I believe MAD name is the most likely to be erased out of the 3, least popular

That would be the logical move but MAD and Riders really do not wanna lose their brand. It's still not decided apparently, one strong option was Movistar KOI, but nothing concrete. Also if you ask me I would call it MAD Riders, first of all is the cooler name by far, and second of all KOI doesn't really have fans, Ibai does, they support wherever Ibai is, I don't think the name matters as much

MMKLR xD
Name has the potential to be really good or awfully bad

Movistar Riders, yes
KOI has already given up their LOL Superliga slot because they can't have 2 and MRS already has one

News have been out for a while, but in case people haven't heard or connected the dots. KOI split from Rogue and is gonna merge again right away. This time it's 3 way, MAD Lions, MRS and KOI are gonna become 1 org. The new name is to be determined but I hope it works out, team will have budget again and tier 1 teams in CS2 (MRS), LOL(MAD), VAL(KOI) . This year is not looking very good, off season caught them mid process, but hopefully it gets better. Name of the new org is still to be determined

Scream didn’t have try outs as far as we know.

Nivera did try out with KOI, we do know that. Now, the rumor is that he didn’t perform very well so he didn’t get picked up. That being said, believe what you want, it’s either that, there’s 2 other possible explanations, either KOI could’ve afford him, or it was he who didn’t wanna join.

Me personally, no fucking clue, without seeing the tryouts and knowing what the situation is I would have much rather Nivera than Shadow, yes

Well I don't think Monster is anymore

Not true, it’s a guarantee spot in ascension and they play really well. You just haven’t seen them play

No info on the players so far, https://www.vlr.gg/286455/onur-new-roster , you have a summary of what happened in Case there. Barcelona's situation is correlated, they are picking up the coach Onur has replaced in Case and handing him the keys to make a roster with a good budget.

They are a bit late on making the roster but still plenty of options for them, have to see what Case ends up with to see what Barcelona can get from there but it will be a solid team

Fair enough then

Just like this guy said, what's the source on that. Or are we both guessing

Overestimating his IGLing capabilities is one thing, but quitting TL because you think you will be more successful in KC is another

I don’t think that’s what happened, it was time to move on

No source, he went from active to inactive, that's being benched. And if I was TL that's exactly what I would have done, it was time to move on

If you're saying he left on his own he's straight up dumb and just as bad as getting benched

It's not like he had many other choices, he got benched from TL

I mean if he's going to tier 2 anyway he might as well just get the bag

Aspas? Not good with raze

Tf you mean clueless. He’s got a high ceiling but he’s the living definition of inconsistent

Who tf overrates kingg, he is just starting to get some credit now but it's crazy how no one ever thinks about him when they make player tops ands lists which he clearly should be in

Bro clearly doesn't know the Turkish peek

NA orgs too proud to pick him up

Yes, the great regional core means they have access to all possibilities in Europe, great budget and Onur has a great pull, I'm sure many players would like to work with him so they have literally all the tools. Plus Onur has always been a great scout finding players like Shy or Less

It's been announced that he will be joining Case, so he is also changing the roster.

The core seems to be Kiles, Unfake and lowel, 3 Spanish regional players and imo an extremely good tier 2 core
As for the other 2 spots we have some rumors, for the duelists the names of maniek and Wolfen have been heard, and for the other spot Yuri is trying out but there's more people, there is no need for someone spanish at the slot so it could be anyone.

I think this is a much better roster and coach than before, extremely high potential and great shot at Ascension and the spanish league (better than KPI imo). Also Barcelona Esports entering with a great budget and a proven coach and obviously a massive fanbase so looking good. All of this is Lembo Information btw

Agree

You’re half way there bro

I imagine it will be Case esports offices again

You're right, Case esports could really use a duelist

Great news

With the announcement of SK Gaming entering Valorant I thought that’s where Rossy would go

You realize that would include MIBR

Lev playing some 4D chess out there

Which proves my point. Population has nothing to do with it

India is the most populated country, you see GE win internationals? That's not how it works

Hopefully

His Kayo/Sova/Sage were amazing and his shooting mechanics while moving were crazy

Tbf he's probably making half the money he would have

Spain will root for Lev over any other team. The crowd will cheer for KOI>TH>GIA>KRU>LEV>Gap>EMEA> rest. That's the order, as you might have noticed none of the 4 teams in front of LEV are making it to Madrid, so yeah

They will have "home" crowd advantage too

I have not clue of how good their Portuguese or English is. My information comes from Lembo who reported the whole thing as it was going on, and who is very close with a lot of people in Lev and quoting what he said when the news came up is just that, aspas and nor's English is better than king's and Marino's Portuguese that's why they chose to comm in English

Him and Nzr, I trust they don't for a reason, but Mazino on initiator was cracked af. The only even keznit teammate who made it seem like he was the star sometimes

I just wish Mazino was off smokes

If you expect a Chet team to play like PRX you’re crazy xD

What language do aspas viewers speak? Chinese? It makes sense doesn't it

That's not the point tho. Half of valorant events have been won by people not speaking in their mother tongue either

Doubt it if you want, but the decision of coming in English was not because of tex

I literally read this thread without a translator and I know absolutely nothing of Portuguese, so yes ik what you mean, but it's not the same when you're IGLing, and also #17

Well not so sure about that since Lev's argument to com in English is that Nzr's and aspas English is much better than King's and Mazino's Portuguese, so the team was gonna comm in English regardless

You know the 2 Br teams who have performed better in LAN had IGL's not speaking in their mother tongue right?

You do realize people play in a non native language all the time right?

You're right we need to read the rules. But then again, the initial plan was to make him regional when he was a six man, so there's probably a way around te rule. Maybe just 6 players allowed no clue

I don't think so, you don't need to play, just need to be part of the roster. Matter of fact Rebels started the season as a 6 man roster rotating between Janny and vokashu because the plan was to make them both be regional long term so they could build around them and gatsh next year