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PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

qwertyy W

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

Sin
Sin City wasn't made for you
Angels like you

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

thank you <3

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

he will grow

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

thanks man! appreciate the kind words

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

nutabl1e commented on my thread my life is complete

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

fnatic does this thing where they look really really really good on paper and then end up not being really really really good

I would not mind being proven wrong

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

thank you! I see you commenting on every thread don't think it goes unnoticed. I appreciate your support!

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

if I remove c9 qwertyy will harm my family

posted about a year ago

PARTNERED ORGS MEGATHREAD in General Discussion

ADDENDUMS FOR EMEA AND AMERICAS CAN BE VIEWED HERE: https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread
There have also been reports that Chinese teams may attend Sao Paolo since VALORANT has been approved in China. If this is the case I will NOT be covering these teams because I am lazy.

PREDICTIONS
After going through all the orgs here's my predictions for the top 3 in no particular order from every region. A lot of this is based on pound for pound firepower and chemistry, and does not take scrims into account. This is also my opinion, so feel free to disagree

Americas: C9, NRG, LOUD
EMEA: Liquid, NAVI, Heretics
Pacific: PRX, DRX, Talon

FINAL THOUGHTS
This project was 100% me biting off more than I could chew and took way longer than I anticipated. I originally estimated this taking around 3 weeks back in October and now we are a little over a month away from the LOCK//IN Tournament. Nonetheless I enjoyed doing it and learned a lot about all the partnered organizations, especially those in the Pacific which have some crazy big legacies.

I also sincerely appreciate the community's positive reaction to all these posts. It's what largely motivated me to finish out this project. Whether it be someone offering feedback, a correction, starting a discussion, or commenting “bump” at 3am so users in other regions that didn’t see it may get the chance to, it means a lot to me. For now I’m going to take a break until after the LOCK//IN Tournament and then possibly do weekly highlights on matches from the Americas league. Linked below is my twitter, and my 2 other megathreads for Champions and NA LCQ (although these are a bit dated)

Again, thank you

Champions: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
NA LCQ: https://www.vlr.gg/130045/100t-vs-grd-facts-and-analysis
My twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

DFM: Org Overview in General Discussion

Oh my fucking god its the last org overview

ORG OVERVIEW
-DetonatioN FocusMe, sometimes abbreviated to just DFM, is a Japanese esports organization that was founded in 2012. They operate under the parent company GameWith
-The organization started in Counter Strike and has quickly grown to be one of the largest esports orgs in japan and hosts a wide range of rosters across many different games.
-Currently DFM competes in Apex, eFootball, Fortnite, Hearthstone, League of Legends, PUBGM, Shadowverse, Splatoon 3, Street Fighter V, Smash, and VALORANT
-In addition to FocusMe, DFM have a wide range of sponsors including NVIDIA and WD BLACK

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-DFM entered Valorant shortly after the game launched with the roster of

-STABA
-mystic
-TENNN
-mittiii
-ZodiaX

-The team would make play through the first strike bracket at the end of 2020 and ended in 4th place following a loss in the Consolation Final to REJECT.
-DFM would continue to get reps in as a team ahead of the first VCT challengers split of the year

2021
-DFM struggled through the first stages of Japanese Challengers, with many of the brackets being decided by tight Bo1s or matches that would end in ties.
-Despite promising results, DFM would always fall short of playoffs for masters or higher events, causing them to miss the regional Masters 1, resulting in TENNN and STABA being replaced by Hate and himajun
-Even after this switch, the team struggled to produce results and did not qualify for the main event in stage 2.
-It was at this time that DFM stepped away from Valorant for the remainder of the VCT year and released their entire roster. They would begin rebuilding in early October, and finished their new roster for 2022 by the end of the year.

2022
-The new roster going into 2022 was:

-HSK
-killer
-Suggest
-SSeeS
-Melofovia
-Machao

-In the first challengers split of the year, DFM failed to qualify for the main event after struggling in their group, putting the entire roster on ice until the next VCT split
-Machao would be replaced with Barce and Pepper joined as a 7th (?) player
-This roster would show more promise, making it to the grand final of the open qualifier of Challengers 2 on two separate occasions, and won a grand final against FENNEL to make it to the main event
-However they would be knocked out by Jadeite early, who ended DFM’s season in June

2023
-After being accepted into the pacific league, DFM immediately made massive roster changes
-Suggest was brought back on the roster and xnfri joined from Northeption, who had recently proven himself as a promising Japanese up and comer
-Reita and Takej were brought in from Zeta and Anthem from Reject.
-Seoldam, the original Korean Jett, rounded out the roster after sitting out the entire 2022 VCT season.
-The new roster recently played at the ONE pro invitational in several show matches against Fnatic, DRX, and Paper rex.
-Although they lost all their matches, they put up a decent fight against all these teams
-Assuming no further changes are made, DFM in Sao Paolo will be:

-xnfri
-Suggest
-Seoldam
-Anthem
-Reita
-takej

OTHER ORGS
That concludes all of the org overviews! I’ll be publishing a megathread shortly that has all of the orgs listed and some final thoughts that will be linked in the comments

posted about a year ago

SECRET: Org Overview in General Discussion

This is the org overview for TEAM SECRET there is no overview for a secret organization I have 0 connections to the illuminati or any other government agencies

ORG HISTORY
-Team Secret is a European esports organization that was founded in 2014 and built around a star-studded Dota 2 team that made it to the finals of TI this past year
-In addition to Dota 2, they host a female CSGO team, an R6 roster, LoL and Wild Rift teams, a PUBGM roster, a Rocket League squad, and a VALORANT team based in the philippines. They also host many brand ambassadors, which are content creators to some extent
-Currently they are partnered with NVIDIA, Corsair, Secret Lab, and many other large gaming brands

ROSTER HISTORY

2021
-Team Secret signed the former Bren Esports squad after the end of Stage 3 in 2021. Bren had qualified for Masters Berlin but the organization was not able to obtain the proper visas to travel before to the event
~~-Due to dissatisfaction from the players, the roster left Bren and was picked up by Team Secret.~~ (Bren, Riot, and other authorities did everything they could to attend Masters 3 but could not make it work, and the org and team left on amicable terms. This edit was pointed out by KssS in comment 9). Since Paper Rex had a low placement at Masters Berlin, Secret were automatically qualified for Champions. The roster attending would consist of:

-JessieVash
-Witz
-DubsteP
-dispenser
-BORKUM

-Secret’s run at Champions would start with them taking a map off of the reigning champions Gambit, before becoming the second team to be 13-0’d on the international stage and later losing the series in map 3.
-Despite being in the lower bracket early, they would send home Crazy Raccoon and Team Vikings to qualify for playoffs. There they would lose 0-2 to the eventual winners, Acend.

2022
-Secret retained their entire roster going into Challengers 1 and received a bye into the group stage. However, Jremy would be added as a 6th man.
-The team would start off 0-3, before bouncing back to end the stage 3-3 and qualify for PH playoffs
-Unfortunately the team would bomb out of playoffs with back to back losses, falling short of challengers finals. Due to their low placement, they would have to play through the open bracket again
-In stage 2 the team tore through the open qualifier and went 6-1 in the group stage, easily qualifying for playoffs
-In playoffs they won the grand final and secured the #1 PH seed for the APAC Challengers Finals, which determines who would attend Masters Copenhagen
-Team Secret would make it all the way to the upper finals before losing to Paper Rex and Xerxia, who would both go on to Masters Copenhagen. However, TS would qualify for LCQ due to their high and consistent placings
-The team would beat Made in Thailand in their opener before losing to Bleed, and later being sent home by ONIC G to end their VCT season.

2023 AND ROSTER MOVE
-Team Secret have retained most of their roster but have made some small changes, benching Dispenser and releasing witz. Lenne from Bleed and invy from Oasis were brought in as replacements.
-Warbirds, the former coach of several NA rosters, was also brought in to round out the staff. Assuming no further changes are made, Team Secret in 2023 will be:

-Lenne
-invy
-DubsteP
-JessieVash
-BORKUM
-Jremy

posted about a year ago

RRQ: Org Overview in General Discussion

^^^ Very well said

I'll also be honest I don't know anything about point blank, and even so I don't find it necessary to mention a player's history on a roster from 6 years ago

posted about a year ago

Flights in General Discussion

damn man i remember swens

posted about a year ago

Flights in General Discussion

hes still around on twitter and I saw him in someones twitch chat a few days ago. He's probably still around but quit making content after all the raze nerfs/satchel changes

posted about a year ago

Talon: Org Overview in General Discussion

I’ll be honest the X10/Xerixa/Talon core might be my favorite APAC player core of all time

ORG OVERVIEW
-Talon Esports is a Hong Kong based esport org that was founded in 2016, founded by Xiao Zhang.
-Talon currently competes in Arena of Valor, Dota 2, Rainbow Six, Street Fighting V, Tekken, Valorant, and the PCS with a League of Legends team
-The organization has had brand partnerships with several other organizations, suich as New Wave Esports who gave them a large capital investment in 2019, and KFC who has the naming rights to their Arena of Valor team
-Talon also had a spot in the Overwatch Contenders league starting from 2018, but disbanded their team in September 2022

FILIPINO ROSTER HISTORY
-Talon made their entry into VALORANT by signing a fully Filipino lineup ahead of the second PH challengers split of 2022. The team would be:

-Drei
-gnaru
-markL
-Alex
-UdoTan
-GabbyDiz

-However, the team would not make it past the open qualifier for the PH region’s challengers. The roster would not participate in any other tournaments and were dropped in October 2022.
-Talon have instead signed the former X10/Xerxia core, one of the most storied rosters in APAC. What follows is that Roster’s history.

X10/XERXIA ROSTER HISTORY
-X10, a Thai organization, signed a VALORANT team in Late 2020 following the conclusion of First Strike. The team would be:

-foxz
-sScary
-Sushiboys
-Crws
-Pooh1tap

-The team would go comfortably qualify for Masters 1 in the 2021 VCT circuit, where Masters was regional at the time.
-They would win SEA Masters with convincing wins over MXL LIGAGAME, KPC, and Team SMG.
-Ahead of Stage 2, Paitphan would join the roster, replacing Pooh1tap
-In stage 2, X10 would dominate their region and play through SEA Challengers Finals to secure a spot at Masters Reykjavik, the first international lan for VALORANT
-There, they would lose their opener to Vikings, send home Crazy Raccoon in the lower bracket, before being sent home themselves by FNATIC. Despite the low placement, it was a promising start for the team
-In stage 3, X10 would qualify for Challengers Playoffs again after fighting through the Thai qualifiers. After drawing all 3 of their games, X10 would not move on to the bracket stage of Challengers Playoffs, and denying their chances of a two time appearance.
-However, X10 would still qualify to Champions off of circuit points, where they would be put in a group with Envy (which would become OpTic), Vivo Keyd, and Acend (the eventual tournament winners)
-After losing 0-2 to Envy and sending home VK, X10 would pull off a massive upset in their rematch against Envy, securing a spot in playoffs. Unfortunately they would get knocked out early by later finalists Gambit.

2022
-When disputes with the team and organization started after players (allegedly) received no cut of the champions skins money, the X10 roster would join Xerxia with the exception of Patiphan, who would switch to Overwatch.
-Crws, sushiboys, sScary and foxz would all join Xerxia and have the roster rounded out by Surf.
-The team would show great resilience throughout all of APAC Stage 1, only losing to Paper Rex and qualifying to Masters 1 as APAC’s second seed.
-They would beat OpTic (previous Envy roster they beat at Champions) in their opening match, but lose to Liquid and OpTic again, ending their Masters 1 run in the group stage
-Regardless, Xerxia would again tear through the Thai challengers and earn a spot at APAC Challengers Playoffs. After being knocked into the lower bracket early by Team Secret, Xerxia would rally a lower bracket run and secure a 2nd place seed at Copenhagen after losing to PRX in the grand finals.
-At Copenhagen they would lose to eventual winners FPX, and Japanese representatives Northeption. Nonetheless, they would qualify for Champions off of circuit points
-At Champions, Xerxia lost to North American representatives XSET in their opener, before being sent home by KRU, ending their Champions run in 13th-16th place.

2023
-sScary pursued an offer with Bleed esports, after being proven as one of the best smokes players in apac (Bleed also isn’t a franchised team!)
-Sushiboys, foxz, and crws would all join Talon Esports after Xerxia did not make franchising. They were reunited with Patiphan who had returned to Valorant, and the roster would rounded out by JitBoyS and garnetS.
-Should no further changes be made, Talon Esports in Sao Paolo will be:

-garnetS
-JitBoyS
-Patiphan
-crws
-foxz
-Sushiboys

posted about a year ago

RRQ: Org Overview in General Discussion

I don’t think theres anything I could put at the top of this article about RRQ that hasn’t been said already

ORG OVERVIEW
-Rex Regum Qeon, frequently abbreviated to RRQ, is an Indonesian esports organization that was founded in 2013.
-The organization currently competes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Free Fire, PUBGM, Valorant, LoL Wild Rift, Sausage Man (?), and FIFA. They got their start in Dota 2, which they exited in 2019
-RRQ is owned by Adrian Pauline, and has a slew of sponsorship deals from ASUS ROG to Haus! Indonesia
-RRQ is also the sole representative of Indonesia in the pacific league.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-RRQ entered Valorant in late 2020, right ahead of First Strike. They would enter with a fully indonesian roster, consisting of

-frostyminty
-NextJacks
-taLenT7
-f1re
-KingLeo

-The roster would fall in the quarterfinals of Indonesia’s first strike to Morph Impact

2021
-RRQ would add some substitutes to their roster but retain the core 5 they had in first strike, looking for success in the 2021 VCT inaugural season
-Unfortunately, the team would not make it out of the open qualifier for the first two challenger splits, prompting roster moves
-f1re and KingLeo would both depart, and be replaced by adrnking and xyNe. With this roster, RRQ would see success in the final indonesian qualifier of the year, but fell short to Boom in the Grand Finals, ending their VCT season early
-At the end of 2021, RRQ would release their entire roster, making their future in Valorant uncertain.

2022
-RRQ missed the first challengers split of the year, but came into the second split with an all new filipino roster. Some were critical of the decision as an Indonesian organization, but quickly realized this new roster was more competitive.
-This new PH roster was:

-Draxii
-2ge
-kellyS
-Rabbet
-Nexi

-The new squad would have podium finishes in non-VCT events before entering the stage 2 challengers split
-They would make it into the group stage and finish with a 4-3 record as the second seed, earning a spot in the APAC Challengers playoffs, with a spot in copenhagen on the line
-The squad would make it past play-ins, but would fall in the group stage with losses to Xerxia and Alter Ego. Due to their late entry and relatively low placement, RRQ would not attend LCQ and their VCT season ended in June

CONTROVERSY AFTER ACCEPTANCE TO PARTNERSHIP
-After being accepted into the Pacific league as the only Indonesian team, RRQ chose to retain their entirely Filipino roster going into 2023. Many were skeptical about the decision, with many Indonesian teams with strong talent like Boom putting their players up for sale.
-A report by Ominous said a specific organization was leveraging the lack of contract agents to put players in long, locked contracts. It was not specified but heavily alluded to that this org was RRQ
-Another report later on said Riot was taking action against a team that was abusing resources provided by the partnership program to put players in unfair contracts (also thought to be RRQ)
-Shortly after these reports became public, RRQ began to overhaul their roster

ROSTER MOVES AND 2023
-RRQ started by bring in tehbotoL from Boom and EJAY from Bren. They later added fl1pzjder also from Boom, and Lmemore from ONIC G.
-They’ve also bolstered their coaching staff with head coach Ewok, and analyst yb.
-Assuming no further moves are made, RRQ in Sao Paolo will be:

-tehbotoL
-2ge
-EJAY
-Lmemore
-fl1pzjder
-Emman

OTHER ORGS
PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159058/prx-org-overview
DRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159565/drx-org-overview
T1: https://www.vlr.gg/161198/t1-org-overview
GE: https://www.vlr.gg/162487/ge-org-overview
ZETA: https://www.vlr.gg/163978/zeta-org-overview
GENG: https://www.vlr.gg/164559/geng-org-overview
All Other Orgs: https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread
My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

The remaining orgs are Talon, Team Secret, and Detonation

posted about a year ago

GENG: Org Overview in General Discussion

its RRQ, secret, talon, and DNG that are left

posted about a year ago

GENG: Org Overview in General Discussion

thanks man, means a lot that people care and read these posts and also that people learn from them <3

posted about a year ago

GENG: Org Overview in General Discussion

go say something nice on the C9 thread https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview

posted about a year ago

GENG: Org Overview in General Discussion

I remembered geng was in pacific yup

ORG OVERVIEW
-Generational Gaming, frequently abbreviated to GenG, is a South Korean esports org that was founded in 2017 from the pre-existing KSV esports structure.
-They currently compete in NBA 2K, PUBG, Overwatch (under the Seoul Dynasty), LoL, Rocket League, and VALORANT. They also host a slew of content creators
-They also previously competed in Heroes of the Storm, Clash Royale, Fortnite, CoD BO4, Apex, and CSGO
-Prior to the partnership program, all of GenG’s valorant activities have taken place in North America
-According to Forbes, the org is valued at over 185 million USD, making them the 6th most valuable esports org in the world.

NORTH AMERICAN ROSTER
-GenG’s North American team was their first official venture into Valorant, despite being a South Korean Org. The majority of this overview will go over On Sla2ers, which consisted of 3 players currently on GenG before disbanding (OnSla2ers matches are also listed under GenG on VLR)

-GenG’s initial venture into Valorant consisted of ex-counter strike pros looking for a new home, with matches extending as far back as May 2020. The team would struggle through first strike and fall short of playoffs
-Despite a slew of roster moves and some promising results, GenG failed to attend any international events, only putting up a 3rd place finish at the regional Masters 1. After a 5th-6th place exit in LCQ, GenG were done for the 2021 season and overhauled their roster
-In 2022 GenG failed to make either of the group stages, ending their VCT season in May. The team still played some offseason tournaments, but when they began to forfeit matches in the MCT Premiership, many realized GenG’s time in North America was over.

KOREAN ROSTER
-The roster that would become On Sla2ers and partially GenG later on consisted of

-k1ng
-bazzi
-TS
-zunba
-GodDead

-The team played their way through the open qualifiers and earned themselves a spot in the Korean challengers group stage, and made their way all through the playoff bracket to the grand finals with the opportunity to qualify for Masters 1, but fell short to DRX and were swept 0-3.
-In the second challengers split, On Sla2ers won their first 3 matches in groups, but lost week 4, and bombed out of playoffs shortly after. K1ng and zunba departed the roster shortly after.
-Eko and Estrella were brought in as stand-ins for LCQ. They lost their opening match to Chinese representatives EDG, but clawed their way through the lower bracket to secure a rematch in the grand finals against EDG, who again beat them 0-3.
-Shortly after it was announced GenG had made franchising, TS and Eko were both picked up and reunited with k1ng, and Meteor joined from Northeption. Secret from desperado would round out the roster with iNTRO as a 6th man, but iNTRO would depart the roster in late december. There are no current reports on who the new substitute could be.
-Assuming no further roster moves are made, GenG in Sao Paolo will be:

-Secret
-TS
-Eko
-k1ng
-Meteor

posted about a year ago

GIANTS: Org Overview in General Discussion

looks like we might be seeing each other very soon

posted about a year ago

Who's the best pro player to learn Sentinel role? in General Discussion

nats, without a doubt

posted about a year ago

Why are high hs% players so unsuccessful? in General Discussion

in NA at least, its kinda hard for players like aleksander and aproto to compete when all of the XSET and OpTic players are up for grabs. You could make a case for the brazillian scene but i don't know enough about it to properly dispute it. Also imo zander is on the best ascension team rn just in terms of pound for pound firepower

posted about a year ago

Why are high hs% players so unsuccessful? in General Discussion

in pro hs% isnt as significant a statistic since everyone can hit their shots in pro

also bang is another exception

posted about a year ago

GIANTS: Org Overview in General Discussion

outside of some of the very large North American orgs, I've had difficulty finding credible sources on each organizations net worth, annual revenue, and profitability, and a lot of those require attaching a tangible value to each roster, which means effectively leaking player salaries

It's safe to assume that every org's roster is worth at like 300K USD (50K salary minimum x 6 players) and theres more money on top of that from the stipend riot provides

posted about a year ago

GIANTS: Org Overview in General Discussion

ty ^_^

posted about a year ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

zeta is done! https://www.vlr.gg/163978/zeta-org-overview

posted about a year ago

ZETA: Org Overview in General Discussion

hes baiting

as a c9 fan we dont claim him

posted about a year ago

ZETA: Org Overview in General Discussion

#aimwithpride

ORG HISTORY
-Zeta Division, formerly known as JUPITER, is a Japanese organization that is currently competing in several esports, most notably VALORANT
-The org was founded in early 2018 and has grown quickly in Japan as one of their leading esports organizations
-They currently host teams in Brawl Stars, Fortnite, PUBGM, Smash, and 3 separate valorant rosters: their main team, academy team, and GC team.
-They also are home to over a dozen content creators that produce a wide variety of content

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-Zeta started as Absolute JUPITER, and brought together a roster shortly after VALORANT released in June 2020.
-The initial 5 signed to AJ were:

-barce
-Laz
-takej
-Reita
-crow

-Through the early stages of the ignition series, the team was dominant in many of their matches, only losing their first set in September.
-Rolling into First Strike, Absolute Jupiter rolled their way into playoffs and all the way to the grand finals, only dropping 1 event across the entire event

2021
-AJ were put into the group stage of JP Challengers, going 3-0-3 in groups (because drawing is a thing i guess)
-Their high placement earned them a spot at Masters, which was regional to just Japan. They would ride the upper bracket all the way into the grand finals, but get swept 0-3 to Crazy Raccoon, who were on their way to usurping the title of Japan’s best team
-Going into the second set of challengers, AJ would again roll through groups, not dropping a single map and qualifying for challengers finals for a spot at Masters 2, the first international tournament at the time
-They would lose in the UBF to Crazy Raccoon, and again in the Grand Final, and were denied a spot at Masters 2
-After this loss, Makiba would be brought in as a 6th man, and was frequently utilized in a rotating kind of roster.
-In the final qualifier of the year, and now rebranded as Zeta Division, the team would again fight their way through groups and again make playoffs where they would get the chance to qualify for Masters Berlin
-Despite an early loss to Northeption, Zeta would claw their way back to the Grand Finals, where they would finally beat CR in a 5 map brawl. Notably takej would put up 95 kills.
-At Masters Berlin, Zeta would go down in their opening match against KRU. However they would take a map off KRU in the process, making it Japan’s first map win at an international tournament
-Zeta would later bow out to Vivo Keyd, exiting Berlin in 13th-16th place. Due to their high placing throughout the year, they were invited to LCQ
-However, Zeta stated they were not going to play the APAC LCQ, citing they wanted to rebuild their roster of an entirely Japanese team and find new, local talent. Many questioned the decision at the time.

2022
-Zeta entered the new year with a fresh set of faces. Laz and crow were retained from the old roster, while sugarz3ro, dep, and TENNN would join from various other rosters. Going into the next year, the roster would be:

-TENNN
-dep
-sugarz3ro
-laz
-crow

-Zeta would cruise their way through the first stage of challengers, convincingly beating Crazy Raccoon in the Grand Finals to qualify for Masters Reyjavik
-In their opener at Reykjavik, they would get pummeled by DRX, losing by a combined round score of 5-26. However they would fight their way through the elimination bracket, sending home FNATIC and NiP in order to make the playoffs.
-This would also be the first time Japan would make it out of groups at an international event. They would lose in the UBQF to EMEA’s #1 seed, G2.
-Despite this, they would fight their way through the lower bracket, beating Team Liquid, a very tight rematch against DRX, and APAC’s #1 seed, PRX, to make it to the lower bracket final
-In the LBF against OpTic, Zeta would get swept 3-0, which many attribute to an incredibly strong individual performance from Marved. Despite their finish in 3rd place, it is Japan’s highest finish in any Tac FPS esport to date
-In addition to this, many players on the roster including Laz, TENNN, and sugarz3ro gained a large reputation in the community as being strong players (and a lot of twitter followers). Many consider Zeta’s run in Iceland to be one of the best Cinderella stories of VALORANT so far
-However, the momentum wouldnt last. Despite another good group stage back in Japan, they would be denied a spot in Copenhagen following a loss to Northeption.
-Due to their high placing in Reyjavik, they would automatically be qualified for Champions, where they would be put in a group with Boom, Loud, and OpTic.
-They would lose their opener 0-2 to Loud, despite playing a fairly tight match against them. Zeta would send Boom home in the lower bracket to earn a rematch against Loud, where they would barely lose Map 1 and be crushed on Map 2, ending their VCT season in 9th-12th. Loud would go on to win the entire event.
-In the offseason, they have played several offseason events including showmatches and small tournaments

ROSTER MOVES AND 2023
-Zeta have opted to keep their entire roster. Barce has returned to play a sub role. They are competing as one of the two Japanese teams in the Pacific League
-Assuming no further roster moves are made, Zeta in 2023 are:

-TENNN
-dep
-sugarz3ro
-laz
-crow
-barce

OTHER ORGS
PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159058/prx-org-overview
DRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159565/drx-org-overview
T1: https://www.vlr.gg/161198/t1-org-overview
GE: https://www.vlr.gg/162487/ge-org-overview
All Other Orgs: https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread
My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

I WILL FINISH THIS BEFORE 2022 ENDS I PROMISE

posted about a year ago

GIANTS: Org Overview in General Discussion

it was closer than I thought tbh

posted about a year ago

GE: Org Overview in General Discussion

this was right after PRX had their run at berlin (where they had a decent showing) and then won the KJC event back home

posted about 2 years ago

GE: Org Overview in General Discussion

certainly one of the orgs ever

posted about 2 years ago

GE: Org Overview in General Discussion

forgot to add this

OTHER ORGS
PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159058/prx-org-overview
DRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159565/drx-org-overview
T1: https://www.vlr.gg/161198/t1-org-overview
All Other Orgs: https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread

posted about 2 years ago

GE: Org Overview in General Discussion

possibly the first org to ever.

posted about 2 years ago

GE: Org Overview in General Discussion

Hello india!

ORG OVERVIEW
-Global Esports is an Indian esports organization that was founded in 2017.
-They first entered esports with an Overwatch team, and later acquired teams in Fortnite, R6, CSGO, PUBG, and more
-Currently they host 9 rosters and have won over 40 titles as an organization across their many different divisions. They most recently entered VALORANT in 2020.

ROSTER HISTORY
-GE entered Valorant by picking up GodSquad in September 2020, just ahead of the SA ignition series wrapping up. The roster initially consisted of

-HellRangeR
-helfff
-Kappa
-skillZ
-SkRossi

-Shortly after being picked up by GE, helfff would leave the roster and be replaced by DEATHMAKER on a stand-in basis. LightningFast would replace him a month later.
-At the start of 2021, SA did not have a direct path into the VCT circuit. GE spent much of the first half of 2021 playing in various TEC and ESPL tournaments, and winning almost every tournament they entered
-In july 2021, Riot announced the VCC, which was a SA-only tournament that would grant the winner a slot in the APAC LCQ. This was also the first VCT affiliated tournament introduced in 2021 to the region
-GE would lose in the grand finals of the first qualifier to Velocity Gaming. They would return in qualifier 2, dropping only 1 map in the process and winning the second qualifier
-At the VCC Championship, they would be sent to the lower bracket by Velocity Gaming, but clawed their way to a rematch in the grand finals that would go to all 5 maps
-GE would win the final map after being down 3-9 at the half, and would now attend the APAC LCQ as South Asia’s sole representative
-They would win their opener at LCQ against Damwon gaming, before moving into a match against a red hot PRX, who would 13-0 them to send them to the lower bracket
-In the lower bracket they faced F4Q, who would eliminate them from the LCQ and end GE’s chances at Champions.
-In 2022 a similar format was ran with the Valorant Conquerors Championship, but this year they would fall in 2nd place to Velocity Gaming. However, due to the format change, they still qualified for APAC challengers playoffs, specifically the play-in stage
-GE would qualify as the 2nd place seed in the first split, and the 1st place seed in the second split. Both times they would suffer immediate losses in the play-in stage, ending their tournament run very early
-Throughout the offseason(s), GE have continued to play matches in TEC tournaments, getting many reps in across multiple events, including the GXR India invitational

ROSTER MOVES
-GE are the only SA team to make it into the pacific league. They’ve chosen to flesh out all 10 of their roster spots going into 2023.
-T3xture was signed from Damwon, and Bazzi from On Sla2ers. Wronksi was brought in from Order, and Monyet from ONIC G.
-AYRIN was brought in as IGL from XSET as the team's import. LightningFast and SkRossi have retained their spots on the roster, while the remainder of the old roster (KappA, HellRangeR and skillZ) all moved to sub roles.
-GE’s roster in 2023 is:

-AYRIN
-t3xture
-Bazzi
-WRONSKI
-Monyet
-SkRossi
-LightningFast
-HellRangeR (sub)
-skillZ (sub)
-KappA (sub)

posted about 2 years ago

NEW TSM ROSTER in General Discussion

https://twitter.com/purest/status/1601664436548182018?s=46&t=Phwu8jqeqXDkfzohS-qngA

posted about 2 years ago

TvCA - The vlr.gg Community Awards in Off Topic

posted about 2 years ago

T1: Org Overview in General Discussion

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated

ORG OVERVIEW
-T1 is a South Korean esports org that was founded in 2003 as a venture between SK Telecom and Comcast
-They first entered into esports by signing a Starcraft team, previous Team Orion, and began their growth from there.
-Currently T1 compete in Valorant, League of Legends, Wild Rift, SSBU, and an Overwatch team that serves as an academy roster for the Philadelphia Fusion
-T1 are best known as being the most successful League of Legends organization of all time, with 3 world championships, and 5 finals appearances. They are also the home of Faker, who I don’t think I need to give background on.
-Despite being a South Korean org, all of their activity in VALORANT until now has been in North America

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-T1 were the first organization in North America to sign a Valorant player with Brax (interestingly, he was signed over a month before the game entered Beta). AZK and Skadoodle would join shortly after, recreating the infamous IBP core from 2014.
-Crashies and Victor (then known as food) would round out the roster and enter the ignition series as one of the top prospective teams
-T1 would have a strong start in the ignition series, often making it out of groups, but would fall off throughout the summer. At Pop Flash, the final ignition series, they went 0-2 in groups, signaling the need for a change.
-Crashies and Food would both depart for NV, DaZeD, another ex-IBP player, would join as IGL. Sayaplayer, then known as Spyder, would round out the roster going into First Strike.
-At First Strike, T1 fought their way into playoffs, taking down Dignitas, Immortals, and Cloud9 in the process. They would lose to 100T in the quarterfinals, ending their playoff run.

2021
-In the first VCT open qual of the year, T1 would go out in the Ro16 to Andbox. Going into the second qualifier, AZK retired, and Brax would join TSM as a 6th man. Autimatic and curry would be the placements. The roster for the majority of the 2021 season would be:

-autimatic
-curry
-skadoodle
-dazed
-spyder

-Unfortunately, the squad still would not have any luck, failing to qualify for masters. In the second challengers split, they found themselves in a lower bracket match against Sentinels, and were 4 rounds away from sending them home on Split (what a world that would've been)
-In the break ahead of Stage 3, T1 released DaZed and brought Brax back from TSM. Spyder was also taking time off to recover from an injury, so dawn was promoted from the academy roster.
-T1 still would not find any success in 2021, ending the season without accumulating any circuit points. At this point, a major rebuild was ahead for 2022
-Skadoodle, autimatic, and spyder were all released. Thwifo was brought in from XSET and Steel from T1, pwny from Divize, and seven from 100T’s sub spot.
-The squad played several NSG weeklies and offseason tournaments, with promising results. Going into 2022, T1’s roster would be:

-Steel
-Thwifo
-Seven
-Pwny
-Curry

2022
-In the first VCT challengers of the year, T1 would forfeit their match against TSM due to their coach communicating with players during the match (help sewers). They also failed to qualify in the next qualifier, putting T1 out of competition until May.
-During their break, seven would leave for TSM, and their coach would be formally released. Dynamic would be brought in as an unofficial 5th.
-The squad still played many offseason tournaments such as Knights monthlies, with fairly standard results, but no wins.
-In the second set of qualifiers, T1 again failed to make it into the group stage, ending their VCT season in May. It was around this point that the planned move to Korea began to develop
-curry was traded to C9 for Xeta and Autumn, both Korean natives. Munchkin was also signed from Crazy Raccoon.
-Ban would join from Knights in August 2021. The team would play two matches together, winning both convincingly.

ROSTER MOVES
-Shortly after Champions, it was announced T1 had made it into partnership for the pacific league. As a result, thwifo and pwny were both released. Thwifo has since gone on to join NRG as a 6th. Steel is currently listed as inactive, and has no place in the 2023 roster.
-Carpe and BeomJun were both signed straight from the Korean ranked leaderboards. Neither of them have any stats on VLR.
-Lastly, Sayaplayer has returned to T1 to round out their roster. Stunner was also brought in as a coach. The players are currently bootcamping in North America ahead of the VCT kickoff tournament
-T1’s roster for the 2023 pacific league is:

-ban
-xeta
-Munchkin
-Sayaplayer
-BeomJun
-Carpe

I apologize for the lack of org overviews lately, I’ve been slammed with finals and I just got the flu. However, I will be finishing out this project before the year is over, so stay tuned.
ALL OTHER ORGS
PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159058/prx-org-overview
DRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159565/drx-org-overview
-https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread

posted about 2 years ago

Biggest VLR Rivalries in Off Topic

any chance we can set this up in a bracket?

posted about 2 years ago

NA Tourneys in General Discussion

Agree, offseason has been a major let down in NA. Was nice to see some of the content tournaments like the FaZe all star weekend, but we haven't seen any real T1 matchups with partnered teams at all

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

we have our bad moments as c9 fans but at least we're not the sen fanbase

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

🍻

posted about 2 years ago

FURIA: Org Overview in General Discussion

your time has come

https://www.vlr.gg/159565/drx-org-overview

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

just bcs of this comment im doing GE next for shits n giggles

posted about 2 years ago

Most Kills In A Match in General Discussion

https://www.vlr.gg/109189/dart-monkeys-vs-tsm-x-astral-clash-2022-sf

93 in a Bo3 but not in VCT

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

W user

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

drx are ballers and you should look forward to them in brazil

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

corrected it to reflect this, thanks for pointing it out!

posted about 2 years ago

DRX: Org Overview in General Discussion

Yall been waiting for this one

ORG HISTORY
-DRX, previously known as DragonX, are a South Korean esports team with roots going as far back as 2012. Currently, they compete in League of Legends, Tekken, Valorant, and Warcraft.
-The Org’s history extends from their original LoL team, known as Incredible Miracle which was founded in 2012. The stack changed hands several times before being sold to Kingzone DragonX in 2018, which would eventually become DRX.
-DRX’s Valorant division previously operated under the name Vision Strikers, who themselves were owned by eDreamwork Korea. In early 2022, DRX acquired eDreamwork, resulting in Vision Strikers being absorbed under the DRX name. They now market themselves as being a subsidiary of DRX.
-Notably, DRX’s League of Legends team won the 2022 League of Legends World Championship.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-Vision Striker’s core was formed from the MVP PK CSGO Roster, one of the top rosters from Korea. Although 7 total players were transferred, the squad that would play consisted of:

-k1ng
-stax
-glow
-Rb
-zest

-VS would make their presence immediately known, by absolutely tearing through the ignition series in Korea and First Strike, winning every event without a single loss.
-They would win WESL, ATV Asian Showdown, Royal SEA cup, the DBZ cup, AWEM Asia, all 3 Clan Masters, and First Strike in dominant fashion.

2021
-VS continued their rampage all the way through Masters 1 and into the middle of stage 2, where they would face their first loss to F4Q (excluding two ties to Nuturn and ZFGaming)
-This snapped Vision Strikers 102 match win streak, the longest of any Valorant team to date.
-Even with their loss, VS were in playoff contention to qualify for Masters 2, the first international tournament for Valornat at the time.
-However, they would fall to Nuturn in the semi-finals, resulting in VS watching from the sidelines while Nuturn went to Iceland and finished 3rd.
-Over the break, Lakia would be brought from Nuturn to Vision Strikers. Lakia had previously been on the roster, but never played any matches. He would be a dedicated 6th man.
-Also over the break, BuZz would join the roster as a young duelist player, and glow would retire and pursue a coaching role with VS. MaKo would also replace zest for a short time as zest recovered from an injury.
-Some were critical of the decision to sign Lakia as a 6th man, since some felt VS were trying to take talent away from other teams in Korea, which limited competition. This dissent was bolstered by the collapse of the Nuturn roster, and Lakia only playing 7 total matches with VS. Going into stage 3, the VS roster was:

-BuZz
-stax
-k1ng
-MaKo (sub)
-zest (temporarily inactive)
-Rb
-Lakia

-VS would qualify for Masters Berlin with ease, and represented Korea alongside F4Q. They would win a surprisingly close opener to Paper Rex, and convincingly beat Acend in the winner’s match of groups.
-Despite their hot start, VS would bow out to Gambit in the quarterfinals, who would go on to win the entire event. It would also be Lakia’s first appearance at an international event with the team.
-VS were automatically qualified for Champions due to their high placement throughout the year. They would be seeded in a group with Fnatic, Cloud9, and Full Sense
-At Champions, they would win their opener against Full Sense, and lose their winner's match to a red-hot Fnatic.
-In the decider match, they would lose to Cloud9 1-2, ending their run at champions in 9th-12th. This would be the final event they played under the Vision Strikers name, and was the last event Lakia would play with the organization

2022
-Ahead of the new year, k1ng would depart the roster and be replaced by MaKo.
-Vision Strikers, now rebranded to DRX, started the year off strong with heavy victories in the group stage, and only a minor loss to On Sla2ers. They would qualify for Masters 1 with ease
-DRX demolished Zeta in their opener with a combined round score of 26-5, and beat NiP convincingly to qualify for playoffs. In the playoffs they would win their opener against PRX, before being sent to the lower bracket by OpTic.
-In the lower bracket they would have a rematch with Zeta, a team they had beaten earlier in the tournament, but lose 1-2, ending their tournament run in 5th-6th place.
-DRX would again tear through the Korean groups and earn a spot in Copenhagen, this time without dropping a single map
-At Copenhagen, they would beat Northeption and FPX to get out of groups, and beat Leviatan to get out of groups
-Again, they would be sent to the lower bracket by OpTic, and lose to FPX to again exit the tournament in 5th-6th place. Due to their consistent placings, they qualified for champions
-At Champions, they would beat Furia and 100T to make it out of groups (you get the point by now, right?). Their win against 100T was their first win against a North American team.
-They would beat FPX in the first round of playoffs before losing to Loud in the semifinals (it changes here I swear)
-From there, they would beat Fnatic and FPX to earn a rematch with OpTic in the lower final, where they would lose in a 5 map brawl that ended their year in a 3rd place finish.
-DRX have continued to play smaller regional tournaments and showmatchs in KR/JP despite the season being over.

ROSTER MOVES
-DRX have opted to retain their entire roster, and brought in Foxy9 as a 6th man/sub
-DRX in 2023 are:

-BuZz
-stax
-Rb
-zest
-MaKo
-Foxy9

EDIT
-As pointed out by various users, MaKo joined VS in Stage 3 of 2021 and replaced zest while he had an injury. I've edited the appropriate portion of the article to reflect this.

ALL OTHER ORGS
PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/159058/prx-org-overview
-https://www.vlr.gg/157308/franchised-orgs-megathread

posted about 2 years ago

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