you will never know if you never do it. Just try a different approach rather than full on analytical or breakdown stuff because there's already plenty of that and with all due respect to you i find it difficult that you can do it better than people like Sliggy or Platoon, so just do your own thing and theres always a chance

im not saying jawg was the only one to make EG relevant, only that he was a big factor in doing so. To me you can talk negatively about players who got you titles but only if you have a justified reason for it which i dont think any EG fan has, thats all.

stop it bro. My guy is out here saying its >hard< to see people complimenting someone that made your team relevant at all. Like why cant you just be happy people are glazing him lol. Surely you may not totally agree but coming out of your way to talk against him for no reason is definitely biting the hand that fed you. You are never gonna see any EDG fan talk against Zmjjkk i promise you

LATAM fans in general just dislike LEV since they kicked NZR in christmas eve to bring C0m who turned out to be their worst player by far for like 90% of the year. It didnt help that they then proceeded to kick Mazino and bring a french player instead of literally any talented south american who could perfectly do what natank is doing right now. I dont know about 100T fans but LEV definitely lost pretty much all their SA support + is now hated by a good majority of SA including even BR because of the Aspas drama

An EG fan saying this is the craziest instance of "biting the hand that fed you" i've ever seen unless you are just fake flagging

Puxou a responsa mesmo slk, sou mt fã do cyberatleta little art. Tomara que dê certo, acho q ele tem esse perfil mesmo e o NZR de second caller pode focar em fazer suporte pro Aspas

LEV gets a lot of hate because of their decision to abandon their South American rosters which to be honest i can totally understand

they did got a bit lucky with their opponents but its not like they arent deserving also

you're right actually

LOL if LOUD had beat KRU he would be number 2 for sure so if anything he should be higher.

yeah youre probably right im updating

he + mada the only reason NRG even beat 100T

this a ranking of the Americas Kickoff rookies based on their individual performance up to now.

1. NRG Mada
2. MIBR Xenom
3. LOUD V1nny
4. MIBR Cortezia
5. 2G Gobera
6. 100T Zander
7. NRG Verno
8. C9 V1c
9. FURIA Raafa
10. 2G Lz
11. 2G Silentzz
12. 2G Pryze
13. 2G Zap

Maybe i forgot someone but i think thats it

i mean all that people are saying is that they are clearly the best team in Americas, how is that "glazing"? Its just the truth.

yeah he will. It all depends on how we do at stage 1. If we qualify to Toronto i think we should keep Tuyz up to the end of the year at least, if not he can come in

MIBR second place is a bold prediction but i fucking hope you are right

i can kinda relate since i also stop watching after the teams i root for are out. Unrelated but may i ask why you still root for Lev off all teams?

I dont understand the logic behind this line if thought. All these teams won fair and square against opponents everyone agrees are good, yet they were clearly better than them and improved a lot during the tournament. Does the first game determine the level of the team and everything that comes after is a fluke? Improving is just not a thing?

Y'all really didnt listen to me huh

dgzin looking like the best awper in the region, v1nny is actually cooking with util + IGL'ing and cauanzin is just the goat. Form-wise it wouldnt be crazy to say they are all in their prime (expect Pancada of course but he is still frying)

Honestly it depends on the quality of the teams and the importance of the matches. The only teams i faithfully follow are the BR teams or teams that have BR players like Vitality on EMEA.

yeah we were never that good on bind i guess but we seem to have a good understanding of Tejo to make it work there. One of the main factors that made 100T lose is that i dont think they were acquainted enough with the agent there so hopefully we arent the same

sendo honesto acho muito dificil a LOUD ganhar da Sentinels na Lotus, historicamente é um dos melhores mapas deles. Acho que nossa melhor chance é eles não perderem confiança na split, pickarem e perder e dps tomar anti tatico na bind.

RIVALRIES:

SEN vs 100T
LOUD vs OPTIC
PRX vs DRX
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SUPERTEAMS:

2021 GAMBIT
2022 LOUD
2023 FNC
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COMP STYLES:

DOUBLE CONTROLLER
DOUBLE INITIATOR
NO SENTINEL
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MASTERS:

TOKYO
MADRID
SHANGHAI
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CHAMPIONS:

ISTAMBUL
LOS ANGELES
SEOUL

roster for roster i do think FNC 23 and LOUD 22 are better considering peak form of the players

not nearly as scary be for real

maybe they are not even the "best" team in the world but they are certainly the scariest omg. They are reaching FNC 2023 levels of scariness if they keep this up

Raze map = Lots of angles and corners to clear, shorter and more cointaned map with closer fights and not that much verticality

Jett map = Big map with a lot of open spaces and angles to hold, majority fights are long-ranged and lots of verticality

https://www.vlr.gg/247104/natus-vincere-vs-loud-valorant-champions-2023-group-stage-decider-d/?game=137409&tab=overview

this fucking map bro

most believable vlr ragebait

bro your honorable mentions clear your actual list but good taste regardless

no one can immediatly tell which opening is which by reading their names bro is much easier to recognize by the number

yeah i said "kinda" close because at the end of the day LOUD hasnt faced much competition up to now tbh. But, regardless of who they played, their form right now is unbelievable so at least shooting-wise its gonna be a very good one

SEN vs LOUD is the only game that is actually kinda close. G2 vs LEV and KRU vs NRG should be stomps and EG vs MIBR while not necessarily a stomp should be a comfortable win for MIBR as well

to me its:

1. Opening 5
2. Opening 2
3. Opening 4
4. Opening 1
5. Opening 8
6. Opening 6
7. Opening 9
8. Opening 3
9. Opening 7

i like more hype and punching openings especially for shonen anime

there is NO WAY you call my op 5 the worst and your favorite is 3 lmao bro got it backwards

shippuden 13 does slap thou

nah bro the emotion behind the vocals of this song is something i swear ive never seen before or after, it conveys perfectly the vibe of the arc. I understand your take but i love this to death

https://youtu.be/MkN--nO5G1g?si=UQID2j5pDXuMEuMD

hits different...

Dgzin is (up to now) the MVP of Americas Kickoff

It sucks how LOUD 2022 and its players are still carrying our scene even thou they disbanded a long time ago. Notice how every success Brazil had in Tier 1 post 2023 comes from the 5 players + coaching staff of that 2022 team: Sacy on SEN, Less on VIT, Aspas on MIBR and now Pancada back to LOUD are literally the only instances of Brazilians doing good in Tier 1 after 2023, this is NOT a coincidence. Thankfully 2G won ascension to bring us some hope but the way they are looking right now... Yeah

not impossible to be fair but its like a 75-25 so yeah very unlikely

Entire FURIA roster unfortunately

LOUD aint winning shit they are getting 26-0'd washed org no one can take this win away from Sentinels not even John Riot

Imagine having bad casters LOL must be tough being you guys

saadhak consistently pulls the judge almost every map and almost always gets a multikill

Furia just HAS to win this bro for HOW MUCH MORE TIME are we gonna be shit? For how much more time will i have to watch we throwing 2v4's and 2v5's? End my suffering Lord i beg you

FURIA players are all individually really good, they just dont know how to play together and that has always been the case. They were jetlagged and had no practice, will look much better vs EG

pryze tem jogos que ele é o Thanos no servidor e jogos que ele esquece como atirar. De fato ele é o único "substituivel" da 2G. Lz, Silentzz e Gobera são bons pra krlh, Zap é o IGL e alma do time e o Spikezin é GÊNIO. Foda, mas espero que ele prove que merece a vaga no time

MIBR: Performance ruim, mas que não me desanimou. Mesmo sem prática, competiu bem contra a 100T (um time top 4 do Américas hoje) no melhor mapa deles (Bind). Lotus foi triste mesmo, mas de novo, sem prática. Ainda acho que vai ser o melhor time brasileiro no final do ano.

2G: Claramente sentiu a estreia e ainda por cima sem treino também. Não tem o que falar, foi muito mal. Tenho expectativas pro time pro resto do ano, mas por agora... Triste. Gobera foi a única coisa positiva, jogou MUITO, puxou a responsabilidade. Se continuar com essa performance até o Stage 2 (difícil), não pode sair mais do time, tem que sair outro pro Spike entrar.

FURIA: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk olha, dificil viu. Algumas coisas creio que foi o "jet lag" e a falta de prática realmente, mas outras foi a FURIA sendo a FURIA. Aquele 2x5 no pistol da Split eu vou demorar pra esquecer, pqp. Eu de vdd boto fé que esse ano pode ser uma virada de chave pra essa org e o elenco tem mt potencial, então vou me abster de comentários muito duros por enquanto

LOUD: Ano vai e ano vem, jogador sai e jogador entra, muda a porra toda no valorant mas uma coisa não muda: A LOUD é o melhor time brasileiro. Brincadeiras a parte, como eu já disse, não acho que isso vai ficar assim o ano todo, mas a LOUD tá fazendo justiça ao seu tamanho. Vinny me surpreendeu MUITO positivamente, tanto no individual quanto no IGL. Pancada não erra tiro, Cauan no prime, Tuyz puxando a responsa e DG sem comentários. Estou QUASE deixando a soberba me consumir, mas vou me manter lúcido por enquanto. Dito isso, se ganhar da Sentinels pode entregar as taças

FNC 2-0 BBL
VIT 2-1 KC
NRG 2-0 C9
2G 2-0 FURIA