what is the point of ranking more than like top 8, it's way too abstract to try to matchup teams that have never played each other nor even made it to international competition

1) most top teams are like this, the younger teams are generally more prone to tilt
2) this makes no sense
3) irrelevant
4) this is the same thing as point 1, were you just trying to increase your word count

his utility was really impressive to me on haven from Stax, lots of uptime on the aftershock, fault line, and ult
the flash was pretty avoidable though

people said that he was unplayable, worst agent aside from yoru
think he was pretty good today, no?

what do you think i'm doing, i'm fishing :^)

they were upset because they expected to shit on them effortlessly like they always do lmao

you're reading too much into things, i'd love valorant to be a global community but it's not going to happen overnight
don't lecture me, thanks

1) you have no reason to expect this other than your own regional bias, they haven't proven themselves and the region itself is completely unproven in any respectable esport (besides maybe team wolf like 7 years ago, if that)

2) korea is a dramatic outlier because esports is part of the cultural zeitgeist, no other country on earth is as integrated with esports and pc gaming culture so comparing any region to them is disingenuous at best and delusional at worst

3) already addressed this, not my fault you think saving strats doesn't exist when anyone with a functional brain would see the vs acend game and understand

you're trying to strawman my argument when i never said anything like that :)

i love underdog stories and will always cheer them on when it comes to the big stage

but some people reach a point of optimism where it might as well be called delusion. a powerhouse region like brazil will need another 2 years to make a mark on the world stage. regions that are even less relevant will need upwards of 3-4. pretending like they will make an impact this year, this circuit is actually just setting yourself for disappointment.

korea got third at the first international lan. if anyone thought they were overrated they were dumb as fuck and deserved to be ego checked.

recognize when you're being biased

brother no team is doing things "so fast they cannot be comprehended" get a grip. you clearly can't recognize your bias for minor regions and are obsessively willing to defend them to no end when you can just wait for them to prove themselves. they don't want fans like you trying to justify that they can compete with the big dogs, they just want to show it.

check colloquial meaning dumbass

so much of your comment is complete trash obfuscated by you trying to pretty up the language that i'm only gonna address one part

Secondly, VS technically cannot even save strats against Paper Rex? Dude, Paper Rex and VS scrim each other very often. GE and other teams also scrim Paper Rex very often. How do you even save strats against teams that you scrim daily? You have gotta test those strats against them at least once right?

the VS team literally employed 10x the strategies, set executes, and coordinated ability chains against Acend than they did against PRX.
It's factually known (from Benkei) that VS consistently DESTROY PRX in scrims, they literally go 24-0. Why would a team that literally shits on PRX every single time they scrim feel the need to use the strategies they prepared for Berlin against better teams?

Tell me this. If you're dunking on a team every scrim, you have no takeaway from them other than "just keep killing them, it works"

But the team losing the scrims can learn why what they do doesn't work, what the other team does that beats them, and things they can try to counter it. The team losing scrims will always be infinitely more prepared for the official match when it comes.

VS went into that PRX game literally PUGGING it. they didn't use a SINGLE set execute they did against Acend, EVEN TNL.

I can't tell if you're being intentionally obtuse or you just want to so desperately believe that these minor region teams that have never proven themselves, never accomplished anything in a respectable esport have a chance of surprising accomplished teams. Get a grip of reality, they can improve over time, but you're literally overdosing on hopium.

HAHAHA people digging up old threads. I think you should look for the ones where people were actually hating on VS (there were lots). but i get it

I hope they win it all!

0/8 you're trying too hard to fakeflair

even if VS end up being shit you don't know anything and are talking out your ass

people like you lower the average iq of this website

if you don't realize whats wrong you're dumber than i thought

I haven't watched any of the KR games

I think people might be overrating them

this website in a nutshell

advertising your own tweet and it's not even funny, hold this ratio

ackshually sinatraa is the best sova 🤓

honestly its hard to say... before the tournament i would say SMB would destroy PRX but their insane underperformance vs ace and prx's promising games has made my perception of the group all mixed up

i still think smb will win but i can see a world where f0rsaken goes crazy and carries prx to a win

I agree PRX are good, they have lots of skill. but they still cant be compared to a team like Acend... and they made the match close

Oh i should have read this comment before i posted a thread, it gives some good points

Why do so many people think VS can beat acend? Or even take a map?
vs struggled against PRX who people thought was the worst team at the event

I'm not even trying to hate on korea, i am a fan of the team and loved Nuturns run at iceland. I also hate when people say korea is "overrated" because they earned respect with Nuturns run.
But ACEND just look too good compared to VS. They stomped SMB who was also very strong, and Zeek, Starxo, and Cned (of course) look like they are on another level right now.

I really dont get it.

edit - i hope people dont think im trying to shit on VS. i want them to win just not confident in it.

I dont know anything about the scene either but i think they are hyped to a normal level.
korea got 3rd at iceland so obviously they are the only region besides NA/EU people care about

but Acend are just too good, Im just surprised people think VS will even put up a fight?

why do people think VS will even win a map? they struggled against PAPER REX... were they actually underperforming that game or what