Hi everyone. Due to unforeseen circumstances, stats from this match won't be available for now. We are looking into the issue as of this moment.

https://twitter.com/EliphantLtd. As far as I am aware, they have only done FGC events and SG Icon Series (Wild Rift.) No prior Valorant experience unless I'm missing something.

This is why you don't outsource to a company that has never done Valorant prod before this late into the season.

Don't use that as a reason to retaliate. You can be better than that.

Yes. To a company that to my knowledge, never done any Valorant production this late into the year.

I'm taking the personal decision to not nuke these threads for now, but please, do remind ourselves this is an international forum, and English is our preferred language of communication. While there ocassional comments of users using their native language, try to keep it civil.

This is why you don't outsource to a company that never done Valorant prod before this late into the season.

This is why you don't outsource to a company that never done Valorant prod before this late into the season.

Pregame live!

You missed the news by a month. Both Chinese teams won't participate due to logistical issues.

Fluked seeding game? Secret literally went through the lower bracket after got decimated by PRX (including a 13-1 Ascent humiliation) and returned the favour at the grand finals. Seeding matters. It's not a fluke. Not taking away from PRX's accomplishment, but kindly screw off with that bs.

We are still looking into it.

Per KJC Esports, this game will not be streamed due to production difficulties related to the raising of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal #8 in Hong Kong. VODs will be uploaded in their YouTube channel.

Exactly

Basing on the teams that you've listed:

S+ - Paper Rex, X10 Esports, and Team Secret
S - Bleed eSports, ONIC G, Full Sense, BOOM Esports
A+ - Kingsmen, Louvre, Big BAAM, Foxy Araikordai, Alter Ego
A - CERBERUS, XcN, Team SMG, Morph Impact, Five Ace, CBT
A- - The Infinity Esports, Griffin Esports

My rankings:

1-3. X10 Esports/Team Secret/Paper Rex
4-8. Bleed eSports/ONIC G/Full Sense/BOOM Esports

5. Louvre
6. Kingsmen
7. Big BAAM
8. Foxy Araikordai
9. Alter Ego
10. XcN
11. Morph Impact
12. CERBERUS
    13-14. CBT/Five Ace
13. The Infinity
14. Griffin

SEA as a whole is very close. You could argue the disparities between the domestic success and their inter-regional performance, but I can't for my sake give a definitive rank for anyone in the top 8. They're so close to each other, but at the same time, there's a distinct difference between the three that is Paper Rex, X10, and Secret and the likes of Bleed, ONIC G, etc. The rest is arguable, as honestly some of them are either flash-in-the-pan gods, infamous choker bots both domestically, and the scarce inter-regional appearances.

With bias in mind, I'm looking forward to the new rosters of ONIC, BOOM, and AE. The self-destruction of the old AE created one of the craziest roster-fiesta since the end of Stage 1 and 2, and the balance might be shifted towards BOOM and ONIC now that whatever nameless faces AE is recruiting will soon be revealed.

Darkkky

It's looking like there won't be one considering the weird GF format that they've set up.

Alright let's not go there.

F0rsaken's agent pool is decent, so some have thought that he's being moved to a secondary role, testing the comp.

That's my bad. I inputted it wrong.

Each map has different agents ban. That's why Jinggg was able to play Jett on the first map, as it wasn't banned then.

Excuse me? Where in the world did you get that?

Sorry. We'll update it. We're a bit in the dark with the scheduling of the event - both from our side and our lack of local context. Hopefully we'll get a proper set up soon for Playoffs.

The TO had changed the bracket, and we updated it accordingly.

We'll put it on the homepage now but do consider that the amount of Indian/South Asian tournaments with a large enough prizepool that saturates the event page. SEA rarely got these inter-regional tournaments, and that was primarily the reason that it was prioritized. I personally apologize if TEC/Skyesports wasn't considered as high-priority, as I am the one who added Skyesports.

And to add another response I saw above: Yes, there are no Indian-based mods which detriments us on updating the match in an orderly and timely manner. But if you think you could help us, don't be afraid to reach out to me personally in Discord.

If this tweet were to be believed, it's not on the teams. https://twitter.com/dvcky_/status/1444865212679540741

It is a Bo5. I forgot to change it.

Yes, I am a moderator/staff.

Sorry for the wait, fixed. I based it off the toornament bracket.

INF wasn't able to check in on the required time allotted. ZLS receives 1 map advantage.

ZLS win Icebox by default.
Ascent: ZLS ban Sage; INF ban Killjoy

FXG ban Raze; NXG ban Killjoy

NGX ban Jett; CES ban Sage

Bind: LVR ban Skye; FXG ban Viper
Breeze: FXG ban Astra; LVR ban Viper

I don't care. I'm doing my job. I'm keeping an eye on this. And if it's getting worse, I'll deal with it appropriately.

Just stop. All of you. Before it gets worse than it is.

Split: FXG ban Jett; NXG ban Raze

Bind: LVR ban Raze; CES ban Skye

I've read #16 before, dw; it's still hilarious that they're still hiding em

Bind: INF ban Raze; EGO ban Skye
Icebox: EGO ban Killjoy; INF ban Omen

It's their new roster, and they're tilting.

Bind: ZLS ban KAY/O; AE ban Skye

Technically they haven't officially announce their new roster yet.

all I have to say is: WHO ARE THESE PLAYERS? Are they actually players in disguise?

Sova banned by AE; Breach banned by Zeal

I was there when VLR had no dark mode. I was molded by it. The Light is the Way.

They're good, but they're not the second best either. Imo, there's quite a gap between PRX and UwU to the mid-tier teams of MY/SG.

While LVR can be said as close competition to PRX, there's also teams like Kingsmen, SMG, and Todak ever eyeing the mid-tiers. So again, are they good? I'd say they're decent.

While I don't personally mind Indians hyping their team up, I'm just sad that it has reached the state that it is now. I'm excited for GE to perform in the LCQ, but again it's just sad that the interaction has reached the point that it stands now. I just want everyone to not shit all over each other and be civil.

I implore all of you to be civil, for the sake of all of us. But I think even that would be hard, looking at these threads.

Cypher is a good picm, especially holding B.
Omen can work around with his smokes on A.
Jett or Raze can shake things up very easily with how the sites are set up.
Sage's wall can either deny either entry easily, but I like to deny B Tower and A satellite respectively.
Sova as a gadget agent.