https://www.vlr.gg/event/984/champions-tour-stage-2-emea-challengers

https://www.vlr.gg/event/800/champions-tour-north-america-stage-2-challengers

POG, now its easier for people to understand

Honestly though, all things consdiered.

W power rankings

Not sure why riot didnt decide to keep the same format for both tbh

soccer = football ;)

succer :)))))))

Coming from a C9 fan. Go for XSET (Forever 4th). One day they will break the 4th place curse and itll feel good :)

Idk enough about BR/LATAM to make an opinion.

I feel like the for the teams for NA would be: Optic, C9, 100T

Potentials for the final 2 spots would be between: XSET, TSM, SEN, FAZE, T1 and Guard.
Just due to their brand name/size of their team

Seems kind of biased against teams coming in from VRL. For Fokus to even have a chance to make the LCQ for Champions, they need to make it to Masters 2 due to the minimum points secured by all other teams in Challengers.

In my opinion, Fokus should get the minimum points from Stage 1 (same as SMB/BIG) which would be 35 points.
That way they have a chance to compete for champions without pulling off a miracle run in Stage 2

KR, JP and SEA managed to all place top 6 in the most recent LAN....
They may not be the best region but don't disrespect them like that

I think finals will be fun to watch no matter what.
I got Heat in 6 though, their defense is too good

Heat in 7
Warriors in 6

Nom nom nom

Since OG partnered with LDN UTD to play in EMEA Challengers.
I thought their team in VRL: France would be forced to disband no?

I would assume for the same reason why Academy teams cant play in NA Challengers, correct me if Im wrong

guess

UB:
100T
V1

LB:
KNIGHTS
NYFU

I think its also because Valorant is such a new game. There won't be that many coaches nor would the wuality of them be good either.

So the better coaches price will just be crazy higher

Upper bracket to qualify, 4 games - 4 wins
From where Ghost stand they will need to win their next 6 games each getting progressively harder.
I dont think any team wants that LMAO

Tier 1 for sure....top Tier 1 is debatable

Oh im fucking dumb LMAO
Thanks :)

I thought the 3 remaining players of Rise (Poised, Shanks and Supamen) were reported to go to FaZe?

But I guess FaZe didnt pick them up?
Please inform me thanks

I feel like it has to do with the fact that teams have strats for Thrifty's. Usually really risky(either win or get absolutely shit on) so the gamble might pay off more

These guys have huge Anime buff. Big hopium to complete their journey :)

I mean they werent in the same bracket....just fell to it :(

Honestly EMEA is still better region. But them losing this masters imo is healthy for the game.

Less dominance in a game always makes each match fun af to watch

honestly I hope this is the case, much more fun to watch the draws live

Saving strats for Challengers 2 :^)

My guess could be that the winner of group gets the theoretical "easy" matchup in playoffs.
Likely not playing G2 and The Guard/PRX in the first round where the second qualified in the group will need to face them

Fpx should get 200 points since they would have gotten a by straight to top 8 playoffs

They better get at minimum points for being top 8 masters (even though they definitely would have gone further)

I feel like 100 hours for most games is a good benchmark

progress

Seems like Top 8 make it into playoffs (sadly probably single elim) with bottom 4 being out.

Likely 4 groups of 3 double round robin style?
Or do you think it could be 2 groups of 6 with single round robin style and top 3 making it out?

Personally 2 groups would be amazing (only downside is 2 EMEA teams in one of the groups

He smuggles beans, whatcha gonna do :^)

Analogies my friend. He is putting it in an easier way for you to understand better

Just a tad bit delusional

Are tomorrows game of TL/G2 and FNC/FPX both played at the same time? That's what I see on https://www.vlr.gg/event/854/champions-tour-stage-1-emea-challengers

Edit: Nvm it's been fixed

Positive KDA poggers

Tha makes FPX > TL > NAVI > FPX

Would the 3 way tiebreaker be determined on whether NAVI win 2-0 or 2-1?

Pretty sure its Aslan with an L

Of the 4 remaining matches NAVI must win both matches against FPX and M3C (due to tiebreaker vs TL)

WHILE M3C (GMB) must win their other 2 matches against BIG and LDN UTD

This is so so unlikely but technically possible. But TL should be good to make playoffs :)

Any knowledge of this? Will it be like EMEA where only bottom team from each group is relegated or BR where bottom 2 teams from each group are relegated.

IMO I feel like bottom 2 teams from each group should be relegated due to the large amount of NA teams with potential to make NA Challengers.

Becuase G2 has 3 wins while Accend has 2 wins 3head

If NRG win their next 2 games against both RISE and Knights, they qualify for 4th seed so this is a huge game

I'm not sure how NA/EMEA challengers playoffs is going to happen if 2 teams ends with the same score.
I heard it might be head to head but I saw this league
https://www.vlr.gg/event/895/fgc-valorant-invitational-2022-act-1/group-stage
which did a tiebreaker match straight up.

Idk if anyone knows what it actually is but it would be sick to have a tiebreaker match!

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Are EMEA and NA Challengers playoff tiebreakers based on head to head or the +/-?

Chose C9 back in the Leagye of Legends days when C9 had the OG roster of
Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky, and LemonNation

The org has continued to do well enough and not have any major controversies for me to hate them :)

Brimstone

Not to burst your bubble but EMEA placed top 2 at every Masters and Champions...

Why there are 2 SA LCQ but only 1 for EMEA?

What is RITO on?