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)

pretty sure the most expensive player this offseason in EMEA was sayf, since NA orgs were also trying to get him

? I dont see me blaming vanity
if anything im explicitly praising him for doing an amazing job

oh nah it was more to the "past" of the post above
oxg pays well so I think youre right

surely oxg wont have a high buyout for any of their players, right?

well if you wanna watch the game, youre currently seeing a vanity masterclass
and theres no way he didnt watch FL vs Fnc with those godlike reads

Time for a first look at how starxo deals with mid-rounding when they dont have strats prepared/left

Zescht is their coach, you cant expect them to win a clean 2-0

scream is apparently working on a project outside of vct (from bodorks stream ~a week ago)

go on date created, its still heavily negative

thats just bs to justify the amount of hate he gets with that
go into the search bar and just compare the number of negative to the number of positive threads

its an offseason tourney so teams from other vcl who fulfill the region rules also take part, so thats why youre seeing so many completely non spanish teams win their groups

And then spain is a health region, as such they have orgs that most of the time pay their players. Turns out players from other regions like getting paid and as such are more likely to swap region if theyre offered a spot.

The article just comes off as super whiny without even trying to establish any facts

Looking exclusively at valorant then no they're not doing anything special to try and get rid of br
In one of the (according article) favored regions, EMEA, t2 teams cant get signed at all and play as FA for years (or have to sign to orgs that dont even exist and as such dont get paid at the end of the day either... oh and the org that doesnt exist owns the slot in t2 too, so gl)

All thats happening is Franchising not working out how Orgs and (hopefully) riot envisioned it and as such the landscape is shifting to match the current reality. Yes it sucks, it really does, and as a Polaris fan Id want nothing more than for Riot to fix t2, but thats just not their goal atm and its affecting everyone and every region.

Ye he had a rough phase, both the creep to minors + his racism thing (for which he was punished, so that shouldnt really be relevant for signing at least)

afaik he hasnt been involved in any bad "pr" for a while now though

I like the roster if this is what they end on
Shadow is vocal & super experienced so he should be a huge help for starxo at the start, and his support util was amazing on apeks (pray breach becomes meta magically)
And Kamo was unreal during his time in dach and looked good during ascension, so I dont mind the pick up either

Roster shouldnt make it to an international event, but it also shouldnt end up at the very bottom again (well if Starxo develops into a decent igl, no clue how he'll do)

we'll probably end up seeing him on a t2 teams next season
theres quite a few big(ish) orgs still building rosters

havent seen him in any of the scrim leaks either yet though which is a shame

only problem is that you cant see shit in the endgame cause the remote play stream cant handle the 5 billion entities

he was swapping back and forth with zeek because the team was such a mess

Really disappointing series considering what Fokus showed during the initial match
and dang cned raze might actually work next year, thats was pretty good

he was the star during his time on MOUZ, its just that the team disappointed in the important games
but yea his time with fokus is gonna be important for properly pinning down how good he is in different environments

theres hardly any opportunities to play vs tier 1 nowerdays wdym? like even top tier 2 teams like focus only get to play them in proper games during the offseason

Watch the g2 vs fut game, its a much better representation
theres still a big difference for sure, and g2 were still missing shots they'd never do in a offical (cough cned knife cough), but they were shooting back in that one
At the end of the day games like this are essential for GC to ever catch up - you have to be allowed to play the top tier teams in officials to try and reach their level (and hopefully teams like g2 will continue to take chances like this despite the backlash)

the surrender button does work in customs tbf

totally unbiased but that was a dang fun map to watch

https://twitter.com/d3ffo111/status/1664209743215296512
ye he dropped from 255 acs to 166 acs after the month "break"
idk if its only ping to blame, but there was a huge difference

he only started struggling after he had to leave china and play on ping, no? or was he allowed to come back at some point and I just missed that

he was "famous" for his aim a year ago after trying to drag a TH roster through the open qualifiers to VCT https://www.vlr.gg/62751/team-heretics-vs-valar-morghulis-champions-tour-europe-stage-1-challengers-1-ro128
Then he joined MOUZ who always looked amazing, except when it came to games that actually mattered
Respected in DACH but no reason for anyone outside to know him since he hasnt been able to show off his talent yet

theyre building a new team atm so it looks like theyre staying

he did enjoy the idea of making one on nobody so theres hope

He's an interesting player who I see doing well in t2
His playstyle doesnt feel like it would currently translate into t1 unless you have a prx-esque roster that thrives off of aggression. I dont think EMEA has any of those teams atm (and TH who picked up keloqz, who's also way too agressive for t1 imo, didnt find much success)

He has the mechanical skill to keep up with the top players, so as long as he finds a team with a coach to develop him for a longer period of time I do see him being a tier 1 prospect someday

weeeeeell.... polaris is looking to be very top heavy this year again so idk if youre gonna get an answer soon

? youre upset he's playing in an offseason tourney? thats a new one
here are his stats from playing in t2 leagues
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1778/valorant-challengers-2023-dach-arcade (offseason, but only t2 teams included)
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1552/challengers-league-dach-evolution-split-2
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1430/challengers-league-dach-evolution-split-1
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1236/valorant-regional-league-dach-evolution-unity (offseason, but they only played 1 map against t3)
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/987/valorant-regional-league-dach-evolution-stage-2 (first appearance in t2 and ended up getting benched mid season)

DACH for sure isnt the most competitive sub Region in EMEA but a DACH team was able to win "ascension" (at the time still promotion) so its not like youre talking about a throwaway region either
And yes the level is comparable (I wouldnt say better since its always super hard to compare cross regions due to playstyles) to the Japanese t2 scene

The most likely reason he left the FA "V" team is because a t2 org approached him (otherwise no reason not to show off his talent during the offseason)

Roster is scary af, considering how much polaris talent is joining t1 Im curious to see if anyone can file a roster that can beat them

they dont have an indian version and im not familiar with your guys' market, so youll have to look around a bit yourself. In general this "sample" build is pretty close to a what id go for https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/nfZxFT/modest-amd-gaming-build

in germany the rx 6650 is a lot cheaper and should also be fine if youre playing on low settings anyways for 240hz valorant so you could also consider that

but also... are you sure its not worth taking your pc apart and just rebuilding it wherever youre going? 750$ isnt exactly cheap

no youre doing based on where they live, thats already a significant restriction
sure you can add more restrictions with how long they need to live there or whatnot, but thats for riot to work out

you could make amend the existing rules to let russians to be "region locked" after they play in an official vct game in one region, similar to what we're seeing with players like Russ who have a dual citizenship

insane potential, apparently flexible (shazam interview) but doesnt look very disciplined
if he meshes well with Immi I can see him doing good against the more established names in NA, although I wouldnt expect another demon1 situation

no one actually is dw
but we need some stuff so regions can insult each other again, vlr users gonna have a withdrawal otherwise

Nah you example with g2 is exactly why we need a point system in GC.
If you completely remove the points then what are teams playing for in split 1 & 2? GC only has 1 international lan to attend per year

And actually look at the points: it already rewards better performances late into the season WAY more (4th place in split 3 is double the points of winning split 1, and 1st place of split too is 5 points less than 7th-8th in split 3) + gives a direct qualification to the current best team.
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCT/2023/Game_Changers/Circuit_Points/EMEA

A team that wins 2 out of 3 splits and then places 4th in the other split deserves to make it to a lan.

dont you start using logic on vlr mister! >:(

yea this is the right decision
imagine dsg auto win -> so dsg vs Shopify -> dsg win
now either shop or complexity will get knocked out despite both winning their games against noot noot

or do you even have to redo part of the qualifiers so other teams dont get screwed over?

it just creates a mess and games will have be rushed with little prep time to stay at least somewhat close to schedule

And ofc it sucks for dsg, like it reeeealy sucks, but at least from a TO perspective this makes sense

not wrong either
he was highest acs player in all of dach last season too (despite his team drawing almost every game) and his all time stats would make even nieSoW blush

All of them are ascension winners after next year

live now on https://www.twitch.tv/projectvgg
for those interested in some (this is still a mix) of fokus' new additions for next season

quick 2-0 for fokus, al0rante doesnt lose in DACH group stages

lost to autocorrect

Its uni so youre naturally gonna be mixed with the wildest levels of motivation
That being said your prof should have systems in place to make sure everyones contributing, no?
do you not have code review, presentations about your code snippets, portfolios documenting your individual progress or even just marking code snippets by owner? cause Ive had to over deliver for projects too, but at least I was rewarded both in grades as well as attention I got from tutors when I had a problem

oh thats a good shout actually, I have 0 clue about china gc, gotta check that out sometime
also amazing that they get lans

What are current ongoing off-season tournaments that don't show up on the VLR? Gotta go back to uni so I need some vods for the train rides and getting sneak peaks of next seasons t2 rosters is always fun

DACH currently has https://liquipedia.net/valorant/PROJECT_V/2023/THE_POKAL and https://www.vlr.gg/event/1779/a1-esports-valorant-cup-4/group-stage, are there any others?

Doing damage in t2 polaris on LPB
He was also trialing for t1 teams, but I havent seen many trial rumors anymore so no clue if thats still ongoing (iirc one of the teams was koi, so we might see him again since everyone else keeps stealing their picks xD)