I like the confidence in gyen lol

dort might like nrg guys

Best Overall Player: Riens

Best Duelist: Zmjjkk
Best scan initiator: Riens
Best flash initiator: Wo0t
Best Controller: Karon
Best Sentinel: Benjyfishy
Best IGL: nobody
Rookie of the year: Verno

Bangkok Winner: SEN
Toronto Winner: EDG
Paris Winner: TH

Team that will shatter expectations: KOI
Team that will fail to meet expectation: VIT

Team of the Year: TH

1.) Possible I give it a 50% chance of becoming true
2.) I agree
3.) I dont understand
4.) Agreed
5.) possible but not likely
6.) Agreed 8 teams event sucks
7.) Define let down? I suspect him to be middle of the pack or slightly below. but there is always gonna be people who think yay has the 2022 yay in him
8.) Agreed
9/) Agreed
10.) Dont play
11.) I despise fracture in ranked, (cool in pro play) otherwise agreed
12.) I wouldnt say upgrade its pretty even overall, better controller for worse fire power
13.) People hates val cc no?
14.) Agreed
15.) eh let people be people, maybe not "proud" but if they wanna live like that, they should be able to unless its iterally killing them
16.) Agreed

I hope so, I want some success for jpn this year

counter argument: B1ack

I love tec too but we are dogshit rn

BLG and XLG F?????
trace should be ez A
Liquid early season is prob a B and then later is A
Also maybe unpopular op but navi should be C
also pacific ascension teams are a lilk too high

Thats cool and all but
kings avatar + link click >>>>>

2026 tyloo zest incoming dw

Do you think using unconvential comps and playstyles has any chance to actually win a tournament? because short term we have seen success, where teams like fpx almost beat heretics (x2) and GenG. While PRX have made two whole grandfinals. I mean you could say a team like EDG with their lotus comp, but thats not what I mean since they play pretty standard everywhere else. I mean a team with the identity of off meta comps and non defualty playstyles. Since these teams thrive with Uncomfortability for other teams but the deeper in a tournament the more likely the opposing team will be ready for your plays

I think he means liquid in 2024 barely had any toptier talent to igl

koi

not even probably wouldve

this is what it wouldve looked like:
https://www.vlr.gg/318930/team-liquid-vs-team-heretics-champions-tour-2024-emea-stage-1-w4

just the most correct answer

TT might win 5 rounds

kk aint playing for the small bucks anymore 💀

fully agreed

good strategy right here

overrating tenz and s1mon

what about permier then

unfortunately my japanese level is that of a first grader but helloooo :D

can I as an chinese t2 org buy out the entirety of a top team like GENG and then shred through the competition and earn a spot in tier 1 through ascension?

Rage your dream 時を駆け抜けてゆく

:(

lets look at "everything" real quick.

smoggy lan events > Tenz lan events
Smoggy champs > Tenz Champs
Smoggy shanghai >>> Tenz shanghai
Smoggy madrid << Tenz madrid
Smoggy regular season < Tenz regular season
Smoggy agent pool >>> Tenz agent pool
Smoggy trophy >= Tenz trophy
Smoggy seconds calls for edg as well

yet you say tenz better

me

kk madrid > shanghai > champs, just on an individual level. if you wanna count team player I could see how you disagree

I agree aspas > miniboo but no ways was he better than kk this year. it shouldnt be debatable btw

trophies? when wo0t is number 1? when n4rrate played in 1 int tournament? when riens is number 3? when leo is 4 who didnt even play the full year and played in 1 inti? brother out of everyone on your list 7/16 people have won trophies?

also smoggy single tournament andy?????
Shanghai??????

I heavy disagree with your sentinel list

?????? kks champs performance was argubly his weakest individually unless you exclude the groupstage

if you count agent pool tenz shouldnt be in the top 4, he can legit only play omen. people like chichoo, smoggy, mindfreak, KiNgg, bang can play 3-4

yeah I was gonna say this as well as kk has been crazy consistent despite his team being lacking earlier in the year. with the 2nd highest acs in madrid, 3rd in shanghai and 4th in champs

I disagree quite a but overall its aight

IGL initiator: nobody
Duelist: Zmjjkk
Flex: Chronicle
Smoke: MaKo
Sentinel: Less

I like monks hair, SO GO AG

its not that bad, some days I play up to 14

yeah b1ack needs to be removed. I would still give abo a chance, he has proven a good player in the past

senti

chinese new year is my favorite by far

forgot they were available

zest + tier 2 senti

nats not joining a team truly is my nightmare

way too little trans player to pool an average, I wouldnt use that data as there are too many possible variables. If more trans people join GC and majority of them are the top percentile then a discussion about that can be had

1.) I always use the agent name
2.) mmm, not really, I only find it important if someone feels represented by clove, then you should be using them. so if you are just fucking around with your friends, dont need to use them. but if you are in a random lobby with people who potentially feel represented by clove then I believe you should be using them
3.) Yes, but they should be done well, it shouldnt feel forced and their identity shouldnt be "the lgbtq character" it should be like clove who besides being nonbinary is also kinda a nerd, liking dnd. A childish character who doesnt use formal language and can be quite upfront in her voicelines. and she has the whole life and death motif

I can certainly agree with that, out of all the women I know only 2 take the game seriously the rest are content just wanting to have fun

real take

EDG nobody is currently a top 3 igl itw and was the main reason EDG won champs
Haodong is a great player and his bad performance in EDG 2024 was due to the a failure in the system
apparently thinking t1 will be a top team next year is a hot take
Player history should be addressed and punished but afterwards it shouldnt be used against them

less people = worse pool of players
this is the real reason.
Lot less women play valorant than men