No it doesn't The Guard as an organization is going bankrupt, they have all but 10 people as staff and will likely withdraw from the OWL and CDL this year as well.

They also just ended the contracts of everyone on the Valorant team and gave them severance pay, the reason they didn't sign the league participation form is because they knew they were going bankrupt and would have to close.

THE GUARD have nothing to sell to anyone not contracts or the slot.

LETS PREFACE THIS FOR THE GUY WHO DOESNT UNDERSTAND HIS OWN ESPORTS ECOSYSTEM, THE GUARD DOES NOT OWN THE SPOT RIOT DOES, THE GUARD CANNOT SELL THE SPOT AND HAVE NO INTENTION TO DO SO.

THE PLAYERS ARE NOW ALL TEAMLESS AFTER WINNING AND THE ENTIRE LEAGUE SUFFERS FROM LESS COMPETITION.

NICE JOB YOU ABSOLUTE GRAPE BRAIN
PLEASE RESIGN FROM YOUR JOB AND NEVER COME BACK.

inshallah

o7

o7

Bind Deadlock calling it

South Side of Baltimore is a warzone

Don't go there unless you have protection from someone who lives there

I WAS HERE FOR FNATIC DOWNFALL
#8

i like the story of how EG became the most hated on and shitted on team, with no one thinking at all they could potentially win champs at the start of the year.

But all the PRX players definitely deserve a trophy and it would give APAC its first.

Both storylines are cool and if either one happens im totally down for them.

^

they really needed bind man im just sad

'//,

there are christians in iraq as well btw its not some insane thing

GIGACHAD

they do it in CS too if they get a chance I think its fine

is it because of like league or is it because its LA?

genuinely interested

not even new remember F4Q Bunny

i think it might be the fact that a certain someone had 12 FD on smokes...

but thats just me tho

Rbenis ze goat

Probably Zeta vs Fnatic on Icebox

OR

LG vs Sen (Tenz Debut game) Icebox

Monster, 20th Century Boys, or Pluto

by Naoki Urasawa

https://twitter.com/Hiko/status/1663619624930254849?s=20

never forget he was the goat against liquid

tbh I think the actual "skill gap" people claim is their for tier 1 and 2 in both games is really just lack of experience and confidence playing in a highly competitive environment.

A lot of the tier 1 and tier 2 teams in both CS and Val are pretty similar in actual skill level, but the prep time and experience is what makes the difference

Dep has the most First bloods and highest ACS in the league

and the maps both went OT

they do have some aimers the team cohesion just isn't there

'//,

Fnatic

NAF has something to say about that

Honolulu, Hawaii

not from there i'm from D.C.

p.s. never come to D.C. the city is literally designed so you get confused and lost in it on purpose (google it)

Eid Mubarak

I have the bald buff on my side now so Opm solos goku,

therefore I solo him and you

Hey guys still in chemo, I am a maryland native pakistani and I am so proud of G2 winning that game regardless of what happens against the guard I am happy. Wallahi everything I said here is true Ramadan Mubarak brothers and sisters.

:)))

as long as you hit the first bullet you get the kill but it also slows movement which gives you more first bullet accuracy

Terror in resonance

mongolia is insanely strong in fps games yes

actually rock paper scissors lol

not mollies or flashes but literally just smokes to disrupt the site or cypher kill trips as they come in, leafs trips had no impact

edit: we're basically just saying the same thing so yep

What I got out of Haven for C9 is that they really just don't know how to use their own comp. On haven playing a heavy retake setup on defense is really only possible if you have a breach against a good post plant team like DRX.

Instead of actually providing the support utility and getting more trap setups in on the A side they really just gave up the site every time which doesn't make sense for their comp at all besides zellsis creating space.

What should've is more delay utility and more aggression to contest space on short or long to allow your star multi-fraggers like zellsis, xeppa, or yay to actually have an impact in the round.

imo the calling was the real problem for C9 on haven and icebox and DRX are just too drilled and not scared enough to just sit back and wait.

i had them winning actually

i feel like a lot of teams can afford to boot camp in sao paulo tho as it shouldnt be too expensive

lol

Imo lock-in being this cutthroat has a silver lining for a lot of teams if they choose to take the opportunity.
If they do get eliminated they are able to scrim against top competition across multiple regions which can overall raise the skill level overall of the selective splits.

Im a fan of both C9 and PRX so its a little sad to see them go but I hope most teams take advantage of the high level practice they can get if they choose to spend a lil extra time.

nahhh that was wild

A little over a month ago I made a post about my diagnosis with cancer, since then I've started treatment this past week and I am progressing well although it is challenging. Thanks to all the kind messages and jokes on the last post, I'm excited to watch the upcoming Sao Paulo tournament and the respective challengers tournaments since I have much more free time to watch now. My goal is to eventually be healthy enough to attend Masters Tokyo as my total treatment time is 9 weeks.

P.S. : No unfortunately I was not able to keep my testicle in a jar as they needed to sample it for the specific type of tumor it was :(

This past Monday I was diagnosed with Testicular cancer and today I had my surgery to have it and the tumor removed. Soon I'll find out the extent of the spread through follow up tests but I'm remaining hopeful that it was caught fairly early.

As of now I'll be taking a hiatus from Vlr and from games in general until my health is more stable.

Thanks for making this site an entertaining place to read and a hub for competitive Valorant, I'll give an update once I'm back up to better health again.

sinatraa was a top player in a very old meta and has not played professionally since early 2021

I'm sorry but even saying he's a top player now is not a amazing take at all.

Plus no org would pick him up because of the stigma his allegations bring.

Also Shahz plays a completely different role and Igl'd his team to a chip.

I'm pretty sure it was cryo I remember watching a clip of it

right after G2 was disqualified from franchise Cryo had stated that G2 was supposed to pick up all of xset as a whole team.

G2 being disqualified changed a lot for the league, apparently they wouldve gone in over C9 as well

W