TenZ the best player right now, there’s absolutely no competition the only argument is who is second

S1mple won the Intel Grand Slam, which is arguably harder than a Major. He already has cemented himself as the top AWPer in all of csgo with all of his insane clutch moments and carry jobs through s-tier tournaments. S1mple has carried NaVi to the top of cs while competing with infinitely more talented rosters like Astralis and Team Liquid basically all by himself for most of his career.

There would be some trouble with communication, but if they can make it work that would be dominant as fuck

I mean before TenZ they were the best team in NA with Sinatraa, it wasn’t nearly as dominant as it is with TenZ now but yeah I’d say they are homegrown

Well no shit if EU was winning games consistently against NA they would be considered the best, but that’s not the case and the only team an EU team has beat was V1 so far lol

It feels like he doesn’t give a single shit about the actual event and is just doing it so he gets that sweet rito money, he is literally falling asleep on his streams and people expect his viewers not to go down?

I'd personally say him and yay are tied for 2nd best behind TenZ because face it there's almost no chance anyone comes up that's better than TenZ. Depending on the results of Masters 3 he could go up or down, but for the rest of his prime I doubt he falls out of the top 5 with his insane aggression and fragging ability

I hope Korea can recreate the success it has had with LoL with Valorant, I really don't need two dominant regions with everyone else picking at scraps hoping for an 8th place finish at best

I know some people consider Korea to be a sort of best of the rest region, they are better than SEA or JP teams. but they aren't on the level of the NA and EMEA heavyweights, and this is the match that can prove that sentiment wrong. I personally think the NUTURN 3rd place finish was kind of a fluke because the EMEA and NA teams other than SEN weren't exactly the best teams in the region

You cannot compare a game between two top 5 teams in the world and SQ vs IMT

You have never experienced a competitive environment and it shows

VS vs Acend looks really interesting, I think this match is going to prove if Korea should really be considered a major region the way EMEA and NA are

this man clearly has never read Bleach

dude we get it Val gets more viewers right now shut up and enjoy the two games for what they are

I think it’s because it was later in the morning for most NA fans, EST people were around lunch time for g2 F4Q and NA is one of the biggest audiences in valorant, and SMB vs ACE was way early in the morning, that game was really set up for the enjoyment of the EU viewers

Do you mean NV slightly worse than 100T?

We get it bro you are a sensitive bitch who has never never experienced shit talk outside the online space, literally play any sport, or competitive event and there is shit talk everywhere

How does Hiko just continue to pull these rounds out of nowhere

The bullets just magically fly at their heads

Can we all agree that Asuna is the best icebox player in the whole game, someone need to check him pc

controversial HL over 100T pick, I respect it tho

there's no way any of these matches get lower than 40k peak viewers

TSM or maybe 100T and G2

that's much better

incredibly controversial pick for NV to make it past bro, KRU should be favored

maybe I'm just not paying attention, but I haven't really seen many Gambit flairs

https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/matches/18982/asuna?matchType=Lan

Asuna played at NCS 2019 @ Fragadelphia, he did decently, not exactly great considering he was playing against T3 competition but this was really early in his career so I give him some slack for that. Also pretty funny he played against yay at this same tournament, he lost 2-0 with yay absolutely dominating

I would think its one of the big NA teams like Sentinels

Why doesn't steel have one when he's the 100T igl

I looked up SuperMassive Blaze and pAura had a star next to his name, and so does ShaZham, what does this mean? Half the teams don't even have a player with star, so idk what it could mean

who cares lol

rice is better overall, bread is more versatile

Nino Nakano

Asuna was pretty solid on LAN when he played CS and actually even better than online, take those stats with a grain of salt by those were some t2 NA CS LANs and now he’s playing in 2nd biggest tournament of the year but the past says that he should perform even better on LAN

Sentinels and 100Thieves are easily the 2 most experienced LAN teams in this whole tournament, SEN completely washed Iceland and their players were pretty good CS players, and 100Thieves with the exception of Asuna have been playing consistently at the highest level of CS LANs, and even Asuna performed pretty well at the T2 LAN events, I think if 100THIEVES doesn’t at least get to semifinals is a huge upset because of how experienced they are and how high their skill ceiling is.

I guess they're an exception, but basically all the rest are t1

any team that has made a challengers finals more than once or has participated in an international Masters tournament

What are your favorite org logos? Mine are prolly,

9z- idk why, the logo just looks very clean to me
Cloud9- very iconic logo, I like the way the nines form a cloud, and looks nice on a shirt
G2- I overall like white and black logos, also the thing it makes looks really cool
NIP- another classic logo, but the way the NIP name is integrated into the shuriken thing that was the old logo is nice

Been a while since I’ve seen you here

I really want an SEA or JP team to win because it would be insanely funny after everyone writing them off for them to win the tourney. It would be even funnier if it was some crazy final like CR vs Bren

counter

I've never seen the term "esportsler" before lol

neglect for the game and competitive scene, lots of changes that made the game uncompetitive, and an overall drop in competition level due to players leaving, the whole Blizzard/Activision sexual harassment controversy really was the final nail in the coffin after years of neglect and expectation that OW and the OWL would stay at the top of the FPS game forever

I think Sova tech can honestly continue to develop infinitely into the future, the amount of misdirection and fake potential along with the info that it gathers I honestly think hasn't been developed enough

hoenstly if S1mple switched over to valorant he would make the best jett players in the world right now look like tier 2 players, S1mple ha the work ethic to succeed in transitioning games and has the inherent talent to be able to succeed in a game as top heavy and talent ridden as valorant

I think he'll keep on going until Sentinels isn't the greatest team in the world, as long as SEN is winning TenZ is staying

as long as Riot doesn't go Overwatch mode and completely destroy the professional scene, I think valorant esports will continue to grow, its already one of the biggest fps games right now and that's when the game is in its youth, just imagine as the game grows in popularity in places like China. As a csgo fan, I honestly think that valorant has the potential to be the quintessential fps game of this generation. It's visually exciting and can be viewed by both a casual viewer who wants to see some exciting gameplay and also the hardcore fan that wants to see strategic and coordinated team play. Plus all the biggest streamers and orgs in the world are investing in valorant, and all the kids who watch them are going to grow up watching their favorite streamers playing valorant. And as pc gaming gets more and more popular and as other fps games like Call of Duty and Overwatch are on the decline, this is the perfect storm for the success of valorant.

https://www.vlr.gg/34945/masters-3-berlin-groups-revealed

If you play with your teammate’s utility properly then you can get aggressive pushes on ct side, but you shouldn’t really be a site anchor if you are a duelist your would be roaming looking for a fight

They have naruto, one piece, demon slayer, Haikyuu, and hunter x hunter if you’re into Shonen stuff, and if I remember correctly they have Your Name if you want to watch a sad romance movie. Also they have Ouran High School Host Club if you’re into, um, hot high school boys. Also they have Kakegurui if you want to watch hot anime girls cum while they are gambling. And they have Neon Genesis Evangelion and Death Note if you want to be a pretentious little shit. They also got Sword Art Online, but tbh the anime is a shit adaptation so I wouldn’t recommend, plus they don’t have the best season. And there’s Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai if you wanna watch a romcom that has an incredibly misleading title and hot anime girls. I’m forgetting a lot of other shows but those are some recommendations.