Buzz is hella underrated. Top 3 duelists OAT, only thing he doesn't have are international trophies.

By the way vlr.gg talks about him, Yay

EMEA fluke tourney?

We need to have this discussion cus rn its looking cooked
How can u lose to EDG on sunset of all maps

M80 defeat MXS to become first North America Ascension Team

After a close 2-0 victory against MXS, Canadian team M80 have guaranteed themselves a spot in this year’s 2024 Champions Tour Americas: Ascension alongside 7 other of the best teams in the region

The yearly Ascension tournaments present a golden opportunity for teams to rise through the tier two system and become a franchised team in the Valorant Champions Tour. Upon conclusion of the Ascension tournament, the winning team will become the twelfth and final team in the tier one Valorant system.

M80 continued to permaban Bind in their series against MXS and opted to pick their comfort map Lotus. Starting on the attacking side, M80 started slow, partially because of their unconventional triple sentinel team composition, including NiSMO on Deadlock. After losing pistol, M80 trailed 3-7 but back to back clutch rounds by neT near the end brought the scoreline to a closer 5-7 at the half.

https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_northamerica/clip/PoisedRacyGrassGivePLZ-cNQf3JqXkvTXi9Hi

https://clips.twitch.tv/GentleLuckyRhinocerosCorgiDerp-2HoCaaKVglajntFU

On the defensive side, M80’s team composition could really shine, winning them 8 rounds in a row. The defensive utility was too much for MXS to handle and M80 easily closed out the map with a 13-9 victory. Despite the win, the team overall went negative in kills with NiSMO being the only person with a positive K/D ratio.

With a win under their belt going into MXS’s pick of Icebox, M80 managed to win their first pistol round of the series, going up 2-0 on the map. MXS kept it close to the half though, relying on Mada’s Reyna to win a couple of rounds.

https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_northamerica/clip/RoundCrackyDurianMVGame-a_K23px7wjZ7k6J-

Undeterred, M80 pulled ahead off the back of the shining star of this map, Zander, to take the score to 11-6 in their favor. With their backs against a wall, MXS rose to the occasion and again tied things up and sent the map to overtime off the back of a fantastic retake against three ultimates from M80.

https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_northamerica/clip/GoodCuriousLobsterNotATK-OKqxh4R2eQlFJIHC

This effort would be in vain though, as M80 handedly won the next two rounds, punching their ticket to the Americas Ascension tournament with a 14-12 win. Zander was especially good in this match, going 40/32/15 and doing much of the heavy lifting on Icebox with a statline of 27/14/8.

Not all is lost for MXS though, as they play TSM tomorrow at 4:00PM PST for the chance to join M80 as the North American representatives next month.

I imagine most big cities have a big enough venue to host a masters. Masters tokyo venue was 3K for groups and 9K for finals and the stadium didn't look packed.

I want to buy balatro but im broke :(

Bro just donated 1k to some billionaire who owns all the online casinos. How kind

DRX drop beyn, foxy9 and flashback and pick up this rising star IGL called stax, a chinese tier 2 player called RB and save Zest from Bleed

Doing a data science project on some stats and have ran into some weird games

Hey mods, this match is classified as a BO3 when it is actually a BO1. Might want to get this fixed

Genuinely curious, does russia and say spain or UK play on same servers?

Could I not say the same about Gambit and Russia since they are not in the EU?

Fair, didn't realize Acend's win was a champ, I'll change it.

I want to know tho. Maybe there is a case of EU>NA but if you minus LOUD I would argue you have to minus GMB since Russia isn't in the european union.

EU and America are both tied at 5 trophies per region but Americas is 2-1 in champs. The americas region also has a higher average placement in global tournaments than EU so I fail to see the argument where EU>Americas. I would honestly like to hear the reasoning(not bait I swear).

Edit: If you want to argue that NORTH America < EU thats a bit more defensible but you have to take out Gambit since they're a russian team and therefore not part of the European Union

AMER: SENx2, OPTIC, LOUD, EG
EU: FNCx2, GMB, ACEND, FPX(NAVI)

58 hours of comp and 1.4k hours unrated. Truly an unrated warrior

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

I have scraped every game since franchising and I noticed that the first team listed on a VLR match page has about a 1% better chance of winning then the second team. Does anyone know the logic of which team is listed first on a match page? It doesn't seem to follow a pattern that I can tell.

(Edit: It could also be some sort of null thing where the winner of forfeited games is always first)

Man I wish the old DRX core could have found success together. I remember when Vision Strikers/ old DRX would cook something new every international tourney. I'll never forget the super cool B heaven post plant from mid on icebox or their experimentation with triple initiator on ascent

One more change to the push wall and he can be meta viable

I mean she's pretty good. Not the best (brenshow) but certainly not bad by any means

SEN picks TH's best map, Lotus and TH pick SEN's best map, Sunset. What are these teams doing????

I checked and didn't, I think that 13-12 is the most common score if each round was a true coin flip.

From a large valorant dataset, I know that the average valorant game lasts on average 20.5 rounds with a median score of 13-7.
I am trying to set up a monte carlo simulation under the presupposition that each team has a roughly even probability of winning each round, but this produces a median score of 13-12 (no overtime) and an average score of 13-9. Can somebody help rectify this? I would assume that in a dataset of 10,000 games, that it averages out that each team is about equal to each other in skill. Maybe there is a snowball multiplier where the previous round winner is more likely to win the next round? Would love to hear your thoughts

Edit: For those who care(Not Cned fan) a snowball multiple of 13.55% matches the experimental values of the large data set

If you do, how much? Curious because I'm looking to get into it

W copypasta

I am going through a dataset of all recorded games on VLR. Commenting on some of the more interesting ones as I clean up the data

If only I could put val games on a parlay. Peak degeneracy

You must be ballin out to afford Tom Ford as a gift LMAO. That shit is like $300 for 50 ml

A few graphic tees can be used to spice up the wardrobe, I live somewhere cold so its easier to layer. Experiment with the rule of thirds and different materials especially

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Lemme take a look at it. Also can help with some general college advice tips but be warned, I will not reply quickly. Midterm season is kicking my ass rn.

RIP to a dynasty. I think LOUD will still be a great team but I can't see them having another international win without a duelist with the same caliber of Aspas, especially as the meta progresses and the level of play gets higher.

GOAT has to account for longevity so Something has to be lower down for sure. Also I don't see chronicle up there despite the fact that he is probably the most common player when people mention the GOAT.

MaKo, Aspas, and Leo make sense for top 3 tho

Aint no way you browse vlr comments. Stay here too long and you'll become like us

Did you not see the recent matches? KK was +11 against PRX(second best team in the world) despite his team underperforming and going 2-0. Additionally he is by far the flashiest duelist which only adds to his hype.

What year you living in? Let me in on your time travelling secrets

If MaKo doesn't perform, you can call S0M the best controller in the world, but the GOAT status still belongs to MaKo. That guy has 2.5 years of consistent high level play at the top, and hit peaks that only Pancada has matched IMO. Boaster is a good player, but for purely smokes he doesn't match against MaKo and Pancada

FNC 3-1 EDG

I just think NAVI's firepower is top tier, and individually shao, zyppan and suygetsu all have been looking great. However, they lose when it matters and its so confusing how.

SEN #0 on the rankings. Obv tenz drops 40+ on every map if they made it

1. FNATIC
2. PRX
3. EG
4. EDG
5. NRG
6. TL
7. LOUD
8. DRX
9. T1
10. KRU
11. NAVI
12. GIANTS
13. BLG
14. FUT
15. ZETA
16. FPX

What do yall think? I'm willing to provide reasonings in the comments.

Got a healthy version of takis and some beef jerky

I mean crashies should be flamed but Ardiis hasn't played well the entire season. In the regular season, he was 2nd worst on the team only behind FNS who contributed a lot with his IGLing. At the level NRG want to play at, Ardiis isn't good enough the same way that foxy9 isn't good enough to bring DRX into the top echelon of valorant.

Ardiis aint it. 3rd highest rating on the team is awful for a primary duelist, especially on a team that really sets him up. Somone like zekken would be much better

This has gotta be bait.

Totally unbiased: FNC vs EDG.

Babysasuke has been hitting recently

Maybe Im coping but I think they run the foxy9 comp to throw off every other team's prep. I hope they beat FUT using the foxy9 comp then use the RB neon comp in playoffs.

I think that stax is the main problem though. His util use is obviously world class but his midrounding and fragging abilities are just below what is needed for a championship. Like think about FNS. He is the greatest caller right now but people still hate on him when he goes negative. Stax goes negative and is in the bottom half of callers at this tournament. I hope he returns to form but overall he looks like the weak link.