exposed

at no point were damwon top 2.
Nuturn
TNL/F4Q
ONS

ratio

holy

i dont remember seeing him in the departure photos so hes prob still in KR

wholesome

대박 isnt even slang at this point bro you are soooo behind the times haha
all of these words are old slang. in english its the equivalent of like "lol" or "jeez" in regards to how long they've been in the language

no fak you >:(

thats mean u bitch

다른 코리안 유저 지랄하지마 doesn't make grammatical sense. there's some word missing from it. The slang isn't new though. 또라이 is a well-known way of saying "weirdo".

this transcends language

that korean doesn't seem like it's from a native speaker. are you half-korean/korean living abroad? as a native i can kinda tell.

did u manifest that result

Top 21 6 player Derke

i respect the effort that went into this post.

alternatively this is my joker origin story where i become the korean trembolonaRage

no archetype? ;-;

FNS has posted a tweet
And XIA Surf uploaded a story with their scrim results vs Acend.
Someone shared this and said Mixwell talked about scrim results here.

I assume we will see an era of Astralias/SKT/OG in Valorant at some point, maybe after a few years. Dynasties are very hard to form.

yeah same tbh

cNed, zeek, flander, last two are kinda whited out. Looks like monsteerr is correct tho. If it means anything Surf went 8-1 vs cNed.

DRX being as strong as always is a good sign. I don't expect much from them tbh but if it's the same level of strength shown by Masters 3 VS then I have some hopes!

ouch..

no way you replace xeta when he was the reason you made it to LB Grand Finals

considering the stranglehold DRX has over Asia and the fact that PRX's coach has gone on record to say DRX are the number 1 team in the APAC region I think it's safe to assume DRX would have won in a head-to-head.

are you talking about Sprouts's comment on TR and BR aim lmaoooo he isn't wrong those two regions have insane aim but mediocre strats

shitting on other regions=/=supporting your own
bruh

Neeraj redemption arc lets go

Also the only region besides NA and EMEA to place in top 3 at an international event

It's okay man school test scores don't mean anything. You can be the top 0.1% and go nowhere; conversely you can be the bottom of your class and go on to find success.

It's all about resilience and being able to bounce back from failure. You may not get better immediately, but effort doesn't go to waste. Head up king.

Iirc Munchkin said he didn't want to rejoin a Korean team but we'll see what happens 👀

UPDATE: Looks like Munchkin has just left Crazy Raccoon

He took a break from OWL to play Valorant but I suspect he just wanted a break from OWL rather than wanting to play.

yessir

cheers!

thanks!!

thank you sir

true

thank you :D

Hate, Bazzi, Munchkin, Xeta, and BuZz.

At least one of these names will sound familiar to anyone who has an interest in professional Valorant.
It may be surprising to some that at one point, all of them were on the same team.

This is the story of Cloud9 Korea.

In June of 2020, Riot Games revealed its latest game: VALORANT, a hero-based tactical FPS intended to compete with the powerhouse that is CS:GO.
Cloud9, an org well known for winning the only Major title for North America, announced their first Korean Valorant roster on August 20, 2020.
This roster was set with
Kim "DoYa" Do-gyeong
Park "Bazzi" Jun-ki
Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom
Kang "Try" Tae-wook
and
Yoo "Moothie" Seung-woo

with Yoon "Autumn" Eu-teum as their Coach.

The roster would compete in the Huya PangHu Cup, where they would reach 4th place after losing to Chinese teams TYLOO and O2 Gaming, and then get knocked out in the RO32 of Korea's Clan Battle Act 2 #1, with a 5-13 loss versus Crazy Hamster.
After adding Yoo "BuZz" Byung-chul to their roster as a 6th man and substitute, Cloud9 Korea would finish 4th during Clan Battle Act 2 #2, with a close 10-13 loss to aNg DarkHorse.
They would participate in the Asian A.W Extreme Masters Invitational and top their group after comfortable 2-0 and 2-1 wins vs Singapore's TEAM SMG and Japan's DetonatioN Gaming White. However, C9K would be knocked out by T1 Korea for the chance at Grand Finals, and then lose 1-2 in a close 10-13 Bind game vs Japan's top team, ABSOLUTE Jupiter.

Four days later, Try, Moothie, and DoYa would leave the team.

On October 27th,
Yoo "BuZz" Byung-chul,
Son "Xeta" Seon-ho,
and
Lee "Hate" Ye-hun would officially (they had been playing with the team since the 20th) join as their replacements, with new Head Coach Pavane, well-known for his success in Overwatch.

This new Cloud9 roster would go on to be one of the best teams in Korea, never finishing below 4th at almost every tournament they attended.

In Clan Battle Act 2 #3, they would demolish the precursor to NUTURN, PROPARTY, 13-0. They would also beat project_kr, Lunatic-Hai, and Quantum Strikers, sister team of Korean powerhouses Vision Strikers (currently DRX).
Ultimately, the team would fall to VS in a close 1-2 series with a 12-14 loss on Bind to end the match.

Cloud9 Korea participated in the APE Valorant Battle, where, after a comfortable 2-0 vs PROPARTY, they would get their revenge against T1 Korea, finishing 1st place after a 2-1 win.

However, after finishing 3rd-4th at Clan Battle Act 2 #4, getting Top 8 at First Strike Korea Qualifiers, and 3rd-4th at First Strike Korea Playoffs, on the 11th of December 2020 Cloud9 would disband their Korean team in favour of their struggling NA roster, a decision that was questioned at the time by fans. This was likely influenced by the "VALORANT Esports Rules and Policies" rulebook update in November 2020 regarding concurrent teams and rosters.

The players would each leave for different teams internationally; Hate joined Damwon Gaming KIA-and later TNL Esports, Bazzi would end up on On Sla2ers after playing with Munchkin on Crazy Raccoon, Xeta was picked up by Cloud9 Blue as their initiator player, and BuZz would play for Rio Company, and currently DRX.

4 out of 5 players on this team would attend VCT Champions 2021; all four would be some of the highest performing players in their respective roles and on their team.

This is my first time writing an article on anything so it will likely be shoddy. Hope this ends up being an interesting read.

you are on something bro.

GodDead, TS, Bazzi, Zunba, and k1ng are all good players but there are plenty who are just as good if not better.
WGS literally 2-0'd ONS.
Hate, eKo, Meteor, Munchkin, allow, suggest, foxy9, Lakia, hyeoni, these guys are all equal if not better than the players on ONS. You could make tier 1 teams out of the admittedly shallow talent pool in KR. Look at HolyMolly. Random FA team that made it to lower GF.
The talent is there, they just need orgs to sponsor and support them.

The new F4Q roster looks good too.
The top 50 players in KR ladder are all cracked but only a few are on org sponsored teams.
C9 Korea, which consisted of BuZz, Bazzi, Munchkin, Xeta, and Hate got 13-1'd by VS. Now Xeta is one of the best Sova players in NA. Bazzi is one of the best Jetts in KR. Munchkin was the best player in Japan last year. BuZz is prob the best player on DRX too.

1 stax clutch away from knocking out fnatic 2-0

they did at Berlin.

to be fair OWL aim gods could easily have the best aim in the world if they move to Valorant. Like Sayaplayer.

Imagine Carpe, Fleta, Ans, Stitch, etc. if they ever move over.

DRX never lost an international game on haven iirc

HOWEVER thats because they have the best Breach in the world (stax) and were way ahead of the Haven meta. Now that Breach is beginning to be used by other region we may see a new team 👀

thats really cringe. just build up your own talent. best team in jp is all japanese learn from the best.

vouch

wholesome

solid player for C9Korea and TNL, which was arguably the second best team in Korea after Reykjavik.

ZETA PRX & XIA above DRX is a bit shaky tbh, imo they are on the same level, or DRX is higher. Just because DRX still hold the throne amongst Asian teams.