Also when I supported Guard throught stage 1 they went from losing to Knights in an NSG to beating Optic to become NA champs. It was only after they lost in masters that they had a rough time with the meta change. The Zeta thing was unfortunate tho :(

Wrong because I supported Optic at the end of Masters

I think NTH and Xerxia will have close matches but still not make it out of groups

Alright 61Hiko from Turkey. I bow down to your genius opinion. Obviously you know better.

"Natural order" bruh. Why can't you admit other regions get better?

Fnatic either looks shaky and goes out immediately or make it to finals
Optic makes it deep
Loud makes it deep
DRX sadly get figured out after groups and lose in playoffs again before reaching top 4
Guild and XSET maybe get one upset in, but don't make it super deep
Kru doesn't do well
FPX (without ange1) does awful or FPX (with ange1) does reasonably well

My predictions for potential finals teams:
Optic, Loud, Fnatic, FPX

Really hoping I'm wrong about this tho, I want an upset!!

They've increased their map depth a lot since last masters, PLUS they got unlucky to face the most focused team in valorant history at a point when Marved was hitting an all time high, FNS was going insane calling wise, and Yay was even more yay than usual. Next time, they'll be better plus Loud switched around roles a bit, incorporated the Fade, and Less on Chamber is insane.

Loud

Yeah someone didn't watch the game. Sure there were some mistakes, but NTH just beat them

I fucking hope not. We deserve to see if any team can beat full strength fnatic (I think Optic and Loud are equally matched)

This thread is now done, after reviewing the options, I am firmly on the LOUD train

Bet

I like them but I need to see them beat a top tier team with style before I support them

I will after masters

So if you wanna eat at a good resturant, but you're not sure what's good around here, you shouldn't ask around becasue you need to make your own opinions?

I don't really have a connection to NTH because I don't know them that well. Also, even tho Yay is one of my favorite players, I don't wanna just support the best team in NA because they're the best. XSET is meh too.

I wanna hear what other people say my dude

Obviously my #1 team is Guard, but they're not going, so I switched to Zeta, but they're not making it either. What team should I support for masters?

Right ofc Optic too. Idk how I forgot about them.

I’m so excited to see the full team in franchising against the best of NA

I’m so sad

HOLY FUCK THE COMEBACK BY TS????

Edit: I apologize as soon as I wrote this, they got thriftied

Yay literally got 400 acs on Icebox

He's literally played optic and gotten crushed by Yay

He's trying to bait people

'//,

I think Guard and EG are likely but not guaranteed by any means. Everyone and their dog is applying for partnership in NA.

That's why they're not getting in. C9 and 100T are probably the only NA teams with a guarantee.

MWZERA WILL REPLACE HIM

You literally support MIBR

I really want Zeta to qualify

They won it all throughout masters except vs G2. Nth just played well and Zeta messed up a bit.

That's why I'm rooting for Zeta now!

Sadly that is CSGO and I do not care about that game. If they host a valo one, I'll go.

TS haven went INSANE

I need a Japan Champions game

Facts! I wish NA playoffs were on LAN, then maybe Guard could've gotten the experience they needed, plus it would be way cooler.

I will come to brazil for that

HELL YEAH

Dude the production is AMAZING

WOOOO I LOVE TS AND I LOVE XERXIA

WATCH JAPAN

All of Zeta does

I love that we get to see what each player is doing before the match. JP production is OP.

I need Zeta to make it. If they lose, I'll be so sad.

It'll be awesome!

Absolutely not, imagine if we get one group that's like Fnatic, Optic, Loud, DRX, and PRX, while the other group is something like XSET, NIP, KRU, TS, etc. That wouldn't be even at ALL

Yeah no

Yeah that's CAP

Nah NA chamber players are insane. We got Yay, Cryo, Dicey, and Tex on fire right now and Leaf waiting in the back. I think Derke can definitely compete with all of them, maybe Aspas, Forsaken, and Buzz too, but Ardis, Sayf, and Zyppan probably can't.