It's funny how people get so worked up over something they have so little involvement in, but hey, you do you.

Thank goodness we don't need Armchair analysts to qualify teams who just won a international major. Whatever kinda asterisk you wanna label this competition with, it doesn't matter. You have no credibility. Stop reaching. Also seethe + mald + cope.

Don’t really see much in it. Seems like a reach.

You know - I appreciate this take, and the fact that you actually gave a reason for why, whereas most people just shit on you for having a diff opinion without providing a reason. This is a healthy and good take though.

they want to bury this, but it's true. CN doesn't deserve 4 slots at champions.

accurately predicted the outcome of this game, ez. What I find most funny is how crazy the recency bias in this community is. TH had a good kick off split and suddenly they are extremely hyped. Against a team who had a rough split but had made 2 final appearances lol you don’t make this up. Never trust VLR or Reddit! Armchair generals don’t know the game.

Honestly it was close but just scroll up this thread and it’s comedy how sure y’all were they were gonna get 2-0’d. SMH.

Called it

Is there a world where comps are not so baked in and solidified? Can PRX recover vs a hot TH? Honestly, If they can shift back to what made them W key gaming they can easily do it. They are missing one player and have Something, I have to believe they can show more. But I would not be surprised if TH take it. Very hard to call....

PRX 2-1

LOUD will make a deep run close to the finals. They will beat FPX, and then the next team. Just don't think they bow out so ez. Do KC and Heretics recover? Still in swiss stage, who do you trust?

What made SEN 5 stack C like that? Was it a read or did something in KC's play give it away!? You can see just as KC hits C mound SEN players are already rotating toward C. Just thought it was pretty crazy...Johnqt gigabrain?

nah, ya'll are foul for this. LMAO

SEN will lose. NRG 2-1. Get ready to learn Chinese buddy.

not a big fan of the format either. Never heard of a winning team getting competitive advantages off of last year...doesn't really make sense to me. It's like playing winners ball in basketball. Maybe okay in a non official pick up game environment...iunno. Also looking at APACS format this year. I don't resonate with any of it at all.

now you know what that looks like

8/10

Could be better, could be FAR worse. I'm just grateful to be alive and to be working in a field im passionate about. Also, get to watch pro valo and play high elo valorant lobbies on the side as well as high ELO CS (without effort). You could say Im somewhat of a journeyman.

C0m is fun to troll cuz name rhymes with cum.

terrible format...what is going on. im getting whiplash.

This is just sad. Valorant is the worst when it comes to Tech pauses...This never happens at CS majors. Why are these people trying to pass this off as okay? It's not okay! You preach competitive integrity and you allow this to happen. LMFAO! RIOT is a joke.

I don't even care anymore. If I get one asshole on my team i'm throwing. It feels way better than trying to win with them TBH, I personally enjoy giving the other team freelo when thats the case :) I've barely started playing again and the amount of man babies in ascendant is comedy, and you know its because they are hard stuck. LMAO I don't even main this game so hearing the cries of anguish and the name calling is all comedy to me. It's actually one of my favorite comedies, got a kid 12 hour banned last night and ill do it again.

1. Football

2. Basketball

3. Hand Egg

bronzil

Pep Fraudiola gets carried by amazing players - his whole career, doesn't win a CL without Haaland or Messi. The real greatest coach of this generation is Jurgen Klopp

I swap between Saturn pro and ac2 Sakura both great.

I don't believe this run of form from sentinels. It's still the off-season. Ill wait till VCT masters to confirm my confirmation bias.

I stopped playing Valorant I just watch it now. N play a bit of CS

this why i have trust issues

non taken

Yeah and no, I am simply aware.

hes been talking about coffee beans for 15 minutes straight.

You ever just start a conversation with someone and you're going with it but realize soon that they won't stop talking....It's like truly "What is blud waffling about?" am I just bad at listening? How do I get out of situations like this with tact?

VALORANT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3QyPeywCY viva Gorditas!

Seems like the collective IQ of this forum has increased by a few points, i am enjoying some of the takes here...This bodes well for the future. Still...

A baguette is salty that NA team won THE international trophy? Not surprised.

W final as I'm a neutral who enjoys both these squads and think they both deserve it...May the best team win 🤝. I'm slightly biased, I just think if Something is in form and Demon1 can't put up similar numbers as todayy....

3-2 PRX...

Just so impressed with EG to beat this very very tough LOUD iteration to make a second straight finals appearance. They can talk all the shit they want.

you need to question yourself and seek god. Also 0/10 bait post.

Ya LA and Cali in particulars Valorant community is largely Asian it seems who woulda thought. lol /s

I mean it makes sense Esports been struggling and the players are trying to spice things up and draw more viewership, it seems like a collective effort. Not sure why some people are so triggered over it, just a different era I guess. The BM from everyone I've seen so far is just so tame...I mean, are we not sport fans? Y'all never watched hockey where they actually like beat on each other and stuff? lol For me it's just slightly entertaining enough, though the canned banter kinda breaks immersion for me.

So I've been having a hard time balancing work, going to the gym, and playing valorant/csgo for a while now. I go to the gym to lift weights at least 3 times a week and it only leaves me like 3 to 4 hours to play before going to bed. I work at like 9/10 am until 5/6/7 p.m. Any suggestions on how to still pull girls while being a valorant/cs gamer? TIA.

40 fucking minutes!! I never root against NRG but I do not find that in anyway fair. LOL 40 minutes is a long time in comp val. Would advise them to be snappier so these things get sorted much quicker. That is WAYY too long...Besides severe injuries and inclement weather in sporting events, what other type of event warrants such a delayed response from management? I've heard the explanation b4 but I would think it needs to be much much faster.

I noticed in my 2 years of following VCT that tech pauses happen very often. It's been many years since I followed CS closely, but I still watch the occasional major...That being said.I dont recall CS majors having this many tech pauses?

Is this healthy for the game?? Zeta were leading 6-3 on bind and after a 30-40 mins tech pause it looks like NRG came back and won out the series convincingly...It's too much for me not to raise my eyebrows a bit and wonder just what the hell is going on??

tell em slime 🐍 🧪⚗️☣️🤢☠️

as a viper main, yes

im about to play ball with some friends. Touching grass good. I haven't played Valorant regularly in months and only watch the VCTs! Mental go Brrrrrr.

I just finished Elden Ring...It was such a beautiful ending and experience I shed a tear. Would actually say it's my favorite game of all time. Probably gonna NG+ soon.

God damn beautiful game even though it had its flaws I totally see why it was hyped.

Also pretty happy with all the Sekiro answers, one of the best most epic games of my life, will never forget the pure adrenaline I felt beating owl father in hirata, sword saint isshin for the first time...Fromsoft are fucking legends and I'm so happy we get DLC for Elden soon and Armored Core next month!

Anyone who thinks their team winning is a sure thing.

Was talking with this guy in chat who was SOOOO sure C9 were gonna beat LEV then go on to beat KRU cause they have VODS on them. LMFAOOoooo you jynxed them buddy. Next time focus on rooting for your team in the moment? Worry about c9 not choking like usual maybe?? I don't even know what else to say lol

Curry was smurfing on my team in my lobby once, we won a 4v5 on ascent lol my goat.

Hard to discourage smurfing when a large chunk of the community glorifies it. At what point do you say “maybe I should just play another game” instead of doing some stupid made up fake challenge for the upteenth time… idk. I love valorant but I don’t understand people who do stuff like this. Like what if I’m trying in my game and don’t wanna play with someone shottys only?

oh damn...you kind of right.¯\ (ツ)/¯