Franchising. Technically all female rosters have competed in tier 1 valorant in the past (prior to 2023) as they had the same opportunities through the qualifiers to make it through as the big orgs. Franchising eliminated this, and now the only way in is via tier 2 or having a franchised team sign you.

EDG's Sunset apparently better

No, but only because I didn’t say he would.

“Elimination games” lol

EMEA hasn’t won a trophy in over a year.

Yeah, should’ve held his tongue, but if you’re not confident, you shouldn’t be here

Brazil has been quiet for months, only time you guys show up is because of keznit.

Eh, it’s just trash talk, both sides were gonna do it regardless.
The real offense was Alfajers’ Fortnite dance. I thought boaster was the only cringe player on that team D:

There isn’t a single Brazilian team in champs. Must feel awful.

These were the odds going into the event.

Gen.G – +300
Fnatic – +350
Leviatan – +400
Team Heretics – +600
G2 Esports – +600
Sentinels – +800
Paper Rex – +800

Boaster is inseparable from FNC. He is the Tenz of EMEA when it comes to popularity.

Kru is very close. Keznit, melser, Shyy, and heat are all high level players, they still haven’t figured out the 5th player yet (tbf mta is pretty new)

Still Kru is good enough to beat anyone, they just can also lose to anyone.

FNC was second in betting odds.

FNC was only behind Gen G in betting odds lol.

The hiro slander is wrong though, I agree. Obviously he isn’t Leo, but hiro should’ve already been on a T1 team

Tbf Derke plays on a team that is built as a super team. Kru is a South American team through a through. On paper keznit shouldn’t have the accolades and derke should.

Is h2h confirmed by riot as the tiebreaker? Or is it an assumption?

EMEA is the only region to have a team lose 13-0 at an international event. Only saving grace was it was against another EMEA team.

Derke and Boaster definitely not having a great year. Not sure if finally making it over that hump has lost some drive for them, but still roster is too stacked to be this mediocre. If this was pre-Leo/Chronicle FNC I could excuse it, but this team should be a top 4 team in the world at worst.

I don't run into a lot of NRG fans, but yes 100T fans are also annoying. That being said FNC one's are more annoying imo.

Several reasons.

Boaster after last year getting too big of a head and saying they were better than every team at Madrid.

FNC’s fanbase being the most annoying after sentinels. Not every FNC fan mind you, but at least 60% of them I’ve interacted with are annoying.

The amount of people that bandwagon with FNC because of last year.

And for me, the worst part is this team is way too good to have already lost 6 games this season. A championship caliber roster like this should never be 8-6 on the year.

How about teams beat them then.
Also this Kru team isn’t the same as the LCQ team, they literally have 3 fraggers now, a competent igl, and melser is looking much better with that weight being taken off his shoulders.

This is a new roster though. Keznit has always been good.
Shyy and heat weren’t on last year’s team.
Klaus took over IGLing and the difference has been night and day on the mid rounding. KRU also has historical bad luck when it comes to group draws.

Keep pancc out of tier 1

Currently one of the worst rated players in Stage 1, with same amount of games as kickoff.

mw is a liability rn. Only nzr looks good.

2-13 Loss
Mwzera 6-14-3 (136 ACS, .47 rating)
+1 vs. Ethan
-2 vs. Marved
-2 vs. crashies
-2 vs. Victor
-3 vs. Demon1

TRUE MASTERCLASS

Common trembo L

So when is this masterclass gonna start? Im still waiting.

I didn't include FPX or Bren Esports for obvious reasons.

TL is 2-4 this year so far (2 wins are over KOI, and they lost one to them as well.)

This liquid team is bad. Should've never dropped Sayf.

Top 4 Finishes/Number of Slots at ITL events

In 2021
7/10 EMEA
4/18 Americas
1/13 APAC

In 2022
5/17 Americas
4/13 APAC
3/8 EMEA
0/1 China

In 2023
7/17 Americas
4/19 EMEA
3/19 APAC
0/7 China

In 2024 so far
2/2 Americas
2/2 Pacific
0/2 EMEA
0/2 China

One thing people forget about prefranchising EMEA is that they ran much more of a P/R league while NA/BR/KR/JPN/etc. ran open circuits. Orgs would be much more stable in EMEA because they would not have to worry about dropping out of tier 1 as much, making it much easier for top talent to rise to EMEA. Runs like The Guard's would have never been possible in EMEA, and if NA had a proper P/R league, teams like TSM probably stay in the tier 1 scene throughout 2021-2022. Hell even Sentinels found themselves being at risk of being relegated to stage 2 during the Stage 2 NA Qualifiers in 2022.

Just need to blow up the team then tbh. You can keep MW and nzr I suppose, but only if mw isn’t affecting team mental as well.
Nzr is actually pretty good imo, huge mistake for Lev to take com over him

Throw in kingg from lev too. The trio of Tex, c0m, and Mazino have been awful.

One step at a time. Focus on winning EMEA first.

I think on the team as a whole, zyppan deserves way more praise than he gets. Been running a fantasy league with my friends and my biggest regret is not choosing Zyppan over Suygetsu or Shao. Obviously they are great players but they typically flip on who’s having the big day and who’s having a slower day. Zyppan just seems to show up every single match though. Man’s consistency is impressive.

He never won with Derke and Alfa though. Needed Chronicle and Leo too. However you can't deny 2022 vs 2023 Boaster is night and day thanks to him receiving aim coaching.

Tbh, he needed to be humbled. FNC let themselves fall behind after cruising through a mediocre region last season.

Either you misread the flag or Fnatic beat a Jamaican team I didn't know about lol.

Reminder that Trembo supports a pedo and a beating a woman,

11-3 vs Brazil all time.

Suspended by riot means very little. Getting arrested for beating your gf with further proof online is massive.
Admitting to talking to an underage girl is massive.
Grow up trembola. You’re need to stop acting like a dumb child.

They still look so good though. A bit more experience could be just what they need.

Best player to never lift a trophy. Could honestly be the best, but hard to call it

That's a PRX issue tbf

Nah, low B tier for sure. But you can see the potential as a good team. Especially if Asuna stops Roza ulting lmao

They put a map up on both Sen and Lev. Definitely need work still, but I wouldn't say they were bad.

FNATIC lost in Champs because LOUD had the perfect read on them. With so few maps being played by them going into Madrid, as long as they don't cook up the same gameplans as last year, they should win the event, imo.

Still better than Lock//In tbf

Sentinels better win this now, because when NRG is fully gelled this is probably no contest.

mwzera won a total of 0 maps.

Who would you put with him. Cloud needs to be on a superteam too, so that's my second pick. Need to think about the rest though.

Sure will miss him throwing on INT LAN though. Funny stuff.