They did a takeover on map 1 Frostmind with 59% HS , lets see if they can keep up

I think BTR can still win if Frostmind or Kingkappa do a takeover on maps bcz when these 2 are playing at their peak atleast in ranked I hvnt seen anyone with faster reaction timings plus Frostmind only hits heads then.

I think DSG got this BTR has a very aggro style something I think DSG is good at countering

I don't think Rival would be in good mental for this after today I think OG wins and ties the score 2-2 for off-season and we see the decider on LAN 2 weeks later

Anti nd DM both are immortals but they only 5 stack on Mumbai server that desire to grind isn't left in them tbh.
The 3 who play in immortal server hv random results. Levi is low immortal 3/immortal 2 primarily bcz he plays high lobies but he has only reached radiant once. Azys doesn't grind kuch either only Rawfiul plays rank consistently but he himself is inconsistent one match he may drop 30 bomb against top players next may be 6-7 kills against randoms

How will they improve if none can punish their playstyle in SA nd push them to improve?

Tbh it's cold though pretty common but no excuses should be given by anyone today just accept the skill difference nd grind

18-1 Deryeon as impressive as it can get

Skill gap bro that was aim diff albeit DSG had ping advantage but that's not an excuse for not getting single round

His midrounding hasn't impressed me ever tbh last year he had Tess to 2nd call idk who is 2nd calling now but it isn't going good.
Rawfiul actually is a good caller I hv seen him do it occasionally in ranked but he doesn't like to do it even in ranked tells his duo to convey his calls so i doubt he helps in real matches either but it would be better for rival if he does a bit of mid rounding.
Somebody has to takeover mid rounding from Antidote

Wasn't a good game from him not a single 2k across 2 maps couldn't reach double digits

It's on antidote honestly it's time he moves to supporting role(coach) nd they get a high fragging import igl if this is the style team wants to play bcz sorry to say Antidote himself doesn't hv the aim to play the style that he calls his team to play. It has always worked in India bcz of those 3 at top of leaderboard today who are better than almost every other Indian player but when they play SEA teams at best they are only equal to them .

I think orgs need to realise getting a good coach is more important than players. Rawfiul,Levi clearly looked they could go toe to toe with BTR boys today but Rival's mid rounding, structure and executes were far inferior to BTR across both maps.
Almost every round they won was on back of a hero play from Azys,Levi or Rawfiul which isn't a good look for whoever is preparing the team playbook and calling shots.
Moreover Rival doesn't hv money for coach but somehow hv money to keep Riomeister as name sake Analyst when he used to be team manager in past. I prefer not to say more out of respect for scene veterans in Anti nd Deathmaker

I mean technically you hv that on lower ping no ?? It's not an attempt to downplay BTR man chill I love Frostmind nd sayoo they hv played in India Frost played for same team he just defeated

I think Rival's playbook isn't complete yet which leads to more defaulty gameplay. It's unfortunate the org doesn't hv budget for a coach which would hv helped with speeding up the process.
Anyways hope they don't tilt they still hv chance Sunset is their weakest map + now they will ping advantage so firepower advantage which will help anti nd DM frag better since they predominantly play mumbai server

Costly affair I don't think TO wants to put that much money

Just fyi first map Singapore so btr advantage 2nd map Mumbai and last Rival won toss so Mumbai so Rival will hv firepower advantage on 2 maps while Btr has firepower advantage map 1. Ping diff of approx 50-60 for both teams

10 vs 70 ping if it happens but i hope for fairness they play 1 map each on both servers nd then toss for last

Hellff is primary igl btw with hoax second calling.
But yess it's a testament to their solid structure that they can replace players on the go and still looking solid with their system

He is down with cold ig so got tired after match against Rival and didn't play the 2nd match

Frostmind against his old team this would be banger

I think you saw why- Rawfiul didn't really turn up today, DM was completely off but Azys turned up in top form and that alone was enough for Rival to somehow scrap by and win this . That firepower is crazy strong

Mods first map is over and yet nobody has corrected this

Mods game has begun update it plz so people would know

Mods the match is at 2 pm ist i.e. 45 mins from now

Bcz it's a big final and Rival is known to shine under pressure. But I feel OG has been looking better as a team recently but a lot depends on which version of Azys nd Rawfiul turn up if they are actually shooting at top of their game this will be easy for Rival otherwise OG should win it

Rio was rge's igl in past other 2 are absolute rookies straight from T3-4 and ranked

this was a AZYS special the type of performance only he can do

Whoever loses this will hv to play elimination immediately after , it will be very tough to survive elimination against either of Rival/Reckoning when you are playing two bo3 back to back

same team last year against internationals in the same tournament btw open your eyes and see for once-
https://www.vlr.gg/286763/no-salary-peek-vs-team-secret-predator-league-asia-pacific-2024-d
https://www.vlr.gg/286765/ender-dragon-vs-no-salary-peek-predator-league-asia-pacific-2024-d
https://www.vlr.gg/286766/no-salary-peek-vs-todak-predator-league-asia-pacific-2024-d

See rn it's mostly poetry which is sort of pensive/emotional and sometimes short stories.
But a year back when I was pursuing my under-grad in english literature I was writing everything from research papers to precis lol

As of now yess

Kntz is flicking out of this world, DSG isn't even throwing genuinely getting outplayed by Sharper's comp

Rival is mogo(Mobile Global) eSports, they rebranded for their valorant team.

Some for Soop event , some for Riot one in JP , some for Pacific spotlight

that was just a battle of 2 crazy sovas , when I think about it this whole tournament has lot of initiators who love shooting back

That's unfortunate but hopefully they win and you get to see them play tomorrow since they play later for semis and I am sure it will be bright morning by then for you

Latin word Invictus for invincible shortened has been my pen name as a writer for forever now.
Deep is just my first name though I never use them together in real life.

I don't think timings are right since there are only 2 matches today , I think should ideally be an hour or so from now not sure
Edit- confirmed it match is in 3 hrs from now so basically at the time vlr shows fcy vs sharper currently.
Hope mods update this to 5 pm ist and 2nd at 8 pm ist

It's a shame tournament is single elimination bcz i firmly believe these are 2 best teams in the tournament.

Btr as in an Indonesian org which had a roster during the og days of valorant. The current lineup still features Frostmind from same roster of old days , infact BTR was inactive in Valorant for quite sometime and only returned earlier this year when Frostmind came back from India following his replacement by Tesseract in then MLT squad.
The team has consistently been a top 3 Indonesian team for quite sometime now despite multiple roster moves

Leviathan went insane

mods kindly add this english stream for SEA viewers -
https://www.youtube.com/live/I_2TSQFmO18?feature=shared

Chill bro both teams are out of tournament so it doesn't make much sense for Russ to play in this.
Also mods if you wish to change manually it's actually Snipst/Is Snipst cooking playing on Russ' account.

Hype hype !!

Mumbai aim demons against top aimers of india this is going to be fun

Bro Rge bringing even more fire lineup - Aplycs is back plus 123, Deadly,Kibojn and R1sen as igl probably

SEA quals obviously on Singapore and Indian on Mumbai.
Given that it's Indian event and Indian teams are considered weaker I believe playoff would be on Mumbai server but you never know they may do 1 map alternatively with last map server decided by toss or they may even give in to sea teams and make it Sg server.
But as of now from what I hv heard playoffs are on Mumbai server

Personal observations -
I don't like group and bracket seeding at all nor do I like the format of wasting a week with these teams playing teams of their own region which is what they were doing up until last week anyways.
I firmly believe DSG and AE are 2 best teams participating and draw has them going up against each other in their first match which will eliminate one of the two immediately from the tournament.
On the other hand Indian qualifiers has Mogo,Og and Level 5 in same grp which means one of them won't even make it till playoffs. Furthermore this same grp also has Amigos and Asterisk which in my personal opinion are the 2 best Indian teams outside those usual top 4.
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/One_Game/2024/Showdown/South_Asia

Sharper eSports is last invited SEA teams who will join rest 7 in a single elimination pre-determined bracket from which top 2 qualify for double elimination SA vs SEA playoff .
Brackets here -
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/One_Game/2024/Showdown/Southeast_Asia