I took a look at rosters in the current NA VCT group and broke down how long each player has been on the team
All players have their term counted from when they first joined the team, NOT from their first match (i.e Guard signed Valyn and neT on November 5, but didn't play an official until November 26).
Any players with a ☆ next to their name were on the roster since the ignition series (First set of NA Valo tournaments)
All days are counted from time of writing (May 19 2022)

100T
asuna- 594 days
bang- 87 days
will- 35 days
derrek- 35 days
stellar- 35 days

XSET
dephh- 339 days
cryocells- 139 days
zekken- 327 days
ayrin- 570 days
bcj- 490 days

NRG
s0m- 589 days
hazed- 251 days
ethan- 28 days
eeiu- 582 days
tex- 421 days

TSM
seven- 26 days
gmd- 26 days
rossy- 119 days
corey- 119 days
☆subroza- 728 days

Ghost
nismo- 491 days
brawk- 124 days
johnqt- 124 days
koalanoob- 330 days
aproto- 33 days

Guard
valyn- 195 days
net- 195 days
jonahp-157 days
sayaplayer- 156 days
trent- 123 days

OpTic
☆FNS- 675 days
crashies- 614 days
victor- 614 days
marved- 323 days
yay- 287 days

Cloud9
☆mitch- 673 days
leaf- 483 days
xeppaa- 395 days (xeppaa was added as a 6th man in april 2021 but did not play an official until july 2021)
vanity- 279 days
curry- 4 days
xeta- 478 days (i felt like i should include him)

Luminosity
moose- 449 days
dazzle- 322 days
tigg- 225 days (prior to this tigg was a stand-in for LG. If you include his stand-in time his term is 322 days)
bdog- 121 days
mada- 127 days

Sentinels
tenz- 424 days (based off of VLR transaction history, which says tenz was added 3/21/21)
☆dapr- 718 days
☆shahzam- 751 days
☆sick- 751 days
kanpeki- 27 days

Evil Geniuses
Boostio- 234 days
reformed- 206 days
jawgemo- 206 days
apoth- 28 days
C0M- 28 days

Faze
☆babybay- 653 days
dicey- 116 days
poised- 22 days
supamen- 22 days
poach- 22 days
flyuh- 116 days

Player with longest term- shahzam and sick- 751 days
Player with shortest term (excluding curry)- poach/supamen/poised- 22 days

Average term by team:
100T- 157.2 days
XSET- 373 days
NRG- 374.2 days
TSM- 203.6 days
Ghost- 220.4 days
Guard- 165.2 days
OpTic- 502.6 days
Cloud 9- 366.8 days
Cloud9 w xeta- 461.6 days
LG- 248.8 days
Sentinels- 534.2 days
Evil Geniuses- 140.4 days
Faze- 185.8 days
Faze w poach instead of flyuh- 167 days

Total average: 289.35

in settings for custom turn on "play out all rounds"

just realized zellsis and V1 lost in open quals after he shaved his hear

same thing happened to doma and fnatic at champs

obviously correlation =/= causation but its smthn to think ab

sacy is the main exception

Great article on what should be a great roster, however I believe it should be Fnatic's 2022 season, not 2021 season at the start

demon in female scene shes in a lot of sakura cups but she can't play VCT bcs shes not 16

https://www.vlr.gg/player/17976/florescent

no

we need a faze vs c9 grand final

hes talking ab the OG roster from last year

team imploded after first challengers and made 5 billion roster moves
they left the scene early this year and now have a brazillian team competing under the MIBR name
the IMT you see in VCT is the womens team

hi

its NA valorant

anyone can beat anyone

our king mocking is no longer on twitter which greatly reduces the chances of them winning

id say

ghost
TSM
v1
LG
SEN
Faze
NRG
100T

XSET C9 GUARD OPTIC are all auto qualified

https://twitter.com/purest/status/1517597945448722433?s=21&t=C7DgVhfVxSMhD--kVigRmQ

vamos

given all the reports and kanpeki being listed on battlefy I think its real

I read somewhere that C9, GUARD, OPTIC, and XSET were all seeded into groups and are not playing the open bracket.
Does anyone have confirmation on this? I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case but I haven't seen it from a credible source besides none of those teams being listed on battlfy

All of these analyze the players, not the org, and where they were 1 year ago. Only Top 8 teams listed
Any players that were not in the scene 1 year ago are listed from when they first started playing pro
asterisk or italicitization indicates the player was on a Tier 1 team at some point in their career (T1 being defined as Top 8 VLR at some point in the last 12 months)

Soniqs:
runi: playing with ZMMB, entered scene July 2021
shonk: played with illuzion, COT, ZMMB, entered scene May 2021
dizzy, crunchy, iyen: all still with org, but were benched at some point or another on soniqs

Faze:
dicey: F/A, prev with 100T
Babybay: still with org
Poised: played with Rise
POACH: played with BBG
*supamen: played with dignitas, joined Rise in july 2021

TSM
*seven: played with Teal Seam, subbed for 100T, currently inactive for T1
Rossy: prev immortals, signed to TSM in Jan 2022
corey: prev Faze, signed to TSM in Jan 2022
Subroza: still with TSM
*gmd: prev GENG, now trialing with TSM

TSM Acad
Harmful: played for ookers and squirtle squad
*b0i: prev andbox, 100T, filled for BBG
payen: previously ghost, noble
venture: prev cosmic divide, rifle crutchers, good fellas, radiance, signed to TSM.A today
ZK: prev noble

Clanless:
kehmicals: prev immortals. oogabooga, reformed
c4lypso: prev Rise, benchwarmers, reformed
critical: prev BBG, KCP, reformed
HUYNH: prev GHOST
pho: prev BBG, EG

ghost:
johnqt: prev EZ5,
koalanoob: prev dignitas
*aproto: prev LG
nismo: still with org
brawk: prev pugstars, OTW, complexity

100T:
will: prev BBG
asuna: still with 100T
derrek: prev Rise
bang: prev OTW, TSM
stellar: prev LG, KCP, Soar

*knights: (knights currently ranked 7th on VLR)
skuba: prev KCP
genghsta: prev IMT
xxif: still with org
ban: filled for LG, prev squirtle squad
frosty: prev team basilisk, brimstone gaming, zealous

*indicates the player was on a T1 at some point in their career (T1 being defined as Top 8 VLR at some point in the last 12 months)
**Seven was signed to 100T who were in the top 8 rankings in the last year, but Seven never played a match with 100T.

Please let me know if I made any mistakes or add any input you had. It was particularly hard to figure out who was actually Tier one and who wasn't while being as objective as possible.

now that all the TSM fans are here

how does it feel to be doing good in a tournament I feel like I havent heard from you guys in a while

VAC WALLBANG REPORTED

3 teams (as far as I know at least) have rented out a room in the complexity compound for an event

100T: Qualified for berlin
C9: Qualified for champs
Guard: Qualified for iceland

coincidence?

they 13-0'd GE but i dont think theyve been 13-0'd

tough

i wanna see how many teams have gotten 13-0'd
some to start

rise
gambit
fnatic
soniqs

its skuba on an alt i think

https://www.vlr.gg/84728/tsm-academy-vs-zero-marksmen-black-knights-circuit-weekly-1-qf/?game=77411&tab=overview

perc30fishfilet

start with jett, sage, or kay/o

Andbox, now NYFU, recently dropped their entire roster except for Oderus. Given the orgs history I figured id do a writeup on all the changes theyve gone through, their highs, lows, etc.

Founding roster:

android
yay
seb
POACH
b0i

since then:

Poach benched, later joins BBG
Rebo fills poach's spot
android is bought out by NRG
Rebo is benched
vice and mada join to fill android and rebo's spots*
b0i leaves org
jcstani takes b0i's place
seb leaves org
jcstani leaves org
yay is bought out by NV**
alexsander joins org
mummay joins org
oderus joins org
alexsander leaves org
mada becomes restricted F/A, later joins LG
lear and jonaaa6 join org
lear and jonaaa6 depart org
vice and mummay both moved to inactive

at the time of writing oderus is the only remaining player on andbox

the roster has gone 12 players, 14 if you include vice and mummay
of these 14,

5 have gone on to play at a higher ranked team (jcstani, b0i, yay, android, mada)
1 has not played on a different team since (seb)
2 have gone on to play at VCT lans (yay and b0i)***

please feel free to mention any mistakes or further details you want added. I lost a lot of my respect for andbox/NYFU after the whole harmful situation, and its a shame that so many talented players like alexsander, rebo, and jcstani never got to meet their full potential. However, this org proved as a stepping stone for other players like mada, yay, and android, who are all now thriving in the T1 scene.

this is the roster that beat sentinels in Stage 2
yay was the last member of the original roster to leave the org
b0i played a match on the LCQ "lan." You could debate this and you probably wouldnt be wrong

I think he knew it was coming

edited, thank you

this was supposed to respond to 17 idk what happened

edited, thank you

shiba wasn't with prx at the time of iceland 2021 hence he is not included

edited, thank you

are you really a delusional mitch fan if I see you in zekkens chat every few streams

added, thank you

this looks at the players on the rosters, NOT the organizations
all rosters are shown at the time of masters 2, 2021, or the most recent tournament prior to masters 2 (usually challengers finals)

Fnatic:
qualified for iceland 2021: yes
derke: still with org, currently being subbed out by h1ber
boaster: still with org
mistic: still with org
doma: currently on tenstar
magnum: still with org
noteable achievements: placed 2nd at iceland 2021, placed 7th-8th at champions, #2 EMEA seed going into iceland 2022

Nip:
qualified for iceland 2021: no
roster is new for 2022, no previous data

DRX:
qualified for iceland 2021: no
rb: still with org
stax: still with org
glow: coaching
zest: still with org
k1ng: loaned to on sla2ers
noteable achievements: placed 7th-8th at berlin, placed 9th-12th at champions, #1 KR seed going into iceland

zeta (formerly absolute jupiter):
qualified for iceland 2021: no
laz: still with org
reita: now with REJECT
crow: still with org
barce: content creator for zeta
takej: now with REJECT
noteable achievements: S3C2 champions, placed 13th-16th at berlin, #1 JP seed going into iceland 2022

optic:
qualified for iceland 2021: no
crashies: still with org
kaboose: retired
FNS: still with org
mummay: now playing with andbox
victor: still with org
noteable achievements: masters 3 second place, 9th-12th at champions, #2 NA seed going into iceland 2022

xerxia (former X10 roster):
qualfiied for iceland 2021: yes (the org didnt but the team did minus patiphan)
patiphan: transfered to overwatch
everyone else: transfered from X10 to xerxia
noteable achivements: 7th-8th at iceland, 7th-8th at champions, #2 APAC seed going into iceland 2022

KRU:
qualified for iceland 2021: yes
bnj: now playing with NIP
everyone else: still with org
noteable achievements: 7th-8th at iceland, 7th-8th at berlin, 3rd-4th at champions, #1 LATAM seed going into iceland 2022, only team to qualify for every international event

liquid:
qualified for iceland 2021: yes
kryptix: now playing with mouz
everyone else: still with org

playoff teams:

guard
qualified for iceland 2021: no
roster is new for 2022, no prior data available

G2
qualified for iceland 2021: no
mixwell: still with org
pyth: now playing with bleed esports
patitek: now playing with XL
ardiis: now playing with FPX
ozzy: now playing with XL
all noteable achievements follow a roster nuke so im not going to include them

paper rex
qualified for iceland 2021: no
tommy: retired
everyone else: still with org
noteable achievments: placed 9th-12th at masters berlin, #1 APAC seed going into iceland 2022

loud
qualified for iceland 2021: no
roster is new for 2022, no prior data available

note on players from loud and NIP (via kbkdark)

From LOUD:
Saadhak and Sacy played in Iceland 2021 and Champions... rest of the team has never played on international stages in Valorant

From NiP:
Xand only played LCQ and Champions last year... rest of the team has only played this LCQ on international stages in Valorant

additional stats

returning teams: 4
new rosters at iceland: 3
teams with only 1 roster change (excluding subs and new rosters): 5
teams with 2 roster changes: 2
teams with 3 or more roster changes: 2
teams that attended champions: 6
teams that have won a masters event before (exlcuding 2021 masters 1): 0

please correct me if you find any errors or if you have any questions

NA first strike teams and where they are now: https://www.vlr.gg/84404/na-first-strike-teams-and-where-they-are-now/
EU first strike teams and where they are now: https://www.vlr.gg/84419/eu-first-strike-teams-and-where-they-are-now/

https://www.vlr.gg/84419/eu-first-strike-teams-and-where-they-are-now

Liquid:

ScreaM: still with org
Kryptix: now on mouz
ec1s: bounced around some F/A rosters before landing on NIP, played 2 matches with 100T, now F/A
soulcas: still with org
l1nk: still with org
noteable achievements: 4th place at iceland, won EMEA LCQ, won Red Bull HG, 3rd-4th at champions, now going to iceland 2022

Heretics:

lowel: still with org
niesow: inactive
nukkye: now with G2
paura: joined SMB, then BBL
Avova: joined G2
noteable achievements: won first strike, 2nd at masters 1,

G2:

mixwell: still with G2
patitek: joined heretics, then XL
ardiis: join heretics, then FPX
pyth: went to APAC, now playing with Bleed Esports
davidp: joined excel, giants, and trialed with OG, currently F/A
noteable achievements: 4th at first strike, 3rd-4th at berlin, qualified for iceland 2022

orgless: become prodigy gaming, now giants

hoody: now with G2
boo: joined LDN UTD
happy: joined XL, then Team BDS
pipson: entered coaching role for giants, now coaching G2
delezyh: retired (hasn't played a match in almost a year)
noteable achievements: 3rd at redbull HG

SUMN FC (now fnatic)

doma: now with tenstar
moe40: now with XL
mistic: still with org
boaster: still with org
tsack: now with team queso
noteable achievements: 2nd in first strike, 2nd in iceland, 7th-8th at champions, qualified for iceland 2022

purple cobras

vladede: joined entropiq, l'institut, yendez, currently inactive
hugstar: joined averagejoes, currently inactive
m4china: join vitality, yonk, currently on tundra
maru: joined XL, now on DSYRE
fancy: same as hugstar
noteable achievements: disbanded after first strike (none)

FPX:

ange1: still with org
zyppan: still with org
shadow: now with vitality
shao: still with org
meddo: joined giants, now on G2
noteable achievements: 3rd-4th at masters 1, won EMEA challengers 2022

nolpenki:

zeek: joined G2, now on break from acend
jesmund: joined HSDIRR, vitality, now on KOVA
aron: currently inactive (or retired im not sure)
vakk: joined vitality
cned: joined DNE, which later became acend
noteable achievements: none (disbanded and poached after first strike)

top 2 CIS teams bcs i feel like they should be included

forze:

suygetsu: now on FPX
zeddy: now on One breath gaming
coffee: joined OBG, now on YPPB
hugeon: same as coffee
art1st: now on EZ KATKA

singularity:

trex: joined honk, OG, now on guild
sp1ke: joined OBG, now on fishkavtom
insider: joined KPI
gray: rejoined fishkavtom
nlaaer: joined KPI, currently inactive

I'm not as familiar with EMEA teams (especially in the first strike era) so please correct me on any players or teams i may have missed or skipped over. Please let me know if you want more of these

my NA list: https://www.vlr.gg/84404/na-first-strike-teams-and-where-they-are-now/#10

ill work on it

ENVY: Now OpTiC

Victor: still with org
kaboose: retired from esports entirely
mummay: transfered to andbox
FNS: still with org
Crashies: still with org
noteable achievements: 4th at first strike, qualified for masters 1, challengers 2 playoffs, 2nd place at masters berlin, 9th-12th at champions, qualified for Iceland 2022

Immortals: now disbanded

genghsta to knights
jmoh to KCP, now F/A
ShoT_UP to Faze
Jcstani to Andbox, KCP, 100T as trial, now F/A
Neptune to Rise, now (allegedly) F/A
noteable achievements: Qualified for masters 1

Renegades: recently disbanded

winsum: playing w lenny time
Retrq: F/A
CP2: retired
randysav: F/A
berghy: playing for hitbox
noteable achievements: none (sorry its true)

TSM

Drone: F/A, currently playing w darkzero
Subroza: still with TSM
Wardell: recent F/A, allegedly going to 100T
hazed: now with NRG
cutler: F/A (or retired im not sure)
noteable achievements: second at first strike, won Stage 3 Challengers 2

100T (oh boy)

Asuna: still with 100T
nitr0: returned to CS with liquid
hiko: still with 100T, on the way out acc. to geddes
steel: now with T1
dicey: F/A for most of 2021, recently signed with faze
noteable achievements: won first strike, qualified for masters 1, 4th place at Berlin, 3rd at LCQ

T1:

Skadoodle: retired
brax: moved to content
sayaplayer: now with Guard
AZK: retired (i think)
DaZeD: retired

SEN:

all still on org except for sinatraa, replaced w tenz

noteable achievements: all of them

Faze:

corey: now on TSM
ZachaREEE: now on Akrew
babybay: still with org
marved: now with OpTic
Rawkus: briefly coached sen, now restricted F/A on faze

noteable achievements: 2nd at masters 1, 7-8th at LCQ

where is bumpaah

does anyone know if the teams that qualified for playoffs (in any region) get circuit points towards LCQ/Champs qualification?

Ardiis cannot play due to recently testing positive for covid

FPX should get the prize pool and circuit points of an 8th place finish because in theory thats the absolute lowest they could place (assuming its a bracket with play-ins like iceland last year)

additional background regarding the controversey itself: Around a month ago JasonR had a strong case built against him for actively avoiding girls when playing ranked, such as dodging and faking a game crash upon hearing a girl in agent lock, or leaving a 10man to soloq ranked because a girl joined. He also didn't provide any reasoning on why at the time and kind of let everything happen.

Tarik specifically said back when the controversey began that he didn't agree with Jason's decisions and that is was weird, but never publically criticized Jason's decisions beyond the term "weird." Tarik also hardly talked about the controversey after.

quick thing I noticed: final line says "Cloud9 and The Guard will both attempt to make a reappearance on the international stage, " despite Guard never going to an international lan. Nonetheless great piece, thanks for writing

I love ChickenJoe!

what is SMU? i see it in some players bios and they held a tourney w qor rwcently

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context: dragonlore is a CS skin renowned for being rare and very expensive. it is essentially THE skin to have