yeah, deal with it until there's 7 maps

A ban, B pick, A pick, B pick, A pick, map remains

0/9

how do you still have no stars

davidp :rat:

So I decided to write a thread about which vlr team ratings you should invest in.
#1: $SMB
SuperMassive Blaze is arguably the best Turkish team and possibly the best EMEA team currently. They are 6th place in the EMEA team rankings and have gained +80 rating points every time they've won, and will compete in the international Masters event in Berlin.
#2: $NV
Envy has qualified to Berlin and brought along a new star duelist in yay. yay's performance helped Envy embark on a successful 3rd place finish, beating TSM, FaZe Clan, and XSET. Be sure to watch them place high in Berlin this September.
#3: $HL
Havan Liberty showed us the true potential of Brazilian VALORANT, running a never-seen-before triple initiator composition. Their ruthless tactics combined with their training philosophy carried them to Berlin and a grand finals berth of the Brazilian Challengers Playoffs.
#4: $F4Q
Originally a team full of content creators, F4Q suprised everyone when they stunned DAMWON Gaming to qualify for Masters: Berlin. Consisting of former Overwatch players zunba and Bunny, popular streamer FiveK, former TNL and QS player Efina, former Rio Company and T1 Korea player Esperanza, and last but not least their genius coach Locomotive who previously coached for Rio Company and T1 Korea.
#5: $PRX
Paper Rex has qualified to the Berlin Masters, off the back of insane performances by their young Jett superstar (you've heard that a lot) named f0rsaken. So far, they've gone 5-1-0 in the SEA Challengers Playoffs, only dropping a map to FULL SENSE and BREN Esports. Make sure to watch out for the Singaporean-Indonesian team as they compete in the Berlin Masters.

smile

they will crush Korea, EMEA, NA, Brazil. EDG L1NK is the best player in the world

ShooteR is cheating, 2k headshot through viper wall

If SA does well in LCQ then yes, If not then no

that's not america, UK education I guess

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gray area, government doesn't care enough to ban it so :shrug:

no I am based in the US

China "Man" here, they are using a VPN and the tournaments operated are without the government permission.

I'm not

No. Playoffs is SIngle Elim exclusively. All major events are single elim playoffs. It is a tense format that rewards the best of the best.

TRY is a coach, stood in for 1 event

sneak 100

everyone asks "What the dog doing?" but no one asks "How the dog doing"

750-1m yeah

Stop arguing about slots for Champions. Seriously. The best way to do it is something like Siege, where all points standings are combined and points are heavily dependant on international performance. This means, better regions + teams = more qualification for better teams. But wait you say, wouldn't that mean an exclusive NA + EMEA + some KR event? No, there are still regional qualifiers, and you can still earn points through top placements in your region. Here's the link:
https://liquipedia.net/rainbowsix/Six_Invitational/2022/Global_Standings

thanks but I don't want stans :) stan culture is idiotic

okay

u don't watch enough brazil

slightly more common trembolonaRage W

Who is Taco?
for the Americans, it is food.
for the Brazilians, it is God.

xand has good aim
xand has excellent movement
xand is a better jett. he isn't mono

I really know.

true yes very true

xand

Yikes, a noflagger LMAO
ready to get swept by FPX again?

good, because Pausenatic don't deserve worlds

they have decent ideas but make the same mistakes that the SEA teams do too. IMO KR will win LCQ, and it will be
KR > JP = SEA = CN > SA

so all matches can be streamed

okay

UNLUCKY WHEN THEY THROW 5 ROUNDS LMAOOOO

PLEASE REPORT THROW2 TO POLICE AHAHAHAHAHA

(of) Chinese descent, born in US and citizenship in aus

I support FPX because China number one

This one was made possible by 2+ streams. Riot is notorious for hating 2 streams for big events

nah he came into the liquipedia discord and asked us to change it, it was originally 10th Sept

okay wardell stan

10th sept, LP dates had to be fixed when the comms guy asked us

isnt your team carried by Izzy?

nah FaZe of Brazil lose to Gold2
but Gold2 destroy F4Q

Because Riot is smart

four? are you dumb? they had max 3...

Scheduling, Again, it's impossible to schedule it correctly without adding another day to the event. Think about it this way. In your scenario, you're playing the group matches and you complete group A, but you've only played 2 bo3. Then. you complete group B, but you've only played 2 bo3. It is shit, I agree, but that's how it works

Because scheduling. Max. 3 Bo3 per day.
10th: Group A Opening Matches + Elimination Match
11th: Group B Opening Matches + Elimination Match
12th: "C"
13th: "D"
14th: Group A Winner's, Loser's Final and Group Final
15th: Group B Winner's, Loser's Final and Group Final
16th: "C"
17th: "D"
18th: Playoffs Semifinals
19th: Playoffs Final

kangaroo
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/fcc0a504