I saw a lot of criticism over China getting 2 slots but it looks like, judging from their playoff, their region is very competitive. I feel like giving them 2 slots will turn out to be a good decision as more time passes and the region continues to develop

Literally just watch the vod

They have been playing better since the roster change. I'm not saying c0m is a better player but there is obviously a reason they keep him in there over BcJ

those are one and the same 💀💀

I think you meant to say "to let tenz into the lineup"

That's because syyko was SERIOUSLY underperforming with the talent that he had on that roster and they looked disorganized in game. As the coach of EG, Potter has proven to be capable of overperforming with the talent at her disposal. Seems like a weird time to hint that Potter should get fired when she has her team moving in a positive direction after having a close series with the #2 team in the world

Just say you don't know what you're talking about. The whole reason EG dominated on Split was because Loud were predictable and successfully anti-stratted by EG, meaning they did EXACTLY what they always do, they weren't fucking around. I think it's funny how you manage to take all of the credit away from EG by how closely they played Loud. I don't think Potter should get a get out of jail free card but I find it funny how people are calling for her to leave when there are worse teams and worst coaches in the leagues.

Nice table! but I think Furia win 2 more games against NRG and Sen :)

1) Who should she have picked instead?
2) They won 13-3 on Map 1 and lost 13-0 on Map 3, yet everyone acts like those 2 scores are totally different. They dominated one map, had a very close map, and got dominated on the last map against the #2 team in the world (from Lock-in). No way it doesn't reflect positively...

I literally cannot believe I am logging onto vlr to see criticisms of Potter after this game?? Are we gonna ignore the fact that EG completely outprepped Loud on Split and should have won Haven if not for 3 ecos going against them? Yes they did terribly on Pearl with a bad comp (god forbid a team have a bad map) but they played so well against the reigning Champions and finalists of the most recent international competition. Vlr is truly braindead to not recognize how good this bo3 reflects on Potter

Drop BcJ they look 10 times better in the last two matches

I disagree with everything you said, but ardiis definitely is the scapegoat for NRG. I think that the absence of Marved and yay was bigger than anyone realized and we had higher expectations than what they would achieve. Trying to change ardiis into a sentinel player doesn't look like it's gonna work and I think they have to do some role swapping to allow him to full-time Jett / Raze to make him comfortable again. He definitely isn't a bad player, just underperforming

Hasn't dephh gotten like 150% more criticism than TenZ and yet TenZ gets way more threads defending him? And those same TenZ fans will hate on dephh lmfao

Perfect NRG team:
-s0m +Marved
-ardiis + yay

huh?? he just won on LAN

Nope, Aspas clears because he has been this good for longer, Derke has had inconsistent patches. Derke #2 though

That's an issue of Pearl B site, not molly lineups. If you'll notice, other maps tend not to have the same issues when it comes to postplants

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I think BuZz's best agent has been his Killjoy for a while. His phantom has always been good and I think he makes good decision making for a sentinel player. Plus, I've never been to confident in his oping

Vlr user poses the fascinating question of "Should Riot remove strategy from the game??"

Until Sentinels beat a good team and because they got 2-0ed by NRG 2 weeks ago, NRG should remain at the top of the ranking. IMO the ranking of the franchised teams is :

1) NRG
2) Sentinels
3) Cloud9
4) 100T
5) EG

I agree that mastery over many agents is a skill that increases a player's value but that doesn't mean they are automatically better than duelist players (and Derke and Aspas aren't one tricks they play Jett and Raze)

Team Liquid aren't qualifying to Tokyo ngl

Chronicle over Mako is actually insane. Mako has been a Top 2 controller for the past year and doesn't make the Top 5? Chronicle is great, but him over Mako is simply incorrect to me

GenG are really good but this is delusional. K1ng supremacy though

Different meta =/= fraud. I think the valorant community should start looking at the "best in the world" in terms of metas. Yay was the best in chamber meta, now he's not.

What job do you have? Here, if you are shit at your job you are given a warning and then fired. Not given an ass kicking...

What's your unpopular competitive Valorant opinion? Mine's that Fracture is my favorite map to watch

🙏🏻 Thank god

But you just said players aren't supposed to read hateful comments??? You make negative comments for the players to read but then blame the PLAYERS for reading said comment. You are a walking contradiction bro

Trash talk is entertaining but that's between player v player or fan v fan.

Funny how you blame the players for reading hateful comments but not the people making them. That seems so backwards to me

Obviously, people that are going to hate exist but that also doesn't mean it's the right thing to do? I don't get when people defend hate by saying "well it's always gonna happen" like ok but YOU don't have to be a hater. Let other people be negative and spread positivity yourself. You can acknowledge that someone isn't playing well without creating threads to shit on them.

Why are you acting like this is a brand new phenomenon as if vlr hasn't treated other players like this? Not condoning but they literally treated shahz as bad if not worse

-Sane

• Sane in his Manchester City form

People are gonna be rude to Newzera but I honestly respect him a lot for this. Stepping down is a selfless, team move and I wish the best for him in the future!

Anyone watching this right now? I'm pretty sure this ref is getting paid 100,000 every time he makes a worse decision

Edit: supposed to be Off Topic mb

Right how is Link leaving Liquid in any way affecting his current team? He has probably been one of the worst IGLs in franchising but let's blame some irrelevant past event

So the answer is no? Vlr ratings provide information but they don't say if someone is a good player or not

Worst player ban? Do you watch pacific?

same player, worse team. I feel like a lot of people don't acknowledge how Gambit set up nAts for success just like how Optic set up yay for success. Both great players that were the best players in the world in the right team setup.

You typed up a whole paragraph just to say: Valorant is more than just aim

Biggest weakness of Sentinels is definitely their map pool. They are very competitive on a few maps and terrible on the others

Sushi :< Happy he escaped vlr and got a life tho

Mako, stax, suygetsu, Twisten, kiNgg, k1Ng, geeza

:) I would like to thank C9, for giving me this opportunity. I take this award in honor of all vlr users

I think this is where the eye-test comes in. They didn't suck, but they should have looked a lot more prepped and innovative for all of the time and talent they had. On Icebox, it was extremely concerning that they couldn't adapt to DRX's Harbor comp, especially since DRX didn't show a lot of depth in that strategy. All they had to do was spam the cove and the planter to stop DRX's strategy but they never adapted and I think that falls on Vanity. Yay was because of money, Vanity had his chances imo

If you watch the VODs on DRX's Fracture when they played Neon, Rb has the best movement and use of her abilities in the world.

For me, king of Haven is Stax. He is the best breach in the world on that map and also IGLs very well on it. DRX have long been the standard for Haven and everyone has used their strats on it.

I already know that, my point was more on how they were experimenting with Gekko and with different Lotus comps in a way that is different to how they used to change comps to anti-strat other teams

I feel like NAVI are being very smart by experimenting with comps when they are confident they can fall back on reliable strategies on the other maps. That's something that will keep them at the top of the game and ahead of others. Other good teams (DRX are you listening?) should do this