why tf is asuna here

usually i don’t like the thieves but rn im rooting for them heavy

i feel it too

players they had last year that aren’t on a t1 team this year

thank you goat

snore

https://www.vlr.gg/595547/patmen-joins-global-esports-after-paper-rex-release

youre right, heretics will make it to champs and masters 1 next year

yea cause they lost chronicle, who just so happens to be at this event instead of fnc

another boring ahh list
the only "hot" take is edg in 4th, and even that isn't too unlikely
you gotta put risks on your predictions if you want them to be right

did you know that only 1 out of the 9 masters/champs winners in franchising managed to make both of the next 2 events after their win?

i was just saying the pacific teams i root for at masters never perform well, not the whole region, thats why i put fs and ge last
as for prx, i just feel like theyre gonna fall soon

the "4 masters in a row" narrative doesnt matter
just cause they happened to be the "best" region during the past 4 masters means nothing, theres still 2 gaps during champs 24 and 25 where they werent, with one of those gaps being when they had the worst placements out of any region.

lets see yours then

every dynasty has an end

i dont want heretics to win, but at least now if they do win then i made a cool prediction

i actually am a really big fan of fs and ge, but it seems like every time a pacific team i actaully like goes to a masters, they never perform well.

idk at their peak FUT look really scary

people forget what wolves did not even a year ago

1. Heretics
2. G2
3. FUT
4. DRG
5. LEV
6. VIT
7. EDG
8. PRX
9. XLG
10. 100T
11. FS
12. GE

all from different teams, which is pretty cool imo

not actually a furia fan, but i want 100t to win

it would repeat so many narratives
not only would the americas teams for london be the exact same as masters shanghai, but it would also send NRG on the same path as EDG
make a roster change before stage 2 -> win champs -> get 3rd at masters 1 next year -> barely miss masters 2

idk who this "NRG" team is. also you forgot about the london winners 100T!!!!!!!

tenz
zekken
zellsis
johnqt
leo
(no disrespect to sacy at all)

yea lev dont belong in this conversation

i like this one
i’ll support 100t

wait you right, he actually realized that he can actually win something with an americas team

then he shouldn’t have left emea

i don’t really like nrg or 100t so i don’t really know who to root for on friday
whichever side gives a better argument for their team will win my support

i understand the argument for internationals but here it’s necessary

dw they still got bootio's long lost twin vora

yes but because theres no korean team it will have to be just a korean player. congrats udotan and GE

its a repeat of shanghai, g2 lev and 100t will be the 3 teams attending

does vct 4th seed not even get a chance? are we joking?

i had a dream that sen replaced jerrwin with narrate and they won champs
i don’t know if i want this to come true

maybe in retrospect, but i dont think you can really count rookies as super players, nor was fns really a great senti. maybe now you could consider them a superteam, but its a bit different given that theyre world champions

hot take: we have not seen a superteam in val yet
even with a generous definition of top 3 regionally in each role, no roster in franchising has had that if you include igl as a role
nrg 24 had a shit igl
vit 25 had a shit igl
mibr 26 had tex and mazino (no hate, but there are better players)
i’d argue current g2 is more of a superteam than anything we’ve seen so far

he hasn’t been a part of sen for quite a while now

so if we go just on partnered teams, it’s c9 ts and dfm
plus like half of china

I just read the rules on liquipedia, there’s no exception for 4 way ties. Because LEV and MIBR will have a better h2h record than G2 and LOUD out of the four tied, a new tiebreaker will start between LEV/ MIBR and G2 / LOUD, meaning the seeding will be MIBR, LEV, G2, LOUD.
on the other hand if LEV wins they swap with MIBR

14-0------14-0---------14-0-----------------------------14-014-014-0
14-0------14-0----------14-0-------------------------- 14-0---------14-0
14-0------14-0---------14-0---------------------------14-0------------14-0
14-0------14-0-14-0-14-0------14-014-0------14-0-------------14-0
14-0----------------------14-0------14-014-0------14-0-------------14-0
14-0----------------------14-0---------------------------14-0-----------14-0
14-0----------------------14-0----------------------------14-0---------14-0
14-0----------------------14-0-----------------------------14-014-014-0

whoever wins nrg v sen will get to playoffs, but nrg can only get 4th seed and sen would be guarenteed 2nd seed

could also depend on your aim
precise 1 taps feel amazing with kuronami, spraying feels amazing with primordium, and both feel really good with chaos

the SEN of valorant

the ceo tries pulling a rebuild but xeppaa kicks the ceo.

rest in peace man i remember rooting for him so hard during ascension 2024

yea i also had my eyes on zikz, kinda underrated coach imo, the only one to bring 100t to an international in franchising

yea get c0m but honestly they should get boostio instead of okeanos, theyre clearly in need of a proper igl
also with g2 contracts ending next year they could totally try to pick up jawg, i think it could be a big possibility
and then drop a bag on poaching ethan, his mentality could fix the problems in this team.

this "best duelist itw and oat" currently has a worse rating and hs% than zellsis