Hope that she (they? [I honestly don't know which pronounces Flor prefers]) doesn't underperform. Making so that GC talents actually matter for some more people.

You know, I always wondered what happened with Jingg.

Before he had to quit PRX for the military, he was really loved by the community. But once that he returned, I had read a lot of hate towards him.

Yep

While the team is stacked, the whole sinergy among a team and a group of players that just got together for an event should be an important factor to take into consideration. Which is why a lot of "super teams" have had a lot of lame results.

While the match is just for fun, so SEN won't really play as if it was an official match, one has read enough threads to know that if SEN loses, they will be clowned in VLR.

Yes, they get in. I forgot that TSM is currently at 5/7.

If AK gets 6 rounds, they qualify too, I think.

I think that Liquidpedia also confirmed Galorys being in playoffs.

I am not sure about TSM, even if they beat AK. Due to round difference.

If h2h is more important than rounds, TSM gets in (if they win). If not, probably AK goes in given that before the match, they were

AK: -1
TSM: -25

Map 1: TSM in overtime (+2)
Map 2: AK 13-6 (-7)

AK: +4
TSM: -30 Which would be impossible to overcome, as the max rounds would be a 13-0 (+13)

Edit: I forgot to consider AK -13 rounds if 13-0

AK: -9
TSM: -17

If TSM wins, we will have a 5-way tie break. So I doubt that h2h will really matter.

Reta > Tsm, AK
AK > 2G, Galorys
Galorys > Reta, 2G
2G > Reta, TSM
TSM > Galorys, AK (hypothetically)

If I remember correctly, Galoris is in playoffs due to map difference

That Breach Ult was so unnecesary. IT would have been much more useful in the next non-eco round

As someone who is into speedrunning, thinking that it is only now that games come with lots of bugs/glitches is quite fun.

Games used to receive updates (fewer, but still received them), however if you didn't have the latest version... too bad. For example, in Metroid Fusion, there is a certain unintended interaction that was only patched in the japanese version which was released after the other versions.

Lev is a South American team. Not North American, so I guees that they don't count.

SEN gets 13-8, 13-5: Dominant sweep
Krü gets 13-9, 13-4: Stay alive

Bruh

Iirc, Ruination and Sentinels of Light are both inspired by LoL.

Also, there is the Arcane Sheriff.

I am not sure if there are other lines inspired by League, tho.

You do know that Klaus is argentinian, right?

While I think that volume would matter the most, while also considerin its population and people who actually play Valorant.

Chile, for example, has 19.6 million people.
USA has 333.3 million.
China has 1.412 billion.

Also, we would have to take into account the number of slots in VCT.

Latam has 2 spots for both, Latam South and Latam North; China has a whole league. Obviously, this also depends on the population. (Then again, India has more people than China, but I guess that not as much people play or watch Valorant, so they don't have their own region).

As such, it is much more probable that a country as China develops more talents due to sheer amount of players than Chile. And why I am quite happy for the amount of chilean players attending champions.

Knowing the BR community, that ship sailed a long time ago. His best shot, imo, is to improve his english and end up playing in EMEA or NA.

I think that G2 is better than LEV. Yet, we still have to wait for today's game.

Man, do I hope that KRÜ entered another winning streak with the previous match against C9

Keznit has stated that he wants to win in a LATAM team. Plus, unfortunately , his English holds him back.

If he leaves KRÜ he would probably end in Tier 2, as I doubt that the other LATAM team (LEV) would pick him. And he is not liked by a part of Brazil.

Edit: Just to clarify: by no means I think that Keznit is bad or isn't good enough for NA teams or other T1.

Fo be fair, Mini decided to step back.

I don't even know how to react

I am gonna go and split some spaghetti in half because of you. It was you who forced me to do it

I actually think that he was. BUT that was because of the whole dynamic that EG had. It allowed him to play Sova in every map. Look at Fracture, for example, he was one of the few people that managed to make him work and get kills with his ult consistently.

I think that his biggest problem is the lack of his previous strats while also playing agents aside from his main (he used to be like an OTP Sova, I can't remember him playing anything else).

Then again Nzr >>>> C0m

Aside from its origin (Manhwa is korean, Manga is japanese), I also would like to point out that a lot of manhwa is written so that it is easier to read vertically, while manga is more horizontally-written.

Like Manhwa is a cascade-like reading, while manga is a book-like reading. At least from what I have read online.

Yes, and?

Obviously a third site forces you to keep attention in mid, which is right out of B. I consider that as a plus.

As someone who stopped playing, my rank is more centered in my opinion as a spectator rather than as a player:

1. Haven: by far my favorite map due to various comps, different strats, mid is important.
2. Bind: love that attackers have a fast rotation thanks to TPs
3. Lotus: a heavily attack-sided map, fun retakes, unlike Haven there are fewer ways into the sites, so the 3 sites feel different. Plus, the comebacks are exciting.
4. Fracture: I love how fast you can farm ults. It allows a fast paced map that requires coordination.
5. Split: Kind of a love/hate relationship. It is usually a defense-sided map, but when it is not, attackers dominate it (look at Shanghai, 61% Attack WR)
6. Sunset: Hey guys, let's go B and hide in main.
7. Pearl: Read Sunset.
8. Breeze: I still suffer since they took a map that I loved out of rotation and then murdered it.
9. Ascent: Always the same comp. The map is too repetitive.
10. Abyss (haven't watched/played enough, so it will probably change): Feels like Icebox, constant executes and post-plant. Mid doesn't exist.
11. Icebox: Read Abyss

I must say that I loved the pre-changed Breeze. But after its first time being out of the map pool, I hated it. Bring back my old Breeze, or at least chang it so that it doesn't suck as much as it does nowadays.

I stopped going to the gym due to a leg injury. However, when I did go, I used to do:

Leg 1 --> Arms & Chest --> Rest --> Leg 2 --> Arms & Back --> Rest
Repeat

Everyday I did cardio (bike or running) for 40 minutes after the routime.

With how I explained it, it did sound off. Mb too

The Relegation I planted meant as a Relegation only for the 2 Ascension teams.

10 fixed teams (iirc, their spot lasts for 4 years who just continue if Riot says so after the 4 years)
2 Ascension teams (one of them looses its spot in VCT annually and fights in Relegation to keep the spot against the tier 2 team)

The Guard did, but then decided to disband the team due to... reasons. Then G2 bought the team as they didn't get a spot in VCT, allegedly due to the Ocelote/Tate incident.

G2 didn't win Ascension, TGRD did.

If Riot wants to keep 10 teams and have a constant flux of 2 Ascension teams, add relegation. Let them fight for their spot.

Or when most of the public left during the Lock//in 2023 finals when they got tired while Loud started to lose...

Brazil sucks as the holder.

I think that people tend to associate him with KRÜ's failure during last year regular season.
Plus, 00Nation reached ascension last year after bringing him and Bezn1 to split 2 (they went 2-5 in split 1 before the changes)

He is a solid player imo.

Saadhak did say before Split 1 that he wouldn't be the one that makes all decisions.
He is the IGL and continues to make suggestions, but now the final decisions are up to the coaching staff. Whom, according to Saadhak where blamed for his mistakes and couldn't perform to the level that was expected from them.

So there has been a lot of changes in the dynamics between coaches and players, while also finding a playstyle that would suit Qck instead of Aspas. All that, plus the lack of practice before the first match against NRG. To me, it is impressive that they could make it to playoffs.

Then again, they did compete against FUR, MiBR and EG.

Well... guess I have to support Fnatic now due to the inheritance I got from my father

I wouldn't complain about getting some few extra days to study. But I also can understand the whole stress that implies being near to a test, so don't worry.

Just make the most out of this extra time.

I think that I have all the ingredients, so I will probably bake a batch next week

So... I like to cook so I wanted to know if anybody was willing to share some recipes that I could prepare when my exams are finished.

Maybe a dessert, pastries, main dishes, whatever that you recommend.

I think that knowing what Valorant players like to eat/cook could be fun.

Having seen KRÜ's voicecomms, Atom tends to give some actually good tactical pauses to lift the mood. Cracks some jokes and cheers the team when needed.

On Melser. I fucking love his plays. While not being a top fragger, he can generate pressure with his lurks even if they are not as strong as Shyy's. He is the main smoker, he can't take as much risks.

Klaus, being the IGL, can't keep track of everything but can pull his weight every now and then.

If only KRÜ didn't throw that Icebox... why did they play so standard against LEV?

This was actually, one of the few games that I were bored to watch. It dragged for so long and so much chaos.

C0m is, literally, a world champion. Even if his performance has been a bit lacking, he has shown a really good game.
In my opinion, he was always underrated in EG because of Demon1, but he landed arguably the best Sova utility.

Kills are not everything, utility is needed and he has shown than he iss one of the best.

Now, Tex being part of a superteam has always been odd to me. But I can trust him given TGRD's history.

Ahh yes, the italian strats

I carry a compass with me everywhere. I don't need it at all, I live in a city, but it means a lot to me as it was my grandfather's.
Everyone has their lucky charms/emotional support items.
Mind your own business and be a "grown man".

He played as greatly as usual. Except for the first half on Sunset. That map is on Mazino.

GGs to him and LEV. NT to KRÜ

That's what I thought but a lot of acquaintances has said to me that it was wins>rounds>maps.
So I started to doubt.

I wasn't able to find information about what is more important: map difference or round difference to qualify to playoffs?

Can someone answer this or share me the official ruleset? As I could only find that shitty "all you need to know" and Liquidpedia pages.

I turned 24 at the beginning of the month. I haven't played Valo since last year. Only watching competitive matches

The team has constantly said that they will keep mta. But I think that he will stay as a sub at this point.

Realisticn't

I remember NagZ responding to that 2/78 claim with a:

"Nonono, it was 79" or something like that