He is/was overrated 100%, but its still going to be really interesting and weird watching Shroud play professional Valorant.

Crazy... I guess he just got bored of being millionaire streamer and wanted some content to his life

What does it have to do with controller though? Xbox is the default controller on PC anyway. Both controller have same buttom layout outside of like touch thing that doesn't even work on PC I would assume.
some video idk didn't watch it fully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JARgdD5jZc&ab_channel=GameTechPlanet

Wait I'm so confused. Is this joke, Shroud joining Sentinels as streamer, Shroud joining Sentinels for LCQ because they know they won't make it anyway>??

You can't use Xbox controller on PS Plus Cloud? Unlucky if true, but I try to look online if I find something.

Sounds good! Planning on getting drunk at home tonight and just listening to music or something.

True. And I think some people are undervaluing how big this is for FPX. Shao is really important considering how much of Fade they play. We should be happy that at least one of the Russians will be able to compete.

He used to. I mean this guy can play any role. But nowadays he plays Astra on Split and has for most part been their initiator player.

Shao isn't even their smoke player tho outside of Split. Also I think you are heavily underrating Shao. He has been beast on this team since the beginning and his utility is top tier. FPX plays a lot of Fade and Shao is arguably the best or 2nd best Fade player in the world right now. Replacing him is harder than replacing Viper/Cypher/Sage player IMO. Don't get me wrong Suygetsu is amazing player with a lot of firepower, but Shao is no joke. Actually kind of crazy how some people seem to have forgotten that after Suygetsu started performing.

NA

SAD FOR SUYGETSU BUT LETS FUCKING GO SHAO ON LAN

Scenarios that could realistically happen to OpTic:

• Optic starts slow like they usually do.
• yay underperforms and that gives Guild way better chance.
• Victor doesn't show up. He has performed well lately, but he is still kind of inconsistent player especially on LAN at time.
• OpTic runs weird comps that actually aren't that good. Like Neon on Bind. Or they keep playing same comps that teams in NA have already started countering. They might still work against international opponent, but there a lot of footage.

obviously all of these points could happen to Guild and their players as well, but I truly believe that Guild has a decent chance. Also map wise Guild likely gets to play either Haven or Breeze that is good for them, OpTic likely picks Fracture I would imagine and then Ascent/Bind/Split could be anyone's game tbh depending on comps as well, OpTic are favorites on all the 3 maps I would say, but the cap isn't crazy high. I would assume that Icebox and Haven/Breeze gets banned but either one could surprise. Guild could also try to run FPX like Fracture comps with Omen because they kind of got fked by FPX, so it would be interesting to see how that would work against aggressive Neon comps. And its also bit hard to valuate OpTic right now.

OpTic should be favorites, but all things considered Guild 37% - 63% OpTic.

2 wheelers are easier IMO, because you have way more visibility and you take less space. I haven't driven actual motorbike, but moped.

babysasuke and Revlo they are the best baiters hands down

Obviously everyone knows what Valorant is, but CS is way more popular game in comparison. Pretty much every person I know who have tried playing Valorant have eventually switched back to CSGO.

I use this sometimes actually but its kinda shitty as well

Viper & Neon

patuj, but I've been planning on changing it for long time but can't just come up with good username

1. FPX
2. FNC
3. GLD

Best of luck with your life!

What source? I haven't heard of this. But yeah it definitely would be better than one of the 3 rumored stand-ins I would imagine. As long as they have practiced together for around same time.

clip? He last time streamer month ago?

oh yeah that's very true they are even more unlucky
they got giga fucked I guess I forgot about them because their problems were expectable.

I've been saying this exact same thing. They have been really anti-EMEA this year. I guess some of it makes sense, but some of their points just don't. I kind of compared this to situation like if EMEA was the oldest sibling in the family who always gets shit for mistakes and anything they do isn't seen as that impressive by the parents aka they focus way too much on the negatives, while most of the other regions especially NA this stage is like that little sister who gets all the attention and praises from the parents even for the smallest stuff aka they focus more on the positives(didn't happen in my family, but you get the picture). Everyone knows that EMEA was really successful on 2021 and especially Champions, but now when other regions have started to catch up and EMEA didn't have good Masters 1 for obvious reasons I think some people started to believe way more on these smaller regions while taking it away from EMEA.

But I also think part of it is just that they are keeping certain personalities and try to bring comedic value. Also majority of them are now working on NA staff so they spend way more hours around that scene and because of that has less time to focus on others. So even from that perspective it kind of makes sense why they see way more positives on let's say NA because they have to for work.

Fnatic has to be the unluckiest team in Valorant in 2022
Masters 1: War breaks out so Braveaf can't attend, Derke gets Covid
Masters 2: Alfajer's visa place burnt down, Mistic gets Covid(luckily seems like he can still attend tho)

so by following this Fnatic will have some sort of visa problems when attending Champions(if they get there) and then someone catches a covid. Unlucky really.

Guild is underrated. I get where they are coming from with groups situation, but still if you base it on power. People are focusing too much on the seeding games. Guild literally had just qualified to their org's and 4 of their players' first LAN event after trying for long time and always being so close. They didn't have anything to prove going into seeding games. They pretty much won already no matter the seed going into Masters. FPX had to prove that they truly are the number 1 team in EMEA after stage 1, and Fnatic obviously wanted to prove that they are the best team in EMEA after going undefeated in groups and overall being in the scene for long time. This is what even Sliggy said about Guild's seeding games performance. And yes it might be the basic "seeding game" excuse, but I truly think they didn't go full in.

And I also understand that these are the best teams from all regions, so EMEA #3 being high up wouldn't make sense, but who out of these teams would place top 2 in EMEA over Fnatic and FPX? Because I wouldn't be too sure about teams like Northeption, Leviatan, Xerxia or KRU and arguably even teams like DRX, PRX, XSET are in ? area aka I think that FPX could win over them.

NiP is European org, so they could come back to EU, drop their BR roster and sign EU one.

Guild is underrated. People counting on too much their seeding games against FPX and Fnatic even tho they had just qualified for LAN after trying for long time. I don't think they gave a fuck were they 1st, 2nd or 3rd seed.

FPX because they play unique comps on some maps

I would maybe say Vitality because I think this team has still a lot of room to grow. They have already done great process from slow start of VRL France to now being the Champions of French regional league. In my opinion they are just the right team for winning something like VRL. Have a lot of experience, pretty good individuals with decent firepower(even proven IGL), they seem to have a lot of staff(coaches, mental stuff etc) and the players and the org clearly wants to win aka they feel like tier 1 team playing in tier 2 league. They are not tier 1 yet, but you maybe get the idea.

LOUD and DRX are just farming their farmer leagues. And numbers show that. EMEA and NA only competitive regions.

We have pretty much everything but pizza and burger meal still goated. You just simply cannot beat it when it comes to taste/eating experience/vibe. Eating pizza and drinking coke/beer when out is just the best.

lets be real nothing beats good pizza or burger meal

Ehh depends on how many slots there are. And especially will MENA get spot or not. I would imagine EU getting 6 slots + 2 CIS + 1/2 TR or something like that.
G2, TL, Fnatic are locks for sure for EU but rest are still up in the air tbh. There are many big orgs like Vitality, but Acend has been in EMEA Valorant for long time, won Masters 1 EMEA, qualified to Masters 3, won Champions and has overall been consistent top team in EMEA. So them getting a spot wouldn't be out of this world.
Also depends on what Riot values. Brand value(clout) or trustworthiness or past investment etc.

Kind of hard to tell, but I don't think they look anything alike. The middle one is likely Asian player due to facial features and hair. Maybe Laz or some DRX guy? Guy next to him with longer hair reminds me most of Trent out of any other past Masters player. And the 3rd guy is likely some EMEA/NA/BR player. If they are actual players.
Could actually symbolize their playoff ran aka The Guard(trent) -> DRX(maybe 2nd) -> LOUD(maybe 3rd) -> ZETA(maybe 2nd) -> LOUD(maybe 3rd).

wtf

this is broken

No, I don't have any extra info. Just my guess and assumption based on what we know.

Nah its likely Halo or Rocket League or whatever game has 3v3

Time almost 100%. There really isn't many reasons why they would get their visas denied anyway. I would imagine that Russian visas take long time to approve due to obvious reasons. And realistically you don't have that long time between qualifying from EMEA and Masters.

Yeah really unlucky. With full roster they would have been top 5 team IMO with potential of winning the whole thing.
Really wish they could just play from Serbia (where they are rn iirc). The ping difference can't be that breaking thing considering that these visa issues will likely exist for whole year. For example in LoL MSI's the Chinese team played from China while the LAN was held in South Korea. Obviously there's always problems with integrity, ping and crowd/lan pressure. But cmon...

Yeah really unlucky for them. Masters 1 and Masters 2.

Suygetsu is out likely considering that he is streaming and even answered to someone in chat "thanks, but I'm not sure can I even be there"(or something like that) when this person said they would cheer for him in Copenhagen. Not sure about Shao though since he doesn't seem to stream that much and no info on other platforms as far as I know. And only one out of the 3 emergency subs who has switched their name to "FPX _____" is Masked to my knowledge. Knowing that ANGE1 is likely able to compete and Suygetsu most likely unable to so looks like Shao might be able to compete based on that. Now sure though.
Also need to remember that Zyppan and doombros are from Sweden (don't know which city) so going to Copenhagen could be as easy as just driving from Malmo to Copenhagen with a car or taking a bus or something in like 10-30 minutes. They could arrive earlier than someone taking plane.

edit: seems like neither Suygetsu or Shao have visas right now based on Shao's tweet and reply. Chances that they may get them this week, but no confirmation and could not happen.

Seems like he can't go or at least not quick enough to play groups. I'm not sure where I read this but it said that FPX will be trying to do everything to get their players in even when the tournament has started. Wondering what is the case with Shao though. He posted "hehe" on Twitter and Zyppan liked it so it could implement that he has gotten his visa, but could be wrong. And even if he gets in losing Suygetsu is big hit.

On bright side FPX's system seems to be good for subs considering the whole baddyG/ANGE1 situation last stage and how they still managed to win. Losing their IGL and replacing him with tier 2 player(during that time). So that gives me little hope if they only have to replace 1 player. Its not same and Suygetsu adds a lot of firepower, but there's still little hope I think.

BR has traumas from cs

is he dumb?

perfect

common L

G2 - got rid of Koldamenta and he is on Guild now. nukkye seems to be IGLing, because they didn't find anyone else I guess. And tbh even looking at the roles (hoody+Meddo+Pipson package deal) I don't think they could have even gotten anyone who would suit. And they wanted to build system that doesn't require strong IGL figure IIRC.
TL - never even had proper IGL.
ACE - had BONECOLD who is on Vitality now. They didn't share same vision of the future of the team. Replaced with Vakk who seems to be new to that role.
and none of those are top 3 right now.

and overall the lack of good IGLs has been a problem in every single esport game and in pretty much every region. NA doesn't have as much problems right now because multiple NA CS IGLs switched over.

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