ngl thought you meant polaris running their rebroadcast (almost) 24/7 to the 4 viewers xD

this is great tbh, an english cast to good t2 games which might have not gotten one otherwise (in this case at least) is something ive been hoping for for a while now

fair point actually

first game from KC, showing new ideas
its how for example DRX demolished c9 on icebox despite their comp having obvious weaknesses after you watched a vod (though this is a much worse case since KC changed up pretty much nothing)

BBL looked way way way way way way better today than whatever tf this was/is

im going mad watching this
they had such good ideas vs bbl, but theres nothing new and TH are all over em
AND PLEASE SOMEONE TEACH THEM HOW TO MATH

tbh this game felt like KC just wanted that free promotion from another sideshow video

series not over at least but gosh dang, scream buy fcking flashes against the double smoke

tactical loss, means theyre gonna win the rematch and qualify for tokyo
shame that Vit cut the barbarr cam short

youre not wrong

sad BIG noises :´(

may I introduce you to sheydos? man hard carried vs NaVi last match
https://www.vlr.gg/173215/koi-vs-natus-vincere-champions-tour-2023-emea-league-w1

but genuinely who do you change? yes theres vlrs favorite scapegoat, soulcas, but then youre just throwing more names at the problem instead of actually fixing it (since fragging just isnt a problem on this team)

unless you want to change redgar and pray for miracles that the team synergizes perfectly with whatever igl you drag out of t2 + have a higher/equal limit by masters, time is the only thing that can fix the glaring problems TL have atm
As a TL fan ya just gotta pray they figure it out soon

eeeeeh I would have loved to see him climb back into t1 eventually, but coaching def focuses on what his strength as an IGL was so I think its a good fit

nah he only coached them during the offseason^
and since the team did so well half of the players + coach got poached by the start of polaris (well or rather left so they could actually get paid cause polaris doesnt have orgs)

dont kid yourself Lothar is significantly more knowledgable than the general audience xD
its just the structure of the segment - pick 1 round that is representative of a major issue/factor -> explain it in a way that everyone can understand it
I can guarantee you lothar would love to go way more in depth if he got the chance to (and will if he vods reviews the game on stream at a later date), though I dont think that would work well on the main stream with his style of analysis

wolfen took that personally

I dont know how pearl gonna work out for their season
Clutches made it look way more one sided than it actually was, 6 clutches in 18 rounds (+ eco impact), so its not all doom and gloom
They looked like they had an understanding of how to play vs the Loud comp, so it's a good baseline to start from (assuming thats gonna end up being the meta in Pacific), but they weren't comfortable to react to what prx was doing yet (mainly the fact that they never changed anything to try and punish prx's midpressure)

Attack didnt look good imo

Basically I think they are passable, but not good, on pearl atm

gonna have to finish the series first, atm it (to me) looks more like prx doing well, rather than dfm being bad
the way prx deny b plants is similar to how we saw drx get stomped (twice) during lockIn (though they still overheat quite a bit)
(Scoreline is also very one sided due to clutches, it could easily be closer)

I'm interested if dfm have a protocol for stopping b site plants on pearl (vs a comp with so many flashes)

nah I doubt he's gonna be playing in officials anytime soon
Imo he's gonna be a player who needs a good while with the team so they can get him used to their protocols & style of playing
(I also don't know if they want to swap him or another player to the support role, since I don't think they'll need 3 duelists)

His firepower is insane so he's gonna be exciting once he's properly integrated

I really dont think ardiis is the kind of person to mind, so I wouldnt worry
funny af though

still early on so theres still time for people to hopefully figure out a good retake strat for b
but ye its quite something atm

(liquid analyst) bacon posted the stats on loud and drxs B Postplans on pearl in sliggys chat:
"loud and drx 67 and 71 win percent in postplant B respectively"
basically its reeeeeealy hard to retake b

half-life is like 10 years older than half this forum, so cut him some slack

they survived half a year of vanity, they'll be fine with another split of judges

there were def people hyped for it, but it also got criticism right away
(though I dont think anyone saw it getting THIS bad SO fast)

Riot has to chose:
Either financially support the leagues if you want them to remain split
Or allow leagues that are struggling financially to merge and allow for better sponsors (due to higher viewership), more orgs, more competition and less organization overhead

when looking at it competitively the system is completely illogical too since the only way into t1 has restrictive rules that don't apply to t1 teams (meaning t2 teams that eventually make it into t1 are at an extra disadvantage)

I dont exactly want another situation where, for example, Italy and Portugal have almost 0 representation in their merged league, but its also clearly not working atm, so you gotta pick a poison

well we have 0 idea on what theyre upgrading
how is purp0 with comms? how does he fit into the team personality wise? was the lackluster season because the team wasnt able to properly use his talent, or was he failing to adapt to the team (same thing for his util)?

unless we get public statements we're just taking blind guesses, and exclusively looking at someone's aim and just saying "yea hes clearly the better player" isnt gonna make a good team

ey waddles been doing well for a support player
hes also been in polaris for a while so I'd assume that players already have relations with him which should make the transition easier

yea I was also 100% expecting him to be the best player in polaris since hes been such a demon the previous splits
happens ig, im sure he'll farm on his next team

huh, he looked fine while on the server
hard to know whats going on in the team though (whether its comms, personalities, etc)

Waddle is a good player so look forward how stuff changes for them

Tbh im far more interested in the coach change, had expected maeVe to do well, so lets see what the team were unhappy with

the imports gonna hard throw in the finals to make sure they dont lose their jobs

oh nooooooo, someone asked a question D:

quick everyone report him before this heinous deed of "seeking information" becomes widespread on this forum

"jett you have a (really) [insert whatever tf "klanen" is supposed to mean] dick"
I would assume klanen is an intentionally misspelling of "small" since it audibly sounds similar when spoken in a Bavarian accent, but the word they used doesn't exist to my knowledge

also ofc it has to be a toxic statement, we have such a good rep when it comes to being friendly already

Dang, hope theres other news outlets looking for val journalists atm
Might not be a fan of his constant leaking, but he did write some interesting articles/reports in-between those so I do hope he stays with val. We dont exactly have too many valorant dedicated journalists in the scene atm

Gonna be rough living off of reporting without a salary

and now lets actually add the full quote: "I was like: there's no way that he has not shown the vod to that team. [...] I'm not saying that they anti-stratted us, I'm not saying that they did that, cause actually th- I'll get into it more"
Past tense. A false assumption. He's telling a story. Thoughts from before the match.
He goes into it during the vod if you wanna actually watch that, and explains how he believes they would have done better had they not got in their head about the vods potentially being leaked; BECAUSE LOUD DIDNT HAVE ANY VODS FROM THEM.

If you want the short version you can also just watch the vod from the next day where he addresses it (though thats gonna be a rough watch since its ardiis and he aint bout to stop baiting a community thats mad at him)

weird how bacon, sayf, redgar and sliggy have shown surprise at the fan reaction given its just "common sense"

oh ye it said that in the tweet^
more wondering if an org is looking to just snatch up the 5 now teamless players and basically secure themselves a spot in t2 right away

soooooo what happens to the teams?
any other orgs currently looking for a roster?

my dude he was at over 200 acs (and above 1.0 rating) average during both his seasons in Polaris, despite neither of his teams getting into top 4

he wasn't a god in emea t2 but hes also never been a bad shot

its h2h first, so with this faze are in and TT + SR are out

check https://twitter.com/KnightsArena/status/1636040953059328002
its h2h first and then round

meaning with faze losing to MXM theyre now 100% out since they lost to Faze (who are now 2-3) and OXG and regardless of it OXG or TT win theyll be in the bottom 2 (if TT win: SR and Faze are out since OXG beat both of them, or if TT lose: then TT and SR are out since faze beat both of them)

Yeeeah who would have guessed running a t2 scene in mandated regions, but not supporting the TOs financially could lead to certain regions dying.

Amazing for players in Polaris, now theres EVEN less chance for orgs to pick them up and actually support them. 10/10 system into t1

I dont get this point since its vanity AND mCe who are responsible for that; a coach can and HAS to pause to add input should the igl/the team be struggling in that department

So if you think that 1 game where the entire team had exactly 0 clue on what to do makes Vanity a bad igl then the same applies to mCe too

Healthy way of judging people for sure

I agree that this is anything but facts (including Tranizhq comment btw)

Both sides are talking out of their behind since there's no (publicly available) credible proof for or against it; its why I don't see any relevance of this in 2023 since there's 0 way we're gonna be solving/adding anymore meaningful information to it 2 years after

Ex teammate nukkye (who was in chat during the clip) didn't comment on it either so there's literally nothing new here.

that was a, clearly stated, personal opinion on him rationalizing why niesow left so suddenly

There's no clips which are him cheating for sure
There are multiple pros/coaches who plain refuse to comment on it, and there's ardiis openly accusing him of cheating

Its just not relevant in 2023 so I dont see why Lembo feels like they need to make drama about this; ardiis stance has been public on this for 2 years now

This is amazing
Looking forward to see how turkish teams preform in official vs other EMEA regions
Shame no acend, sbg or apeks but should still be a great way to get some understanding of their teams skill level

well all the others regions get points for the next season^ its only turkey where its completely irrelevant
(but yea the game didnt look like they were throwing it)

Dont think we have an m80, assuming m80 is actually capable of beating some t1 teams in official matches

In scrims the turkish teams are still gods from what some content creators/pros (sliggy when he watched TL pre LockIn, Derke and another t1 pro who I cant think of right now) have been saying, so it'd be FF and Parla (or ig s2g since they won? they always mentioned the other 2)
I always struggle knowing if that'd translate to real games though since Turkish teams have always been scrimgods; we'll see in ascension

Then Apeks, Acend and Focus look like the balanced teams in terms of playstyle, but im not confident they are better than our t1 teams; they'd certainly put up a fight though imo

And sbg would be the other team Id mention; they have a super aggressive playstyle with a lot of aim duels so I think they would need time in t1 before they do consistently well, but dang they have some good players.

Havent watched/heard from the other VCLs so cant comment on those

that sounds like ardiis alright
just hope nrg were warned about letting him stream xD

yeeea keeping up with the VCLs has been horrible this season
with (as you said) the schedule + so many of the streams just perma rerunning its been hard to keep up

every other region gets points that carry over to next season, but I dont remember ever reading anything about it for turkey
so money might be all they get
edit: https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2023/Northern_Europe/Circuit_Points has a Circuit Point Standings for every region except them

Furias coach (ye ik not player) also looks pretty big (no clue bout numbers though)
... mini might have helped with that appearance
https://youtu.be/84hR3BJTKMw?t=619