champs curse | VLR.gg

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not really

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Champs curse is that the team that wins dissolves, no? EDG kept the same 5 players and the same coach as well

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got rid of haodong

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cloudberry

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He was the assistant coach, though, so I wouldn't count it as a qualification for Champs curse

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they ass now or what

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cloudberry

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I don't know myself because I'm not really watching any of their games. From what I've been hearing, though, the issue's probably burnout—which I can understand somewhat, given they played four offseason tournaments in the two months leading up to Kickoff, but I feel there's more to it than that personally. Again, though, I shouldn't be a judge of this

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its just Valorant tbh
the meta and game changes so much, top teams rarely stay at the very top for a period longer than roughly 3-6 months I'd say

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For an example: Optic, GenG, Fnatic are the only teams that consistently stayed on top for an ENTIRE year, and even in the case of GenG and Fnatic they ended up falling off at champs (even tho GenG was probably a top 5 if not top 3 team had they made playoffs)

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I'm biased, because OPTC and 23 FNC are (were ☹️) my most favourite teams
but I think they're the only ones who fit in the category, for me GENG getting grouped at Champs is a deal-breaker

Optic were: 1st, 3rd and 2nd (Plus they had a 2nd place in 2021, but they got grouped at Champs 21 so idk if that should count)
FNC were: 1st, 1st and 4th

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tbf for the grouping, they had 2/5 players very sick at the time, and were still putting up a good fight

while i understand why people don't rate 2021 NV like optic, I think if they werent sick we would have seen a 1.5 year stretch of dominance

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champs curse doesn’t make winner team throw the match

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looking forward to talon not winning a single lan this year

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Diabolical redirection

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cheeseborger

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i see this guy everywhere he pmo

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remind me when 0ptic exists , crashies isn’t bot frag

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cheeseborger

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i had an aneurysm trying to comprehend what you wrote but remind me, when was the last time Talon made it to an international knockout stage?

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🤓

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ah yes im a nerd for being able to speak decent english

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xineFso

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When was the last time Optic played 🤓🤓 when will they play again

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nah, edg just fluked

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cheeseborger

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they literally gave your team backshots fym fluke

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He means champs was a fluke, EDG was mid the whole of last season other than their peak during champs. And they will continue to be mid this year

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cheeseborger

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brother edg gave your team backshots as well im starting to see a correlation lmao.

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yeah it's pretty funny to see icl

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Nisham

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It's always the fans of the teams who got beat by EDG crying. Mfs are salty lmao. Can't change the past so they must make new narratives

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Nisham

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That doesn't mean fluke, a fluke is when a team has to play lower lvl opponents for most of their run.
EDG just on form and anti strats were on point. That's the least fluke win. They also ran the top 4 team's pockets on their run. It's a gun game and EDG just shot better than everyone else