They should have beat BLG. You are asking for a different group, not an easier group. Their group was easy enough, not like NAVI, DRX, Loud in one group.

No they are not frauds.

I was saying this during Tokyo, though. Fnatic seems to think that it takes 2 months to cook up comps, but teams like EG, Loud, PRX are doing it in weeks.

Diffed

Loud doing a Fnatic/DRX cosplay with how slow that round was

yes

EG is looking very good on Lotus

He was equally good on Jett in 2022, but only 10 people were watching EG play back then.

the country names and full stats are behind a pay wall. but after the top 5, the remaining countries are all 1-3% (for like 10 countries) and then it gets below 0.5% pretty quickly.

Indonesia, Philippines are above European countries

This website has slightly different stats: https://www.semrush.com/website/vlr.gg/overview/

https://www.similarweb.com/website/vlr.gg/#geography

bro chill out

that's very unlike Loud's usual style

We don't know what will happen next year. They have the players and firepower. They will be back if they get a great IGL and play differently. I think getting a good IGL instead of Marved and putting Pancada back on smokes might work.

As a Fnatic fan, I can imagine what that looks like 🥲

Navi, Sen, Loud, TL can match (or be better than) them next year.

By block mode, you mean defensive/passive?

It didn't look like he was the sole reason for them losing, but I'm sure the team knows better than us.

Who looked better?
I just saw the OT rounds, and EG looked better in those 2 rounds. Loud kinda threw by peeking 1 by 1 out of heaven in the first OT round.

He can win if he plays with a good IGL. I am not a fan of his IGLing. He has the mechanics to win though.

I used to feel that Boaster tends to fall under pressure while losing. But if you watched Ascent today, something seemed to have changed in Boaster. I have never seen him like that while losing against a good team like Loud. He was positive and started playing more aggressively. He also started fragging at the same time. Fnatic started playing more confidently and more aggressively, too. Something changed in him today. He carried it on toward the first few rounds of Haven, but they seemed to just lose it after some crucial round losses on Haven. The full stick defuse and TuyZ 1v3 for example.

I honestly think they should have played Pearl in the EMEA league groups after securing the first spot. It wouldn't have made a difference even if they lost 1 or 2 games, they'd still have been 1st in groups.

He's talking about multiple events since 2021 (including 2022 and 2023), not one single event in 2021.

I felt like EG looked better so far. Loud seemed to have done a lot of prep on Fnatic but not as much on teams like DRX, EDG, and PRX. We don't know if they have prepped against EG as much as they have against Fnatic. If Loud plays like they did against DRX or EDG, EG will win cleanly.

Loud definitely had better reads and prep both the times they played in Champs. Fnatic is also at fault here for playing the same way from the start of the EMEA league to the end of the season and making it easier for teams to study them. Fnatic can do much better if they become more flexible in terms of comps, pacing, and style. Loud, PRX, and EG look more flexible. I am guessing that Fnatic will look great again at the start of 2024. But they need some flexibility to maintain it till the season ends.

Well, it doesn't make any sense to call NA a 1 team region during Tokyo. I only heard of NA being called a 1 team region after NRG's group exit. Maybe it's because I wasn't reading all the vlr posts back then.

This game probably won't have such a team, or it's very less likely and will take a few years. The meta keeps changing. New agents keep getting added. CSGO doesn't have as much stuff changing as Valorant.

PRX is the team that had issues out of their control. DRX and Loud messed up themselves. I am not trying to hate. Just saying there's a difference. I can claim that Fnatic was just burnt out or some other excuse and say that whoever wins Champions is fluking. But we both know that it would be just cope. That's what I am trying to point out about DRX and Loud in Tokyo.

lol

🤣

I think he's just farming reactions.

I understand PRX's issues, what issues did Loud have in Tokyo?

I think everyone agrees that aspas is better, even before Champions started. The difference isn't big enough to use > 6 times, though.

You have Faze flair.

Actual fix: Boaster Harbor, Derke Brimstone
Source: https://clips.twitch.tv/HumbleGracefulGaurTheRinger-WugPXHuhYGhTPkQp

There are no majors in Valorant. Lock//In, Masters, and Champions are all just international LAN events.

Edit: If there's anything wrong with Lock//In, it's the single-elim format.

https://clips.twitch.tv/HumbleGracefulGaurTheRinger-WugPXHuhYGhTPkQp

Lmao. Boaster Harbor + Derke Brimstone incoming.

Navi accounts are trying to emulate yessirskii lol

🤝

In Champions right?

WTF lol

https://www.twitch.tv/valo2asiatv

You can hear a lot of the stuff we talk about being brought up.

I think most people attributed that to Americas being more competitive.

thanks mate

True, Fnatic should have experimented with Harbor during the EMEA league. They were winning every game in groups, they could have tried out some new comps in the last few games. They should stop sticking to the same comp every time. I respect Loud for having multiple comps they can play well on most maps.

pls send clip link, I missed the interview

Yes, I fully agree that Loud did a great job. You don't need to diss Fnatic to bring Loud up. Loud played better Valorant and won.

You know very well that it's because European countries are smaller in size and population.

Yes, if they reach finals. Right now, Loud, Optic, and Fnatic are kinda tied.