you’ve gotta have a degradation kink with how much shits thrown at you all the time, not a single good take lmao. If it weren’t for shahzam you guys would’ve finished 4th

all this just to lose to M80

reduxx needs to turn 16 faster bro

he did the good ol self suck to counteract the enemy’s pull and get it to half but got sprayed down anyways

i just hope they put rhyme back on controller in the Tier 2 tourney they debuted at Rhyme went nuclear on astra (think he was like +32 or something in a series vs parla)

I think Verno has to be put into the same level as him at this rate, this kids insane and reminding me of Prime Trent (not that he’s playing bad right now he’s still cracked)

Today has been such a great day to showcase the power of these evolving teams (OXG/MXM). Yeah M80 kinda looked shaky map 1, but they were legitimately challenged by mxm. Same with OXG (although guard looked significantly shakier), but it def means these teams are a lot closer than previously thought.

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potentially could’ve gotten signed to BBL or FUT, would be a good addition to either team

sadly it isn’t, H2H doesn’t matter only RND.

+33 is crazy bro wtf almost 50 kills in half the rounds

i just hope it’s a good series

nah ur right honestly it’s just the first major crowd tourney in VAL (at least in energy) so probs wasn’t prepared for it, good game and area regardless!

yeah nah ur probs right ngl, haven’t been witness to many events like this so i wouldn’t know

i mean honestly i don’t care about it in general thaf just felt kinda BM. they’re already dead yk? trust me the cheering and stuff during the match is banger just felt kinda bm to do that to a watch party across the world lmao

Ain’t no way they booed the other teams small watch party when they won one, disheartening the lack of sportsmanship.

i think they’re saying if loud win (meaning Americas get 4) that Furia/100T would be that, and if they don’t that isn’t even an option

unironically one of my fav teams to watch, for being the #2 EMEA and TS being originally predicted in the latter half of the APAC League they’re doing so much better.

I think with time this roster could show merit, but it isn’t there right now. Role change could make things better tho.
imo the main issue is a lack of a really strong controller (aside from Ayrin who is probs sentinel main). Monyet was cracked as a duelist (more than t3xture). Wronski on Flex/initiator would work well, and ofc the two that stayed strong (bazzi and ayrin) stay the same. SKRossi needs more experience with t1 opponents to hone his skills, but i’m not sure what else. imo change t3x to 6th instead of monyet and i think there could be better results.

they got tehbotol who was the one to drop 38 on OpTiC in champs as well as lmemore who’s a cracked indo player, don’t know about the rest tho lmao. FUT is just kinda not great, Parla would be great

as well as i feel SCARZ and CR could make a case for themselves, same with Bleed. I haven’t watched many D-Plus games recently but they seem to be performing well recently so maybe even them. Apeks could def compete at the highest level as well. NA val seems the most split from franchise to t2 aside from TGRD and M80

I think DATH, PRL, S2G, SUP, honestly a large amount of the turkish league can bear BBL and FUT

it’s literally a LAN

bang 1v5 on breeze

it’s not confirmed but tex is likely their 5th

i just wanna see trent still on a franchised team he’s so talented and still can be better i feel.

it’s their second for the most part they were at champs last year

i totally understand this, but I think that’s why Riot is recycling all the franchising teams every 4 years to avoid things like that. also im presuming similarly to LCS and the like there will be major amounts of scouting for talents to join the larger orgs (think of how many changes TSM made this split) so the player base will always be relatively fresh. Also making it so we are getting +3 teams a year till 2027 makes it even better in this scenario and I think it’ll make the overall scene so so much better after the first year or so

i love it when players who got benched from a team end up against them and win. 9z look really good rn i haven’t watched much LATAM but this team seems strong with bnj.

I’ve been watching their VRL stuff for a really long time and i gotta say, i think they’re probably the most t1 tier 2 team in the region. they started off what 0-3 in groups in france then ended 12-4, then 3-0d mad lions who had lost only once before. and now in the finals they’ve proved they can comeback from pretty much anything. I really want to see them up against tier 1 teams next split because i think they could become a contender with enoufh practice

i think he’s talking about when Guild brought back in draken for last years LCQ, and now they’re doing the same with Yacine

With all the teams dipping out of valorant, i really hope they do a similar thing to LCS wherein they franchised teams also have academy teams and stuff like that so the talent in the region isn’t completely fucked besides like 30 ppl. proving grounds would also be huge, cuz otherwise valorants like tier 2 scene is sooo fucked.

praying heroic buyout guild bid they’re not even there

i’d presume at this rate Heroic or Rogue buy out the team, same goes for the core of M3C. I think it could be something like Heroic buying guilds team and Rogue M3C, but it’s still shocking guild isn’t here, a org owned by david goddamn beckham didn’t get franchising sounds insane

i wish it could’ve been LEV and FNC together in LR3 bc i really don’t want another FNC vs FPX, but i’m worried that will happen. i think DRX r very good but they have consistently shown to falter in lower brackets, and with FNC only dropping one series in months they’re probably gonna go rage mode on LEV and 2-1 them

I’m hype to see PRX walkout today knowing literally just Mindfreak and Benkai will be on stage

to be fair i don’t think FaZe wouldbe done much better. it’s honestly just due to the fact XSET have no experience on LAN as a team and got pressured to perform cuz they got BYEd into playoffs. i personally think that a team shouldn’t get the BYE if they’ve never participated in a LAN, but that’s hard to calculate based on wins and stuff and would give no meaning to winning the challlenfers gfs. idk tho just my opinion :D

it’s confirmed SUYGETSU is out right? then I say XIA 2-1. SUYGETSU is their best member and idk how SEIDER will fit in, but i love both teams so i’m just excited for a good match !

rn i think 19.4

to be fair i’m not entirely sure how much they were trying in the match against NAVI. they had already secured top seed and qualified so they had nothing to lose, so they played like it. Alongside this I think NAVI was the biggest surprise of the group stage with how well they performed (remember in h2h they technically beat out m3c) so I would say that’s a fair team to lose to. I just think they’re incredibly strong at counterstratting (as seen in their haven vs m3c) and if teams like OpTic aren’t careful there’s a world where Guild could come out on top.

i haven’t seen much of the LATAM scene minus the final vs Fusion they played, but if they’re being seeded right into playoffs do we expect them to win a series? I think they could maybe do a KRU run, but idk i needa see more outta them. kinda wished it went to Loud but also this allows them to prove themselves even more.

-29 only duelists,,, but yes lets bench bnj. 0 IQ NIP

Also I think Guild’s Haven is insane, their blowout vs M3C was nuts and solidified them in the top 3 of EMEA

on a smaller scale didnt Knights go like 22-0 on Ascent until stage 1 groups against like C9?

For a 3 map series, 79 has to be one of the highest right. ik for a BO5 it’s not, but that’s cuz most of through more than 3 maps.

I just dislike most bandwagon fans which sucks cuz i love a lotta these teams. But it’s the reality of esports ppl will bandwagon and shittslk so it’s best to kinda just accept it yk. I love Fnatic and really hope they win it all, but also i want to see other teams kinda reach that level cuz I have having complete dominating teams like OpTiC and PRX and sfuff

means he averaged over 25 kills per map sheeesh cryo is insane. hope he plays like this in copenhagen

Yooo wait this is kinda big, with Frosty seemingly on the academy roster rn who do we think will fulfill his spot? if knights really do swap him to the academy roster which idk if they will

After the 100T match and the stage as a whole I think everyone defaulting to “kick this player” or “switch this one for that one” is so dumb and harmful to the scene. When you have brand new rosters kicking players gives no advantage. Take Will, not the best but if you try to sub him in for someone like say PureR or another duelist main, odds are 100T lose more often because synergy. I mean it’s why they went 1-4 in stage one. I do think sometimes it is necessary though, like when it comes to SEN, their core was together for 1+ years with little to no improvement following Rekyjavic. I think teams just have to be more patient and for that to happen the fan bases gotta stop shitting on every player who performs bad once.

I think the ex-LG roster are looking to stick together after their disband but not a bad idea… i still think it’s best they keep the team how it is right now though and hone skills because switching players whenever someone underperforms means no one will ever improve. I mean look at Bang TSM dropped him and now he’s the MVP for 100T in most maps i feel