China has some of the worst internet slop but it hasn’t escaped containment yet

I mentioned it before but Chinas gaming restrictions for minors mean that there is no legal way to develop under 18 gaming talent.
Basically once the current generation grows old Chinese esports is gonna be people who started playing at university age. The talent pool is going to be tiny. Most kids won’t decide to become pro gamers with just a few hours of gaming a week, nor will they develop the skill set for it throughout childhood and their teenage years.
Conclusion: China will only grow more and more import reliant since they have literally zero way to produce cracked young talent in a few years from now.

Space is segregated into black and white squares too

Veto still dies to a gun, even in ult
Tf is he gonna do in a war

Idk I feel like brawl does weird plays frequently that kinda throw his life away
Verno decision making usually better from what I remember

Well I know which team I wont be supporting

I’m fine with anyone but vitality winning
WE do not want botnicle to be the goat of this game

T1 also had some of the easiest opponents in regionals
Geng had a much harder group overall
Geng were also a much worse team
It’s hard for a player to have good stats consistently in a team constantly underperforming

No Korean wants to leave t1
It is the org to join
All the fame, all the prestige, and all the fans associated with it
Plus its fakers org

not even that NRG sunset attack is just so ass
ethan IGLing showing it's weaknesses
its always a shallow reclear one side then a hit opposite side
they don't actually push back the info line A ever
defense will perma fight for A info deep lines so you need to make sure they can't hold it instead of doing that half assed reclear with zero followup

just keep all 5 tbh
no need to make roster changes
they lost to macro vs 100t
disgusting attack half sunset
they think 1 smoke and a dog will push timo off the A line
most readable rotations of all time too
every single round hitting 3 stacked site

t1 win lotus if they dont throw the thrifty round
meteor rage pushing heaven to gift them the opportunity then stax whiffing on 3 players not looking at him with perfect timing

blowz is kinda mid
overrated because he is on LEV
would be mid on most teams

do we know who is leaving and who is staying?

Comp is just bad
It’s too risky to dry clear and they only have fade dog for info late round
No chamber either to hold deep lines with low risk

t3xture is way more consistent
he almost always is positive
izu has bad games from time to time

NS are overrated anyway so its doable they win this at least

probably bait?
average placement matters too
if you are going to consider FNC the best team for 2025 when they had 2 second places you need to consider PRX the best team for 2026

invy is a better individual ever so slightly but patmen is by far the better player overall
I will die on this hill
more vocal, more involved in the midround, and can shoot back just as well usually

honestly, patmen was a leash on the PRX players, which was why they managed to win toronto

izu is top 10 angle holders
genuinely cannot peek him on the offangle

arguably jinggg trolled less rounds than his entire team combined this series

6 years is not a lot of events bro
only 2 teams have 2 wins ever

literally every vlog is him flaming them for having zero discipline and teamplay
its a player problem

too high standards
get an igl with mid level firepower and it will be fine
this guy can go -3 every game as long as he gets paper rex to double swing and play man advantages

why are we hating on jinggg
genuinely he was mvp for this team at champs

genuinely just pick an IGL who can instill discipline

viper is only good for lurking on this map but once the door is closed in mid, lurking is so telegraphed and readable on this map, on par or worse than ascent
its super easy to hold for a mid lurk, and you are way better off running mid splits than gambling on a mid player
instead of viper if they ran chamber or even a skye/kayo they can easily close this out with the extra info that would have provided

genuinely t1 just played walk around in spawn all of attack side and they wasted all their util
they just get stuck playing late round situations with zero info and T1 just spammed B pops off of it
the viper pick is honestly bad, there is a reason most teams moved away from it
chamber just hard clears since you can just keep the deep info lines permanantly and nearly risk free

yeah that was a hard watch

"diffed" in a 2-0 loss where he dropped a 30 bomb, sure bro
meiy is the best duelist in apac by far, but unfortunately he is in perma japan jail

GE isn't consistent enough to be contenders
they still make too many mistakes and run weird off meta stuff that doesnt work (veto)

old geng would be one of the best teams of all time if they kept the roster -lakia

lmk when aspas goes to an event again

is he confirmed retiring?
he is still good enough to play 3 more years easily

t1 lotus this year is elite

difference between giving feedback with passion and raging
raging would be like alecks calling a player "stupid" or screaming "WHY!!" mid timeout: this does not happen
alecks is a good enough coach to know that he needs to give a fix, not complain and whine like a kid
even if he looks angry during a timeout I highly doubt he is doing anything besides giving feedback in rapid fire, sternly at most

tbf in 2025 forsaken would fry occasionally and patmen was dropping stinkers every 2 games

meteor is a throw 1 round win 2 rounds type of player

you do realize that they cant hear the coach util the timeouts LOL
even if alecks is raging in the booth they have no clue

100 percent a confidence/mental issue
he doesn't even look hype on stage these days no?
in 2025 felt like he was always hyping the team up and standing up
feels like losing 2 finals this year broke the guy

fut are bad

because sometimes they legit play like garbage
high ceiling low floor team
you never know what kind of T1 you will be getting day to day

genuinely has to be some mental block man
it isn't lack of experience, it isn't role discomfort
d4v4i is like 30 years old and still more consistent and more intelligent
he hasn't had a good series in a while now

Isn’t it supposed to be more filling?

Yeah so my argument is that there should be a sentinel player out there that is mechanically better or on par but uses his brain a bit more
Anyone but meteor

Pretty sure t3xture was mvp first time no?

Meteor isn’t even a top 10 player all things considered
He is mechanically good but he is genuinely a meathead player sometimes
He makes too many mistakes and takes too many unnecessary risks for him to be considered even a top 10 player

It’s not miracles at all.
Genuinely think player for player they are cleared by many top teams.
It’s all in the teamplay and communication
They work together like an oiled machine and they are both proactive and creative in mid round situations.
This is the formula for winning consistently in an inconsistent game like valorant.

Real
Made worse by the fans too
All they care about is if you go positive or not
No one cares about intangibles and hidden impact
When you throw rounds simply because you are top fragging it’s ok

prx have just been ass tbh
acting like this stage 2 wasnt some of their weakest performances ever