Shanghai >>>>>>>>>>> Madrid

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boasterKEKW

Level of play was WAY higher and more consistent
12 teams > 8 teams
current form GENG would’ve slaughtered Madrid (which makes sense to see that they’ve improved a lot considering this is a completely new roster for Meteor)
1 mill prize pool > 500k prize pool (1 mill was also Master Tokyo’s btw)

Glad we finally had a relevant tourney since Champs, it’s been almost a year. For all the crybaby SEN fans that think I’m only saying this bc TH made the final, I would be saying the same thing if it was a G2 v 100T final.

Map 3 of FPX v TH felt like it was an upgrade in competition compared to like 95% of the maps we’ve seen in Madrid, and that was a Swiss stage match.

There’s levels to this. Madrid’s only relevance was that it showed GENG’s early potential, that’s it. The winners of the event got regionally fucking grouped lol.

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both were 🐭🐁

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both were good because the bums from your flair weren't there

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NRG knows better than to waste their time farming tier 2 events

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even if NRG makes Champs, Billy will knock them out again

they're not winning anything in 2024

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dort

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bilibili is a distant memory now. dont bring those frauds up

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Cove, shorty, cgrs, pearl, bili jumpscare, toxic screen ,whzy , judge

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.....

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the whole package😭😭

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don't forget our favorite double agent

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Kei8

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what was the toxic screen one?

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Yosemite blind double kill on bind through screen iirc

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boasterKEKW

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NRG were too busy screwing the Champs MVP with upmost percision, their schedule just couldn’t find room to qualify for anything

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jusprit

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Yeah, they don't want to waste their time, that is why they made a roster change

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ofc 12 teams>> 8 team
more team more competition

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Eh I dunno man. I enjoyed both

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Massive W

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W

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TheAceGamer30

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just say you hate sen

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boasterKEKW

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I hate SEN? It’s not my fault that they got grouped in their own region losing to teams like EG and an imploding LOUD, I’m just saying what’s true

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I saw your pickims you put sen to go 0-4 like you know that’s not happening your just hating bro

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boasterKEKW

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they’re vsing genuinely hard teams and I’m basing off the fact that they looked pretty mid in Stage 1, their most recent event. Stop crying about my Pickems freak lol.

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lmao you actually think kru and c9 are hard teams holy ur delusional

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boasterKEKW

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I refuse to believe you aren’t some spy sent to make SEN fans look unbelievably stupid. KRU and C9 aren’t hard teams for SEN??? LMAO

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Respectfully, you do know SEN can play well again right? Like, they suffered from burnout, but they've had a break now. It's really not that hard to imagine they'd pop off in stage 2.

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boasterKEKW

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And it’s also really not that hard to imagine that they will lose to C9, KRU, NRG, and G2, what’s your point. They can still play well but it’s not like that’s enough for them to win against those teams if they also play well. NRG vs SEN is imo the only outlier I guess.

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First of all, C9 is inconsistent, G2 has much less time to prep, we haven't seen this new NRG play, and while KRU did do well in stage 1, it's not like they're unbeatable. This SEN roster is a literal masters winning roster and you think this team can't beat some Americas teams?

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boasterKEKW

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My brother, they quite literally got grouped in the last stage, why is the thought of them losing to even harder competition a fucking shock to you? If you think the fabled masters Madrid winners are gonna beat these puny little Americas teams, that’s cool bro, but I have pretty good reasons not to agree with it lol.

continue thread →

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amen brother, amen

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hard to imagine they lose to nrg bro 😭😭😭

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Wdym imploding?

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boasterKEKW

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in terms of their chem + qck shitting the bed

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Sentinels played a LOUD that was regaining their stride. Also qck played well and diffed zekken on both maps. So no, they didn't implode

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TheAceGamer30

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Yeah qck did play good against sen and g2, idk how that’s imploding

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they suddenly regain their stride after losing 5 matches in a row when they have to face SEN, totally 👍

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Idk cus loud didn’t play that bad they just got unlucky

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pHm

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alr, who are the clowns down fragging this?

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Sen > Geng
Geng > TH
Prx < G2
Loud > 100t
KC < PRX
Edg = FUT
TH > FNC
FPX > EDG
Honestly I don’t think the level of play differed that much, loud and Prx got high placing at Madrid eventhough they weren’t playing great due to lack of competition and G2 made a run at shanghai due to opposition crumbling

Overall Sen and GenG looked like the only good teams at Madrid(loud were crazy inconsistent) and TH and GenG looked like the only good teams at shanghai, except the gap between the two was slightly bigger, I would say that u have to keep the fact that GenG struggled to find scrims and weren’t at their 100% and TH had a sub in mind when comparing average level of play

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1st line gave the shitpost away, nt though

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TheAceGamer30

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Agreed

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Shanghai Gen.g would slaughter madrid Sentinels stop it. Sentinels deserved Madrid but they didn't perform better than Shanghai Gen.g.

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Midrid LOUD beat a washed EDG and an FPX that only had two players firing. I'd place 100T above them.

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wowwww so the tournament that occured halfway into the season where the teams got months of game reps had higher level of play than the tournament that happened early season?? my mind is blown by this new info

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boasterKEKW

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This is like acting sarcastic when scientists say that the earth is indeed round, there are stupid people that need to hear the truth bro. If you think what I’m saying is obvious then good job I’m proud of you

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Loomer

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except your post is not for the purpose of shedding truth. it's to try to discredit the results of madrid. you claim to be not just be saying this to shit on sen only to proceed on the same exact post to highlight their stage 1 performance and say how the tournament was only good for showing another team's potential instead of accepting their win. stop trying to passively come across as the "logical" one here

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boasterKEKW

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Funny how you think I’m discrediting the results of Madrid and then only highlight me bashing SEN like I didn’t just praise GENG for their stint there. Winners of the tourney got grouped right after, facts are facts. Call it discrediting if you want idc as long as it highlights that Madrid is nothing compared to Shanghai.

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its not the fact that you praised gen g. they deserve their flowers throughout both tournaments. but to say madrid is ONLY good for showing gen g's potential while not even acknowledging that sen went on a great run during the tournament as well is still discrediting it. comparing the two tournaments with different circumstances is pointless.

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and sen still has a trophy despite this post

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All valorant “majors” are a garbage format and extremely anticlimactic
MORE international lans pleeeease and no more double elim playoffs pleeeeassseee. seasons/splits should be a part of yearly competition not the entire thing… this is an esport not fucking football nobody needs a weeks rest between games and there’s way to much random luck in valorant to only play ~10 games in a year ??????

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Valorant tournaments are shit

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Most of america hate Shanghai because their favorite team (Sen) didn't even qualify and create "What if" alternate universe, also 100T & G2 eliminated by EMEA team with Sub and it is not even close match

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tourney was great but grands was a huge letdown imo