DRX proved that they were a top five team last event, I don’t know why you’re so pressed about this. FPX is the team that actually has to prove something, yet you’re fine with them being placed top three with no questions? Pretty hypocritical

DRX did go against the best team in the world, which is OpTic, and also had a close game, what’s your point? Also DRX beat PRX who is definitely better then Guild or M3C

I’d assume PSG Talon, hopefully they buyout Griffin

Idk, I feel like it’s more like 5-8 can beat each other, DRX and PRX showed that there’s a pretty big tier gap between them and NiP/KRU/XIA

Funniest thing is that, other than EMEA/NA, Plat Chat do the exact same thing by watching one game and than rating an entire region based on it

If he could play more disciplined he’d be nuts

-some of the best aim in the world, to the point where I wouldn’t even be surprised if some of them were cheating
-terrible utility usage and have no clue how to play as a team

I see EDG getting a win or two but they’d realistically have to get pretty lucky to beat ONS, DK, or Nth/Zeta

If KRU win: LOUD, OpTic, DRX, FPX
If NiP win: OpTic, DRX, FPX, Nth

It's more like an East Asian style, PRX just don't do well against teams that can set a slower pace (Zeta, DRX, Nth)

DRX got fucked by having to reveal their set plays on Icebox so early

Imagine if LATAM win the LCQ and Loud have to play through groups, we could see a group with FPX, DRX, LOUD, and Nth
Hope they don't do the 4 teams go directly to playoffs bullshit again, you should not make playoffs purely off of domestic play

Lmao, the replies are gold

Jinggg
MaKo
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Maximum firepower

I’ll be his full time mental coach and hypeman if it means he’ll put up numbers like he does in KR bro

Hopefully they don’t throw all their current comps away like they did in Reykjavik, I really like their current roles. I think they’ll do good this stage too, but if Rb can’t perform again, I think they should consider trying out a new player

Fnatic 7-0
OpTic 6-1
PRX 15-1
DRX 9-0
Nth 9-1
KRU 8-0
Loud 6-0

Teams have been pretty dominant in their own region this stage, should make Copenhagen even more competitive than Reykjavik was

one slot = one dominant, more experience team = riskier for new orgs to invest = less sponsors = more players going to JP = less talent in the region

Plus DRX don’t even scrim KR teams, so our teams can’t use them to improve.

I doubt it, just because DRX always seemed to be their counter

METEOR TO MASTERS LFGGGGG

I disagree, someone who is racist and mentally unstable should not be accepted into the scene, these kinds of people can’t be convinced that they are allowed to act this way in society and get away with it. He should use this as a learning experience. How else is he supposed to learn if there are no repercussions? Also there is already a thread on this: https://www.vlr.gg/109263/kamo

Only way I see them making it is if they buyout a HK/TW team like Griffin

And Talon had the chance to sign them but chose a tier 3 PH team instead, actually such a missed opportunity

haha, I’m not trynna wake up anytime before 8, 6 would be way to early

I’m staying in SF, visiting some friends :D

I’m in the Bay Area right now

I don’t think it’s ideal to remove any slot to be honest, but JP/KR deserve at least one extra to develop the scenes, since we’ve literally only seen 3 different KR teams and 2 JP teams over the past year and a half. I’d say the BR/LATAM slot is most expendable simply because BR was already given a large amount of slots to develop the scene with in 2021 (which payed off a lot) and I’d like to see my region given the same chance

Only if he had posted it during peak EU time :>

And Riot think it’s a good idea to have 30 teams in all for franchising as well :/

Should rotate between BR/LATAM and JP/KR each masters, give other regions some development

DK losing Ascent? Not a good start to the series :/

I’d be surprised if Riot allow them to

Once Phoenix gets his buff, Drone is going to be T1 again

It's refreshing seeing Valorant played with a live crowd

I'm not gonna count Maru out, but DK have been looking really good recently
3-1 DK

you're fucked, Covid is serious bro

Holy shit you guys are obsessed with each other, EMEA and NA should just get married at this point

No offense but isn't the Brazilian audience in games like CS just as bad?

Team Secret ruined my pickem but it’s good to see that they’re back

I think EDG will get a win or two but I don’t see them beating DK/Nth with just aim alone

Indonesia and Singapore/Malaysia are still the best well rounded regions in APAC, Secret and XIA just happen to be much better than the rest of their region

Agreed, the top eight seem pretty clear cut

DRX, Zeta, PRX, Secret, XIA

Anyone disagree?

Why would you write DragonX instead of DRX, like I know that ‘DragonX’ is the full name but nobody uses it anymore

+Loud +100T

Just wait for CN, I’ve their seen players choose to buy the shorty over their abilities on gun rounds

TSM vs SEN - FaZe Clan Invitational Grand Finals
NU vs V1 - Stage 2 Reykjavik Upper Semifinals
DRX vs OpTic - Stage 1 Reykjavik Upper Semifinals

Infinity would be the other LATAM org

He's wrong, but George is even more wrong, so does that make him right?

Region seeds will probably be different, but I honestly hope they don’t even use the old format. As much as I like seeing the regional finals actually have value, a team should not make playoffs just purely off of online, domestic play

I’m going to take a guess and say that the teams will be: Liquid, G2, Fnatic, KCorp, KOI, FPX, Vitality, MAD, BBL, and Falcons
I’m going to come back to this and see how many I got right