Welcome to DDenied's 2024: Americas 10, a countdown of the top 10 players in the Americas region for 2024. Today, I'm unveiling my honourable mentions, and starting tomorrow, I'll be revealing the next player on the list, counting down from 10th place to 1st. For fans of other regions, don’t worry—each International League has its own list, and there’s also a combined Global 20 for the year.
Disclaimer: All stats are sourced from VLR.gg, and any rating mentioned refers to VLR Rating 2.0. It's important to note that events held in China were not fully tracked by VLR, leading to missing statistics. As a result, the average ratings for each player are calculated only from events where VLR data is available, which excludes all events in China. This skews the yearly averages, particularly for players in the China league.
Honourable Mentions:
Less: Despite LOUD's disappointing year, Less was instrumental in their early success and maintained strong individual performances throughout the season, even as his team struggled.
heat: Since joining KRU, heat has been a game-changer, turning their year around and forming a formidable duo with keznit. However, he just misses the top 10 due to fewer achievements and being outperformed by keznit.
Zellsis: While Zellsis has been the glue holding his team together with his energy and attitude, the sheer number of standout players on his team means his numbers weren’t quite enough to crack the top 10.
Sacy: Like Zellsis, Sacy is on a team with an abundance of talent. Despite this, his contributions to Sentinels’ success are undeniable, earning him an honourable mention.
JonahP: G2 has been a revelation since their promotion from Ascension, but the biggest surprise for me has been JonahP. He has exceeded my expectations this year, yet narrowly missed making the list due to the exceptional performances of a few of his teammates.
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I will be adding links to the bottom of this and all susequent articles linking them to the articles either side of them in the order and the articles parrelel to them in other lists. e.g. this article will end up linked to Americas Number 10, China Honourable Mentions, EMEA Honourable Mentions and Pacific Honourable Mentions
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The Honourable Mentions for the other regions will be released through out today with a subsequent article for each region released each day until the players start making it onto the Global 20.
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