They make assumption based on their previous games I think, especially when CR played against Nth where CR lost the game. But as I can see, CR perhaps was experimenting their team compositions. I think since it's already the playoff, maybe this is one of the answer.

I wrote in this forum 2 weeks ago that CR should change their team comp in Ascent. I'm glad they did it? Maybe they also realize it. CR's team comp and each player's position is just perfect for them. I know mostly in CR play as flex but seeing them with their comfortable agents, makes my heart at ease.

Edit: Wow, finally CR break from Ascent and has their win in that map.

I think it's because Munchkin isn't in CR so they think that CR doesn't have any "carry" anymore. Also, looking at RC especially Reita, Medusa, and takej in stage 2 so far, they've been playing really good as well. Even ZETA DIVISION had some difficulties when they played against RC 2 weeks ago. But still, we won't know the result unless we see the match. Even if CR doesn't have Munchkin, I think they're still solid now even if sometimes I don't understand their team composition and each player's position as well. GLHF for both teams!

Good luck to BB!

I feel like if allow doesn't pop off, they have a little chance to win against Nth. Nth is a solid team since they are not too dependant to Meteor. GLHF for both teams, I want to see something fierce.

There will be various opinions regarding my question. But I'm curious about your comments about this since no team is perfect.

For me, I think a team is strong if the players within can rely to each other and aren't too dependent only to one player. There will always be an MVP or star player in the team, we all know that. But everything can be a mess if that exact player hits slump during a tourney. Don't be mistaken, I'm not saying that a 'hard-carry player' isn't needed inside a team. It'll be an advantage as well. Just underline the word 'dependent'.

That's just a piece of my mind and I'd like to read yours. :D

I'm a girl to be honest (let's skip that part).
I think it will be an interesting match between ZETA and BB. In my muggle eyes, I can feel the potential. BB can turn the table and make the impossible possible. I keep saying that BB is unpredictable because I watched when you guys played against SCARZ. I thought you were going to lose but it was a turning table.

Totally looking forward to your match, please surprise us! I want to see a long but amazing match. Don't forget to take care of yourselves.

P.S.
I can feel that ZETA vs. BB could be like OpTic vs. EG. <3

I don't really know what to say anymore but Sentinels needs to review their rosters again and make a good decision out of it. I feel like they're being stubborn or whatsoever so this is the outcome. Everyone is physically (in-game) good but Valorant tourney isn't about deathmatch. I don't want to mention any player because they just need reflect by themselves. I hope for the best for them. Maybe this roster isn't a good match-up, or they lack of strats, or having strats with zero capacity to execute, or whatever reasons.

This! I just don't get it. It feels like they consider Japan like a filler or something.

I still can't believe that BB's coach is replying to my unimportant message in the forum. TT I'm looking forward to the playoff because this is my first time watching BB in VCT to be honest (in stage 2 I mean) because they didn't play in stage 1 this year.

I can't believe you guys play 8 maps in a row, it must be really exhausting but the fact that you guys still can keep up is just something else. GL for the next matches.

They did a lottery and the bracket for playoff has been decided. Here's the tweet about it: VCT STAGE 2 CHALLENGERS JAPAN PLAYOFFS

• NORTHEPTION vs. JADEITE
• REJECT vs. CRAZY RACCOON
• ZETA DIVISION vs. BLUE BEES.ESP
• FAV GAMING vs. SENGOKU GAMING

GLHF~

To CR and Blue Bees, y'all are champions. CR played 5 maps in total and BB played 6 maps. This match is a banger. I'm glad I watched it live. I don't have any comments because everyone is just so good. They are totally exhausted by now and I hope they can have a nice rest. Nice for CR and BB. Both teams deserve the spot so much but Japan VCT is just weird unlike other regions.

There's now way I'm talking to BB's coach right now. I mean, you. :)

I feel like Japan VCT should change their format like other regions. I'm not even a player and it looks exhausting where a team can play 2 games per day. If they go to 1-1, they can play maximum to 6 maps per day. Laz from ZETA DIVISION once said the same thing as well. I don't know about you guys, maybe you have different opinion about this matter.

Edit: I just can't with the lottery thing to decide for the bracket.

That 3 kills from neth is actually insane.

Yes, since both teams are already qualified for play-off so I don't really mind who's going to win.

Popo is actually built different, he's really strong and he has a long story of clutches as well. Let's see how the game will go.

I can't really predict right now because imo BB needs at least one player to pop off each map where CR, they overall can take care of themselves. As per now, I just saw that CR Meiy isn't in good condition (based on his tweet) so let's see if it's going to affect the game or not. BB is just so unpredictable and they can turn the table.

Well, I just saw Meiy's tweet and I think he's not in good condition. I'm just surprised that he played so well in the previous game despite being under the weather. Let's see the result later, I hope all of the players can play well.

Despite living and ping different, he's still unstoppable with his operator.

Thank you for letting me know! Since Simons left for SG, I was looking for who's their coach is but I didn't find anyone.

BB won 2-1 against CGZ. kobra didn't pop off in this game. Syouta played really well though but it wasn't enough. BB played really well. In Bind, I think Kr1stal might be better as Chamber rather than Neon. Overall, GGWP for both teams.

Yeah, but he's still human at the end lmao

Ascent: Sova = Fade
Bind: Fade
Split: Fade
Haven: Sova
Icebox: Sova
Breeze: Sova
Fracture: Fade

Well, maybe CGZ will win the game but BB is really unpredictable in my opinion. Still, BB doesn't have coach at all for now so I think that's a minus from them. GLHF for both teams.

But that "someone" else should have the power to beat DRX at this point. Let's see if On Sla2ers can have their revenge.

CR won the game.

I agree. They need to change the system like NA or South Korea because it's fairer in my opinion. It feels like they're using randomizer to decide the LCQ bracket.

As per first map, both teams seemed like reading each other, no duelist at all with 2 initiators, 2 sentinels, and Viper. I personally thought thiefy was going to play Jett because his Jett is really strong but they gave him Viper. He wasn't bad physically but I feel like he didn't enjoy playing as Viper. I didn't really follow IGZ as a whole team but I think they need to make some arrangements to their team compositions except for Lakia as Sova and oitaN as Chamber.

I don't need to give much comment about CR but I thought they were gonna do neth Jett (again) but they went with no duelist at all. Well, at least there was a little expectation that Meiy would play Jett instead but he was assigned with Chamber. No comment since CR rosters play flex so yeah.

As per second map, I'm glad that neth as duelist, especially Raze, isn't so passive unlike when he was playing against Northeption in Haven and Ascent. And as you can see, thiefy pops off as Raze in this map so don't judge him by his first map as Viper because he's not a bad player at all.

And again, it feels like they're reading each other (again). 2 initiators, 2 controllers, and Raze.

I can't really assess based on their previous encounter so I might enjoy the tourney for now. CR 1-0 IGZ as per now.

OpTic and EG are top 2. I can't tell about the rest.

Yes, you're right. There are a lot of South Korean players who play for Japanese teams. I know both countries are geographically close (it takes an hour by airplane only) but both are having a different which is also a barrier. But you have to know that Korean players are willingly learning Japanese so they can interact with other players as well.

In South Korean scene, the competitiveness is really thick and most of them are looking for more opportunities in my opinion. I don't really think about economic stuff because I have no idea about it at all. In Japanese scene, the competitiveness isn't as toxic as the other regions because Japan's environment is really friendly. Maybe that's the very first reason why Korean players are comfortable playing in Japanese scene. You also can find that Korean players tend to stay in Japanese team, learn the language, and even move to Japan (I'm talking about Seoldam, he's resting from the competition right now but he moves to Japan recently). Talking about Valorant as well, Japanese supporters are insanely huge and supportive so perhaps it also affects their economics and stuffs as well.

These games were amazing and interesting.
I'm just looking forward to EG in the future because I feel like they have revealed all of their cards right now (cmiiw pls). And I won't forget to note OpTic since they always have their comebacks sassy and impactful.
Above all, GGWP for both teams!

Why didn't they put bdog on Chamber in Icebox? :")

I don't really understand why they put Neth as a duelist. I know he's physically strong (in-game) but I feel like he's not made for duelist role. They should put Neth as Killjoy and Meiy as the duelist.

Popogachi as Skye? It just didn't work. Just give him Sova and he will pop off but they made him taking Skye in Haven and Fade in Ascent.

In Haven, they also can put Rion as duelist (his Reyna is really strong), Meiy as Skye, Popogachi as Sova, Neth as Omen, and Astell as Killjoy. Or they can just put Meiy as the duelist and Rion as Skye.

I understand why Rion played as Cypher instead of Chamber in Breeze because they wanted Cypher's tripwires since Chamber only has one trademark now. It seemed working even though it was a tough run.

As for Ascent, similar to my commentary about Haven. They should have put Meiy as the duelist and Neth as the Killjoy. And I feel like, they should put Popogachi as Sova instead of Fade. I don't really know why but he seemed uncomfortable with Fade.

To summarize, I don't really know what CR is doing. Deep down inside, I thought they were trolling with these positions. It's so misplaced? And also, their calls were bad to be honest.

But overall, I hope they can review today's games, learn, and improve. CR, they're always strong in lower bracket.

You're actually reading them...

I usually see that people rely on Viper's curtain and smoke if you're going to attack on B.

I think it's a great idea but if there's no LAN tourney, the ping will be a big problem. Can't wait to see the new changes in 2023 tourney.

It's just my opinion, I'm not good at Valorant or anything but I think everyone also has said the same. Physically (in game), they're really good. But Valorant tourney isn't about deathmatch. I feel like they need to work on strats and how to execute them. Not every call in game is perfect but at least they can improve how to make calls in game well. Look at the past games, they even lost the round in 5v2 situation. What happened there?

But still, we need to see future games and hopefully we can see some improvements.

Overall, yes I think yay > TenZ if we talk in the context as a pro player who works within a team. It feels like yay knows what to do instead of TenZ. I'm not doubting their skills, of course both of them are capably superior enough. TenZ needs some arrangements so he can outperform his self right now. I'm looking forward to OpTic Gaming vs Sentinels in the future.

Both teams are using mirror team comp for this match so it was interesting to watch. On the first map, Breeze, it was a really close match in my opinion even though the score ended up as 13-9, a win for CR. For the second map, Split, I thought it would be close, but sadly DTN couldn't get a read from CR's strat at all.

I looked at DTN's history matches and they were using the same team comp. as well but the result wasn't good. They were beaten with 13-5. For CR, it was also not their first time since they used it before, even though it was far from the comp in stage 1.

I think DTN should change their team comp because I feel like the players felt uncomfortable using some agents.

They don't know how to differentiate between giving criticism and cyber-bullying which is tragic.

yo someone explain to me how they won iceland without dropping a map to getting dominated like what happened? Like wtf is this omg hahahahahaah

They won, that's a fact. But still SEN cannot deny the fact that other teams are improving within a year as well. They shouldn't stay the same (even though they did make a roster change from zombs to Kanpeki).

It was just his personal preference, don't worry.

Can't really judge for now but indeed they lost so hard today. I don't know their conditions but it feels like they were still haunted by Reykjavik thingy, especially neT for today. Looking forward to their next game.

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Yes, he knows how to utilize Astra perfectly even though he said that he gets sick of Astra and prefers Omen. XD

That's why it was saddening to see. The comp can work but somehow they didn't make it work? It feels like they had some miss-communications such as when ShahZ was using his fault line but no one peeked, or when they combined Astra's gravity well plus Raze's paint shells but no one was there as well. It feels like they were doing things but they didn't know what they were doing at the same time. Just my opinion tho. :")

They're just casual hater. I get it that SEN didn't have good executions while facing LG this time which was saddening. Anyways, it's just the first match, SEN still has some chances and hopefully they can make it right. If not, I don't know what to say anymore.

Why are they playing Astra instead of brim in 2022? LG just smoked off generator and canteen and took site for free

In my opinion, I don't think it's about Astra or Brimstone because you can see from ZETA DIVISION in Masters, they always bring Astra in Fracture. I think it's all about how you use your utils. I believe you can pop off as that agent if you're comfortable with his/her utils. It's also the matter on how they make decisions on the spot.