I have not seen a single match of Cloud9 or NRG in Valorant. Can they last a map against teams like LOUD, Leviatan, DRX? Or will Riot go easy on them by matching them with Talon Esports and Global Esports? I was excited for kickoffs but hearing that two of the best teams from NA won't make it to kickoffs, that sucks.

When esports is not about skill, this is what happens. Not picking the best team for franchise, is so embarrassing.

Wait what happened? I have not been keeping up with Valorant news

Yeah, it is incredibly popular in Japan. Japan has a lot of Esports cafe and Esports gym, they are like internet cafe but specially made for games. One day, I hope Japan can be like Korea in a sense that school kids go to these places after school and have an intense match of Valorant. That day definitely is not out of reach but..

This is how Riot treats Japan? Only one slot?

I think it's 291k but not sure if it's before Iceland or after. But there should be only 4 months of gap in-between.

Least arrogant north america fan. They should give NA 2 slots, Optic and Xset and every other slot to South America.

How is this rip? Japan is only getting one

Japan has more Valorant fans lol what. KR viewership is good, but what you just said is too much.

This company has actually gone fucking insane. One bad decision after another.

Don't listen to the other guy. This week's episode was the best in the entire series. Sad part is, the whole season is kind of boring (just like the first season) but at least this season is redeemed by today's episode.

La La La is good but Waka Waka will always have a special part in my heart as the no. 1 football song.

Japan viewership is already insane. Franchising will only double it. JP + KR + CN views are going to crazy, put some APAC views in there and Asian viewership easily tops.

Japanese viewership contributed a lot. Most Japanese popular streamers were watching the match that day. DRX was trending on JP Twitter

Incredible. The moment they won against Leviatan, I knew they were going to be top 3. What I didn't expect is for them to beat Optic and for DRX to beat FPX, twice. LOUD was truly the underdog all along.

Group was not hard. PRX played bad. And this is coming from a PRX fan who was mesmerized by their performance. Same with EDG. Group B was the hardest. ZETA got wiped twice by LOUD, the champions, the best team right now. How is ZETA gonna fight back against that?

KR and JP is APAC, don't let Valorant's weird way of counting regions fool you.

I joined late, that's how they won? How are LOUD on Icebox? Are they good on Icebox on Ascent level or decent?

You lost all credibility in your comment and outed yourself as a baiter in that sentence. It's sad that VLR baiters can't even stay consistent like Facebook or Reddit baiters.

Are they going to play Ascent? Please tell me ascent is here

It will obviously happen one time in future because Valorant is popular in Japan, but not the next Masters if it's held soon, that's what I'm saying.

No it is not opening rapidly. There are some people that are trying to halt the progress. This is why I said that unless it's next year late, it won't happen. I don't know when Masters begin but it is not possible to book an event in Japan any time now.

Guys, Japan is not open to tourism yet. Unless the masters is next year late or somewhere after that time, Japan won't be able to host an event like this.

I am happy that it was this close. Because it proves that it was a close match and DRX had a solid chance at winning.

Must be another salty EU loser

The curse is broken, next year they are gonna be extremely strong.

It all depends on LOUD now

It's not gonna go OT, Optic is gonna get 2 more, DRX is still far away

Give them a break, they tried. Top 3 is great

Sadly I think it's over.

Top 3 is REALLY good. Super proud of DRX. Next year we'll come back stronger, ZETA and DRX both ❤

Put respect in DRX name salty idiot. They have evolved. Talking big as if DRX hasn't always been a good team. Having zero fans is better than having fans like this guy

LOUD vs DRX, please make it happen. I have been wanting this right after playoffs. My pickems didn't have LOUD, but they did have DRX in finals and I really want them to win it all this champions. I can sleep in peace now.

There's no way DRX wins now, fuck man.

Yes, this is what I'm hoping for. They are my two favourite teams currently out of 4.

LOUD is amazing HOLY. These guys are top tier

It's so funny
That 99% of the people who are saying why did Suygetsu and FPX be toxic to XSET, would do it themselves, 10x worse.

But the thing is, they can only say that they won't do it and will never reach a platform to make a decision like that and can only complain on vlr 💀

This whole thing ruined my night and I'm not even the one playing. I can't even imagine being in the shoes of the players on stage. I totally understand Suygetsu's frustrations.

But Zekken making a crying gesture to FPX team after they lost for the second time isn't weird? I did not think I would take FPX's side tonight, but here we are.

Originally, I did not want them to win this because I'm supporting DRX. But this treatment was so one-sided and unfair for FPX. All it did was make me gain massive respect for them. All their anger is 100% justified. Riot is a shit company. Zekken was mocking FPX after they lost for the 2nd time by making a crying gesture, absolutely shameless.

https://twitter.com/NP01user/status/1569814904898736131
Bug or not bug?

The background waiting sound track consists of farting sounds (4:13:00). What the fuck? Is this their definition of good music?

Hm.. what was that? You want another agent? We're working on it! - Riot

Watching TENNN stream, hopefully, he watches it. He says he feels bad for FPX, I'm of the same opinion. I want Xset to win because FPX antistrat might destroy DRX, but this isn't how I wanted them to win.

Then why didn't the team stop the round instantly, fix the bug and redo the game then and there? Why ruin FPX's mental like this?

To be very honest, I can't pick any side right now. I can understand how Xset feels, they must feel terrible inside thinking if that turret didn't bug, maybe things would go differently. I also feel bad for FPX, they played the match fully, they were relieved and now they're being told to put on game face once again. On one hand, Xset is fired up, on the other hand, FPX is exhausted. Blame this fully on Riot for not redoing the round instantly by giving them a break.

For this one time I agree. Disqualify FPX and Xset, bring in Sentinels and let them play DRX. Why? For no particular reason :)

This reminds me of "The Hand of God" incident lol

Barca can't beat Bayern, I didn't even watch the match and I knew Bayern was going to win.

Shhh. DRX is feeling it, let's not jinx them and pray in silence

It's a mix of both EU and NA.