tarik igl won the boston major

W

Damwon instead of ONS. ONS at least got 2nd at LCQ

omegalul

FlyingDoggoWoweeClap is going to have a mental breakdown.

why do u hate korea

BeYn was also on the first team but he's not replacing anyone soon

KEKW when you knew about it beforehand

KATIE - Thinking Bout You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryg62SUcYKE

if you enjoyed -
KATIE - ECHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxsk4jw4hkY

drx for the strategy and nerdiness
prx for the absolute raw thrill

vamooo

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so happy for him. he must have struggled a lot on the road to the trophy!

i was proven wrong

can't wait for you to get picked up in the offseason!

still point stands. if LOUD let Pearl through OpTic would have smashed them on it by picking Pearl instead of Bind.

Nuturn and VS definitely there.

Nope, LOUD lost to OpTic in Groups.
Also OpTic would have smashed them on Pearl.

pretty sure current FNC would destroy SEN.

ye fr

The transitive property logic doesn't always work as there are stylistic matchups, but the reason I use this example is because ONS were playing with TWO STANDINS. just wanted to note that. not saying ur wrong

Okay but how does that make it any different? NTH beat XIA at Masters, and NTH is being carried by 2 Koreans who played in KR, with a KR coach who also coached in KR, and they still lost to a KR team with 2 stand-ins.

I'm not grouping NTH with KR, I'm using NTH as a benchmark.

DRX>=PRX

The rest are unknown. I don't think XIA > ONS at this point after seeing them play in LCQ. 3rd may be different, perhaps APAC is better in that regard, but ONS with 2 stand-ins already did better than XIA vs Northeption. And Northeption is carried by 2 Koreans.

1. Japanese spearheaded by a Korean and led by another Korean.
2. ONS beat that Japanese team.

XIA lost to NTH, which lost to ONS with 2 standins.
While the whole A>B and B>C = A>C thing doesn't necessarily work in Valorant, it's clear that a 2 standin ONS is gonna be less coordinated than NTH and yet they still won.

there's only one good APAC team too though

it's a hot take but I would say MaKo had an overall more consistent performance year round than Marved. Marved was insane at Reykjavik but towards the end of 2022 he had less impact whereas I would argue MaKo got better. He almost solo won DRX Fracture vs OpTic.

no mako?

welcome counter

im just being respectful

https://www.vlr.gg/130680/optic-gaming-vs-team-liquid-valorant-champions-2022-ubqf
https://www.vlr.gg/19076/team-liquid-vs-version1-valorant-champions-tour-stage-2-masters-reykjavik-main-event-ubqf

u did too tho
twice.

heat? not good with raze

aspas? not good with raze

yay

all baiters read this thread

buzz - lightyear

vamos!

anyone can be a W user. just fight for what you believe in as long as its not malicious. dont forget that in the end its all "just a video game" - fns

huge W for saadhak, i hope his mother is at peace and is happy her son brought fame and honour to their country

did his mother pass away? this makes LOUD's win all the more deserving. as someone who really treasures his mum, i am so happy saadhak was able to honour her legacy by being the best in the world. i'm sure she would be so proud of him ;_;

agree

DRX is not a superteam bro

trembo i love u but this is false

Group A was NOT the hardest group. It was Group B and then D.

Grand Finalists in group B means the other 2 teams had no chance whatsoever.

Group D had the 3rd best and 5th-6th best team.

C had 4th and 5th-6th.

A had 2 7th 8th teams and 2 grouped teams.

DRX has a shot if they keep improving. ZETA and PRX are really strong too.

where is TL

yeah agree
drx vs fpx rematch was crazy too

DRX vs FPX map 1 was such a banger too

LEGEND

STOP COMPARING REGIONS WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM 2022

ALL REGIONS CAN WIN EACH OTHER ON ANY DAY