The team has completely collapsed since going 5-0 in stage 1.
They have won 1 single map (vs zeta) in their last 7 VCT games.

They will be playing in Ascension unless one of the following happens:

• DFM finish top 4 in the split 2 playoffs.
• Team Secret finish top 4 in the split 2 playoffs.

Player ratings over the season:

| PLAYER    | KICK//OFF | SPLIT 1 | PLAYOFFS | SPLIT 2 |
|-----------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|
| DOS9      |         1 |    1.25 |     0.99 |    1.06 |
| FAMOUZ    |      1.04 |    1.12 |     0.53 |    0.82 |
| NcSlasher |      0.73 |     1.1 |      0.9 |    0.78 |
| BerserX   |      1.14 |    1.07 |     0.82 |    0.92 |
| Shiro     |      0.92 |       1 |     0.68 |    0.91 |

Will BOOM make a roster move in preparation for Ascension?

"NAVI Vo0kashu", i got bad news for you buddy.

it was xdll

Vitality's CS team getting sponsored by stake.
A lot to do with the morality of having a gambling sponsor, as well as stake as a company. (You can't even use stake in France because it's restricted)

Two years grinding in tier 2 and its gone like that.
I mean its not surprising but they really went out without a whimper.

If Comeback and Minny end up at "Koi" something has gone terribly wrong in EMEA.

Derke

Based on the 2025 Valorant Official Competition ruleset (as of 27/06/2025)
There are three outcomes for the two "Ascension teams": Extend their stay, Fight in Ascension, Relegate automatically

Extend
Only 1 "Ascension team" may extend their term.
You can extend your term by being the only "Ascension team" in your region to qualify to champions.

• If both "Ascension teams" qualify for champs, the highest placing team at champions will retain the spot. The other team will be sent to the ascension tournament to fight for their spot.
• If both teams qualify for champs and both team finish with the same placement at champions, the team with the most championship points will retain the spot. The other team will be sent to the ascension tournament to fight for their spot.

Fight
The "Ascension team" will be required to requalify via the Ascension tournament
If a team loses a tiebreaker as defined in the Extend conditions.
If a team qualifies for the Stage 2 Playoffs, but fail to qualify to champs.
If a team finishes in the top 8 in their regions Championship Point Standings, but fail to qualify to champs.

• If any of the "Ascension teams" are tied on points for a top 8 position in the Championship Point standings, they will considered to have placed in the top 8.

Relegate
If a team fails to reach the Stage 2 Playoffs and is outside of the top 8 in the Championship point standing, they will be relegated to the Challengers League from which they qualified from.

Akrewstralis 🕊️

Well it's not a great argument when you consider Ibai hasnt streamed a single vct game this year.
But the overall point about providing security to the most popular teams in correct.

No.

Vit, BBL and GX are all winnable games.
They've been looking decent but results are all that matter now.
And that choke versus FUT might come back to haunt them.

In that round he got more kills than what boostio got in his last sunset match.

Jamyoung was so generational he had me on KICK watching him cook Astralis.

smeaging on the big stage, vct americas will never be the same again.

That is exceptional

Would rrq even beat Gopal esports?

Lakia in 2021.

nah wtf 🛶🛶🛶

Watching him use the satchel for displacement is so satisfying.
He is frying on raze.

I can understand the complaints about the format.
However, the "patch issues" was way bigger at Toronto.

It doesn't really move the needle for any of the top players.
Although lets say.. BBL make the final, i'm now thinking jamppi has what it takes to be a top igl in the region.

and again

Well according to Esports Charts:
For Pacific Stage 1 there was a Japanese language peak of 162,611 viewers. [1]
At the most recent VCL Japan split, 2025 split 2, there was a viewership peak of 180,493 viewers. [2]

VCT Japanese viewership is waning due to DFM and Zeta having weak performances.
Murash gaming, owned by a large Japanese content creator [3], has helped the VCL viewership remain strong.

As a league, VCT Pacific is still a lot more popular.

[1] https://escharts.com/news/vct-2025-stage-1-global-viewership
[2] https://escharts.com/tournaments/valorant/valorant-challengers-2025-japan-split-2
[3] https://www.twitch.tv/kato_junichi0817, currently live playing Mario Kart with 45k viewers

El Capitano nAts will straighten them out.

https://x.com/anonimotum/status/1940457700787474715

AHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅 what a crazy move.

It's nice because it actually feels like the teams are taking it pretty seriously.
Would be cool to see this type of format replicated in spain & france.

Italy is too beautiful, no point staying inside.

Unusually I haven't seen Lev announce his departure. Although his departure has been heavily remoured.

https://x.com/FOKUSValorant/status/1938568023193129454?t=EbO45CAyNz3JZDTe2yMqnw&s=19

https://x.com/riotgames/status/1938282007148253261

We’re opening up betting sponsorship opportunities for Tier 1 LoL and VALORANT teams in the Americas and EMEA with safeguards to protect competitive integrity and the fan experience.

Key takeaways

1. Only available for franchised teams in EMEA & americas.
2. The betting companies will be vetted and approved by riot
3. A portion of Riot's revenues earned from sports betting will be reinvested into tier 2.
4. Riot-owned broadcast and social channels will stay betting-free.
5. No betting logo on team jerseys.
6. Any betting partner must use GRID [1]

[1] https://grid.gg/get-league-of-legends/ , riot's data platform, that requires a paid license for gambling services

Moving to a bigger arena for the top 4 wouldve been good.
Playing the whole event in the same venue made it feel like there wasn't that much of a differences between the swiss/qf.. etc.

Changing the meta that much between events is bad for competitiveness.
I would say it is part of the reason xlg/mibr bombed out so hard.
Although tejo is boring to watch.

The wolves run was not as crazy as the Zeta run at Reykjavík, mainly because china as a region has had prior success.

forsaken is the mvp, not sure why this is being debated so much.
Nice to see PRX get that trophy that had alluded them for so long.

Now pacific has the chance to be the first region to win all 3 events in a year.

Does it really matter if you were 4th or 6th?

Unsurprising when riot drop a meta defining patch before the event.

+8 on the first bloods.

..alfajer is so back.

The ideas are very good but they are leaving almost no margin for error on the hits.

The expectations of the two regions are vastly different.
Maybe in a few years if CN hasn't been able to produce anything close to EDG then that narrative can be spun.

You would only think hes "average" if you started watching post 2023.

Masters Copenhagen.

Yeah the roles aren't too clear.
I would guess unfake smokes aswell.

typo ... vitality

https://x.com/Sheep_VALORANT/status/1933970085749629331

The Swiss–Albanian Duelist and flex player is probably replacing Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel, whose departure marks the end of a year-long chapter with the Bees.

Well its an igl atleast.
Its a shame cyvoph got benched, he had a strong first split.

Crashies is 5-0 versus korean teams... 👀

Give me freedom
Give me fire
Give me chinese teams
Or i'll retire

Incoming 13-9

I do agree that the game/community have been trying to force a "faker" like figure.

However, Aspas has been individually the most consistently great player during the franchising era.
In reality this event might just be a blip in his record.

His record internationally is very inconsistent, it's either a deep run or a quick run.
Third time he has been grouped & the third time he has gone winless at an international event.
Except normally he performs very well individually.

This time though.. the Ghost of Toronto.

They shouldve got comeback before M8 swooped in.. Turkish navi core wouldve been great.

1 year since Leo last played 🕊️

https://www.vlr.gg/348468/fut-esports-vs-fnatic-champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai-lr1

We will be patiently waiting for the return of the king.