Wow he can actually talk
#MVGA #MAKEVLRGREATAGAIN
That interview NRG put out was 100% a bit. Verno seems like a good kid and I'm glad he's getting his chance to redeem himself on MIBR. I honestly lost a lost of respect for NRG the way they have handled Marved, Chet, Demon1, Bonkar, and Verno the past year. You can of course say they weren't performing but this org has zero patience and wants to win everything immediately without going through adversity and it's why they'll never win anything.
It’s bizarre, and I’d be furious if I were an NRG fan. Choosing FNS and s0m — two guys who have been very public about retiring — over the most hyped-up NA prospect since Zekken is insane. It also seemed like Mada didn’t get along with Verno, but he shouldn’t have the power to get a player of Verno’s caliber removed, or any other player for that matter.
I think you all will be good down the line, NRG is an org willing to spend and put high salary teams together but that will only happen once FNS and s0m are no longer on the team. FNS lowers the team’s ceiling significantly. His IGLing is solid, but you just can’t win with his mechanics in 2025 and it seems like he has no interest in developing or growing with a team at this point.
i'm not saying they failed, i'm saying they stuck with the core for years even through middling and tragic results, especially after covid year/rlcs x they fell off hard (remember 2022 when they got 4-0d by v1 in groups and then visually struggled against renegades?), and nrg still gave the roster chances with minor tweaks
it's this level of trust/time to develop that I just don't see at all with the valorant roster, and it just seems odd to me
but yeah signing the g2 roster was a great move and i hope we perform at birmingham