Some of the org ownership/management/coaching staff most certainly are, yes. Players don't control the rosters, though. Even though it's fair to say that they'll be granted some creative space to make suggestions or make requests of specific players for their leadership in their orgs to consider, though. IGL's would have the biggest influence, but most just make the best they can out of the rosters they end up with.

I do think that players you're building rosters around should have a little more control over the makeup of the team, though. And in some cases they probably are given a little bit of control, but that also depends on the org.

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Buddy... EG is a good team. Stop the fkn cope, little bro. xD

You're silly, they're in the upper final, kid, lol.

Yeah, that was an absolute beatdown. EG got DRX figured out pretty quick.

I promise, it was them overlooking BILIBILI more than anything. They were prepping for EG, PRX and FNATIC and didn't watch a single BILIBILI vod, my dude. Had they been prepped they'd have had answers for BILIBILI which is why EDG can stomp their asses and still lose to EG that hard, and NRG can very much give EG a good match any day.

Of course you don't care if people in Portugal speak Spanish, asshole. I'm just explaining why I mentioned it to begin with. Is your brain literally dead? Wtf? Try using it

And do you know what the reality is, ya clown? Yeah, NA does talk shit first, but it's little PUSSIES like Less who waits for a big lead or to win the match before he talks his shit and acts like a little bitch. Some people think that's smart, but the reality is that he WAITS TO TALK HIS SHIT BECAUSE HE'S TOO BIG OF A PUSSY TO TAKE THE HEAT WHENEVER HE OVERESTIMATES HIMSELF AND HIS TEAM.

Say what you want about NA, but they're the ONLY REGION with the fucking BALLS to talk shit to whoever they fucking want to BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE MATCH. All the other pussy bitches like Less wait until they're sure they can say whatever they want to. And I think that's some WEAKASS, SPINELESS, PATHETIC SHIT. And it's EXACTLY the type of shit that a little coward like YOU would do. Because you're weeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkk, MATTY. You're WEAK and you won't bring your shitty attitude UP FRONT like a fucking man.

Keep being a loud mouthed little coward, kiddo. :D

Você percebe que muitas pessoas em Portugal também falam espanhol, certo? Como você é tão estúpido que não consegue descobrir isso? São países vizinhos, constrangimento de sua família. Eu aprendi menos espanhol do que português, mas trouxe isso para te provar que você não sabe absolutamente nada sobre mim ou qualquer outra pessoa na internet. Pare de fazer suposições estúpidas.

I hesitate to keep using Portuguese because I know my grammar isn't very good and I mix words, but so do you when you speak English. I think you might need to consider not being a bitch. This conversation literally started with me just saying that "every event is NA vs Brazil vs EMEA vs China vs Korea in game, but in the comments it's NA vs everyone else" and it's ONLY because you hate Americans and have prejudice against anyone from America. And like a gift from god you IMMEDIATELY PROVED MY POINT by saying this stupid shit...

"fuck you, NA always trash talk against everybody and when we start to mess with you the cry begins"

Go fuck yourself, "Matty". There are MANY more chill Brazilian's than you out there who don't seethe every second of the day in their hatred and prejudices like you do. You're probably a fkn racist too. Prick

If you think for a second that doesn't mean that a demon like her can't come back and haunt your stupid ass, I promise you you're wrong. She's a socialist idiot who was obsessed with control. xD

Relax, second rate society, or Jacinda's gonna put you bitches back in masks xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

CHICHOO isn't, but KK most certainly got his feels hurt. Boostio's living rent free in that dude's head with him playing like this. He's holding onto that grudge.

NRG was prepping for FNATIC and EG and didn't watch a single fkn BILBILI vod. Sometimes if you disrespect teams that bad they'll just surprise you.

Agreed. CHICHOO channeling his inner s0m right now.

Maybe Boostio's just right. :P

I think Boostio might have busted KK's mental, because this was definitely a quiet series for the little OP king.

Bye bye, BILBILI! Ya mouthy little cunts! :D

See ya later, Whzy! Ya judge dependent little bitch!

I'd say GG, but CHICHOO fucked your shit up map one and you barely scraped by map two. Seethe, BILBILI kiddos. T_T

Well... the obvious response here is to say that both the stinger and specter DEFINITELY require more accuracy than the JUDGE which literally covers like a three foot wide span with each shot xD

But I think that last night proved NA is not just an SMG region with Demon1 busting three caps in 1.5 seconds using the vandal, of all guns. Arguably the hardest gun to make work in the game, lol.

But okay, kid. Cope all you like.

Zekken dgaf about you either xD

-6 frags are all prissy little bitch Chinese fans, but this comment is 100% truth, no cap.

Fake flagging bitch OR a pathetic, pussyass turncoat. Whatever the case, fuck you. Enjoy that loss, bitch.

What. Cringe-ass comment, even for a fnatic simp xD

Pfthahaha xD

I don't think China is shit. I have a bunch of respect for KK and EDG, especially after KK apologized when he thought he had gone too far with some trash talk the other day. I respect players humbling themselves.

On that same note, fuck BILI BILI. Same region, NO respect shown in their matches AT all. So fk them. EDG > BILI BILI

But facts are facts. EG was better and KK didn't show up this time. EG is looking pretty dangerous, but GG to EDG

On the bright side though this losers bracket is... ABSOLUTELY FIRE! This shit's gonna be wild.

China = Judge reliant region

HAHXD

The irony... that your are combing through threads right now, just fuming that EG busted out EDG and that I dared to say a word against your "oh so glorious one team region" called Brazil while I am literally playing matches right now.

Bro you have GOT to relax. xDDD

I'm rent free in that little noggin for sure. Show some fkn respect before you jinx LOUD out the tournament, you NA obsessed little loser.

Back to ranked!

The "they're not* edit had me rolling xD

GG, today's matches might have been the most enjoyable I've had actually. Both matches were total bangers. HUGE comeback in match one and EG vs EDG was repeat exciting rounds. The tournament only gets better from here.

Losers bracket is gonna be NUCKIN FUTS btw, holy shit the teams in there.

All this incredible disrespect for EG as though they had no chance at all? So many of y'all just dismiss them so hard because you want them to lose so bad. Just makes this loss hurt way worse.

GG EDG - Mad respect for them. They played well map one and hard all series. For real, KK's legit. Good luck in lowers, they're gonna need it with that INSANE group...

Funny how kids stfu when EG dunks EDG.

Mad respect to EDG and KK, because I like them, but fuck the NA haters who literally just drool at their tvs all day long just BEGGING for a reason to hate literally any NA team. You know who you are, losers.

I actually do speak a little bit of Portuguese, dumb fuck. I've actually lived in Portugal with my mom for a few years when I was younger and I learned more than enough to communicate in day to day conversation, so you can take your ASSumptions and fuck off. You're the idiot making massive leaps of assumption about people you don't know. It's not my fault you're paying absolutely no attention to what people have been talking about. Some people who are literally IN the VLR Americas scene have been talking about this for weeks.

For the record, I also know a fair amount of Spanish, so yeah. I think you need to fk off and go find your pacifier, kid.

Uhhhh... it's look'n like EDG don't know wtf to do with that Yoru, so... maybe they're not.

Buddy you're still coping so hard. How do you not know anything about your own country's squad? Everybody knows Less is a mouthy, arrogant little bitch. He's up aspas' ass all the time and aspas cannot stand that kid, lol. Apparently Less acts a lot like you.

Dude you are a mad little cope kid, huh? Your hatred for Americans is very, VERY clearly showing. Aspas will go wherever TF he wants to, but him and Less are will never get along because Less, like you, is a little bitch.

You do realize that when aspas inevitably moves on there's a really good chance that Brazil becomes a 0 region team, right kid? xD

I've never seen a more hateful Brazilian. Leave it to a clown like you to hate teams in his own regional division, lol.

Fair. And look, again, I'm not saying NA doesn't invite a little of the flame, but I don't see anybody but NA getting criticism when they act like little shits like BILI BILI did against NRG.

But yeah, whatever

Ooofff... this comment's gonna get hate voted into the dirt.

Bro literally NRG got shit on SO MUCH in the comments by literally every other region despite having FNS, who tends to be pretty humble and is VERY respected, and s0m, who MIGHT BE the most respectful player in this tournament.

THE IRONY of it all is that the ONE person that everyone got SO pissed off at on NRG is literally from EMEA... so you can take that bogus-ass opinion and piss off with that bullshit, lol. NA hasn't even been that bad this tournament. They CERTAINLY haven't been more BM than BILI BILI who have composed themselves like total little assholes, so again. BE MAD at NA all you want to, but until the rest of y'all hold ALL of the teams accountable for shit talk and BM(WHICH NONE OF YOU DO) then you can hop off EG's dicks.

Super ironic coming from Brazil with players like ColdZera in CSGO and Less on LOUD, who is an even bigger prick than D1.

Bro, on the stage it's China vs Brazil vs EMEA vs Korea vs NA, but literally in the tweets and the VLR comments it NA... vs China/EMEA/Brazil/Korea

Which seems pretty one-sided when you consider how much shit all of the other regions talk too. I get it, you don't like NA when they talk some trash and shit, but if any of you have ever seen Less play Zekken he t-bags Zekken even when he's not the one who takes Zekken out, even though Zekken isn't known for that, and when BILI BILI played NRG the FIRST time they were just standing up screaming shit across the stage until their lungs were sore. I'll never fully understand the glaring hypocrisy and bias here. Talk trash all you want, but don't for a second pretend you're innocent or that you're somehow better than people Americans whenever you treat them like complete shit anyway.

It's not a "they started it" thing at all either, because NRG wasn't even talking shit on stage, yet five shrimps literally were trembling from head to toe while they scream their insults, slander and trash talk. Totally wild, lol.

Relax, little fellah. Tell me you hare Americans without telling me you hate Americans.

That's a CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE from BILI BILI. Just SHIT ALL OVER that bed, lol xD

HAH!XD

apparently not

"I dont even know why the fck u brought ww2 in the disscution but" - Says the two digit IQ having hypocrite who brings up women earlier on in the discussion? Do you make a habit of making yourself look stupid by immediately contradicting yourself on a daily basis or what?

Brought it up because you were being a little cunt, and yeahhh... your response is DEFINITELY not the type you'd get from someone who's upset or had their feelings hurt. xD

Later, kiddo.

You realize that's happening quite a lot in EU right now as well, right tard? In countries like France, Britain, Ireland, Scotland, etc this is becoming much more common. I get that I struck a nerve with the world war II comment, but at least what I said was entirely true.

YOU ARE WELCOME FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOUR COUNTRY ISN'T GERMANY'S BITCH RIGHT NOW, KID. Maybe next time your ancestors will fight a little harder. Pussy

Part of NA's issue is idiot orgs like Sentinels fucked themselves and IMMEDIATELY pulled the same old, same old TSM bullshit and immediately started importing players even though we've got full rosters of monsters like the Guard and M80. It's absolutely mind numbingly idiotic to put two guys who are going to have language/communication issues AND a difference in regional playstyle on a team of three NA players. And low and behold, they've been having issues with consistency from the start.

Panc and Sacy are great, and Sacy speaks good english, but Panc doesn't and they play a different brand of Valorant in Brazil. So clashing playstyles and communication trouble were always going to be hurdles. Hurdles that need not exist if the fucking idiots would just do what they should have done form the beginning because I mean... fuck... Sinatraa, Trent, Nismo, Koalanoob, tons of options have been there for the last two or three splits and those jackoffs just keep shitting the bed with horrible decision making. Drives me crazy.

Other teams are guilty of it too, and Jawg is really an anomaly because he speaks REALLY proficient english and fits perfectly into EG, but damn man. I can't understand how two full rosters like Guard and M80 aren't already in the NA scene. Makes zero sense.

"which region" right, you're off the mark here dude.

You're gonna tell me just because Boostio pops off at the mouth it somehow mirrors NRG's opinions on China too? Fuck that. Criticize EG if that's who you have a problem with, but if you can't be objective and admit that BLG standing up like every other round to literally SCREAM shit talk across the stage at NRG is kind of shitty then you're showing glaring bias.

Your argument falls short when you shill for a team acting like assholes(BLG) and don't criticize them for the same shit you're pissed at EG for. NRG is literally trying to focus and compose, but you don't care. You see NA as "the bad guy region" even though everyone in the comments real issue rests with EG alone.

THAT is some hypocritical bullshit, and there's no argument for it.

"maybe u figure out what is a woman"

I feel like I've got some space to say whatever tf I want about a retard who says something this fkn stupid on a video... game... community... site...

Especially considering the fact that it sounds alarmingly like some projection shit. It seems exactly the type of insult that a virgin would fire at someone else because that's some sort of deep seeded insecurity of their own.

I actually really like Zeta. Every one of those guys are humble and seem chill/kind, so I'd be happy if they won too. They work hard and they deserve it, I just don't think they're quite at the level they need to be yet. It's a 60/40 split favoring NRG I think, but it should be a fun one to watch.

true, but as an NRG fan I'm getting pretty tired of that shit. It's so draining

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...wtf did you just say? Do you have a high school education or what? And wtf do women have to do with this, ya moron. We're literally in a hive of fkn virgins on this internet site. Relax, virgin. Also, you're welcome for winning world war II, bitch. Your weak asses apparently couldn't handle it. :]

I'm not saying they both don't use it. I'm saying Whzy abused the fk out of it and I saw FNS with a judge... one... round. What are you not getting? Obviously FNS isn't reliant on the Judge, but Whzy appears to be, at least in part. That's the problem with that weapon. It one shot ardiis FULL hp/FULL armor from like 15 yards away. wtf is that nonsense?