Just based on the eye test, Fnatic and Fut look just about as good as Lev. Based on the score test, 100T fucking dogged Fut and Fnatic + Lev were relative scorewise.

EMEA is back to being a 1 team region with Heretics, but to be fair those mfs look good. But don't reach to think the region is good.

Just in terms of midrounding and aim, JohnQT is better than Boaster. If you put JohnQT in that roster they'd do better for sure, even with his flexing to smokes.

Gen G has had the worst circumstances at a tournament of all time (OUTSIDE OF LITERALLY LOSING A PLAYER). The coughing baby beat the hydrogen bomb. Fut hasn't even looked that good imo, they just never play ass. Against Lev and Fnatic they just don't look as bad as either team, but when they play that same way vs 100T, it's a wash. Fnatic ae mid.

I mean a tier 3 Valorant player is now top 4 at IEM Dallas, so idk. He couldn't even make it through NA T2 open quals, but he can make top 4 of an S tier CS2 tournament.

Not everything is a fluke, but that was.

EMEA has 1 good IGL in it's history of Val and they exported him to Sentinels. The rest are mid. Legit just get the best T2 duelist, put him on smokes, and play like you're paper rex. Only option EMEA has.

Their win over Heretics was more of a fluke than Lock//In.

Navi was robbed.

I think we could send Sen, C9 or Kru and they'd clear Fut and Fnatic (Heretics are a different level than those fucks).

If 100T maintain form, they got a shot.

EMEA is a top 4 region for sure, probably just behind Pacific, America's and China. But top 4 region 100%.

I mean, Stewie2k (a tier 3 valorant player) is currently at top 6 of an S-tier CS2 major.

Boaster is an option for the early 2023 success, plut he's got top 8 at every champs and made an international every year. But, he's more accomplishments than player imo.

Boostio is the newest here. He uses his pieces amazingly, won a champs, won a regional split, and was in the Grand finals of a masters his first time there. If 100T does well at shanghai, he's REALLY in the convo. As a player, he's probably the best individual and caller balance. He can shoot and he can call at a really high level.

Then there is Saadhak. In 2022 he only lost to 2 rosters, made 2 grand finals, and won champs. In 2023 he again made all 3 international lans and got top 3 in two of them, including handing the stacked Fnatic roster 2 of their 3 losses that year. He has won multiple brazil splits and an America's split. If you really want accomplishments, here is your guy.

But, then you have a guy without a rating on any agent (with 200 rounds) about 1. What about a guy who had the worst duelist in Apac on his team. A guy who did all of that yet was the first to hand a team with likely the goat of the game and another top 5 of all time player. Never won a regional title. Never won a champs. But nobody in the server is as effective as an IGL as FNS. You all watched NRG play with 2 champs winners instead of him, and they were one of the worst strategic teams in the America's region. Nobody manipulates the game like him. Nobody commands his players like him. Nobody is equal to him as a pure IGL.

Tl;Dr:
Saadhak for accomplishments
Boostio for modern day + role efficiency
Boaster if you're a fnatic fan
FNS for pure IGL abilities

I'm (clearly) an FNS simp, so base it off what you value.

I mean, Guild was able to beat Optic and Loud, but outside of them and FPX it wasn't really close compared to the top AM teams. I get your part about regional depth, so I'd throw up how Xset was able to beat Fnatic and FPX at times, 100T was able to beat Fnatic, Lev was at that same tier. In NA, teams like Faze, NRG, Guard, and EG were able to challenge those globally recognized NA teams.

If we want to be abstract about regional contenders, it's about equal between just NA and EMEA. If we want international contenders, arguably AM would be placed higher. And, if we look at the peaks, Optic and Loud were a step ahend of everyone else (worst case, FPX was there too).

I'd be more tempted to put AM = EMEA 2023 than EMEA = AM 2022.

Leviathan decided to revert to week 1 AM level of play. That was awful to watch. Fut didn't even look insane, they just didn't throw.

North American societial values leans much further from video games, expecially competitive video games, compared to other regions. Different systems put into place, whether it be deliberate or not, punish youth for being into video games - both in social settings and financial settings. Just playing games is seen as a red flag to many millennials; the hobby is seen as childish. That is why you see much more success from NA in the valorant space compared to counter strike. The bulk of Gen Z is overwhelmingly flocking to online spaces due to those previously mentioned systems. Games are being seen as less male and less childish. Gaming is actually morphing into a hobby and a safe space, rather than something toxic and socially isolated. All of this removes pressure from young gamers with high skill ceilings who wish to go pro or even just to present themselves as high ranked gamers. This is really the first generation in North America who can be confident in that aspect of themselves. I doubt that NA has the playerbase to challenge other developed regions in Counter strike, but I assume that more and more modern games will have solid or advanced NA scenes compared to games from 7-10 years ago.

Brotha I know the 2021-23 stats, you don't want to see EMEA without Fnatic. It's a lot worse than NA without Optic/FNS I will tell you that.

Unrelated but Gen.G has never faced an EMEA team at an official VCT event. Lets see how Fnatic handles my goat T3xture and my eternal king Meteor.

Ya know what, bro is spitting. I'll agree to this.

Fuck chet! I hate that snake! FNS made him! FNS will continue to make him because bro is the goat!

All they have to do pearl is make it harder to fight from long, revamp a bit of mid, then make A a little easier to take normally + devalue Ults from taking it. Its got the bones to be one of the best maps in the whole game.

Fracture tho is my fucking goat. I miss it so much, but I don't miss the shitty teammates that would throw once they saw fracture on their screens.

I hope its another funky one like fracture that actually takes some fucking brains to play on instead of half the maps in this pool of running it down as 5 and praying.

At least I got haven back and breeze out so I can actually manipulate the map before my 4 teammates die to 1 guy.

Gj gamer

I'm cool with whatever as long as the mf is roundish

TTR champs 2025.

Tuyz has more reps on Jett than on Omen and Harbor combined. I'm sure he'll be fine. Originally when I saw QCK joined that team, I thought he was going to play smokes and Tuyz would flip to duelist.

Who's makinf the haters list cause yall gotta throw me on it. FNS made his whole career, FUCK, he made the careers of everyone on that Optic roster.
Midshies
Midctor
M0rved
Ch0t

All of them are dogshit without the king.

Genuinely, maybe seek out a therapist to help you work through your mental issues and your goals. They might help you realize what you want to achieve and will at least help you frame your mindset properly.

I been saying TTR Champs 2024 2025

Ok, this sounds like copium - cause it is - but why does Illinois servers feel SO MUCH worse than other NA servers. Not the players, just the game feels so much more shit. I've gine from playing Illinois 40 ping to Oregon 65 ping, and Oregon just feels so much better. The only thing I've ever seen Tenz complain about is Illinois servers, and he does it every time I've seen him get a game on Illinois servers (and he has only like 35 ping).

Again I know it's copium but I just want to know how other Illinois players feel on the servers.

Dw guys, it's get better. Just get a t3xture.

Ardiis with ange1 averages a 1.09 rating and 231 ACS.
With FNS he averaged 1.06 rating, and a 220.6 ACS. I could make excuses, but ange1 does know how to use that man, expecially in the current meta (Ardiis has a 1.13 average rating in 2024).

But Ange1 has beat FNS without Ardiis, so idk. Plus he's -2 to FNS in head-to-head kills.

The fact NRG has done so bad has just made the FNS duo package the most valuable in all of Valorant. I got some stats and accomplishments:

• FNS was the first and one of just TWO TEAMS to beat prime Loud, likely the strongest roster in Valorant history. He went 9-9 in maps, 3-3 in matches. The rest of the world got 5 maps off them, 1 series.
• The Optic core, now NRG core, has a 19-17 series record without FNS. Add in Yay and it's 20-24, add in Yay T2 and it's 20-31. FNS over 2023 and 2022 had a record of 43-22. Keep in mind, he also attended every international lan in those periods.
• His ex-teammates are yet to make a Lan without him (unless you count going 1-1 in lockin).
• He willed DFM into winning a game, and got G2 to Shanghai off pure aura.
• 3 of his 6 notable ex-teammates are currently not on a starting roster.
• He's also cute <3

Hire my goat today, and on a related note holy fuck hire s0m as well. Bro is genuinely what Demon1 wishes to be.

And never forget that Ardiis dashed into a KJ molly and then updrafted to death into a pheonix wall prior to the cove incident. HE DESERVES MORE HATE FOR THAT.

Diamond 1. I'd play more put I hate this map pool.

I knew they would fail without the King of Val FNS. Bro made every roster look good. Somehow the only genuine talent bro has ever had, in s0m, was clowned out of tier 1 for this year. Actually insane.

All I'm saying is they've all yet to make a lan since they booted FNS. Even the double agent went back home and hasn't got to any lans. It's fucked how s0m is the most successful ex-FNS teammate and he's just a full time streamer.

Same bar for bar homie.

We have to deal with timezones AND living in/near America which is marginally worse than not being near/in America.

Can't wait for another Gen.G vs Paper Rex game in 26 days.

I'd throw Screwface into the conversation. High energy guy, pretty sure he IGL'd for EG 2nd team last year, and he's played basically everything so you'd be able to fit him in. Worst case scenario, he's probably one of the best vibes guys on the market, for a team that needs a vibes guy.

He is simply the goat.

I wasn't aware of what your father looked like, but I'm glad you know. I am also very bored.

G2 have Pujan behind them. That man willed DFM to a win. That man made Yay the best player in the world. That man got Ardiis to an international lan past the chamber meta. Getting G2 to win shanghai wouldn't even break his top 3 miracles.

I also saw a random guy with your mother. What the fuck are we even talking about here.

The only team that can beat PRX is G2.

Not because G2 is better, but because Pujan's words are too strong for our reality. If he can make DFM win a game, he can make G2 beat Paper Rex. His bought work may take down his #1 pookie bear david.

My king Life does as he pleases

Think about it.

Madrid Teams:
1 NA
1 South NA
1 Frank
1 Spain
1 Signapore
1 Korea
2 China

And then then shanghai:
3 China
2 NA
1 South NA (different part of douth na tho)
1 Polaris (shputout bo dork he carries that region)
1 spain
1 turkie/frank
2 korea
1 Signapore

China is making more majors than any other region.

After lots of reflection, you are 100% correct. My apologies.

Still think it's rough to have a BO1 but with the amount of teams makes it impossible to set up a viable system.

This entire time I was under the impression that Riot games, the people who said that the fans "WANT TO SEE THE BEST TEAMS MORE", would do just that in the playoffs. YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THE FIRST ROUND IS SINGLE ELIM? THE BEST 6 TEAMS AND FOR 33% OF THEM THEY GET 1 GAME AND GET BOOTED? What in the flying fuck.

I'm mostly mad for EMEA. Not going to lie, based on the form of AM currently I'd genuinely give Europe the edge in every aspect regionally, but expecially on their likely hood of success with Heretics, Navi and Fut on the global stage (them being who I would mark as the regions top 3 atm). YOU ARE TELLING ME ONE OF THEM IS GETTING OUT THROUGH SINGLE ELIM? What in the fuck Riot. If you're going to make the top teams play upwards of 13 games in 36 days (+travel), then you can give us a damn lower bracket for PLAYOFFS.

I'm still spouting the 13 matches + International travel in 36 days that Sen had to do. 2023 Fnatic had 81 days for their first (official) 13 matches, which was all of lockin and the entire 8 weeks of regional play. This system is just built to destroy top teams in competitive regions. Most of the Madrid teams had rough looking starts to the regional splits. Val as an esport has too much complexity at the top level for teams to stay consistent when given the relatively worst conditions.

I can do the same cross team bowlshit:

Talon 2-1 Secret

Oh wait, nvm. Story over.