I mean im gonna be really honest that point was just because I had some people tell me that CS didnt want to host there because of the crowds
I know Riot will probably shy away due to the backlash of how poorly players were treated there
im not a CS fan this is just what people were telling me

thats wild

Hi guys,
I'm an NA fan who doesn't use this platform much, and I only have one post to my name. I've been a 3 year fan of Sentinels since the end of their run at Iceland, but that isn't particularly important. I come with a pretty simple message for the Loud fans out there on VLR:
There's a difference between dedication and obnoxiousness.
I think a lot of you guys are aware of just how toxic the Loud fanbase is, and I can already imagine the screams of "Its just culture!" "Its just how we are!" but this type of attitude was already unacceptable, and it became even more apparent when Lock In was hosted in Sao Paulo. All the old discussions of how FNATIC wasn't clapped for, nobody stayed for their trophy lift, and how it was mostly just a disrespectful environment are still relevant. I'm sure at this point you're all wondering why I'm bringing this up now, but that's because watching the VCT Americas Finals and also a lot of the Loud games, the Loud fans in the arena make me literally pray for Loud to not win rounds. Just how downright obnoxious and annoying the chants are just makes it miserable to watch when all I want to do is enjoy some Valorant while eating dinner. It's so repetitive, and even when Loud loses a round and all the opposing fans start cheering, Loud fans start trying to I guess chant over that, which to me at least just looks really disrespectful. Look around, everyone else in the arena is silently watching until something happens, meanwhile we can't even hear the casters because "LOUDE, LOUDE, LOUDE" and its just ridiculous. EVEN IF it was just that, there's no reason for me to say something about it. But when it gets to the point of me watching the clips of Zellsis telling his stream about all the death threats he recieved, its wrong. Nobody should have to deal with the immaturity of these fans, and its so downright disrespectful, its no wonder CS:GO practically refuses to host events in Brazil. I know it won't ever happen, but please, if you're a Loud fan doing this, consider some integrity. Nobody should be recieving death threats, and the obnoxiousness that is showcased by the Loud fans is only gonna contribute to people like me who now just don't want Loud to win anything at all, just so the fans will shut up. I know its not most of you, but please, consider some respect.

Oh right I’m braindead

Aspas is a good player, but the way NRG shut him down was insane. FNS knows what he’s doing and Saadhak clearly can’t keep up. Plus, multiple teams, including the likes of Sentinels and KRU, came so close to shutting out LOUD. Everyone saw how marved sat most of LOUD’s roster that day after coming from the bench. It’s not off the rails insane to think that stronger teams (especially the one who would have beaten LOUD at lock in had it not been for some absurdly lucky situations in an overtime nailbiter) would beat them. LOUD’s last really good win was against FURIA ages ago. Also C9 is fake asf that isn’t real

Not really, after seeing C9 almost get shocked by an 0-8 team in KRU and LOUD losing 2-0 to NRG. Sure, won’t be an “easy” game, like if FNC faced KCORP, but NRG easily have the power to come out on top in either of those series. It cannot be denied that NRG have shown their contention for the top team in americas.

1st Hot take: NRG are easily the top team in NA. They have world class champions-caliber players, a great coach who took the former optic crew to 2nd place at champions, and sweeped LOUD dominantly last week. As far as I’m concerned, NRG can easily beat C9 and LOUD and has stomped most of the teams in Americas already.
2nd Hot take: Sentinels can be better than most teams in the playoffs. Sentinels has the same story has NRG, minus the coaching staff (because wtf happened to sykko) and if they stopped fucking with their roster then maybe they can cause some serious damage. We saw the capability of the team when they almost closed it out against LOUD, and if TenZ manages to not fuck up his finger, they can win some games.

Feel free to bully me for the take Idrc.

You guys don’t understand this. TenZ is the face of both Valorant and sentinels. Just having his presence on a team makes loads of money. TenZ himself isn’t as cracked of a player as Asia’s anymore, but sentinels isn’t gonna drop him. He is the only reason their team is in franchising, if they drop him nobody is gonna wanna watch sentinels anymore. At least, not nearly as many people as the TenZ fanboys. It’s not about his skill, it’s about how much money he can make the team. He’s not going anywhere anytime soon. And you guys need to remember that there are a lot of personal reasons why he could get benched. He might just be incredibly exhausted. We all know he’s had a finger injury, he had Covid not too long ago, and his fiancée has leukemia. So it’s safe to say that he is benched for personal reasons.