ah ye I missed that, idk why im not following him considering ive been simping for him for 3 years now xD
whats more insulting is that I remember felix joining them and they got announced in the same tweet

gonna be a big problem finding a proper igl then, thats a huge loss
dont think xanarchy has ever been igl before so we'll see

Yea hes great and should absolutely get a shot in tier 1.
Been in t2 for a long time, preformed well with various rosters, build and developed the JL roster (which was the best year in france for the entirety of 2024)

Hes well regarded as people mentioned above and (based on the reliable reporting that is twitter) has mixed well with various analysts/assistant coaches during his time.

Im a bit worried we're going to see too many people from VCL france get picked up (easier for a coach to get in contact with the people in their "main" region since they already know all the people there and can judge them, their personality and potential way better) since that region is already a bit drained compared to some others with m8 ascending, but he's been around in enough leagues (and TL is a huge pull) that I dont think this will be too much of an issue.

This should be a good year for TL.

Is there any confirmation that Lucker is out?

Azury is smokes so he'd be replacing enes and Disisjohn is (normally) main entry so he'd be replacing Leosen (which imo isnt an upgrade and a sidegrade at best)
Id assume theres going to be some role shuffles if they do go with it with Lucker and Leosen being the 2 people they build around
If they let either go it'd be a huge fumble imo

Polaris is hopefully getting a ton of orgs next years who will be building rosters from scratch
So Id bet that hes going to be a hot commodity there

We dont know what orgs will be joining yet so cant predict that yet

Thats one of the biggest steps in terms of tiers we've seen for coaches in a while
I wish him luck cause this is gonna be one heck of a challenge and (as we've seen from last year) being mediocre isnt going to save yourself from the wrath of the fans

Yea thats a good pickup
aint the t2 coach I would have gone for but hes way up there with a very good season and its really good to see a new face

Did great building the JL roster and then developed it nicely. Good pickup and the best of luck to him

I like the roster and their playstyle
Its gonna be a real uphill battle because ascension looks so stacked this year round
But I def cant see em going out winless. Except for that anything can really happen this year

Translating scrims to officials is always the rough part
but yall have Fields who has a ton of experience so I trust that you can do damage this time around

Ye all the fokus players being FA has lead to quite a few trials for them

always been the big problem that DACH players are so expensive

I hope we get a couple of em in t1

wat
profek is 100% the most sought after t2 smoker this offseason xD

o7
wouldnt mind seeing him around as assistant coach again, hes a great personality, but its probably for the best for liquid to start over and for someone else to get a shot at making a new liquid roster.

Hope its someone from t2 but knowing liquid its probs gonna be one of the FA t1 coaches floating around atm (would be brutal if it was doombros)

Thats the important one
GX looking good so far

perfect summary for pipsons stay in valorant ngl
earned his stay in t1 back in 2021 with https://www.vlr.gg/30765/guild-esports-vs-giants-gaming-champions-tour-stage-3-emea-challengers-playoffs-lr2 and has just been there since.
Rosters preform as youd expect them so no reason to realistically consider replacing him.

100%
and just due to the open bracket nature of a lot of tourneys theres a looooot of boring games
the interesting numbers are always the averages and theyll be brought down by stuff like that

There is no giants without Pipson
Might as well rename to PipsonX at this rate

Happy for him, hes been doing decently since forever so hopefully this is his breakout year with the new roster

ike
got big sword and lets an idiot button masher like me keep up with my friends who actually own the game xD (neutral air go brrrr)

All the costreams sound like they went through war
but nah feel ya, this is offseason level dealys

Idk I think production is great. I get to watch a series before I go to sleep and then get to watch another one during breakfast
Thats what I call perfect schedule ngl

(100% unbiased) nah numbers are still totally fiiiine
that bias aside though I 100% agree with the geo here, if you can get the name without numbers then go for that.
Main thing I personally looked out for is that I was able to get the name on all platforms (that I wanted to use the name on) so it was consistent.

Ah yes NaVi Sayonara
they got their best reporters on the case with that one

No baiting (as in actual baiting) is bad.
Actual baiting screws your teams and will just result in unnecessary and untraded deaths.

The term baiting just gets thrown around without actually looking at the setups from the team so its lost a ton of its value.
Most things we call baiting isnt baiting.

If your team plans around you playing back, then thats not baiting. Thats doing your job and (often times) the team playing into your strengths.

Dont have one for leo, but for aspas here is Neil talking about his bait accusations:
https://www.vlr.gg/401176/neilzinhos-aspas-take

People youre letting it burn!

ye the 2 pc cheats are well known and ofc are a huge problem for them, but hardware level anti-cheat isnt the only tools Riot have or use
Theres been lots of bans of people using external hardware to cheat in the past and there will be again. Idk what methods Riot uses nowerdays to detect them (they cant exactly tell us their tools since otherwise cheaters will circumvent them) but in the old days of anti-cheat (back when they were just part of the program instead of drivers) you would use algorithms to monitor for consistent inhuman movements/behavior, or use honey-pots that only cheaters could react to.

Im pretty confident theyll figure this one out too and give you guys a break from the cheating for a while (before the cycle starts again).

Not much we can tell ya
Riot has a very good trackrecord of dealing with cheats, just need to wait till the next big wave of bans and fixes hits vanguard

except that youre sadly at the cheaters mercy

ye give em some insane smoke like Profek and a senti like anguist and Id expect them to make at least 1 international

big win for ATN
also as someone who hasnt been keeping up with GC at all, the production quality of the main stream is super impressive

Still the last update we got https://x.com/hypoc/status/1818695249663050239
Hope he recovers soon, Panpoc gotta return

I mean yea ig its fair to say that Lev was too lost during split 1 to consider it his failure (without knowing more)
And ye the case roster was sick

I fully acknowledge that this being on a Goked post is unfair to him so probably was the wrong place, since this is more me being generally frustrated at the coach slots filling without any new faces joining the lineups (yet. At the very least we have to get a whole batch of assistant coaches, otherwise im gonna go mad xD)

Maaaaaan idk
Like I dont mean anything personal against Goked with this (I know jack shit about him and how good of a mind he is) but I really wish t1 orgs would stop recycling coaches even after multiple failed seasons.

Theres so many coaches who have been successful in various t2 teams for years now that never get a chance.
Yes buyouts are a bitch but even when successful ones are FA they still dont go to t1.

That being said an international m8 roster has huge pressure so I wish him all the best.

Nah this is the original rumor. Started during last years offseason.

Cant really comment on your one, Ive not asked anyone closely involved with Apeks or Mist about if they foresee a shift in fokus on the TO side.
All I can really say is that there really arent any reliable rumors about Apeks leaving going around the Polaris scene atm to my knowledge.

youd think there being an easy to google article making it very clear that everyone is aware of the conflict of interest and have taken steps to make sure it wont be an issue would kill this rumor, but thing just keeps coming back x.x

“MistGames was transparent from the outset about its ownership’s relationship with a team in the league. However, they demonstrated that they’re able to manage this without impacting the competitive integrity of the tournament.” - Riot Games
https://esports-news.co.uk/2023/12/15/operator-for-valorant-northern-europe-polaris/

youre just not following the accounts then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://x.com/valleague_emea is posting for every match and the "local" leagues hype up their regional ones

idk who told you 1) but theyre clueless

Wdym?
Viewership has been pretty good and tickets have been sold out for a while now (lots of JL fans tbf so doubt theyll be attending, but riot cant do much against that)

We'll get some more tickets in 4 hours so we'll see; with CGN being in lower finals those should be going too

on average ye
like hes a genuine talent and I find it such a shame that he didnt get to show it off

Think t1 teams are aware of how good he is though so it should work out fine for him in the long run

Def sucks to lose their star
However I dont think it had anywhere near as much impact as you think. They adapted VERY well looking pretty much as good (at least imo) as they did during the finals/semi-finals

And fighter had the tournament of a life. Genuinely I doubt Akai would have done better in the fragging department. Bro ended on 223 ACS with his team going 2/4 (with some dominant losses)

Feel like this was a TH situation where its a shame to not see the original roster, but the sub roster did just as well.

PCF have a week to fix their strats being readable af so perfect format for them
Gonna be an exciting rematch
CGN 3-1 PCF

ye it'd actually start bringing some more lively fans into the arena
cgn fans are something else (for valorant standards obviously)

They wont. Or rather if they do no one would know yet.
People are talking bs because an... undisclosed... org owner chatted shit without having any info and the rumor is making its rounds... again

Apeks own are owned by the same org as MistGames (Polaris' TO) so theres potential conflict on interest. However Riot was fully aware of this when chosing Mist as the new TO so people are just talking out of their ass.

Apeks because im one of the 5 polaris viewers
and then cgn because Dach needs some recognition in t1 for how much talent is in that region (who would have guessed when they import like 50% of their players)

kaajak might just be a bit too much for t2

Fokus Demon1 confirmed omg

dont do it
the JL fans bought all the tickets for the LAN we need em to attend xD

Yup either would be the best outcome
both of em are regions that dont have an org in t1 so getting them would be a huge boost for their respective t2 regions (just cause orgs are way more likely to pick up players from their own region than others in emea, as we've seen the past 2 years)

others are fine too though tbf
pcific has the great premier -> t1 storyline
And out of all orgs in Ascension Apeks has done the most for their region so them getting rewarded would be very deserved

... can we just change the system and promote 4 teams per year pls? xD

(also TU is gonna get smoked tbh. Pcific has some strat problems but I dont think TU has the firepower to punish them the way cgn did yesterday)

Qual #1 is live rn
Sadly "only" a German stream but people who are interested in watching some open qual stuff
https://www.twitch.tv/xperion_nxt

yaotzin maybe https://www.vlr.gg/player/1474/yaotzin
He was helping them out during their Champs run and is restricted FA https://x.com/itskaplan/status/1828864154675098087

idk, it would be very fast since he was helping out JL till a couple days ago but Id love to see him in t1

o7
wonder who they have lined up instead?
they had success with yaotziN ig, but its going to be interesting to see who they think would be an upgrade over drew

Well the pistol record helped for sure ngl

well shit

now youre thinking like cgn