the worst part is that I feel like this is the best ive ever played and yet this is the worst wr ive had for a very long while

because SEN are a top 4 team and were very good that tournament? GENG were literally b2b grandfinalists they are better than majority of Orgs. The only orgs in vct history that are on par or higher are: SEN, GMB, OPTIC, LOUD, FNC and EG

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/GambleNats%23GMB/overview
this is so cooked, ive tried IGLing, ive tried filling, ive tried just fragging out, IT ALL JUST ENDS UP IN A LOST </3
Im staying in diamond so far cuz my gains are high and my loses are low but I just cant win T-T

the roster was winning trophies... by this logic, they would do everything they can to keep the roster if they only cared about winning...

oh no, a player wanted to leave the org and the org didnt forcibly imprison him what ever will apac do

who won the last two events?

bro respectfully stfu, your opinions are ass. S1Mon being a duelist in the past doesnt matter because he plays intiator and has some the best utility for it. EDG also made an IGL change and coach change, they play very differently from the past. ffs they won champs bro

Liquid literally have a single player, nAts, who has played EDG twice, (he wasnt even an igl back then either). keiko and pati has played them once and the rest of them have never even met EDG. what is your point?

EDG are by far the favourites to win this match, you clearly do not know ball

very good

Ardiis was like the best performing duelist in tokyo besides kk I believe

champs clears every time

G2 got semis in val in 2021 and 3rd in shanghai thats gotta be worth something for them

LFG!!!

Yeah the org is doing really good rn, their league team looks good rn too. They play c9 in the semifinals and if they win the grandfinals against (probably flyquest but 100T have a chance) they will qualify for First stand, leagues first LAN event this year

BLG, MIBR, GENG, HERETICS do not look like great teams rn (GenG can slide by but every other third seed do not look nearly as good) I think its good to keep bangkok the best of the best, every game feels fun to watch and theres a genuine chance that every team can win bangkok

Viper excels when she can put a wall somewhere and threaten a lurk that is very threatening and hard to clear out with a player there. (so far there isnt a wall that is very effective)
She cant hold nearly as well as a senti anymore and she cant be a solo controller so its hard to slot her in somewhere. Viper also has limited smokes especially since she cant pick up her orb anymore.

um no?

Aayan the goat

guys upvote aayan more than me pls

EDG won worlds and champions
fnatic won worlds and and 2 val lan events
liquid are good at val and league (well as good as an american team can get in league) and im pretty sure theyre very good at dota

I dont watch non riot esports so im not too sure about other games

pretty strong statement, I dont think the region is near doomed if they fail at bangkok

I think TE could do it, and mayyyybbbeee NOVA if they have a lucky run

I love how everyone is just downvoting each other for 15 dollars xD

Depends on the players themselves. for example boostio might be dropped if he continues to have the worse numbers in the league (idk if thats actually true, but its pretty awful is my point), I dont see eeiu or cryo getting dropped unless they have an awful stage 1 but asuna and zander I can see leaving depending on their form

I see, thats mb then, never watched those myself only the opening teaser and masters trailers. pretty cool idea

im never coming back to this thread

nAts is all anyone needs

riot released a single youtube video for madrid, and they did the same for bangkok. dont really get what u mean by "promotional hype videos from riot at all" and none of the regional youtube video except china did any promotional content either, im not saying it doesnt exist, just dont know what you are refering to

I havent checked their tiktok so maybe you mean that? but I actually think bangkok had more tiktok videos made from what I can recall at least (I get a video here and there)

I will have to see your gameplay to know that, but usually you need to fix up your movement or gun control before you fix up aim

depends, is your aim the problem? for majority of bronze players, I would say its movement, then gun control, then aim, then gamesense.

but yes, in general it will rank you up faster then you currently are, just maybe not the fastest way/most efficient way possible

yeah, but I started to throw in my own stuff when I hit diamond because theres a few things that I specifically struggle with that can be finetuned. Id say around 50% of it is nAts's routine and the other 30% is like woohoojin and 20% is random stuff I thought was helpful

liquids golden road has arrived

doraemon and case closed (detective conan) should just clear most the list here tbh

toaru is also extremely popular, only in the east tho (Especially china, fun fact thats what "bilibili" got the name from)

no bleach is also criminal

ALL INTO TRACE BABY

If TE or T1 win I will be very suprised, DRX is the only mild upset that I wouldnt be shocked by

The only thing close about the SEN vs G2 game is the order of who won the map, the map themselves were not close at all. The two grandfinals from americas and emea are very similar, Liquid also were not lucky in the first three maps (they got demolished third map) Liquid just had better prep on the first two maps with very strong anti but on lotus onwards it was clear that they no longer had that second layer of what they should do, instead just relying on what they usually do. I do not believe this is a fair argument against liquid/for sentinels. Overall I do agree sentinels is the stronger team, I just disagree with your argument of "reverse sweep vs close game"

I watched the games split screened live and then rewatched the VODS later

Thanks LMAO

what does it say? cant click the link cuz im at school

T1 could absolutely be #5 or even higher if they clean up some of their maps and all their indiviudals are on form.
In fact I think every team has a somewhat decent chance to win it all if the right conditions are met, bangkok is competitive asf

sidenote I just realised, but no, i meant to put te at 5 LOL

nAts has

Power ranking :
1.) G2
2.) VIT
3.) EDG
4.) DRX
5.) TE
6.) SEN
7.) TL
8.) T1

My Expectations
1.) EDG
2.) G2
3.) VIT
4.) SEN
5.) DRX
6.) TE
7.) T1
8.) TL

too expensive bro

huh? this doesnt seem good

i have a russian superteam

nats, trexx, derke, chronicle, shao

suygetsu, cloud and fns on bench

yes, they have very good macro and their individuals are all pretty good (kai is elite)

no one plays intiator in any region Ive played

dont ask me, I have a 30% wr, I might be ur teammates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeiGyVMMVvU

thats what they did the last few times except for vyse, they could stick with the show matches but its also possible they wont. I personally hope for a showmatch as well

I mean, I personally dont really get this, I dont see any potential improvements that could be done to rank