I feel inclined to put Sengoku over IGZIST but i need to see whether IGZ is bad or if REJECT is the real deal.

VARREL 2-0 Sengoku Gaming

Map 1: Icebox (16-14 VL)

• This map was like watching a game of tug-of-war
• Boong twin #1 Gwang was pretty good
• misaya is a bodyshot bandit
• Bangnan was a beast, freed from initiator jail
• xnfri certainly looked better than he did on DFM. Sorry.

Map 2: Bind (13-11 VL)

• Boong twin #2 Jin was like Atlas, carrying his team on shoulders
• Rainbow 6 fans might’ve been pleased with Gatorada’s performance
• L0B found his footing with VL
• Sengoku honestly had a good attack plan

NORTHEPTION 1-2 Murash Gaming

Map 1: Ascent (13-10 NTH)

• Wolverine was sick on Jett; the 29 kills speak for themselves
• Thiefy on duelist was great to see
• Tonbo started warming up
• MRSH’s attack was alright, but NTH shut their executes down pretty quickly

Map 2: Lotus (13-1 MRSH

• Ban Lotus against MRSH
• Here’s a summary of how MRSH played the map: aim better, and are apes together strong
• Northeption, run a duelist next time. Thiefy is known for his Raze, and Pepper can play her too.

Map 3: Sunset (13-10 MRSH)

• Despite losing, i really liked how Pepper’s util and timings were always on point
• Biju and Tonbo were a deadly duo
• Apparently Wolverine had a good Raze too
• Yowamu had really questionable decisions
• NTH built a steady momentum but cooled off a lot by the second half

Next week (D3W2) Preds:

IGZIST vs FENNEL (FL 2-0)
VARREL vs Murash Gaming (2-1 MRSH)
Sengoku Gaming vs NORTHEPTION (2-0 NTH)

VL 2-0

Boong twins and NOBITA need to carry to win, which might be a hard ask.

A player named Mads on a team called MAD.

The world is healing.

Definitely inspired by WINTO0. Shoutout for his VCL Spain resumes, really enjoyed reading them.

FENNEL 2-1 SCARZ

Map 1: Sunset (14-12 SZ)

• Definitely the best map of the day
• Intense back-and-forths between both teams
• Lumo was a rock
• SyouTa dropped 31
• the only map where Yoshii had presence

Map 2: Icebox (13-9 FL)

• GON MACHINE….
• Derialy’s lurks were great
• SyouTa’s ace on round 18 is already one of the best aces of the year
• Mr TenzouEZ did his namesake proud
• Despite having less kills than he did on Sunset, Only1 felt more impactful

Map 3: Ascent (13-3 FL)

• The Lumo/Allen swap was confusing
• The entire FL team played great, everyone stood out greatly
• SZ needs more practice

REJECT 2-0 IGZIST

Map 1: Bind (13-6 RC)

• GangPin went crazy
• BRIAN showed why he was a shining star on that nonexistent iteration last year
• IGZIST looked to be confident in their attack but RC snowballed the hell out of defense
• kobra tried his best to carry
• HaReee didn’t look that bad
• xui?

Map 2: Icebox (13-3 RC)

• GangPin went crazy part 2
• Akame put the fear of God in kobra
• Muto showed flashes of brilliance
• IGZIST was just team diffed

Tomorrow (D2W1) Preds:
VARREL vs Sengoku Gaming (2-0 VL)
NORTHEPTION vs Murash Gaming (2-0 NTH)

GangPinが本当に戻った。igzistのjailから解放された

GangPin’s finally back in form. Freed from IGZIST.

revenant…. that 2v4 on round 28….

……

Banger game to start the Split off with.

2-1 FL

Pacific: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/f06d85e5
EMEA: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/89bc8dbc
Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/a1295c9a

Could be very wrong, nonetheless.

MLT Bangladeshi pride

MLT 2-0

What’s with players named “shy” being cracked at their esports?

Shy from OW is one of the best hitscans China produced. Shyy from KRÜ Valorant already made a reputation from his time at Leviatán.

Now this shy seems to be very good.

1. FENNEL
   FENNEL very good. CLZ, SyouTa, Xdll, Gon, and Derialy all very good.

2. SCARZ
   Honestly the second-best team. Allen and Yoshii have the veteran leadership to lead the “rookies.” Lumo is flexible and reliable, MrTenzou is alright, and Only1 is an excellent duelist pick-up up too. They’ll go far.

3. NORTHEPTION
   Very underrated and will give FL and SZ a run for their money. Esperanza is a very solid IGL; Wolverine, Thiefy, and Pepper provide a lot of firepower and flexibility. Yowamu is the only question mark, but don’t sleep on this team.

4. REJECT
   Quite high on this team. We all know how good Akame was at JDT. GangPin is back in form after nearly a year. BRIAN was the only player who performed from the non-existent RC squad in 2023, and Hals looks like a solid loanee. Muto didn’t perform too well on NTH, but he’ll do fine in a young and hungry squad like RC.

5. IGZIST
   Hard to rank 5-7. I am excited to see allow and kobra play and HaReee’s comeback to competitive play after nearly 11 months, but this team BARELY made it past Crest Gaming. They’ll do some upsets, though.

6. Murash Gaming
   Honestly? They have untapped potential. Absol is regarded as an up-and-coming duelist. Reita will guide this team with his 10+ years of experience; the rest can do damage. Tonbo and million have been in the scene for a long time, and Japanese fans rate them highly. Backed by one of the most famous streamers in Japan, they can be a solid middle-of-the-pack team.

7. VARREL
   This team… is okay. It can be said they are a team of “washed-up” players, but they are okay nonetheless. But I don’t see them going as far as fifth in the standings. Keep your eye out for Bangnan, though. He and LOB will be the saving graces for this team.

8. Sengoku Gaming
   As much as I want the Boong twins and NOBITA to succeed, this team will struggle.

DSYRE
Outplayed
VX300
NOVO
QLASH
Axolotl
RTZN
Happy Game

personal power rankings just based on rosters

This article was published at the time when neveR wasn’t added to the team’s database despite being signed in December.

Group A:
T1
ZETA

Group B:
DRX
TS

Group C:
PRX
RRQ

Play-in: ZETA

Playoffs:
T1
PRX/DRX

PRX/DRX
ZETA

Finalists:
Idk but at least PRX gets through either way.

Unfortunately today wasn’t FAV’s day, and it was one of the more important days.

Unlucky for BCS

In another group, they would’ve made it.

what the hell are KOI doing?

They have four (soon to be three) active players, they were rumoured to have players only for them to be stand-ins for a tournament, and there's less than a month left until kick-off.

Anyone vested in the Spanish scene aware of KOI's moves?

I hope KOI have started scrimming because they have a long road ahead of them.

9/10 imo

Aim, skills, mechanics, charisma, flexible agent pool.

He’s possibly THE ideal player a team could ever have.

GodsB my OW 🐐

He bringing back his X6 days.

Abo
QiuYe
Shameless
B1ack
Rb
LockM as sub

Americas: M80

EMEA: APEKS but also ACEND look great. Maybe even CASE.

Pacific: FENNEL and BOOM imo.

interesting how at the beginning of the offseason, Jawgemo was the first player rumoured to leave the squad while the others were negotiating or planning to stay.

Now, he's the only one staying while the others leave.

EG fumbled immensely.

EDG
FPX
JDG
TE
BLG
WOL
DRG
TEC
TYL
AG
NOVA

I still don’t understand why the final season was so bad. It was supposed to tie up all the loose ends like what BLUE is and why Joichiro struggled, who Erina’s mom is, what happened to Soma’s mom, etc.

I still pretend that the first four seasons are canon and the last one is a filler.

Hong Kong, Taiwanese, even Macau players count as Native players.

Everyone else are imports.

So Zeno is an import, since he’s from Singapore.

Stew
Viva
Yihao
Spring
Eren

Amazing
Haven’t seen
Very good although the proceeding statement may be questionable
Haven’t seen
Solid

Real name:
Saadhak - flex/IGL
Shao - initiator
Something- duelist
SugarZ3ro - smokes
SUYGETSU - sentinel
Sayaplayer - sixth
Sean Gares - coach

VLR name:
Rb - flex
Runner - duelist
Redgar - smokes/IGL
idk the rest

Bleach TYBW
Oshi no Ko S2
Chained Soldier
Dandadan

It's the year 2045. The Earth is a barren wasteland. Civilization, as we know it, has crumbled. Society, as we know, has collapsed. There is no hope. Just despair. Why? Because Global Esports vs Vitality hasn't started.

Xeta
Stax
k1Ng
Rb
Termi
Xccurate

To name a few

Laz
Saya
Wippie

kek

all I want is Spring and Eren in the league.

Spring, especially. The dude is a menace on duelist and smokes. He deserves better than NIP, though NIP shouldn't be a bad team on paper.

mistic

T1 believer believing.

T1 2-1 but can even be 2-0 with how they performed.

meL
Flor
Alexy
Daiki
Roxi

I’m glad to be proven wrong.

T1 look nuts. They really do have the makings of a world-class team.

It is possible they can definitely do that.

But even as a T1 believer, I don't think they will.

Americas - LEV
Americas - LOUD
EMEA - FNC
EMEA - NAVI
Pacific - PRX
Pacific - DRX (T1 looks like the next best pick)
China - EDG
China - FPX (RA if they find a suitable replacement for yoman)

I think T1 will lose, even as a T1 believer.

Not that they are bad, in fact they seem to have the makings of a world class team.

It’s just that EDG have better synergy and chemistry and has been improving tournament after tournament.

2-1 EDG.

So Saya, xeta, xccurate, and Rossy are starting for sure; thus, the fifth is between iZu, k1ng, and Carpe.

Despite not knowing the fifth, Liquipedia is assuming that iZu is starting.

How does the following sound?
Saya - Duelist
xeta - initiator
xccurate - controller? sentinel?
rossy - flex
iZu - controller?

I won't lie, adding Rossy put a wrench in T1; nonetheless still excited to see the roster play.

PRX
EDG
DRX
T1
SEN
TL
FS
FCY

I might be delusional to say this but I’m convinced if PRX signed Enerii for whatever reason, they’d still be a top tier team and won’t be missing the “jinggg element.”

Real

Nobuo deserved better

Well, ZETA can't win them all.

The ideas are there, but they just got heavily aim-diffed.

Dismally Fading Momentum is a clever one.

Perfectly describes their org’s rep in Japan.

Scary team in the making.

Just a bit more assimilation for yuran and hiroronn, and they'll be a world-class team.

ZETA are better than GEN.G and RRQ

ZETA > RRQ > Gen.G

is still very good, confirmed