The decision to bench the four-year starter came after an insistence to move Petra, a longtime Initiator player, onto the Duelist Controller role, while shifting Duelist Controller player Vania to Controller Duelist.

Petra did not play duelist this year and Vania typically plays smokes. Vania played duelist for EMEA GC Stage 1, then Akita was brought on during Stage 2 and Vania moved back to smokes.

when are we getting one riot

I understand where it's coming from, but I think some people are dragging it out too much now. Even I wonder what was going through her head when she added that emoji but given that Amy has otherwise never done anything racist, I feel like she deserves the benefit of doubt that she didn't mean to hurt anyone. She already acknowledged the harm and apologized for messing up.

At this point, it feels like people are more interested in having someone to make fun of than in her actually learning anything from the situation.

definitely a final to be remembered, but of course, map 3 stood out as possibly the most harrowing map of valorant i have ever witnessed in pro play (especially since it followed 2 extremely dire maps). by the end of the first half i was desperate to see fnatic bring some more energy to the game and bounce back. to be in that position on the edge of the cliff and still give it your all shows so much resilience from fnc and especially boaster as an igl. as crushed as i felt watching, they must have felt one billion times the pressure and still managed to power through.
overall, it was a fun finals to watch (well, mostly the last 3 maps) and we got to see a lot of interesting things coming out from both teams, including alfa's diabolical sage gameplay and ethan popping tf off on breach (hello??) the beef was unreal and ive never seen so much swearing or emotes on a finals stage. the paris crowd was amazing (all hype and no BM) and ofc, production, desk talent and casters were excellent as usual.
another great year of valorant. guess ill just have to wait for gcc to get my next fix