it is definitely horrible from a UI design perspective
I assume the post is more about the amount of content they have on ethan compared to vlr

for context: that shit was so temporary the Riot couldnt even be bothered to give him a name change and he just played on one of the spare accounts

GX only scout Spain, so tbf the pool was pretty small

+ B1sk and Globex were still competing when GX signed, so cant even get the 2 standout ones

The CCP has a ~1% share in the company (and as such has direct influence over it), but it is not owned by them.
It is perfectly reasonable to be cautious about their involvement in Valorant, so if you see any attempts being made to try and sportwash their image using valorant, feel free to post about it within VLRs rules^^

I have not seen any such attempts (especially given that they outright kneecapped china with the late launch) so far.

not really, when it also limits the most harmful thing for sportwashing campaigns (critical reporting on the Saudi regiems "issues")

it is the most neutral position they can take without outright allowing politics

ok, yes it genuinely criminal how the bracket worked out
like I dont understand how the 2 mid table teams (CGN vs CLK) was the decider in the top half, while MDR vs BAR was the opening in the lower half

BAR would mop the floor with both of them

LFG, ggs

forgot to turn the youtube stream on

normally its on https://www.youtube.com/@vctemea/
but twitch only today ig

I wont speak till this game is over

yes
but also they lost 13-3 to CGN map 1 so please dont jinx SGE :)

true
but Mundo is fun af to play so I feel like reworking him is just an instant PR loss
gotta nerf him first so people stop playing him and rework him after

Did they remake map 1 or whats going on with the stats? (even a remake doesnt explain it ngl, 228 adr -> 118 acs)

yea reading that back, thats on me ngl

split

just like the choke vs EF couple games ago https://www.vlr.gg/710279/fire-flux-esports-vs-cgn-esports-challengers-2026-emea-last-chance-qualifier-winners-b/?game=27618

..... yea cant complain
ggs

Poor sods already got the hot part of the last heat wave
I pray it doesnt come over cause those forecast look horrible

nah
https://www.vlr.gg/585453/nrg-vs-g2-esports-red-bull-home-ground-2025-gf
(plus https://www.vlr.gg/232895/the-guard-vs-m80-champions-tour-2023-americas-ascension-gf technically)

Ez for SGE
never even worried

unironically this team is 5 shooters in theory
just... sometimes some of them (and its random af who it is) dont quite live up to it

but... there wont even be a dach league to join anymore next year :(((

Samed frying again, ggs

kick-ball*

Jesus christ what did I just watch
we are so cooked

cgn is streaming it https://www.twitch.tv/cgnesports
use https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2026/EMEA/Last_Chance_Qualifier if youre looking for streams atm (though they got the wrong cgn channel so you wont find that)

while it sucks to not have a main broadcast, every game is currently being streamed
VLR just doesnt have a good system to show the costreams atm

Use liquipedia for these kind of games ngl

it is who was on the server though
(its just the 7th spare account VCT has - so spear was playing on it)

The G2 vs HLE game happened, so no

This is gonna be such a banger
SGE 2 - 1 MDR

bro was just playing ranked so I wouldnt worry too much

gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8

Good start ngl

Sure, and then you look at his total APR... and he's surounded by all the other smokes players in EMEA, because smoke assists are a worthless stat in Valorants current implementation

ye, thats where the narrative comes from

Glyph wasnt even a particularly support oriented player, idk what youre on
The actual argument would be that he was supposedly good in comms, but we dont have any actual info on that

But also this is DACH aim, not turkish aim (... which is probably why they keep losing)

Gottta make a psa for orgs that Proxh + Minny is an auto choke

edit: 1 hour later and its broken on all browsers (including incognito), so its server side

loads perfectly on all browsers for me
also correctly pulls the page using urllib in python so you might just be cursed ngl

(or rate limited; but idk if VLR has something like that)

If you like chill farming games then get it
Tons of things to do to keep you busy for 100+ hours

Aint that good on the romance department if thats what youre after
Combat is a bit shite (but doesnt take away from the game... its just basic)

biased: CGN
favorite: NaVi Jr

(Aside from a CGN clean sweep ofc)
Id like a final between Fokus and Mandatory (Fks for their potential, and MDR for being super stable)

score is a lot closer than it was on the server ngl

might get a matchup between them in lcq though

plus its the only game scheduled for today too
could have easily made this bo5

Dangit, thought we were hating on the hardware company after their last security fuckup

eyo wtf
happy FKS showed up, but at least wait for me to get home before you speedrun them :'(

?
I assume this is an issue of mistranslation, but he's not talking about himself in the last tweet
He's saying Itopata should be in t1

Enc are mixes so I doubt they cost any more stamina than a focused scrim.

Still an upgrade over a ton of t1 duelists atm though, so im sure we'll see him on a top team next year

You are attributing claims to Ari that they never made.
Aris claim is black and white.

Was it Platoon and Patmen that wanted Frost gone?
Either they did and Ari's source is correct, or they didnt and Ari has spread misinformation.

Ari has not made claims as to why they wanted him removed.

tragic end
cant fault Misa for having some clutch af players though, ggs

Fks really tried to throw this one
Ucam gonna be gutted to lose this ngl

we need more Pa1ze vs B1sk like on the last map though

she bro

they are a separate tier
but since they also qualify for t2 (like premier), and said premier teams teams are competitive (negative winrate ngl) against the GC teams, I think its fair to group them as t3 in Riots current system