entertainment ranking:

1. T1 vs G2 - Bangkok 2025
2. TH vs FNATIC - Riyadh 2025
3. GEN.G vs FNATIC - Toronto 2025
5. RRQ vs TLN - PAC S2 2025 playoffs
6. PRX vs TL - Toronto 2025
7. TL vs BBL - EMEA S2 2025
8. TL vs SEN - Bangkok 2025
9. PRX vs FNATIC - Toronto 2025

fill this in/change it

nAts vs MaKo will be very fun.

both are now IGLs instead of the superstars

ye nrg ez 13-4, 13-3

no way u genuinely want to watch bilibili vs mibr

GX vs SEN
TL vs DRX
FNC vs RRQ
TH vs G2

all of these are bangers

the rest of the openers are boring asf. also EMEA didnt get any free china wins...

I could easily see TL losing to all teams in that group.

EMEA has the best chance to get all 4 teams into playoffs. But also the best chance to get 0 teams into playoffs.

every other region has at least 1-3 weak teams

W c4rrot. Ppl need reading comprehension skills

EMEA teams:
liquid? trash
giantx? trash
fnatic? trash
heretics? trash
sen (johnqt)? trash chinese farmers
drg (demon1)? trash
nrg (Bonkar)? ..... nrg kinda good
prx (something/alecks)? ..... prx kinda good....

???
both first day matches are boring. PRX stomps XLG. GX ara has covid, so SEN stomps GX.

ngl i thought sacy would be the worst one to pick since the brazilian fans would pick mibr to win and that is unlikely
and if sacy doesnt win, then u dont get any reward right?

this is for the valorant game pickems:

the average of the top 75% pickems in a faction is used as the point score for that faction.

1. would a faction with the fewest people or most people be better to be in? or does it not matter?
2. the factions are rooting for different teams. which one would be the safest to join?

vlr is cleaner, but hltv has wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more features

9/10 is too low?

99/100 have them going undefeated

lmao.

wrong. When Boaster leaves, Fnatic is dead.

There are many superstars you can replace Alfa/Chron with and then train them. But there are no other IGLs as good as him.

only unreplaceable superstars are Leo, Nats, maybe f0rsaken

I think SEN beats GX fs. but GX is more fun to root for

edit: definitely seems like SEN will win now. ara has covid.

1. agreed
2. no. heretics will not
3. nah prx will choke somewhere fs
4. maybe
5. nah china is dogwater rn

average is prob 18-22. im quite a bit lower than that.

he's a biased bumericas/dogific fan and wont include it in the masters category

bye bye emea bum

o7 goat IGL. goat duelist (omen). goat breach.

if DRG does good, it is because of EMEA

Riens 🤣🤣🤣
Whzy 🤣🤣🤣
Zekken 🤣🤣🤣
Valyn at 4?????? 💀💀💀🤡🤡🤡
No mention of Kaajak?????????????? 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

no i got it. idk why i responded like i didnt

Tarik/TenZ are an easy L due to SEN likely getting grouped.

which one got the smartest ppl?

the avg of the top 75% pickems in each faction is the score for each faction. So groups like TenZ/Sacy/Tarik would not be a good choice since more ppl prob equals lower average

S0NTINELS? the chinese farmers?
P00per Rex? the skibidi flukers?

CHAMPIONS 2025 FINALS LEAKED:

🏆🏆🏆FNATIC 3-2 G2🏆🏆🏆
💰💰💰FNATIC 3-2 G2💰💰💰
💎💎💎FNATIC 3-2 G2💎💎💎
💰💰💰FNATIC 3-2 G2💰💰💰
🏆🏆🏆FNATIC 3-2 G2🏆🏆🏆

You do know EMEA wouldve won the champs either way? (Gambit was 2nd)

EMEA was the best region during the first champs and that is undeniable - meaning EMEA's champs trophy is valid.

i personally think the fracture was wayyy better. The Split gets carried by having such a long overtime.

FNC vs GMB Fracture >>> loud vs nrg frac
GMB vs KRU Bind >>> loud vs nrg frac
TH vs FPX Icebox Shanghai >>> loud vs nrg frac
FNC vs GMB Split was also good

i always get my pickems right picking g2

🤣🤣1 TEAM REGION🤣🤣

My least favorite region is Americas, because the fans are deluded. Pacific might be taking that spot though.

One nice thing is:

FNATIC vs MIBR (Chron vs Aspas, Boaster's Champions, EMEA vs AMER)

other finals:

1. TL vs NRG
2. TL vs PRX
3. FNATIC vs DRX
4. BLG vs NRG
5. TH vs SEN
6. TH vs G2
7. TL vs SEN
8. XLG vs GX (dream finals frrrr)
9. G2 vs FNATIC

0/8

Derke is in the best region (or 2nd best).

Aspas is in the worst region (or 2nd worst) and mibr somehow managed to qualify despite not being in top 8.

what is this "BO1" argument if 0 elimination matches are Bo1s? why does that matter?
also both teams get 3 bans each and play on the non-banned map. Seems fair enough for an opening match.

Single Elim - are all big Counter-Strike tournaments invalid to you? I prefer Single Elim. That way the grand final is actually fair unlike double-elimination VCT internationals where the team that gets to the grand finals from the upper bracket gets a 2-map ban advantage (leading to an unfair grand final).

SEN will win the first game against GX though (GX got no experience on internationals - only Cloud & Pips0n)

GX wins the rematch

Prize pool means nothing when it’s a sports-washing event hosted by the Saudi government.

this isnt about morals. It is just objective that the event is not a mickey mouse.

when the format of the tournament itself is flawed in regard to competitive integrity

? explain how

teams that have attended at least 1 champs, but have never been grouped at champs:

1. Fnatic - EMEA (4/4)
2. LOUD - AMER (2/2)
3. LEVIATAN - AMER (2/2)
4. Gambit - EMEA (1/1)
5. Acend - EMEA (1/1)
6. Team Heretics - EMEA (1/1)
7. TheGuard/G2 Esports(NA) - AMER (1/1)
8. Evil Geniuses - AMER (1/1)
9. Cloud9 - AMER (1/1)
10. XSET - AMER (1/1)
11. Team Secret - PAC (1/1)
12. Trace Esports - CN (1/1)

you are all americas/pac/cn fans. ofc you wouldnt want to believe EWC matters 🤣🤣🤣

BO1 opening matches

they werent elimination matches. your point is invalid/you have 0 argument.

ewc isnt mickey lmao:

1. 1.25mil prize pool
2. Teams were qualified through official VCT tournaments. The top 2 teams in VCT Stage 1 (official VCT tournament) for each region auto-qualified to EWC. VCT Stage 1 gave advantages to the 3rd-4th teams of each region in the EWC qualifiers. By calling EWC "Mickey Mouse", you are calling VCT Stage 1 "Mickey Mouse" and Toronto "Mickey Mouse" as teams qualified to Toronto through VCT Stage 1.

i dont think i need to say anymore.

If you are calling EWC mickey, you are calling all S-tier tournaments mickey (which would be fair).

Nice try again "buddy"

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/S-Tier_Tournaments

Nice try "buddy", EWC is still S-Tier

masters-tournament tier winner (S-tier), team heretics
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Esports_World_Cup/2025

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/S-Tier_Tournaments

most free group for fnatic rrq

swap NRG and TL. TL are superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr overrated farming EMEA bums.
remove TH (4th place in that group). DRG beat T1 in first match, but lose to T1 in rematch. So replace TH with T1.

it is easier to fool people than to convince people that they are stupid

🏆🏆🏆https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/bb6619fa🏆🏆🏆

VERY wrong

no. drx and edg are so fkn ass
group D is the group of death. DRG is underrated. TH will prob be 4th but could do damage