hi there, I'm just here to state my opinion I liked and didn't liked from the VCT Europe so far. These thoughts might be periodically or there might be some sort of schedule but I don't know just yet.
The team(s) that impressed me so far: Vitality and Rebels - These two teams look really cohesive with clean teamplay and decent strats and have really strong individual firepower (kAda and bramz from vita and vo0kashu and musashi from rebels). I have a pretty good feeling one or both will do well in the VCT EMEA Challengers Stage 1.
Honourable mentions - Guild cuz they looked really good most times but choked a bit
The team(s) that failed my expectations: EXCEL and Heretics - Both teams have exceptional firepower and really talented indivuals but apparently can't win anything so far. Hopefully they prove me wrong in the future but EXCEL with the players they have seem to have severely underperformed.
(Note: G2 is not here as honestly my expectations of them weren't high and FPX is also not here as they went to CIS which is a bit harder to compare to as I am not educated in that region)
The player(s) that surprised me: Leo and bramz - Both players did extremely well in comparison to their peers with the agents they played and had several crucial pop off moments. They are probably the best player on their respective teams and will probably be MVP of these events going forward.
Honourable mentions - vo0kashu and Sayf
Some other thoughts - the observing was really well done throughout all games I watched and I absolutely enjoyed it, there were quite a lot of chokes (10-2 to 11-13, etc) so I guess players are nervous & having all these new EU teams with their new lineups makes me really excited for future competition
That's all :)
if you are wondering who I am, I have been a lurker on this site for about the last year and a bit going back to the First Strike era so I have seen almost every roster change and people's reaction to it. I've been playing Valorant for fun since July 2020 so I kinda know most things about Valorant and have seen pretty much every patch update.
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