what happened against drx on thursday then?

delusional fool

another victim of the bald buff lmao

GAME 1
https://www.vlr.gg/130691/optic-gaming-vs-drx-valorant-champions-2022-lbf/?game=95151&tab=overview

But but... and here me out here... fnatic wins this AND tokyo masters. Also do we just forget about the second place curse?

Look, if it gets them good money, then I'm in too.

im actually glad none are S because it would just be wrong. but pacific is only so low because of dfm t1 and skrossi isn't it? thats not fair imo, talon, TS and geng did very well to do what they did.

they will never beat leo best initiator in the world...

switch fnc and drx and i would agree (sadly)

uh excuse me did you turn pc off when fracture overtime? i think you did...

Leo is the best initiator in the world, I don't see them losing with someone as consistent as him.

Wait fnatic just took map 1, hopefully navi can bring it back on lotus...

The recency bias here is strong lol

HOLY W

imagine cheering for brazil when pretty much the whole of NA has hated them for years now in valorant. please speak when an ACTUAL NA team makes it to top 4.

top 2 curse will wipe them out this year. they will make rooster changes (foxy9 in) then dominate for 2024 (is my prediction)

i think that under pressure, i would only trust mako and stax on drx to be consistent in the clutches, especially in the endgame and match point

NA have to cheer for the team that will give them more slots, its simple.

NOt probably, he is definitely the best in the world right now. hes been so good for so long, and steps up when needed all the time.

NT, im still so happy even though they lost. they put up a great fight even under pressure. also mako best controller itw idc what happens this is fact from now on.

pressure was very high.

...no im just kidding. but im so proud of DRX, they only have one hurdle left.

i can do that: LOUD, NRG, NAVI, DRX, FNATIC

buzz losing steam

hmm i remember this happening before...

he owns this map with his clutches...

hes been carrying them through the whole game, hes good,

STOP JINKING

he needs to switch to duelist and smoke at the same time... not doing enough smh (sarcasm im so grateful for mako being on the team)

guys please can we cut some slack for drx? im just happy they made it here :(

NO IS THIS REAL 💀💀💀💀
never mind its fake

mmmmm- i mean yeah cook time.

korean flag = drx trash instant downfrag is probably what is going through their brain.

someone bring the STATS pls

DRX will come back... or at least they will do what they did to optic in champions. if they can do that i will be so proud of them :)

crowd buff is unfair LOUD got lucky crowd buff is unfair LOUD got lucky crowd buff is unlucky LOUD is unfair crowd buff is lucky LOUD got unfair ;-;

its the crowd its the crowd COPIUM :(

LOUD is better than nrg because nrg have very strong mental. also i have never heard a crowd as loud as the brazil crowd cheering for south american teams.

they are projecting obviously... where else will they let out their rage?

this is a tough one there's too many to choose from. right now i would say glitchpop but on another day i might say ruination or protocol.

whoa whoa whoa why are we gatekeeping teams from different countries now? i think thats the root of this problem, no? root for whoever you want, even if they aren't from the same region. there's nothing wrong with even a european supporting LOUD or someone from SEA supporting one of the EMEA teams if that's what they want.

crowd buff took down nrg, drx will also fall before the terrifying crowd. BUT i still believe!

they werent overhyped and they weren't predicted to win for a long time...

Leo is the best emea initiator and he's also got a lot more potential than shao. He can also play sova, fade and breach really well and I would not be surprised if he was good on kayo too.

Gold 1 :( I probably have the aim of a silver though :(

Huge upset will be when both talon and geng beat drx... I am hoping it doesn't happen but if its for the sake of the Pacific league, I will allow it

still cant win anything now

this sounds like the d3ffo argument all over again... when a team gets too good at setting up their star player to gain space, they all start to call said player washed and horrible.

thats why they lost to team that lost to navi, right?? because they are better than LOUD and DRX??

i cant seem to figure out how to upload a screenshot so here are my rankings (in order within the tiers from best to worst too)
S: FNC, LOUD, DRX, NAVI, NRG (top 4 are interchangeable, very very close)
A: FURIA, LEV, 100T, SEN, TLN, C9, TL (yep thats right furia are best in A tier for me)
B: VIT, TS, KOI, GENG, EG, KRU (these teams aren't bad but some work or changes could push them into A tier.)
C: BBL, PRX, GIA, KC, EDG, ZETA, FUT (some of these teams probably should be higher up, but it was tough to decide)
D: FPX, T1, RRQ, MIBR
F: TH, GE, DFM