I know you rate Whitecat a lot Morikoe but tbh Zeus is better than Whitecat and if he goes to play somewhere he won't be stand in for anyone else Zeus turns 18 this april btw so he can be played in Stage 1.

I am not one of them who wants them out I am just stating what's obviously going to happen there's no comparison between S8ul and GE S8ul is 100* bigger org than GE is on every parameter that matters for things like franchising now and I have nothing to do with S8ul or any org honestly. And just to inform you they don't have any academy team they disbanded it the day VCL ended and don't plan on making it again as of now. Also the hatred you see for GE comes from immature statements made by their own management which has depleted their fanbase and angered people it's not just them not having Indians on the team which though is also a reason.

First stop writing using AI I don't feel like replying to that shit second GE was here since Dota and that's why they got the spot the points you are arguing for S8ul are all completely outdated ; they have no record in PC bcz they never had money and they had zero interest in trying they are shrewd business and they pull back moment they fail to see the profit. They are about to enter Rocket League in few months; their Apex legends team has now been with them for more than a year and is one of the best roster in the world and also has great fanbase supporting them . They had a successful CODM roster, have success in eFifa, had a COD roster for whole year and basically had 12 rosters competing in EWC and obviously maintained their Valorant team throughout the off season this year.

idk how you look at all the money EWC partnership gave S8ul and even think GE can defend their slot after what they have done so far. Riot only cares about views and fanbase everyone knew M8 were coming in when they cut KOI - simply for viewership and it's going to happen next year if there's still slot there for the country. RNTX VLT GE nobody has a chance against the S8ul org value GE got it first time bcz S8ul didn't have money back then they later tried with Bleed and their collab to but into GE's slot but Riot blocked that now money isnt an issue so if there's an Indian slot it will be theirs .

Xipto should win this easily but I still don't like roles in Xipto . Trying to play the meta in Yoru doesn't suit the strength of players of Xipto and they play stuck between structure and chaos as of now . Maybe Azys playing Raze/Jett with 13rd on Neon/waylay and then double initiator or switching Sova/Fade for Skye/Kayo to compensate for flashes allows Xipto's firepower to shine more. Also maybe more of JA on Chamber leaning into the firepower even if this kind of comp is slightly off meta should work better in short run for them..

Ping issues is your answer with VCT around as closed system Riot doesnt have money to have a LAN in break for teams around the world Pacific and Americas can't have EMEA Clash type tournament unless they just skip teams from half of the regions. And if you only keep VCT teams it will have no stakes at all bcz it will just be repeat of Stage 1/kickoff and teams won't even take it seriously and Riot will be afraid that it will drain viewers watching the same thing over and over again. You can see that in current league structure how badly Americas and EMEA's viewership has fallen apart only Pacific grows and that too due to new teams getting better and having so many sub-regions.

EMEA clash is happening this year brother it's from 19th Feb nd it's better than pointless China Evolution structure

Azys is well nd truly back diffing oasis on yoru just in his second ever official match on that agent

Not having a great day today oasis has better strats nd setplays no free picks

hmm though rn xipto def has role issues Azys has to play agents he has never played before Xip needs to shuffle a bit of duelist roles betweeen 13rd nd Azys that way we get to see 13rd on more agents and Azys will be comfortable

Ph has 3 U-18 talents on duelist rn who are all great - Zeus , Whitecat and 13rd idk who is best of 3

he had off today man chill it happens

13rd vs Zeus battle of PH's young prodigies
Azys vs Tess (teammates for years now against each other)
Absolute Banger matchup its likely a preview of grand final too.

I think Rinsat is there no he is like 16 still and he was playing on laptop more or less and that too he is busy in school mostly and still is good enough to go toe to toe with VCL SA pros(he has very high peaks he diffed Georggy and Azys in off season playing on much weaker AST). But we need to nurture and grow players like him I am happy AST keeps him signed full time on the roster since past 2 years from back when he was 14 and that's why we even get to see him. Similarly other orgs also need to sign young pros in academy team when we don't have many serious players or young pros. Deadly10 who was also considered a prodigy also flourished bcz RGE always kept him signed. And similarly Indian Valorant's original prodigy Rawfiul was from VLT Academy who signed him in first year of Valorant.

Fixed at 6 right nd we almost know most of them due to placement of eliminated teams - KC, GX ,ULF nd Navi are going to be 4/6 . Last 2 will either be 2 of Vit/M8/BBL or FUT nd PCF depending on who makes it to masters. If all 3 of Vit,M8 nd BBL make it then Fut nd pcf otherwise whoever of these 3 doesn't make it will be at EMEA clash

Overcooking a bit but will be fun regardless

I want the no practice last min sub rag tag vibe shooting all CIS roster in EMEA Clash for nostalgia so let's go NOVO get it today

GO GO GO Santiago time XLG

I can relax now let's go XLG got this Santiago time

It's shrinking every year instead of growing with results and no namer teams they generally build lol if GE can't go international this year they will end up with net negative contribution to Valorant Scene

PRX choke vs GE no consecutive wins GE curse wins unfortunately

all good Happywei wants the kill record so tactical 2 map throws today last map yesterday

I think Frost knew he was about to get anti'ed if he kept running Veto everywhere now he changes Split comp too but I feel like PRX shouldn't have gone Breeze their roles dont work as well there Split PRX has good chance bcz its mirror comp and GE is shifting to this after playing Veto Comp while this is PRX main comp

blg bringing gekko to breeze what are they cooking

why has been XLG choking since yesterday mannn

not legal anymore after new bill though not implemented yet though you won't be punished anyways payment aggragrators and betting sites will be punished

80-90% of marriages in India are arranged no other form is acceptable to majority still.

He is a great player elite player but he is always overhyped the day you stop believing the narrative that he has some other wordly aim which no other pro in the world has you won't be disappointed . He plays well and aims great too but he is not far ahead of others he is just flashier there are 20 others who aim at the same level as him and some are more consistent than him.

GE is back again looking to break Valorant's greatest curse winning 2 games in a row for first time the chance is here again.

It's not org issue they were willing its Riot and TO issue ; you just can't earn money in VCL nowadays so nobody wants to lose money organizing them for negligible views and Riot themselves don't want to host it either. But they will do find a way to do it maybe it will be rushed and shortened this year but VCL SA will happen something would be done about it .

I never thought my goats will have an off day of all today today ;)

I have never done betting but yess esports generally are easier to bet on and make some money if you don't take risks and get too greedy. There are few matches you know the results like 90% sure just bet big on them and that's it don't bet on anything else. Just to give you an example everytime Zeta and Secret were playing anyone in Pacific or Loud was playing you just had to bet against them and you would have very low odds but guaranteed money.

I mean not likely as of now XLG AG and BLG are still favoured to lock the 3 seeds they have not lost to DRG and EDG so far in kickoff

XLG 3-0 AG won't even be close

I believe it will be XLG 3-0 AG nd Lev 2-1 C9 rest I have no strong opinion on.

NV 2-0 EG; Demon1, Eggster and Keznit fight to play duelists at the start of every map they all end up instalocking whatever duelist they can anyways and run it down with zero comms and zero vibes to win the match.

you can't make this actual roster when your best 2 players are waiting to return with them ULF is a top team rn they are just decent underdogs

he was countered by another great play from ULF where they dropped the pit and caught nats completely off guard in the open so strunn won this battle of vipers and ultimately the map

I mean Liquid shouldn't rebuild completely so soon but if they do want to do it How about we get back an all Russian roster ? Nats and Purpo are already there you just have to add 3 more and that will help with synergy plus comms a lot more and also give Liquid a distinct identity of their own in the league .

nope TH and Liquid really want to not play after skipping EMEA Clash so it would be funny if they get to sit home and watch while everyone else gets to play something lol.

It's becoming more and more possible now tbh atleast primmie's record in pacific is in serious danger

zexy is Jett crutch and he is back on it imo he has better chance if match goes to atleast 13-10 or more

popular streamer still very good at game I think he is making more money that way and is happy

I know I know but tbh I would rather see those who haven't been given chance yet get their chance first otherwise I would have listed Nexi too even he is really good on Sentinels so can Jremy be considered for Duelist.
But for now I believe Secret needs to gamble on these 4-5 players let Kellys and tesseract igl or maybe let Emman IGL he does it decently for Xipto. Zeus will be 18 in april but he doesn't really have any big game experience so they can groom him on bench and scrims for a split. Obviously Azys and JA are long due their shot in VCT and I feel like Secret should give it to them atleast for one split.

New Coach someone good and experienced alongside aimix or rbtx as AC
then you simply go those who are atleast 18 year old already-

Azys
KellyS
Tesseract/HotSauz
Emman/Georgyy
JA/Parscofield
6th since they are underage- Zeus/Whitecat

tbh anyone other than kellys shouldnt even be considered keep him and pick Xipto core add Tess if you want go all PH

also in stage 2 play-in JP gets 1 slot which is equal to Korea who also get only 1 slot and whole SEA is getting 2 slots fixed and OCE, India and 3-4th seed from SEA will have to battle out for just a single slot and only criteria behind that distribution is also viewership .

viewership at the end of the day it's business if you can get viewership you will always have the slots nothing to do with performance

that bind map is the worst aim I have seen so far in any kickoff match across regions from both teams combined like wow are they nervous or something they definitely shoot better than this right ?

A team with DG in the name wins here