1 I don't think it was necessarily things going bad with the team. Things were clearly not going bad with the team before split 2 and they already tried to bench kpzet for some reason, so I think we're just missing information there.

2 Jesse is not a rising talent more than Kpzet is a veteran. Jesse has been around longer than Kpzet and in better teams. Matter of fact Kpzet was scouted out of ranked by Lucas not that long ago. And I would argue Jesse is currently in better form and has carried his team a lot more than Kpzet. Look at this series for example https://www.vlr.gg/349275/mandatory-vs-valiant-challengers-league-2024-france-revolution-split-2-playoffs-semifinals

3 Idk about the roster lock thing, maybe they did it before but it was just reported now? No fucking clue, I wanna think they've been mindful about that and they know what they're doing. If not, at least it wouldn't be the first time they fail to bench Kpzet and end up keeping him and winning xD

forgot the revolutionary new tick rate system

I say it because it's not the first time they try to replace him so they clearly, which makes 0 sense from a performance standpoint
And honestly I don't think there are many better smokers than Jesse not in ascension other than some of the turks, which I guess you would rather avoid for possible VISA issues on such a short notice

It looks to me more of a we need to replace Kpzet than a we need to get Jesse if that makes any sense. I don't think moving the needle was the goal here

TH made the finals last event, sen didn't qualify. We're talking about this event buddy, not the past

Apparently they are replacing Kpzet with Jesse for ascension. https://x.com/anonimotum/status/1825945969466523679

My initial thought on this is there must be something we don't know behind the scenes with Kpzet, not necessarily in a bad way but maybe comm issues or something, because he has performed great from the outside. This is also not that big of a surprise since they tried replacing him before the second split but ultimately decided no to because the new options weren't better.

Talking more about the change itself I think it's close to a 1 to 1 change individually, Jesse has been absolutely killing it lately. They have had the most time out of any team to prepare Ascension so I wanna believe everything will be figured out by the time it starts

It took sen 2 tries tho

We will at least have some good jokes

KOI is technically a Canadian org aswell. Matter of fact they have the COD/OW section Toronto Ultra

Tf is that supposed to mean, those were the best teams in the regions at the moment. It being 16 teams doesn't make KC and LOUD not qualify

It sucks because it's less games but definitely not Mickey Mouse, no team that didn't qualify would have won, let's be real here

Another KOI home event, let's go, first Masters win

I mean people they bring on regularly. If we count Fns then sure, they've also started bringing doombros who's win a masters

Yeah Ik, I might have not been clear about what I was saying.

I’m saying in the scenario he gave there might be a chance where if you make playoffs but the other team places higher than you, you get automatically relegated. But idk, I’m speculating

That is also how I interpret it yes. The only way this wouldn't be the case if the format specifies only the higher placed of the 2 ascension teams gets to retain spot/go to ascension, and the other one descends no matter what. Which could be in the rules I don't really remember

What I do know for sure is if both teams make champs, they don't both get to keep the spot without going though Ascension

Sgares has never placed top 4 at a champions has he. Objectively speaking, Sliggy has accomplished the most out of all of the plat chat guys if we're talking about their Valorant careers

Absolutely all of TH games have been huge bangers so it kinda is guaranteed

Well he’s the most accomplished out of all the people they bring in the podcast

I’m sorry but you got the wrong memory here, he was statistically the worst player on the team tied with Marved. His Raze was atrocious and he did not look good at all

Switching to League without knowing anything gotta be insanely hard

yeah I don't like it either. UCAM CEO made a post when it came out saying this is terrible for orgs and that many can't afford to ascend for just a year, that the cost of doing it would be around 2 mill and a massive loss if you don't get to keep the spot at least 1 more year

From now on, if neither of the 2 ascended teams make playoffs they will both be relegated regardless of anything else. If they make playoffs they get to play in Ascension to fight for throat spot. And if you make champs, as long as the other ascension team doesn't do it too and place higher you get to keep your spot 1 more year. As far as I understand it at least

There used to be, but when they introduced the new rules where ascension teams only ascend 1 year with the possibility to stay based on performance something that went unnoticed is that it's now capped to 12

With the new format 2 ascension teams will be all we will ever see

No no, it's not true lmao

It literally says Demon1 is close to KOI because he will be visiting Spain on holidays so he will be close to the offices. Idk if the translation makes sense but it's just a poorly made joke

Why tf do you hate Lev

No he was not good this year regardless of anything NRG did, he just wasn't

They're interested in another top 6 finish for sure

He is right tho, that's a stupid statement. Opening recruitment is no bad thing

Also, Boodrok is not really a reporter and neither is Flynn, great for summaries but it's mostly rumors or other people's info

Benjamin "la cabra" fishy

Funnily enough Sweden by far smokes the least in all of Europe

Leo used to be a smoker actually

Could give the Jett to Woot and have Mini play his kayo, or they could cook something with the neon idk

He’s FA so he can basically choose. NA teams are gonna offer him more money, probably would rather play at home and arguably will get a chance with better projects. So I just don’t really see why he would stay with KC other than pure gratitude for giving him the chance in the first place

No way narrate stays

Do any of those teams have an Ascent comparable to Sen’s?

Sen is not gonna pick ascent, banning it it’s stupid. Also TH probably does have something on Ascent, or should prepare it this 4 days. They’re in the lower bracket, cannot afford to have a permanban anymore, you’re gonna have to play it in the finals

If Sen don’t play Ascent banning Ascent on first rotation makes no sense, can either do it later or leave it open

It should have never been 10-8 in the first place, TH got 1vs4d and ninjadefused on pistol. I would argue DRX threw a lot less than TH

Clutches are complicated situations, they’re not random but there’s a certain factor or coin flip. If you win a close match winning a lot of clutches it just means that’s gonna be hard to replicate

Today was not a throw

I recommend you take a look at where people placed TH in the standings before the season started

He trolled pistol sure, but he’s step forward in this playoffs has been out fucking standing even if people doesn’t wanna recognize it. He’s been so criticized when he always does his job even if he kills more or less

He’s fought this one like a fucking warrior and his Neon mechanics this map looked like beta neon in the world again

Absolute fucking opposite, literally the round before didn’t hesitate to suicide to get the info in the viper ult so woot could kill him. Just simply fucking trolled

I’m done

I just realized DRX plays today too, man…

12-3 is the final result. Regardless of anything else, it’s impossible to win a series loosing that many clutches

Mfs literally asleep out there gotta be kidding

Go to a map and click performance and you can see what I mean exactly, it’s mostly 1vs1 and 1vs2

It was 4 1vs1 and 4 1vs2

He’s not even playing the clutches smartly anymore man

And boaster