I'll give you a hint why also, women are more accepting in general, men are not.

Thats always been the case, with gays too. Lesbians are wildly more accepted than gay men

FNS

Isn't BBL a t1 team?

"Mastering and agent" is not something pros struggle to do. All agents discussed for pro play should be discussed pertaining to the height of play, because thats what pros do

Maybe we get an Ethan vs Athan, then a Nathan vs Athan

makes sense to have your crispiest aimer sentinel bait ppl tho

Is she here for nepotism? How does this make sense

yes

this guy doesn't lock his doors because someone cant legally break into his house

his cocks so big that it reflects more light into his eyes, something most of us would not understand because his is that big

be even crazier if they end up winning w/ it

So Georgia wouldn't be South NA? Seems pretty south to me compared to Alberta, you know Canada is a part of NA, right?

South NA is like Georgia bro

Can they just play the guy without announcing officially that they are gonna be SEN? Can't anyone just play in these offseason tourney's together?

He's the ascension specialist, even though hes obviously t1 level, maybe he can just mercenary for teams in t2 his whole career. A legacy like no other

I'm sure they were warned about twitch chat/know by now they've been around since last year

when yay came out so did i

fns is not as bad as boaster, both rly bad tho

true maybe if one of the teams during groups signs tenz demon1 yay zmjkk chronicle with phil jackson as the coach. then they have a chance good point

Title

legendary

lets be real that baby would be one hell of a valorant player..aim+igl+util, this is clearly a shrewd business decision

Man.. T2 production, especially the last match is just so painful. The first games they had the Wyatt crew, Sierra/Stronglegs/Emma are okay, but whoever was calling that last game that one guy was painfully bad, and annoying.

On top of the tech pauses, lack of content they produce during breaks (same trivia for 3+ months at a time), observer was REALLY bad (half the time watching it, im watching some dude standing in a corner when there are several frags going on), replays are spotty at best and mostly unexistent, all the way to just showing the center of the stage instead of mostly showing player reactions between rounds?

I'm not saying t2 is worth from Riot's standpoint to invest into top tier talent, but this is ROUGH, they need upgrades or current team needs some retraining

They are competitive against everyone, except m80. M80 is TSM's father

nope, not only is he washed but he doesn't want to play he make more money flipping watches or some shit

Thats alot of icing, that performance was insane

Cypher trips are broken, if someone gets tripped by it once, it should be destroyed after that. OP asf

not tru 2/4 teammates not SA

Why is it unfortunate for someone to earn a spot?

Looks like he's giving back the watch

I like the take from a performance standpoint, and Yay is my favorite player but... Don't do this to Net again lol please just cruel

As this tourney goes on, it's been very proven how insanely stacked Group B was. The 2 grouped teams are the only ones in it, with the strong tourney favorites knocked out before playoffs. Not taking a stance necessarily, but does this mean format needs changing? What do you guys think?

Upper Final is not best of 5?

I wouldn't be VERY surprised if at some point soon we see -Boaster +Leo for their roster. With Boaster being a coach

How do you rate a champs that it's playoffs just started?

Esports are marketing, hard to calculate this value, but its there

some ppl use it for that, but there is probably something to be learned from an fps esport that is THAT successful (csgo). i want valorant to succeed and some of the points made, about things riot are not doing, are worth talking about

Autumn impressed me big time, dudes for real.

This thread is brain rot

This is not currently possible.

Ngl this coach seems like kind of a dick

I don't think they have a weak duelist, I think they are trying to play more team oriented like G2

Optic core is not together because they were not partnered, no? Last Optic core game was Champs finals L

Not sure there is a HUGE clout difference between SEN vs. NRG/C9. All 3 are very solid, known orgs. Something to be said for continuity, running it back, developing deeper chemistry too. Change isn't always good.

Congo1, I think you are missing the main point of these esports, playoffs, VCT all together. It's for brand promotion (Players->Team Sponsors->Valorant), whether it counts for anything or not, its the teams playing, brands represented, marketing being pushed.

Incentive comes in many forms for participation, whether thats prize money/glory/playoff points/etc. More Valorant->more promotion->business grows

I hope so too! I simultaneously feel for these players/selfishly want to see more action. I think that the only path for stability here is near year-round saturation. I don't really care if that is done via 3rd party or Riot saturating it themselves, but it needs to happen, imo.

I see, I read what you were saying wrong, and I definitely agree with that first sentence, Riots gonna Riot.

I somewhat contest what you said about them having different audiences, at least Valorant specifically, maybe not for FPS as a whole genre. Example: IEM, they have broadcast channels that primarily, maybe exclusively host CS tourneys. If they were to host Valorant for example, CS watchers would click on IEM and see Valorant there, give CS players a look at it and maybe attract them. Therefore you potentially garner CS players to Valorant.

Watch parties are definitely a powerful cross marketing scheme, but Riot even makes that difficult.

I think that this is both cause and effect here. Teams don't field a roster until before matches start, because of no Valorant being played for so long. They work around Riot's scheme, the best way to do that is to basically not pay players during the offseason. If the offseason were saturated, teams would deem it attractive to keep their roster year-round, as their brand is consistently being represented.

I think you are absolutely correct, then why would Riot shy away from 3rd party tournaments, that gives them marketing for their game?