benjyfishy, marteen, riens, patitek, and w0ot didn't even qualify for ascension

China is a new region so most of those players will be from tier 2, since there was quite literally no distinction between t1 and t2
All the NA representatives in Americas ascension that are currently on a Tier 1 team (if LEV win) will be going to an international this year. N4rrate, a player from a relegated NA VCL team, carried KC to Madrid. The skill gap is immense, be for real.

t2 barely existed until the differentiation between VCT and VCL, I'm talking about last year's VCL players to this year's VCT international participants

NA by far has the highest success rate with that

name another region that has half its ascension participants qualifying for an international event, I'll wait

5/10 NA representatives from Americas Ascension (valyn, trent, JonahP, eeiu, johnqt) will have played in a Masters this year (6 if tex qualifies). neT isn't on a team rn, and the last 3 (koalanoob, NiSMO, and zander) are still on M80.

Can people finally admit that NA has the strongest t2 of any region?

1. rare KC offday, FNC won off of hero plays, Fnatic won't do well in Shanghai with the strats they have now.
2. FUT and TH had a great series, both of these teams deserve to go to Shanghai. Should've been FNC vs. TH and FUT vs. KC for the best EMEA teams to ensure going to Shanghai
3. KRU looked BAD, almost like a completely different team. G2 still played very well, but I think G2 lose in a rematch. G2 still deserves to go to Shanghai, they played incredible yesterday and today.
4. 100T played very well and it seems like they have good synergy now. Every player is capable of fragging and they'll make playoffs easy. For LEV, c0m played poorly this series, but tbh everyone besides aspas played poorly on Icebox. If they go to Shanghai, they won't make top 4 with the gameplan they have rn.
5. China games were expected, FPX is cooking with strats if anyone is interested in China Valorant. Praying for a Trace win tomorrow 🙏

[ALLAT]

when he's not in a supportive and positive environment, he can't perform

no potter, no boostio, no win

before playoffs? yeah i was a doubter
during playoffs? i thought they'd be 3rd seed
now? i apologize. 100T are a good team.

nah i believe you nachtypoo

y'all thought LOUD, KRU, and LEV were all guaranteed to qualify?

you all forgot that both of these teams have ex-t2 NA talent, the best t2 region in the world

https://www.vlr.gg/345471/g2-learn-chinese

what is this revisionist history going on

wait he might be back

maybe leaf didn’t wanna interview? kinda weird they’d interview icy for this game

i can’t imagine how he feels rn, that must fucking suck seeing all of your old teammates (including sayaplayer and tex) going to shanghai

that would destroy me mentally

super team fan talking 💀

message them on discord

cause you are going to Masters Shanghai! Congrats!

to be fair prx should have been 1st seed, sadly they were in a group w DRX who went undefeated.

but yeah the curse stands

their set plays felt out of sync, someone on krü would die and then another teammate would die from the same angle, doesn’t feel like how they were playing against lev. they lost against lev but still played very well

it really doesn’t feel like better competition though, krü didn’t look like they had a plan for most rounds

no series win makes sense, playoffs feel like a coinflip. imo, it doesn’t feel like it’s better competition, it feels like teams randomly do good and randomly do bad for seemingly no reason.

moose is a great fit for c9

based

cryo has always been similar to sayf, someone who is an insane player but gets held back by his team a lot

YOU FUCKING MELONS!

bro no one on loud is shootiing back rn, can't blame this solely on qck

but yeah he's a bad player

fine, i'll agree with you on just this one take

vlr users when no shit talk: "VALORANT IS FOR BABIES, RIOT IS SO CRINGE"
vlr users when shit talk: "this dude is so cringe getting up from his chair"

[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

they should get more credit than other reserve players, yes, but they should not be considered champs winners. they weren't the ones playing, they helped the players win.

all they need to do is hire someone that listens to the pros/community before making rash decisions. Leo always makes some rash and speedy decision before thinking (especially with denying Guard players in Franchising). Even if it’s not solely him, he’s the face of it and has to accept the consequences that come with it

an 8 round differential shouldn’t put a 1st seed in double elim 1 game away from qualifying while putting a 2nd seed in a single elim game 2 games away from qualifying

leave it to riot to put a team in a single elim game because they lost 1 series 1-2 in regular season, all because another team won 8 more rounds than you

i think this is the most likely outcome as well. my issue is the fact that G2 is even in playoffs to begin with. this team is NOT top 6 in Americas 😭

this format allows for too many flukes to occur, especially when every single region has a one sided group. this format from riot fucking blows

this is what could happen bc of the dogshit format for qualifying that nobody likes. i have a feeling every region will have a fluke team that quals (happened in Pacific, will probably happen in EMEA). i mean shit, PRX almost didn’t qual against Talon bc they lost 1 singular series in split 1. sad to see teams outside of the top 3 qual

Pacific:
PRX
T1
GenG
(no DRX)

EMEA:
Fnatic
KC
FUT
(no Navi or TH)

Americas:
G2
LOUD
Kru
(no LEV)

China:
Trace
DRG
FPX
(no EDG)

i mean DRX lost twice fairly after getting 1st seed, but yeah i agree w navi

you may have won this battle, but you lost the war in 1776

SEN aren’t playing rn, wdym

fans

cause i wanna see Navi get eliminated so ardiis saves NRG

fakest PRX fan i’ve ever seen

FNC lost to KC
SEN lost to EG
DRX lost to T1

every team has their kryptonite

and yet i’m still bored watching, ardiis should come back to NA and save NRG

nice jinx bro

"i can't understand"
"maybe i'm biased"
"correct me if i'm wrong though"

i am well aware it is an opinion

in a gameplay context it makes sense, i was moreso talking about people calling jinggg cringe for how he talks and acts or other stuff of the sort, stuff that isn't even really related to valorant

no one in particular on vlr comes to mind, but i've seen quite a bit of people hate on PRX on twitter and vlr

i can't understand how people can hate this team and the players. the fans? yeah, i'll give that to you. but the players? maybe i'm biased but i just can't see a reason to hate the individual members of prx. even the org and its staff are all cool people.

feels like people hate PRX just bc they're hard to hate, correct me if i'm wrong though