You do realize we're just busy. I just came back from night prayers and the others are probably busy with other stuff.

Fella, it's their complete lineup. Nobody in DOM that match was a standin.

Thanks for the headsup!

We barely have no info RIP, do you think you can DM me on Discord? (TMosura#0412)

Chinese casters call hfmi "Alphabet Man/Bro"

Already did. A lot of them. Keep an eye and report to us here on on Discord.

Still there. The system just didn't list him in the lineup for this matchup. If he plays, it'll update accordingly.

So? That's my opinion. I might be a bit harsh and straight forward in my words, but I chose what to post publicly myself. I don't regret it, and it spawned a decent enough discussion and discourse on my reply.

I want to keep myself on a standard that balances my personal and professional opinion in terms of my line of work. If I went out of line in your eyes, then I'm sincerely sorry.

Well yeah. Indian players have a good amount of hidden talent that needs to have the light shine upon them. But the fact is, people have shit-talked on both sides of the pond. I have my prolonged opinion, but it doesn't need to say that it goes both ways. Both sides need to respect one another. Period. Mods aren't only me. I'm not capable of checking this forum 80% of the time. We have different opinions, you have your opinion, and other fans have theirs.

It's just a matter if they got out of line.

Being an idiot or trolling isn't an offense. Discussing a topic without going out of line isn't either.

https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/1525/fgc-valorant-invitational-2023-act-1

Should be H2H(?)

Yeah, you'll have to wait for them in Act 2

Nah, DRG has h2h win against NTER. They're qualifying nonetheless

It's the same stage they used for LCS (which makes sense, it is the same arena.) The only thing changed was the player's seating.

It's the same stage they used for LCS (which makes sense, it is the same arena.) The only thing changed was the player's seating.

Well about that

Honestly, I'm just a little bit in a bad and confused mood just because you know my job is to watch for these kinds of shenanigans (even though the transfer window is shut)

Fellas; I just came back from Taraweh (Ramadhan night prayers.) I am so tired just now and I saw DRX's and GE's bullshit. It was an honest mistake. Sorry.

It's easy once xand is officially out, dw.

No official announcement yet so I'll wait

Accidentally made a mistake.

I definitely agree with a better Indian representation. It's just some of the replies I've seen have starting to sway pushing the current GE players aside.

In the context of being an Indian team, I understand. But from a Pacific standpoint, I hate that you are treating the rest of the non-Indian GE players as "imports." The playground is different now. Maybe it's time for yall to adapt as well.

You do realize this is the nature of franchising/partnership leagues right?

as long as it is the majority of the home region, it's fair game. While Jake did say that it is from a strategic marketing partnership, it was clear that in the application, unless it's from a homogeneous team, it'll be more prevalent.

APAC/Pacific is a unique case where regionalism is more visible compared to that of EMEA and NA (let's be fair, LATAM and BR are the same as us APAC folks in terms of regional pride.)
While I believe that there'll always be a place for region-based majority roster (and the Challengers/Ascension system does make sure of it), there'll be a few teams that will mix and match.

Man, yall would be fucking malding once you heard about the residency rule where an import can be considered a home region player.

There's a huge amount of turnover in the Chinese scene. By far, the surviving Chinese rosters from last year are only EDG, FPX, NTER, and ASE (you can count NOP as well.) EDG and FPX has the stability for almost over a year now and heads above the rest in terms of experience (EDG being the only Chinese team to attend two international LANs.)

Give it some time, the progress will start as the scene stabilizes.

Done

Yes. Check.

Home country. Ban is the only one considered as an import.

Saatnya Seniman Grooming kembali beraksi

his own decision, apparently he doesn't prefer the tehbotol IGN

I do prefer the 2022/"current" upper scorebug/scoreboard, but I much, much prefer the new economic/round breakdown ui

I actually love the economic/round breakdown screen, much more indepth

In Valorant? Other than EG and Potter, in SEA, JinNy was famously part of a mixed roster of Attack All Around and Foxy Arakordai, an early 2020 Valorant powerhouse.

BLG tried not to be TOE v2, however it seems whzy carries the legacy of TOE nonetheless.

Yeah, I didn't know either since it was with a completely different name. It was on a separate profile apparently, so we merged them together.

Actually, no! Check his profile. He's participated in previous Challengers Korea events.

So, you're ignoring that every single one of us was clueless at some point on how the system work?

They did, on @VCTPacific and @ValorantEsports

Alphabet Man

No, sadly. I was thinking of doing a watch party but I'll have to ask a few folks

I mean, it'll be updated automatically once the match is inputted by us so it doesn't matter, the lineup will show automatically. It's just the system doing its work.

Saitama Super Arena, last year used by Challengers JP for Stage 2 Finals.

Makuhari Messe is also a well-known venue, host of the Tokyo Game Show (popular event) and was host to a couple of Olympics events back in 2021

Kan harus diapprove PBESI ya hehe

Saya tidak mau hilang terima kasih

Emg kyk gitu, PMPL sm MPL juga masukin logo PBESI

I will justify them as long as I believe in them. I've seen Japanese gaming crowds pre-pandemic. I know how loud they can get.

If you watched the videos of the Masters Tokyo reveal, you can literally hear them yelling.

Currently, there's a limitation on crowd noises per the government in Japan. Although some events are lifting the restrictions slowly, seems RAGE (Japan TO) and Riot isn't taking the risk too much.

The venue in Osaka are a bit smaller as well iirc.

Detonation has the history, FENNEL has the drip, but CR has the most clout fanbase wise

Obligation as per the governmental rules, iirc.

Because it was up to the esports federation to register.

• TH didn't even bother because the sleection process had to happen several months befofe the due date; a luxury the esports federation didn't had.

• PH, MY, SG: who knows, maybe the esports federation/teams didn't bother signing up for SEAC.