swap zekken and jawg

Something > Initiator/flex (might play duelist on 2 duelist comp)
D4v1d > init flex/viper
F0rsaken > init/duelist
Mindfreak > anchor sentinel
Jingg > controller

Definitely questionable, like at this point just pick pure controller/senti but ig they wont drop jingg like that

For context (check one of top comment), this guy also did better job than i do for transcribing f0rsaken thoughts on prx situation :
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1inv1g1/f0rsaken_gives_some_insights_on_prxs_recent_loss/

tldr : jingg played smoke only recenty on ranked (and it's not clove)

Please, with proof for each of them such as insane clutch 1vX and or their % of winning isolated duels
If u couldnt do it, this post just a baseless rage bait then.

That his mechanic is mid af > cap
gotta admit his dedication into taking favourable fights is maybe the best in entire valorant > arguably, he was top 3 most impactful kill on 2024
Put down ur ego buddy and stop thinking urself as the sun jin woo of valorant > mibr literally willingly to let aspas play on his own and his team revolve around him.

Nah just wait and see they lose to unknown SA/BR team on GF

clip?

https://x.com/Pkm_FPS/status/1889661588291871094

Franchise org or T2?

But this time, it came from Thanmay, though, and I don't remember him being wrong or even making up narratives.

As a reminder, cojo denied the kajaak rumor back in september. It was even stated as "kajaak set to join Fnatic," not just a verbal agreement (which you could deny by saying no agreement has been made yet), but denying that he's joining?

u got me there

nuh uh? f0rsaken exist bruh and primmie hasn't come close to his level. Other than him im fine with ur claim

hard reset tbh, whether it'll be rebuilding the roster/whole fundamental gameplay.

TBD (soon)

real btw, one of boom people spilled that it's coming, it just we dont know when

100% making champs, this roster easily beat talon (if we assume talon is the gatekeeper of 4th champs slot)

he even mentioned "i sacrificed to play any agent my team needed, but still couldnt win"

It titled "summer" so probably right after master toronto.

From his recent stream (now members-only, but one Indonesian clipper clipped it—I’m not sure if I'm allowed to drop the link??)

TL;DR (He spoke in Bahasa, so I tried translating it as best as I could):
"We tried everything we could and stepped out of our comfort zone. You name it—role changes, Jingg to Cypher, smth to Fade, etc.—but it didn’t work. For example, when we made a change, then got stomped, we changed it again immediately."
(Reads chat)
"Internal problems? Yeah, there were internal problems. The vibes in the team now (2025) feel different compared to 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024."
"Drastic changes? Not anytime soon, because we're on a short break right now. After that, we’ll be back to practicing in Korea."
*"I think having an insane duelist on the team is important right now" (mentioned aspas as an example). "Maybe everything would be alright if I were the duelist. :P Right, chat?" (Probably trolling)

Lmk if u want more

two boom? w

Seeding (u wont face strongest team from other region earlier) + 3 champs points (which is HUGEEEEEEEEE)

your region also close one bud, it could be 3-0 TE

yes since he is anti oil (he wont oiled up)

that was fkin brutal lmfao, yinsu asked harmless question "do u remember last time u play duelist?" (and might've would follow up with "since you have 61% winrate as duelist") then sayf fuckin exposed liquid instead lolllll

afaik no official statement, rumors said health issue

🐍

Anybody saying zellsis is massive delulu, he literally the only reason sentinels on bangkok bruh (if him not performing against mibr, who know what would happen to sen)

Trace should be higher since they brought EDG to really close finals

of course, especially on haven. 2nd Half pistol + sentinels failed 4v2 retake with yoru ults etc, but if we talking in general imo both G2 and SEN had more playset. T1 rely on individual play, geng oh god that split attack was awful (15 second left exec and still cut noise?????) , i dont even remember anything about DRX game against t1 upper except every round was coin flip 50/50.

There are no weak teams, but the gameplay gap shown by americas finals compared to DRX T1 GENG game is horrendous

in addition, sentinels fixed their retake problem in only 1 days! They had horrible retake % stats against G2 on upper final while they win a lot today

why would u even surprised about BBL??

Redemption for yesterday performance

Sorry, I'm a bit late to the news, but was there any reason aspas chose MIBR over LOUD?

As far as I know (I watched Sean Gares and his guest talk about Brazilian rumors years ago), one of the reasons sacy and pancada left LOUD in 2022 and went to Sentinels was because they had beef with Less (?). Then, for the 2023 season, LOUD didn't do well because aspas also felt uncomfortable on the team at that time, so he left and joined Lev for 2024.

Now, for the 2025 season, LOUD has pancada, who is one of aspas homies (with sacy), so wouldn't it have made more sense for him to go back to LOUD?

You didn't see the T1 vs DRX game, did you?

That Fracture match was awful. Many of T1's players tried to make individual hero plays. Stax peeked out of the enemy smoke on his own while still having abilities, etc. Now you telling me a team that revolves around firepower and individual play against masterclass of discipline G2? ya even as pacific fan i won't cope that high

Remind me of champs 2022, they made whole ass song titled "Apac rising" then all of them just grouped T_T (BME, XIA, PRX)

Made a new account just to throw dirt on pacific is crazy

There are plenty of reasons why someone might choose to be vegan. The most common ones are:

1. Avoiding harm to animals.
2. Following a meatless diet (sometimes due to allergies, religious beliefs, health issues or other personal reasons).

So, regardless of your question, some vegans want to "replicate" the taste of meat because they enjoy it but choose not to eat real meat due to their own reasons for being vegan to begin with. I also agree with the transition phase theory, it align

AE nya yg gmw lepas, player mana yang ga mau main di franchise kalo ditawarin

aman aja es

God forbid people have preference

bait used to be belieavable

I think the real question is: which APAC team is willing to pay that much money or scout him?
Dont get me wrong, aspas deffinitelty huge value to any team, but pacific teams have their own problems.
Let’s exclude Korean teams.

RRQ? They have a max one-import rule, and Jemkin already fits in. Even so i don’t think they would spend that much.
BME? The CEO mentioned his buyout was within budget, but the salary is too high to maintain. For this to happen, BME might have to give up their other game divisions (mentioned Dota 2).
Talon? I could see them considering it, maybe -gov. But having both primmie and aspas on the same team? It doesn’t feel right role-wise or for other reasons.
GE? Honestly, I’d prefer the current roster over Aspas plus four unknown “cheap” players.
TS? Possibly, but TS seems focused on sticking to their Pinoy fanbase.
PRX? LOL, no.
DFM/ZETA? aspas mentioned learning Japanese, but I’m not sure if he’s fluent enough for in-game communication yet. Plus, he’d clash roles with Meiy on DFM.

allgood brother, take ur rest

I’m still confused about franchise teams' contracts with their players. Let’s say a player signs a contract for the 2025 season in 2024, with the contract ending after the 2026 season. What happens in the following scenarios:

A. The team decides not to play the player anymore at the end of the 2025 season (or even mid-season). Does the player just get dropped without any bonus since the team itself break the contract? (Understandable if yes).
B. The team decides not to partner with the player anymore, and/or another team wants to buy the player. Does the other team have to pay a huge buyout since the contract is still long? Is this what they call a contract jail, where the player can’t go anywhere because no team is willing to pay the large buyout for their contract? Is the contract buyout price determined by the contract duration?

This came to my attention because I’ve seen some names with contracts due to 2026-2027 season. However, knowing how this industry goes, I wouldn’t be surprised if that doesn’t matter and they end up being dropped after just a season or so. Thanks good people

I know, I just brought it up because Kxtqqh mentioned Estrella is "still learning it." So I said Xcc learned basic Korean communication in just a couple of months. Are you telling me Estrella has been with the English-speaking team for over a year and is still learning? Sure, I wouldn’t expect a non-native speaker, let alone a Korean person, to speak fluent English. But it’s been years there’s no way "learning English comms" is still a valid excuse. If Estrella felt uncomfortable and the whole team thought "Yeah, Estrella communicating wouldn’t work," then Estrella wouldn’t be on the team right now.

TL;DR: I agree that Estrella might perform better on a full Korean roster, but using "learning English" as an excuse for his underwhelming performance doesn’t hold up.

it's his 2nd year man, i mean xcc willingly to took korean language course and somehow decently worked for full korean comms, IN JUST COUPLE MONTHS.

Duelist to sentinel is perfect sense imo

They knew which setup best to counter enemy duelist since they knew duelist habit. However, there's some problem they need to handle as sentinel such as fighting enemy on their own (they used to entry/fight enemy with util support)

i think it came to perspective, go to boom esport replay live chat, when the match over many people types "Thats it? wowwww". Even in crazy moment not a single chat says anything

The international LAN showmatch with an unknown VAL influencer felt more serious than this BOOM vs TS game. At least make it entertaining for audience?! no? just4fun for players? ok :(

Different metas and teams are getting stronger over time, so prx w gaming playstyle isn't really that special anymore

RRQ has higher chance upset top team than boom, boom had slow start/slow to figure out how their opponent play (look recent match,many 0-4 / 2-4 start)

but peak boom vs peak rrq, boom win

Based on my experiences

Iron : Bunch of newbies/unserious competitive, mostly chill vibe. When u hear someone toxic or blaming, it must be because he thinks he knew better at the game just because seen some pros/streamer play.
Bronze : Same as above
Silver : The majority of player base, so it can range from people having fun or deranked gold player thinks they're the best or smurf. Literally what you would expect from average of valorant players.
Gold : big ego few skill, just because they're better than average player, not much a toxic tho, just mute them it's not like they giving coms or something.
Plat : same as gold, just bigger ego, at least from my experienced unless we getting destroyed 0-7 or something, we won't even initiate surrender in the first place. Beware of plat reyna demon tho.
Diamond : oh boy, so one of indo val influencer once made a podcast with rank booster as them guest for the topic, and he said diamond is the most asked rank to achieved by boosting. So the skill range can vary, not to mention sometimes the e-boy dating e-girl smurf here to accompany his gf, but for the most part it's chill tho everyone knew what they're doin and if they blamin or toxic it for valid reason (not justifying it).
Ascendant : .................., bunch of people think they deserves immortal and would yell out of their lung for every clutch mistake.
Immortal : So my peak was 70 rr immo 1, and from my experience it's somehow chill, like if someone botfragging hard (<5 kill) they just told them to uninstall, or stop using boosting service, and still typing gg.

So my answer is ascendant, they played like their life on the line, if they dont make it to immortal their career would be over.