Broke, literally on the verge of bankruptcy until Jerry Jones bought it out.

Makes sense.

Not a hot take really, idk why 100t chose Zander over him.

Braindead take, n4rrate and bang are about as good as you can get with the roles they needed filled. I think they will be just fine.

Start KK, Bench Aspas, Sell something
Start Karon, Bench Tenz, Sell Kingg
Start Riens, Bench Leo, Sell Verno
Start F0rsaken, Bench wo0t, Sell Chron
Start Chichoo, Bench Meteor, Sell Benjy
Start Saadhak, Bench Valyn, Sell fns

This is simultaneously a terrible and hilarious comment.

This is either gonna propel Fnatic back to 2023 type form or make them look really dumb. It's always a risk replacing somebody as good as Derke, especially with a rookie.

If it was just for RB, they would have just signed anyone that plays whatever role is left to fill, I am sure they signed reduxx specifically cause this RB situation is a great scouting opportunity. We'll see down the road.

Pretty smart by SEN, they essentially get to "sign" him prior to him being able to compete and see how he performs/build rapport with him for when he's of age.

Lmao you can't be serious

Timeless droppin tonight lil bruh lock tf in

In what role?

Pretty sure Aspas was a demon before fr0d lol... Won champs before fr0d, top 5 player in the world before fr0d.

It does, that's why everyone harped on the franchise system when it was announced.

They could but once again there isn't much profit to be made in the lower tiers when you create a clear separation between what's considered the "top tier" and everything else. There's a reason VCT matches pull 100's of thousands of viewers and challengers games pull a fraction of that, no tournament organizers are going to want to invest in something that probably will not have a good return, if any return.

This was bound to happen honestly; I think it's exacerbated by the fact franchising is still new and the previous system is still "fresh" in our minds, so seeing it unfold like this is a bit more frustrating for players. Eventually though, no one will really even care, because there is really no way to make T2 profitable Riot would have to lose money in order to help that scene out.

This curse never fails... First Tenz/Cned, then Yay, then Demon1, now it's looking like Aspas is heading for a bad year (might not even play). I'm actually amazed at how consistent this curse seems to be.

Kanye, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Probably stay, he's not replacing Aspas or Keznit lol. Don't know if he speaks english or not, but assuming not.

Premier/Challengers Promotion stage. That's how Blinn college got in I'm pretty sure.

Not true, just last year Demon1 was as egotistical as one can be lol and he was the best player in the world. They don't always go hand in hand

Well said. Genuinely think they saw the Heretics success and thought they had to go get budding talent in a sort of FOMO frenzy. Replacing Boaster would be a better move competitively, but I get why they don't want to do that, considering he is like their whole brand. We'll see what they're trying to cook, but they are moving very odd.

There's no way to give an upper final advantage without compromising competitive integrity. A "best of 4" would be the only other advantage outside of map vetoes, where the upper final team only has to win 2 maps and the lower final team has to win 3. Still think that's just crazy unfair but the only other way.

Mexico is #1 respectfully. Or Latin America in general.

He could have changed back while at champs, that would be hilarious considering how he answered the interview question lol.

Yeah, one of the postgame interviews from the final days of vct cn (forget which game), he got asked if he thinks it's smart to change settings often, and then he answered by saying no, that he's back on his old sens when he used to play chamber in 2022 cause it works for him both rifling and op'ing (which was .28) and he's trying to stay more consistent with his settings.

https://x.com/circustreehouse/status/1813582827897897067

Found the vid actually.

KK wasn't actually on .1 1600 during the tournament, whatever website that was on is wrong. He was on .28 800.

I seen KK do that like 8 times at Champs ngl

You can't judge for playing with t2 teams when he literally came from the best team in the world at one point. It's the same case as yay, everybody knows yay is t1 worthy, but if you judged him on his time in t2, he wouldn't even be considered.

I mean every single one of his ex teammates are in t1, and doing well. He was just as good as them during their time, and even parts of 2022. Surely there's a team (KOI,GX,M8,NAVI) that could use him. Idk if he speaks english actually, but skill wise he deserves to be playing against the best.

Why is EMEA blackballing my guy? Personally feel he's definitely good enough to be on a t1 org, is there something I'm missing cause he's been out of T1 for like 2 years now.

Highly doubt they want to pickup sayf if they thought they could do without derke. More than likely Alfa will play duelist or they are going to pickup a younger talent.

I think you can make it work on some maps if you have two high caliber players (derke + alfajer, jawgemo + demon1, t3xture + meteor)

I'd say JonahP. Feel like he was g2's best player (could argue leaf), but didn't receive much of, if any, of the credit for their success this year.

Lower time to kill. Mechanics are just better at the top level, everyone is relatively the same consistency, so faster flicks/reaction time wins out.

Usually how it goes when the older, "OG" game gets passed up/caught up to by the new kid on the block. It just has to do with nostalgia/exclusivity, CS heads want to feel like what they grew up on is 1 of 1 and can't/shouldn't even try to be replicated, even though Valorant is its own game. CS fans are also generally older, and older people tend to be change averse.

TBF, relative to the age of VCT, he's not wrong. 2 trophies in 4 years, Multiple regional titles, multiple records. Tenz is in the top 5 pure accomplishments alone, not even factoring in popularity. Once you include that, it makes sense though. Obviously can't compare to faker literally due to career length, but relatively it's a good comparison.

Riot moves different when it comes to homebase my boy, having a Chinese team on top of the game is like a borderline national achievement.

Yeah, it's messed up honestly, There is just no way to make a franchised system work otherwise though. Ideally we would have stuck with the open circuit format and teams that did well would receive benefits outside of placement earnings. Tier 2 will one day just completely be ranked players forming premier teams.

kaajak
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Either sato masterclass incoming or m80 wipe them 2-0. No in between.

You realize there's more to building a roster than just "wanting" the player lol. Jawgemo is in a contract, so it's not as simple as a free agent signing would be.

Best in the world and hasn't played it once lol. Glazing the shit outta him ngl.

Util usage is easier to learn/get better at. Cant teach insane mechanics.

Could see that, still curious to see what they do on raze/non-jett maps though, that was like their whole issue last year.

Lol they better be top 4. I think they'll struggle for a little though considering they have the most mechanically weak player in the league. Strategy/game knowledge has improved across the entire scene as well, so don't think the calling will be as good as previous. We'll see though.

FNS, Som, Ethan, Verno, Demon1

That's a squad ngl, should be at the top of Americas next year.

lol

Nah

RRQ