China: stew
Pacific: Jemkin
EMEA: Ardiis (I just wanna see FPX Ardiis again)
Americas: Oxy

VCT Pacific just dropped another banger go watch

https://youtu.be/bx_aXHrOERs?si=ZnqmH4-ofvRJ8l6m

the fact that its all well produced says how much the team in Pacific really cares about the product they are pumping out
some of these could be Master/Champs level teasers for teams

if you include ethnicity wise I would have

Zekken, Invy, Cryo, Yoshii and JessieVash

there is like 3 people with overlapping roles though

agreed
this game had a mixture of everything that you can expect to see in a high level VCT match

I think you’re misunderstanding how talented tier 2/3 players are

you only think the top GC players are so good or even comparable to mid tier 2 teams in Challengers is because they get more exposure so we see more clips of them popping off

what we dont see is a lot of these tier 2 players grinding for years in these 3rd party tournaments without any recognition

SR is a decent team its just that the expectations for them are blown out of proportions

Dplus Esperanza came out and played today

DFM needs better scouting

theres a lot of good JP players and import players in JPCL but for some reason they are recycling players from two years ago

getting Kr1stal would be the right move if they dont perform well this Split

get Yoshii a better team please

I think Northeption would still be a bottom tier team like DFM

personally I would just sign the SCARZ core + some of the Jadeite players

its not about what Zellsis says but the its the energy he puts out to the whole team

anyone can praise their team but not everyone will actually believe in that if you dont have an outspoken personality who has a strong mental like Zellsis does

i think you’re forgetting that these players are getting paid big money to compete
they are spending a lot of hours into the game practicing not only because they want to win but its literally their job

they are essentially “athletes” and its inevitable to not get criticism when they are underperforming

oh thats kinda cool

both Valorant and League BLG teams have a player named “knight”
what a coincidence

why would you bench a player that brings in viewership to the esport?
it doesnt really matter if Sentinels wins or lose because at the end of the day TenZ brings in numbers and thats what matters

I think Jexen will just be a 2nd coach and xpz will be the head coach

SEN, LEV
FNC, NaVi
PRX, BLEED
EDG, JDG

might go back to JPCL or better is that he gets picked up midseason by a Chinese tier 1 team

hopefully BLG course corrects themselves cause their performance in the evo series was atrocious

Viva’s agent pool is Jett, Viper and Sova but with jkuro and stew in the lineup I doubt his Jett will be needed unless they flex jkuro to a Breach or something weird like that

ye I think yoman wants to compete instead of staying as assistant coach since they already got Billyo which is an already good pickup from JDG

if he competes I wanna see him play with Zest in KRCL

I have a feeling Viva will still flex to Sova and Viper and in double duelist maps jkuro will take the Raze over stew, who will play Jett because he can Op

a main element of Icebox’s map design is verticality and Yoru doesnt take advantage of that

I’d rather have a Raze or a Neon over a Yoru
Also the same reason why Jett is meta in this map

if they do win OXG will have 2 years in the League so they probably will pick them up once they turn 18

this is what I dont get with VCT is that why cant we have a more spread out season instead of having a 5 month offseason

League Worlds finished in November and all their regional league starts mid January
Why couldnt we just start in January or at least make it so that the season isnt crammed in a 7 month schedule

the fact that Zest while being in and out of the bench still innovated with Viper in Split while also performing consistently to keep DRX alive in tournaments is crazy

idk what happened but the coaching staff really wanted Zest gone and bro was still delivering an amazing performance throughout the year
hope he gets signed to a tier 1 team mid season cause its definitely a waste of talent for him to be stuck in KRCL

now that we are a month away from the Kick off tournaments
which teams look like they could upset and snatch a slot to Madrid in all regional Leagues

definitely has a higher chance of winning Pacific Ascension than Americas with how competitive tier 2 is in NA

JDG signed the Rare Atom team + jkuro

I think Vici is now a free agent

everyone there are streamers wdym?
TenZ is the only pro there and he’s still a big streamer

Asuna can go nuclear one round and be the first one to die the next round

this man is so inconsistent like TenZ before he started flexing

fr

could be either they kicked him and wanted a new coach or he left on his own accord

if he does come back I hope he coaches a tier 1 team

well RA has to cut one of the koreans so theres a chance they cut stew (very unlikely) and stick with their igl yoman

???
if you mean matchmaking then its all luck whether you get good or bad players

Riot cant control every single thing to give you perfect players in your team

well stats dont lie 🤓
hoping to see GOATcas play Jett in Challengers

most of the DRX players can understand and speak English at a decent level

Ive seen stax and BuZz get full English interviews so ye

they still performed decent this year but its still sad to see that after the 6 man shenanigans they have not looked like they can contend for a trophy any time soon

after Champs 2022 it looked like they were on an upwards trajectory but the coaching staff had to ruin it

theres a VOD up in AfreecaTV.. u can also watch highlights on YT uploaded by Daily Valorant

idk why they wanna give their fans heart attacks

he can stay for the bag though

SEN always has sick players mid season so its likely he will play if he does decide to stay

Zellsis is such a vital player.. hearing him say “every round boys” when they were down 3-9 is such a good morale boost

I hope one of these teams win.. would be really nice if EDG wins Shanghai and DRX wins Seoul (if Champs is hosted there)

TenZ will finally face the PRX playstyle he adores
this is gonna be a fun match to watch

got banned.. even Chronicle mentioned it in his twitter

damn bro got banned

what is happening with TYLOO? the teams seems to have just been falling apart

nah he just needs a better team

just look at something.. he struggled with Vici in JP tier 2 because they had bad teammates and now in PRX he pops off like crazy

you cant win a game alone your team needs to be good as well. Vici has the talent he just needs support

I was looking through the Chinese open qualifiers to see which teams were succeeding and a reasonable amount of them had players from KR Challengers and even some of the ex GenG players
you guys think that this will be the norm in the CN League with most teams having an import?