RNT always has problems with IGLs. Sultan was IGLing before this and severine before that and they both massively underperformed.

Youtube significantly degrades the quality at 1080p for non-popular channels. The only way to make sure you get good streaming quality on youtube is to stream at 1440p or higher.

certainly competing with GXR. 30+ min delay for the 1st match

Aryin got a job at riot, I think that's success.

seems like they used all their bandwidth streaming on youtube, 4k 60 there lol

IND was never overrated, it's expected of them to remain bottom of the barrel. KR disappointed everyone in last year tourney. They are expected to be top 3.

Yesteryear's performance proved SA was washed as a region. You are stating the obvious.

Maybe head to head, idk. In my region, h2h are more important that round diff. Liquipedia generally does this better. Happened in Pacific ascension last year if I remember.

You unfortunately don't fit the preliminary requirements.

SPG won, but their executes, planning/timings, trap setups, etc looked off. Maybe too much of how good Geng and DRX plays made my expectations sky high. Also, pretty much every team in ascension has a similar record, everyone cooked during split 1 and played their A game in split 2.

Looking at your tracker, you need to play more.

That's too far fetched.

Not gonna lie, SPG looked terrible vs local competition, and so did RNT. Only advantage with SPG is the quality of scrims they have access to, given every team was in Korea a few days back, let alone every Pacific tier 1 team they have access to.

Given I'm 30 y/o and only give 20-30hrs of playtime per act, I guess I will stay at diamond 1

You are including curry, FNS and Chet. Of course they are not Indian. I'm just saying FNS's parents/grandparents didn't even migrate from India, they migrated from Africa.

FNS is not an Indian. His roots are african.

They are limited free agents. If the new coaching staff decides to keep a few players, they will.

Sure buddy

Not if there is one more team coming from ascension. You always remain a no. 8 team.

Nahh. 100T was really doing well till Sean was the head coach, that too with mid players to begin. Since he left, 100T has struggled a lot and mikes was the head coach. Since then, the team has changed a lot and looks much better on paper, but that guy practically had not impact.

They haven't been the same since jingg left. Something isn't winning duels. Forsaken isn't winning trades. Jingg is no longer being able to abuse raze because of map pool. These guys used to be at the top of Pacific leaderboard, they aren't now.

His Raze is clearly better than his Jett and Neon. Same goes for PRX's Jingg (he plays Neon). It's the only reason I can think of these players struggling along with the team. Map pool in Shanghai and here are more of a Jett and Neon maps. Only Bind is a Raze map. He will be back with Split and Fracture.

Used to use .47. couldn't control the shaky aim.

Gets blazeking from GE and proceeds to win masters next year, this recipe is known.

Yep, blazeking and monyet in same team next year, and looking at the history of GE, RRQ will win masters next year.

Game has changed a lot since 2021. Pati went to overwatch and lagged behind ever since. Primmie has been really good. His movement is unconventional and he really takes fights well. Talon might upset a few predictions. Thai players really have the ability to do well, they have the talent pool. I seriously feel talon can go with an all Thai roster next year if it helps with comms.

DSG looks decent. They have really good dualists. Full sense, Naos and Boom definitely look better.

You are cooked. I'm almost certain curry is playing instead of sacy.

Most probably curry is playing.

We have DFM at the bottom for two consecutive years now. Why no such criticism for them? Why only the "Indian org"?

I swear, one of those 7 names (team + coaches) is winning the masters next year.

He is going to pop off in OF and win ascension next year, and win masters 2026, similar to texture.

Vatsal is incharge of both pubgm and val teams no?

Polvi is coming to save OF

It's hard to fix issues with only 10-12 official games in a year. They may have worked hard, it's not their fault TBH. That's why American teams replace the players so quickly.

How do you kick the owner? It's a private company and he finances everything. He got the hospital money.

They have almost 6 months to kick the other guy and remain bottom of the barrel team.

Maybe stop behaving like a dog? Who asked you to poke your nose everywhere?

The only Esport we take seriously is chess(dot)com. It takes one champion to convince the parents that a career can be built in a particular game. I have personally never touched mobile gaming.

Nobody cares enough about the game/gaming. India is a developing nation and most of the player base has "earned" their own gaming PCs via professional jobs. As a kid, you will most probably end up with flagship phone from a Chinese brand and a dinky laptop to fill college forms. It's rare to get a gaming PC as a kid. So most of yhe players start playing at 22 or more, and it's too late by then.

It's recency bias. Wait till rnt plays in ascension. Last year, OG won without dropping a single match (bo3 or bo5) and went 0-4 with the greatest achievement being able to take a map out of Bleed.

Please no. Nobody wants an empty stadium. We do have the infra, but the fan base is not there yet.

Daethmaker is inconsistent. He also has wrist issues, hence he doesn't practice much.

Nahh. I felt xccurate's flanks on attack were useless. It had no impact and was mostly there for cleanup on defence on icebox. That said, they looked much more comfortable in other maps

That guy is the literal definition of stupidity. But then, how come the university didn't cross-check his documents on submission? India has gone fully digital in terms of all educational certificates which are automatically attached to your national id number.

CIS is still very CS dominant region, so is Europe. South Asia, SEA and NA are the only Valorant favorite regions. I think the twitch viewership is mostly American and since CS is dead in NA, hence the lower viewership numbers. Even during CS majors, I almost never watched the tourney on twitch. I used to watch the matches mostly in-game where the game renders the matches IRL and you can watch the match with any POV along with commentary and adjust both volumes (game and commentary) to your liking. I was actually a much superior way to enjoy pro matches.

If the state of neon doesn't change, I would have to bet on heretics, although I'm a sen fan at heart. ❤️

I honestly smell a 13-0 here.

Nothing new. Watch him get out of GE next year, winning a masters or regional VCT and further making GE a laughing stock. I bet one of these players is going to go big next year, just as texture did.

That language is spoken only in few states in India. Most of the viewers prefer english broadcast, or local streamers hosting watch party (which also prefer english broadcast).