Given your username I think ur an EG stan

It really doesn’t. You can put any dork in front of a camera, have them take 10k photos, edit the better pics, and post it, and you have the aesthetic of ‘aura’ or anything you want.

Only marketing relevance here is orgs using the term aura on social media (for the braindead TikTok users) and watching people fight over who has and does not have Aura.

Have you watched NRG games? Reputation for ability and actual ability are two different things. There is no evidence to support the idea that he’s still a top tier IGL.

And let’s not act like there isn’t IGLs who can call AND frag out, like Valyn, king, etc

Absolute craziness since that mf got scouted (to a farely garbage org att) by CLG at like, 15 or 16.

We’ll probably never something akin to a ‘grand slam’ in valorant. We also don’t have enough super teams with consistent cores, nor star duelists who have been consistent over time (maybe Aspas or Derek?). Zywoo is basically the prince of CS, his longevity might just blow s1mple out of the water. We have to see a few more years of VCT (that has far fewer events than cs) before we see someone as phenomenal.

1st year of franchising: 0-8 in the regular season
2nd year of franchising: great in regular season but couldn't maintain form in playoffs
3rd year: vamonos

Why? Ethan and FNS have known each other for like, and entire decade, same goes for s0m.

Based on the vlog they released explaining why they dropped verno/bonkar, they praised Mada (who was also VERY quiet during the video) for being a 'good rookie' then scapegoating verno.

Ethan/s0m don't want to win, they want to get paid.

Someone's making a move to VCT, surely.

Yeah, that was probably one of the best international rosters in Asia. Juicy was underage at the time, both him and neph ended up doing their military service before each of them joined CN teams.

Sadge.

Kicks has stepped it up a lot since trexx left though

I hope the new pickups make a difference. Mid-season transfers are rarely a vote of confidence, especially for GX

Good player, but has been abysmal in this team.

He needs to go back to T2 and grind on a role he's comfortable on.

100% signed governor cuz he was cheap, possibly to integrate flor into the roster better.

Either/or, 2nd worst team to ascend, after BLEED (wish we saw the actual ascension lineup compete), maybe 2G

Yes.

Ball knower

Downvoted for truth. They sacrificed their best ult against 5 classics. While down a map.

This is a young team, they need a coach who is going to make good calls. At least crws farmed ult points, but they could have done that same thing with regular tejo util.

Odd. That view is going to change over time. He's a good agent for OPing. Also for entrying, its just a matter of mastering timings w/ abilities, not movement.

Getting downvoted by Tejo one tricks

Lmfao at s1mon throwing shade at smoggy, to then just get told that smoggy is a better player who's expectations different.

Idk if s1mon deserves all the hate he's getting from the CN community, but even if he's in the right, it seems like he's burned some bridges on the team (with actual players as well as management).

We also need to discuss how weird it would've been to see s1mon on Yoru

Okay but f0rsaken can play any role better than most players. There are way better players than jingg on bad teams atm

NRG seems like it's ran by eboys

We have to see what the rest of their map pool is like after what I think are permanent changes to their comps.

I really hope we don't see sage on split again. It's just too one dimensional at this point in the agent pool

Nah FR. Especially after how he went after him so passively post kick off.

I don't even think there's actual evidence that showed FNS was ever a good caller. 100% not in the last two years, and it seems like he's actually worsened as far as his mechanics go.

Maybe I'm just a hater, but I hope we have less entitled 'veterans' of VCT, and more people who prove they deserve to be there week by week. Way too many irrelevant names from 2+ years ago that can't compete now.

Also, I started watching Ethan when that kid was like 16, first joining CLG in CS, and he just seems like a douchebag now.

Get these frauds out, keep Mada, build a roster without a superiority complex.

Bro cope more hoooooooooooolyyyyyyyyyyyy

I think this is what the kids call 'Copium'

And why do you feel that way?

Seems like Chinese teams change players on the off chance that the whole team will suddenly become better with <1 month practice.

Seems to me most pacific teams are treating valorant as a business, and they tend to weigh out roster transfers with their finances.

Tl;dr - Chinese teams have less patience for roster development, leading to less good teams (long-standing rosters like EDG, BLG, Trace) ; APAC orgs are not breaking the bank for blockbuster signings without the revenue being apparent.

Meanwhile, 100T & C9 broke the bank for players like cryo, yay at the start of franchising -- hasn't turned out great for them.

Ironically c9 now run budget rosters and put more time into improving the team. Wouldn't surprise me if they made more money with this philosophy in mind as well.

And before someone talks about T1 putting a super team together, that's exactly it, a super team that can tourneys, while also leading south Koreans massive val fanbase.

Now we need the link

I'm way too interested in this.

Speaks more to the lack of actual on stage experience left on the roster than mismanagement. At least we're not looking at a bunch of 30 year olds on stage anymore.

Firing WarBirds was such a mistake for this team imo. Especially with a new IGL in 2GE, they need someone with experience and is good at minimizing mistakes

You're not wrong. They've already nerfed neon though, and considering how much it's getting bought on gun rounds in VCT this year, we'll probably see a nerf sometime soon.

The game has to develop its own identity, end of the day, and it's healthy that we have a diverse agent pool where most agents can be useful on a lot of maps. Neon doesn't need any more tweaks.

Miniboo has been good so far this year, but hyunmin has been so solid for DRX, feels disingenuous.

Still, different strokes.

Don't glaze.

Xeus is a great player, but the other thing to consider here is that most of these duelists are on arguably better teams. Xeus just got into VCT, most of the list has played 2+ seasons.

Maybe the turks will put a new super team together, but right now, so many are chasing the bag in international teams. If players like w0ot, sociable, ruxic, make it back onto a majority Turkish roster, maybe xeus would be a part of that and can get the clout he deserves.

Meh, eyes on the team during matches (especially with the proportions Tarik brings in versus regular VCT streams) can drive bundle sales.

Not 'crazy', but definitely unprofessional.

Either way, these people are in careers where reputation means a lot. There have been tons of players in CS & Val over the years who were skilled, but didn't have the attitude to be pro.

Gotta give some love to slowly

Yikes

Odd.

Agreed.

Imo

w0ot
Miniboo
Riens
Boo
Benjy

Hope benjy improves tho

People sleep on ardiis in his prime. Was a big reason that FPX lineup was so good (but suygetsu was still better)

Nah, prime pancada put up bigger numbers, had as much if not more impact, and won more events in his prime.

Jimmy was cold, but not that cold

Classic SicK, being a little sick.

The community death match servers used to, not sure if that's still a thing in CS2

CSM is a lot more edgy than JJK, similar target audiences, but ultimately very different.

End of the day, I think CSM has a much faster pace, and it's definitely a fun anime to watch if you want something you canwatch over a week/weekend. JJK is en route being the next HxH/Naruto/Bleach with the longevity it seems to be going for.

Check out Hell's paradise if you haven't already. It's a nice mix.

I love supporting a canadian duelist, but he's been very average. Not bad, not great.

Why? I feel like it'll free mako up to be more consistent again.

1v3'd at the end of map 1 against furia.

Was the valorant equivalent of a field error in baseball.

Depends if you guys are playing fracture

Iirc locking was in brazil (americas)

I think you'll find the most diversity in fans at a U.S. and/or Chinese arena. Not sure if it will be like that in the future though

V1c is younger, definitely has more gas in the tank than s0m does. I think v1c will have higher peaks in his career.

Would be a great pickup for EDG if he can secondary call then