they did, vlr just didn't update

It's a copypasta

L1NK actually didn't want to play anymore as it was pure chaos in the team without an IGL and people playing off-role and stuff.
So it wasn't just that l1nk was benched, he benched himself in agreement with the org

I am not fully informed on this, so please correct me if I'm wrong and let's have an interesting discussion about this.

The reasons I see for this move:

• VCT is over for the rest of the year (nice one Riot)
• Next year franchising will fuck over most teams

If that's the case, this is actually a W for orgs and players from other teams, as it signals to Riot this is a dogshit system.
If they want to keep tier 1 orgs interested in their game, they have to make it worth their time and money to stay in Valorant.

Ofc very sad for the players, hope they find a home soon but I doubt it'll be even close to what LG payed them sadly...

I said the literal same thing when I read the title LMAO
First C9 getting rid of a player and coach, after that faze benching a player after their best performance since LCQ

I'm going with a friend who I've been hyped for majors since 2015 as teenagers.
Finally being able to go to one (in my own country even!) is a dream of both of us.
Thanks for the wishes it'll be insane! :D

Belgium Pog 😎
(Yes I'm going to see the Major)

I've seen ppl talk about Siberia? dunno how that works but apparently it should be fine 🤷‍♀️

probs covid + CIS player visas

also they don't want the fans to kill their players so they don't host it in brazil 🙃

facts I'm sure some pros will do anything to not go to Brazil, for their own life's sake.
that's not to shit on the region, it's a legit concern

you haven't read the article have you

name checks out
country flag checks out
flair checks out
W post

unknown_trash knows when he sees trash, and he ain't seeing any except you crate

Niceeeeee, musashi finally in a T1 org let's goooooo

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way more balanced compared to emea imo (not that it's an issue or smth, just pointing it out)

juseu's national flag is the imposter

well you got your answer now

read the article, Braveaf's is mainly based on the uncertainty of him being able to travel for bootcamps/LANs and Fnatic having difficulties paying him. Both caused by the war.
As for Magnum, idk man maybe they had a different vision for the team (which is clear because they benched 2 players and roleswapped 2 in which Mistic has never roleswapped for Fnatic before).
We don't know any insider information, but it clearly wasn't out of bad blood, I'm sure Magnum will find his place and that Fnatic had good reasons for benching him

Ethan :(
Hope he finds a nice home to compete at, he's cracked

Tenz is indeed not flexible enough, and that's a problem on sentinels (one of many) but Saya player IS flexible, same with yay.
Tenz is a meat head who can only play Reyna and Jett in a comp environment, meanwhile Saya f.a. can switch to raze or another duelist and will be doing amazingly on it.

you see japanese teams often with korean players so I don't think there's a language barrier, also it just makes sense, JP will get better as a region as they have to fight against a better region
JP is consistently performing poorly internationally so I think this makes sense

EMEA getting extra nerfed this event,
Top seed can't make it and one team has a sub.
Not to downplay Fearoth though, he's probably going to do amazingly, but it's never nice/ideal to have to play with a sub (baddyG exception to the rule lmao man's cracked)

To be specific: travel restriction for Shao/Suygetsu (Russia) and Ange1 (Ukraine) + Ardiis has covid.
That's 4/6 players that can't go.
Super unfortunate

As someone who literally bought tickets to the grand final of the PGL Antwerp Major, I agree that Valorant is more fun to watch

to be fair Riot thought they were weak (only 1 slot for masters/champions)
and thought brazil was strong (2 slots masters/champions)
but they saw how good latam was compared to brazil so they used one of the brazil spots for the BR/LATAM playoffs instead of just giving it to brazil

well if you say copium after a sentence like that it implies you're mocking people who are saying that sentence...
Such as "winnable COPIUM" when it's 1-12 or something along those lines

Didn't age well

yeah ikr, Guild was just a bit of a gamble who would win as they've been so good recently, but the FPX game... that was honestly really surprising and out of nowhere. It's nice to see some good valorant and insane competition for those precious three Masters spots

I get what you mean, but as they won Champs it kinda is

Flair and name checks out
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You haven't been here for long I see? Shadow almost always has instant downvotes on his bait. Welcome to the platform kid

ngl I really hoped soniqs was going to make it. they use way more interesting, non-standard comps and I love that about them

they might, but only if they get an NA vs NA playoff bracket

almost

idk if you've actually like watched the games but Mixwell didn't even use his util well. I'm sure he's good, because he is, but he's not a top level Jett. At least what he showed in 5 maps. There's no excuse for it and I hope he can be insane later on, but G2 cannot risk losing out on qualification if their "star player" doesn't know how to smoke off a sova dart

NOOOOO THE BALD BUFF COACH IS GONE FROM KRU 😭😭😭

"With the release of peri and Jaemin, NUTURN now has zero remaining members."
That's the definition of a disband my friend

this is the first time I will have to give you a frag, good job shadow

welcome to vlr, the rules are: downvote shadow
have fun!

they played well in apac lcq, excited to see where things are headed for 2022!

finally no more name confusion Prayge

Thanks for the quick response!
This feature is bangerrrrrr

good to know, thanks 😂

The idea here is for example (just made up numbers here):

• Ascent is picked in a series 60% of the times
• Icebox is picked as a team's first map pick 40% of all series
• Split is banned 50% of series

Other variations are welcome of course this is what I was thinking about.
Also maybe add a filter with for example a date (f.a. between January 1 and July 30), a specific event, and something else.

I was looking for this information myself as I think most people can agree that Ascent is overall the most liked map by most of the community, but what do pros really play?
Is this a doable thing? This would be sick! (I LOVE DATA!)

Thanks in advance!

This aged perfectly

what's your point here, SEA is still in the upper bracket, just not PRX

Nobody played on a LAN server. All games hosted were on the VPS everyone had issues with.

The bad planning is all correct, especially the OCE teams part. But the test stuff is LA's fault. Those are the regulations there. You have to test everyone involved every day of the event.

I don't really understand why they organized it in LA, aren't there way better places in the US with looser regulations and better servers???