lpl slander is always welcome

13-11 I stand corrected

I might agree on 2023 but 2022 is crazy considering how consistent mako and (to a slightly lesser extent) buzz were that year

not looking good so far

my goat

coz he's the goat

kangkang doesn't belong in A tier imo

why wouldn't you want that lmfao?

that just doesn't make sense, are you translating from a different language? Or are you trying to imply that it's unfair for the sen event to be bo3 because that makes it a "higher quality event" compared the kc event?

Is the argument that you want to watch less valorant? How would bo3 be overkill?

I don't think anyone's doubting nrg tbh, they look brilliant and most of what I've seen are people excited to see this roster preform during the regular season. I just hope this isn't a honeymoon phase and that they don't stagnate as the year goes on.

I mean sen weren't trying to create an event like like this in the first place, but I'd take bo3 over bo1 any day

most likely not, just growing pains from role swaps I'd guess

I'm obviously not just talking abt this thread then am I?

I kinda wanna see john and n4rrate swap roles. This roster is nuts, but the results won't be instant if players are still ajusting to new roles

so many ppl just changed their flair lmao, I've never seen so many nrg flairs in my life

it was already bo3 before the tourney started though?

wasn't it an eg dc? they won the remade round anyway as well ig

the community opinion of her is very positive but their best placement in 2024 was top 4 in kickoff. I'm not saying that she shouldn't get the final say, but I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't get it.

potter said that this is the roster she wants for 2025 but when asked what the "temporary stuff" was about said "I just work here". I'm guessing that someone at eg wants to still make changes

Went +9 against sen and neutral against nrg and had lots of high impact moments. Definitely not in peak form but still a solid performance against 2 teams that are looking pretty good. Not sure how long EG have had w/ this roster though, wouldn't surprise me if potter has been trialing a different duelist.

yeah coz he's the goat fym?

Bleed or talon, probs. Maybe the loud tryouts after champs LA if that counts

might play jett if someone else is playing an agent with "dive-like" utility (yoru or omen basically)

nah u got cooked bro

given the circumstances, he probs felt like he had to make a play there

c9 changed igls and this eg roster is temporary

They're sen fans. If they win 1 map, sen's the best team in the world and if they drop 1, they're the worst. Ik because I'm unfortunately one of them

I saw someone in tariks chat saying "oxy makes neon look balanced" :(

The event obviously has problems, but people are just hating for the sake of it. Complaining about a lot of sentinels related ads during the beginning of a sentinel's event is moronic and displays a poor understanding of the world of esports as a whole

when I say '"non-issues", I'm using it relatively

who's playing controller on fpx now?

this might genuinely be one of the biggest "non-issues" to complain about lmao

last stage was at least on their twitch unless I'm hallucinating

did lpl not get the rights for stage 3?

does this put autumn or berlin on controller full time?

Too early for neon as well imo, at least with how the agent works now. You could split it up into a pre 8.11 and post 8.11 but that's probably somewhat antithetical to the "spirit" of these sorts of discussions.

I love this team istg I'm not just shitting on them for the fun of it

this shouldn't be a hot take tbh, there are 25 agents in the game and monyet can probably play 23 (maybe 24) of them at a higher level than jinggg. having players as flexible as forsaken and d4v41 feels like a waste if they're constantly having to play around a raze 1 trick and a guy who's second best agent is fkn reyna. Idk how good monyet would be on jett but switching to someone who can play jett, raze and neon feels like it would provide some much-needed consistency for the other 3. maybe jinggg and something are just absolute vibe gods outside of the game though.

first I'm hearing of this

when the post's so good you can't tell if they're baiting or unironically crashing out

alfa, woot, riens, atakaptan and yetujey

bit much mate

it's PessiPenaldo17, is that even a question?

me when I lie

going off of scrims, they're insane

most of the time on attack and retake, initiator util is being used after controller and sentinel util has been used, meaning that they're less likely to be directly taking part in the big gunfights that occur during executes, which tends to lead to lower kills and damage per round. Fade probably struggles with this more than sova since her util tends to come out a bit slower.

edit: shock darts help as well

none of the teams they beat actually looked good unfortunately, unless we want to count an impaired fnc. They generally do well against other ema teams though which is why I said internationally

edit: *emea

The skye nerfs were definitely a massive blow to his agent pool but he's easily still good enough for apac tier 1. Recon initiators are generally expected to preform worse than the other roles anyway, so I feel like acting as though he's just going to be a drag on whatever korean roster he finds himself on next is a bit unfair.

waste of an import slot for cn, especially with all the great russian players they have easy access to due to server locations