by 3-2

Leo showed again why he is the best player since 2021. No coincidence that he was VLR rated under the best players for every VCT year until now. Dude is crazy.

But yeah, the match was incredibly close. Both teams won their home maps and then clashed like two titans on Split.

Good advertisement for Valorant.

To be honest, TL deserved to fly home. How can you lose a 12-7 lead on the opposites pick? They had it in their hands to send NRG home. And yes, Redgar played not good, but FNS also threw a lot. TL had nAts and soulcas with good performances, Sayf played not very consistent. Liquid def. could be a great team and win tournaments, but they play way too careless when it's about to get your sh*t together.

Potter said it. EU has Fnatic as currently the most insane team together with EG (she even said her players are FNC fans because they do so much pioneering work), but that's it with EU for 2023 so far. Liquid got great players, NAVI got great players, even FUT and Giants got great players... but they are throwing wayyy too much in comparison. NA teams have not the better individual players, they simply do their job better. NRG didn't let their confidence die after 7-12 - they won it. That's the mindset you need. The only Americas team that threw was LOUD. We have to accept the truth and hope EU makes it more exciting with VCT Champions in August. I also hope LOUD will come back stronger.

True, but still... Fnatic is too good for them. Even with something I think it was too clear.

EG vs. Fnatic will be a BATTLE. Finally Demon1 vs. Derke. I love their pic together... the two GOATs. :)

EG 2-1 TL

My guess.

Yep, that's what I've recognized as well. They should think about Twisten when they insult their own idols. aspas, Less etc. deserve better!

KangKangs flicks are so quick... bro lives in x2 speed.

True. He just got 18, he is one of the best shooters in the world, he is sick with the operator... that dude is simply crazy. Today with Leo my fav. player of Fnatic.

Relax, bro. crashies is a great player and also a nice dude.

Just wow. Fnatic def. prepared well.

Fnatics worst map is Bind, I think NRG will win there and Split will be the deciding map.
*Edit: Okay, one user just posted they have 76% wins on Bind. Didn't check that. I just had that crazy loss on Bind against FUT in my mind.

But for real... Leo is insane. That dudes mechanics and gamesense are so damn good. I know he's the only player that was rated for every VCT year (all tournaments combined) under the best players (#4 in 2021, #2 in 2022 and atm. #1 for 2023), but he's really impressive everytime again.

People probably always think the player they're watching the most is the best. 100% objectively said there is no single "BEST" player in the world, since every role has to be played differently and also under the best duelists it's not easy to say that one specific player is "better" than another one, because of the different playstyles, which result in different ACS, K/D etc.

In the end of the day I think it's fair so say that Derke, Sayf, something, aspas, Demon1 and KangKang are the best known professional duelists right now. But as you just saw with Demon1 showing up in april, KangKang showing up now etc., there will be totally different names by the end of the year or next year (maybe Keiko, whzy, Filu etc.)

I mean it's insane. From losing to Furia etc. in the beginning of April to smashing LOUD 2-0 in a Major. EG is the incarnation of what confidence, hard work and an dedicated coach can achieve. In the beginning no one thought a Tier 2 / 3 duelist could do that to the current World Champion... but Demon1 tought them something else. It feels like EG is this brotherhood / family from a sports movie that would defeat the much better football teams. :D

NRG 2-1 FNC

EG will win Tokyo.

7? Including LOCKIN?
VCT 2021 + 2 masters
VCT 2022 + 2 masters
Those are 6. Where is the 7th?

When are Europeans get clapped? What is with League? It'a no competitive first-person shooter. CS:GO and Valorant are very similar games.
I don't even have anything against Brazil, you have some great players. Why u so mad?

I just used the Liquipedia statistics site.
https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Majors

Thanks for being the next dude for my Photoshop comp., with racist people like you, ranting over Valorant regions. Can't wait to post that on Reddit. Will be fun.

Game: CS:GO
Major trophies overall: 19
Majors won by region: 11x EU, 5x CIS, 3x NA
Gold medals by region: 66x EU, 15x CIS, 10x BR, 6x NA
Player titles: 65x EU, 15x CIS, 10x BR, 6x NA
MVP players: 13x EU, 3x CIS, 2x BR, 1x NA

Game: Valorant
VCT World Champion trophies: 2
VCT LOCKIN trophies: 1
VCT Masters trophies: 4
Major trophies overall: 7
VCT World Champions by region: 1x EU, 1x BR
Majors won by region: 3x EU, 2x NA, 1x CIS, 1x BR
MVP players: 19x EU, 19x NA, 13x KR, 9x APAC, 8x BR, 8x CIS, 7x LATAM, 6x JP
(some websites and casters say LOCKIN was a major, some people say it was not a major - I rate it separately)