yeah man im sad for kaajak, he's been so good for them

i think boaster has subtly been hinting at retiring (my own speculation) so it sucks to see him down like this too, but alas its a part of competition

wp from PRX they truly deserve it

glad to see something, davai, f0rsaken (and mindfreak) with a trophy now, it was a long time coming

You win!

Dm me on discord @aayan

if we can pull pearl out of our ass

damn double map ban feels even more significant seeing these stats side by side

In your opinion, where does G2 have to place at Champs to have considered this a 'successful' year?

This roster was made to win a trophy there's no doubt about it
for most teams 2nd, 4th and another high placement would be considered a great year, so I wonder where people stand on this

Alonso ahh rookie

press conference after the g2 game

I think he's said it in other places too

oh yeah, my bad
i completely forgot about bro

yup, hoping for a banger

and to answer your question, i do think so
prx have had jinggg forsaken and davai since at least Masters Berlin (mindfreak too, but i guess hes not on the starting 5 anymore)

2022 was by far the peak of walkouts
Ever since franchising they've been kinda underwhelming (outside of the Tokyo and Seoul Grand Finals)

What's going on

people gotta learn to enjoy both

but i have noticed one thing

its very often that cs players shit on valorant
and its fairly uncommon for valorant players to shit on cs or even care
so in that aspect it kinda comes off as cs fans being jealous, but who knows

either way i like both

Meanwhile at EDG: https://x.com/wanshunzhi/status/1936330335715049961

Buying votes for what tho 😭

It's a giveaway, you can win regardless of who you support

Yeah
19
You get to pick!

Giving away a VCT bundle after the Grand Finals
(If FNC win: I will pick two winners)

To enter: reply to this thread and be ready to respond within 24 hours of the end of the GF in case you win

Congrats to kfan4238173 for winning
https://www.vlr.gg/508004/aayan-no-fraud

https://i.imgur.com/OrJPiMZ.png

thats kind of what i do

i pick a team from every region to support at the start of every year
but my #1 has always been fnatic

no need to be so bitter

cheer up

im rooting for fnatic (or wolves) but i hope its a banger regardless

i fw this ranking too

will there be tier 2 teams again?

i found the tier 1 and tier 2 mix to be the coolest part of the event last year

(tier 2 teams based off of results too, not invites)

fixed

1. Hoenn
2. Kalos
3. Sinnoh
4. Alola
5. Unova
6. Kanto
7. Galar
8. Johto

and i have no idea about gen 9

i think either him or t3xture

look, i fully well want fnatic to win

but we cant just be counting wolves out like that

uh oh

1. Agree
2. Agree, this shouldn't be hard to improve though
3. I disagree, I like it reflecting the game lobby (personal preference I guess)
4. Agree

cow paulo is their mascot i think

he might be tryna tell us something

What I would do is:

Masters 1 and 2 - 12 Teams GSL groups with a double elim bracket (with or without the #1 seed bye and opponent pick, I'm indifferent about that)

Champs - 16 team swiss groups with singe elim playoffs (and if you could make it work i'd like to see it be bo5's)

oh my bad i cant read

BBL is a solid contender in EMEA too

holy moly

im starting to believe...

woops

i think itll be

M1/2 - latam/br (leaning towards latam since they havent had a vct event yet)

M2/1 - emea

Champs - china (confirmed)

i doubt they do the same region twice a year

in 2023: emea missed out (china wasnt an official region yet)
in 2024: americas missed out
in 2025: china missed out
so in 2026 it makes sense if pacific misses out

👍

https://i.imgur.com/yv1GRP2.png

yes, there is indeed only 1 team i hatewatch

i wouldnt say i like every team tho, id say im neutral

it is lowkey satisfying

💔💔

Let me check rq one sec

edit: yeah it's 'Americas'

https://youtu.be/GuB2NeKL7NI?si=YkAwKggsXuhGCVFN&t=268

2026 China... in 2027 back to ''the Americas''

Is it confirmed USA?
I thought it was confirmed Americas so LATAM/BR would still be on the table

💔 youll get em next time

they could pull a tokyo and host it an hour away and still call it masters london

i think the next americas masters has gotta be in latam

at least for me, i find that their slower playstyle builds suspense which makes the 'action' all that more exciting

hmm... peculiar

I think there's a good chance next year or the year after for an EMEA masters, and I think London would be one of the leading candidates for an EMEA masters