he's quite literally scream 2.0
amazing individual talent that never really achieves anything despite often being called the best player itw
gets to build a team and fumbles the bag

igl arc when?

(though im pretty sure furia will be fine, they have enough fragging power, just a very off tourney imo)

thats assuming they dont have to replay any more rounds

insane orgs but the rosters are looking meh since talent is way more split
regular season is gonna be fun (though bo2s x.x) with a lot of competition but I dont think any of the rumored rosters are really top competitors for ascension
gonna come down to how cgn develop ig since they probably have the best roster

also fokus and SK have to go through qualifier, if either of them dont make it people are gonna riot xD

Vlr showing sunset as a 1 hour 50 game despite being only 18 rounds is just funny af

yea im a tad surprised, I thought he'd just say screw it and int eventually xD
he still takes a crap ton of fights so its not like hes a passive sentinel, but its a balanced playstyle atm

I actually think its a good change
meteor has insane skill but was honestly... quite... meh last year since he couldnt stop overheating
I feel like having him play the aggressive sentinel like alfa, even if it doesnt end up being permanent, could help

them finding what looks to be an actual competent TO is a miracle and im so in for it
its a shame so many orgs already pulled out due to the uncertainty surrounding polaris but I hope they'll be able to rebuild it

looking forward to watching 'em next year

now I wanna know the lockdown numbers, those must have been something else then

Id assume games like this one https://www.vlr.gg/281031/cloud9-vs-furia-superdome-2023-colombia-lbf
and then the GF vs lev was actually decent https://www.vlr.gg/281029/leviat-n-vs-furia-superdome-2023-colombia-gf
offseason so 0 guarantee theyll end up doing well in the more structured and strat heavy regular season, but they have a really good core this year with a ton of firepower

id expect them to keep the form
their player quality is just SO high, which is why them flopping last year was so a disappointment
this time round they already look like a good team going into the year and instead of having to catch up they just dont need to fall behind

only potential worry is that the offseason events arent that heavy in the anti-strat department and we've never really got to see sen (well ig Kaplan) just hard outstrat people last year
But I think theyll be fine, they have a good igl and its not like this is the first team for the coaches

https://twitter.com/WhoCars_Val/status/1733871695084056993
with who cars competing in polaris again next split, can we have the flair back?

ye there were people more adamant about them splitting but I cant find those tweets anymore
so ig its a rumor for now

there were speculations of them "splitting" right after the shit hit the fan with EG and their paycuts
https://twitter.com/Bo_Hoogland/status/1709126988529647863

with how that 8th round went I dont think a timeout would help
clearly the world just doesnt want them to make it close(r)

wait till you see his raze

lothar tweet incoming

yup, theyre going with a circuit points system this year
https://www.oneesports.gg/valorant/vct-2024-season-format-explained/

Gonna be an uphill battle for them
Theyre at a huge disadvantage during the first split compared to a Fut, Fnc, Gia or NaVi since at the end of the day they are a t2 team moving into t1
and with no lcq thats a huge problem

I think theyll still do well; theres a ton of rookie squads in emea this year and theyre by far the most experienced one out of those, so theres a really good chance that theyll upset one of the "old" teams, get to a lan, secure points and make it to champs

Problem is if your internet sucks the site is just plain unusable
even at 360p the stream just gets stuck every 3 minutes and I then have to refresh leading to the 5 second smiley animation
(not a problem at the end of the day since theres vods on other websites but its an aspect they havent optimized for yet)

problem is tenz plays too many champs pancada doesnt atm
like idk what role theyre planning to leave tenz on so if he transitions to smokes and Zellsis flexes then sure

dude the whole Pancada new 6th man thing was a fun meme at the start... but how tf can you bench Zellsis

actually nvm thinking about some of the stuff Ive seen in ranked or from Ange1/Jamppi back in the days, I really wanna see jinggg omen now

... hes playing omen atm, how tf would we even compare them right now

Deserved GC champions after this amazing run, ggs SR

well no the new roster which theyll have to play with isnt final yet from what Ive heard (theres a ton of players floating around atm)
the one we know was for polaris and is getting revamped to meet the region rules

teams would be so stacked, it'd be amazing

dang the merger not going through sucks, a "super region" in terms of talent would have been super entertaining

also at least good to hear that theres been an actual effort to find a replacement, nobody ive talked to knew shit about it

https://twitter.com/ImMineVAL/status/1730688000546238820

The rumor of Fokus moving back to Dach has been circulating for ~ a week now
This is most likely a reaction to Polaris... well... not existing atm for next year? TO is going out of business and there has been no communication as to who's gonna replace them/what will happen afaik

This is such a shame since the Fokus roster was a front-runner, if not favorites, for ascension going into the 2024 season, but is also a huge hit to Polaris as a whole since Fokus were hard carrying viewership last season

theres very very few how did it faster afaik
carpe and nivera are the only ones that come to mind

only other examples I can think off are all around first strike

very fair
cant say I can beat vlrs forumla either

ngl I cant read and thought you wrote "find the most impactful play of each top team from every year" so thats mb

per chance itll still be higher for ZmjjKK due to the 273 acs Tokyo performance but ye thats on me xD Your proposed system is a lot better than what I thought you said

Raw stats is just gonna be another problem though due to how intertwined they are, I can recommend reading https://www.vlr.gg/160667/vlr-gg-player-rating-explained
and then it automatically favoring certain roles and playstyle which is why rating is meh for duelists x.x

Idk how invested you are in the whole thing but if you want to write up a formula Id be super down to read it^^

you are correct that, due to the nature of all stat based analysis, the results can be misleading
this analysis was very kill and trade focused so it favored duelists

and ofc it cant properly represent the complexity of the game; even when ignoring your point about the team not properly being considered (since its just gonna be impossible to separate a player from their team) it has huge issues
economy impact of kills, how much support util you were receiving during the kill (how good was it?), how many people were on the site, etc would all shift the weighting significantly - it just leads to an endless game of trying to get more aspects of the game into your stats... and in the end theyd probably still be wrong due to the whole team thing

your proposed solution wouldnt lead to a good result either, it would heavily favor players like ZmjjKK who have a risky and inconsistent playstyle, while a more consistent player like for example demon1 would look pretty mediocre
It also has the whole acs & kda already being linked problem that vlrs rating tries to tackle

At the end of the day the stats are great because he presents all his thoughts and reasoning for the stats, and its easy to figure out what aspects he overlooked and then decide how much you value them - no stats will ever beat the "eye test"

Cant be 100% sure on dates, but Leosen seems to still be doing trials with other teams too

amazing video
its just another rating system - and a duelist focused one this time round, so its not exactly useful for the initial goal of finding a definitive best player, but its really fun seeing the stats and having someone else explain what aspects they find to be the most important

dont spoil the fun

so EG is kicking SMGs pcs?!

I dont think they'll be as dominant this time round, but I'm glad to see them aiming for ascension again
definitely contenders based on the rosters we know atm

Most mid team of all time in t1 has to be guild
always t1, always contenders to win an event in EMEA, but only ever made it to 1 international

other teams id consider are Sen after they won, or the old G2 since first strike (always stacked af rosters but were never really able to do much with them)

Really good if they actually end up with this roster
the early trial rumors were definitely painting a way worse future for DFM with no top Japanese players wanting to sign with them

Main question is if theres a structural problem that held back DFM last year (talent wise they shouldnt have been a 0-11 team) and if itll hurt this roster too

mouz have yet to win one of the official DACH events...
the curse is real

keep watching for 30 seconds

we dont talk about the last round on haven

A lot more one sided than I had hoped considering how much firepower both rosters have, but gosh dang having actual close games really makes me wish regular season was bo3s

imagine getting close series instead of draw number #5286

Leosen self nading in the second to last round is just a perfect summary of how watching germany this event felt xD
This team is so stacked player wise but oml this was rough to watch

luckily the general consensus doesnt matter since fan voting is only 10% of the final "vote", 90% is from a voting jury ("global media and influencer outlets")

in the context of the competition at the time (and limited to EMEA)
Fpx and Guild 2021
and then yea without a doubt the Guild 2022 roster, that suygetsu round on ascent changed history and probably ended up robbing prx their first win

pretty much https://twitter.com/anonimotum/status/1723000580958793787

wait thats actually huge wtf

you need a better link for that, it says the channel name when hovering over it
cant even get surprised by what bait im getting this time

check out https://www.vlr.gg/160667/vlr-gg-player-rating-explained
but yea, as mentioned above, in general the rating favors low deaths

its why leo has SUCH insane ratings despite a lot of his value being impossible to track with numbers - his playstyle fits perfectly into how the rating system works
Its great for comparing support players statistically, but I do find ACS being a better number for duelists since (as an example) even if they get traded, getting a kill during an entry is good value (which the rating system would then devalue compared to the support players cleaning up the second person on site and not getting traded)