i’ve been praying for days like these please Governor come over

i think it’s just kind of a logistics thing. Since these rosters cannot ascend, making the majority of teams fully academy rosters means less orgs with an incentive to ascend and it would cause a TGRD issue if that team did get to ascension and win because they’d be having an org buy out the team as a whole. It’s stupid but in riots eyes i guess it kinda makes sense. It’s probably why like Loud doesn’t have an official academy roster same with Kru who just are affiliated with Oxen

Xross is their sixth man but i think that since there’s already 3 academy rosters in the league it would be tooo much since they need teams that can actually ascend which is why FearX(old Liiv Sandbox) owns them now

you can switch people mid match, at least you used to be able to that’s why NUTURN did so well they subbed Lakia in half the maps

brother this is crazy another fucking initiator has been benched the hell is going on

Bro I am still baffled that out of all the teams trailing Kamyk the one that needed him the most didn’t. Like holy fuck all these roster moves and Apeks STILL haven’t changed anything? Is hype actually just like the EMEA Xeppaa minus the iota of good performances? I cannot fathom that this team is one of the few without changing rosters when the literal only good player looks like Flor and ig Batu if they ban him from playing Sova. Sign robbiebk for the love of god

elgato wave 3

well at least Ezeir looks good still

Liquid looks macro wise stronger but i think that’s just cuz this team is having the Xipto/SMG problem where literally no one in the region can challenge them. I think Fennel could be strong though as well and SR.G are still dominant in GC just not in challengers

the worst outcome

the literal worst fake comeback of alll time

there is no fucking way trade are this bad

that’s if SR doesn’t ascend themselves they’re looking so good rn, they’ve dropped 10 ROUNDS in playoffs

Rarga just fundamentally misunderstands the agent so many times he could have used a TP or dash and he just walked in with no until to help him i hate it here

nevermind bro does not know how to play Waylay dude is playing so scared

champs winning region btw

Rarga my fucking GOAT

such a shitty situation i am praying on tsms downfall fraudulent victory fr

there’s no shot they bench trexx, but if so holy fuck EMEA are actually trying to be the worst region this year this is crazy

Apeks please for the love of god sign him and you might become 11th place we don’t need hype in the big 2025

i just think Kamo is way too inconsistent dude is also pretty undisciplined. He’s def better than Pati though but Kamyk still is better than both imo

kamyk gone (they’re fucking trolling not kicking pati or kamo first)

It’s either JaXe or Ash i think

this is the worst he’s looked in 2025 and he still top fragged, just wait for the iso masterclass

11 players to somehow still be 48th in VCT

tf 38 kills in regulation is absurd

I think it’s complicated, but the difference between retard and the mentioned examples is the current societal connotation. Retard is significantly more harsh and scathing than stupid or dumb were; usually being specifically directed towards people with mental disabilities. Personally, I don’t use the word often despite being on the spectrum because it feels weird to say in general and makes me uncomfortable, but I also don’t despise people who do say it, as it’s a relatively ingrained part of vernacular which will take a while to fizzle out. the gist is though you should avoid saying it if possible because of the connotation and there are just better words to describe the situation, there’s just no actual need to say the word when there’s much more societally appropriate words out there.

don’t see why they don’t just deadass swap the academy and main roster they’re miles better

honestly my two fav teams made the gf this tournament so i’m happy with the outcome, stax and buzz deserved this so much and Im sure trent and valyn will see their spotlight in Toronto or Champs. Now i just need Talon to win an event and my life is complete

i think there’s a world where either T1 or DRX fall off and NS and TLN usurp them. Overall I think this is APACs year unless G2 can win something, maybe with time Vitality as well but I doubt it their macro just isn’t there

Dambi Waylay will feed generations

Florescent, trexx, sylvan

enjoyment wise for sure, only thing to compare is lock in but that was just map 5 from map 3 onward this shit was cinema

listen EMEA can’t talk rn they’re behind everyone else by a long shot, APAC stays winning and americas will have home field advantage in toronto

that is horrible pressure to think about i know she’s proud of him though <3 they played my favorite bo5 to date

someday the guard core will win i’m sure of it, trent looked like the best player in the world up until today and he still did really well; just couldn’t pull it over the line

this is def the best i think just for how shit t1 looked coming into masters and their insane rise to this moment

I think it’s just cuz it’s his second win and his time on gen.g, iZu played the best this tournament but Meteor is lowkey creating a legacy for himself

T1 beat every first seed (and Trace) they deserved this so badly. Feel so horrible for Valyn, trent, jawgemo, but they just couldn’t pull it across the line. So proud of my APAC boys though Sylvan my fucking GOAT

the best upset run ever in Valorants history for SURE

tbf they made everyone else look like frauds they actually like made everyone they played look like the worst version of themselves. EDG/VIT were just worse in the day

poutine dis dick in your mouth (i’m sorry i had to)

VALYN IS THE GOAT VALYN IN MY THROAT

a long time ago the devs stated they weren’t gonna make too many “new” abilities because frankly there’s not a ton left to do before going into absurdly broken territory especially with movement based agents

Why are yall bitching about Waylay’s appearance she looks sick asf she’s giving Junker Queen meets Senna i’m so hype we have tracer in Valorant now. Def gonna be a meta agent with her movement abilities

has sylvan got the most assists in a bo5 ever? i mean surely no one surpasses 80

He’s on a middling team rn but genuinely I think Ezeir could be the next guy in China

dude him and Sylvan have stepped up MASSIVELY to match the rest of this superteam good shit (honestly same goes for Kicks all the so called weak links have deservedly proved themselves this tournament even if Kicks had a stinker today)

they need an actual IGL though. like the calling was imo the worst part of the series Sayf acted like fucking dinkzj took over his brain and made him play slower than old NAVI it’s absurd how they ran the clock down in two separate maps and had literally zero ult synergy (not to mention changing randomly to Jett for “comfort”)

Kicks is not the problem he played bad one series Sayf just choked and called like fucking 2022 NAVI possessed his spirit