Let me do a rough translation:

"Team Secret is trying to be Cloud9 so badly

John Yao (TS CEO) is trying to be Jack Etienne (C9 CEO) so badly"

I think he might be mocking both CEOs for letting their players/coaches go and announce it less than a month before offseason ends, which is kinda unsettling to me.

It's good that you are finally adding gc to this lovely thread!

no worries!

it was LEV who dropped nzr I think

pretty good thread!

now I can catch up with the DACH scene more :D

I think he is talking about John Yao (TS CEO) trying to imitate what Jack Etienne is doing for some reason?

https://x.com/E4EQUIP/status/1871562336978526521

announcing dummy's departure on Christmas Eve is brutal man

maybe Team Spirit entering Valorant would assemble a full Russian team?

that would be dope

I think it is bc of reasons we shouldn't be talking about in vlr unfortunately

for Philippines, I would suggest Lyze

I still haven't finished queen of tears, I'm literally on the final episode

lemme go watch it now

I just finished watching Season 2 of the Uncanny Counter, and my goodness

IT'S A BANGER

for those who want show recommendations binge watch it from start to finish

So Mun is my goat.

fr?

I guess he just wanted to root for TH after all, he could've just said it himself

highly agree, TYLOO might upset some mid table teams too

unpredictable?

I say Pacific, but almost every league is unpredictable atp and it is really fun to see.

hopefully u get at least one thing right from the pickem

any team that picks up sword9 will have an immediate upgrade on their roster

Isn't assmolestia just Azzelastia's alt or am I missing something?

I can imagine Azzelastia crashing out if EG loses the grand final of Toronto.......

honorable mention:

RobbieBk: Wonder of putting out fires im his house

I haven't seen anyone hating on Jinboong until now........

https://www.youtube.com/@Hurrakin_OW

this guy is like brim sensei but even more unhinged

he started streaming just 2 days ago

u should, it is really fun even if u struggle at first

https://youtu.be/skJZTPIhtI4?si=g_CNH6H-iORvKkFn

god forbid a team having different playstyle than other teams.

I mean, they are considered a mid table team after all

unironically, yay is better than boaster in terms of fragging ability, but Boaster has been slowly making it equal

but I hope yay performs well again

maybe u can watch this guy's streams in the meantime?

https://www.youtube.com/@Hurrakin_OW

man's pretty hilarious even if he doesn't speak that much

for that to happen, mada and Verno both have to underperform almost every game

me neither, it seems like Crws' fragging is inconsistent at times. But his calling is solid, so I'm not complaining at all.

me neither lol, MITH will win Ascension 2025, all good (hopefully)

decent roster move!

vouch

Isn't that the whole point of Premier.?????????

to find the next generation of talents???????????

I'd argue that MITH deserved to go to Tier 1 had it not been for FS being FS 😭😭😭😭😭

I think u should do less fun activities in the weekdays and do more fun activities in the weekends

that way there is more variety in what u do in a week instead of just the same things over and over again

maybe try rock climbing? it is an underrated hobby.

These pickems are really believable, 95% are the expected results (I'm making up my own statistics I'm not really nerdy lol)

Does FPX really look that shaky?

And what's up with Tyloo?

Kush should be the IGL so Estrella can focus on his fragging skills

a very fair opinion, conpletely understandable (I am going to do the same thing this year lol)

I would've hated this year's Pacific Ascension grand final had it not been for BME pushing to Map 5. The one thing I hate about Valorant Esports is a team sweeping a match.

PAC: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b3784428
EMEA: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/2ebc0d0e
AMER: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/8fcb0e30
CN: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/cf4a748e

the only pickem that I am confident about is CN. And even then, an upset can happen at any match.

VCT is getting more unpredictable, and it is showing with how strong the teams look in the offseason.

winner of GE/TS should make it a close game against TLN

2-1 at least.

depends

jremy has been underperforming heavily recently, during the GEN.G game we saw a lot of that (jremy could not hit an op shot)

as for 2GE, man's just inconsistent as hell.....

........and that's the story of how I changed my flag and flair.

hopefully this idea can be considered in the future

idk where the MENA hate posts are......

c'mon bruh, how can u hate an up and coming region :(

we have yet to see then both play

but I am pretty worried for TS in the fragging department.

DSG/BME 2-1 TS

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!