I think the biggest problem is that SA tier 2 can't scrim the tier 1 teams, which kind of prevents the region from developing properly. It's not that apparent yet, but after a few years of all the good SA teams being based in LA, it'll probably become more pronounced. IIRC Leo said Riot considered a rotating league which moves every year but decided against it for logistical reasons. Personally I think for the development of the scene that could have been a very good solution. EMEA teams (excluding sub-Saharan Africa, but there's nothing there in terms of Valorant anyway) can all scrim the partnered teams with a reasonable ping.

Lost to this team btw: https://www.vlr.gg/298697/bilibili-gaming-vs-wolves-esports-champions-tour-2024-china-kickoff-opening-c

Doping, it literally says it in the post bro

Americas - Chaadhak & Goatzin
EMEA - Vitality
Pacific - PRX
China - DRG

Yeah, because Loud knew exactly how to best set up qck and how to counter aspas.

yay also diffed everyone in 2022, but the second he left optic, he didn't diff anybody anymore. Almost like it's a team game :o

There's literally not a single player in the world who could replace Jinggg. No matter who they sign, if they just put him on Raze and don't change anything, they're gonna be much worse. Jinggg is the best in the world at the specific things he does. They HAVE to change if they want to be succesful without him.

no

Yeah the only chance EG win maps is by good antistratting, but Loud have only shown three maps so far, and they have definitely cooked on at least three more

This is not a courtroom

yeah but why not just use G2 flair?

"E in GEN G doesn't stand for EMEA" 🤓

Nah signing Monyet was a good move, they just need to not have him replace Jinggg 1:1, that's obviously not gonna work. Just look at what Loud did with qck. He's obviously not as good as aspas, but as a team they don't look worse than last year, because they just changed their approach a bit.

Heh. You said victor. Get it like the player from NRG. Like NRG Victor. Hehe. Hehehe

Why tf do you want to use the flair of the org that almost cucked your favourite team out of a VCT slot?

Don't worry, I'm already seeing a psychologist, I'm aware of my issues

If you perceive any of these comments as flaming, you might genuinely have some issues with narcissism (not even joking, like none of these comments is even remotely flaming, I obviously regard NRG very highly, they clearly have the potential to be the best team in the world). Like if you read my reply saying, "take a breather", took that as a personal attack, went through my comment history, saw these tame ass comments, and then proceed to view those as attacks on your favourite team as well, that's actually concerning. If I were you, I'd try to look through an article such as this one and maybe consult a specialist. Good luck

Okay, let's go through it.

"NRG will be SENt home unfortunately" - obviously just a silly pun

"In contrast to NRG of course, who were very consistent in 2023" - obviously about last year's team

"Remember, every time Bilibili loses, NRG's 0-4 only becomes more embarrassing" - obviously just making fun of the people still obsessed with BLG, and also about last year's team, not the current team

"Yeah but it's a new IGL, we don't know what their Bind looks like. FNS calling was absolutely critical for their success on Bind.

And even last year, NRG wasn't great on Bind, they lost a lot of Bind games." - this one was just talking about their map pool and why they might not be feeling as confident about Bind as Optic/last year's NRG was.

Those were all my comments mentioning NRG (I skipped two because they were just about brackets)

Again, which one of these is shit talking NRG?

What does that even mean? Where am I downplaying NRG? Also my favourite teams aren't even playing internationally, there's nothing to worry about lol. You seem a bit agitated though.

Take a breather

NA isn't Sodium, Na is

So EG get the freest group in Champions history, NRG get FNC and two bottom feeders, which is free as hell even if they lose to FNC, and Loud get DRX and NAVI (who were actually decent at Champs, hell even TL clear Zeta/Billy Billy and all the teams in EG's group).

Optic at Reykjavík had KRÜ and Xerxia in their group. In Copenhagen, it was KRÜ again and Guild (with Koldamenta and Russ btw). At Champs it was Boom and Zeta. Sure they lost to some mid ass teams but those groups couldn't possibly get any freer.

Now there are three NA teams in a four team bracket with a 50/50 draw and some people call it rigged because the wrong two NA teams are playing against each other? Actual schizophrenia.

NRG will be SENt home unfortunately

In contrast to NRG of course, who were very consistent in 2023

They just did the exact opposite of last year. Instead of signing washed up ex-CS stars, they signed promising tier 2 players and actually tried to build a coherent team with a clear philosophy, no egos, and also a good caoch.

Mistic was the free agent from EMEA with the most international experience by far, both Enzo and he are definitely more expensive than players like marteen/tomaszy or miniboo

I feel like unless they make a run at one of the international tournaments, Emil is definitely getting nervous up there. But we'll see how this year goes for TL

I'm Sayf's cousin and work in a data center in Qatar. I can confirm that Mohamed Salah paid me many, many moneys to make Kmao's PC go stinky mode (that's what we call it in the biz)

Average Bri*ish "person" when he sees more than 3 sentences at once (that's more than he has ever written in his life so it must be chatgpt)

This is considered a good scoreline for an NA smurf

Right, and I'm the delusional one

Losing to a bad team is more embarrassing than losing to a good team. What's delusional about that?

Calling your opponents shit after losing to them is just dumb.

Remember, every time Bilibili loses, NRG's 0-4 only becomes more embarrassing

No point guessing before the bracket is drawn since there's a 50% chance NRG play Loud if SEN or MIBR win play-ins (etc)

After watching the past few EU matches, I had lost all hope that EU could be competitive internationally this year, but Cloud9 revitalised me. vanity always has my back

-zin is just an informal diminuitive, no? So "Cauanzin" just means something like "Lil Cauan"

N4rrate couldn't do this in NA because he didn't have a squad of 4 cracked EMEA players around him.

skill issue

cNed doesn't play for KC unfortunately

Try holding mouse1 and moving right (like you're selecting text), it works for me. Definitely not the intended way to scroll, but it does work

Edit: Shift + scrollwheel should also work. But you gotta click on the table first

Thanks for the impressions

This is vlr dot gg dude, impressions aren't just worthless, they're embarrassing

When PRX got Monyet, we said obviously he won't replace jinggg 1:1, nobody can, but he'll be more flexible. And now they just put him on Raze only anyway? I don't know about that.

Well played by Gen.G though

Because prior to 2023 they thought this calendar was a good idea (they gave their reasons for it), and because they plan these schedules a long time ahead, they couldn't change the 2024 calendar in time (specifically, changing the calendar would mean re-negotiating every single advertising contract. they sell advertising slots for specific dates and times, so it's quite inflexible). Major format changes in global sports always take at least 2 years before they respond to feedback.

Like I agree the schedule is shit, but it was clearly planned before 2023 and before they received negative community feedback.

My bad bro, gotta do what you gotta do for those upvotes

Bro just support the teams you like and if they don't win, move on with your day.

Can't believe GE put S3xture on an off role do Botssi can play duelist

75-35 💀

Yeah because 100T didn't play a team comp with 18 flashes

He was saying he's laughing all the way to the moon rn

His Gekko kinda clean, no?

Does he need to? Can Demon1 play any duelist other than Jett?