Friday, February 4th
4:00 AM EST
Patch 4.02

Misc updates

GE ban Fracture; VL ban Breeze; GE pick Ascent; VL pick Haven; GE ban Split; VL ban Icebox; Bind remains
Betting
$100 on Global Esports returned $122 at 1.22 pre-match odds
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Ascent PICK
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R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
killjoy
1.35 1.49 1.20 266 302 230 34 20 14 / 25 11 14 / 5 3 2 +9 +9 0 83% 89% 78% 180 219 142 25% 29% 20% 6 3 3 0 0 0 +6 +3 +3
jett
1.15 0.92 1.37 218 206 232 30 14 16 / 22 12 10 / 2 0 2 +8 +2 +6 69% 67% 72% 146 133 158 24% 38% 15% 7 5 2 7 3 4 0 +2 -2
sova
1.14 0.99 1.29 230 181 281 26 11 15 / 24 11 13 / 13 5 8 +2 0 +2 86% 89% 83% 164 130 198 28% 24% 31% 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
astra
1.06 1.07 1.04 225 218 232 28 15 13 / 28 14 14 / 13 7 6 0 +1 -1 72% 72% 72% 151 152 151 48% 47% 49% 5 2 3 2 1 1 +3 +1 +2
skye
0.73 0.69 0.76 146 165 128 18 10 8 / 26 14 12 / 6 3 3 -8 -4 -4 64% 72% 56% 97 103 90 29% 31% 26% 2 1 1 3 1 2 -1 0 -1
R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
killjoy
1.38 1.16 1.60 309 257 363 41 19 22 / 28 13 15 / 5 1 4 +13 +6 +7 81% 78% 83% 202 171 234 28% 27% 30% 2 1 1 3 2 1 -1 -1 0
sova
0.94 0.97 0.91 224 231 218 25 13 12 / 29 14 15 / 10 6 4 -4 -1 -3 67% 67% 67% 169 175 163 25% 33% 19% 3 2 1 5 2 3 -2 0 -2
kayo
0.91 1.06 0.75 157 185 130 19 11 8 / 23 11 12 / 13 8 5 -4 0 -4 67% 72% 61% 109 111 107 19% 23% 16% 1 1 0 2 0 2 -1 +1 -2
astra
0.89 0.86 0.92 173 166 181 23 11 12 / 26 12 14 / 3 3 0 -3 -1 -2 67% 72% 61% 112 111 114 29% 22% 37% 1 1 0 3 1 2 -2 0 -2
jett
0.49 0.40 0.57 145 169 123 17 9 8 / 30 16 14 / 3 3 0 -13 -7 -6 56% 56% 56% 94 115 73 22% 21% 25% 7 3 4 9 5 4 -2 -2 0
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Attack
Defend
R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
sova
1.12 1.29 1.20 129 204 104 43 22 21 / 34 16 18 / 21 8 13 +9 +6 +3 84% 87% 81% 161 149 173 25% 25% 25% 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
killjoy
1.12 1.12 1.12 143 250 92 46 26 20 / 40 20 20 / 9 6 3 +6 +6 0 79% 80% 78% 152 178 123 24% 26% 23% 6 3 3 2 2 0 +4 +1 +3
jett
0.99 1.10 1.04 130 249 49 47 26 21 / 40 21 19 / 6 3 3 +7 +5 +2 68% 73% 63% 146 154 138 23% 34% 14% 15 11 4 12 5 7 +3 +6 -3
skye
1.19 0.81 1.01 80 199 -15 35 24 11 / 34 17 17 / 10 6 4 +1 +7 -6 75% 83% 67% 106 128 82 35% 42% 24% 4 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
astra
0.98 0.97 0.98 127 208 91 43 24 19 / 44 22 22 / 15 8 7 -1 +2 -3 72% 73% 70% 138 134 142 46% 47% 45% 7 4 3 2 1 1 +5 +3 +2
R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
killjoy
1.15 1.42 1.29 155 72 307 58 27 31 / 44 18 26 / 8 1 7 +14 +9 +5 79% 81% 77% 177 159 193 28% 26% 30% 5 1 4 4 2 2 +1 -1 +2
astra
1.17 1.17 1.17 92 -7 223 45 21 24 / 38 16 22 / 10 6 4 +7 +5 +2 72% 81% 63% 131 119 141 32% 22% 43% 3 2 1 4 1 3 -1 +1 -2
kayo breach
0.99 0.79 0.88 88 35 171 30 14 16 / 38 15 23 / 19 9 10 -8 -1 -7 68% 78% 60% 105 103 108 16% 19% 14% 1 1 0 2 0 2 -1 +1 -2
sova
0.82 0.66 0.73 126 113 187 33 16 17 / 47 20 27 / 17 8 9 -14 -4 -10 65% 74% 57% 140 145 137 25% 29% 21% 4 3 1 10 4 6 -6 -1 -5
jett
0.49 0.41 0.45 73 62 119 26 13 13 / 47 22 25 / 4 3 1 -21 -9 -12 49% 52% 47% 88 110 69 22% 23% 21% 9 5 4 14 7 7 -5 -2 -3
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Haven PICK
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R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
skye
1.49 1.93 0.91 13 250 -302 17 14 3 / 8 3 5 / 4 3 1 +9 +11 -2 95% 100% 89% 123 166 66 45% 58% 20% 2 0 2 1 0 1 +1 0 +1
sova
1.31 1.32 1.30 28 238 -251 17 11 6 / 10 5 5 / 8 3 5 +7 +6 +1 81% 83% 78% 155 178 123 20% 27% 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
jett
0.87 1.10 0.56 42 313 -317 17 12 5 / 18 9 9 / 4 3 1 -1 +3 -4 67% 83% 44% 148 184 98 23% 30% 9% 8 6 2 5 2 3 +3 +4 -1
astra
0.83 0.84 0.82 29 193 -189 15 9 6 / 16 8 8 / 2 1 1 -1 +1 -2 71% 75% 67% 116 109 125 42% 47% 38% 2 2 0 0 0 0 +2 +2 0
killjoy
0.74 0.57 0.96 19 172 -184 12 6 6 / 15 9 6 / 4 3 1 -3 -3 0 71% 67% 78% 104 117 86 22% 17% 33% 0 0 0 2 2 0 -2 -2 0
R2.0 ACS K D A +/– KAST ADR HS% FK FD +/–
astra
1.64 1.79 1.53 11 -355 287 22 10 12 / 12 4 8 / 7 3 4 +10 +6 +4 81% 100% 67% 162 137 181 36% 22% 50% 2 1 1 1 0 1 +1 +1 0
killjoy
1.14 1.13 1.14 0 -297 223 17 8 9 / 16 5 11 / 3 0 3 +1 +3 -2 76% 89% 67% 132 134 131 26% 23% 29% 3 0 3 1 0 1 +2 0 +2
breach
0.84 0.83 0.85 19 -264 233 11 3 8 / 15 4 11 / 6 1 5 -4 -1 -3 71% 89% 58% 99 85 109 10% 12% 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
jett
0.39 0.67 0.17 0 -152 114 9 4 5 / 17 6 11 / 1 0 1 -8 -2 -6 38% 44% 33% 78 98 63 23% 29% 17% 2 2 0 5 2 3 -3 0 -3
sova
0.38 0.51 0.28 27 -122 140 8 3 5 / 18 6 12 / 7 2 5 -10 -3 -7 62% 89% 42% 92 84 97 23% 17% 28% 1 1 0 5 2 3 -4 -1 -3
Head-to-head
Past Matches
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#1
Bo0mShell
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Imagine Global loses this and Valor qualifies for Wildcard.

#2
RG
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?

#5
Shashwat_Singh
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Even if GE loses this they are still qualified for wildcard

#8
Bo0mShell
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Oh yeah forgot that

#116
Aladeenn
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I wanna see a major upset tho

I really hope VLT loses to reckoning to see some chaos as VLT will be out of VCC then
I've got nothing against VLT but it might be fun :3

#117
Bo0mShell
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GodP winning against GE won't be bad.
GE already qualified for Wildcard

#118
Aladeenn
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Exactly so GE will qualify anyway for VCC

If VLT loses to reckoning, no more VCC for them

#122
BOHeadPopper
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if GE wins the second qualifier, VLT is gonna qualify for the wildcard based on India qualifier 1 as they were placed third there.(i'm not completely sure but that's what i think)

#123
Aladeenn
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I guess youre right

Damn I just wish for an upset ;-;

#3
sueYA
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I really hope valor wins so that GE open their eyes and make roster changes, kappa cant win aim duels against Indian players what is he gonna do at APAC against SEA teams? call me keyboard warrior or whatever you want but im tired of seeing good talents like rossi,lightningfast and skillz being dragged down because of this team

#4
Bo0mShell
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It's the sad truth. It won't happen buddy

#6
SKara
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Who cars? When there own management dont cars 😒

#7
DaalLiya
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management is busy in selling there dead nfts and scamming people like there xp coin in 2018

#9
Sk_Nirav
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owners of "dead" NFTs + Best team in India... honestly who cares about "vlr.gg" comment section

#10
SKara
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Wtf how is ge best team of India still neglecting what had eg done brain dead ge fans mfs milking so much after ge had won against vlt without their igl plus these fans had given two slots, we just got two slots because of these views ge didnt done anything

#12
Sk_Nirav
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lmao..... it's not the first-time EG won against GE.... kab paida hue 1-week pehle?? usse kya wo log vcc_2021 jeet gye thhe???

#14
SKara
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Eg won against both vlt and ge on continous basis thats what I wanted to say 🤦‍♀️

#19
Sk_Nirav
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SO how many times VLT and GE won against EG???? you must have count right??? lol

#24
Bo0mShell
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Bro talk about recent stuff. They just added Excali and the roster is awesome rn. They also got yb to coach.

#15
Sk_Nirav
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aww "GE didn't done anything"..... so EG has done in last 14 months??? expect buying some players?

#20
SKara
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Lol eg had some roster changes unlike ge + yb had some great tactical executes, esports and especially valo esports is countinously evolving this eg >>>> ge + cry as much as you want but the truth is we got 2 slots just because of these fans not ge

#32
Sk_Nirav
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lmao thanks EG + YB india will win against international teams....."GE + SHINOBI" was just joke - "OK KID!!!!"

#46
6vine
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Had a stroke reading all your comments. English nhi aata to Hindi me hi likhde

#49
Sk_Nirav
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conclusion:- "GE FANS ARE BRAIN DEAD"

#61
SKara
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Lol he replied to you :)

#89
MilanTheMyth
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aaeena pe hass raha hain

#127
Sk_Nirav
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MILANtheMYTH from india

#27
sueYA
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do NOT disregard GE in any way man, they are a great team and have done really good internationally as well but I know this isnt their peak, they can acheive so much more if they replace kappa with a much more mechanically skilled player, Im not hating on kappa either but he is just too old, its time he step down to a coaching position which I am sure he will do good at as he has many years of experience in the fps genre

#34
SKara
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True ge is great they did great in past but I am pissed how much these people neglect that fans dont matter so I said this

#36
Sk_Nirav
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obviously BRAZIL deserves more slots than NA+EU.....thanks to "FANS MATTERS"
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AND THANKS TO FANS MATTERS....India got 5 slots in last VCT... bro grow up ye baate 12 mahine pehle yhi site pe discuss ho chuki

#44
Bo0mShell
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Asia got 6 slots not India.

#50
Sk_Nirav
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"number of fans" = "number of slots" xd

#72
cyk
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At least Asians can get out of the group stage

#18
Bo0mShell
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Lol what are you smoking??

#21
Sk_Nirav
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"Brain dead EG* fans"

#23
SKara
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You are brain dead judging esports teams like brands, not on the basis of agent composition and their executes

#60
ssw
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We don't car

  • vatsal uniyal
#11
Sk_Nirav
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"kappa" cant win aim duels against Indian players what is he gonna do at APAC against SEA teams?...... now change "any Sova main player" from India with word "kappa"...and change the word SEA with India... xd
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The reality is Indian scene don't have good players to replace any GE players.

#13
SKara
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Yeah kappa had set a bar for bottom fragging + so great utility usage many times forgets to check coners via drone 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 no one can replace him

#16
Sk_Nirav
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obviously i don't want to talk about rexy's "God aim" and 6900 iq plays

#22
SKara
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Rexy >>>>>>> kappa sure he lacks but rexy over kappa any day

#31
Sk_Nirav
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just check past 14 months record xd

#26
Bo0mShell
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He is not good enough to compete against SEA but he is wayyy better than Kappa.

#29
Sk_Nirav
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lol "NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE AGAINST SEA".... I wrote the same thing

#17
sueYA
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you are dumb af, there are many young Indian players who can replace him, they are right now in orgs with lesser salaries but if an org like GE can pick them up and groom them a bit then they can perform really well, a good sova player I've seen myself is kohlii from FS but there are many others too who can potentially replace kappa

#25
Sk_Nirav
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yeah if they have that much time to replace any player and build synergy again.... and I'm pretty sure Kohli agar 3-4 match bottom frag kiya they will start hating him too... (Ex. Marzil/Vibhor...."we want mw1 chants").

#28
sueYA
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marzil hate was from kids who got bullied in his chat while he streams (marzil shows no respect when people ask stupid qstns in his chat and that has trigerred some of those kids) thats why they hated on marzil imo

#30
Bo0mShell
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Bro bottom frag is not the problem. Its the number of kills. Not above 10 kills in 4 maps.
Also Excali just joined EG and they are best in South Asia already.

#33
Sk_Nirav
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"Best in SA" okk bro

#35
ValoRISE
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Keep theCOPIUM high for 2-3 years . He saved GE from losing to GP

#37
Sk_Nirav
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Keep theCOPIUM high for 2-3 years. EG saved INDIA from losing to SEA.

#41
ValoRISE
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Go spam Views on Rossi and Kappa sabka papa .CANT Argue sorry

#43
Sk_Nirav
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Go spam "Kappa bottom fragging"; "Rexxy-Last hope of India" in every chat.CANT Argue sorry

#38
sueYA
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one clutch doesnt make you a good player, check his stats in vlr itslef he doesnt have a kd over 1 with any agent, he has been consistently bottom fragging every SINGLE match,yes rossi has good kd as he is duelist but even the sentinel players have decent kd so dont come up with that excuse

#40
Sk_Nirav
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bottom frag is not the problem. Its the number of kills. Not above 10 kills in 4 maps.
Also Excali just joined EG and they are best in South Asia already

(not my words)

#42
Bo0mShell
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Just wanna say, if you think everyone arguing with you is hating on GE, then that is not true. It's quite the opposite.
We are saying Kappa should be replaced because we want to see GE perform better and want to see talents like Skrossi and Lf and skillz achive more who are held off by a boomer.
Not hating on Kappa either, I know he is very dedicated to improve and not just messing around. He probably would be a good coach. But not a good player right now.

#47
Sk_Nirav
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Bro, I'm not new to the scene... you mentioned "Skillz" in this list that itself shows how things changed...a year ago whenever GE was losing to VLT... Skillz and kappa were the main targets... nowadays it's Bhavin and kappa... what I'm saying is if any player can replace kappa then he has to join as 6th player.... he will need time to catch up with the current GE team + if the team has no issue with him why some kids are criticizing GE's management and all... if they win 5 players wins... If they lose 5 of them should be criticized

#52
Grumsy
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First of all , GE shouldve replaced Kappa long back , atleast after the LCQ . GE winning against VLT in the VCC GF was all because of SkRossi , Kappa was still shit believe it or not and he is still shit . The most inconsistent and non improving player in indian valo , man hasnt improved even a little since valo started in India go watch the early matches .

#54
Sk_Nirav
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"VCC GF was all because of SkRossi"(skillz hellranger were AFK); "The most inconsistent and non improving player in indian valo" (punjabi_tenz was on top in Assists list in VCC)

#57
Sk_Nirav
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https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Conquerors_Championship/Statistics

kappa's KD >> hsb/godvexy/hikka/marzil (and same as R2A)

" Kappa was still shit believe it or not and he is still shit"

#59
Grumsy
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Youre trying to justify his shit with numbers lol . Just watch all the matches of GE since 4 months and guess the reason GE loses everytime

#125
Sk_Nirav
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Reason GE loses.... "communication problem for ALL 5 OF THEM"

#53
Bo0mShell
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Yes skillz has improved. Hellranger as an IGL is doing good and people criticizing him are dumb imo.
Kappa joining as 6th player is probably good too. But I think if he turns to coaching he ca do stuff without any pressure or hate. Kappa can just take someone with crisp aim and just make him master sova. He is that good of a Sova.
But for now you have to accept EG is better and GE really needs to step up if they wanna prove that they still are best in India.

#55
Sk_Nirav
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yup EG is better right now no doubt.... but it's not like the end of GE/VLT era at all

#56
Bo0mShell
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Oh hell nah. Who tf said it's end of GE/Vlt era?
But it's not Indian team if they don't have drastic ups and downs.

#87
wizardbot
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Kappa's sova isn't special lmao. I have no clue which matches you're watching

#126
Sk_Nirav
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lol just watch last match itself why his "SOVA" is important to team

#75
Godson
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#wearefriendsandwewillwinwiththepoweroffriendshipbecausewearege

#39
coguyy
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#kappadiff

#48
Grumsy
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#KappaSabkaPappa #PowerOfFriendship #PowerOfNFT

#51
yaiima0
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drop kappa and ez clap for GE

#58
sp3cbro
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Pushin 🅿️

#62
ssw
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Writing long paragraphs and defending your point gonna do something 👌

#63
queueK
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MAX BET: 100
TEAMS: GE,VL
TIME: 4:04
!-!

REPLY WITH: !bet TEAM,BET
Example: !bet GE,50

#64
wizardbot
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!bet GE,100

#65
queueK
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!bet GE,50

#66
Grumsy
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0_0 !bet VL,100

#67
DELUSIONAL_MOM_FAN
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!bet urmom,483

#68
DELUSIONAL_POTTER_FAN
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!bet GE,50

#69
ZoldyK
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!bet VL,100

#71
drewxa
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!bet GE,75

#73
Thunder1
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!bet VL,100

#74
SnooTangerines
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!bet GE, 69

#76
ok_1_2_3
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!bet GE,100

#77
Bo0mShell
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!bet VL,100

#78
dyoun15
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!bet GE,100

#79
SKara
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!bet GE, 80

#80
EpicGamerGamingEpicly
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!bet GE,100

#81
ragegrexo
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!bet VL,100

#82
number1_ScreaM_fan
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!bet VL,64

#86
ConiferousHercules
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!bet TSM ,69

#70
wizardbot
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-kappa +bull3t/kohli after this match prayge

#84
nalinx
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or even psy

#111
Godson
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or busterrr, he crisp

#83
TRIPYY
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if GE is already qualified for the wildcard , then why are they playing the qualifiers 2.0?

#85
Bo0mShell
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They are allowed to try and qualify for playoffs again. That's what they did last time taking a free spot from TeamXO

#112
TRIPYY
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that's not right imo.. they already have shot for qualifying for playoffs thru the wildcard... they shouldn't be allowed to play in another qualifier...

#88
MilanTheMyth
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GE what happened :(

#90
DaalLiya
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Imao GE try Harding on its best map against old cs players plz change the roster this roster cant do shit in sea

#91
Fluffyy
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its 2077 Im still watching the GE VS VL Match. I had 4 children. Hellranger retired and his son his playing for him now. SkRossi has over 3000 kills and GE has a map point but Busterr clutches 1v5.

#92
TMosura
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LET IT END

#94
TMosura
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THANK YOU

#93
6vine
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Huh

#95
Bo0mShell
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Valor threw so many times wtf??

#97
ValoRISE
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Comms problem Bullet and JN could have peeked together

#96
CelestiaL
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probably one of the shittest game I have ever watched

#99
lalit2005
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happens in shittest teams match

#101
nematoma
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GE either complicates their strats too much or just go with the most basic strats... they need to improve their strats

#103
CelestiaL
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Ge were good when they had breach+ jett combo but now they seem so uncomfortable with transition to skye, they need to fix these things quickly

#102
NagarJii
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No hopes agnst SEA teams, donno what happened with GE ):
They look soo soo bad with their strats and also individual game.

#104
CelestiaL
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you guys had hopes??

#105
Bo0mShell
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Its the only job of a fan to support them.

#106
W_Hold
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rn we have ropes to hang on :skull:

#110
Thunder1
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what do you want to see

see new team stepping up or 2 team show

#119
NagarJii
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I just want to see indian teams doing well agnst sea teams , and even u won't deny that only those 3 big teams have a chance , its good that other teams r stepping up but at big stage only GE,VLT & ENIGMA can do something.

#107
Godson
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omg i missed map1, wasn't ascent GE's best map, howww did valor manage an OT
genuinely surprised

#108
Bo0mShell
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If you watch the highlights your question would change to "how did Valor manage lose that map?"

#109
Godson
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wow, kappa playing surprisingly nice, feels good

#114
sueYA
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he plays like this once in a blue moon

#113
DocuSign
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valor robbed, sen vs furia flashbacks

#115
matarab16
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lol look at map 2's acs

#120
ILL
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Its prolly glitched

#121
ILL
1
Frags
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First time the ENTIRE GE squad played equally insane

#124
RG
0
Frags
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not the first time but yeah

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