I mean setbacks happen, right? The strongest representative fell apart completely and because china is a young region the player pool is simply not good enough except for the number one team

organizations

max can only realistically win the title in a last race showdown in abu dhabi

strong copium says you are wrong

football context: English Premier League, middle of march. 1st place is clear of 2nd place by 5 points, 3rd place is 18 points away. 3rd place club gains 18 points across the last weeks to win the title by 2 points

bro humbled everyone on his worst track lmao

5th title loading?

Honestly, as an f1 fan, real.

say thanks to the Netflix Series and then the Film.

is beaten by perez for the entirety of f1 2020 season
come to Turkey
it rains
Shits himself to Pole with like a 1.5 second gap
Dominates the race
it stops raining
returns to his p9 spot
refuses to elaborate

Schumacher
ProsT
VeRstappen
AlOnso
VetteL
HamiLton

the only driver I could possibly see do well in this red bull except for Max is Leclerc.

fuck this shit, go 2 streams, 4 games each for 3 days. Swiss system will be OP af when one 0-1 team can have 3 days of rest and the other just 1

1. Albon
2. Hulk
3. Alpines
4. Bearman
5. Leclerc
6. Piastri
   Who else?

swiss system would likely require a way more compact group scheduling, likely even taking all 8 games played in one day for the first 3 days. I doubt riot will do that

Leclerc - Crashed
Piastri - Crashed
Russell - Outqualified by Antonelli
Norris - binned it
Hamilton - Out in Q2 (lmao)
This MFer is the goat

every f1 viewer needs to have a fucking lobotomy after this shit session. Qualifying longer than the race because of 6 fucking red flags

If Max wins Baku and Singapore back to back he is winning it.

As Toto Wolff has said: ''There is one driver who makes everyone look stupid''

f1 record btw

6 fucking red flags lmao

shit looks like those football stats
3.4 xG
25 shots on target
0-2 Loss

crazy how removing ''VeTerAnS'' with ''ExpEriEnCe'' has helped NRG go from a laughing stock to a top 8 in champs

jeff bezos is trying to tell you esports is scripted....

Felipe Basso.

did you see the manchester united fan who would only cut his hair when manu get 5 wins in a row and think you would do better? (that's the fan btw https://imgur.com/a/ClvbxXn)

VCT and its structure kinda forces you to rebuild.

sup elek, how is your shift going? btw you know where the USB cord goes or nah?

I am trying, don't push me!

Leo Faria is actually busy making the schedule for next year, so that's me, I am just using the help of my friends!

CS has been in EU for like 25 years now. Val for 5. Figure out if it's that developed

all good, people find it a bit strange to see me anywhere near technical equipment, but I just follow my heart and riot have given me the opportunity!

I will just send you a picture of me so that you realize what problems i have, this is so unfunny and disrespectful https://imgur.com/a/nJ8sVGM

Hi guys, I’m the technical engineer guy at VCT Champions Paris. I wanted to express how honored I am to be the first illiterate technical engineer at a Valorant tournament in history. Thank you Riot for this amazing opportunity, and I’ll try my best!

ah yes, I remember the first humans as well. Adam, Eve, and nAts lurking somewhere in the distance

There's no single "inventor" of lurking in Counter-Strike, as the strategy evolved over time, but Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund is widely credited with popularizing and making it a recognizable professional role, especially during his time with Ninjas in Pyjamas. While others undoubtedly lurked before him, GeT_RiGhT's mastery elevated the strategy to a significant and famous aspect of professional Counter-Strike gameplay.
AI can't lie bro

oh yeah, I forgot about that. Actually, a trusty source inside CIS has told me that nAts was actually the person responsible behind the fall of USSR, he then spread out his genes across several prominent CIS pros, donk, s1mple, monesy, zeus, edward, ange1, shao, suygetsu, chronicle. He is like Genghis Khan basically

jokes on you, the off season is several month long just in case EMEA production stalls the event for months

dafuq you mean nats invented lurking, that's basically every FPS mechanic

nah I mean the pc situation

still crazy this happens tho

Jeff Bezos working overtime to fix valarante games (ever wondered why aws decided to sponsor vct clutches?), honestly game's gone

I would still guess it's the same people working, so I can see why some people have concerns..

wasn't vct emea delayed for like a few days/weeks because the tech issues were that horrendous?

obviously it's sentinelmain behind the scenes plugging PCs and gear off to break APAC's momentum, so that DRG can win and then another copium can be born: DRG win => carried by demon1 => demon1 is russian not american => russia is emea => emea number 1

s1mple might join their CS roster with Elige, would honestly cook

there is a fine line between lurking and baiting

so remove skill element even more? sprays aren't that consistent, models are slow, movement is basic af, counter strafes are near instant, and you want it even more basic?

I mean that shit can improve with time (as AI does naturally), but rn it's just horrendous :D

I mean T1>>>> any other team in esports in terms of popularity + I think europeans tend to cheer for europeans in sports where europeans are present, so like having teams like Vitality, KC and M8 should enable almost everyone in France to cheer for either of the three, so switching just for an event is meh