who the fuck thought it was a great idea to host a bo5 at 9 pm?

bro left cs to chase the bag, now got exposed in val and now wants to go back. actually lmao

ngl surprised he won't go back to cs and just farm his ez salary from BIG cuz tabsen is his buddy

yeah still I need them for 24/30 agenda just cuz 24>22 :D

I mean 22/30 or 24/30 is equally as impressive, no?

the fact that this actor is at tier 1 and my precious pookie s1mple is not makes me 1930s work whistle angry

I would still consider a 22/30 split a massive W for the Korean scene, so you are just arguing for the sake of arguing, not gonna lie

I would still consider them korean, or at the very least, of korean descent

17/20 players in pacific top 4 are korean, 24/30 when we consider top 6 only

props to him he is top 3 russian IGL in all games cuz everyone in cs except maybe chopper and boombl4 is ass

there is no goat debate cuz the sample size isn't enough for a goat to emerge

Jackz plays on arrow keys
Amanek has inverse audio
Matys has a really worn out mouse pad

you have to win the games you are given no matter who you face. For 100T and their situation winning mibr and then losing two in a row to sen and nrg is the same if they somehow avoided any strong teams and got like top 4 in the region. An org like 100T wants to win, they are paid to win, if they get top 12 or top 8 or top 6 in a region this shit is not enough

Why would CS talent switch over to valorant when it's harder to break thru in valorant than in CS?

Not even close to the weirdest setup choices from pro players:
Mezzi from vitality's cs team uses quake key layout
Jackz (ex G2 cs) plays on arrows
Amanek (ex g2) has inverse audio (he hears sounds which come from the right side in game in his left ear)
And MATYS from fnatic uses a 10 year old mouse pad https://www.hltv.org/forums/threads/2906711/matys-mousepad

xantares top 1 2025, bro dog walked zywoo as if he is 3k elo vs silver 1

Literally Ws all around
Every single team who made a roster change got better
Exciting new talent
A lot of events
Skill > sponsors, franchises
Level of competition> hype

isn't there a gentlemen agreement on not using him?

longest running and living esports titles like lol, dota, cs have a consistent gameplay with little to no changes or changes which fall under the same vision of the game

are you underperforming cuz everyone around you is cheating
or is everyone around you cheating cuz you underperform?

did bugorant finally embrace its older brother bug strike 2?

ngl most esport players are kinda ugly but suits give them aura

hltv is closer to espn than vlr.gg is to hltv. Not even hate, hltv stores stats and data on CS stretching up to 2000s

it's basically heroic who got top 8 at playoffs of Shanghai, but magisk = sjuush and niko > nertz, so it's an upgrade

kyousuke is like donk in playstyle, the only reason he isn't at a top 20 team rn is because spirit have him on the contract

bro he played with 0.9 star player grim, 0.8 fl0pper, ''genius caller'' JT and ''rageawp'' hallzerk

every battle royale, CS aim aspect, osu, geometry dash, mobas

4/5 players are top 5-25 in the world, top 2-3 in a region

CS started going away from nepotism, I really can't name nepotism cases, most are getting kicked for being shit, maybe falcons signing dupreeh and not anyone else on the market (who was with zonic for 8 years in one team before zonic mysteriously went to falcons and then somehow invited dupreeh)

https://www.hltv.org/player/19681/childking did I stutter?

china has some great nicknames outside val as well, Ferrari_430 and Paparazzi in dota, ChildKing in CS, straight up aura

Also true, I see two aspects to this, either "number of teams at international gets smaller with each international" or "number of teams at international gets bigger but mediocre teams run a swiss system before that"

Like it's fucking crazy that Valve have started giving more fuck about their two games and meanwhile Riot are for some reason dodging giving val the same treatment as for lol

But why does it suddenly change from "How do we make the most optimal strat" to "how do we abuse Tejo the most?"

Not gonna lie, might get some hate for this, but vct's commissioners aren't after actual tier 1 competition, they are just after the clout. Double round robin can be done for regional leagues, masters 1 and 2 can easily get 16 teams in with champs being 24. In my opinion VCT needs actual competitive changes, 3 year contracts for teams instead of 4, double round robin (each team faces each other twice for the region). This Tejo change basically gives some teams a "get into international and then get exposed when he is fixed card"

No way this isn't standard practice at vct, I know for a fact ESL tests their dota and cs pros for substances

wtf

Aspas:
-Champs winner
-One of the most consistent players for 3 years now
-S-tier duelist
-each team he joins gets better and each team he leaves gets worse
Flor:
-GC farmer
No disrespect to flor, but that's like asking why the hype for Lionel Messi is bigger than for Marcus Rashford

problem is that valorant's mechanics are made for abilities to set the difference between players. Movement isn't as crisp as it is in CS, spraying isn't as hard as it is in CS, Operator isn't nearly as good as the AWP. Getting a better tactical aspect would require changing the game's base, and why would you want to do that? CS fans aren't going over, val fans might as well leave too cuz some people find abilities fun

how would you want valo to get a better tactical aspect than CS without becoming just CS 2.0?

watch tiktoks while you are saving cuz your reyna who said: ''bro trust me, I am a smurf'' is going 4-16

I mean i guess with bookie sponsors allowed by riot, maybe there is a chance?? at least they can try getting the likes of tundra, Gaimin Gladiators, Spirit into valorant

even that can be great, not asking for millions of prize pool, but give the tier 2 scenes at least part of the effort they give for GC and that would be great

wait is it the tick rate spiking?

it still doesn't mean BR and SA shouldn't get more investment

NA could still have had more orgs like faze or col or nouns for that matter, eeven more opportunity for talent to grow.
Brazil and Latam are providing talent, but there is even more out there, don't let it be the last generation of SA LATAM players, rather one of many

It was an instruction for everyone attending

but TSM aren't really that big, arent they still struggling financially due to the entire FTX shit? in EU the only big orgs are the likes of Mouz, in NA it's only TSM and maybe M80 (not even massive, just big), SA is almost dead cuz no investment

yeah that's a huge ass problem, afaik most CS and Dota teams dodged this problem by just deleting any shit related to social issues before announcing that they are going to Saudi.

but then what if Apeks get an invite? What happens to flor?