I hope to god that we get to see Sen, Furia or a fixed Levi instead of fucking Giants or (damn do I hate to say this) Gen.G. AM most definitly have the most depth, it'd be a travesty not to have 5.

They have one of the EXTREMELY few good sentinels and EXTREMELY few good fragging IGL's, both NA has historically had 0 of global callibier. That, plus Ethan and C0m being the two best initiatiors in terms of utility, plus jaw and Demon1 being huge firepower, plus the whole team being 100% into the gameplan of potter. That is why.

We are AM now brother, embrace it.

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

My bad, I clicked the wrong dropdown. I got the bind stats, not haven. They still need to tighten up both sides of the map, but I did read wrong.

My bad, I clicked the wrong dropdown. I got the bind stats, not haven. They still need to tighten up both sides of the map, but I did read wrong.

If you want to blame anyone, blame redgar and Emil. That map looked dogshit tactically, and that is their fault.

settle down, EG got dog walked on Haven by Loud. We ain't got the AM victory yet.

not like this bro cmon

They also still had Deph, that's like throwing a garbage man into an NBA game.

Holy shit is Liquid throwing in playoffs? They would never.

Sentinels did better than Liquid has vs EG.

where is EMEA 3rd seed?

AM 3rd seed is still in playoffs... I mean 3rd seed AM actually made playoffs.

One team region goes hard.

where is EMEA 3rd seed?

AM 3rd seed is still in playoffs... I mean 3rd seed AM actually made playoffs.

against who? EG? 10000%.

STOP PLAYING EG ON FRACTURE PLEASE.

I'm being serious when I've said that, since before Lock//in, America's was by far the closest region. I still 100% believe that. We have probably the weakest top team in, what right now, looks like EG. But, and this isn't even a bait, Kru could beat any of the 4 bottem teams in EMEA. Sentinels, Furia, and C9 could have all done better than DRX in Masters. But, I legit have no hope in NRG being able to put up a fight in their next match. EG could win, they look amazing right now, but I still have more hope in Fnatic or PRX (baring something coming back) to win the overall event.

I don't think an AM team is in the top 3 globally. But I think the majority of the top 10 should be AM teams. America's has the most depths, but the lowest peaks - on both ends of the spectrum.

EG has gotten better each game, as much as EDG has. Plus they bodied Loud harder than EDG did.

Zombs beefing with brazil eventually leading to EG and EDG looking like the two best teams in Valorant.

Truly the best timeline.

Every game is 2 more days for the visa to pass.

Isn't EMEA winning with two superteams and then 7 other fully dogshit teams? I honestly got 100T or Kru over teams like fucking Giants.

It's fine, Kru beats Fnatic.

Yes we would. I'd rather have that then 5 EMEA teams.

This level of baiting should be bannable.

Navi look worse then Sentinels with a 1 game experienced IGL. Navi are the real frauds.

LETS GO PRX IN THE FINALS. CHANGE THEIR GF RESULT THOUGH PLEASE.

EDG and EG were by far the two most electric/up-and-coming teams out of the group stage. Both teams are snowballing, even when EDG lost they have look even bettter today. It's unlucky to face THAT beast and then THAT animal back to back. That was the best EG has ever looked, and the best EDG has ever worked. Loud can still come back from this, but EDG and EG gotta do the same things in the next matchups, that would be only fair.

We... we have historically underperformed in groups and then done well in playoffs? We basically always beat our other seed. I'd say EMEA has, in the past, had a good group stage and then throw in playoffs cough cough most of 2022 cough cough LIQUID cough cough

============= Trash Tier (F) ====================
30 - DFM
29 - KC
28 - Heretics
27 - MIBR
26 - Koi
25 - BBL
24 - Kru
============= Barely not Bottem (D) =============
23 - 100T
22 - Talon
21 - RRQ
20 - Global Esports (fighting)
============= A Step Away (C) =================
19 - Vitality
18 - Leviatan
17 - Zeta Division
16 - Gen.G
15 - Giants
14 - Navi
============= Globally Grouped (B) ==============
13 - Furia
12 - Team Secret
11 - Sentinels
10 - Fut
9 - T1
============= They had 2 Rough Games (A) =======
8 - C9

Reasonings:

each tier is roughly rated. T1, Fut, TS, Sen, and Furia could be fully mixed up and it'd be fine. However, Navi and Giants are not (imo) to the level of those teams. Just because their at the top of a tier doesn't mean they are compareable to the teams in the above group

F - Trash fucking teams. Kru is the best of em, DFM is the worst, mix around the middle i don't care.
D - A tier of teams that aren't consistent enough to be in C, but are not consistantly trash enough to be F.
C - They have things that, if they fix, I could see them fight HARD in LCQ. Teams like Navi just need to run strats and shit, or teams like Levi have to run less strats that just fucking kill taco in 3 1/2 seconds. Stuff like that.
B - I think these teams could have all filled in for other teams in the group stage of Masters. They are good, but not contend with the playoff teams good.
A - C9 would have beat DRX. That's it. Just got NRG'd and EG'd.

Not ranking playoff teams beacuse, no.

Longer explanations:

B Tier: T1 showed the highest peaks of the teams in B, Fut actually made the masters so it'd be too much of an argument if I put the other 3 above them. Sen, Furia and TS are all very close, but I gave Sen the edge because a) they beat furia and b) i think their roster can peak higher than Furia or TS. I just believe in TS more than I believe in Furia. If EG or Loud win Masters, Sen and Furia are the main battle for that second seed. I hope they can both challenge C9 regardless of the champs slots.
C Tier: All are skilled teams with FUCKING DOGSHIT tactics and protocols. Navi have a great roster but holy fuck they rely more on winning pure gunfights than PRX ever has. Levi just kills taco off in the entry OR they make him solo OP and save when they can't hold the fucking site since they are allergic to doing a retake. It's shit like this from different teams in this tier that makes them C.

I don't care about the other tiers, have a great day.

There is baiting, there are reyna players, and then there is you bro.

It takes a serious medical diagnosis to do this level of post. Congrats.

EMEA has 2 of the top 5 teams undisputedly, with 4 of the bottom 6 teams undisputedly. Then teams like Vitality and Giants are just kinda mid, like on the level of a GE or a 100T. Navi and Fut are around the level of seed 5 or 6 in other regions too.

Standing at the top, holding up the bottom.

Brother you can aim higher, much higher.

Imagine if jerking off a team would actually give you an organism. That's kaquka.

All the EMEA fans on VLR combined are still somehow more bearable and less biased than kaquka is. It's actually amazing.

I'm still going to root for loud, even though they have broke my bracket.

Both. It EG played great, but it seemed like loud was off the whole match. I think it would have still been winnable for EG if loud played good, but a normal loud would have had a much closer performance.

I had Loud going the distance. I didn't cheer for either side, I just wanted AM to win. Any non-braindead fucker from NA would have still been fine if loud won.

EG are officially a top team.

Also, fuck my pickem. I had loud with a flawless win.

guys we have all done that same thing, lets be honest.

EG are unstoppable on fracture, Loud is still a top 3 team in tokyo.

get pistol
get anti eco and bonus
lose a random round
win another
other team calls a timeout
drop 4 in a row
call eg timeout
win the half 7-5 or 6-6

fault line
gernade
Breach blind
double satchel
paintshell
nano gernade
sova ult
kayo molly

ALL FOR FUCKING TOWER. WHAT THE FUCK.

GG to EG, they're poised to win this tournament.

I said this same fucking thing. Shit is too clean.

quite

(what is blud talking about, we just went 4-0 in groups and now we are facing the two best teams in the whole tournament. thanks riot)

If they say that we just say that lock//in was a complete fluke and they'll start to stutter to the ends of the earth.

I'm just excited to see EG in their best form ever against the ever-looming beast that is Loud. I'm cheering for a good game, not either team.

Either EG win and are officially a top team globally or loud start their flawless run to win tokyo, either option I am all for.

True as fuck

If they randomized and got this bracket, they should have rerolled. Boring as fuck rematches in round 1. Rematches are way better in lowers or further into playoffs, not TWO REGIONAL in ROUND 1.

Want a rematch? Should have got the semi's from lockin between DRX and Loud as a rematch.

Then we would have got the goated match of "counter gaming" vs "W gaming" aka EG vs PRX. That would have been too fun of a matchup.

Anyways, let's throw EMEA to the opposite sides because Riot still on their knees for the EMEA scene :)

Yeah, no way to do it.

5/6: NA seed 2 vs NA seed 3

7/8: Pacific Seed 2 vs China Lower Seed

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/c8415429

The storyline is that Something comes back for round 2, but in Upper finals and lower finals he's diffed 20-0 by Saadhak and FNS on every map. All this to get El Classico again.