1 Never fucking mind I'm blind
2 Money, better project, stability

This is only a problem in China or very specific teams in APAC. But yes, they have to kick 1

No xeus or kayak is crazy

I still wouldn't, as you said Trexx might be slightly better individually but it still does not compensate for everything else, in my opinion. And hence why I was making the argument on why I think people around the scene rate Cloud so highly

Couple things here. Everything I have said here is purely a player comparison on who in my opinion is the better player. It has nothing to do with Vitality as I'm assuming #8 to be true with like a 95% chance. Obviously the fact that I think Cloud is better does not imply I wouldn't rather have both if I could

Jawgemo has a lower FKPR rate than Aspas. And sure, it's different styles, I'm just saying both are viable

And yeah, he kills them all sometimes, and others he just gets killed, he is no superman

He is not a normal duelist. I don't see the issue in not sending the best player in the world to enter a site like a human drone and instead sending someone else even if it doesn't make sense role wise.

I think that does inflate stats but it has a purpose, maintaining the best player in the server alive the longest possible

Oh no no, that's not what I meant, just arguing who is the better player. What's gonna happen with the rosters is completely different. #8

And no, no Russian roster for GiantX because they already signed Westside who is Polish

No, I ask myself a better question, which player am I building my team around? Center, Trexx, or Cloud, and it is 1000% Cloud

It's not about IGLing 2 games, is about being able to IGL which means you bring a lot of things to the table that Trexx just doesn't

And no I'm not analyst, neither is anyone here so we might aswell not have opinions. But btw, GX rejected an offer from FNC for Cloud, while Trexx was let go by KOI. I think analysts would agree with me

Idk what games you were watching but he was not the second best player in 2024

That is because you do not see that Trexx hasn't spoken since 1972 and that Cloud is an IGL now. The average fan doesn't see that without digging a little bit, hence why I said pro's would rather play with Cloud

Yes it does, it means you're a competent org, not one that got lucky with their signings once. And most orgs would sign rn, attending champs every year even if they never win it

That’s still not bombing out, and It’s simply not true. Being top 4 of your region every single year it’s hard af. Think about it this way, literally out of all the Americas teams that went to Champs last year, KRU is the only one who managed to do it again this year, let alone 4 years in a row

Tf does that have to do with anything

He needs to be on duelist

Hell yes it’s an achievement, it’s called consistency. And btw they’ve only bombed out once

KRU has attended every single champs in Valorant history, I think they’ll be fine

Ik he looked great, and I’d be fine if he stayed, but let’s be fair here. His firepower was insane but he might aswell have been on Reyna cause bro was not using his util at all, and then the language is definitely a thing

With all due respect Cloud is miles better than Trexx

Not necessarily individually which they’re on a similar level, but overall. I can guarantee most people would rather play with Cloud

No, he was out of contract, sounds a lot more like a renewal. GX was teasing it today too

We would know already if he had signed with another team

There’s no way N4rrate is staying I’m afraid

Nah doesn’t get him much clout don’t think that’s what he would do if that was what he wanted.

And he definitely would still know if he was signed so baiting with it would just be awkward, idk how to explain it but it just wouldn’t feel right. Not saying it confirms anything tho it’s just what it makes me think

Someone after starxo and cned had to correct me lmfao
https://www.vlr.gg/post/80402/acend-vs-dark-tigers-lvp-rising-series-2-european-qualifier-ro32

Also why tf are there 15 pages of "Mortadelo"

I don't wanna say coaches get undeserved credit because they don't. But man it sure feels like it sometimes. Nothing against Drew I don't know anything about him, but I've seen a lot of this, how do you even know what he was doing on a day to day? How do you know if it was good?

My point being, maybe he's amazing and SEN is just cutting costs, or maybe he's just not good enough for SEN. We can't know

Ofc he's baiting, why would bro have a big ass picture of the dude on the screen xD

What does tell you tho, is that the signing is not decided yet, because if it were he wouldn't be trolling with it

Start by not talking about your toes

Nah Problem Solving is definitely baiting

Strong points are Communication, Teamwork, Problem solving

Is bro just baiting? Props to him for embracing it Ig

didn't see

Literally no one ever has said that, bro's fighting ghosts

It’s gotta be sentinelmain377

Sourced that both have been looking for one. If they now both miss on every option and are forced to go back idk, but NAVI really wanted Bonkar and TL Danyto I believe

Hey, if they go international I'll support them to death but until then, I'm a French team hater

He definitely can

I agree, I've been claiming we need new faces for a while. We will get some but I think we do need more. Gorilla kinda counts as a new face and I think TL is trying to get Danyto. I hope someone picks up Kapio or Lohan

Oh same here, fuck M8 and KC but I hope goked does well xD

I hard agree but this is not the case at all, unlike many of those coaches you're talking about, Goked has won in tier 2 and has done extremely well in "Ascension"

The project with KOI obviously did not work out but there really isn't much he could do there as an assistant, and LEV knew that which is why they signed him. And sure you can call his time in LEV a failure but he did build a good roster, specially the tex pickup proved to be really good. Team started not as intended, needed a reset and goked was the chosen way to do that. It's not like they were complete dogshit either.

My point being, this is a second chance and in a not very top team, not a 4th or 5th on a top team

You gonna get a Fitinho Vorwenn Guardy on M8

he just needs to get a full spanish roster now and everything will be fine kekw

I didn't know, that's cool I'm happy for him

Both NAVI and Liquid will have new staff

Wanted someone else?

https://x.com/anonimotum/status/1833119798722515286

Alright hold on there everybody, Ik goked probably doesn't have many fans rn and that I sound biased, but he is actually good. He has plenty of accolades in tier 2 and Leviatan hired him for a reason, it just didn't work out there

Oh, it's been said for a while now but yes, M8 is not going full French anymore

I knew ZY were anouncing a Rising player today, but it was Bisk??? No way

I really hope they do well, for Inthra and Wolfen

Calm down buddy.

Look, Esport orgs are companies, before, their performance didn't affect how many years they got to be in franchising, but now they NEED to win in order to stay. Orgs often have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars for the sole purpose of Ascending and if you think they're not gonna try to do everything they can to protect that just because someone "grinded all year" you don't really know how a company works

It's not about the players, if it were all the spots should go to Turkey/Russia/Poland instead of France or Spain. It's about the fans, and the league is hosted in Germany so a German team is very necessary to start getting decent crowds in the arena

1. Alright that is indeed an important detail. But if I'm understanding it correctly, Apeks and MistGames do have the same ownership? I understand that's where the confusion comes from, because I've heard this rumor from trustable sources which include esport CEO's, so it's definitely not just random.

My question here is, even if they are separate companies, if they do have the same owner (if you confirm so), does that not still constitute a conflict of interest? I understand it's a more mild one, but it still would feel weird

2. Fair enough, that answers my main question if we would have another the Guard situation, so yeah that helps

I don’t think NA and EMEA are gonna care about VALM at all. Not really a thing here