this game unironically has the potential to be one of the best of the tournament assuming Trace start off banging. i can feel it in my bones

CN went to 4 but the scoreline on the first 3 were within 2 rounds

hard agree but Americas isn't far behind bcs of the lower final. pearl was peak cinema

better as a semi-final or higher tbh

it's cool that they started off the season hot :D

now that all kickoffs have ended which one was the most entertaining from the ones you watched and why?

yoooooooooo

I'm not sure what went on behind the scenes but RA letting Eraser go is a mistake. Hopefully he goes somewhere else in KR or CN because his skills as a talent developer are too cracked to be FA

THIS is the Madrid winners we know and love!

I hope it happens so bad
"Bangkok mickey mouse"
"China can only fluke win"
"Two life tournaments back to back"

we are gonna see the first ever wave of "double fluke" threads ever lmfao

they looked GOOD last year. they had PROTOCOLS. they had ANTI-STRATS. they had DISCIPLINE. most importantly they were FUN TO WATCH because they were ACTIVELY IMPROVING EVERY WEEK. you could literally see the gameplay improve as it went on!!! I still stand by the opinion that the players are solid, but for some god forsaken reason they are playing worse than they ever have. I'm PRAYING that Fire3 can get something going because it's not looking good

WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TEAM I LOVE????? at this point the season will be successful if we're not BOTTOM THREEEEEEE. everyone simply looks like they're getting less coherent every game. was the abyss against XLG a fluke???? do they care about this tourney???? I guess like every time before we'll see, because I'm REALLY starting to think that shit isn't gonna go smoothly ANYTIME SOON. PLEASE FIRE3 SAVE US IN SPLIT 1 PLEASEEEEEEE

I swear to god if AG become the Furia of China I am going to SHIT MYSELF

highkey agree why the FUCK is K1ra the one on senti?

that is a LOT of faith in AG. not even I am that level of delusional

average 2022 TMV mald

ong
EDG Trace
gap
everyone else
MASSIVE GAP
bottom 3

Aspassive strikes again

it's all apart of Artzin's masterplan. ground SEN down with multiple OT's so they can call the classic "aspas go kill and get knives in final OT" strat

Me after AG wins Toronto

I see that I didn't communicate myself properly. My mistake. What I meant to say is that NathanD's a FRAUD and all the progression has been placebo

They still lost to the exact same mistakes every single international they lost in. One international series win isn't going to cut it now that EDG won champs, Trace made playoffs and potentially is going to get even more at Bangkok. They can't be sitting in the same spot anymore. I'd argue with their current roster there's even less of an excuse for the team to be anywhere but the top 3 on paper

Surprising it took until now with how much they've been inting in internationals since 2023. Hopefully whoever fills in can whip them into shape and bring out the roster's firepower to its full potential. Tired of seeing them lose in the ways they do

what even happened to him? did he get transferred to the academy or?

i believe in the immortal 3's

Chinese New Year + probably gonna have to derust a fair amount before the tournament. gameplan prep is practically the only thing that they can work towards so they're pretty much at an even playing field
20-25% depending on how good Trace is when they get there

w igl but diffing Semen0 on raze in the big 25 isn't much

allat just to get farmed by Maple in 2025

we are about to witness the first ever -50 bo3 win ever. MASTERCLASS

Whzy at 21 is criminal

first ever intentional -40

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

even if he doesn't win you can still bet he's gonna go down in the history books somehow

FNS can still salvage this game with his revolutionary double drone strat (running in alongside the sova drone)

they play such a different game I entirely forgot they were from the same region ngl

was any NA team considered a superteam?

such an astute observation HentaiBabyHentai. I wonder why some mods aren't investigating into this

aimlabs yappers have done irreparable damage on the valorant community

it's not the sens or their 'aim style' it's their inflexibility and lack of adaptation. anything else is cope

*don't listen until the flashlight is strobing right in front of them

trying to sneak in T1 😭

Bidding war happens and whichever org is the least mid gets to be represented in the ascension slot

they huff glue

Picking Bind to let Boom have a chance and have fun. everyone should aspire to be like these humble kings

normally you'd be very wrong but let's let you cook on this one

+were clearly in a slump like they didn't look good in any capacity at all

never count them out 🙏

I'm also quite curious what they're gonna do for both of those maps for Bangkok. It would be out of character for the coaching staff to not cook something up and it's interesting knowing that they've been shoehorning the Tejo. Might be in for a treat after next map lol

also with the seeding: I think it's less that EDG don't care about seeding enough to reveal deeper levels of their stratbook and more that they don't think it's necessary to secure the #1 slot lol. Just from this and the Lotus game we can see how even though they have the same overall strats and gameplans they're playing wayyy better after waking up & properly adjusting in-game