LATAM - https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/1c63ac41
BR - https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/c4d02864

Cmon GL, make it to the big stage

Idk why people are so worried about C9 not making LCQ & calling Vanity's move from V1 risky

For them to not make it, Rise and TSM would both have to get 5-6th or above just to make it to a tiebreaker

As well, TSM and Rise are both underdogs (at least Rise) in their upcoming matches and are on the same side of the bracket, meaning that they will most likely eliminate each other in the Lower Bracket Round 1

If worse comes to worse, meaning that TSM and Rise both make above 5-6th place, C9 at the very least will have a tiebreaker with Gen.G for a slot

Also keep in mind that Sentinels, atm, are the favorites to win Berlin which would mean that C9, TSM, Gen.G, and Rise would all automatically make LCQ

TLDR; C9 would have to be unlucky af to not make LCQ

What do you guys want to see happen in the challenger playoffs?

The three things I'd personally like to see happen are:
1) A CIS and a Turkish team making it through the EMEA bracket
2) Envy/TSM upsetting Sentinels in the upper semifinals
3) Northeption getting a spot in Berlin so we can see Seoldam on the big stage

The amount of individual talent on Vision Strikers is insane, can't wait to watch them in Berlin

Could have been a good roster now if they stuck together, but I doubt they would be better then current Vision Strikers/Stage 2 Nuturn with Lakia

They had a lot of comp overlaps that made players uncomfortable, with one example being BuzZ (an insane one trick Jett now) being forced into the smokes/sentinel role

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/e99aa796
Real ones knew

hope that t3xture has the game of his life

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Oceania_Tour/2021/Championship_Points

https://www.vlr.gg/24971/gambit-esports-vs-no-pressure-champions-tour-cis-stage-3-challengers-1-gf
https://www.vlr.gg/24970/no-pressure-vs-gambit-esports-champions-tour-cis-stage-3-challengers-1-ubf
https://www.vlr.gg/24129/no-pressure-vs-gambit-esports-champions-tour-cis-stage-3-challengers-1-uqf

A lot of people don't even think Gambit will qualify for Berlin, doubt NAVI go far

Most ppl from EU, TR and CIS do
My guess is though that a lot of people coming from non-EMEA regions will think that CIS is a super strong region just based off of Gambit's performance last time in the playoffs

If they go in thinking NAVI and forZe are on the same level of Gambit, they will be disappointed

It will be hype but I think people will be real disappointed when they realize that Gambit is by far CIS's best team

pain.

Good F/A's
My guess is that Andbox ran out of money to spend on these big names and, due to them not showing the best of results, are making drastic (cheaper) changes

I like Mixwell, but I disagree.
Acend are a very strong team that, although they could flop on Lan due to lack of experience, have an extreme amount of talent across the board
Vision Strikers literally play on Lan all the time and potentially have the talent to beat Sentinels

Aswell, I could honestly see FPX or Gambit giving Sentinels a run for their money in Berlin

You can feel the momentum building

Poor TNL, always facing Vision Strikers

Honestly hoping any region other then NA or EU wins after all these posts

Lets go Vision Strikers :)

It's true that a lot of people from NA are toxic but ffs, EU was pretty toxic towards NA as well and kind of deserves some of the shit their getting rn

I mean Europeans were acting like NA was a T2 region before Iceland, with some saying the EU finals were a higher level of competition then Iceland would be

And then there was that one Brazilian guy that put 4 brazilian teams in the top 10 with like 1 NA team

Just fullscreen to avoid the chat

I guess TSM want to face 100 Thieves...

NU 2-0, two close maps

Just happy to see VS and NU on different sides of the bracket

No, Sentinels would take the Masters 3 slot and two more NA teams will then qualify with circuit points

This game was painful to watch and I'm not even a fan of either team

Fr, GMD still strong as ever tho

They seem mentally checked out of this one

Any team that can make it to the challenger finals is a tier 1 team in my book

SEN, 100T, NV, and XSET are 100% Tier 1
Gen.G, TSM, T1 are looking like Tier 1 teams as well

FaZe, LG, and Rise are Tier 1.5 IMO

If teams play like they did yesterday, it will be FaZe and LG no doubt

Teams got better and V1 couldn't rely as heavily on post plant lineups

Other Regions LCQ Slots:

North America: 8 NA, 2 OCE
South America: 4 BR, 4 LATAM
Asia: 2 KR, 2 JP, 2 SEA, 1 VCC Winner, 1 Unknown (Maybe china)
EMEA: 7 EU/CIS/TR, 1 MENA

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/d9160b69
TSM, of all the teams, was the one to stop me from going 0/6

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/d9160b69
May have messed nearly everything up, but let it be known that I believed in TSM

What happened to Dignitas is happening to NRG
Very talented players that can't seem to work together (also Dignitas had a lot of match fixers like current Rise)

Rough game, still a fantastic player

Neither, as much as we want both to happen, they never will because the two are too stubborn

Is it just me or does Bang whiff way more then the average pro player
Everytime they cut to his pov, its just him missing shots

Edit: Nvm bang with the redbull clutch

Subroza's playing for content, not the win

Makes sense, I figured that it had to be something like this cause English is kind of limited for stuff like this

Genuine question, does the Turkish language not have a word that directly translates to racist? I feel like a lot of Turks use the word way too lightly for what it means. Is this a google translate error or does the entire country actually need to learn how strong the word 'racist' is?

Wtf happened to Wardell's raze that he was practicing for bind? That's actually hurting their comp a lot:
-If Wardell can't play raze, Bang has to then play Raze
-Since Bang plays smokes, Subroza now has to fill smokes
-Since Subroza is now on smokes, the team doesn't have a skye
-Since the team has no skye, they have no flashes

Like ffs, Wardell, learn the fucking character for your team's sake

I think it will be 2-1 Gen.G
For TSM to win, I really think it had to be a 2-0, but who knows, they've had some clutch third maps recently

They just lost the game to a sheriff eco, they legitimately throw so many ecos

I've done it, I've cracked the code
TSM's biggest weakness is fighting pistols, this is why they are unable to win pistol rounds and consistently get ecoed.
Your welcome Chet, I'm doing your job man

It's crazy how one of T1, TSM, V1, and Gen.G will be eliminated tomorrow as those four looked like the strongest teams Imo
Version1 really fucked up the seeding by losing to Pioneers

Also the game isn't even officially released there yet

I assumed it was China, but now that no official circuit has been revealed, I'm not sure

Why is Breeze such an unpopular map in NA while in EU it is played a lot?

They would have lost to NA either way, might as well learn from it by competing with some of the best teams
Also the prize pools in OCE suck

Since OCE and Korea have similar match times, I watch a lot of OCE valorant in between korean matches and can say that this is just wrong...
Exo Clan (Soniqs) have 3-0'd ORDER before and wildcard can't even consistently beat ORDER
Soniqs have been training in NA for months now and have stopped relying on just having better aim, like the rest of OCE

There is a reason Soniqs came to NA and not ORDER