Losing to collegiate teams is crazy 😂😂😂😭😭😭🤣🤣😭😭😂🤣😭😂🤣😭
I have been to their locals, i live close to utrecht. ( Just before you think I'm from EU, i just came here for studies, i don't even speak a word of dutch)
I never said they're based in NA, they were always an NA org until valorant, too bad you weren't there.
But you can Google top NA orga 2019 or 2020 or even before, you'll always find liquid
Or I'll just do it for you
https://nerdstreet.com/news/2021/12/top-10-north-american-esports-orgs-2021
Their original teams in esports were NA.
i mean you're literally just wrong, i hope you don't consider urself a fan of the organization itself and actually think that. Let's say you don't count their start as a Brood War clan. Their first two professional players that they signed in SC2 were a German and Swedish player. They were a European team first, and an NA team second
https://nerdstreet.com/news/2021/12/top-10-north-american-esports-orgs-2021
They're based in brazil and utrecht, but they played in NA until valorant.
I know you're actually just a stupid fucking moron and there is no point in arguing with you but I like having fun so
https://escharts.com/organizations/team-liquid#:~:text=Team%20Liquid%20is%20a%20professional,formed%20a%20PlayerUnknown%27s%20Battlegrounds%20division.
They were founded in the Netherlands, therefore they are a european org no matter where they play, UNLESS they moved location of residence, which they have not. It is common for orgs to field rosters oversees (see G2 for an example currently) while the org is still not an org in that region. I know this might be too complicated for your peanut brain to understand but that is just how it works.
it’s the amount of tier 2 upsets against tier 1 in NA specifically which sets them apart from other regions and the amount of players who have set their mark in tier 2 and 1 NA valorant right now. like in both ludwig tarik invitationals the top 2 teams were both tier 2. also these teams arent nobodies either. one of them has a world champion igl with a solid team while the other is a team who nearly beat fnatic with a content creator. also another reason is the talent pool. even in the bottom of the barrel of challengers players (such as n4rrate) were able to make it to a tier 1 team from a team which got relegated (in every other region nearly all tier 2 pickups were from top challengers teams except karon from what i can remember). also it is the amount of talent in tier 3 also. in other regions you dont really hear much about tier 3 players which deserved to be in tier 2, but in americas there were players such as runi, purer, marved, c4lypso, will, aleksander, etc. it was how c9 was able to perform decent last year without buying out tier 2 players.
Upsets from the best 3 NA t2 teams vs SEN, C9 and 100T in off season tourneys means that NA t2 is better than t1?
I mean Fokus beats T1 teams every now and then and no one dares to say they're better or whatever the statement is, you guys just delusional.
Considering talent, did you hear of something before 2023? He's one of the best players in the world now.
Talent exists everywhere, NA has one thing over other regions, and it's PR, not what you listed
I do watch some T2 games of other regions, especially the important games that are supposed to be the best T2 teams. But ya I totally watch more NA T2 which is why I said "I'm not an expert but from what I've seen"
And i literally was watching vanity's stream today and he was talking about T2 teams/players good enough for T1 and I have heard this from multiple other T1 pros too in NA.