I don't know if its because of the time difference but I find myself not enjoying the event as much. I've loved the matches and like the teams but it just kind of feels empty otherwise. It also feels like there are a lot more stomps and inconsistencies with the teams. What do you guys think?
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The Shanghai stream is just cringe, they take too long sometimes showing replays and you miss the first 15-20 seconds of a round sometimes. Crowd is so ass. lock//in crowd was crazy even if they only cared about BR team i still believe lock//in had the best crowd. Valorant crowds have always been kinda cringe. Look at the crowd for IEM Dallas in CS2. Stewie being the only american on g2 as a stand in and we made g2 honorary NA team and the crowd goes crazy
i can pretty much remember the lock in crowd rooting for team liquid https://youtu.be/k5oauXxGsIY?t=380
felt more like they root for orgs that care about their country
I think that's honestly one of the biggest problems. I feel like previous events had storylines to follow. This year has felt off for the most part. I did enjoy seeing SEN win at Madrid though. I know a lot of people hate SEN but I enjoyed watching them prevail after so many years of being dookie. It was a good story. This event has nothing.
event has nothing???????
Geng is a team that is made of washed kr players that were below mid their entire career before they joined, and they are trying for the second time to reach a grandfinal. Their own literal quote was "players who always landed 2nd are on a roster together to reach no 1"
Team Heretics are going on a miracle run with patitek as one of the best supporting stand-ins in EU
G2 are also proving everyone wrong by being the first ascension team to make it so far in an international, they have been through the most any team has ever been through from not entering franchising to grinding through ascenion and to almost not being accepted again.
100t have been a mid team all of 2022-2023 JUST LIKE SEN BTW, and when their talent finally gets a good igl and coach they start playing incredibly well (literally just sentinels story)
All these teams have 0 identity, nobody cares about g2 and heretics is a team full of rookies.
There is no storyline to follow, no rivalries, no matchups to await. I really hope LOUD, NRG, SEN, NaVi, DRX qualify for champs so we have some hype matches. FNS vs Saadhak would bring valorant esports back to life
and? You just want the same old same old? They've come to this tournament to find their identities, to show the world who they are as players, as people. You give them no chances as many do. I appreciate the old teams like nrg, sen, loud, drx but in order for this game to grow we need new identities new people. To create new rivalries, to create new story lines and create new valorant. It might be bland at first but this is their growth. FNS vs Saadhak wont happen forever, its time to find new people to match the current.
Geng villains (to china) possibly winning chinese event?
g2 t2 to t1 winners?
100t redemption arc?
Heretics win with a sub and benjy going from pro fn to possbiliy winning valorant?
Surely at least the geng one interest you dont you think it'll be fucking crazy if the most hated team home crowd wins the tourney? I think your fav team got eliminated so u automatically uninterested in the event. Alot of people like that so it doesnt rlly matter
The only team that you've listed that is interesting is 100T just due to how Boostio has changed their culture.
But aside from that, there is no rivalry, nothing special. It's just teams winning games. Geng is a team that was only relevant this year due to their roster changes in the off-season. There is no history behind them. The only thing I see that holds them out is that they'd win APAC their first trophy. Which is why I'm personally rooting for them.
TH is only on a miracle run if you're dumb and didn't believe they'd make it far.
It's nice to see G2 go on their run since they almost got fucked out of tier 1. The core itself isn't that special imo, yes they've been together for a stupid long time but the only thing that has made me enjoy watching their games are the comebacks they make.
You are misreading what I am saying. You gave me examples of individual team storylines that I would be interested in if I was a fan of any of these teams. I am talking about storylines that affect the entirety of Valorant.
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