?

Do you not know about the Boostio pig memes?

Ngl I'm a Vyse doubter, I'm more leaning towards Astra, Jett, Yoru, KJ and Sova

Already has the same kills as last map, our hobbit goat is popping off

Every time the cameras on him I deadass think it's N4RRATE for a solid 5 seconds till I realise it's an NRG game, get confused and then remember N4RRATE's on SEN

Abyss makes me want to fly to the Riot HQ and exacerbate the current situation in LA

Other than that goated map pool

What watching 9th-12th in region teams in Valorant does to a mf

I imagine every night before he goes to sleep he touches a picture of the Gambit roster and sheds a single tear

I fw him heavy, my fire extinguishing goat

Kanyefans a bum tho

The Asuna fraud agenda died in 2024 I'm afraid

HIIIIII HO, WOLVERHAMPTON

Yee, he's a paycheck stealer who skirts by on vibes and being one step above FNS aim and having a life game every 50 maps

Ngl I think -Zander +Jawgemo would be better than -Asuna

Cryo would basically fill the 2023 Demon1 role while Jawgemo plays smokes and hard entry, Asuna fills the Ethan roles, eeiu fills the c0m roles and Boostio undergoes a significant metamorphosis into his final form of Boostio

Bro FNC are NOT top 5 they're like 7th/8th at best

Nah I know I'll be fine physically I just wanted to know if I was retarded for that

I mean it was still sealed so surely there's no way that happened?

I just found a twix at the bottom of the vending machine in my flat, thought it'd just fallen out or something, took it and only realised it went out of date in November after I ate it. Am I clinically retarded or is this a reasonable L?

What is bro doing they literally Cypher ulted him and then he backs off to sewers and leaves hiro on his own

Literally the only way to save FNC

Demon1 could never at the age of 35

There is a very real possibility, Liquid look like a bottom 3 team globally rn

-GX +Spirit or MOUZ
-C9 +Complexity
-GE +FlyQuest (with Australian roster)
-TEC +Weibo

I would deffo move NRG down a tier and probably MIBR down one as well

DRG got 13-0'd in the Ascension finals they won so maybe it's a curse

I think there's things the show does better and things the manga does better. The panelling in the manga that fucks with the structure and everything helps sell the Eldritch horror aspects of the manga, but the anime is a lot more cinematic and helps sell the down to earth character moments better, plus the original content they added to the anime was peak + the fights are ofc a lot easier to follow in the anime

I'd probably go with the show but ofc there's very little content of that compared to the manga

Chainsaw Man, it's peak

number_2_cNed_fan clears you I'm afraid

Flor's friends truly cooked (I didn't watch any of the qualifier matches)

Let's fucking go Trace, FengF will Feng all over Thailand

I think Liquid would play better if they stopped trying and just played like ranked tbh

SEN, their fanbase is turbo cancer on a level never before seen in VCT

Would be NRG if they didn't have FNS and were actually good

C9 and Liquid because they're such consistent failures it offends me. C9 more so because they actually win sometimes

I hope so but I also think their ceiling is like 8th

The only scenario I see where he reaches near that level again is if some org tries to reassemble 2023 EG roster including the full coaching staff

Coming out and winning 2 VCT games as a bus driver kinda mogs every T1 pro icl

I fw you heavy for that take and will use that as an excuse to move them above KC

1. VIT - Firepower is self explanatory, but I thought they looked quite in sync and coordinated

2. TH - Looked off the first map but then the second and third maps they picked up and looked back in the swing of things (on 2 maps we've never seen them on as well). I'm inclined to think Fracture and Pearl are closer to their average level than Abyss because of what neilzinho said in the post match interview and how sick they looked.

3. KC - Came incredibly close to beating VIT

4. FUT - I mean they just ran over TL with zero competition so idk how high their level is but I'd imagine it means they're gonna be pretty good

5. GM8 - Honestly surprised me, all 5 of their players are pretty talented and RobbieBK looks like he's slotting into the IGL role fairly seamlessly

6. BBL - The dark horse of EMEA. I thought Jamppi looked pretty good for his first time being a full time IGL, and LewN, Profek and sociablEE all look crazy. Once chiwa can play again I imagine they'll have an even higher ceiling.

7. FNC - Their Fracture looked good but kaajak has struggled so far and some rounds they looked totally lost on their Abyss attack. The firepower also just isn't as good as previous years so it feels like they can't really bail themselves out when they end up in man disadvantage situations as frequently. Alfa and Chronicle are still goated tho and Boaster's been hitting AimLabs

8. GX - Just kinda ok. Decent individuals all around. Very simple calling and comps. Let down by having runneR

runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH

9. NAVI - Didn't look awful but I don't think their firepower is as stacked as other teams above them, plus they never really found value from Tejo

10. KOI - Somehow lost to Liquid but honestly I think they just look a bit flat and uninspired. Will probably improve with time

11. Apeks - Florescent and 4 bricks

12. TL - Jesus Christ they are fucking appalling. I don't think they even have access to voice comms. There's zero coordination. Their map pool must be abysmal considering they picked Fracture twice and looked shit at it. kamo fell off as soon as he put on the TL jersey. nAts is already past his prime and getting further nerfed by having to IGL. Pati clearly doesn't gel or communicate well with anyone on the team considering how off his supportive util is. THERE IS NO WORLD WHERE KAMYK ISN'T CRYPTO THROWING CUZ HOLY SHIT.

Keiko looks good on smokes tho

KC 2-0 GX
NAVI 2-1 FNC
EG 2-0 Furia
C9 2-0 MIBR

I woke up at the start of the second map and shit had me WORRIED but we move

I am attributing Abyss to them having a Zmjjkk PTSD flashback and forgetting the entire stratbook

All good

Bro Boo's aim is clean asf and he's a demon in the clutch + his assists per round is always nuts, idk where you got the idea he wasn't a high impact player

I have come to a stunning revelation

TH are the Astralis of Valorant

Astralis were serial chokers in their early days before breaking the mental hurdle after years in their first Major win in Atlanta

Just give it time, the TH era will soon be upon us. benjyfishy will become the only player in Valorant allowed to have player skins just like his OG video game Fortnite (2017 published by Epic Games). Boo's IGLing will only improve with every inch his hairline regresses. MiniBoo will have the highest deaths per round and trade % of any Valorant player ever. RieNs will not have a single death for 12 internationals and 12 regionals in a row. Wo0t will make his Shanghai performance look like average Redgar tournament with his gameplay once he gets over the nerves and have an average 5.68 rating. It will be glorious

I hope so, CIS, Eastern Europe and Turkey are literally the backbone of EMEA talent pool and CIS deserves it's own league infinitely more than Italy, Portugal and Northern Europe

Kaajak I think could be great if FNC weren't trying to slot him 1 for 1 into the same playstyle as Derke. So far they've kind of set him up for failure by expecting him to do all the same things Derke did for them and not really changing to accommodate him

LewN is absolutely absurd but ngl I think everyone on the starting roster for BBL is having a breakout year (except Jamppi)

Tbf Derke only started showing inconsistency when FNC as a whole were kinda falling off, and even then he still had his maps. In 2023 I felt like he was as consistent as he had been in 2022 and 2021 from Lock//In to Tokyo. Only time he looked inconsistent that year was Champs and that's when the FNC fall off started

The OG Click and nataNk roster would've been generational for the starving NAVI fans

I mean he had a good map one but then got locked out for the rest of the game, which I thought was a common trend with him when I watched Ascension, and I really think NAVI would've been better off getting a much younger player who completely take over a server consistently rather than being middling most of the time and only having a huge map every now and then

Icl I'm a massive koalanoob doubter, I think his peak as a young cracked duelist kinda went and left in challengers and now he's just in a weird position of not being fresh or experienced at a high level

Real, tho I'd say FengF already kinda showed himself off at Champs and it was kinda expected that as TE got better he'd have more opportunities to perform

Oh ofc not but hopefully top level teams will see his potential and he'll get signed to a team where he can see some actual success

Which players do you think are gonna have/look like they're having a breakout year this year? Not necessarily rookies but players that haven't really shown that they're elite level players

For me it's looking like Keiko is finally gonna show the same talent he had on 2023 Apeks after switching to smokes. I thought he was kinda underwhelming last year and I didn't have high hopes for him this year but he looks way more comfortable and in his element on smokes. I don't expect anything from Liquid this year but I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried poaching him next year to build an elite roster

I mean NRG have been under delivering compared to the quality of their players for 2 years now. It'd only be fitting for it to continue into 2025