Have Apeks even signed a new roster yet? It looks like literally all five players are getting signed by partnered teams (Keiko, Enzo, Mistic to TL, Magnum to KC and Shadow to KOI)

I mean the comps fnatic played all year were mostly made by Anderzz and Boaster created the majority of their strats. Not to say that mini did nothing, but as long as Elmapuddy gets along with Boaster I think they'll be fine.

So far all their personnel decisions have been pretty much flawless.

Mini said Boaster creates the majority of the strats, his job is mostly just to tell Boaster that he's going too far (and the scouting of course)

Who is Bonkar? For the blind, He is the vision. For the hungry, He is the chef. For the thirsty, He is the water. If Bonkar thinks, I agree. If Bonkar speaks, I’m listening. If Bonkar has one fan, it is me. If Bonkar has no fans, I don’t exist.

(He was the IGL for the old fully Swedish Guild roster with Leo, Sayf, Yacine, and Draken, now he's the head coach of Oxygen)

Glad to hear you're doing well brother 🙏🏻

1. Bonkar

2. Monkyet

3. 🗿

4. y0y

5. Keith

6. Adil "SvreaM" Benrlitom

7. The GOAT (besides Bonkar)

8. T0nZ

9. HELLO INDIA (actually no clue)

Mom can we have Jinggg, f0rsaken, and something?

Mom: We have Jinggg, f0rsaken and something at home.

Jinggg, f0rsaken and something at home:

Do you get an ult point back if you kill someone in the ult? I know you don't get points for kills while your Viper's pit is active, or for kills with knives or showstopper.

Reyna doesn't have entry abilities either. Not all duelists are great entries. Yoru is also a bit clunky on the entry and needs supportive utility if you want to tp in.

I meant mostly audience wise. I might be wrong though. I just feel like there's lots of Indian Valorant fans (I mean it's a big country).

The Indian teams can't really give back to the fans by being successful, but Riot could certainly make them feel appreciated by hosting a tournament there, no?

Not Like Brazilian crowds supporting only Brazilian teams

Yeah of course, they don't have any teams to root for 🗿

Seriously though, I wouldn't mind it. The Indian Val scene seems pretty active and there is still potential for development. Would be even better if there was an Indian player at champs, but I don't think that will happen in 2024.

Obviously, I'm just saying maybe three maps, only one of which was an actual close gamae where he individually outperformed the lobby, isn't enough to hype him up like this. I don't doubt he's good at all.

G2 is not beating anyone

He's had one (1) outstanding game on Astra (34-18 in an OT game). Three maps on Astra total, two of which were absolute stomps (13-4 and 13-2) where his entire team did well.

Could it be he was playing on an account that belonged to someone else? Alt accounts are fine(ish) but account sharing between multiple people is a bit more frowned upon.

Redgar has always been a little overrated imo, Gambit were never a great attacking team. Their defense side was amazing, but on attack, they got hard carried by individual skill. When people started figuring out how to counter nAts lurks, and when D3ffo didn't perform online like he did on LAN, they struggled a lot.

Carried by French player, unfortunate

And beat them in the grand final match, you know, the match that actually matters?

Was wenn nicht?

This is a list of top 10 teams. EDG made top 6 at both masters and champions. What more do you want lol

you should be deeply ashamed

Idk about favourite but the GOAT from each sport is:
Valorant: zekken
Basketball: zekken
Football: Christian Ronald SEWEY
Volleyball: zekken
Baseball: zekken
Boxing: zekken
MMA: zekken
F1: zekken
Rocket League: zekken
Overwatch: Derrek "Derrek Overwatch" Overwatch
WWE: zekken
Pokémon Trainer: sideshow
Bed wrestlers: sideshow

Most Valorant fans don't even know yay or aspas

What kind of Valorant fans are you talking to lmao

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It mentions D3ffo, go figure

Juliana and Mary

N4rrate

Why is that ironic? What does James have to do with accountability?

Like the whole point is it's not about journalistic value, it's literally just about not being an asshole. James isn't an asshole. What do you think accountability means?

1.15 is insanely high lmao.

If we ignore keznit and AAAY (because they only played 2 matches each and thus less than 100 rounds, so the sample size is too small), aspas was 5th in rating at Champions, topped only by Demon1 (1.23), Leo (1.17), Alfajer (1.17) and Less (1.16).

These stats are supposed to show that he's.....bad?? What? Also

Online group stage matches

??????? He's only played on LAN this year

Plat

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People really overstate how bad Ange1 was this year, especially concerning FK/FD. During the EMEA league plus playoffs, he was 79/76. At Tokyo, 15/10. LCQ 37/34. Champs 21/29. Besides Champs, his FK/FD ratio was always positive.

Even Gambit was never a great attack team. They were unbeatable on defense, but during their two international runs in Berlin Masters and Champions, their attack sides were carried by nAts lurks and D3ffo pulling some insane performances out of his ass

This game right here marks the beginning of the KPI dynasty, culminating in their triumphant Champions 2025 victory.

As far as I'm aware there's no formal rule against posting scrim clips, it's just a GA. So unless he's already under contract for TS, literally no one has any right to force him to take down the video.

Nah honestly at least compared with EMEA, NA is looking a lot stronger this year. V1 is a better team than C9W was and G2 is significantly worse than they were last year. BBL isn't bad, so we'll have to see, but I think it's reasonable to assume V1 will be the heavy favourites in this one.

He announced that he was looking for opportunities, which might go either way. This is an official announcement that he definitely won't be with Loud next year.

I love Mixwell but let's be honest, he just isn't good enough for tier 1 Valorant.

TH's roster building just didn't make any sense. I get that they wanted Mixwell on the roster for the clout and experience, but if you get an experienced player who isn't an IGL and also doesnt really frag consistently, then I feel like it makes more sense to pair him with young prodigies instead of other washed ex-stars like Av0va and zeek. This roster was doomed to fail from the start.

Nobody is actually filthy though, he's been carrying EDG recently. I could see him becoming a top player globally in 2024.

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It's the same with FNC, Boaster is very popular in Japan, he has good relations with a lot of the Asian Valorant scene. That's why they did that whole FNC × Zeta collab, they have a pretty big fanbase in Japan and sell a lot of merch there.

Esports money is tight and JP/KR are huge markets in Valorant, if you have a chance to tap into that you should take it.

I guess

People love players like Boostio, who talks a lot of shit, but internally is actually a really nice person and good teammate. Nobody likes people who are just assholes (not saying Less is an asshole, but I feel like that is the impression that a lot of people have of him now)

No he didn't

Breloof once replied to me

I queued on Madrid by accident once and it was unironically a pretty good experience. My team seemed nice, like no clue what they were talking about but the vibes were good (when it was just me and one other guy alive they did actually comm in English which was nice as well)

However, ¿Por qué sólo los viernes? Soy maricon todos los días. (Did I do this right?)

3/5 team won a lan and they lost because of d0phh, LOST TO CLOWN 9, almost Furia and got absolutely obliterated by Lev twice 😂 😂
Brimstone Gaming clears

Me.

Yeah of course you'd only marry virgins because no person who knows what they're doing would choose you 💀

NAVI was actually pretty good at champs this year, all their maps were close. Definitely a hot take, but not impossible.