common mao zedong W

(jkjk dont send the CIA after me)

idk man, i hope loud bounces back cause i dont hate them but like its the first game of the split and getting frustrated alr is kinda bad imo

.......no way..... no i refuse to believe this.

Nah if this is true bro..... like I wouldnt be able to do that with a gun pointed to my head with my level of social anxiety around strangers

no id rather have someone who dosent perform that well but can get the team morale up rather than someone who performs really well but tanks the morale because 1 person not doing well can be compensated but a morale loss = team disband(in a lot of cases).

idk tbh since im clearly not an esports player but i personally wouldnt want a frustrated atmossphere in my team

yea only 15k posts frfr nothing much

...... we shall see

na fenis watchpartys are actually goated

Listen man. for me Hamilton is js like SEN. like the team, despise the avg fans and js like sen he has the largest amount of mentally challeneged fans.

Anyway
THIS YEAR IS OUR YEAR FR

mf what is wahalli is wallahi LMAO

tbh i dont know about RRQ since i dont follow the team but from what ive heard crazyguy is a very competent IGL who js had a shitshow in bleed. idk tbh.

As for PRX again this really depends on how they bounce back, The aim is there but W gaming is js not going to work in such a util heavy meta.

as for VIT no i did not see the news but i still think theyll make toronto cause they have derke but theyll get cooked in toronto cause they dont feel like they have enough depth that trexx gave them.

CN is js unpredictable so it js comes down to form

i remember it as well cause ive been a gambit fan all my life brother bear. i remember chronicle chamber as well. its js that this is 2025 and not 2022 anymore and other teams have gotten a lot better. chronicle should still be able to perform really well on chamber but raze i think is too much in this age

ill take these over abyss anyday all day.

Icebox(they gotta cahne something man)
ascent(goated map especially with the new changes and the new agents will do well on it)

prolly cause theyre not a big org outside of valo

AMER :
G2 (cause theyre G2)
MIBR( i kinda have faith)
SEN/NRG (depends on who bounces back harder)

EMEA:
TH(they were ass in kickoff but meta suites them and they have really good players so i can very easily see their comeback
FNC (we're gonna see a major comeback, i believe fr)/TL ( i mean bro if keiko and nats keep performing like they are and i think they make it easy)
VIT(dumb decision to bench trexx imo but idk the internal affairs, still think theyll make toronto)

APAC :
T1(cause theyre t1)
DRX(they always farm regionals and choke internationals but they have a veyr promising roster so i kinda believe)
GenG(really depends on ash and suggest but i believe cause theyre GenG and they have a goated coaching staff)/ talon(full thai roster might go hard)/ PRX(might comeback harder than we expect)/ RRQ (they look decent and so it all really depends on in game performance)

CN :
EDG(ofc they make it)
idk
idk

• CN is kinda complex cause i dont really watch CN games so im not sure but the region keeps changing and top teams(other than EDG) can fall off hard like FPX did so i really dont know

• APAC will be by far the best to watch and the most competetive among the reions

• AMER will be alr but g2 will dominate all their matches. the rest will be kinda close and will be decent to watch

• EMEA might be a lot more competetive than we expect in stage 1

disrespecting t1 even after they win a masters is crazy, and DRX as well. they kinda farmed APAC

its gg, they win it all but idk if kroos or schweinsteiger or lahm can communicate effectively

can mako speak good english? and will aspas play a more entry role like he did in 2022. if so yea this team will dominate but id rather have chronicle ove alfa acuse the team alr has a senti in the from of nats and they need a very good flex consisnt flex like chronicle or forsaken.

aspas
leo
nats
mako
forsaken/chronicle(favor forsaken cause double duelist comps become a very viable thing)

he probably can but not like a native or a speaker whos learnt it thorughout their childhood. i.e he might struggle to communicate effectively

I dont have anything against it tbh. ill watch it js like another off season tournament but wont treat it like how i would treat a masters or champs. higher than reionals but much lower than champs or masters. i feel like the teams are gonna treat it the same way or will give it a lot less importance that the valorant international(like they wont actually go and use a lot of their secret strats and studd but theyll try to win cause money)

lmao no without fans there is no sales and no sales = no money and no fans = no sponsors since the whole point of sponsors is for fans to buy the products that the sponsors have and no live fans will drastically drop merch sales since a lot of people impulse buy esports shirts and stuff rather than go buy it cause they like how it looks

welp lets hope this is a karon level pick up

0/8

In case you guys forgot.

STATS

mwzera https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/VK%20mwzera%234324/overview?playlist=competitive&season=all
cNed https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/ACE%20cNed%23carry/overview?season=all
TenZ https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/SEN%20TenZ%230505/overview?playlist=competitive&season=all

DEATHMATCH STATS
mwzera - 86% win rate (thats the insaniest thing ive seen in a while)
cNed - stats not availiable
TenZ - 73% win rate

RANKED STATS
mwzera - 66.3% winrate (MVP of 95% of the matches) proof here https://imgur.com/StiJmpg
cNed - 53.5% winrate (MVP of 13% of the matches)
TenZ - 60.4% winrate (MVP of 15% of the matches)

can you take your time to appreciate how insane mwzera is? without a doubt the most talented player to ever touch the game

I'll try to explain briefly why I think he is the best player in the world
Despite his insane aim and movement
The best way to know if a player is a good duelist is RAZE. There is a BIG difference between a good duelist and a jett abuser
If he is a good duelist, he needs to be good with raze.

heat? not good with raze
aspas? not good with raze
xand? not good with raze
tenz? not good with raze
cned? not good with raze
scream? not good with raze
d3ffo? not good with raze
derke? not good with raze

Thats why I think he is undoubtely the best player in the world. If RIOT by any means decides to nerf jett and shift the meta we prolly not gonna even hear names like cned and tenz again :>
He is not killing 40+ per map because when he joined VK he was forced to play a different role because heat is already a main jett... and lets be honest, every single duelist nowadays gets 20+ kills per map because team and setups are basically built around you (even steel managed to get 20 kills with it https://www.vlr.gg/29398/sentinels-vs-100-thieves-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-playoffs-gf/?game=46692&tab=overview)

I'm honestly shocked that nobody here made a mouse joke

hes half russian half finnish so technically he can play for both teams

i mean it didnt really work tbh, they only started winning and playing really well after sylvan replaced carpe. technically they were 6 man but practically 5 man

i mean think about it, who gonna beat g2? SEN? KRU? MIBR? NRG? na ill take my chances.

the same way whos gonna beat EDG? TE(i mean they did come close but i think EDG are gonna wipe stage1)? BLG? again id rather take my chances.

i feel like the only region where we may see an upset is APAC tbh. DRX have alr beaten T1 and if GenG get a very good replacement for yoman I think GenG is gonna do really well. they js need a good support(foxy9 is no meteor but hes good)

araxys vandal or OP. my fav skin. i like the new phantom as well. prolly will be timeless

cause valo is insanely randomn and starts do mater but they can easily get overshadowed by indiidual plays. CS is a lot more disciplined and startegy based raterh than js shooting. they can make a difference but its not reliable. valorant is the exact opposite

yes thats why i said champs>masters i was simply talking abt masters not champs but ye i do get what you mean

hmmmmm will PRX run a full six man roster and bring something or jinggg into games where theyre most effective? 6 man rosters dont really work though.....

yea but champs>masters so i didnt think it would matter

wtf?! no i think 1 more masters would be enough t prove hes the goat lmao. hes made it to 3 masters finals which i dont think anyone has ever done to date so hes alr in the goat conversation

LMAO wait i didnt even notice. damn every played bad in some maps and good in others huh.

lmao i dont think they couldve physically gotten things more wrong

wait......... na thats fucked

(nongshim exists rn but they dont count cause ascension)

W

...i mean not really cause while SEN were the favorites according to fans GenG were technically the favs to win the tournament.

this is overwhelmingly in G2's favor cause time to antistrat and map ban advantage on top of the fact that g2s maps are not really that good for t1 but lets see tmr

tbh theres not many of them. compared to like g2, VIT and DRX EDG dont have that much presence on vlr

......WTF? ok maybe the crashout was valid

no need to bring the asian hate triangle here borther. its chill, let that shit stay irl

fr. t1 are the underdogs but the underdog story from like bottom to the top is crazy. g2 js has a boring narrative compared to t1

tf no? they beat every single top 5 team at champs lmfao. no EDG champs was not a fluke run. they were genuinly good, they lost this game thats all. top 3 is stil insane lol

lets goooo meteor!!! you left for the bag but i respect it

if g2 lose after gaining all this time to antistrat and ALSO get the map ban then theyre cooked. G2 have been generational chokers in bo5s though so i wouldnt put it past them but they shouldnt lose

no. 1 game != better duelist plus derke beat him in groups

???source?

nah bro its not even stax. meteor is js winnign duels and clearing sites by himself on iso

mate........... you might have to gift a few bundles

the new talon without ban and governer and with players that have been very good for a while might be good enouhg to make toronto. we js gotta wait till split one