every region get 4 teams to qualify
however there is an international LCQ which lasts over a month
every team that didn't qualify is flown out to some place and they do a live draw for the bracket
they fight for a remanding 8 champ slots

the top 2 teams from each region qualifys to playoffs and the rest fight in the group stage
16 team playoff bracket

all money made from the champions bundle is used for the champs prize pool meaning higher stakes

yeah zekken already said that im pretty sure when talking about using neon and stuff

they are saving a lot of things for when it really matters because they know that Americas is pretty easy for them and they should be able to make Champs

copy what basketball reference does where you cam choose the stats by year or season

its easy to become decent/good but REALLY hard to become like pro or win an fnc

game is constantly changing plus its you vs 50 other teams unlike val which is 5v5
in order to win you HAVE to be the best, you can’t outplay them or come in with a better gameplan, if you mechanics and aim aren’t better, you will lose

it would be cool but doesnt work with current formats

for it to work you would need to have every team give up their players and have a draft with every player

i actually think NA has the best time zones

all of americas = good timing
emea = decent timing
apac = can catch the second game

its worse than if it was held in america

here american games start at 4 30 and 6 30

emea games start at 00 30 2 30

make the game more about gunplay than abilites?

I understand that is what made the game unqiue but more and more people are complaining that game is too focused on abilites and all it is now is people planting and spamming ablites and same with retakes
I think valorant is at a point where they need a MAJOR update that just changes everything, so should they nerf everyones abilites so people have to focus on gunplay more?

if you wanna improve fast

AIM TRAIN!! aim train in like the range do 100 bots and do hard

and always warm up never play if you feel like you wont play good

thats tuff

dont focus ur eyes on the screen itself, focus off of it so u just see the colours

yeah but in eu its a lot, a lot of players come from very bad situations
they also get accomodation, food, health also they can stream

TxoziN knifing bang NA last second in a 1v4 map 3 lotus 13-7 leading to a crazy chain reaction

maybe now it is lower but esports used to also be a lot more

currently i think the players on eg and cloud9 are probably making like 10k a month which is still great

no that is what they were making before eg was gonna cut the contract
20k a month plus accomadtion and food plus prize pool plus health insurance it adds up and just isnt sustainable especially in the current ecomony of esports
personally 10k is a good amount i also heard somewhere that eu teams were making 5k a month on the high end

the problem with americas is they OVERPAY like crazy, look at emea and some pacific teams the players barely get paid

its not that these teams are broke its the fact that the players are used to crazy amounts and won't do deals for any less than that
im pretty sure there was like a contract leak from eg when the whole team got blown up and they were making like 20k a month just from there contract or something

i know it is a joke but was shanks actually that bad while he was playing?
i wasnt watching back then all i know is that the most they did was make lcq grand final

he also made all his players much better
yay been pretty shit wo fns
s0m became one of if not the best controller itw under fns
crashies and victor havent been looking too good when crashies was considered one of the best iniators and victor was one of the best flex last year
marved was also seen as one of the best players under fns
only player that didnt improve under fns was ardiis but that is the outlier

same reason he isnt playing right now, no team will sign him and s0m
challengers would be the best option because he can still keep his streaming career and compete

tier 2 can be the best option and it still gives him the option to stream VCT which he makes a shit ton of moneyh from

next year, i expect s0m, FNS, Marved and yay to create a challengers team and compete, this team would easily win challengers, it also still allows them to stream the qualification process and still stream events like Masters and Champs
Marved and yay have struggled when not playing with FNS who made all these players some of the best players in the world

both cs and fortnite have it which has contributed to their long time success

it honestly shouldnt be too hard to do either, make a blank canvas, had some geometric shapes, add options for tps, ropes, doors etc, they dont have to make it look pretty just barebones asf

I don't know either demon1 or saadhak

but if they do get saadhak and less, i expect them to completly rebuild their roster e.g kick crashies, victor, marved and chet
then rebuild with demon1, ethan, less, saadhak and a new coach and 5th player

there is a lot for riot to add, valorant has never had a major update in terms of adding new features which suprises me to how the game is still very active

this systems shouldnt even be too difficult to add, with the budget riot has and also the fact most of the biggest games have a replay and creative feature

i dont think marved has the drive to compete anymore UNLESS it is with fns which he has kind of alluded too
victor and crashies come as a packaged duo so they'll most likely be kicked and chet is often apart of that group so he'll likely be kicked also considering he keeps playing his team like 2022 optic

next season i expect fns, s0m, marved and yay to make a challengers team though

make it so people can create their own maps and release it even hold competitions for people to get their map onto the offical map list
this saves time and stress for developers who try to make their maps the best for players (but often fail) and instead the players themselves can create their own maps without the problems

also so people can create more practise maps, currently the range is pretty shit and i dont think has ever changed

victor and crashies are the ones that will leave

i mistyped, i meant to say all pretty good and the team he is on

power

he plays like 50 agents all pretty, no one comes close

prx also shit on th and prx at the beginning compared the ending prx improved a lot, and guess who beat prx sen

sen at madrid wins but it wouldnt be a blowout or anything, if it was current sen thats a different story, i think it would be 60/40 in th favour

not really, the split is designed to give more champship points, if sen got a point for every win they got, they would by far have the most points

u mean cheat meal?

just watch

i think it was sage and first map was haven sometime at the end of 2021

always chose healer agents and i remember dropping from haven and accidently getting elderflame vandal
i had no idea the game had skins so I thought u got a skin based on how much kills u got in the rounnd

if this was greatest peaks he would he here at like number 3

idk about soon but within the next few years definitly, many young guys will join it

this isnt in order but the goats are

aspas - will probably go down as greatest player in valorant history, basically how 2021 tenz was but in 2024
tenz - i mean its tenz, 2020 and 21 he was a different breed and what he has done for the game in terms of popularity, everyone who knows valorant knows tenz
f0rsaken - best flex in val, competed in many final and currently the apac goat
saadhak - one of if not the best igl oat in val, mentored and played wit aspas, pancada, less, many accomplishments
chronicle - only 3 time winner, one of the best support players

early feb - late march | split 1 and playoffs
late april - mid may | masters 1
mid june - early august | split 2 and playoffs
late august/early sep - late sep | masters 2
late sep - late october | break
late october - late november | champs
early dec | relegation tournament

split 1 | teams play every team once, teams play twice a week, every win is a championship point
split 1 playoffs | top 8 teams from split 1 make it, double elimination bracket, top 3 teams from playoffs go to masters

masters top team from each region goes to play offs, double elimination groups and playoffs

enough time inbetween to get visas sorted

split 2 | teams play every team once, teams play twice a week
split 2 playoffs | top 8 teams from split 1 make it, double elimination bracket, top 3 teams from playoffs go to masters

break | gives everyone time to get visas and rest in, extra opportunity to practice

all champions bundles sales go towards prize pool for champs like dota does, makes stakes higher
every game won in splits, playoffs and masters earn a champion ship point
champs | top 8 teams with most points from each region qualify, swiss format groups, top 16 qualify, 16 team double elimination playoffs

relegation | 4 teams that didnt make champs go into a 3 day tournamet, 2 teams teams that lose get relegated to challengers and top 2 teams from challengers make it

is the entire year so far or just the leagues?

they played bad but all the games were close besides loud, lev had aspas getting 50 kills for them too win and if they didnt throw against eg

what does cj mean?

like cj frm grove street or what?

definetly nervous, this is his first playoffs and the most important game so far in his career

yeah they grind new patch get ready for champs and go on a run, i think this will be zellsis' final run aswell as he will probably retire and sacy might retire too or go back to brazil

i hope sentinels dont qualify for shanghai
most of the teams from madrid have been struggling in their own leagues (besides chinese teams and prx) and the break will give them enough time to rejuvinate and get new plays and shit
obviously for mental it is bad but if they all look at the big picture, champs, they can play well in split 2 and get the points needed then when it comes to champs they ball out
when it comes champs times the teams from shanghai will struggle

w list, i think c9 is above loud tho

they really chose ethan and demon1 over narrate and saadhak lmao

nrg probably wouldnt have kept s0m on main roster if marved stayed

i feel ardiis was always the main replacement for yay because ardiis or cryo were the 2 and 3 best chamber players

unfortunately most of the chamber players in 2022 got fucked in 2023, which is why so much of the previous best players struggled and why the best teams had the players that didnt switch from jett to chamber

tbh this year the top teams are SO much better and closer

last year there was top teams that u knew were gonna qualify, there really werent any upsets beside eg

he was never gonna join nrg

he said he wanted to take a break and he only joined sentinels cos 6 man and plus the money he wouldve got, same thing that zellsis wanted to do

and s0m on controller was their best player last year, he probably does better than marved