LOCK//IN Omega Press Conference -- ask the teams

Hi everybody! I will be streaming the LOCK//IN Omega Bracket press conference today at roughly 5 PM BST, or:
1:30 AM IST
4 AM SGT
12 PM PST
3 PM EST

until then, feel free to drop any questions for teams you have here, and i may ask them: you can watch on https://www.twitch.tv/seulgivl when the time comes and if i ask your question, i will do my best to reply with their response

please follow this format:
to [team]:

• question

please keep your question pertaining to valorant and have formality thanks!

BATCH ORDER
1: [Coaches]
Jacob “Mini” Harris
Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki
Tang “Muggle” Shijun
Don "Sykko" Muir

2:
Marco “Melser” Amaro
Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov
Francisco “kiNgg” Aravena
Ushida "Laz" Koji
Yuuma "Dep" Hisamoto

3:
Jayvee "DubsteP" Paguirigan
Igor "Redgar" Vlasov
Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi
Ganesh "SkRossi" Gangadhar

4:
Brenden "stellar" McGrath
Haodong “Haodong” Guo
David "tehbotoL" Monangin
Furkan "MrFaliN" Yeğen
Dmitry "SUYGETSU" Ilyushin

5:
Leonardo “mwzera” Serrati
Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom
Jake “Boaster” Howlett
Rory "dephh" Jackson

Do you have the list of the interviewing groups?

To NaVi

Do you have plans for a 6th man and if so who?

to Edward Gaming

• Now that the chamber nerf has been implemented to the game, would we see zmjkk playing less Chamber role?

to T1

• How much has the bootcamp in NA help T1 prepared of going into this tournament?

to GE

• How does the absence of Wronski affect the preparation of GE going into this tournament?

How long pre-match conference will be live?

for anyone:
After seeing the Alpha bracket teams play, have you changed any of your prepped stuff (comps, map pool, etc.) or will stick to what you have been prepping this whole time?

To NaVi:
How did the change from ardiis to cned affect your play style? Did you guys change so he can fit better or is he playing the exact same role as ardiis did?

To SEN :
is Pancada comfortable with English now and will there be any communication issues within the team?

to FNC:
given your reputation as chokers, are you worried about facing the crowd pressure in the game against SEN?
to GE:
you have a massive fanbase back home in India. Does that put extra pressure on performance, or does that motivate you more?

to any of the NA teams : Any opponents they have taken specific note of, from scrims ? (You can probably word it better than me i am terrible, but basically if there was one team or something that destroyed them like Gambit 2021 used to destroy the visiting teams in scrims, stuff like that)

To LEV : How do they decide between who plays which map, between Tacolilla and Keznit ?

To Sentinels:

We last saw you play a month ago at the ludwig x tarik invitational with only a few days of preparation. With this last month of practice, do you guys feel that you've improved enough to have a reasonable chance at going deep or even winning this tournament?

To any EU player: did you expect the quite weak performances of the European teams from the alpha bracket und did EU lose some of its strength in your opinion?

To ZETA

• We noticed how you didn’t look strong enough to defeat teams like Fnatic and DRX during RIOT ONE. Now, you got a strong LATAM team (Leviatan) who could mimic the same performance as the others. Do you believe that you could bring some glory to the stage, just like what you brought in Reykjavik, and defeat Leviatan? And, what should we watch out for in this team?

For any team

Has watching the alpha brackets brought any useful insight into certain maps, comps, etc in this new meta. If so has it caused the team to restrategize at all or will you just stick to your original prep.

For team liquid

This team has consistently made it to Lan however have come short from winning. With this new roster how do you guys plan to go further and possibly win these upcoming events.

For Navi

It seems that most teams that were able to keep majority of their core from 2022 have been performing quite well. Do you think that will be the case going into your first event this year?

For GE

This organization took an unorthodox approach of making an international roster. How has preparing for this event with a brand new roster been going and what are your expectations going into the event with this diverse roster.

For 100T

100T recreated their roster last year and it seems like there has been consistent and constant progress. From qualifying for NA challengers, going to champs through lcq, and winning rbhg the progress for this roster has been impressive. What are your expectations going into this event after making a roster change and keeping majority of your core roster.

For Sen

You guys have arguably the hardest opening match up out of every team in the opening round. How much have you guys prepared just for this match up and what are your expectations going into your match up vs fnatic.

For Fnatic

Going up against Sentinels the crowd will most likely be rooting against you. Knowing how much of an effect it can have how have you guys prepared for this match up and the crowd.

For T1

How much has bootcamping in NA helped you guys

To any EMEA player / coach:

How do you rate the overall performance of EMEA teams in the alpha bracket. Which teams fell below, matched or exceeded your expectations?

To the IGLs and coaches:
Which teams do you find to be the most challenging to face in the Omega bracket?

For Group 5, particularly dephh and boaster:

Having watched the Alpha bracket, what surprising thing do you think someone from the Omega bracket might try?

To GE:

1. What kind of depth does it bring in to the team's play style and tactics by having coaches from KR and EU as well as having an IGL from NA?
2. And what kind of playstyle can we expect from the team?

starting in 10 minutes

To RRQ
Does the language barrier still affect the team and chemistry?

To GE is there any language barrier between players?

to Munchkin:

After the LxT tournament, carpe and ban have seemed out of place from the team synergy-wise. How have they (especially carpe) adjusted mentally now it's been a month since and there's a more serious tournament on the line?

to mwzera

1) Have any valorant pros approached you to learn more about your mechanics and movement while you're shooting? It's a very unique style
2) Did you see what the C9 roster said about you? What are your thoughts on that? Were you surprised?
3) Biggest challenge in the duelist to initiator transition? Which of them are you more comfortable with?
4) I saw you play KJ on ranked in some specific maps. Can we expect a surprise?

To Stellar (handsome white boy)

1.) Which team would you guys like to face in the final?

Ive never heard seulgi asking a question from vlr, WHAT IS GOING ON?!