S1mon deserved the win very much, rookie year and his utility was world-class

It is going to be like fracture, great map in coordinated play, horrible with teammates who dont know how to play the map. once they fix the paper walls we good

Omen, Sova, Yoru, Viper, Cypher

Omen - I considered Astra for a while because the global utility is very nice but the paranoia is so good for early fighting on defense which you have to do
Sova - I also considered Fade here, mainly because the prowlers in clearing a lot of the close corners this map has but I find sova dart to be more dynamic and fluent on the map, shocks are also very good for anti-cypher and are better for anti-cypher than prowlers.
Yoru - Pretty self explanatory, its a very large map, defenders take 26 seconds to rotate and Yoru is just generally insane right now. This map doesnt need vertical entries and Yoru bringing flashes is fantastic
Viper - I think this is for sure a viper map, there are a surplus of great walls that allow for insane lurks and can assist in holding down both sites but it helps a lot with A especially.
Cypher - I mean there are some absurd cypher trips and cams on this map, this is just a very good map for cypher.

Honorable mention: Tejo, this map is actually quite good for Tejo but because I believe this is such a viper heavy map running double initator double controller isnt really an option.

Ah, thank you. I checked his twitter just now. I had no idea I was checking around on VLR.

Riens and w00t did. 4 players from china have made an international final, 1 from taiwan. 4 players from turkiye have made an international final, argue what you want about cned but he had a fantastic tournement even though it was the first champs. All of the players from china/taiwan who have attended an international final were on the same team. Only 2 of the turkish players were on the same team. I think china is an incredible region and we have seen them break more and more barriers from champs to wolves run and they are a rapidly developing region but a regions talent is not judged by international final attendence exclusively.

You do not need a trophy to be proven talent
Riens is proven talent, we know w00t has absurd potentional, same with xeus. The turkish tier 2 scene is flourishing and I reckon comeback will make waves in stage 2.

see you next decade

These do not have to be large events or supported by riot, but riot should be trying to fund these events. The BtcTurk Gamefest event was a great event that let us get a first glimpse at roster moves. This isn't just for the fans though, there is a long break inbetween Masters 2 and Stage 2. We have EWC but that is a very controversial area which riot does assist in and it is essentially another Champs, not a mini event that lets us see roster moves domestically. Small tournements like BtcTurk Gamefest accross all regions would be have mutual benefits for all parties imo.

I feel like we have seen Invys potentional, atleast domestically but hes stuck on such a bad team. I hope to see him internationally sometime

no. why do people think geng need to make changes?? its so reactionary. they choked a lot of leads and that boils down to mental. If they make any changes it should be adding a mental coach. They looked primed to win the tournement until multiple chokes, that is most defiently fixable. We do not know the inner-workings of the team and its weird to think that the choking is all on Munchkin as hes an IGL. Let the team rest up and focus on their game and we'll see them back firing at champs

NAVI: -koalanoob +alexiiik https://navi.gg/en/publications/navi-valorant-roster-emea-stage-2
APEKS: +olizera https://x.com/ApeksValorant/status/1938184273422405671

u suck

WOLVES 3-0 GENG

WE'LL CONQUER ALL OF CHINA, WE'RE NEVER GONNA STOP! FROM BANGKOK TO PARIS WE'LL WIN THE FUCKING LOT!!!!!!!!!!!

ardiis and marved theorem

WE'VE CONQUERED ALL OF CHINA 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 WE'RE NEVER GONNA STOP 🛑🛑🛑 FROM TORONTO 🇨🇦 TO PARIS 🇫🇷 WE'LL WIN THE FUCKING LOT 🏆🏆🏆
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊

AND WHEN WE WIN IN PARIS 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 WE'LL SAY IT WAS FORETOLD 🗣️🗣️🗣️THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD 🌍🌎🌏 THE BOYS IN BLACK AND GOLD 🐺🐺🐺
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊ ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ✊✊✊

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first player from the Caribbean in tier one, hell yeah

u suck

i accidently doxxed vct scrims once because they pmed me their full name and city of residence which i thought naturally was a joke but it was all real (i wasnt friends or close with them we exchanged like 3 msgs)

When did knights make group stage? Unless he was on a diff team when they did

Correct me if i'm wrong but I don't think we've had a player from the Caribbean ever play, the only player from there that comes to mind is Exalt from Cuba and some GC players from Bermuda but those players were never Tier 1.

can i ahve one rahrah

Ive only watched like 5 blasck mirror episodes 2 of them being nosedive and fifteen million merits, i liked both but especially nosedive. will watch hated in the nation now

I doubt it since we already have a VCT knife with xeno animations

Cloud9 in the playoffs 🎶 Choking again 🎵 Cloud9 in the playoffs 🎷 Choking again 🎻

PANCAKE DID NOTHING WRONG IT IS FUCKED UP STK CALL TIMEOUT TO MAKE PANCAKE BURN, HE DROP 30 FOR WHAT PORQUE STK

PANCAKE THE GOAT

pancake been very good but why he go turbo nuclear now when it doesnt matter

0/10 ragebait get better material

YAY IS BACK HOLY SHIT ITS PRIME YAYYYY after the most mid sheriff shot ever

im not innocent tho

nah, hes a strong player in a lot of elements and an insane fragger but not a perfect player like leo, nobody will match his utility gamesense and general expertise

hes for sure a potentional top 10 but not even close, i'd honestly say top 30 despite in his 2 games looking that good its not enough games for that destiniction

pretty weird to use a game where he just rolled noobz instead of the one where he went against aspas and had a strong performance

famouz is unproven so he needs more time to prove himself

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Boom is highly rated atm by most people, no?

AMER - Loud; after their stage 1 people will view them very low going into stage 2 but I believe that they are very likely to bounce back and the 0-4 is not reflective of their skill
EMEA - KC; I'm defiently coping quite a bit with this one but they looked good today against FUT and have strong ideas, their success will come from activating all together at the right time
APAC - RRQ; people have started to come around on them but I they arent expected to make toronto for example and even if they are expected to make champs they certainly could make a deep run, strong roster that has been proving themself more recently
CN - XLG; this team has great ideas and I think they could be in a similar situation to trace at champions especially with one of the "giants" in china falling recently; that being FPX and trace have fallen behind recently

I hate xepppaa, historically we've seen he has an insane game and your like "hold on C9 might be good, xeppaa might be great" and then he poos all over and throws the next game

shanks top frag tho get him help

NRG DROP FNS GET SHANKS ON MAIN ROSTER!!

Late 2023/Early 2024
Viper Skye Jett - had a lot of fundemental skill involved

I personally love watching G2
perfect valorant is fun to watch but I also love watching crazy playstyles and innovations like KC

heres hoping but this is the best they have looked by a large margin going into playoffs

I feel a soft spot for some orgs for various reasons but generally I will like a roster more
for example, all though they have been long gone despite a recent return i have a really soft spot for ghost gaming as i recall it being one of the first teams i watched, the same goes for nrg because they were the first team i realized i liked when i started viewing (pre-reykjavik)

im so glad that C9 are getting rolled, smoked, barbequed, grilled, pan-fried, pan-seared, broiled, microwaved, sous-vided, baked, toasted, sauted, braised, steamed, poached, slow-cooked and blanched

C9 being good just feels wrong, I know we've seen them good pre-playoffs but now is different, now im scared

Alfajer 2k, its impact cannot be understated
sure it wasnt mechanically insane it was just a spray but holy shit the electricity in that moment despite the silent crowd was absurd

LAUNCH A MATCHFIXING INVESTIGATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIETLY

unknown doesnt = bad you goober

//,

because good scouting is not surface level

surface level scouting isnt a bad thing but good scouting is a harder talent

guang breaks the 1 map kill record by dropping 65 in a 13-0, ace every round

nah china needs time to develop fs and they also need a more defined tier 2 scene

if the regions were combined it would be a disaster tbh