Welcome trembolona to LOUD, as the newest waterboy

Idk if you've ever played Valorant but more than 1 player cannot play Chamber in a game

Jawg will get on a good team tho

He's had several good tournaments over the past 1.5 years. In fact he's had only 1 instance where he did bad (Challengers event). Otherwise he's always been insane, since his time on RISE

I don't think they're making any roster changes
Everyone saying Will is getting replaced but I don't think he is, not after that insane LAN performance (he placed top 2 in duelists impact rating)

Sorry mb

nope

I can understand why you'd say that about BabyJ but why jcStani ? Insane cracked player fr

How'd u comment then

Still better than MIBR player names
deNaro
mNdS
jzz
gtn
frz
stkJ
Not one of those names has a pronunciation or meaning

sorry haven't seen him play so can't say

Here are my hot takes for the post-franchising scene for NA (I'm not aware of the T2 scene of other regions so I'll stick to NA)

1. C9 will be the best team in NA with Vanity IGLing some good and dedicated players (Better than current OpTic)
2. bang and Derrek will become the best players in NA for their respective roles
3. NRG will buy out OpTic core
4. SEN will be back to top 3 (in the Americas league) after they bench Shazam and add steel
5. EG will continue to remain mediocre
6. Cryo, zekken, Dicey, jonahP, POISED, trent, babybay, jcStani, Zander, aproto, zellsis, BabyJ, Supamen, v1c, all OpTic players - will all 100% get into franchised teams

Nah don't be like that
Let em hype him as much as they want. Win or loss everyone deserves to support their team

Yay better watch his back

Had decent results during the honeymoon period (V1 went 5-0 in group stage)
I think that's why people overrate his IGLing so much. Not to take credit away from him tho he's still a cracked player (top 3 controllers NA)

Zander is an insane player but honestly he's not even a decent IGL. Definitely not a franchise level IGL imo

-ratzam +GIGACHAD steel

🤓

Sussy

100T bdog is not happening bcoz they have a strict policy against one-tricks

Yes, even Crashies to some extent (I mean no disrespect but I think they can find a better entry than Victor)

will get picked up by NRG (at least the core 3)
You heard it here first

Must have been a pickem thread

Watchu smokin dawg
100T very huge org easily top 10 esports org itw
They have like 5 top-4 finishes in LoL worlds, they just won COD world champion, their Apex and Fortnite players are also very popular
There was no better franchise candidate from NA

100T revenue very stable and backed by good people/creators
TSM too dependent on the crypto shit (and even tho I have no knowledge of crypto, I know it's not a stable source of income) Plus the Scandal doesn't help. PR is a big factor for riot

NA has an IGL famine. He'll make it

What question. You just hating. I don't wanna have a reasonable conversation with someone who won't even listen to what I say

I could have bet my firstborn on 100T getting the spot

I think XSET (minus Ayrin) will get picked up together

Vitality lmao

current 100T roster already good enough to win titles

bro stop trying to sell this team to every org
Don't worry they'll get picked up (3 of them at the very least)

stew 👀

fr man woulda choked rito CEO for the spot

Franchising is dependent on how well the org will be in the long run
Likely the reason TSM was out (crypto not dependable in the long run)
Also why G2 out (CEO who parties with a shitter is a PR disaster waiting to happen)

Literally could have bet my life savings on it
100T so well off financially + clouted as fuck + good results (not that important)

Oh good idea but no thank you

No surprise here

This was pretty obvious

-optic +T1

Heartbreak 💔

No don't get me wrong I'm not putting tye blame on FNS. In fact I made it pretty clear that I think Optic wouldn't make it past top 4 in NA without FNS. I'm merely pointing out the fact that 1 more player getting kills for the team would only do good
Apart from the strats, winning your duels is also a big factor for winning. It's a shooter game after all

i know

You can't put the blame on Marved for not going crazy like last time. There's only so much a mf can do as Astra and Omen.

As for Victor, everyone knows at this point that he is 100% Optic's win condition. All other parts of Optic are fairly consistent and constant but Victor is very hit-or-miss. His lackluster performance was surely a factor this event

indie company forgive them

LETSGOOO
South NA for the win

Sit down bro TSM owns us all

I named 1 guy bcoz I wanted to emphasize the fact that FNS's lackings only come into play against the toughest opponents. For example if Optic played TSM, no one would care how many kills FNS has. My point is that you can have all the tactical prep in the world, but at the end of the day, if your opponent is just as good as you, then these tiny mistakes will make the difference. Having 1 more player getting kills can only do good

Several others examples of such players if you consider the teams at champions (stax, kingg, scream, dephh, benkai, stellar, boaster)

bump for throw again sadly. GGs tho banger match

Truuueeee
Gameplay has evolved so much this last year. Glad we're past the whole Astra meta. Chamber meta also starting to go away.
Really fun year overall