Well it’s a side effect of their playstyle it kinda is what it is. You know, their IGL is main Pheonix, that should tell you everything

Two things
1 They’re keeping keiko
2 All of Apeks players will be FA as far as I know

He’s usually insane bro is out

Apparently military service? Not sure

Flick counters

With akai they would have had a chance to make it far

Riot is very strict with this things. Idk if they would reject them in Valorant but they have already rejected them in LOL apparently

They need serious changes

They lost their best player and had to switch org weeks before Ascension, huge props to them for overcoming that

Not straight forward, we don't really have an official version on why they left

I'm not saying they're good or bad, I'm saying whatever assessment of their level you had previous to this tournament, it could not be accurate

That's CGN tho, it's their play style

they have lost 3 maps all year long, it's absolutely impossible to rate a team that has not played anyone all year

TU is a good team but loosing to them without akai is not a good sign for sure

kajaak*

just k

lfg

But they didn't wave back...

They didn't for a while xD but it was more of a administrative issue, players really happy with the org now

It’s very aggressive and very contact heavy but it works really well against certain teams, and they’re all individual beasts. Capio is a great coach

They’ve got a very different playstyle for sure

You didn’t do they play in

It’s not, it’s 18, and Comeback turns 18 mid season so he would have to get picked up like Woot and I doubt it

Those would be close second options for me too. But Barça would insta be one of the most followed orgs in VCT, probably insta most sold bundle

Jokes aside objectively speaking Barça esports in VCT would be an absolute banger

Raphinha clears hard

Derke is statistically the best duelist at Champs if we’re talking current form

Barça is in good shape under Hansi, Guardy clears

I switch to fornite if that happens

Ik Ik, but it’s taken them long enough

The fact that we only get tier 2 region clash once a year should be a fucking crime

I still haven’t figured out why

I sort of can understand it but that is one less spot for the upcoming ones

Most competitive role this year to get into franchise for sure, many good ones gonna have to reroll or be left out

I would do alfajer duelist tbh

He IGLed the last 3 games of the season and looked really well. That being said it's not guaranteed yet, if they find a good IGL they might still choose to go that route

I really doubt he gets picked up in EMEA tier 1 at all because of those logistics

Not really, he streams to talk about his information doesn't publish anything that is not a 100% signing. It's a spanish stream, I can link that if you want

I really doubt that, he has to wait until after APAC ascension which is really late and can't do tryouts from India, he might be fucked

Fair enough just saying they're looking for a duelist and I love that

Fitinho is also an average duelist, if they keeping as duelist is probably because they couldn't find anything better. Also might wanna try to keep him as sentinel or something idk

He did a good job but I still think he would shine a lot more on flex and have a lot less pressure

Nothing so far looks mid

Would be insane lmao but I doubt it

No no no, Purpo is an average duelist for VCT level but a world class flex

They have rejected a big offer from FNC for Cloud according to Lembo. But apparently Cloud will/wants to stay most likely. Other than that they are keeping Pipson and most likely purpo. Everyone else is in big doubt. According also to Lembo, GX has advanced talks with a RFA top EMEA duelist which means they want purpo on flex which I fucking love. And also apparently they are finding it easy to approach players because a lot of people want to play with Cloud. So the roster as of now looks something like this:

Cloud Initiator/IGL
Purpo Flex
Top duelist (if they manage to close it out)
Unknown smoker (Not necessarily fitinho/hoody)
Unknown sentinel (Not necessarily fitinho/hoody)

Bonecold literally retired

Most rumors have him leaving BBL as in getting signed for a better team not as in struggling to find another offer

And yes, the rumor is Engh really loves Elite and that KC is his most likely destination

This is the situation rn
https://www.vlr.gg/399819/koi-update

I suppose you’re right it’s already not very common although I think a big part of that is either management incompetence or nepotism because a lot more coaches deserve to get fired every year, but that’s another topic. Overall yeah Ig you’re right it’s not very very common