Let them hate, we live in their heads rent free

I'll take this L

There's something uncanny about the crowd...

As long as they perform in the real tournaments

It feels like off season EDG

My sun might’ve set already but that is not a reason to call me washed.

Top 6 at Tokyo and LA

Idk we need to see more from JDG

whzy is going to do absolutely nothing and still win

I think they can retain their ascension slot as long as they make playoffs too so let’s hope that they do!

To be honest I would throw my hands up in disappointment if XLG qualified for champs looking the way they look now. EDG played very disconnected today and I hope they can fix that soon. The rest I agree with 💯

Serial chokers but we still need to support them for being a fun team (and cute logo) 🥰

I think 4th is a solid place to place them right now, what about you? 😄

Thanks to Kaust for some discussion and insights

Let’s talk about VCT CN, especially after every team in the EWC has lost today. What’s up with them? Are these teams really China’s best?

The answer is… not really.

1. EDward Gaming
   The kings of China, whilst sailing into uncharted waters after the loss of S1Mon, remain the strongest and most reliable contender for international trophies. Who knows what they can do after zjc settles in to the squad.
2. Bilibili Gaming
   The bitter rivals to EDG, BLG had triumphed over them in Stage 1 and proves to be a solid player on the global stage. BLG is able to play chaotic yet sound Valorant and keep up with top teams from other regions.
3. Funplus Phoenix
   Having seen a downfall after their riveting 2024 season, FPX is back in stage 2 to grasp a coveted spot in Champions 2025. With BerLin back to lead and a new coach, FPX is looking to be once again one of the top teams in China.
4. Wolves Esports
   Falling short to Fnatic in Toronto, Wolves managed to reach third place in their international debut, beating teams such as TH, GenG and RRQ. With excellent coaching and brilliant teamwork, Wolves is looking to be one of the top contenders in the region and their potential is truly unlimited.
5. Trace Esports
   Trace, whilst having had a turbulent season so far, is still a contender for a champs spot and is capable of being a dominant regional team. They should be reminded that they once toppled the American first seed to secure a top 8 finish at Champions 2024.
6. Dragon Ranger Gaming
   With Nicc moving on from IGLing and the team’s firepower increasing substantially, vo0kashu and SpiritZ1 can look to continue to challenge the top teams for a chance to stay in the VCT and defend their Ascension slot.
7. Nova Esports
   After the departure of o0o0o and the arrival of monk, Nova looks to be a solid team that has every right to fight for their first international debut. GuanG and SWERL continue to be impressive players with the ability to frag when necessary. SWERL is the goat.
8. Xi Lai Gaming
   XLG was once touted to be amongst the top flights of VCT CN, with immaculate team play and awesome execs. However, after the loss of YOU, everything went downhill as the absence of one of their most impactful players proved that sometimes, the loss of one is the loss of many.
9. Titan Esports Club
   EDG’s “retirement home” houses Haodong, abo and AfteR, and looks to fulfill their expectations from the 2023 Evolution series. While they don’t seem to be beating any top teams like BLG anytime soon, they still look to be a solid low table team that can pull off an upset every now and then.
10. Jingdong Mall JDG Esports
    Color me surprised because this team is actually not looking too shabby.
11. TYLOO Esports
    slowly continues to trudge along in his career at a slow pace, despite being one of the more capable players in the region. It is truly a testament to how dysfunctional the team may seem to be at times despite possessing solid talents. May sword9 save us all.
12. All Gamers
    The team with all the gamers yet they still manage to bottle every series they play. It is sad to see how little progress they’ve made but perhaps it’s just destined to be this way.

EDG looked shite as well ngl

Living in your head rent free I see 😅

And how is that related to PRX?

What is the beef between PRX and BLG?

People having fun while playing a video game? Unacceptable 😡

It was a highly respectable attempt

Bro you’re the goat

Because he intends to wash his opponents and take them for a spin or smth idk

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/a852d837

Hello Froggy 👋

whzy

Congrats!🎉

He's definitely not great but I don't think he's awful

Well then that's just absolutely splendid!

By your logic Boaster clears Boo by a magnitude 9.5 earthquake because not only did he lead his team to 2 back to back GFs they also won both of them.

TEC 2-0 RRQ in a thrilling upset that has RRQ scratching their heads at why they can't beat a Chinese team.
or something like that if I was drunk on a rainy night in Stoke.
RRQ 2-0 TEC

FPX losing that close Icebox game against TH

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/183f31c7

It's just how it's destined to be

Forgot to mention that the French make great sauces and poultry dishes. Still, we beat them hard in the grains and our pasta clear whatever pastry they whip up (macarons are overrated)

They're different imo. Italian cuisine does an excellent job at bringing out the base flavors of the respective ingredients in a dish (ex. Carbonara) while French cuisine has imo more food science to it. I admire the different techniques the French have came up with to make highly intricate dishes and while I can't deny that I do love both cuisines very much, Italy takes this one because the competition is unfortunately, French.

Tbh I prefer French food

If you could provide shelter to an abandoned animal, what would you want its name to be?

Respect slowly he's like the second best thing to come out of that team after zjc

I don't think it's fully revealed yet (because the Doors of Stone isn't done yet) but essentially wind is a very complex thing that does not have a single name to it but instead many. So its name changes on the perception of the wind itself. One of the names of the wind is

The Name of the Wind is one of the most compelling pieces of literature I have read and it's been hard to find a novel that matches the feeling it gave me.

Masters Singapore
Masters Atlanta
Champions Chongqing

Who is we?

Maybe having TWO internal teams to run different kinds of scrims with

Because RIOT has a franchising system (no open qualifiers to top tier tournaments), 3rd party top tier tourneys (with strong teams) only occur during the off-season and are not affiliated with the VCT.

Rb <3

Split and Breeze are imo the worst

TEC is just EDG retirement home

EDG wins it all

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/c2e6a6f5

Got the PRX Toronto correct but I have no recollection of making every other shitty pred here lol