Gentlemates is far better than you think. Like they are 4 rounds away from being 3-0

He has been stellar from start to finish

Wolves was dogshit before Toronto. Their streak just ended.

China just isnt really competitive this year since EDG regresses

oh i watch sideshow and i agree that he is a smart guy who is enjoyble to watch but he would never be considered "cool" and is too old in spirit to relateable to the younger audiences who determine what is fashionable. It is not just about literal age but what you are like as a person. Tarik still acts like a zoomer. Sideshow just doesnt to the same degree.

one day of self reflection could do wonders for your life. But i doubt thats every gonna happen.

Dont feel the need to reply to this comment. We are done here.

does the term parasocial even make any sense in this context? who am i even "parasocial" towards here?

You are either blinded by rage or genuinely just a very stupid person. Probably both.

Btw for someone seemingly obsessed with "basement dwellers" or "online losers" you yourself have the same level of maturity as those do.

I just don't like how yall think they own you something when in reality they don't. And yes they were talking about owning, saying like "WE" made them is essentially the same as saying they own their success to the VAL community which is just not true.

That is just an interpretation of those words you chose to make. Owing is not what i took from it. Just a regretful lookback at the communities choices. Like this attention and time could have been invested better elsewhere.

Don't try to spin this around like I'm some vlr valorant dweller like you beacuse that's also not true and I'm not some butthurt fanboy either who watches them religiously. Like I said before, similar people attract each other and the fact that this terminally online 16bit 1 dimensional take got upvoted just proves what everyone been thinking about vlr anyways; that this community is full of terminally online parasocial entitled basement dwellers.

Okay, the very fact that you have been livid in this entire thread is at most an indictment of you very own self. Why does this anger you to this degree to write 10 huge blobs of text throwing insults and vitriol at people? Even in a world where you'd be correct this would be worrying behaviour. This is some trivial nonsense in the grand scheme of things. Absolutely not worth being this upset over.

This community is a big pile of shit and "YOU" guys didn't make anyone famous or rich.
Fanboy take is especially hilarious coming from a guy who has 9k+ posts. Yall spend way too much crying about tarik, tenz or whoever the fuck.

Well who are the viewers who fill the streamers pockets with all that money? The community at large. This post didnt claim vlr was solely responsible at all. Once again your own false interpretation. Their success however is a direct consequence of the people offering them their time and attention. That is 100% true. Doesnt mean the streamers owe anything however, that is also true. Its a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.

And... more of this insult throwing anger. You sound like youre about to burst.

So to summarize: You made up your own interpretation of the post around the idea of "owing" and spat over your keyboard in rage insulting everybody. And you think the people here are the unhealthy ones? I shouldnt even have given you the time of day after all that and just moved on but maybe this is of some kind of help to you

what? mad? you aint good at reading social cues i guess

how much time does it actually take? like be fr. And shopify gold vs bum boys gets preferential treatment for some reason

too old. I think this is actually the case. You need someone to appeal to the 14-26 demographic to be hot shit. Sideshow talks about boomer topics like politics plenty.

you seem like a butthurt fanboy. Really. why so bitchy and emotional?

Noone is talking about owing aynthing. Its just an objectively worse outcome to have a tarik type over a caedrel. Also i dont see a general complaint over the state of val watchparties. Just Those two specifically. With FNS back, shanks, sliggy, tmv, sideshow, the other language options like sacy, mixwell, squeezie/beyaz, rage ... there ar lots of options. Its just that those with the numbers to seriously help grow the game are hardly interested in it.

Tarik only does whatever his sen contract demands of him. Tenz is more interested in variety/irl streaming than valorant. Caedrel made his own fucking team that draws 150k viewers in T2. He watches all LEC games and lots of Korea. He actively grows the agem. He has passion.

Liquid vs MP is over. Still on fucking map 1 on VLR. Sup vs EF nearly over, not even map 1 in there. German league like it didnt even start yet....

Fix your fucking shit. FUcking hell.

i am wrong. they did make ewc. they were just horrible

M8s could be 3-0 right now. That is the opposite of awful.

they havent made an international since kickoff and are just mid within their own region now

McLaren has by far the best car with decent drivers. The true greats like Verstappen and Leclerc always have a chance on the right day simply by being better

alright then. they better play great at champs then if you are so high on them

have you not watched Toronto and EWC? That was shocking

KOI is much better than them. Apeks can be glad to win a map.

so.... when we gettin vookashu back? Its been a while atp

i am depressed

EDG collapsed. Wolves gave hope with their streak just to collapse too. XLG collapsed.

Like what is there to look out for in the future? It seems so bleak.

EMEA has pillars like FNC and Heretics now and builds new projects like KC and BBL.

Americas has pillars in G2 and Sen.

APAC has pillars in PRX and GenG.

China seems so desolate in comparison. It feel like the results that they did get this year were the absolute max and was contigent on some special factors to happen in the first place.

I would be very depressed as a chinese fan

i expect some LCQ style tournaments where there is more connection between T2 and T1. That is the best solution for all aspects

he is a great face of val for portuguese side. That is very valuable. But english is still the biggest so its the most important spot. And Tarik/Tenz are just bad fills

Keiko and Kaajak are the two prime candidates imo. Texture, Nats, woot, Alfajer and Chronicle are close behind. PRXs performance is carried by the collective. They are slightly behind that group. If id give it to one of them it would be davai anyway. Not forsaken

i am not sure i could make a worse ranking if i tried

he is not passionate about streaming

KC is making Champs. God is good.

Preach irmao 🗣️🗣️

I would be very silent as a Brazilian in 2025

Why are Americans still so delusional. No bait. Americas is just worse to anybody who actually watches all the regions open minded.

Furia is the single most depressing team in Valorant right now. There has never even been a sliver of hope. Just pure darkness despair. It feels like they couldn't even beat a single team at the ascension tournament this year

Bait

You goobers really need to stop saying shao after checking the game stats of that one game and thats all of your analysis

Ange1 is cooked. I didnt defend him did i?

But Shao is excellent.

VCT stage one: Shao 1.07

EWC: Shao 1.14

His stats have been good all year. This is factually wrong

Saying shao here shows utter brain disease and 0 ball knowledge from you

Never talk about the game of valorant ever again. Negative ball knowledge

Miniboo has been clearly better than benjy this year and boo igl

Makes some sense

Brainless casuals talking about the game. Games gone

I am really not. Stage 1 crashies carried FNC with Kaajak. If tthats the truth is will say it. But it isnt for Koala. I will edit this comment with compiled stats in a minute as proof

Edit:
VCT stage one: Shao 1.07, Ruxic 1.06, Hiro 1.01, Koala 0.99

EWC: Hiro 1.26, Ruxic 1.17, Shao 1.14, Koala 0.93

This guy is 2022 Alfajer. Bro just needs to learn how to tame his turkish compulsions

You are really committed to your new gimmick

Koala was NOT at all their best player. Shao, Ruxic and Hiro all cleared him across all stages. Stats are very clear about this.

He was okay. They wanted to improve the team. So he was kicked

Every close loss after a lead is a choke. Makes sense

I feel nothing anymore reading these baits

Couldve been 2-0. Well done. This is much more what i want to see of them.

Good but not good enough

"so bad". Bro has not checked the stats