EMEA has FPX, Gambit, Fnatic, G2, Liquid, Guild, Acend and any out of those could make it to Masters 2. Every team has potential even though Guild hasn't showed it in officials yet and Acend is little unknown. Also teams like NaVi and LDN UTD have potential even tho they most likely won't make it.

Copied from HLTV cmon men there's VLR and HLTV users here

I mean they have reasons why they signed him and for that role.

Anyone who says Acend's Champion win was fluke have never watched EMEA.

Vakk will be playing Sova and Breach and maybe some others

W, its good for these tier 2 to get players who have played in tier 1 teams so they can share what they learned and saw. Will usually push these teams to do things better.

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Could be good. Really hard to know since roles feel still kinda off and don't know about who IGLs, but I trust Acend and NBS. They built original roster and took it to Champions.

What you mean by that? Meta changes have way more bigger impact in games like LoL and Overwatch.

If you can't adapt to changes then you aren't good enough. Simple. This happens in other games like LoL and Overwatch all the time.

I don't know about ENCE. You see a lot of people mentioning ENCE when it comes to signing expensive teams, but in reality they are pretty small org compared to some with huge investors.

Rogue should step in and sign them. They also have team in LEC and made bunch of money for selling Inspired and Hans Sama.

Also kennyS even if he won't perform, but name value alone. IF HE JOINS JUST RUMOR/SOURCE

Yeah its broken and IMO should be at least 4, but that's pretty harsh about LDN and BBL. LDN UTD made some roster changes, but they are decent team. They can compete in VCT 100%. I'm not too sure about BBL, but I think they should be ok too. Only 2 making it out of VLRs is bad, but those 2 teams didn't really "got absolutely owned".

Kebab, pizza or hamburger meal. I have never tried actual restaurant food, so don't know what is the peak of food tbh.

VRL France has so much potential. Especially if Karmine Corp joins and starts hyping it up. Karmine Corp is playing in tier 2 in EU LoL, but are like 3rd most popular EU team even if you count tier 1 in.

100%
D3ffo is insane and can play high level Jett, Raze and Neon. His flexibility is more important than his carry potential IMO. Because rest of the team is so good and well rounded as well and him being able to flex helps Gambit a lot.

Why tf would have my grandparents learned Russian? Plus that doesn't mean anything. Spraying is better and requires skill so I don't knwo what's ur problem. Plus you can still one tap or do whatever in casual/competitive setting.

Yeah because ScreaM never adapted and fell off. Every current pro can one tap and spray without any problems. Spraying is just better while one tapping is for showers. You just simply have 2 ways and other one is just better for most occasions. And both require skill. Getting good at spraying is arguably even harder.

This has to be bait. Being consistent and accurate with spraying is hard and requires understanding of spray patterns and muscle memory. Plus I don't know what you are talking with first bullet accuracy. In my experience in Valorant its even more random. I don't know what you are doing wrong. Most likely have no idea how to strafe.

I want to see this team play already ffs

Its night in NA. On average Twitch views are way lower during this time.

yeah VRL France looks really nice and definitely worth following

Acend are good in scrims if I'm not wrong, but they just went through roster changes.

No it isn't. Cry if you feel like it. Its normal for humans.

There's no fucking way my stream just crashed before penalty shot

someone link full video when they upload it or remind

I hope I can just watch it somewhere, paid ofc

Ehh... he didn't really perform and I think its better for him to grind tier 2 for some time before returning to VCT team. He is really young as well.

Already old news, but good for someone who hasn't seen it yet!

I don't think they need roster changes. Just more consistent with their roles and more time to practice these meta comps they ran in Masters.

Good additions tbh. Fea is still bit question for me. But I think LAN nerves and not much time to prep weakened his performance in Masters 1. Also who knows if he slowly took more and more role in calling and maybe someday if Boaster retires or something Fea can take over the IGL role if he is still there.

Based on players alone EMEA in my opinion. Like that EMEA superteam would be pretty much perfect on paper. They don't really have any weaknesses.

Half EU half CIS. Playing in CIS because its easier to qualify most likely.

Who is Berserker tho? Alfajer's alt? Because they said that they have started scrimming already and this Berserker guy was on top of the scoreboard. But at the same time there isn't any info about anyone named that. No VLR page or anything.

Ofc. Anyone who thinks Gambit isn't really good or is washed doesn't know what they are talking about.

That logic doesn't really work tho. Liquid lost to LOUD who ended up placing #2 and to Zeta who ended up placing #3. And you could even argue Liquid weren't even 4th best considering that M3C looked way better than them. They also changed every comp and even IGL (if I'm not wrong) going into this tournament, so they did better than expected. And G2 did classic G2s. Underperformed just like The Guard.

And yeah FPX did win EMEA confidently, full Fnatic would have been performing way better as well. What I mean is that EMEA has easily the most amount of competitive teams. And more competitive region the faster it will improve. While some smaller regions may not improve fast enough after M1 like we saw with KRU kinda. That's why I have no doubt that EMEA will perform way better next Masters especially when there was big meta change as well before M1. Team like G2 were clearly lacking ability to counter it.

Depends on how you rate regions. Based on 1 team or whole scene? And do you believe some of these regions can keep improving fast enough etc.
For me:

1. EMEA just based on amount of good teams and competitiveness alone.
2. NA
   rest can go however depending on how you rate them. LATAM maybe weakest if they keep performing like this.

No

Fnatic and signing unknown players. Unless Berserker is alt account, but unlikely.

French VRL is going to be so interesting. kennyS also Vitality's new roster could be banging and is definitely the tier 2 team I'm looking to perform the most.

I don't think we can say this yet. kennyS is kind of washed in CSGO, but he still has insane mechanics and especially AWP mechanics. He played on best teams against best players. And he has also been playing Valorant quite a lot looking at his streams so he for sure has decent ability usage and game understanding. Because in the end of the day fundamentals work similarly in both games.

No excuses if that happens unless something shitty happens in EMEA qualifiers. But all excuses for this tournament were rightful.

Hopefully EMEA gets 4 spots. So many good teams and really bright future with multiple top teams. Unless EMEA gets fucked again for next Masters.

Fnatic are better than G2. And were way better than Liquid in EMEA. You are clearly someone who doesn't know what he is talking about. Just looking at seeding game results not knowing Fnatic's history lmao

And why I compare Fnatic to Optic is because they are really comparable. Both have good rosters with bad fragging IGL. Losing Derke and Braveaf is like losing Yay and crashies. OpTic wouldn't have done anything without those 2 considering how much it also effects their chemistry, strategic depth, set plays etc. They are similar teams.

It is the best. There is no other region that is more competitive and high level on average than EMEA. That is like saying NA was the best CSGO region when TL was on a heater.

Just imagining if NA was in EMEA's boots. That is exactly what happened to EMEA, but in alternate universe where is happened to NA and somehow they managed to get 3 spots KEKW

Delusion at its finest. OpTic wouldn't have done jack shit without Yay and Crashies. That is just facts. Also C9 biggest achievement reaching playoffs KEKW

Doesn't change anything. "they all have impact" doesn't mean anything if you replace 2 of your important core players with some random tier 2 players with 2 week time to prep. Also XSET placed 4th in NA, not C9. And arguably TL weren't even 4th best if you think M3C is better like they are.

G2 is comparable to The Guard. Both rose to success too quickly and ended up underperforming. Team Liquid is comparable to if NA sent XSET to Masters.