A while back I heard 25k a month being on the higher end for val but it was a while ago, maybe franchising gave a salary boost to some. But then that brings up the question of wtf C9 have been doing.

What if everyone reset their rosters. All 44 teams start form scratch

There is no way EG of all orgs was paying that especially to those players

NRG is probably one of the ones that are doing the best in current esports, (financially not results wise) Only one ahead I would say is G2, but they are just making some questionable decisions recently.

Surely you realize typing stuff like this is an open invitation for people to clown on you

Racing is not in your blood clearly

that makes the situation even worse

LOUD, MiBR, C9 - Cant afford top tier players
EG- Can barely afford to stay afloat in esports
100T, SEN - Questionable standing
NRG - They are just stupid not much else to say
G2, Furia, LEV- Good standing for now
KRU - GOAT Kun/Messi support

Seems like half the orgs are in pretty bad financial standing rn, not looking good.

Both are in the same region calm down

idk who that is I meant specific comments made

can you provide specific examples

That makes some sense but shanghai should give points to teams other than first place since they all qualified to it. Maybe the prize pool will be 1 mil just like tokyo, but this whole new point system does not feel like its been fully thought out. Either way there should still be some good matches.

True, but last year was unique as there was no split 2 so regional split mattered a lot, this year it seems like split 2 is everything since lcq got thrown out the window. But you are right with shanghai meaning something in the sense that its still a major, but in terms of points only first place getting them just does not seem right, especially compared to 2021 and 2022 and the way those masters gave points.

How does the point system work, because kickoff gave no points for any place below 1st, same thing for Madrid. Will Shanghai be the same? 1st place gets 3 points while everyone else gets nothing. If so then what even is the point of this tournament? This just means literally everything is on split 2.

NA stay 0 trophy region

I do agree they probably aren't the greatest they have definitely improved and can probably take a map and/or beat some of the other teams if everything goes well. This split has shown that almost all the teams are pretty even more or less.

I would not mind seeing that

With the exception of maybe prx and heretics it looks like every team just kind of sucks

banned for leaving out goat mazino

This team is so infuriating, they show so much excellence and then innovate new ways to throw/choke, actually incredible.

Most of those teams will probably make champs so all good for now probably, still kind of sucks for kru and drx though.

"Look I just need to say this. That shit was not my fault, yall are trash, I mean this from the bottom of my heart yall are trash. I am going to say your name and then call you trash. Zekken you're trash, Sacy you're trash. Zellsis..... Zellsis listen to me when I say this, you are TRASH. Now the only mistake I made was letting you all play for that time, you wasnt doing shit. JohnQT if I ever hear your name compared to FNS again, Imma kill somebody, I don't want nobody mentioning JohnQT and FNS in the same sentence, not in the same paragraph, not in the same article, unless trash comes after JohnQT name. Now we lost to EG, we had a 10-2 lead. I don't even know their names I know all of yours. TenZ you're trash I did not forget about you. This does not make any sense we got grouped, Fuck all of yall, I'm out of here. Sorry ass team."

but why? they already lost to 4 teams within their region

Please stfu

wait I thought you were a supporter of them

Sorry man but that is way too much FNC, dont think anyone wants to see all that

2 more teams will get the drx treatment tomorrow.
Still have no idea why first round is single elim though

What did Chet do for everyone to call him a snake? Its not about their losses as these comments were there before this year even began

Cause my top 5
is
DRAKE
DRAKE
DRAKE
DRA

Cloud9 has to have put some sort of dark magic spell on yay, cause ever since he got cut its just been over for him. He has not been shooting well, the util usage isn't there, the positioning is off a lot. Everything that went wrong with started after he got dropped from C9.

Also slightly unrelated but why is everyone doubting C9, they are 5-1 and beat LEV(albeit that game was very shaky from both teams), is it just because they got clapped by 100T and lost to fur on ascent 2-13?

NRG is completely out, they have no chance to make it

Mibr and Furia are both also completely out

G2 just need to get 14 rounds tomorrow and they are in while SEN is out

SEN is in over G2 if G2 get less than 14 rounds

Loud is in if they win

EG is in if G2 win

C9, Kru, Lev, 100T are all locked for playoffs while the latam teams both have first round bye

If koi closed it out against kc, fnc would have been first seed, which is kind of crazy

If both somehow get blown out tomorrow, an investigation must take place

Please drop below any and all drafts you have in preparation for if NRG lose tomorrow

Sen has enough already no?

Does this game matter at all to any team?

Even if Sen 13-0 next map and g2/nrg both lose there is no way they are both gonna get blown out. Actual showmatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeMI644170o

Idk who had this idea but they should be paid more money and investigated

Are you from Miami

these t2 players have some very good aim across all the leagues. Hopefully more of them get chances next year.

I am rooting for gen g because I really like their lol team. I meant overall to win the event but you can make fun of eu regardless

Every team says that after a close series, We shall see what happens. Who are you rooting for anyway?

They were dead even with sen and were 1 round away from winning and looked better in some rounds they just threw. I had 0 expectations from heretics and I hope prx wins but I cant deny they have a shot (They are playing with a sub as well)

This is probably troll but you do know hes from Argentina not Brazil

destroyed is a stretch but he has a point. The entire nrg roster overperformed and could still only get 3 rounds vs sen.

"Look I will be honest I think I picked the wrong career, I know it seems extra but I don't think I like the game of VALORANT anymore, because of the 2023 Champions MVP Demon1. What you did out there, was nothing short of a miracle. I need you to stand up and Imma ask you a question. Can I read off your stats? Now to all the other players please do not react when I am reading Max's stats off. Somebody bring me Max's stats. Demon1 played for 67 rounds and had 43 kills, Don't do it don't react y'all, he went -10 and had 15 first deaths. Max I have a question for you can you please answer this. Who on SEN is scaring you? Is it TenZ? Is it Zekken? Who is it, Max? Are you afraid of shooting your gun, what is it? I am sick of this shit. Every time I get a team of all starts together we always get so close yet so far. First last year I got grouped and now I do not even make the international. I don't understand how this keeps happening to me it makes no sense, but I am not gonna lose any more sleep over it. You all saw your performances. That shit was not on me and I will stand on that."

their player card is probably my favorite

the biggest fnc dickrider is you since you have more posts about them than anyone else 😭

This red and white combination has no business going this hard. Might be one of the best ones.
Which ones do yall like (ignoring team biases)

"Look I just need to say this. That shit was not my fault, yall are trash, I mean this from the bottom of my heart yall are trash. I am going to say your name and then call you trash. Victor you're trash, Crashies you're trash. FNS..... FNS listen to me when I say this, you are TRASH. Now the only mistake I made was letting you all play for that time, you wasnt doing shit. Ardiis if I ever hear your name compared to yay again, Imma kill somebody, I don't want nobody mentioning Ardiis and yay in the same sentence, not in the same paragraph, not in the same article, unless trash comes after Ardiis name. Now we lost to BLG, we lost 4-0. I don't even know their names I know all of yours. s0m you're trash I did not forget about you. This does not make any sense we got grouped again, I'm out of here."

Maybe, but EG beat the 2nd place curse somehow (I think NRG took it for them) maybe he could beat this curse too or not and could end up just like them. We shall see.