still at that 4 meter range it can be better than the shorty which isnt free

it’s not a huge deal if your team doesn’t make the franchising cut
sure they have a better chance of getting more money, but do you know how basic you’ll look if your favorite team is one of the partnered teams?
personally i’d be more hyped if my favorite team beat the odds and won an international from open quals

i don’t see how that helps the issue at all

out of my rocker?

and give it to the bandit
the classic gets way too much value out of the right click for being a free gun
the bandit feels like it doesn’t have a unique identity
kill two birds with one stone please riot

just download windows

i mean he’s aight

team secret are the only team bad enough to break trends

so the past 5 vct international winners have all won their respective events after winning an offseason event before that year, failing to make the event prior, and made a roster change either for that split or during the previous split.
the only team this applies to for champs is T1, so they are going to win champs shanghai.
even further helping this hypothesis is that every international held in the same city as a previous international has had a winner from the same region as that previous international (gambit and acend in berlin, sen and optic in reykjavik, nrg and 100t in paris), and since geng already won in shanghai before, T1 winning makes even more sense.
i can go even further aswell, every champs final since 2022 has been between two teams with similarly colored logos. the only other team with a red logo who is looking like a world class team is 100T, so i believe the champs grand final will be T1 besting 100t to win champs
anyway hope you enjoyed my nerd post

t1 will win champs in a final over 100t, calling it now

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