I think Cryo is very high potential I rate him nd Asuna is hype great personality plus he is sort of now identity of 100T for how long he has played so it's hard to drop him

You remember navi/fpx core ? He was their hc for long long time including the year 2022 when they were one of the best in the world

Woah now that coaching staff of Nbs + doombros is insane 100T is going all in this year

I am not sneaking him in that was the actual roster built by bleed for VCT nd he is a good igl which was his role in this team . You saw how he led RRQ to regional title nd 2 internationals

That roster on paper was scary Aspas , sScary , Crazyguy, Ja, Xavi8k we missed out on it due to bleed ceo's antics

Also let me tell you something not very widely known Xavi8k was supposed to be in VCT last year itself he cleared Bleed's trials nd he was finalized for their roster before Riot threw Bleed out so it was unfortunate for him .

Hype is built by fanbase nd playing in major tournament nd performing. Simple answer for him is his good performance in ascension that's it .

Nah there's trashcan , bonk, bwbb, gamax ,joblife , 3bl nd realistically any of them also can finish top 2. Plus I am forgetting some other strong teams.

tell them you dont know any of people they are talking about and I am sure they will be willing to engage you and tell you about them a bit

involve yourself talk to them that's how things get better brother when you try to put yourself out there see how others deal with things their perspectives. Take interest in whatever they are talking just keep yourself busy thats ir keep trying until you feel involved in it and away from your own worries and thoughts

Bcz his preds are as random as they can be with zero thought or even basic research he just vibe predicts

I mean it makes sense for KC and GX even though it's a good practice they may not want to play few days before champs but rest of them ? They don't even have anything left other than this for the season still not willing to participate 9 GC teams left the competition to me it seems like they just dont care as much and they sort of know they wont win so its pointless to them .

official grps and schedule is out it starts tmrw you can check on official website and liqupedia page . Except FMCL who are GC #7 every other GC team has withdrawn . Now its 8 grp of 6 teams round robin instead of 8 grps of 8 due to GC teams not wanting to play. Also we will have like 24 matches at the same time everyday for grp stage so lets see how it goes

I mean they will go that way a lot bcz teams are allowed nd encouraged to broadcast their pov but I am sure VCT EMEA will stream from tomorrow atleast some matches

Scratch that GC teams mass withdrew they don't even want to have some faith nd atleast try. Regardless we get to see mix GC teams try atleast

Past participants section you will find them all. Also read #5 from me it's been done quietly without any official conversation why only they can tell you or clarify.

Vct EMEA had it officially mentioned that GC EMEA champs would be directly called to stage 3 nd #2 to #8 will play stage 2 but BLKNVHD who were #8 declined to participate right at the beginning so #9 were invited infact even #10 was there bcz they won a GC tournament called Artemis cup whose winner was also getting stage 2 slot . Nd now a day before tournament all of them have withdrawn except FMCL - they are probably only GC team participating though I am not completely sure if there's one or two more that I am not aware about

I mean there's no other reason they all did it silently I don't want to assume but it's hard not to assume the reason .
Bcz FMCL is playing so it's not like they were told not to play otherwise even FMCL would be removed. They had it written in rules nd been talking about it for long that it will feature all the GC teams nd now all except 1 are missing from final grp slot distribution nd scheduling.

I think it's the fact that they try to treat GC as end goal instead of trying to use it to compete on par with normal VCT players in due time so GC can serve its purpose of bridging the gap nd be successful.

I had to say this bcz every EMEA GC team from #2 to #8 was invited to Project Blender stage 2 to play against challengers team nd except FMCL( EMEA GC #7) each nd everyone of them has withdrawn from the competition already without even showing up nd trying to win . Nd Mena GC champions have also withdrawn now all we are left with are FMCL nd 2 mixed gender spotlight teams nd hopefully G2 Gozen who have direct invitation to stage 3 alongside all the VCT EMEA teams.
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Project_Blender/2025/Phase_2

that name doesnt feel right would always be FPX for me that dominated the whole year and made the greatest lower bracket run with Suygetsu making it just in time

It was more active more fun bcz honestly we serious ones don't make vlr VLR it's those with great humor and baits who do which has gone down a lot by now .
Also this forum was much more heated type back then people took everything seriously fought over everything and engaged lot more with valorant game threads than random threads. Atleast that's how I remember 2022 even though I barely commented back then

this would be very very random if it happens but masta wayne is as reliable as they come and was the best player in VCL SEA whole year

213 lb at 5'5 is going to be a long journey bro nd you will end up with bit of loose skin regardless of how slow you go about it

They didn't really need him to play for qualifiers bro he was relaxing in Indonesia nd they got to trial replacements for miz . They flew him in for LAN finals dw they won't drop their star player

Also stage 2 of blender will let people see true difference between GC nd challengers nd how they stack up against each other as almost 10 GC teams will have to face all the top challenger teams nd we can use it in future whenever those debates come up .

I think if anything this is the biggest off season event of all time in valorant draft format isn't that restricve especially in off season when most teams don't have setplays ready . It will show us which teams have best firepower, flexibility nd adaptability. Yess it's little hard to follow due to how many teams and matches will play simultaneously but with stage 2 I believe they will start broadcast for high profile matches .

yess its weird they accepted that thing If I was running a VCT org and I am invited to play in of a tournament where every other VCT team is getting direct grp stage invite I will decline it no matter what

Oh yeah we had lots of Indian baiters back then franchising finished them too just like it finished non-franchised orgs

Curious why did you link that profile? Is that your old account or something?

Indonesian vs Indian fan war when Enigma nd GE first played international every match thread crossing 1k+ comments; that was peak VLR we have never had same hype on Vlr since then

T2 will remain dead as long as it's called Tier 2 nd exists as a tier below main VCT bcz that means less investment,less viewers lower everything.
Until nd unless there is a clear path for VCL teams which directly feeds them into main VCT after every split nd allows them to compete for masters nd champs at par nothing will change

I love how everytime in project blender if it goes to all 3 maps one team will defintely have all players displayed with 3 different agents and other with atleast 2

owner was caught up in some serious case at the same time as the news came out that he has been doing the famous rich people's trick to pay dues that is loaning from one to pay another and going on and on with it . He was struggling to pay any of the huge salaries he offered to players across different games and that case being registered against him meant he decided to run and that was end of Bleed Esports .

finally I can have my own flair on vlr

First time we get to see teams try to deal with agents not being there to play if they play them in Map 1. Will be interesting to see what strats are built around it do you knowingly not play the strongest agents on map 1 so you get to play them for 2 maps , choose maps in a way that you have different viable agents on different map ?

They are doing it this year nd a huge one at that project blender.
But you can't expect them to do it all like VCT because this is the time of the year they take a bit of extended break after working whole year.
But Project Blender is literally being completed done by Riot EMEA except the day to day running which is with a production company called Gozulting

Nope nope he said kickoff is tentative Predator league is announced to be from 9th Jan at phoenix mall asia near Delhi same place Ascension India qualifiers took place

Nope there's an easy way to guess the kickoff date . APAC predator league happens in Jan nd that's the last off season tournament of the season nd has few vct teams . So kickoff happens atleast a week after Predator league .
This year it is from 9 to 11 Jan so kickoff won't happen before 19 Jan

I know atleast in Pacific nd Americas orgs were picked this way but many like GE drifted from it with time. Ultimately it all boils down to who is the most apt replacement in terms of fanbase , finance , structure nd market nd content building capacity. If Riot doesn't think other Thai teams are suitable on those criteria they may be forced to go with other orgs they are definitely considering it . But whatever happens it would just be for one year bcz things are changing after that nd tbh pacific has too many countries to represent everyone no matter how hard you try .

I don't think it necessarily implies they will pick Indians also it won't be 3 anymore that tweet assumed if VLT won ascension which they haven't. GE isn't Indian at this point of time they are representing SEA nd Korean so even if let's say it happens and S8ul gets picked it's nothing crazy if they play with 2 or 3 Indians doesn't change much except maybe an all Thai team won't exist sadly

Again brother I am not asking or dreaming for it I am just pointing a tweet nd how it may have connection to Talon fiasco is it that hard for you to understand? I am not saying South Asian org should be picked I am just telling you there's a chance it will happen based on someone involved in the scene hinting at it period. Btw he has deleted the tweet since then I have Ss of it though

Again I am not asking for it it's a tweet from someone who knows much more about what's happening behind the scenes than you or me do . He wasn't baiting or impression farming at all he has no reason to nd he is from south Asia so anything happens here he will always know it.

There aren't really if you see how Riot picks for fanbase nd clout they might do it.

I mean When VLT was making run in ascension wolves analyst did tweet on the lines of we 'might' see 3 South Asian orgs in VCT pacific next year . Maybe he was referring to Talon's trouble probably S8ul is one of the teams in consideration to replace them if it comes to that but that won't be good for Thai fans unfortunately.

Would be fun to watch it they broadcast some matches I assume they will- wacky comps due to agent bans , lots of big name pros , GC vs Tier 2 teams , overall a type of event where just checking scores is fun for upsets nd scouting talents

Always been JessieVash nd Invy with whoever the coach is even now coach was clearly deciding looking at trials but if he is actually removed then again back to Invy nd jcvash

They can't even win turkish nd EMEA redbull qualifiers nowadays forget champs

Statement map from Casper absolute W !!

Staying with GE no plans from GE to let him go atleast

Rarga is in Europe actually atm so can trial he is registered for a Free agent team to play in blender stage 2