they’re the type of team to make an academy roster that would end up outperforming the main roster then still miss an international by one game

someone told them consistency is key and they took it to heart

actually fnc probably would have had 3 trophies if it werent for tenz
https://www.vlr.gg/19089/sentinels-vs-fnatic-valorant-champions-tour-stage-2-masters-reykjavik-main-event-gf

i don’t see the issue here

i respect the commitment
still a shit joke tho

u give the vibe that you have an unusual nose

only people like you and me would understand

who’s tenz? isn’t that the c9 player?

didn’t win either of them tho

youre just counting trophies which is not at all how it should be done
fnc has lockin + masters + 4 2nd places + a couple other top 4's + like 5 regionals
nrg has champs + ewc (maybe) + a couple top 4's + ZERO regionals
it would be close if it werent for fnc being in triple the grand finals nrg has been in

you have to remember tho that if anyone starts suspecting a ref of being biased then their entire career is put on the line. personally i dont think anyone would sacrifice their stable and well paying job for a slight chance of their country winning

after xeppaa left, he is now transferring all of his paycheck stealer energy to asuna

true, however when looking at such things as best team or player of all time, it’s better to look at more recent wins because those wins are in a harder era of the game to master.
best region kinda has the same thing but i dont think it applies as much

too bad all these “great emea minds” can only think of winning a trophy

no i see the point, but it’s one of the most trivial problems i’ve ever seen
it’s not the end of the world for you, and it’s more convenient for most vlr users

so fun fact theres a matches button up at the top
hope this helps

oh boo hoo i have to scroll a bit more :((((((

nicknames exist bud

Orange1!

not many sen fans here huh

station eleven
trust me its beautiful

ofc winning once and falling if is the answer, simply cause the feeling of being number 1 beats anything else.
however i think getting second 5 times is more impressive, each prx player will be remembered more than sylvan or ivy in the long run

boni

https://www.vlr.gg/704999/similarities-in-the-past-5-international-winners/#7
you need to meet all conditions

yea i see what you mean now
personally i think that the sport is more entertaining when there isn’t just one team dominating, but ig it might not affect viewership as much as i think

what im saying is that viewership is better when there are multiple consistent teams, but is worse when theres only one

hating pearl is like hating bread

idc what you say about excuses but half of the team having the flu is gonna affect performance. they clearly did not play like how they played in americas finals. and its not just a coincidence that when they got the flu just so happens to be the first time they go winless in an international. im not saying that they are the #1 favorite to win champs, they would still need some luck and improvement, but the same goes for all of the names i listed.

i think everyone can agree that the g2 we saw in london was not the same g2 we saw in americas grand finals, likely because half the team got the flu. now im not saying g2 deserved to win london or anything, but their performance in london was clearly an exception to their usual results. also being cooked by the schedule is not an excuse, keeping up with the schedule of a circuit is part of winning and if you cant do that then you dont deserve to win.

cause during the fnc dynasty, there were other teams that were still consistent to challenge them a bit (prx, eg, loud), but right now it seems prx is the only consistent team and the other 3 of the top 4 keep rotating out. if the only consistent team is the one winning trophies than it just feels like the entire tournament was a waste of time, cause anyone could have guessed that prx would win.

he has never failed to qualify to an international when in tier 1

i would much rather play fracture than sunset but wtv, the new map at least seems decent to play

if anything id replace G2 with keiko since thats the only guy on the team who seemingly wants to win

say what you want about international chokers or wtv they still have a strong roster and one of the most amounts of high international placements

Idk i think they would have beaten anyone in playoffs besides LEV and PRX, plus they definitely still have room to grow, and if they do grow then they fs have a chance

obv G2 and PRX
MIBR look like theyre starting to get their shit together
VIT just need to improve a bit to be at a trophy winning level
EDG might have been a chance but id say they got a bit lucky at london
FNC with cloud could be scary

honestly i was hoping fnc would be decent but still getting grouped at internationals just so they would drop boaster before stage 2 and people would see how essential of a piece he was

i mean i hope there are three players in the top five players

if nrg had an ounce of aura then it wouldn't have happened
also skuba looks like a 25 year old posing as a 15 year old

my flair is furia cause i lost a bet but im a g2 flair at heart

and the entirity of prx, four times

you already had toronto chill

the best part of nrg winning champs was skuba bonking his head into the trophy

well yea a balanced meta is always their goal, but the best way to get to that is to keep adjusting. every patch should get closer to a balanced meta unless theres major sweeping changes (like the init signature cooldown increase), so reducing the amount and magnitude of balance changes is gonna make that evolution slower.

who do they drop tho?

fascinating
ig net is the new skuba

problem with your third point is that it effects casual play too, no one wants to play a game thats stuck in one meta for an entire year, imagine if we had tejo postplant meta for the entirity of 2025. its not even that much better for pro play anyway cause then people would just say, "oh X team don't deserve their trophy cause they just abused the meta that year." i do think that they shouldn't have meta shifts right before a tournament, like in toronto where the teams who perfected tejo meta qualified, only for tejo to get killed and leave every team besides fnc and prx stranded.

anyway about your the snowball thing, i agree. i think a good idea would be to have the ult orb spawns change based on who's in the lead. if both teams are within 2/3 rounds of eachother then they spawn normally, if attacker team has a lead of 4+ rounds then orbs spawn closer to defender spawn, and if attacker team is down by 4+ rounds then orbs spawn closer to attacker spawn. ults can already act as a comeback mechanic, but at the moment they can be just as much of a snowball mechanic, and i think this change would make them lean more towards a comeback mechanic.

all of them won an offseason event before the season started
all of them before playing a full split together
all of them didn't make the event before they won

i dont think these apply to any team now, unless t1 or ns make a roster change

i dont feel bad, they already got their trophy

the problem i see is that the map ban does nothing when the finalists have similar map pools.