not having JDG for China is insane

did he just fall off after 2021? his performance in 2022-2023 was pretty mediocre

Genuine question

When did his prime start and when did it end?

He was dominant in 2021 but I think by 2022 he was just average?

are you high on drugs rn or what

why are you trying to tell me that Riot isn't richer than ESL

i know who funds ESL lmao

so?

Riot has infinitely more money and bigger resource base than ESL, is it harder to host a better tournament just because it's Valorant?

LOCK/IN being too expensive is a myth.

Every six months ESL holds ESL Pro League - a CS tournament, for 32 teams all across the world. With the lower bracket, proper group stage and A BIGGER PRIZEPOOL than LOCK/IN -
850k for EPL, 500k for LOCK/IN

a third party tournament operator can easily twice per year host a way better tournament with a much better level of production and a bigger prizepool, while having significantly less resources and money than Riot

so what's the excuse?

Berlin was marginally better than Reykjavik
if LOCK/IN is Mickey, so is Reykjavik

Legendary French CS player, Major winner

you can't even read, you're slow as fuck for real

Reykjavik 21 was a team deathmatch radiant lobby, the Mickiest event ever

still counts as a masters win, just the least valuable ever

TenZ's peak lasted two events, I think?

either respect to KioShiMa or a shoutout to an island in Japan

is it impossible to fit LOCK/IN type of tournament in the current schedule which has 6 month off-season, without removing Kick/Off?

you're calling an official VCT Tournament "Mickey" when it had a 100 times higher level of play and competition than Reykjavik

meanwhile Reykjavik 21 had the worst ever level of play in history of the game and its not "Mickey" because there was a Qualifier

TenZ farmed plumbers when the game was raw, and the 80% of opposing teams were underdeveloped

conclusion - you might be retarded. don't bother replying.

nah just make LOCK/IN a permanent tournament with a lower bracket and Swiss stage

Berlin was better than Reykjavik in the level of play
not by much tho

4-0 annihilation=fluke.

Lock/In is Mickey but Reykjavik 21 isn't?

The schedule is too packed. if Riot adds 12 more matches, players would probably die of overexhaustion

friendly fire

you got shit for brains

he's a legit weirdo

flag

NA inferiority complex towards Europe needs to be studied

don't act like NA users ain't doing the same things lmao

Runner was crazy hyped at the time Vitality signed him, no?

shut up man

bl00b0rr00s

? he just mentioned that they're both great flex players

valid i think

unnecessary dickriding

you rate TenZ over Aspas?

where do you have TenZ?

you described 2024 EDG

wtf man

valid

Sayf himself said that he got fired

I think Kirya is way more notable for South Korean flag

why no regional playoffs tho

holy fuck Gorilla is a GIGACHAD

IT'S MAGNUM BRO JUST SWING HIM

LMAOOOOOOOOO

AIN'T NO WAY

true but I don't really have faith in the team with Mistic and Enzo come playoff time

both need to do

most likely they'd both bomb out

won't happen because Suygetsu is on NaVi

T1 were lucky to be seeded?
They were 6-3 and took DRX to 5 maps

DRX 8-1
PRX 7-2
T1 6-3
Zeta 5-4
TS 5-4
GEN.G 4-5

those teams made the playoffs, T1 beaten GEN.G twice, won against Zeta, lost 10-13 10-13 to PRX and went to 5 games against DRX

how were they lucky? T1 were the 3rd best team in Pacific

agreed

i did mention TenZ so..

Chronicle was way more consistent tho. 2022-2023 TenZ was not that good

real

2022 Chronicle and the whole tail end of Gambit/M3C is criminally underrated.
Gambit were still great, they were super unlucky at the time, them losing to 0.02 defuse was so crazy