can someone fact check this

i wrote this at like 1am so idk how much of it is true

VCT, or the Valorant Champions Tour, is a yearly competitive circuit involving a Kickoff, two Stages, two Masters events, and concludes in the annual Champions event - crowning the ultimate VCT champion. But VCT wasn’t always the smoothly run, highly competitive esport that we all know and love today. VCT’s inaugural season was in 2021, when most esports still used an open circuit method. All you needed to do to join the ranks of the VCT was find 5 players and form a team. Because of this, over 10,000 teams competed in the original VCT. Just like today, there were Masters events and Champions events, but there were 3 Masters events in the original year. The first Masters ever was held in Reykjavik, Iceland - and Sentinels came out on top. The original Sentinels roster was mainly filled with former professional Counter-Strike players such as TenZ and SicK - and they dominated the competition. They ended up winning 3-0 in the grand finals. This primary event was a good test for how VCT competition would run, but it wouldn’t be considered one of the best events. Besides this, 2021 was a relatively slow year concluding in Acend winning an upset against Gambit Esports by a narrow scoreline of 3-2. The most important thing to highlight about this Acend roster is that they were not all former Counter-Strike pros. Zeek and Starxo were both former Fortnite professional players, which gave the Valorant community some hope that it wouldn’t be dominated by CS:GO pros.

In 2022, the VCT ran again - but with a few slight changes. The original Gambit Esports team was originally going to be forced to disband due to them being based in Russia, but since they had performed so well internationally and even claimed a Masters title, they were allowed to compete as ‘M3C’ - short for Masters 3 Champions. Some notable upsets were Vision Strikers vs F4Q - as Vision Strikers were on a 100+ match win streak and F4Q were simply a team of content creators. Later on, Vision Strikers would become DRX. 2022 was a mostly uneventful year besides the one major VCT storyline of 2022 of LOUD vs Optic. Every time they played, it would be an exciting series watched by millions of fans worldwide - and eventually they ended up in the Masters Reykjavik 2022 Grand Finals. This time, it wouldn’t be as close as Optic would cleanly 3-0 sweep LOUD. This wouldn’t be the last time the two teams faced, however. In the final VCT event of 2022 - VCT Champions, they would once again meet. As the whole world watched, LOUD toppled Optic to end a year-long rivalry and become world champions, off the back of brilliant performances by Aspas and Saadhak. Besides this, 2022 wasn’t the greatest year for VCT - but I would like to highlight the match between FPX and DRX as Ardiis hit some insane shots during round 25 and Stax literally made out with his mouse on stage after a 2 vs. 4 clutch.

In 2023, VCT would change forever. Instead of having an open circuit where any team could compete, they would adopt a more traditional sports method - franchising teams. The original VCT league would have 32 partnered teams split across 4 leagues: Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China. The three non-Chinese regions would recieve 10 teams each, and the new Chinese region would only have two teams, Edward Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix. The choice to host 32 teams was not by accident, as all 32 teams were instantly flown out to Sao Paulo, Brazil (this will be important later) for a single-elimination, all or nothing tournament called LOCK///IN. While Optic didn’t make the cut for franchising due to external reasons within the org, a new challenger arose. Fnatic had been coming so close to a win, and with the signing of Gambit superstar Chronicle, the hopes for another European trophy looked possible. However, LOUD also looked formidable with the pickup of Cauanzin, a promising initiator main. Both teams easily won their first four matches, and so both teams met in the grand finals. As the reigning international champions, the Brazilian LOUD squad was heavily favored to win - espcially in front of the Brazilian home crowd; so when the first two maps of the best-of-5 series went the way of Fnatic, the crowd was stunned. However, LOUD punched back winning maps 3 and 4 to bring it to the decider map 5: Icebox. LOUD would pull ahead with a 9 to 3 score at halftime, and after a pistol win by LOUD and a failed force buy by Fnatic, the score was 11 to 3. Everyone thought it was over. LOUD had reverse swept Fnatic and pulled off the first best-of-5 reverse sweep in VCT history. However, Fnatic refused to lose, refused to give up. They won round, after round, after round, after round - and managed to bring it back to an 11 to 11 score. With Aspas finding another kill, it was all in the hands of Alfajer. One man up against two to decide who would reach the score of 12 and bring it to match and series point and who would be pushed to the brink of elimination.

In a stunning turn of events, Alfajer dealt with the double swing perfectly! Fnatic now had the lead in a map that looked unwinnable. All they had to do was win one final round to close it out - and yet they came up short. After twenty-four grueling rounds of Valorant, there had been no conclusion to the match, both teams deadlocked in a twelve to twelve score. When Fnatic took the twenty-fifth round, it looked like we finally could have a winner, and this time it was real. Fnatic closed out the best comeback of all time, synonymizing the Fnatic name with coming out on top during an unwinnable scenario - toppling the Brazilian squad in front of their home crowd.
The second major event was Masters Tokyo - which Fnatic won in clean fashion. One of the most memorable highlights of this tournament was from Chinese rookie ZmjjKK and his famous Operator celebration in which he pointed at the enemy and pretended to snipe them. This, too, was cleanly won by Fnatic - giving Chronicle his 3rd international title, a record yet to be beaten or even matched.

One team I haven’t bothered to mention was Evil Genuises, for the sole reason being that for all of 2021 and 2022 they floated around the bottom of the tier 1 level and never really made an impact on the scene as a whole. However, one singular kill would change all of that. They were projected to place 4th in the Americas league for 2023, missing the Champions LA event by one singular slot. That is, if MIBR didn’t choke against 100 Thieves… MIBR had been consistently one of the worst teams in the league, and they were playing with their coach/substitute TxoziN. However, in a shocking turn of events, the Brazilian squad bested 100 Thieves, which propelled Evil Genuises into the 3rd seed and allowed them to make Champions. The final kill was made by the sub/coach TxoziN of all people, and with a knife!

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can someone fact check this
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i wrote this at like 1am so idk how much of it is true

VCT, or the Valorant Champions Tour, is a yearly competitive circuit involving a Kickoff, two Stages, two Masters events, and concludes in the annual Champions event - crowning the ultimate VCT champion. But VCT wasn’t always the smoothly run, highly competitive esport that we all know and love today. VCT’s inaugural season was in 2021, when most esports still used an open circuit method. All you needed to do to join the ranks of the VCT was find 5 players and form a team. Because of this, over 10,000 teams competed in the original VCT. Just like today, there were Masters events and Champions events, but there were 3 Masters events in the original year. The first Masters ever was held in Reykjavik, Iceland - and Sentinels came out on top. The original Sentinels roster was mainly filled with former professional Counter-Strike players such as TenZ and SicK - and they dominated the competition. They ended up winning 3-0 in the grand finals. This primary event was a good test for how VCT competition would run, but it wouldn’t be considered one of the best events. Besides this, 2021 was a relatively slow year concluding in Acend winning an upset against Gambit Esports by a narrow scoreline of 3-2. The most important thing to highlight about this Acend roster is that they were not all former Counter-Strike pros. Zeek and Starxo were both former Fortnite professional players, which gave the Valorant community some hope that it wouldn’t be dominated by CS:GO pros.

In 2022, the VCT ran again - but with a few slight changes. The original Gambit Esports team was originally going to be forced to disband due to them being based in Russia, but since they had performed so well internationally and even claimed a Masters title, they were allowed to compete as ‘M3C’ - short for Masters 3 Champions. Some notable upsets were Vision Strikers vs F4Q - as Vision Strikers were on a 100+ match win streak and F4Q were simply a team of content creators. Later on, Vision Strikers would become DRX. 2022 was a mostly uneventful year besides the one major VCT storyline of 2022 of LOUD vs Optic. Every time they played, it would be an exciting series watched by millions of fans worldwide - and eventually they ended up in the Masters Reykjavik 2022 Grand Finals. This time, it wouldn’t be as close as Optic would cleanly 3-0 sweep LOUD. This wouldn’t be the last time the two teams faced, however. In the final VCT event of 2022 - VCT Champions, they would once again meet. As the whole world watched, LOUD toppled Optic to end a year-long rivalry and become world champions, off the back of brilliant performances by Aspas and Saadhak. Besides this, 2022 wasn’t the greatest year for VCT - but I would like to highlight the match between FPX and DRX as Ardiis hit some insane shots during round 25 and Stax literally made out with his mouse on stage after a 2 vs. 4 clutch.

In 2023, VCT would change forever. Instead of having an open circuit where any team could compete, they would adopt a more traditional sports method - franchising teams. The original VCT league would have 32 partnered teams split across 4 leagues: Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China. The three non-Chinese regions would recieve 10 teams each, and the new Chinese region would only have two teams, Edward Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix. The choice to host 32 teams was not by accident, as all 32 teams were instantly flown out to Sao Paulo, Brazil (this will be important later) for a single-elimination, all or nothing tournament called LOCK///IN. While Optic didn’t make the cut for franchising due to external reasons within the org, a new challenger arose. Fnatic had been coming so close to a win, and with the signing of Gambit superstar Chronicle, the hopes for another European trophy looked possible. However, LOUD also looked formidable with the pickup of Cauanzin, a promising initiator main. Both teams easily won their first four matches, and so both teams met in the grand finals. As the reigning international champions, the Brazilian LOUD squad was heavily favored to win - espcially in front of the Brazilian home crowd; so when the first two maps of the best-of-5 series went the way of Fnatic, the crowd was stunned. However, LOUD punched back winning maps 3 and 4 to bring it to the decider map 5: Icebox. LOUD would pull ahead with a 9 to 3 score at halftime, and after a pistol win by LOUD and a failed force buy by Fnatic, the score was 11 to 3. Everyone thought it was over. LOUD had reverse swept Fnatic and pulled off the first best-of-5 reverse sweep in VCT history. However, Fnatic refused to lose, refused to give up. They won round, after round, after round, after round - and managed to bring it back to an 11 to 11 score. With Aspas finding another kill, it was all in the hands of Alfajer. One man up against two to decide who would reach the score of 12 and bring it to match and series point and who would be pushed to the brink of elimination.

In a stunning turn of events, Alfajer dealt with the double swing perfectly! Fnatic now had the lead in a map that looked unwinnable. All they had to do was win one final round to close it out - and yet they came up short. After twenty-four grueling rounds of Valorant, there had been no conclusion to the match, both teams deadlocked in a twelve to twelve score. When Fnatic took the twenty-fifth round, it looked like we finally could have a winner, and this time it was real. Fnatic closed out the best comeback of all time, synonymizing the Fnatic name with coming out on top during an unwinnable scenario - toppling the Brazilian squad in front of their home crowd.
The second major event was Masters Tokyo - which Fnatic won in clean fashion. One of the most memorable highlights of this tournament was from Chinese rookie ZmjjKK and his famous Operator celebration in which he pointed at the enemy and pretended to snipe them. This, too, was cleanly won by Fnatic - giving Chronicle his 3rd international title, a record yet to be beaten or even matched.

One team I haven’t bothered to mention was Evil Genuises, for the sole reason being that for all of 2021 and 2022 they floated around the bottom of the tier 1 level and never really made an impact on the scene as a whole. However, one singular kill would change all of that. They were projected to place 4th in the Americas league for 2023, missing the Champions LA event by one singular slot. That is, if MIBR didn’t choke against 100 Thieves… MIBR had been consistently one of the worst teams in the league, and they were playing with their coach/substitute TxoziN. However, in a shocking turn of events, the Brazilian squad bested 100 Thieves, which propelled Evil Genuises into the 3rd seed and allowed them to make Champions. The final kill was made by the sub/coach TxoziN of all people, and with a knife!

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The final event before Champions 2023 was the regional Last Chance Qualifier, where every team that hasn’t qualified for Champions play for the coveted 4th spot. While two of the three champions events were forgettable, there was one that wasn’t. Americas team KRÜ, despite going 0-9 in the regular season, somehow made a miracle run, besting top contenders and upsetting teams that looked promising. Despite the fact that their actual performance was lackluster, that run during the last chance qualifier solidified their spot as the true underdogs of Americas. Champions 2023 itself had some exciting moments, but none were as epic as the two Paper Rex vs Evil Geniuses series. They first faced off in the upper bracket final, and once again in the grand finals. While the grand finals match had some insane moments such as PRX something’s Operator shot against a flying Demon1, the overall consensus is that the upper finals match between the two teams was actually the more memorable one. Paper Rex had a completely unorthodox playstyle, playing off-meta agent compositions and just winning due to raw skill. Fans now had Something to root for (pun intended) in the form of PRX, and VCT popularity skyrocketed. Also, Elon Musk was in attendance of the 2023 grand finals and he was loudly booed :)
2023 also held the first Ascension tournaments, where the best non-franchised team from each region would get a chance to compete among the 10 teams. Additionally, the Chinese league would be fully announced, growing the total number of teams to 44 (11 per division). The winners were The Guard, Gentle Mates, Bleed, and Dragon Ranger Gaming. However, The Guard had terrible management, so they were bought by G2 - the same team that would later become famous for something completely different.
2024 started with a Kickoff tournament, but in all honesty I don’t remember a single important moment from this event. The first international tournament of 2024 was Masters Madrid, and some of the teams in attendance shocked the world. Team Heretics were one of the worst teams in the league during 2023, so it was no surprise when they abandoned all four of their major players and rebuilt around the veteran in-game leader Boo. They picked up Fortnite prodigy Benjyfishy and Boo’s younger brother Miniboo. Additionally, they would sign Turkish aimer Wo0t, but he would be too young to compete. Unfortunately, this promising Heretics squad would face two difficult matches, one against the eventual winners Sentinels, and one against the fan-favorite Paper Rex. Unfortunately, they would exit the tournament with an 0-2 record, and Sentinels would best Gen.G in the grand finals to take their second international trophy.
The second Masters event was Masters Shanghai. These matches were at like 5 in the morning and I was at a week-long math competition during this event, but Team Heretics were forced to play with a substitute - Patitek. Despite playing with their 6th man, they still steamrolled G2 and made it all the way to the grand finals, where they fell short to Gen.G.
The final event of the year was Champions Seoul 2024, which was an event to remember. Masters Madrid winner Sentinels, Masters Shanghai winner Gen.G, Masters Shanghai runner-up Heretics and random Chinese team FPX were all put into one group, and only two of them could make it to the playoffs. Heretics stomped FPX in a relatively easy match, and Gen.G swept Sentinels 2-0. Heretics would then face Gen.G in the winner’s match, a rematch from the last Masters, but the rematch curse struck again - and Heretics won the rematch. In VCT, when two teams play each other twice, for some reason the team that lost the first match wins the second match with a disproportionate probability. Sentinels knocked FPX out during the elimination match, and went on to face Gen.G - another rematch from the opening game of the group. Sentinels upset the reigning champions Gen.G - eliminating them in the group stage. As vlr said, they were Grouped.G - finishing 9th-12th. In VCT, anything below 4th place is grouped with other teams - so you can get 5th-6th or 7th-8th. Other notable upsets were Trace Esports besting both Vitality and Leviatán - which now housed world champion Aspas. With the 8 teams being chosen for playoffs, it was time to begin. Unfortunately, Trace continued to mess up everyone’s bracket by losing both of their matches and exiting 7th-8th. G2 jumped off the map vs Leviatán, coining the phrase “G2 yourself”. DRX got like their 5th or 6th 5th-6th placement. Heretics would lose to Leviatán and get sent down to the lower bracket to be the one to eliminate DRX. In their quest for top 4, they would face a familiar enemy - Sentinels. However, Heretics would win a close series vs Sentinels to make it to the Lower Final match vs Leviatan. This match was also uneventful, with Heretics closing out the series 3 to 1.
Meanwhile, Edward Gaming was breezing through the upper bracket, stomping top teams. Despite the fact that the Chinese teams severely underperform on the international stage, Edward Gaming had always been the best Chinese team, never losing a regional event. Internationally, they’ve always looked decent, and due to some lucky series by their star duelist ZmjjKK, they made it all the way to the Grand Finals.
Map 1 was Haven, and Heretics looked solid. I don’t remember anything from this map because it happened at 3 in the morning, and I was half asleep. Map 2 was Sunset, a map that Heretics were the best in the world on by far. It looked like TH would take an early 2-0 lead. However, Edward Gaming fought back and fought back well, and off the back of ZmjjKK’s impressive performance on Neon they won the map with a clean 13-4 score. Next, the teams played Lotus - a key map that could decide the entire series. Edward Gaming barely won the map in part because of S1mon getting one of the luckiest clutches in VCT history.
Map 4 was Bind, which was neck and neck all the way until Round 24, when Heretics were up 12 to 11 and EDG needed one more round to take it to overtime. ZmjjKK was on a tear down A short, taking down the Heretics players one by one. However, it was one ability that would make all the difference. Boo’s heroic molly made ZmjjKK’s heroic ace null and void, giving Heretics a must needed map win - bringing the series to map 5.
Map 5 was Abyss, and the first half looked grim for Heretics. The score was 4-8 at the half, and the following pistol eco and bonus rounds looked even worse. Heretics were down 4 to 11, and needed a Fnatic-level miracle to come back. However, Heretics refused to lose, winning round after round after round. For 5 rounds straight they fought hard to try and reclaim this match, but it simply wasn’t enough. On round 21 (the score was 9-11), ZmjjKK force bought a guardian on an eco round, and got four kills. After this thrifty, EDG took the series and closed out the final map.
2024’s final major tournament, Ascension, was won by 2Game, Apeks, Sin Prisa, and Xi Lai. However, Bleed, the 2023 Ascension winners, turned out to be a scam organization and used the money that was meant to go to their other divisions to pay star player Yay. Additionally, since Sin Prisa came from the ranked leaderboards rather than a real esports team, their roster and slot in VCT 2025 were bought by Nongshim Redforce. Boom Esports were also promoted due to the removal of Bleed. Additionally, 2024 Ascension winner Apeks picked up Game Changers player Florescent, and she became the first ever female VCT player. Aspas got traded to MIBR, and Vitality became a superteam with the pickup of stars Derke and Less.

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Apply for GE Head Coach role, you seem like a good replacement for juv3nile

i wrote this

Bro you aint chatgpt

but there were 3 Masters events in the original year. The first Masters ever was held in Reykjavik, Iceland

Technically, the first Masters ever were the online ones. Reykjavik was the first in-person international event.

2021 was a relatively slow year

Mention Kru champs run perhaps?

Some notable upsets were Vision Strikers vs F4Q - as Vision Strikers were on a 100+ match win streak and F4Q were simply a team of content creators. Later on, Vision Strikers would become DRX.

This all happened in 2021, so not sure why its in the 2022 section. VS lost to F4Q before 2021 Reykjavik, and became DRX at the beginning of 2022.

2022 was a mostly uneventful year

2021 was completely dominated by EMEA and NA, to the point where they were literally called the "major" regions, and everyone else was called the "minor" regions. 2022 put an end to that. LOUD, PRX, Zeta, Leviatan, all proved that the other regions could also produce competitive teams. I remember at Reykjavik a caster said "the term minor region dies today" and then it did. Also 2022 champs was the debut of China with EDG.

and eventually they ended up in the Masters Reykjavik 2022 Grand Finals

Can't really use "eventually" when that was only their second meeting.

brilliant performances by Aspas and Saadhak

Sacy erasure sadge

The original VCT league would have 32 partnered teams split across 4 leagues: Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China.

It was actually 30 teams across 3 leagues, China wasn't an official region yet, they just got a certain amount of slots at each tournament that they had to qualify for.

the new Chinese region would only have two teams, Edward Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix

China still ran open qualifiers in 2023, and FPX wasn't even at Tokyo, it was ASE.

the signing of Gambit superstar Chronicle

Leo mention where?

LOUD also looked formidable with the pickup of Cauanzin

Should mention that Cauanzin and Tuyz pickups were forced by Sacy and Pancada leaving for Sentinels.

Both teams easily won their first four matches

LOUD vs NRG? Loud would've lost if Cauanzin didn't 1v3 in round 24. (Can also tie back in the OpTic Loud rivalry)

With Aspas finding another kill, it was all in the hands of Alfajer.

Confusing way to start a sentence, there's no context as to what's happening in the round. You need some transition into the round play-by-play.

The second major event was Masters Tokyo - which Fnatic won in clean fashion.

This, too, was cleanly won by Fnatic

Reread and fix this paragraph.

They were projected to place 4th in the Americas league for 2023, missing the Champions LA event by one singular slot.

This wasn't the situation or the stakes. They were going to place 7th in the league to miss the playoffs. After 100T lost to MIBR, they still had to make their playoffs run to qualify for Tokyo and Champs.

That is, if MIBR didn’t choke against 100 Thieves…

Other way around.

Those are all the inaccuracies/major issues I found, there's still plenty of room to improve on the writing itself.
Idk what this is for, but good luck!

(I didn’t see the part 2 whoops)

Chet and Victor joining M80? Oh, this is a train wreck so catastrophic it’d make the Titanic look like a minor fender bender. Let’s start with Chet Singh, the self-proclaimed “strategic genius” who’s been riding the coattails of his 2022 OpTic success like it’s a lifetime achievement award. This guy couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag if you gave him a map and a flashlight. NRG’s 2024 season under his watch? A complete dumpster fire—no playoffs, no international trophies, just a sad little pile of excuses and a suspension to top it off. Violating Riot’s Esports Code of Conduct? Classic Chet move—probably leaked strats to his buddies while sipping overpriced kombucha, thinking he’s untouchable. Now he’s slinking over to M80, a team that’s already on life support after disbanding its roster in September 2024. What’s he gonna do, revive them with his “innovative” ideas? Please. The only thing he’s innovating is new ways to disappoint everyone who still believes in him. M80’s about to get a front-row seat to Chet’s signature blend of overconfidence and underperformance—hope they enjoy watching their win rate plummet faster than a lead balloon.
And then there’s Victor Wong, the once-hyped Neon prodigy who’s been dining out on his 2022 highlights for so long you’d think he invented the game. Newsflash, Vic: the glory days are over, and your aim’s been shakier than a caffeinated chihuahua ever since. Back when he was with OpTic, sure, he had some pop-off moments—those flashy Neon ults were cute—but now? He’s an entry fragger who forgets to entry, a duelist who’d rather hide in spawn than take a fight. His 2024 stint with NRG was a masterclass in mediocrity—couldn’t clutch, couldn’t trade, couldn’t even keep his KDA above water. The guy’s been coasting on nostalgia while the rest of the scene evolved past him. Pairing him with M80 is like putting a rusty cog in a broken machine—except the machine’s already scrapped, and the cog’s just there to make noise. Victor’s probably still dreaming of those old LAN crowds chanting his name, but all he’s getting now is a pity contract from a team desperate enough to take NRG’s leftovers.
Together, these two are a match made in hell for M80. Chet’s going to roll in with his outdated playbook—probably some dusty strats from 2021 he found in a Google Doc titled “How to Lose Friends and Alienate Teammates.” He’ll bark orders like he’s still relevant, while Victor nods along, whiffing shots and pretending he’s still got it. The rest of the M80 roster—if you can even call it that after their disbandment—will be stuck wondering how they went from Tier 2 hopefuls to a laughingstock overnight. Opponents won’t even need to prep; they’ll just let Chet overthink himself into a corner and watch Victor whiff his way through every duel. This duo’s synergy is about as real as a unicorn riding a skateboard—nonexistent and ridiculous to even imagine. M80’s legacy, whatever scraps of it were left, is about to get buried under Chet’s ego and Victor’s inconsistency. They’ll be lucky to win a single map, let alone a series, in whatever low-rent circuit they end up slumming it in. Honestly, the only thing this move guarantees is a highlight reel of fails so embarrassing it’ll make the Valorant community cringe for years. Good luck, M80—you’re gonna need it with these two clowns on board.

sigh

what in the m4 is this, "Icebox was released on October 13, 2020, as part of Valorant's Episode 1, Act 3 update. The map is set in Bennett Island, Sakha, Russia, featuring a snowy port enviroment" ahh essay