PRX vs. EMEA

PRX hasn't lost to EMEA this year and beat both their reps in Madrid, even without jinggg

Fnatic has played PRX twice, once in copenhagen and once in tokyo. Score is 1-1. Why do you have to call PRX out by name when Fnatic isn't even beating them in matchups currently?

KRU: played like shit today, just wasn't the same team (G2 played well, but KRU SUCKED)
LEV: lost a close series to 100T, who is a good team
FUT: played TH, who imo is equal in skill to them. should've been FUT vs KC and TH vs Fnatic
KC: Fnatic won today off hero plays, everyone on KC played like shit
GenG: T1 had the biggest fluke victory in VCT history, carried by Susanto blood
DRX: chronic Korean throwers, lost in map selection. Wouldn't have been 1st seed if TS wasn't PRX's kryptonite

those people are delusional PRX fans who coped with Jinggg's loss, there is 0 chance that Monyet made PRX a "better" team and real PRX fans know that

1. full complete roster
2. map pool favors Fnatic less
3. elmapuddy
4. Boaster gets half as many kills as his teammates

i wish i could believe that but TH look stronger than they did in Madrid, while most Madrid teams look way weaker. TH has a very high ceiling of performing well

EDG over 100T is a cook, but idk if KangKang is a good enough initiator for them to be above 100T. Cryo and Asuna are on one, Boostio is a good IGL, and bang and eeiu are solid teammates

i had that originally to be honest, but i think GenG coming off of a 2nd place Madrid (5 map GF) and LEV demolishing LOUD and SEN put them above FUT, while FUT hasn't fully proven themselves. Their win against KC was great, but personally i think KC wasn't playing good that day

1. overhyped by bandwagon fans all because their roster is 5 international winning players
2. content by NRG is pretty cringe, 1/5 vids are worth watching
3. a lot of NRG baiters on VLR exist to intentionally make people hate NRG (asuna_yuuki)
4. cockiness from a lot of the players with nothing to back it up
5. people hate for the sake of hating

and this is including the 3 teams I think will qualify

1. PRX
2. TH
3. 100T
4. LEV (?)
5. GenG
6. FUT (?)
7. G2
8. Fnatic
9. EDG
10. T1
11. FPX
12. Trace (?)

and i know this seems biased and they'll probably choke another GF but I can't think of any other team as dominant as PRX is rn. 2nd place Champs 2023 roster

i was talking about ascension and how every player who got put on a t1 team has made it to an international event

if LEV win tomorrow, 6/6 ascension participants in t1 will have gone to international events

100% success rate

do you hate him because he clowns on your favorite team/players? additionally, would you hate your favorite team/players if they did what boostio does?

#16

johnqt was on ghost gaming (coached by kaplan) and then m80.

the most i'll concede is that johnqt is from Africa cause he played there before. EMEA has 0 African representation and he's been in NA for a few years already

benjyfishy, marteen, riens, patitek, and w0ot didn't even qualify for ascension

China is a new region so most of those players will be from tier 2, since there was quite literally no distinction between t1 and t2
All the NA representatives in Americas ascension that are currently on a Tier 1 team (if LEV win) will be going to an international this year. N4rrate, a player from a relegated NA VCL team, carried KC to Madrid. The skill gap is immense, be for real.

t2 barely existed until the differentiation between VCT and VCL, I'm talking about last year's VCL players to this year's VCT international participants

NA by far has the highest success rate with that

name another region that has half its ascension participants qualifying for an international event, I'll wait

5/10 NA representatives from Americas Ascension (valyn, trent, JonahP, eeiu, johnqt) will have played in a Masters this year (6 if tex qualifies). neT isn't on a team rn, and the last 3 (koalanoob, NiSMO, and zander) are still on M80.

Can people finally admit that NA has the strongest t2 of any region?

1. rare KC offday, FNC won off of hero plays, Fnatic won't do well in Shanghai with the strats they have now.
2. FUT and TH had a great series, both of these teams deserve to go to Shanghai. Should've been FNC vs. TH and FUT vs. KC for the best EMEA teams to ensure going to Shanghai
3. KRU looked BAD, almost like a completely different team. G2 still played very well, but I think G2 lose in a rematch. G2 still deserves to go to Shanghai, they played incredible yesterday and today.
4. 100T played very well and it seems like they have good synergy now. Every player is capable of fragging and they'll make playoffs easy. For LEV, c0m played poorly this series, but tbh everyone besides aspas played poorly on Icebox. If they go to Shanghai, they won't make top 4 with the gameplan they have rn.
5. China games were expected, FPX is cooking with strats if anyone is interested in China Valorant. Praying for a Trace win tomorrow 🙏

[ALLAT]

when he's not in a supportive and positive environment, he can't perform

no potter, no boostio, no win

before playoffs? yeah i was a doubter
during playoffs? i thought they'd be 3rd seed
now? i apologize. 100T are a good team.

nah i believe you nachtypoo

y'all thought LOUD, KRU, and LEV were all guaranteed to qualify?

you all forgot that both of these teams have ex-t2 NA talent, the best t2 region in the world

https://www.vlr.gg/345471/g2-learn-chinese

what is this revisionist history going on

wait he might be back

maybe leaf didn’t wanna interview? kinda weird they’d interview icy for this game

i can’t imagine how he feels rn, that must fucking suck seeing all of your old teammates (including sayaplayer and tex) going to shanghai

that would destroy me mentally

super team fan talking 💀

message them on discord

cause you are going to Masters Shanghai! Congrats!

to be fair prx should have been 1st seed, sadly they were in a group w DRX who went undefeated.

but yeah the curse stands

their set plays felt out of sync, someone on krü would die and then another teammate would die from the same angle, doesn’t feel like how they were playing against lev. they lost against lev but still played very well

it really doesn’t feel like better competition though, krü didn’t look like they had a plan for most rounds

no series win makes sense, playoffs feel like a coinflip. imo, it doesn’t feel like it’s better competition, it feels like teams randomly do good and randomly do bad for seemingly no reason.

moose is a great fit for c9

based

cryo has always been similar to sayf, someone who is an insane player but gets held back by his team a lot

YOU FUCKING MELONS!

bro no one on loud is shootiing back rn, can't blame this solely on qck

but yeah he's a bad player

fine, i'll agree with you on just this one take

vlr users when no shit talk: "VALORANT IS FOR BABIES, RIOT IS SO CRINGE"
vlr users when shit talk: "this dude is so cringe getting up from his chair"

[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

they should get more credit than other reserve players, yes, but they should not be considered champs winners. they weren't the ones playing, they helped the players win.

all they need to do is hire someone that listens to the pros/community before making rash decisions. Leo always makes some rash and speedy decision before thinking (especially with denying Guard players in Franchising). Even if it’s not solely him, he’s the face of it and has to accept the consequences that come with it

an 8 round differential shouldn’t put a 1st seed in double elim 1 game away from qualifying while putting a 2nd seed in a single elim game 2 games away from qualifying

leave it to riot to put a team in a single elim game because they lost 1 series 1-2 in regular season, all because another team won 8 more rounds than you

i think this is the most likely outcome as well. my issue is the fact that G2 is even in playoffs to begin with. this team is NOT top 6 in Americas 😭

this format allows for too many flukes to occur, especially when every single region has a one sided group. this format from riot fucking blows