don't think so

generally discouraged in academic writing, for example, indeed because contractions sound less formal

americas and emea just dont make sense rn ngl

is kinda goated ngl

...yeah people find reasons to call every single tournament a fluke

i think the only tournament i dont REALLY remember hearing that about (maybe i was just less active) was Loud's champs win

definitely not in esports terms

...or for that matter general country terms

uhh i'd say there's like 3 main reasons

1) yeah, CS is just a bigger game, and most the people who are passionate about tac fps play it instead of val

2) talent distribution, there's so many teams who are like... in and around the top regionally, but so far they've just done ass internationally, right now any 3 of FNATIC, VIT, NAVI, Karmine Corp, TH, FUT can qualify, and i don't think it's a gimme for literally any of them

3) igl and coaching, self explanatory enough i think

brain damage ?

i'm honestly really happy polvi finally had a good game, i started feeling bad for him

up from here i hope for their sake, i like their players

not reading allat

2022 vitality frfr...

11-1 and 11-2 comeback in the same tournament

i mean just not watching or going on vlr if there's no interesting matches on is an option...

pacific trophies list:

thanks for reading

on one hand yes, giants have looked like ass this year

on the other hand, they made champs last year, and they've played 4 matches this year against FUT, FNATIC, KC (x2) and they've taken a map 3 out of 4 times

Never thought i'd say with a straight face that rhyme is a better IGL than redgar

I miss rhyme.

rereading yeah fair enough

was too eepy to read tone from text

why would his step mother being chinese qualify him as not an import i dont get it

biological mother sure, but step-mom?

patitek was not the problem today by any means

how has bro still just got a completely straight face after THAT FUCKING 1V5

he's still listed as a starter on VLR, why is he still not playing

has he just been dropped or replaced or is it medical issues or something of that sort

he died for this?

go all in on a polish roster trust....

...they still beat the fnatic you said were top 2 though?

unironically think a 0-6 team might reach playoffs from Pacific

nah i loved watching DFM

yeah dude they lost a hard fuckin group in kickoff and people started acting like they were some bums lmfao

g fucking g

I mean yeah but i think pulling players out of T2 they just can't be considered 'superstar' players immediately to contribute towards superteam status

sayf and nats are the only ones who'd fit that, jamppi is just a bit mid, marteen a t1 rookie, and vanity... Vanity.

the team is also just kinda bad ngl

68 tracker score is outrageous sob

chad

never comment on emea regional play ever again

i mean i dont think we ever argued against it? for what its worth teams like Falcons always were and are EMEA teams, the regions are simply not developed enough (valorant-wise) to regularly be discussed lol

ah cool, ngl got worried he got dropped and i jus never found out lol

where is he?

coaching staff diff tbh

yeah i dont see them being bad enough to not reach intls but i dont think they'll dominate internationally as things stand

in terms of being equal i really dont think you'll be able to

I imagine the closest to equality you'd get is like... Sydney, but that would fall under unplayable I imagine

ultimately there's sadly not a server in the middle of the Atlantic, so there's gonna be a bias towards either side

If you had like... West Coast players and EU players you'd be fine but yea

safe

c9, eg, 100t are troll orgs sadly

I feel like in the short term they at the very least should've let CN have 2 import slots per team for like... a year or 2

would it have made the region substantially better? no lol
Do I think the region would atleast be slightly better? yeah, better competition internally would hopefully make even the top teams slightly better

Atleast a team like JDG would look pretty good, Kr1stal maybe coulda got a T1 CN offer (bros just guessing with this one) plus... uhh yeah not much more

i dont fully disagree but how exactly do you propose China would've been introduced into the pro scene a year late without their own league?

Since it seems they have that 6 man roster thing going on due to circumstance, do they have a T2 team for the sub at the time to play in (if possible) or something

would suck to see Pati rot on the bench after reaching a masters :d

i know people wanna shit on FUT but being objective, they lost 13-10 13-11 to Heretics, who have proven they're pretty damn good

Then they lost 2-1 to Karmine Crop, including a 20-18 map loss

they're still a top team

calling a 13-8 13-10 almost losing is a bit of a stretch

i do agree that if karmine corp let FPX play off momentum that hard SEN could definitely punish, but shrug

ggs

me after disseminating fabricated or erroneous information across the vast expanse of the digital realm

we aren't even in playoffs yet the result of this match doesn't really relate to the question
(assuming Sen make playoffs regardless)

Does the team from the uppers get 2 bans as usual

If so, I can't see Sentinels winning the tournament if they go through lowers, however, if they manage to reach the GF through upper it's ggez

zekken is too insane to lose here

you guys got this match, think there's a good chance at a rematch in playoffs though, exciting

give him a shot but if overall team performance is worse with him, than yes, better keep him on the bench

yeah that's like 3-4Ls in a couple of hours though

i think i average like... 2-3.5Ls a day depending on activity, weather and what I'm eating, I'm perfectly fine lol

though iirc it does depend on the... type of water? Some shit to do with salt content or something