They deserve some. Production has stepped up big time today no ?
Nice little Arena, good crowd, no tech pauses yet, good VFX

Respect for them for even making 3rd party events.

they cursed themselves by having 4 lan games on at the same time

no tech pauses yet

there was a half hour tech pause in TL vs KRU

Qwertyy [#4]

no tech pauses yet

there was a half hour tech pause in TL vs KRU

For what?

Qwertyy [#4]

no tech pauses yet

there was a half hour tech pause in TL vs KRU

Oops mb, didn't watch that game

Some production members were still on their way to Manchester yesterday which may explain the production problems.

observers have missed like every fight every bro

it makes sense i dont think they put too much care on the group stage
they priorities the playoffs and it shows

bump! nice looking venue and their production has def gotten better since yesterday.

BoDork [#7]

Some production members were still on their way to Manchester yesterday which may explain the production problems.

Isn't that a production problem by itself xDD

TY REDBULL

the tournament is nice, but the whole kru/folkus going or not to playoffs situation was fucked up

makewar [#13]

the tournament is nice, but the whole kru/folkus going or not to playoffs situation was fucked up

Can explain the context ? I'm sorry I'm not sure what happened

Great lan tourney so far, alot better than most

While it was frustrating at times with the lack of streams for the 4 lan matches yesterday, I think they stepped their game up today. Gotta give event organizers props for that. It has been a fun tournament. Can't wait for the matches tomorrow.

dexter000111 [#14]

Can explain the context ? I'm sorry I'm not sure what happened

no problem

basically, Kru and folkus could tie in series wins and were playing against each other. 2 other teams of the group had already made into playoffs while Kru and fokus were trying to get the last spot.

on map 2, tixinha - a Brazilian caster who is streaming RB home ground watch party - asked RB's production about the tiebreaker and a RB member said it was head to head, meaning who'd win the series would also guarantee the last playoff spot. kru wins and they are said they are in the playoffs, the players even tweeted celebrating
kru: https://twitter.com/kruesports/status/1601346013390057472?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A
axeddy: https://twitter.com/axeddy1/status/1601346660457938944?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A
xand: https://twitter.com/xandfps/status/1601345931546591233?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A
nagz: https://twitter.com/kruesports/status/1601346013390057472?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A

but then, they were told that they were out of playoffs because fokus had won more rounds (Kru tweeted saying it was map wons, but IIRC they were tied in maps, but fokus had won 3 more rounds. I'm not sure)

https://twitter.com/nagzet/status/1601350256230219776?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A
https://twitter.com/kruesports/status/1601356926637715456?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A
https://twitter.com/xandfps/status/1601348049380737024?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A

well, i don't know what happened, but a couple of hours later, RB came around and reverted their last decision, saying once again that kru made it into playoffs and fokus were out. kru said it was a "rollercoaster of emotions" https://twitter.com/kruesports/status/1601381422664536065?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A

fokus said they were kicked out on the middle of the night https://twitter.com/fokusvalorant/status/1601531054715592705?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A

it's a heartbreaking, fucked up, easily avoidable situation if RB were more organized and familiar with their own rulebook

IMO, since apparently the tiebreaker rule always was h2h win, it's fair, but the situation is super fucked up, the players probably didn't rest as much because all of this, less time to prepare for them and for liquid, that was probably pretty confused about who they would play against today.

besides that, the communication was weird and a lot of fans are saying fokus was robbed etc. i don't blame them, i don't think everyone knows that they stated previously of the end of the game that the tiebreake was h2h and it must feel bad for who was rooting for fokus.
https://twitter.com/redbullgaming/status/1601390276328685568?s=46&t=H3PWVYsfeBJRd2oU5HHJ3A

ETA: I just saw a Dexerto's reporter tweet about it. interesting thread https://twitter.com/dickymclaughlin/status/1601697638151507968?s=46&t=IQgs6et4lj5WcgqCEZxa0Q

Absolutely... well done... and looking forward for more to come from them!

*RedBull gives you WINS!!! ⁽⁽ଘ(W)ଓ⁾⁾

Yeah but next time, they need to rethink on how to handle the group stage