They would have lost to NA either way, might as well learn from it by competing with some of the best teams
Also the prize pools in OCE suck

Since OCE and Korea have similar match times, I watch a lot of OCE valorant in between korean matches and can say that this is just wrong...
Exo Clan (Soniqs) have 3-0'd ORDER before and wildcard can't even consistently beat ORDER
Soniqs have been training in NA for months now and have stopped relying on just having better aim, like the rest of OCE

There is a reason Soniqs came to NA and not ORDER

nvm, read post wrong
OG T1 were pay to lose

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Oceania_Tour/2021/Championship
Here is the OCE bracket to qualify for LCQ

2 OCE Teams will play in LCQ NA, these two teams are decided based off of OCE's circuit points
Edit: The eight OCE teams that get a chance to qualify through the OCE Championship are decided by circuit points, with the top two teams qualifying for LCQ
This means that there will be 10 teams in the NA LCQ

T1, especially their original lineup

Too bad scrim results don't matter.
However, I do think TSM have a very matchup against Gen.G tomorrow, assuming these are the map selections:
Gen.G ban split
TSM ban breeze
Gen.G pick bind
TSM pick ascent
Gen.G pick icebox

For people who watch Indian valorant, do you guys think that top teams like Velocity and Global stands a chance in the Asia last chance qualifier against SEA, KR, JP, and most likely China

It's because a lot of top teams don't need a sentinel player:
Teams like SEN, XSET, Gen.G, and LG already have solid sentinel players
Teams like FaZe, T1, and NRG have new players playing sentinel that I doubt they would drop now
Teams like 100T, NV, C9 and TSM have an IGL playing sentinel (hard to replace)
And teams like V1 or IMT either flex someone into sentinel or don't even use one at all

Only top team looking for a sentinel would be ABX who are most likely picking up Thwifo

Nah, just talking about the part where he says EU/KR potentially have the best planned strats to play against during a bootcamp

Facts. EMEA is undoubtedly the most strategic region and the best choice to bootcamp in, although it would be fun to watch a Vision Strikers vs Sharks show match

When people claim that EU is better than NA, are they including all of EMEA or just the 'EU' portion of the region?
I see a lot of people say that EU has the most depth in terms of top level teams and then list off teams like Gambit and SMB.

So I'm just wondering, do people think just the EU region (no CIS and TR) has more depth then NA?

Start working out, it fixes your sleep schedule and gives you more energy

I agree with Vikings and Stars qualifying, but I honestly want to see Furia make it (mostly so xand can get sat down)

Replace Liquid with G2 (ez for nukkye)

Brimstone Gaming, Big Baller Brand, and Soniqs all in one bracket. This is one strong bracket.

Yeah, most likely. Hard to tell how good Brazil is internationally when they have a Yoru trolling their team

lmao, it was a close game, proving that they definitely deserved 3/8 slots while CIS got 1/8

3-26*

EU, NA, CIS, KR, BR > TR > JP, LATAM, SEA

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/441deb52 JP

I agree, I think Kay/o will be really good once teams learn how to use the ultimate and stop flashing their teammates
But atm, I think he's overshadowed a bit by Skye

Skye is a very good pick on most maps
Sova is a good agent and I honestly don't want to see him get nerfed
Breach < Skye
Kayo still needs more pro-play to tell where he's at imo

Should be an LG 2-0, aproto 100% headshot percentage

The asian regions have it worse... BO1's everywhere in Japan and SEA along with a single elimination bracket for Korea's main event

Japan

Grilled Unagi

https://www.vlr.gg/player/573/cned

As a fan of LG, <3 aproto, they are not top 8 yet
We have to wait for them to play a team that can function on attack

Is it fair yet to say that old teams (TSM, LG, FaZe, T1) are back or is it too early to tell?
I personally feel like it's too early to tell because a lot of the games these teams won were more or less their opponents making mistakes:
-Jcstani shitting the bed against TSM
-Huynh failing to defuse the spike, losing them the map
-LG beating C9 who literally only got 5 rounds on attack between two maps

Gen.G for my boy GMD

There's actually no way C9 picked ascent after losing the way they lost to rise

Korea's format is shit tbh
I get that they play a lot of seeding matches to make the single elimination main event not as bad, but just imagine if Nuturn and Vision Strikers end up on the same side of the bracket again

Seems like Vision Strikers plan to sub in Rb for Lakia on split

1) C9B
2) TSM
3) NRG
4) NV
5) ABX

That's the poiz diff, happy to see him back on the main roster

You never know, they might have a chance at Berlin. But if Sharks represent Brazil again, I'll actually cry

Not looking good for Brazil atm. Gamelanders, vikings, and furia need to get their shit together before Berlin if they want to stand a chance internationally

I'm not saying TSM are showing bad results, they obviously need to acclimate their new players. I'm just surprised how they can keep it so close with questionable/ a lack of strategies

I don't understand how this is close
It's like watching an actually organized team play a pug team
I want TSM to win but this is painful to watch

Andbox didn't use a skye or an astra yesterday

TSM suck at this meta. They can't play or beat post-plant setups and Wardell's awp continues to find a lack of value against skye + astra + viper comps

Good luck to both teams

Hazed needs to start learning some lineups for icebox if this team wants to be successful

I'm proud of TSM, but this post is dumb af

Definitely a good player to build around after they break my heart by losing to Andbox

Recident didn't want the win. I don't understand how you double flash someone and still lose the fight

There is a dark mode

Hazed won them that OT

Let's go truo! Also glad to see Kehmicals back