I also think that they need to make changes. They are just in a point where they cant really improve enough (seems like) and have to take steps back to build forward and making roster change pretty much forces you to do that and also brings new energy to whole team. That is why honeymoon periods are so common in Valorant currently I believe and I don't think single current teams can keep going for long time.

Overreaction. This game has no stakes + G2 playing arguably their best maps (Icebox, Split, Bind all their best) with confidence since they have nothing to lose.

I didn't really understand that add? So do you unlock all Valorant agents and LoL Champions with game pass? Because if yes then that is huge. Or was it only for xbox or something

FPX vs TL -> FPX vs Fnatic -> Fnatic
M3C vs Acend -> Acend vs Guild -> Acend
and then FPX makes it through lowers and ends up placing 2nd over Acend

Breeze. So sleeper and no innovation. Just same stuff with aim duels and op holding angles all the time.

Jugi is having good performance nice to see! I want to see a lot of succeess for him after his unfortunate CS career! Fokus seems to be good fit for him

good to see NA scene being competitive as well, that is what makes esports interesting cuz it isnt just dominated by one region (outsidr of some). Want to see EMEA make comeback next masters tho ;))

he definitely has big ego when watching his streams etc IMO, and again i dont know about the "internal issues" but could be the case. But as I said I think Valorant is new enough that teams like that can still work and win tournaments. In year or so not so much maybe,

I mean yeah I do believe that EMEA wasnt in its full srenght and that made it easier for NA(OpTic), but I think its not fair to call OpTic fluke. They were good in Masters 1. I do think that Fnatic (with full roster) or FPX would have made finals close or maybe even won, but OpTic definitely deserved it out of the teams in masters 1. Individually and on team level. I dont think theres single team that deserved it more considering their history (like Envy in M3). Massters 2 2022 hopefully EMEA gets proper teams, but Masters 1 OpTic takes it out of the teams and grats to them<3 Good for NA scene after horrible Champions as well and we all want competitive scene so good for them even tho it hurt me

True. I think signing current M3C would be too risky unless they have also signed replacements for some players. Signing someone like purp0 instead of d3ffo would for example make sense in my head. Knowing G2.

hopefully I HECKING LOVE NUKKYE NAD HOODY

I mean nukkye is that starplayer who requires a lot of recources just like someone like NiKo in G2 CSGO (not same, but kind of). It can be good and bad, but I think that in current Valorant he is good enough. For example in Niko I think he is problem for G2 (csgo) but you can't get rid of player of same caliber really no matter what. Its like curse. But yeah I agree that Mixwell is not good enough because he can have great performances on Chamber, but is really inconcistent and his Jett is pretty bad (and cant play much more unless he goes back to sentinel/viper). And for Meddo I think he is inconsistent and not crazy good, but I think he is enough for current G2 where he doesnt have to be the carry. His peak form is really good as we saw in stage 1 playoffs. I truly think that G2 just needs to find "Carry" duelist and maybe figure out IGL role and they could do well in Valorant for at least this year or so before the game and scenes improve enough,

read it bro its good comment or maybe not idk and yeahg giants isnt G2 but they did well in end of 2021 considering that they didnt have single player that was considered top of EMEA.

idk about internal problems since I havent heard, but I do think that G2 looked overall better and more promising than M3C unless its some of M3C + maybe 1 or 2 new players (purp0/ssk/Cloud or something). I think current G2 would win over current M3C. But yeah I agree that it wouldn't be surprising from G2 since they want to win for all costs. But again I do believe that current G2 with some chances could do good. Like if they signed some cracked duelist/cha,ber player and replaced Mixwell and maybe signed IGL that could replace either Avova or Meddo (considering that they have been in not so good form lately). I think shaking things up and getting rid of either of the 2 and then them going to other teams would be good for EMEA sinvce they could find new energy.

btw i didnt downvote, since I dont believe in downvoting unless its bait comment****

I mean there isnt too many coaches out there anyway and so far Pipson has shown great results considering how well Giants did back in the days and G2 managed to make it top 2 in emea (even tho I believe that G2 just peaked invidiaully at thar point nd I also believe that Fnatic didnt play as well as usually). Like I understand your concerns, but Pipson is pretty proven so far and its hard to find better. Also before/during stage 1 or Masters 1 nukkye said that Pipson helped him a lot when it came to calling and strategy stuff. I think we shouldnt judge him too much considering that this team doesnt have proper IGL currently. They carry player is their IGL as well. Its really similar to TL. Can we really critize Sliggy or Pipson too much (outside of comps maybe) considering thatr they dont have proper IGL. Giants was pretty structured team and they had at least some of proven IGL in Davidp. I don;t think G2's problem is about coach but abot players. I just donm't think that Mixwell brings enough outside maps where he performs on Chamber, but even that is inconsistent. Like against Acend he had huge impact on Split, but did pretty bad in map 2 and 3. I think if they replaced him with someone who could actually have more impact in consistent level and maybe add proper IGL depending on role they could do well in EMEA and in international level as well. I think all of the other players are good enough in their roles as long as their in form. Mainly talking about Avova and Meddo since they can be really good when performing theif higher individual level. Nukkye and hoody are conistently good in their roles even tho IGling has affected nukkye a bit at least esp in Masters 1. I'm drunk so I maybe make no sense but that is my analysis so far. I just think its too early to give up on this team when I think they have potential and arguably more than M3C.

idk about edpi but 800 DPI and 0.346 is my sensitivity I think its pretty mid based on what I've seen and in CSGO at least its 1.10 so its really mid sensivity. But I htink you should just find your own. The fastest you can still feel comfortable and consistent with,

edit: edpi around 276,8 I think

Bit sad if true I think they just had to replace Mixwell with carry duelist and maybe replace someone else with proper IGL. But EMEA doesnt have too many IGLs so that is a problem. If true I really hope some of these players get another chance on decent teams. Would be sad too see nukkey/hoody type of players ending up on tier 2. Also if this is true it might mean Mixwell's retirement. No reason to grind on tier 2 when you can just make enough by streaming.

yeah, but I wouldn't count seeding games that much like FPX's. Overall EG just made it to tier 1 like this stage so they have will still have inconsistent issues like many NA teams right now I believe. I think no one really talks about it but many of these current top teams of NA were pretty bad just before stage 2. People are valuing some of these wins and losses too much. I still believe that EG has shown similar amount of promise as 100T or Ghost so I think its hard to predict and wrong to not mention EG.

I don't think so unless they signed M3C who arguably performed worse than current G2. Sad if true. I think they have potential just have to replace someone like Mixwell wil more of a carry player and they are good to go. Avova is good controller when on form, nukkye is great Raze player and fragger overall, hoody is good flex/flasher player, Meddo is decent sentinel and good when on top form (like in stage 1 playoffs). And pipson was good headcoach for Giants and seems to be decent for G2 as well. They lack proper IGL as well so obv that is problem as well. But its G2 so they might do crazy moves like they are known for.

I think its between 100T and EG if 100T wins but idk about NA much

NA: OpTic 100T

EMEA: FNATIC FPX Acend

BR: LOUD

LATAM: KRU

BR/LATAM: idk

KR: DRX

JP: ZETA

APAC: PRX and idk

dreamas is good utlity wise but I dont think his fragging is enough. And soulas has been playing well this stage. I think he fits in well for holes TL has and plays well and has been fragging hard. He definitwley hasnt been the problem thsi stage. Ive actually been really impressed by him so far. Again I do believe that Dreamas has bene solid, but getting proper IGL instead of him makes mose sense to me. ALso Sliggy has said that soulcas is like 2nd hardest working player on TL so that is also good. In the end of the day they took Dreamas because he was one of the only options and I do believe he will do fine on some other team but TL might be too high for him atm JUST MY OPIINION

True Valorant dm is dogshit. Most map sucks ass for dm mode idk theres just something wrong I actually enjoy custom csgo dm servers a lot really fun to warmup on dust 2 or mirage but theres just something so bad in valorant dm that makes me not want to play it.I cant even think why but idk just spawns suck and people hold angles with 100% sound on like holy fuck get a lfe bitch Makes Valorant dm really unplayable, cs dm is so chil just listen to music and frag so fun but valorant different story

I have never heard o this person even tho I visit this site 100 times a day wtf at least i dont rememebrert

I mean BIG also made 2 roster changes replacing their IGL, so its understandable why they started slow. Against M3C they looked like they had improved.

Suygetsu had amazing Breeze (like always), but Ardiis and Zyppan didn't play as well as they usually do.

Yeah I've been pretty impressed with this NaVi. Zeddy seems to be great addition considering how impactful he is. Dinkzj has to step up though. He hasn't been performing lately. Hope they find some cracked Russian speaking tier 2 player if he doesn't perform.

How would Liquid nAts make any sense? They have Nivera. Signing sentinel player makes the least amount of sense in Liquid's case.

Oh nvm he plays controllers nowadays I guess, but even still he won't fix IGL issue so not happening. M3C just got signed to new org most likely.

No. But he was talking on stream how he prefers to be in structured team and TL really isn't that. Also its possible he just thought that you can't fix TL due to IGL issues so him leaving would be win/win for both parties I guess.

I mean it was obvious and I'm pretty sure other TL members have said same

thanks!

Yeah I think they were just trolling bit last map. Also some bad decisions from Russ just cost them at least couple rounds

but Navi are 100% out already it said in the graph unless u talking about M3C then I don't know

Just mix Fnatic and FPX for me right now
Derke, Zyppan, Boaster(mby ANGE1), Shao, Suygetsu (or Alfajer, but Zyppan already plays Raze).

Seeding kind of means how low or high team is rated in region (placement). Higher seed teams are usually put against lower seed teams, so being higher seed is beneficial usually because then you will skip some of the harder teams and face weakest/weaker instead. And "seeding game" just means a game which only matters in terms of placements and doesn't change anything in chances of qualifying. And you get higher seeding by winning more games and placing top 1 in your group when it comes to VCT.

My summary of yesterdays game:
FPX - troll quite a lot. Bind was just solo play show from them. Looked like they hadn't prepared much there. Individually some of them were underperforming slightly IMO. Ardiis wasn't hitting much in map 1 and 2 and Zyppan was pretty weak most series. Just felt like this wasn't high stake game for FPX and you could see it in their gameplay. Could be wrong

Acend - definitely looking better than before. Individually most of them were on and they were outaiming and outtrading FPX for most part. They were also playing more of meta comps and that clearly helps them as well. Obviously still some clear problems, but it looked more promising. It gave me some hope for future of this team.

and about the main question: I think 3rd spot will be fought between Acend and Guild, so Acend's chances are all about how Guild looks and obviously how much Acend can improve.

i just wish they added some hot characters Valorant is lacking little bit

I wouldn't really say that FPX "throw a ton of rounds". They don't do it more than most teams. And today's game was bit whatever seeing how loosely they played on Bind just making solo plays all over the place.
And he most likely meant that are they able to travel if they qualify.

yeah also replace yao or whatever is his name with tenZ

EMEA and NA are done... time to welcome our new Overlords...

FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST : The Weeknd (maybe not fav, but most consistent)
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL : History
FAVORITE VLR.GG USER : maybe Shownu because he is chill most of time and fellow EMEA enjoyer
FAVORITE AGENT : Killjoy
FAVORITE THING TO DO : watch streams or videos
FAVORITE SHOW : I don't watch many, but Narcos was best out of Netflix ones
FAVORITE YOUTUBER : lately Bald and Bankrupt/Kurt Caz/shiey
FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND : shoes: Nike, other clothes usually Jack&Jones/Selected Homme are go to, but I don't usually care as long as good product. I don't like big branding.

Again one X > X post.... sleeper

what?

Yeah I don't understand this either. If its actual false accusations then I understand, but I would assume he has a reason to say something like that (unless its something really small like we see here like any criticism = racism with some Turkish and Indians usually).

I mean that really isn't an achievement, BIG 2-0d them also.

fnc

I mean FPX threw the first map, won 2nd and made 3rd competitive. You could just see that they weren't using all of their stuff. There was so many solo plays and simple aim duels in this game that wouldn't happen normally I believe.

And then they have to face Fnatic don't they? I'm not sure how the brackets go.

I think M3C has higher ceiling so I want to see them look good against TL today and continue improving into playoffs. But I also would like to see BIG win because it would be really cool for them and I think they looked decent against M3C.

Fnatic, FPX, Guild/Acend