I think TL looked better than them at the end of their run respectively and I think Trace can be argued and should've been but that's not to say they were one of the top rated teams easily before the tourney.

Maybe because its how they were at the beginning of the tournament? They made the ranking before the tournament was going on???

Considering Leo himself confirmed Champs 2026 would be in China, I think it'll be Bejjing

For me, it would go
Masters London, Italy, LATAM region (really split on this one)
Masters Dubai or South Africa
Champions Beijing

I think Champs 2027 will be NYC so im keeping it off this list

Sliggy gives me just enough reaction and all of the analysis where he has become my #1. Love slugworth!

Feel like this is the best for all parties. It sucks not having been able to watch the highest quality Valorant easily since Madrid. I am glad APAC got their time to shine but it feels like its been such a drought for Americas specifically. Glad we got Toronto finally so I can watch some high quality Valorant at a good time. Leo did make a comment about this I believe during champs last year and said if they wanted it for timezones they'd just do EMEA all year and it makes sense lol

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/8f7db1b4
Feeling like EDG win first match then bomb out

Within groups. I assume Stage 2 will be opposing groups

Feel like he's gotta be top 3 atleast with Tejo? I know alot of people like free1ng for best tejo but john is really good with it too.

W mentality. Need more people like you

A lot of people thought Madrid was Mickey Mouse last year because of who qualified so will Bangkok be similar?

Need more time and to adapt to the meta. Them sticking with old comps hurts and the new players need some time in the rough to get better. Could easily see them in champs depending on how champ points work out though.

please get checked out bro it is not looking good for you😭

Well deserved G2. Looking insane

He just like me fr fr

saving this for when americas ends (I believe in this)

Still give the better odds to G2 but its gonna be a banger (hopefully SEN dont fumble it)

Outstanding move John Riot

AI generated rage bait we are so cooked wahheeeee

can I get a tl;dr about this ragebait

Only change I'd say would be Sacy? But even then i'd love him to say since he's a great player in terms of stability and helping the team control themselves.

Really think that NYC could be Champs as well as a Masters. Hope to get some EST representation we've been suffering out here with these last 2 internationals D:

SEN 0-7 against Furia it's joever boys

I agree that more events need to be evenly distributed, I'd hate to see the APAC fans get screwed out of viewing games bc of time zones!

I know a lot of Americas viewers did not watch Shanghai due to the time zone so I really hope next year they try to evenly distribute the locations of Masters and Champs cause I know my ass ain't watching a lot of Champs this year due to it being in Seoul (cool location, but time zone difference D:). Madrid was a great event and you can tell from the viewership that a lot of viewers loved it as well.

Here are mine:
Car Music- Music for playing in the car

Gaming Music- Music for when I game

Lofi Beats to Vibe/Game To- More chill music that I can just relax with

Russian Roulette- Every song I have listened to over the past 4ish years, regardless if I like it or not now

shocking pick but Sentinels

Obviously Goated Double Elimation Bracket for Top 8, but what do yall think about Swiss being integrated into Champs instead of the typical 4 groups of 4 like last year and 2022? I think Swiss would be fire with 16 teams to go from.

Champs effectively does this better. 16 teams into 4 groups and top 8 go to playoffs. I wonder if we'll see Swiss integrated into Champs though

My thoughts exactly

Aspas is goated because of how much firepower he can bring to a team solely on his own

Zekken is goated because of how much communication, vibes (have you seen the SEN comm videos?), and personality + being pretty damn good on the team.

I love watching both play, so two goats can exist at the same time

W Tarik 🐐

Masters New York I will be there no matter what if it happens

Are most people outside of the US or South America excited for this tournament? I have bias because it's difficult for me to watch the matches but for people in Asia and Europe are you guys excited?

Doug & Babybay underrated but we will not be watching Shanghai (It's at 4am for me so fuck no)

Grass is green type take

Do y'all think they could go back to what they did last year and do league play again or they just gonna stick with this shitty format (next year it wont be as shitty bc of 12 teams)

Ill give it for all regions:

Americas:
LEV
KRU
100T

EMEA:
NAVI
TH
FUT

Pacific:
PRX
DRX
GENG

China:
EDG
FPX
DRG

Im glad I get to root for 100Thieves now, they look like they really deserve the wins.

Id rather SEN lose here than lose next week to Alpha Group bullshit. Looking like the former here, GGs

Haikyu is peak, although it's sports so idk if u wanna vibe with that

We've found the chosen one

Need an omega slot to open and be 4th seed in alpha, or for one of the other alphas to bomb out.

Likely shot but still not in our hands

Love their casting so much. A lot of personality between the two of them

What do you think about 2023 Loud against this NRG team? Do you think they could win?

Bren is on the show so I must be there

Losing is part of the game, we bounce back next week easy

NRG Fans come climbing out against Sentinels as soon as we lose one game. It's one game we'll see each other in Shanghai!

its so joever SEN fans

Fat Boo would go crazy in Valorant

Love Babybay and Doug but wish Balla was casting. Loved him and Doug.