edg has given. a good showing at all their international events. they just couldn't close it out

oml my heart couldn't take that

i just saw someone else do their rankings, and since the brackets havent been released, here are my takes.
Favorites to win (in no order):

FNC
LOUD
Contenders to win, but a few small issues are stopping them from winning, will be with top teams if they fix them (in no order):

NRG
DRX
TL
Navi
PRX(i havent really watched prx, but i know they've been doing well recently and that something is an actual god, but we don't know how they will scale against the other regions.)

Dark Horses, could make a miracle run and win (in no order):

T1
FUT
EDG(this is my most insane take, but edg could go far in this tournament)

No chance of winning, just a regional diff due to skill, could make playoffs though (in no order):

EG(if they had demon1, they wouldn't be here, but they looked worse with bcj than they did with demon1)
ASE(i havent watched any of their games so idk)

i thought ardiis was like latvian or something

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are franchise teams allowed to "consult" analysts. I know that because of the roster lock teams arent allowed to sign any people, but could teams talk to analysts and what not to help them prep?

but it was close

once they catch up, edg will be at the top. their aim is INSANE

look at their international matches. im pretty sure each player on that team has had a clutch in one map. dont quote me on that tho

i know how crazy i sound, and i'm most likely going to be proven wrong, but edg might make it to top 4 at tokyo. maybe even win the entire thing. they have incredible players and each of their international losses were very close. idk about yall, but im rooting for edg at tokyo

we'll see. i dont doubt that nrg will really step up their game, but ive really been enjoying c9's matches

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/e15c4bc0 this is a bit of a weird pick em, and i wouldn't be surprised if im wrong, but i really think c9 will be able to beat loud in their rematch

they have the talent

t1 vs geng will be close, but prx was a cope pick, ill admit it

t1 and geng will be close

I'm really high on zeta copium because i really wanna see them at tokyo. even if they are the first people to get knocked out, i would love to see them play in front of their home crowd

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/28aa9532

at the beginning of the year, people kept on saying rrq, but rrq have REALLY stepped up their game. same goes for c9 after yay and vanity were dropped. who are the worst teams from each league? For me, kru, dfm, and koi are the worst, but thats just off results

that makes sense, but doesnt that mean they have to learn a whole ass language? why arent there just full russian teams. imo they would be DOMINATING apac if there are this many cracked players

wait why are there so many russian players playing on apac teams😭

will geng be out of playoffs if they lose this?

why don't they have good firepower? they have ardiis, which whenever someone mentions him, i immediately think about his 1v3 clutch against drx on ascent. FNS may not have the best aim, but whenever he's in a 1vX situation, i know that theres always the possibility of him winning the clutch. victor is pretty consistent imo. he doesn't have many flashy/clutch plays, but hes quite a good player overall. Crashies is just like FNS in the sense that theres always that possibility that he clutches out the round. Before franchising, i would never had thought that s0m was good, but now when i think of s0m, i think about his clutches on icebox against KOI, especially the 12th round. I think that saying that they have INSANE firepower, is a bit much, but considering that the old roster was essentially optic, they're aren't below that team in terms of firepower by THAT much.

he's been performing BETTER once he was put back on duelist

I feel like NRG has insane firepower. They have the optic core of crashies, victor, and fns, and s0m is doing insanely well. Going into lock//in, i thought that keeping s0m was a troll move, but i have greatly been proven wrong. Ardiis is where im conflicted. Every time i tune into an nrg match, ardiis isn't doing well. i feel like his aim has been off compared to when he was on fpx, and i just dont know why he isnt pulling the same numbers as he did on fpx. Don't get me wrong, i love ardiis and i respect him a ton, but i just feel like if ardiis's true talent/potential was unlocked, NRG would be a lot stronger. Does anyone know why ardiis isnt performing?

Thank you. and if geng lose against zeta, will geng be out?

will zeta not be able to go to tokyo if they lose against t1 today?

Sadge

does this loss mean cr won't be able to qualify for ascension and they're out for the rest of the year?

This is lowkey a banger. i havent been following the japanese t2 scene but i saw cr trending on twitter and decided to watch the match, and this is such a hype last map

dude this is so sad

jesus. this chat is so fucking bad. at least that stream where shahz called him, they were mostly being supportive

WAIT WHAT

Context?

i dont understand how potters gender had anything to do with his tweet. potter has been part of eg for like 2+ years, and up until very recently, she had nothing to show for it

he has takes. just like everyone else in the god damn world. why can't he express his takes?

I don't really understand why he gets so much hate. he gives us news on valorant, and he's never been wrong about his info iirc

is he?

shit i forgot about dgzin. anyone else?

yeah. i wasnt sure how to word it right, since african american applies to americans, but i meant in the entire world

whats meta rn? i feel like its been sorta diverse. teams have been running double duelist which i found interesting, and i feel like we arent seeing the same 5 agents on every map. even on ascent we're seeing teams use viper and fade

The only person i can think of is yaboidre, but he didn't really make it big in terms of competing, and i was just wondering if he was the only one.

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W name

All good. C9 lost the first map in boston

The “100T how’s ur German, cuz you’re going to Berlin”,
“it’s TenZs world and we’re just living in it”,
“Hiko are you kidding me”
“He’s here, he’s arrived, OH AND HE GETS SENT PACKING”(nitro on breeze against acend)

Outside of Val:
The Stewie clip on inferno
“S1mple are you serious? This isn’t fpl, this is a major”(I can’t remember the exact wording)

mako and stax are same region

dif regions ;-;

two sovas and igls

igl?

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dif country