hey bro, it could be worse, you could be grinding unrated for fun

Regular g pro

I only saw second series...Very entertaining and scrappy. Looked a bit like LAN nerves on both sides with LEV having the better energy and edging it.

Iunno man, not too surprised...NA 1st seed curse is real.

but fr, it was one of the most entertaining series I ever seen.
Unlucky for Xset but LEV came to play. Two back to back OTs tho, and so many match points, it was in your hands!

Got to be brutal to lose like that.

Another region vs region smooth brain.

It should be like footy. You qualify for champions league through your domestic league...It doesn't matter how far up your domestic league you are, you are still put in the group stage and drawn with the other teams and EVERYONE plays it.

In fact, I think this creates better drama and entertainment when you don't get an automatic bye into the playoff stage of the tournament.

it's just banter man. I like to banter with rival clubs, it's funny... Same thing in soccer (football for everyone else) is going on in Valorant.

Not everyone takes it serious and the ones that do, well...God bless em. They are hilarious. KEKW

I respect all regions except Oceania. Where even is that?

Nah in all honesty, twitch chat is a cesspool full of trolling children. In fact, so are these boards.

The best thing to do is discern who is sane and who is not, and then banter with the ones who think you actually care. Free LOLS...Laughing is good and relieves stress. Thanks for reading my ted talk.

good luck bro

EMEA vs EMEA

NA VS NA

Sets up good upper semi finals and lower brackets at least right??? At least I'm hoping that is the case. I have not looked into the bracket too much...
Totally get what Ardiis is saying though. In champions league for example, domestic teams are not drawn against each other until the ladder stages of tournaments. It makes for better viewing as spectators be it fans or neutrals IMO.

TLDR; Happy for you, or sorry that happened.

Can't we all just get a bong?

so many good foods but favorite comfort food is probably Posole

Salute 4 the work. Maybe nap?

It had Panam though.

Why?

I didn't anticipate Cyberpunk like the other fanboys, I heard it was coming out and thought it sounded promising. Didn't care about the hype.
I had a great rig at the time, story was good, game wasn't perfect but it was fun! It ran well enough, and I didn't experience as many bugs as other people did, especially those on consoles.
Also just loved the world itself, the visuals and elements of story telling were top notch...I really eye people funny when they say they didn't like Cyberpunk, or hate on it without any backing. Like do you hate it cause everyone else does or cause you couldn't actually play it?

I do sympathize with detractors, much was promised. I loved what was there though.

Witcher 3 was not memorable in the least for me, in fact neither were the other Witcher games. Did not care for the combat or story.

Fan of cyberpunk...which is why I stan Valorant. CS meets cyberpunk world.

I tried that and got bored, I loved cyberpunk though.

Boomer take tbh.

yall slurpin his d posting this trash

Especially sweaty ranked or maybe you are playing competitively on a team or vying for a t2/t3. I want you to know taking breaks is healthy and you are making the right choice to slow down if you feel burned out. I feel this game is really competitive and playing too much can leave you mentally exhausted.

It’s okay to take breaks and prioritize your mental health.

I have been in the gym and playing v rising. I do miss competitive games. I was diamond before I stopped climbing. I might just break for the rest of act, and that’s okay. Even if I have a deep down urge to queue and lose ELO. I feel saving myself will reserve my energy for long term.

Also feels good to touch grass.

Thank you for reading my Ted talk.

mane was kind of bad today ngl but he was also against wide courtouis, absolute demon performance from him today.

soft

Because they were exposed as onliners and have to prove themselves on LAN, that is in itself a huge mental hurdle to overcome against top tier competition.

iunno when I heard Trent played qualifiers/ stage 1 challengers with music being used by him as some cop out for why he didn't perform on lan (because music not allowed) I smelled fish.

I know you're salty, but I just want you to realize that you're not a fan, you're a glory hunter.

Valorant will never be balanced perfectly. It’s a pipe dream.

Nerf this. Nerf that. New OP meta emerges. Cry for riot to nerf that too. You realize how silly these threads are? I play against quadruple ops. U don’t hear me complaining about that. Just get good.

To answer your question op, it is possible to like both. I hope this helps.

You must have the attention span of a gold fish if that is your opinion. Footy is the best sport in the world, bar none. Nice try fake flagger.

yeah it just needs to be better, I'm not even kidding on how difficult it is to stay focused on what is going on when you get a switch from a non player cam to a picture. Most might say it's not a big deal, but it makes a difference.

Been fun to watch so far, enjoy the casting and such. Especially pansy and hypoc <3.

Why on earth are the player cams so weird in EMEA?!?! It's like you have some players on cams and others just a picture and it is kind of distracting from the actual gameplay and stream IMO. I was watching the Liquid vs BIG game and one sec you have a live feed of a player and the next Soulcas is giving his best school picture pose.

It's just not good...Why haven't they cleaned this up yet? It's been 2 and a half years...

I think your mom forgot to refill your meds ?

If you ask me their mental health getting more affected by playing the same game for 8 hours + everyday.

Most people who banter with the intention to be malicious are not really doing well for themselves, and the pros know this.

it's called banter and it's a part of all sports, does it suck and hurt the players sometimes? Sure!

Hopefully players are pulling from as many resources as they have available to them (sport psychologists, personal trainers, ETC)

If you are plying your trade in ANY game, be ready for the kids and the people living in their moms basement coming after you.
That's just how it works.

Football (soccer) fans are the worst when it comes to this, bar none.

https://giphy.com/gifs/J0WtGU7W9knOo

edge lord detected, opinion rejected

No real results though...Liquid is always chomping at the bit, never feasting.

ScreaM is a player that performs well, but still doesn't put up high enough numbers to push his team over the edge in bigger games.

People (mainly EU frogs) wanna put an asterisk by their result in ICELAND but they were fucking cracked and deserved everything they got.

another brainlet who wanna complain just to complain. Hating on a man for being successful. I bet your life is just wonderful.

Yeah, I can see why you get so much hate. They didn’t play GMB or ACE cause they didn’t qualify. Nice copium EU pleb. You talk straight from your butthole.

Sen need coach they been trash since Berlin.

Balanced as all things should be.

I was bored with the final, Loud got shutdown. Even though they pushed it to OT twice, it still felt like OG were in control. Wish NA had more competition this masters. Would have made it better for the fans.

OP overdosed on Copium

NA is just better.

@JustHunter M3c or Gambit didn't qualify. Despite circumstances, they just weren't good enough to make it. Why is it you lot keep crying about them not being at the major?? Last time i checked you need to win qualifiers to make it to the main event. SMH.... I don't know why you EU kids are crying so hard.

yes they won Iceland but in reality I feel like NA is a pretty weak region. They only have 1 good team that can compete internationally,
and the only reason they were able to win Reykjavik 2022 is because the top EMEA teams couldn’t play because of travel restrictions and Covid. So basically Optic had no competition.

also I kinda feel like this run was a bit of a fluke. They lost to Xerxia at the beginning and Loud in the upper finals so they are definitely not as strong as everything thinks but somehow they won it at the end so idk I still think FPX, prime Fnatic and even Gambit are all higher in the rankings than Optic.

I think when everything goes back to normal we will never see NA, Optic and these random teams again. I mean the last time we had everyone competing normally every NA team got grouped and they had no chance

thoughts?

Bunch of losers on here, and Twitch for that matter. Why do you care about them being peaceful? Nobody even cares about them.

Good for you, I don't know why I visit this site, it's a cesspool.

Absolute monster. That's it.

not my business
+not a virtue signaler

This is fucking scuffed as SHIT...Riot fucked up.