riens yoru
benjyfishy jett
boo reyna
miniboo tejo
woot brim

i really want molsi avova and olizera to leave next so that i can say they only have a penny to their name

you’re saying a current roster is better than a roster from four years ago and a t2 team?? crazy

as a memphibian, im down

be so deadass when has someone ever said gif and thought they were talking about peanut butter

damn girl are you a tangent line? cause i wanna touch you at one point

this would either complete the golden road or do worse than furia and there ain’t no in between

they getting george washington

yea i get what your saying now

s0yf
best igl this side of the atlantic

i know that feeling really sucks, it sucks even more when your friend tells her and she says ew no that’d be weird

nah, having all the gamers means that they would have all of the other teams here and their curses at once, so they would find a way to 7th out of these 6

under usual circumstances you would probably have to retire after winning an international, since you would almost definitely not get dropped mid season after winning a match
it is also possible to win the last match of group stage and still get eliminated, as TS did last stage, then you just have to get dropped before the next stage. This actually happened with 2GE and Wild0reoo, so unless they get picked up again then they will join babybay in this very esteemed title

babybay will be one of the only pros to win their last match ever

yes, and the round diff would go to mibr

i mean im no china expert but from what ive heard their main problem is that kang kang cant play yoru, which is why they picked up jieni then zjc

unfortunately its impossible for mibr to not qualify without kru qualifying, so nrg and eg cant both make it
edit: unless neither g2 nor sen make finals, which i think everyone can agree is almost impossible

for some reason americas breaks ties in points with H2H score, instead of stage 2 placement like everywhere else. lev would have to make top 2 to make champs, which i dont see happening. for americas playoff i predict that g2/sen is top 2, nrg gets 3rd, then lev gets 4th.
also in china im predicting drg to get 3rd in playoffs and for blg and xlg to make top 2, which would give us the seeding that i put above

they need to get to 3rd place, which is very possible

i feel like theyre gonna beat rrq just out of sheer willpower and prx may not have patmen for the finals (unless something changed since this morning). with momentum and on the right day I think they could do it.

idk, edg havent looked the best regionally, and im not sure if i cant trust TH internationally after toronto

the classic and the banner reset every year anyways, so it will be the same rarity as any other bundle this year, unless you really care for the spray and buddy

Americas:
1st SEN (G2 if leaf comes back)
2nd G2 (SEN if leaf comes back)
3rd NRG
4th MIBR

Emea:
1st TL
2nd TH
3rd FNC
4th BBL

Pacific:
1st TLN
2nd PRX
3rd T1
4th RRQ

China:
1st XLG
2nd BLG
3rd EDG
4th DRG

With these seedings we could get some really cool groups. for example:
A - XLG G2 T1 BBL
B - TL BLG NRG RRQ
C - TLN TH EDG MIBR
D - SEN PRX FNC DRG
if this is the group stage, we would have the Seoul, Bangkok, and Toronto finals rematches along with NRG vs BLG in the first round. group D would be a certain group of death, group B is full of rising teams that really wanna prove themselves, group C could really go any direction, and group A is alright ig. also, with XLG and DRG both here, it would be a showdown for their spot in tier 1 next year.
What do you guys think

youre telling me we coulda had Crashies Victor Valyn and Trent on the same team? just get any at least decent duelist and thats the superteam nrg wanted

i’d say the difference there is icy was playing duelist. you can have all the support in the world but if you can’t aim when entering then it’s all wasted

babybay on senti allows him to play more passively and play off util at his own pace in a way

pacific playoff lower final and grand final

if this is true then there’s a world where talon get first seed

How would that M80 roster have changed? Would they have been good? Would sen still get johnqt or would they maybe pick up valyn instead? I feel like G2 ascending was a really pivotal moment, especially now that sen and G2 are the best teams in americas

other way around, drx will be eliminated if rrq lose to tln

not tryna make up an excuse for sen, just noticing the slight hypocrisy

i swear everyone talks about how valorant is an unpredictable and inconsistent game and really anything can happen yet as soon as a team loses a single map against a team that isnt even near the worst mechanically in a match that literally doesnt mean shit for either team, then everyones like oh this team MUST be terrible

think about it this way, if envy ascend now they can get a chance at possibly making a masters if they can find good replacements, but even if not, they can easily make at least top 8 in stage two with cane back, then they will have already qualified to ascension 2026 anyway. plus being in t1 will be a lot better financially for the org than trying again in t2 next year.

imo lcq doesn’t make much sense either. atp you might aswell just let the stage 2 fourth place team qualify.
it worked for 2023 since it was between a masters and champs, but if it was just a couple weeks after stage two i wouldn’t see a point in doing it.

In short, this point system allows for teams that probably don’t deserve champs to make it anyway. It makes champs likely less competitive, but in return champs qualification is more entertaining. And honestly, this is probably a good thing for the game. Right now, Riot needs more viewers and people interested in the game, and a circuit focused on just being more competitive isn’t going to attract new fans. They need more entertaining storylines, and this point system is a step in the right direction.

Like sure it’s kinda stupid that MIBR and WOL could possibly make champs, but now we have TLN fighting for the last Pacific spot over DRX, and storylines like that.

TLDR: current point system makes VCT more entertaining while sacrificing competitiveness, which the esport needs to attract more attention.

honestly might not be a bad idea for brazilian teams to look into getting igls from NA or other regions

damn wtf i need elaboration

I just spent an hour going through every possible outcome of the bracket, and heres the notable observations
Assuming every match is 50/50:
PRX qualify 32/32
T1 qualify 30/32
TLN qualify 24/32
DRX qualify 19/32
RRQ qualify 16/32
NS qualify 4/32
GEN qualify 3/32

Still assuming 50/50 odds, the chances for each exact qualifying combination are:
PRX TLN T1 DRX | 11/32
PRX TLN T1 RRQ | 11/32
PRX DRX T1 GEN | 3/32
PRX DRX T1 RRQ | 3/32
TLN NS PRX DRX | 1/32
PRX NS DRX T1 | 1/32
TLN NS PRX RRQ | 1/32
PRX NS RRQ T1 | 1/32
(NOTE: These are not in seeding order)

If DRX lose against RRQ, they can still qualify if neither TLN nor NS get to the grand finals. In these cases, PRX, RRQ, and T1 will qualify with them
RRQ's qualification entirely depends on if they beat DRX or not
GEN needs RRQ to lose to DRX, and for neither TLN nor NS to get to the grand finals to qualify
The two cases where T1 don't qualify require both TLN and NS to make grand finals, and the other qualifying teams in those cases are PRX and whoever wins between DRX and RRQ
In the all three cases where GEN do qualify, they qualify with PRX, T1, and DRX, meaning GEN can not qualify alongside TLN, NS, or RRQ

with today’s results, its pretty easy to see how the playoffs are gonna go.

we’re gonna most likely see c9 vs lev opening match, which lev will likely win, then they will face sen which will most likely end in a loss for lev, putting sen in the upper final

on the other side we likely have g2 vs 100t, which should no doubt be a g2 win. they will then go against nrg, and either team could win, but i’d give the edge to g2, putting them in the upper final with sen.

in the lower bracket, c9 will face kru. this match could really be a toss up, but i’m sure neither of these teams could beat nrg, who they would likely face in the next round.

the other match would be 100t vs either eg, 2g, or maybe even furia, and there ain’t no way any of these teams stand a chance against 100t even on a bad day. 100t would then likely face lev. another close match, but i think lev can pull it off.

we’d now have sen vs g2 in upper bracket and lev vs nrg in lower bracket. at this point, if my prediction is true, nrg will be qualified, and the fourth team will either be lev or mibr, depending on if lev beat nrg or not. i really hope lev win this and go to champs, cause i don’t think anyone wants to see mibr in this state on the global stage. however, i have a feeling that nrg will pull through and end up bringing mibr to champs anyway

i’ve heard that this year a tie in points is based off playoffs placement

i am a big ns fan but ngl i need to sleep for school

without their champs run i doubt lev would have made such a late decision to pick up c0m

ever since i started watching vct (champs 22), every international final i watched, the team i was rooting for lost. but in every final I missed, the team i would’ve rooted for won.

champs 22
rooted for optic
i watched it
loud won

lock in
rooted for fnc
i missed it
fnc won

tokyo
rooted for fnc
i missed it
fnc won

champs 23
rooted for prx
i watched it
eg won

madrid
rooted for sen
i missed it
sen won

shanghai
rooted for th (mainly rooting against geng)
i watched it
geng won

champs 24
rooted for th (same thing)
watched it
edg won

bangkok
rooted for g2
watched it
t1 won

toronto
rooted for fnc
watched it
prx won

in 2024, lev had nzr, who aspas really wanted to play with, but then they benched him for c0m right before the season started because he was a considerable upgrade. this pissed aspas off and started his disliking for the org, which led to him basically leaving the team for 2025

everyone knows that americas is a two team region at best, and even those two teams aren’t expected to win trophies. but what happened to nrg, 100t, eg, and lev, teams that used to be top 4 internationally at one point. if it wasn’t for eg’s champs run two years ago, i bet americas would still have at least 5 competitive teams. aspas would still be on lev, nrg would probably have a stable igl, 100t wouldn’t have as many weaknesses, eg would probably still have most of their competitive roster, and those players would have that desire to win like they did in 2023. jawgemo would still probably be signed by g2 this year, and he might have more passion than he actually does now.

but now we’re stuck with broken rosters on those teams, and they make even c9 look not that bad

yea ur right my b. i forgot that lev had decent things going for it besides the mixed team thing.
also ig mibr might also be swapped for a different brazil team

that’s true, but mates had 2 years to make a roster that could at least get top 8, and failed. imo it’s better to take the chance and guarantee that a different team comes in, cause if mates and apeks is the best that emea t2 got, then that region is doomed

ur just like an angle

thank god, i have a counting test tomorrow and i was really stuck on 14

i had an average day at school which is pretty easy this year, planned a robotics projects with my friends (we’re making a robot version of the hand from wednesday), then went to w*rk and took drive thru orders (we take orders on a tablet outside, it’s super peaceful during the sunset)

i think everyone can agree that sen, nrg, kru, and loud are all guarenteed, as they’re the most well rounded orgs from their regions.
i feel like lev might be replaced with another latam org, and furia will almost definitely be kicked. i don’t think they’d want to have just 1 brazilian team, so mibr probably stays
for the last two na teams, id probably say 100t and g2 since they interact a lot with the community and have shown high potential every year they compete