Engh is one of the few coaches I'd give full control of the kitchen to, let him cook.

Correct sorta, teams who participate in Evolution receive points which qualify them for Ascension which is in December.

The teams already in VCT China or selected will not be receiving points in Evolution, so this tournament is only vital to smaller organizations like ASE and TYLOO.

off-season tournament

EDG is likely the final team from what is being said on Weibo

Instructions unclear I just used my entire budget on Aspas

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We have pracc in 10 minutes Radski.

I worry about his sleep schedule a lot

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Commend is back on his alt again

some contracts are ending so most players will be trying to look for other offers

this is correct

Lots of teams want him so will be interesting to watch

Ibai and Piqué are fine. The problem is the parent company Infinite Reality is not paying the expenses they promised.

My Australian sources are sleeping

T1 was the favourite??

Already spoke multiple times with Riot about potential changes in the system but they are committed to this concept for now which I get.

The key problems are these:

Riot is not financially supporting the tournament organizers which can result in what happened in Polaris where they just cut an entire broadcast day and put someone with no observing experience as observer for split 2. Reminder EMEA Ascension had no prize-pool so if you made second place in Ascension you did not even get some money as a consolation prize.
OFF//SEASON information only gets revealed in August, which means that Challenger players who did not make Ascension have 3 months where they have no clue what they can even compete in once Champs ends.
Most regions had no time to establish grassroots or local communities that actively watch matches and since VALORANT was born during a pandemic the game became way more internationally oriented than nationally which then blows my mind why Riot wants regional leagues.

It ain't my report lil bro

Seems to be false kekw asking sources atm

It ain't my report💀

Fanbase sure, but Giants is the biggest company out of the two from what I can tell.

Denmark: Astralis
Netherlands: Team Liquid
Germany: SK Gaming / G2
UK: FNATIC
Ukraine: NAVI
Sweden: NiP
Spain: Giants
Portugal: SAW
Finland: ENCE
Norway: 00NATION
France: Vitality
South Korea: T1
Saudi Arabia: Falcons
Canada: Luminosity Gaming

Just a trial, other teams like Crazy Raccoon are also still interested in him.

money went bye bye so the roster went bye bye as well

Can't please everyone sadly

Dw he's the getting the opportunity he deserves

No, I do remember back at the start of partnerships that there was interest in North American players from KRÜ, spoke to some players as well just to make sure back then. There was definitely an interest from KRÜ but it was short-lived.

A veces, en los deportes electrónicos, es necesario romper ciertos valores para ganar. Supongo que por eso KRÜ estaba pensando en unirse parcialmente a un equipo de habla inglesa por un tiempo corto, y al ver sus resultados recientes, no me sorprendería si esto no fuera la última vez que escuchemos rumores sobre ellos considerando hacer el cambio.

It's not technically enforced, last year it was rumoured KRÜ were considering potentially going NA.

Time to add Chinese lessons on the budget for next year

I don't think replacing LEW would be the move, LEW had a fantastic performance during Ascension and has so much potential to improve. Maple is on Weibo and is almost certainly not looking to go back to OCE with the salary he's on.

With the amount of experienced players he has around him he will definitely be a top duelist in a year or two from now.

2-1 Falcons

JUGi
Akimbo
Mimi
Avova
Seider

The players are already being poached as we speak so wouldn't be a surprise

Monarch Effect is a small organization as well so pretty sure Tencent won't be protective of them as they aren't in VCT China anyway

Also seeing as SWERL has removed his tweet it might just get handled internally

It's being investigated by the TO and Riot, seeing as this is a first I can see Riot fining Monarch Effect to set an example but that's about it unfortunately.

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OCE on top baby!

They are playing well today, not better

had em ready since Polaris playoffs, hope you get some good offers gl mate

How's the off-season treating ya?

They're already out of playoff contention so I think they just don't have much motivation. They just played an entire Play-Ins tournament and now this so players must be tired.
Falcons are also playing well today.

Faraday fact of the day

Who Cars?

OCE ON TOP BABY OI OI OI OI