most colleges these days have esports programs but definitely not all of them, but ive seen them in valorant at all ranked levels, back when i used to run an org in the like silver-diamond rank ranges we had scrimmed against many collegiate academy teams as well.

Yea collegiate valorant is just esports teams that colleges create/manage/run and compete against other college teams in everything from top tier valorant and some colleges also have made it to challengers in NA or in their own independent circuit. Most esports games have a collegiate circuit like cs, r6, rocket league, league, apex, etc.

If this isn't bait then you might be slow, TSM hot streaked/fluked over MxS/OXG on their way into Ascension, and anyone who watched Tier2 NA knows that they were getting grouped.

Skuba can also IGL so him going to a t1 team that would need a new one could definitely help, but yeah just in general he's a really cracked smokes player

o7

Valyn (IGL)
Sacy
Jawgemo
Less
Ethan in as flex
Sub: Mazino
Kaplan

Wanted to pick s0m for smokes but wanted to double fill Valyn as IGL and smokes

i mean yeah thats true, LOUD or Furia would do this guy good I'm sure.

A resale/buyback system for skins. Similar to the CS aftermarket. But theyre greedy and it'll never happen

I honestly knew it was gonna be more competitive going into this compared to last year, I was roughly familiar with teams like RETA and AK and I knew they were very capable of beating the very streaky TSM among other teams. Not really familiar with the brazil teams but both have looked solid and have some really stand out players. Its just good to see that the tier2 scenes aren't too far apart from eachother because that just means better things for the americas region as a whole in the long run.

honestly this kid everytime ive seen him this tourney has been cracked, i definitely think he should get brought up to tier1 even if GLRS doesn't win ascension.

yeah in split 2, but split 1 was a diff story cus TGRD was shitting on everyone.

s0m has always been good and has been the long standing build around piece, but yeah unfortunately thats true, but saying the org is where talent goes to die is a wild statement.

2024 NRG was a flop
2023 NRG was a top 3 Americas team
2022 NRG was a top 4-6 NA team that just unfortunately missed LANs due to other teams going on runs, they lost to 100T in LCQ and choked against C9. lost out to XSETs run and a hot Faze team for 4th place to miss Copenhagen.

hazed is like a worse FNS, can't frag well outside of rare occasions and he was a mid americas IGL.

Tex was far more inconsistent than what he was on TGRD and LEV at that point, with him and s0m flipping between duelist roles which neither play now at the top level.

Ethan and Eeiu were always good on that team, but I'd say mainly the IGLing was the problem and I loved that 2022 roster. Plus in 2022 you had to contend with Optic XSET and TGRD.

People forget that NRG and EG in 2022 were good just not good enough to make LANs, and that EG roster was a mix of the 2023/24 teams.

Only if they're repalcing him with a more flexible and equal/better caliber duelist, Derke and jawgemo are the only 2 that are potentially available that i'd say would fit. But he'll have a whole offseason to maybe learn new agents.

i'd hope so

hopefully they bounce back

this confirmed? lets go

do not disrespect my goat

Give Wingman 44 Nuclear Devices

Marved was top 3 in 2022
S0m top 3 in 2023 as a rookie

Bang is fair though, he's a lil inconsistent

off season t2 NA rostermania incoming again

gambit 2 incoming?

Dort doesn't speak for us

o7 sad that this past season was rough, been arguably a top 5 NA init since 2021, sad to see him go, good luck to him and likely victor wherever they decide to go.

Hopefully NRG pick up someone of his caliber or better

source?

Odds are them and DZ will be back for Stage 3 depending on how rostermania starts to shape up.

Hard to pick just one out of the like, 25 that i've listened to but my top 3 for this year right now are

The Black - Imminence
Starfire - Darko US
Incarnation - In Hearts Wake

Nothing cus I uninstalled the dogshit game for like the third time. Only enjoyable thing about it is the esport for entertainment

I'd say M80 and RETA are the front runners for America's ascension right now

Id say LATAM has better teams rn with BRs being worse than last year. TSM honestly are just streaky they might win a game or two but I don't see them winning

Facts, plus it's already mad expensive for a single gun skin to where you'll honestly overpay and constant FOMO and shitty night markets, like let's be real you're insanely lucky if you get more than two good night market skins.

They either need to expand the amount of dailys or just combine the idea that #3 had and I doubt they'd ever do it but add a resale market similar to cs. I don't know how many times me and many others ik buy a bundle or a singular skin and then after awhile you'll never use it again, but riot is greedy so I doubt they'll ever do it

they can easily have both D1 and Jawg, similar to how EG used them in 2023, having those 2 with Ethan make roles pretty simple when you then just have to fill the remaining agents with s0m and FNS if they go that route and say crashies isn't in the starting 5 anymore
Demon1 plays Jett and maybe Astra/Brim and whatever other flexes he can do
Jawg plays Raze, prob Neon, other smoke fills like Omen if needed

Where does that leave s0m? probably on init/smoke/senti flex wherever applicable if Ethan is just full time init and FNS full time viper/senti

If they keep crashies in the starting 5 too its even simpler to where Jawg just plays all the duelists.

o7 him and Sugarzero made me a fan of this team back in the 2022 run, one of the most underrated players over the last few years

Honestly they have the markings to overtake FNC as the top of EMEA, they've had better recent success at internationals comparatively. Young core compared to FNCs older more experienced core

GGs hopefully they aren't champs cursed

Derke and Aspas exist

GOAT is a stretch but top he's been top 5 over the last 2 years. If he's consistent for longer than maybe. But def in the convos with Aspas, prime Yay, Derke, cNed.

KK and T3xture can easily overtake cNed and Yay but I'm biased towards longevity as everyone other than Yay has been top since 21/22

LOCK In
Optic/Loud
GenG/Sen

All kinda clear tbh

0/8

Can't even get EMEA trophy count right

clip?

I would kill for that but it'll never happen, its not mainstream nowadays.

I honestly don't know as all my teams that I rooted for were out in groups/early playoffs G2, PRX, GenG, KRU, DRX.

I don't dislike either team, would be cool for EDG to win for China because then all regions have atleast won a major tournament.

vocal delusional/toxic/genuinely stupid fans out of the largest fanbase leads to generalization, not all of them are bad but they get clowned on because people (here especially) for their flair because of the clown members of their fanbase.

Same happens with FNC, NRG, NAVI, 100T, etc.

a bunch of leaks over twitter and insta from mostly credible sources saying we got Masters Bangkok, Masters Toronto, and Champs Paris 2025

ironic i see this as im listening to a song called Fix Me

He isn't an actual Yoru one trick, thats just what he made his content off of. Also he wasnt 6th man or CC anymore for the org both of those were dropped following the 2023 season. Also He's had several stints on NA tier2 teams including IGLing I believe, someone could correct me on that. But never made anywhere higher than Top 32 in the open circuits for qualifiers both pre and post franchising years. With his best stint being with SKW https://www.vlr.gg/team/8569/skwirel-warriers

So essentially him being a 6th man that wouldn't realistically step in to play but hypothetically speaking COULD do it is better than having a tier2 prodigy or someone who will be wasted in that role, its why Curry is also 6th man for SEN.

abyss 2x? you mean bind right

okay yeah thats understandable, shame what happened to him hope he has a speedy recovery cus now if minnesota wasnt going for a #1 overall pick they probably are now.

GO BLUE

Why not Detroit Lions if you're a UoM guy, Minnesotas a shit show

mid initiator player, KAYO is his only solid one, Gekko is the only other one I've seen him play and he's average in the role. Would take Zellsis or Sacy over him in those roles to be honest and I'm not even a SEN fan.

depends on what you kinda want in a cat personality wise. I think the comment someone made about going to an adoption center and seeing what ones stick out to you is your best bet

But if you want fluffier cats but don't mind them being kinda bigger you could look into Ragdolls or Maine Coons