SEA

duelist - f0rsaken (PRX)
initiator - crazyguy (BAAM)
sentinel - dispenser (BREN)
smokes - sscary (X10)
flex - PTC (FS)

LATAM S > JP > LATAM N

lol what. he was consistently bottom fragging on jett/sage

https://www.vlr.gg/29264/luminosity-vs-faze-clan-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-2-lbf
https://www.vlr.gg/29257/tsm-vs-luminosity-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-2-ubf
https://www.vlr.gg/29256/luminosity-vs-rise-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-2-ubsf
https://www.vlr.gg/29253/pioneers-vs-luminosity-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-2-ubqf
https://www.vlr.gg/28342/cloud9-blue-vs-luminosity-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-2-qualifier-qf
https://www.vlr.gg/24024/version1-vs-luminosity-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-1-ro16
https://www.vlr.gg/24013/luminosity-vs-complexity-champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-1-ro32

ive gotten multiple notifications that people i reported have been banned for cheating lol. maybe no cheaters in silver but definitely some blatant cheaters in immortal

esports have had female only tournaments literally for 20 years in CS

Riot ruled that orgs can have 1 male and 1 female roster, the academy cant play in VCT alongside the main TSM roster but theres no reason they cant have one to develop players. Wouldnt be surprised if some academy leagues/tourneys pop up soon with how many there are (and more coming after LCQ i bet)

hopefully the next VCC events will be LAN, sucks that all non-indian teams are at like a 50 ping disadvantage on the mumbai servers

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b8327dad

just decided to go with favorites for every game this time i guess. except enigma vs vlt

whatever you do, do not support gambit in berlin

yeah, still lame

berlin slot deciding match is bo3 while seeding match GF is bo5?

his tenure on LG wasnt very inspiring to say the least. hes tearing up nsg on squirtle squad though, maybe LG just wasnt a good fit

ban isnt good, he can shred NA tier 3 but he is straight up trash vs real teams

maybe if they had an actual duelist instead of one that decided to turn his monitor on once every 10 games theyd be good. imagine keeping a matchfixer on your team and have him be dogshit anyway

https://twitter.com/GeneralSonCast/status/1428979726710763523?s=19

Actual source if youre still interested

f0rsaken really whiffed on 12-10 to give bren hope of OT just to ace them and crush it... damn

I was taking a shower and when I came back the game had been paused for like 15 minutes, what is going on?

smh my head

to who though? he doesnt play jett and there arent many teams that are looking for a non-jett duelist. and no one say TSM

just changed thankfully lol

-V1 were never really top 3 in NA and even then they had to play the first challengers with a standin
-X10 had no patiphan (their best player)
-Nuturn lost Lakia (their best player)
-EMEA has like 10 teams that couldve realistically qualified, fnatic and liquid just had bad days at the wrong time

Brazil seems to have actually changed though, Havan is the best team 100% and most of the teams have significantly improved. teams like HL and SH are very tactical teams who are on top of the meta, while teams like gamelanders who are still stuck in 2020 got blown out

damn rip Sharks.

Gambit have their revenge 3-1

throwing to help his turkish brethren, literally running at brave with a classic to give SMB 12 rounds

I hope for next year the slots at Masters and Champions get expanded and South Asia, Oceania, and MENA get 1 of their own slots instead of just LCQ slots. TBH I have been trashing teams from these regions but they wont get better if they dont get to compete against other, better regions.

f0rsaken is legitimately tenz/cned/scream tier. i dont care if level of competition is lower in SEA or whatever other cope people will come up with. he is actually one of the best players in the world and people will see in berlin

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/361ea756

ninim playing for wildcard or dire wolves?

absolutely insane series holy shit

cNed (jett)
nats (sentinel)
zeddy (smokes + igl)
Sacy (sova)
mixwell (flex)

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/e81f9a6c

i am now delusional_johnqt_fan

putting this team together is an arrestable offense

if NA get blown out in Berlin import era will start and maybe mwzera will get bought out lmao

JP teams will actually win a game

babybay was literally banned mid esea league match for cheating in cs, everybody loves him apparently

I think its better for BR if Furia dont qualify, they are in very good form but I think that tactically they are still behind HL and even VKS. I actually think Furia do win this series though

I think Sliggy is too willing to experiment with weird comps, especially in super important games. like how are you going to let them play Bind with that comp

Vivo Keyd beat Gamelanders, which was also kind of an upset because they still have mwzera. Although GL havent really been good since Masters 1

not possible right now, something to do with riot API. idk much about it

damn i didnt know that KRU was founded by Kun Aguero lol. Also Guild is apparently co-founded by David Beckham

Yeah, fnatic disappointed, but when you look at the teams they lost to its not as bad. G2x2, Giants, Liquid, and Guild. G2 just made their new superteam, Giants turned out to be really good and might qualify for Berlin, and Liquid and fnatic are on the same level imo. Its really only the loss to Guild which hurt them. I think EU just has a lot of very good teams and having even one bad day means you wont qualify

Yeah, Havan Liberty is definitely the best team in BR now, they look way better tactically than every other team, and they don't rely as much on star power like basically every other BR team lol. They will probably make Berlin and I can actually see them doing well. Furia is just playing out of their minds right now, I still think Vikings is the superior team overall.

V1 couldn't play with Zellsis in Challengers 1, Nuturn lost Lakia, their best player, and X10 couldnt play with Patiphan, also their best player. Its really only Fnatic and Liquid who disappointed and even then most people already thought that they werent the best teams in EU back in Masters 1.

Havan is the better team imo but Furia has been playing incredibly well. I think Furia 3-1

wtf was that Bind comp from Liquid. Looks like something out of beta ranked

That would be a waste, why sign one of the best duelists in Europe and make him flex?

Honestly feels like he never fully commited to learning Valorant. Still making stupid plays, not sure when his contract ends but wouldnt be surprised if he returned to CS

i wonder how russian casters would pronounce suka's name if cerberus qualified to berlin

i spent a lot of time posting about how VN teams were behind the rest of SEA but im ready to eat my words now. they have seriously improved since the last SEA tourney. big baam are really impressive, and im very happy to see crazyguy successful again

he was ok, nothing special. they had him on smokes like every recent CS transfer. maybe if he swapped to jett and picks up the awp like in CS hed do better

strange moves, bringing back seb and getting rid of aleksandar and kanpeki?? i literally have no idea what they are doing