I was going to support T1 because I recently got into league esports because of them and xeta is the most underrated player in the world., but after the Rossy move, I'm probably just going to root for DRX, keeping iZu from playing when he's such a promising talent is criminal.

I don't think it would be too difficult if you kept it too only VCT players, just have to figure out how points would be calculated.

What was the asterisk on the EG win?

Alexis as well, pretty sure she's been with Mel on the same roster since MAJKL

I doubt any English streamers did because of the time zones, but I would imagine a few JP streamers did if you care about that. Normally fps_shaka watches some of the JP valorant games.

I had a strange feeling that the people saying for the past week that trans competitors have an unfair advantage were going to start saying having a full female roster was better when SR or EG lost to one.

Watching that game was so frustrating. They just kept ego-peeking the OP, and everyone else, when they were down 11-4 or whatever. It felt like they had no prep on that map and just cooked their comp. They had no sense of the timings that G2 could have, and the extent of their strategies was just to send flor in and follow her.

I'm aware of the screenshots. The actual sentence could be interpreted as either someone saying that they're going to fake NB and compete, or someone worried about whether or not they would be judged for coming out as NB before competing. Which have two different implications. Hence my point is that while the screenshots on their own aren't sufficient, when you place all the posts and videos together it looks bad.

This was the best I could find. It's a Forbes article where they use the word "all-female." It's worth noting that we don't use the word female for trans-women, as it refers to your sex, not your gender expression.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2021/10/19/g2-esports-unveils-first-ever-all-female-team-for-valorant/?sh=3078b5055943

They didn't admit to faking NB, and the screenshots don't necessarily prove anything. They were dropped from GC for the misogyny and weird comments to underage women. I personally feel like when you put the whole picture together, the odds of them faking are pretty high, but can't say for certain.

I don't think annja is trans. I don't have a source, but there was a discussion around Berlin when people thought she was trans, and she had to comeout and say she wasn't. I don't have a source, just a recollection.

Valid, but comparing T1 to such a terrible org has earned you a one way ticket to hell

Doesn't M80 already have a full roster? Nismo, Koalanoob, BcJ, Nitro, Zander? Also, if it was M80, I feel like James would've said that, if for no other reasons than the impressions.

Meiy in franchising!!!

This is probably one of the better rosters you could build if not getting the Fennel core. Popogachi is a good sova player, meiy is a pretty good duelist but a little inconsistent. neth and JoxJo are good support players. Suggest is a little iffy IMO, think Xdll would've probably been better in the long run, but I don't know if he's planning on coming back to Fennel.

Maybe that's the Korean pronunciation? I don't speak the language, so I can't say for sure.

Granted I don't play this game a lot, but I see couple nicknames like once every 20 games, it's really not common at all.

There's really not much better they could cook up than just buying the Fennel roster.

Is this in order? Heat really hasn't impressed me as much as Askia. Outside of his last game, Askia seemed to be really good, and Heat didn't look nearly as good as he used to this year. Maybe that was just MIBR though.

Esports doesn't require much physicality, the only thing you could argue is if you consider intellect or reaction time to be part of physicality. My argument is that the idea that being the goat requires the most physicality is a stupid idea, and doesn't make sense, especially if the goat in your eyes is Messi. The GOAT is the Greatest of All Time, not the GAOAT, the Greatest Athelete of All Time.

If you think at the top level of the sport, you're getting more damage done to you in a football game than a boxing match, you're delusional.

Okay, and are you saying that a football player like Messi has more physical ability than a boxer who has to literally get the shit beaten out of him? If you want to use this definition sure, but it by no means makes Messi the goat.

Why does physical ability determine the goat? Wouldn't that make a boxer the best since they require a lot more physical power and endurance? Should it not be who is the best at his craft?

You average 14 posts a day sir

I've never seen Messi beat Faker in football, just saying...

Big cock Johnson

People sleeping on Liquid way too much.

Unlikely Riot allows it, sets almost a 1:1 precedent for buying spots.

You said it. Their regular season form was close games that they failed to close out. That's why. Doesn't matter how close games are if you can't close them out.

You okay bro?

IDK bro, Kru qualified to champs through a miracle run at LCQ only to go back to regular season form and bomb out in groups. I don't know what the issue was with that team, but in seemed to be reoccurring. Feels wrong to say 4th best after a 0-9 regular season, and a 0-2 at champs.

Loud definitely got weaker, but still think they're a top 3 team, and would probably put them over sen until we actually see some games out of the. My hot take is that if the roster of Victor, crashies, Ethan, demon1, and some igl is NRG, they're going to be really closely competing with LEV for 1.

I just need Rab to get a better mic or something to make those videos watchable. Sounds like he's in the middle of a cave

I said something similar earlier, but the other teams in Brazil really stepped up this year. The 00nation fem which I believe became Legacy, and the LOUD GC were actually able to put up a fight against TL. People see a team not dominate a region anymore, and they always assume it's because they got worse, but not because other teams just got better.

Everyone expects them to be extremely bad, they end up doing better than expected, ultimately forgettable? Try to control your excitement MIBR fans.

I only remember that one ace clip of his where he was killing people so fast that the audio for the kill effects sounded buggy. Has he done anything since?

You can rephrase it this way and it's equally as valid.

Demon1 before having Potter as a coach: 0 achievements.
Demon1 after having Potter as a coach: champs winner and MVP.

I don't know about bankruptcy per se, but I've seen a lot going around about wasting $33 million, so maybe in relation to that

Withdrew from LCS recently, and a reputable journalist said they're withdrawing from Valorant as well. ill see if I can find the tweet.

100T potter kinda goes hard, just me?

People saw teams like LOUD and Legacy actually able to challenge TL Brazil this year and they saw it as TL Brazil getting weaker instead of other teams getting better.

I, for one, am savoring EG's downfall. Sucks for the employees that are likely going to be laid off, and will struggle to find another job in the industry due to the shrinking going on rn. Hope they all can find a job at an actual org that doesn't fuck over players and fans.

Maybe I'm just crazy, but Governor was pretty good this year in T2. I feel like a spot on one of the worst teams last year isn't really that crazy.

How does one win 12.8 rounds?

Controversial take, but if DFM dropped their roster and picked up the Fennel roster, maybe making 1 change, they would have a serious chance at qualifying for a LAN.

I personally favor bringing Xdll back into the roster, but I think the org isn't keen on that at the moment.

I personally don't think being in any sort of spotlight would be good for him emotionally. Would highly suggest he stay away from any sort of publicity that could trigger a relapse in his mental state, but each to their own.

Did I get 12 right tho

If something like gh is tilting you, I'd recommend just turning off enemy chat completely.

The only thing i can think of for 9 is Sentinels (Sent + owl?) or Talon.

Is it too much to ask for a normal knife like a Karambit instead of something that takes up 25% of my screen and flies around my hands when I switch to it.