I'm kind of worried for LOUD if this is going to happen in some crucial point of the regular season

I legit forgot EG can still make a run

damn that sucks

LOUD now have to climb a mountain (might face the loser of SEN vs G2 as well)

I wanted LOUD to qualify for Masters Bangkok, is it over for them?

Here are the teams I watch:

ZETA, DFM, TS, GE, LOUD, KC, VIT, EDG, TE, DRG, XLG, NOVA

Pacific mostly focuses on fast paced gameplay (thx to teams like PRX), but since the SEA and JP teams are heavily underperforming rn, the ceiling of Pacific suddenly dropped

With the amount of uncertainty of which team will win Masters Bangkok, I will just accept that Pacific is the weakest region (in terms of Top 4 teams)

ur late by about 4 days

vlr became more aggressive as soon as the OG users left, people like NexusNomad and Azzelastia have transformed this forum into a site full of rampage

that's why this stage of the season is called Kickoff!

it feels like the SEA teams are getting weaker bc of a mix of visa issues, the Tier 2 scene getting worse bc of the restructure, and the players are mostly just unproven ranked demons

I see them making Champs Paris, however they are the 4th seed.......

I mean, they could've kept Lakia as a 6th man........

honestly, they had a successful year in both LoL and Valorant, they should have used their money on keeping their players

had GEN.G kept their roster......

I honestly feel so bad for t3xture, Munchkin, and Karon

it feels like it exists only for the sole purpose of making the academy team talents succeed, but this just affects the larger talent pool in the long term.

we will have to let all of this play out first before jumping into conclusions

the valorant esport scene is still too early to make lists about "top 5 ____" players imo

feeling good, although making my pickems in the VCT CN Evo Series Act 1 is a bit difficult

I think scrims play a factor in this. Scrims serve as simulations for moments like these

why do u remind me of nexusnomad?

FNC are the favorites tho (yes, even with crashies underperforming)

Hate (REJECT)

Was part of FearX last year

shameless bump, sorry about that.

I mostly watch VCJ, but I never fail to miss a crucial VCT CN game

thx ig mr. 1243!

I'm actually not japanese LOL

it starts at 1 AM for me

this is a good draw

rbtx hasn't arrived in Korea yet, but he will be a good assistant coach.

I think the reason Warbirds and dummy left is bc of how inconsistent TS are, but the root of this problem is due to their mental health problems whenever they are playing

If Johnta is in Korea rn, ZETA would have probably done better

TS should probably do at least one of these:

get a vibe merchant
bring dummy back
get rbtx to KR as soon as possible

I want DFM to win tho, ZETA is making me lose my sanity every time they play

ofc it had to be u! I could change my nickname to IonlywatchvcjXD2 if I wanted to

oof, terrible news for ZETA.

I also noticed that they don't have a vibe merchant, a lot of APAC teams lack these players in general

I somehow did NOT notice that Johnta is not in Korea yet. Get him to Korea ASAP

I think the back to back 13-0's in Haven have gave them a boost of confidence

I blame

the rest of the Chinese teams lack international event experience, if EDG doesn't make it, the pressure will be transferred to the teams who will make Bangkok, which might cause them to play worse

both....

thx for the advice!

didn't notice bc I had a bad day 2day and ZETA losing made it even worse

NS's coordination and team play is the reason they won. NT ZETA, hopefully they bounce back

NS's confidence was through the roof, they hadn't lost a game since LAST YEAR

no one can really determine how good ZETA will do this season bc NS have shown better team play throughout the match and it's likely the 3 rookies just experienced a little bit of nerve issues since it is their debut.

NS had so much confidence going into the match too, and the fact that this is Dep's last year in competitive Valorant puts him with even more pressure to qualify to at least one international event this season.

They lost to the team with more confidence and with better form rn, that's all.

this is the FENNEL trio's first ever Tier 1 season, and it's Kickoff of all events.....

pls cut them some slack at the very least

didn't notice bc I had a bad day 2day and ZETA losing made it even worse

it's been one match.