If you don't like watching live esports events with crowds, just don't do it. In all of them the crowd will make noises, which seem to be annoying to you.

you won this thread gg

but he could replace melser on lev

how can he replace Melser in Lev, when Mesler plays in KRU?

and saadhak + Less + Sacy are the only players that won Champs that are at Madrid

and LOUD + SEN are the only teams qualified that have ever won an international tournament before

and ENGH is the only coach qualified for Madrid to have won a Masters before

are you sure you didn't just have a moment of clarity instead?

I never said they were 4 tier 1 CS players... I said they came from CS, which clearly 4 of them did.

What's your point again? Are you trying to make my argument even stronger by showing that ex-tier3 CS players are Valorant world champs? thanks I guess

people have been saying this since 2021 about either fortnite, overwatch, apex etc... but reality is that 2023 Champs was still won by a team formed with a CS bred coach and ex top female player and 4 ex cs male players

OP's argument crumbles pretty quickly when you look at things objectively

good mentality

+25 wisdom +10 intelligence

there's a small representation indeed, but there are a few.

however, this is not a valorant pro thing, nor is it an issue of potential talent, rather it's a PC gaming thing. most black gamers (in NA and UK at least) are console oriented

think about going from playing vs TrickAIM's best FA team to shitmean Tier 1

I can't think of this at all... maybe because he was on TrickAim's team all along

you have to be fair and provide the entire context: they got their clout, admittedly also through heavy marketing, by being a top team both in NA and globally in both First Strike + launch tournaments, and in the early VCT days (we're talking a range of 13-14 months of being what was considered at the time a top team in Valorant overall). The org capitalized on this way better than others, including other orgs that had similar or better results (eg: does Acend even have fans anymore?)

Management pushed hard for a 'budget team', starting with last year's vct season and continuing into this even harder, they have to be naive to not know that there's gonna be some 'budget results' incoming. They just did this to themselves

"Notice how G2 and Mibr have to play two games back to back"

Yeah, we also noticed that G2 and mibr didn't have to qualify from a group with LOUD, LEV and 100T.... many things to notice, not many logical conclusions tho

You're the first person that I've seen call this year's Liquid team a "super team" ... weird take

it's difficult to believe there will be a better transfer in valorant's future, ethan + demon1

was there an actual official tournament format that announced that group A will play with play in winner? I see it as "Group Winner vs Group Winner" and "Group Winner vs Play In Winner" .. the only place I've seen it set as a placeholder with "Group A Winner vs Play In Winner" was here on vlr.gg, but that doesn't mean anything in terms to official expectations.

Nah bro, you don't get it...

The format was never changed. The format stays the same. If you would've read the rules before the competition started, they clearly stated that the Play in Winner cannot play against the same team they played in groups, and if that happens they'll be moved on the other side of the bracket.

at least it will be difficult to make it harder to watch than last time they played talon

I think it's safe to say that 98% of Valorant players that follow eSports scene in any meaningful manner would've picked Demon1 over N4RRATE. I also highly doubt that N4RRATE would be able to show NRG that they made a mistake

you're correct actually

I'm afraid you do not understand the game, or maybe you do not understand what the word impact means. Keznit, while a phenomenal player that had great stats against G2, did not actually have many impact kills. Have we watched a different match? Most of his kills were in non-winning rounds, in what world do you consider that higher impact? He had the lowest round share win and KAST even on his team against G2.

Quick had way less impactful gun rounds and clutch situations than Ethan (and cau actually), there's no factual reason to call his performance dominant. Loud won more due to cau and saadhak performance, definitely not qck.

And even with the "quality" difference between Furia and SEN, Ethan was still more crucial to NRG's win than cau was to Loud's win, via both adr and round share wins (kast).

If you want to actually analyze dominant and top players you have to look at more than just the quality of the opposition (which in this case should be quite irrelevant, since Ethan already dominated all these players last year, so there's nothing really to prove)

I can agree that cau could be considered completing the top3 behind Ethan. anything else is just really a personal opinion based on feelings, I prefer facts and stats

this is where you're wrong

when a lot of other players have dominated much better teams

this simply just has not happened during these opening matches, the only one that had a more dominant performance was aspas, this is easily provable with trackable data, gotta be delusional to think otherwise.

I don't see how that makes a difference... it would make sense if Ethan was just middle of the pack in NRG, or if mwzera dominated the server but lost. Neither are true... Ethan was clearly better than mwzera a few days ago, putting dominating performances on both maps, while mwzera struggled on the second map to stand out even on his mid team.

Your argument is trying to say that a good player on a mid team is automatically better than a good player on a good team, even if the player on the mid team was just dominated by the player on the good team. It really makes no sense, regardless what the sports of esports is. Use logic next time

this makes no sense... Ethan quite literally dominated Furia just a few days ago.

This list is 1. aspas 2. Ethan ... the rest

wonder who's gonna be the first one to say it

The thing is that those people already have a boatload of money, so in reality they only partake in the first two actions (eat, criticize), and eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant is nothing special to them.

You don't get the money after you criticize, you usually get it before and then you're allowed to criticize. This isn't a dream job, it's a networking hobby for the elite top restaurateurs of the world.

Stuns are the most useless (if compared on a "usefulness" chart against all other abilities), this is quite obvious from playing/watching high level gameplay and most pros are pretty clear about this in voicing their... frustrations.

Based on factors such as map design and comp selection, flashes can range from low impact to crucial in winning tactical engagements.

You're overestimating Riot if you believe they thought it through that far..... considering they didn't know what happens if an Ascension winning team needs an Org.

he wasn't even the main duelist on Andbox lol (that was ANDROID). he played more Sage and Breach than Jett if I remember well

everything about it seems to make it a marksman rifle, except the magazine capacity... that keeps it in a medium caliber & range sniper category. DMRs normally have 10/20/30 mag capacity.

no

You're making a pretty big mistake in assuming that obesity only means "fat tissue". You can be overweight even if the majority of your body mass is muscle related, these two things are not mutually exclusive.

Where did you get that the info that monyet is going to be sentinel role for PRX? Rumors were saying that he'll be second duelist/flex (considering he was mainly duelist on pre-GE rosters)

https://play.afreecatv.com/valoranten

I highly doubt it makes economical/business sense for Riot to rent San Siro for VCT Champs. What are the chances that enough seats of the ~80k capacity will be filled, considering the Italian Val scene isn't that huge?

EG's controller player was decided based on map and comp picked, with the role rotation occurring between Jawgemo, Demon1 and Boostio (alongside extremely rare cases were C0M was the Viper solo control agent)

spikegg?

fRoD is already head coach for MIBR, bzka moved to AC role

imagine never hearing of the concept of residency

Zinedine Zidane, Bordeaux to Juventus for 3.5M Euros. Arguably the best transfer of all time, value for money

Leviatan is actually an Argentinian org, even though majority of the players are from Chile. He talks a lot of shit, but he was correct with that one.

nah yoru is a better initiator than duelist, especially at high level play

Change 1:
KAY/O to Hybrid Initiator

Change 2:
Yoru to Flash Initiator or new sub-category of duelist ;D This agent is way more of an initiator than it is a duelist.

I doubt flor (or any other v1 teammate) would release any opinion statement on this situation before mel has a chance to share hers. At least, that should be the expected order of things

I also have a daughter, and your point makes no sense.

GC Champs 2022 was won by an all biological female team (no trans/non-binary player on roster). My daughter is too young to understand Valorant, but she likes G2 mimi (I assume due to her long blond curly hair).

Having trans woman players in GC is not in any way proving to be a detriment to biological female players. Stating otherwise might require some inner introspection in regards to pre-conceived concepts clashing with reality.

he said that about yay and cryo, not scream, from what I've seen on the podcast

-clone makes faking sites very easy

you must be trolling lmao

Have you heard of Vanessa Bryant?

Then sounds like you should say "I don't understand it" instead of "I don't agree with it"