ableist slur. I would assume you are russian by the flag, in russian when we use the word даун or долбаёб or ебанат, they all have the same meaning, but in english ''dumb fuck'' and ''retard'' are two different things

That obviously officialy states that g2 deserved to win - PlatChat

I feel like if they are not openly racist or extremely right wing (hello chrisj from cs go), then it is not a reason to hate them

They still have some ties to russia tho

senfangirls in shambles

thing is, navi doesn't want to be seen as an Eastern European org, they want to be more Western European. No more russian in their vlogs, prefer not to sign russians at all, they just isolate themselves from the Russians. Which is why a lot of Russians are now against navi

most of them are in CS, no one gives two shits about val in Ukraine, so navi haven't done anything to create a fan or playerbase there. The difference is insane:
CS NAVI: mentioned in Ukrainian Language books (texts about esport and their victory at the Copenhagen major), congratulations from Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukrainian National FOotball Team captain), Volodymyr Zelenskyy (President), Ermak (head of the office of the government), 2nd biggest sports club in Ukraine (Only behind Shakhtar Donetsk, the current Champions of the Ukrainian Football Premier league)
navi valorant: 404

also true, them getting the fpx core was a massive W but then everything after that.... I am also 100% positive they got the fpx core just because of angel's nationality

koi are shit, m8s aren't partners rn, heretics are at minimum an A-tier team in EMEA

navi don't have any aura in valorant, I am sorry. CS, yes, val, no

as a fan of navi, I just do not think they deserve a vct slot. Their eastern european presence isn't nearly as huge as people think, their vct management has been lackluster, and their esports manager is making bad decisions even in cs

navi instead of heretics?

I am pretty sure the spanish football federation had to pay a fine for every time Lamine Yamal played after 10 pm during the euros in Germany.

I mean I obviously understand that, but isn't it possible to step over that rule by signing the deal with the parents? afaik cs teams do it if their player is under 18 (e.g. donk, monesy, mzinho, jimpphat). It is easier for cs pros since they go to events for a few weeks and don't have long leagues, but still

players under 18 not being able to play is such a dog shit rule

I mean he left recently, he is a solid player actually, not top 20 but i would put around top 40. It's just crazy to me how he stayed around for so long: https://imgur.com/a/t60c5Dr
just look how many players nip changed during rez' tenure with them :D

I am on it because of their CS roster, TYLOO WIN!

totally nothing to do with val, but i have a similar example. REZ from NiP in cs. Been there since 2016, org has been going down the shitter since forever, players changing constantly, going international, yet rez remained there until 2025. Reason? IEM Oakland MVP 2017! When he destroyed FaZe with niko! Which is now a reason for one of the oldest references in HLTV, respect the IEM Babylon 50 BC MVP

cuz some people like mediocrity

good changes, but I feel like tier 2 is already too far gone

disagree, if for 1.5 years you haven't won a single international, then I would say you got worse compared to other regions

I mean eu cs hasn't lost a single S-tier pro to valorant, meanwhile NA CS got massacred

I mean finally there is a french team which is like tier 1.5, 3dmax (maybe possibly going to gentle mates), but I feel like they are a few big guns away from becoming tier 1

I mean the trend shows that EMEA is not good enough to win internationally anymore. Playoffs are good, but winning events is what matters

only 2 french players, have switched to international in 2022

america has a different problem, the talent is separated among different teams

When was the last time EMEA won an event?

Maybe because the best tier 1 prospects choose cs instead of valorant? you are free to argue if eu val has fallen off, but because cs remains more popular, val simply doesn't have such a huge source of talent there, like apac or china or americas?

navi is not cursed, their management is absolutely degenerate, the only reason their cs roster is good cuz blade is a mastermind

they should copy hltv where author pieces are marked with green, matches are marked with red, threads are marked with yellow. Makes it way easier to navigate

obviosuly he himself by signing the contract :D

Leo Faria slander is generational, probably peek'd when some idiot wrote that they need to shoot him during bangkok

oxy is in his 1v9 stage

damn they were high on some emea copium

I am Mr.Worldwide

I just don't understand, so like in 5 year time when people will talk about Bangkok they will say ''WELL ACTUALLY EDG CHOKED AND TRACE AND DRX WERE OUT IN GROUPS SO ASIA IS STILL SHIT'

right now Asia's best > West's best, it's all that matters

he never actually tried to improve tho, he played it with his gf afaik

I like how a random brain rot discussion from one thread has transitioned to another thread, I truly love the internet

when the fuck did a valorant discussion turn into a political discussion? Or did I miss something and leaf's chamber actually started an uprising in Bolivia?

tejo player is fucking wild :D maybe sova as well, ukraine's drone production has been quite massive

I mean obviously it is fiction, but imo it is scientifically proven that for CIS to dominate in any esport we need 2 Ukrainians + 3 russians (navi 2021 from cs, spirit from dota in 2021 and 2023). Now because Ukraine has only 1 pro in val, I needed someone. This someone is s1mple. he still is in contract jail, doesn't really wanna play cs, spirit buys the slot from navi alongside his contract for valorant, ez era

2022 fpx doesn't count, it had ardiis and zyppan who are not russian speakers. we need another navi 2021, another spirit 2021-2023 from dota

zyppan is not a russian speaker, cis can only dominate with people out of post-soviet union (guardian is an exception, he an honorary ukrainian/russian)

this would bring peace to the ukraine-russia war

spirit buys navi's slot mid-season, chronicle-something-s1mple-ange1-nAts

loses in probably the closest grand final series of all time = -2 players
please tell me are you n4rrate-word

https://mhanational.org/get-involved/contact-us

honestly I would rather lose 2-3 in a close fashion and understand that you need to just do small adjustments to win next time than get blown out 0-3 and feel like utter dog shit

age has more to do with your motivation and time dedicated to esports, not your in game form