i guarantee you whoever wins tomorrows game between prx vs fnatic, there will be some goat debate yap

if crashies drops 1.8 rating were gonna start hearing hes top 5 all time </3

https://www.vlr.gg/35940/f4q-vs-sentinels-valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin-group-d/?game=51047&tab=overview

kaajak is a year younger and has 4 less seasons in tier 1 for a reason

stop this comparison

and stop acting like kaajak is gonna massively improve while derke has somehow hit his peak

geniunely dk why emea fans are so ungreatful, yall disrespect actual all-time players just to glaze current mfs

i need apac tears

time to channel the fnatic black magic and heretics retard power into two EMEA wins

i think youre oversimplifying it forsaken def plays a lot more agents at a higher level but both are insane

i think d4v41 is just super aware of map control kinda what sticks out about him

lost to g0nt0le m0tes

the game is just more refined, i enjoy playing valorant more but cs2 is just much better

CS is the better game rn but the concept of valorant is better

just a matter of valve having forever to get it right, plus its simpler so its easier

https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2097/valorant-champions-2024

half an assist per round is like peak as fuck for a initiator

also the aspas analysis is pretty weird, his stats arent even that amazing, derke has better stats internationally probably, and i dont think aspas is a baity duelist, i just think you hear what other people say and regurgitate it

apac was just geng emea was just hoor0tics and americas was pretty decent all year but champs win better than masters madrid and a few podium places

battle of 1 team regions and china won champs

champs win is enough for china #1 in 2024

every other region only won one trophy, or two finals appearances, copeee

hasnt been there long enough, but goked is a good shout he might be up there

drop bum and minibum NOW

what game are you watching, seriously

that harbor comp is so fucking ass idc what anyone says

wasting hyunmin </3

what?

wasted more talent than tormi?

BBL cinderella run to GF so theyre shit stage 2

thank yew very much for the free playoffs riot

not that it changed many results but i thought seeing that many games in one day was nice

i think the execution was poor but im not really against bo1s if they do it right

obviously bo3s are more thorough

imo the first thing actually is fine, people complained about the opposite at toronto, to me its a pro-con thing the bigger effect will be at stage 2 which is why my only gripe with ewc is that it wont give champs points

leaf was always gonna miss it, the other guy was pretty screwed but happens sometimes at big events, just the nature of the game

the 30 ping is crazy and if youre right id probably agree, but idk about allat, would explain NRG fluke run tho

fair enough ig

theres a tradeoff there tho

either keep benjy and get an english igl (idk of any in emea that are decent)

or go full turk with rose igl, or riens or benjy igl

is miniboo worth having boo

was keeping s0m worth losing verno long term

</3

fair but champs points are pretty doodoo rn anyways they have to rework the circuit in general

from a viewerstandpoint riot is giving the players too much offtime, dk why the year is ending this early

if mentality had no part in sports it would be boring, get better lil bro maybe youll make it if you stopped getting scared of sitting still for 10 minutes

try a fidget spinner

absolutely it can be better for the viewer, but if your job is to play valorant and win, and you have what you need to perform theres really no reason to complain like things are distorting results, a bad format might suck for viewers but its not going to make players perform any worse

if youd say the tournament is bad for viewing but accept the results as honest then theres no issue

and you can even say this tournament isnt as prestigious as others (it just isnt yet) but the results are objectively not skewed - everyones even, its not like the CWC where south american teams are playing with fresh legs and europeans are dying

trauma dumping on vlr is crazy, mentality is a factor in every sport, sorry to alarm you :(

trigger warning: being scared of being quiet for 10 minutes just means you have adhd

i could get wym, but with hiro they went flawless in stage 2

im not saying alfa was better than leo at lockin, but he was definitely the better player in the moment when it was needed the most

at tokyo alfa was just better

and i think the issue with just looking at stats and not realizing alfajer often takes much harder duels and is winning them about as often if something we don't realize, then the aspect that alfa is often lurking, or he is in 1vX situations, leo is usually never in these situations (not that hes bad at them, hes quite good)

then theres the fnatic domination thing, when you win a map 13-6 some players just arent going to have a chance to impact anything, its by chance

if your mental is boomed after a tech pause you should probably find a new job

this is so silly lol, they get paid to play valorant, its a fair contest

shit happens like that in every sport

you want me to cry because of rain during my football match or because of injuries or things that actually skew results

nothing that he listed is an unfair advantage, its just omg its not a perfect condition for my nerds who have done nothing but play video games all their life to play a video game

its

a

video

game

its a video game, aslong as they have the latest equipment, decent enough time to prep, and a good setup, the playing ground is equal its an equitable and fair event and players wouldnt complain

they complained in the past because of issues that effect performance, i havent seen that yet and if i did id take it back

but tech pauses dont inherently effect performance, i dont know what the issues are

havent seen anyone complain about 200 fps and stutters, i think youre inserting claims without proof

cwc is mickey mouse because of athletes being completely torn apart physically by this part of the season, not because of anything else

you cannot compare it to esports where there is no such thing

if football players could go 100% all year with no injuries the cwc would be praised

i didnt call leo a baiter, youre fighting ghosts

he is 100% a rating darling

he did not drag them kicking and screaming, i dont even think fnatic had a single player go negative the first two maps

idk where this revisionist history is coming from

youre not answering the question though, if youre a player do you care about prizepools or tech pauses

just a one or the other question

Alfajer is the reason fnatic didnt end up like vitality, leo was the best player until fnatic were down 11-3 then the real man went to work

dont mention stats to me, i wholefully think leos playstyle plus VLRs retard metrics are a match made in heaven

how many players on optic were top 3 (if not 2 or 1) in their role

ofc bro didnt go negative he literally had a pocket entry

if you're a valorant player going into an event and you see 15 of the other best teams in the world, a potential 500k winning ( 100k less than the first two masters of the year combined ) plus the prestige from winning this knowing Valorant is a forever changing game and every team needs luck to win

but VLR users think that tech pauses and a format they dont like (impacts only viewing experience) impacts how seriously a player takes an event

i just imagine the fnatic guys sitting there like, omg we had to wait an extra hour to play a video game, we shouldnt try for a 500k prize pool

im so curious why people think if they were up on the stage with a chance to win that much money against the best teams in the world, they wouldnt try because you can only lose once in the knockouts or you have a tech pause

"cned carried champs 2021"

"leo>alfa"

"yay carried optic"

"johnqt and dephh trying to play in pack and ruining two sen seasons"

"its not termis fault the most established korean org in valorant has no grand finals appearances"

games gone

it happens a lot but they have other utility too

i would have to see the numbers, i feel like some controllers get like 15 assists in a bo3, and some get 30-40, so im not sure whats causing that divide, if its a placebo and im just thinking theyre truthfully creating skilled assists or idk

i think if theyre calculating a stat with assists theyd be able to discriminate based on what kind of assist they are

imo, smoke assists can be very important, i know a lot are just basic smokes but for example if a teammate is 1v3 on opposite site and i give him a smoke to play around, those assists are definitely worth a lot

APR on controller and initiator needs to be valued way more

rating is such a brainless stat it will never be a good stat when theres different agent classes in valorant, it only works in csgo because everyone has the same utility

doubt any of these guys are pushing more than 400k, the 60-80k bonus is huge for anyone there

didnt mean to hurt ur feelings, just tried to state some facts <3

u have no enemies lil bro, all love<3

youre the one telling me fnc is in my head, they are literally your flair i just used the first team I saw to make a comparision to refute your point in your post

it has nothing to do with fnatic if you actually read the post instead of getting defensive over seeing a name