They wouldn't and shouldn't make half the teams from Asia, especially since CN and SA are so new

always easy for Japan

idk, there's a high chance they just aim diff CR tbh

Tournaments are going to be 24 teams
SA/CN are for sure getting direct slots (also maybe OCE)
SEA won't get a slot removed
NA aren't getting 5 slots

Brazil should win both games, though HL and CR are pretty much playing to see who the worst team of the tournament is
Would rather see JP win tho

100T and VS are interchangeable imo

VS with Lakia is probably better then 100T tho

Is he looking for opportunities in EU tho?
Kinda a far move to only be playing in the 2nd best region :<

I'm curious to see people's new and revised power rankings after Day 4

Mine:
1) Sentinels
2-3) 100 Thieves/Vision Strikers (interchangeable)
4) Gambit
5) Acend
6) Envy
7) SuperMassive Blaze
8) G2 Esports
9) Vivo Keyd
10) F4Q
11) KRU Esports
12) Zeta Division
13) Havan Liberty
14) Crazy Racoon

(no fucking clue where to put PRX tbh)

Tbf Gambit and 100T are neck and neck
No one knows how good Envy really are yet
And VS have a decent chance to beat an NA team in the playoffs

I don’t think VS were the overrated team…

1) One of the big things that made his Iceland watchparties fun was talking to people like Sean or Hiko (who are now both in Berlin)
2) There are more entertaining options now
3) Shroud isn't interested in any region that isn't NA
4) Riot production makes interlude times more bearable

Acend are the favorites and have the higher chance of winning, but you shouldn't be judging VS off of the PRX match because:

1) PRX are an underrated team and f0rsaken was online that match
2) The two teams also scrim a lot, so obviously they have a good read on eachother
3) I'm like 80% sure they were saving strats because they went 24-0 against PRX in scrims and probably felt confident enough to play with a 'puggy' playstyle (plus they didn't use Lakia)
4) Stax also said in the interview after that they were sorry for making it unnecessarily close, like he was admitting they were hiding something
5) Someone even said that Benkai said VS had something big up their sleeve for this next match against Acend

Lmao, true
I think VS will choose to play Lakia on more then just Bind though

VS - Lakia is my favorite player
F4Q - bunny and zunba are just a treat to watch
Gambit - Seem really wholesome, have a really cool playstyle as well
Envy - favorite NA team, adding Yay just made them even more fun to watch
100T - what can I say, I'm a fan of Hiko

I think NA will win Berlin to but there are still a few threats out there, like the winner of group A

I just hope the match can live up to the hype
Lets go Lakia!

A boomer in a dad hat clutched a few too many rounds

I think Acend have the upper hand, but people shouldn't be using the PRX game to judge VS's skill

I don't have the exact interview, but after the match against PRX, I remember VS literally apologizing for it being so unnecessarily close, almost as if they were telling ppl that they were hiding strats

Didn’t mention Something or Seoldam cause they aren’t actually Japanese, just playing in the region

Definitely, he's probably the best actual Japanese player playing in JP

For me it'd have to be Paper Rex and Zeek (mans is underrated af)

I’m like 80% sure they were saving strats, but obviously I’m a little biased

They went 24-0 against PRX in scrims and probably felt confident
Also, a lot of people who have watched VS games described the PRX game as ‘VS pugging’

I don’t expect them to beat Acend but they are definitely better then what they showed in their opening match

Reasons the game was close:
1) VS and PRX scrim each other a lot, so obviously games are going to be closer since the two have a better read on eachother
2) PRX were underrated and f0rsaken was playing insane that game
3) VS are hiding their playbook for the match against Acend and didn't even use Lakia all game

People can interpret the game differentially, but this is what I think

I'd like to see that

It really shows how dominant NA have been internationally so far

Here's each regions' record and map win % if anyone wanted to see it, data will get better as the tournament goes on

NA: 22-7 (76%)
EMEA: 23-17 (58%)
KR: 8-8 (50%)
LATAM: 4-5 (44%)
SEA: 2-6 (25%)
BR: 3-12 (20%)
JP: 1-8 (11%)

How is everyone's pickems going after day 3?

I'm 7/7 rn https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/670de0b7

Due to backlash from the community, Riot will decide to add Russia to APAC LCQ because they are actually Asian

The slots will now be 3 SEA, 2 KR, 2 JP, 2 CN, 1 SA, 2 RU

Source: Twitch Chat

quick, NA fans gotta start jinxing Gambit

welcome to the club, coming from a VS fan (literally won and still got shit talked by every1)

Nah
Losing 13-5 and 13-3 is much worse then at least taking a map

Actually made me laugh, lmao

Gambit are going to need an insane mental recovery for next map
Time to see if Nats can keep his straight face

Going to need approximately 371,582,925 thieves

Zoned out for a second, thought I was watching the Gambit vs CR rerun

take a shot everytime 100T peaks with utlity or their knife out

Nah, people don't care about Valorant in KR, we literally have like 1/20th the playbase of other regions

Overwatch 2 will be all KR tho

It's a bad argument from this guy, don't get me wrong

But saying the states are like countries is just as stupid when EU is allowed to get away with not knowing shit about the states, while at the same time saying that NA can't name all the EU countries

Thanks, was wondering if he was around the same age as Asuna since he looks young

Title

His Twitter game is on point

I never understood bandwagon fans in sports or esports

Like, I support a team for the players and play style. If the team wins, then that’s an extra bonus

The Sen fans that aren’t bandwagons tho are chill

Structured and methodical gameplay > crazy plays imo

Which match do you think will have better gameplay?
Sen vs G2 or Gambit vs 100T

IMT, 100T, LG, Gen.G, TSM, NV

G2 did better then anyone expected
Definitely earned my respect

They did it in the 2nd map, wdym
It's basically a bo3 at that point

Majority of the Brazillians Dapr would anger are between the ages of 12-15

The ones that could actually beat him up are more mature
I think dapr has a good chance of beating ur average 8th grader

SicK is popping off to

And you said I was high on copium...