I'm not gonna look, but all I'll say is that Asia has by far the hardest bracket to make it through. Unlike some America's and EMEA powerhouses, no Asian powerhouse gets a free match 1.

Zeta has to face Levi
PRX has to face C9
GenG has to face Loud

It's rough, even GE has to face Vitality.

Idk CS, but wasn't stew still a top pro in that game? I really don't know his caliber when he left CSGO, but in Valorant he isn't even in the top 100 players NA.

I'm trying to say, they're different games. Different gunplay, different utility, more streamlined roles, they're very different.

100% agree. Just from watching, both are straight up global top Opers.

I assume it's map to map, like how DRX would sub in King after map 1 for maps that are better for Sentinels.

Babysasuke is a funny lad. We need more funny lads.

Gotta be racist for saying EDG > 100T is crazy.

Get woke soon homie.

But how will this affect Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game?

I'm cheering for specifically Aproto and nobody else.

I think Navi will beat Team Liquid, but will magically throw against Levi...

Oh wait

I mean... but how with this affect Shaq's legacy?

It goes from terrible to terrible to funny to kinda sad.

You know it's bad when the winning team plays a terrible round AND the losing team plays a terrible round.

It's still gotta be Xset v Levi in my opinion

Omen takes Bomb
Proceeds to ult heaven
Dies
XSET just need to hold heaven
Gigachad kiNgg double blastpacks heaven
FUCKING KILLS SOMEONE
GETS BOMB FROM HEAVEN
FUCKING DIES OF FALL DAMAGE??????
XSET then proceed to lose a 4v3 retake against a non-fullbuy (2 Levi members with AK + Lights, taco with a spectre +full but is lit to like 120 HP)

Causes XSET to lose map in OT.

I wanna throw in the random Reyna's who just appear and drop 35 on my head, while partied with guys who have 0.5 K/D and negative damage differential. It's not very Coolio.

Killjoy
Sova
Viper
Astra
Raze / Sage / Brimstone

Reasoning: Raze if you want a not fully joke comp. Sage if you wanna wall and slow so they can't run.

Astra for Suck/delay

Killjoy for postplant lineups. Viper for postplant lineups. Sova for postplant lineups. Brimstone option for postplant lineups.

It's funny.

Nah, as a sentinel, there is no better practice then having to adjust to the random shit ranked will throw onto your site.

I'm chearing for them simply because of the goat Mango.

But how does this affect Lebron's legacy?

I believe in Fullerton, I'm vocal - They lose
I believe in Squitle Squad, I'm quiet - They win

I happy.

I like franchised Valo for one main reason: it creates a tier 2 scene. Tier 2 valo will be much more exciting more of the time than franchising, since it'll be MUCH more scrappy which is a more fun viewer experience. That's why I love watching fracture, it's a very scrappy map. If you like the peak of skill and structure, you can watch VCT. If you want a little more chaos, then we got Tier 2. Now it's a real Tier 2 and not just an open qualifier then just Tier 1 again, and a few random knights tourneys.

I wish riot doctored the bracket so that we'd have way more upsets, since too many R1 matchups are close teams. Fnatic and Sen are relatively level teams, just like PRX and C9, just like RRQ and Giants. There are so many matchup that'll be close in round 1, the teams will most on to round 2, and then we'll see way more blowouts.

That's why you're my goat.

Nrg scrimms mean even less than Sen scrimms. Chet is actually clinically insane with comps. He the type to try Harbor Viper Comps.

I wanted to talk about more controllers, and it was more Mako at 3 instead of 2, shits too close. Mako just peaks lower than most controllers but is also more consistent then almost all controllers.

Mostly saying that someone can peak over Mako this next year rather than Bang having a skill recession at age 18.

Wiimote zero diffs

Can your shit be a hunting rifle?
What about a hockey stick?
What about a steering wheel?
WHAT ABOUT A FUCKING BASKETBALL?

Wiimote the goat.

But how does this affect Lebron's legacy?

Take the best EMEA team and give them a player who, at his peak, was the best in the world while going back into a meta that moreso favours his playstyle.

That's Navi.

Pancada at 1
Bang at 2
Mako at 3?

But like, Sscary, Marved, Sugarzer0 are all competitive for 3. Mindfreak just a little outside of that group. I genuinely think s0m could get into the conversation beside mindfreak if he plays to his potential. And, he ain't top 10 globally, but ice always really liked Zander's playstyle and he'll battle James Cobb for best NA ascension controller, plus both IGL (i know Zander won't on M80 but im pretty sure he did while on V1). Both of them are miles above Vanity tho, and you can't fight me on that.

I've come back because I remembered about Supamen. He's in the tier with Sscary, Marved, and Sugarzer0. I've always has him in that tier, so underrated.

Riot drops your mmr low so now the only way you'll increase your mmr is through playing a ton, like, a ton.

Why tf does everyone put Zeta over Levi. Not only was Levi a better team last year, Levi has gotten BETTER and Zeta hasn't.

Levi, Loud, Fnatic, DRX as the top 4. Not too hot.

Now the hot take: If Sentinels beat Fnatic, they'll win Sao Paulo. If they can beat Fnatic then tournament is over. Momentum will carry them passed 100T, Loud, whoever. 2 world Champs at home, an IGL with strats this time, Zekken actually becoming an Egoist if they win, and Tenz most likely coming back into Masters Reykjavik form. Plus if Fnatic loses, then we get the signature NA matchup in another region. Wouldn't be a global lan without some NA v NA griefing. It is funny though, in my opinion, 100T and Fnatic are the most similar teams to Sentinels in terms of positional skill (Navi too but they're in a different bracket).

Zombs...

is hot as fuck

I think Zeta over Levi is a wild take. That's just me tho.

Also, no complaints about Sen over Fnatic. Although I have it reversed, Sen with a month of practice might go crazy. Each side has a top tier oper, entry, and recon player. Only difference is Sen has a significantly better Smokes while Fnatic has a significantly better flex

(That's Pancada > Boaster and Chronicle > Deph)

Hey any of yall like One Piece

Doesn't answer why Levi doesn't make top 8. A very good team just made better. Nothing else to say, just a better team than before.

Also, I still think Loud are crazy simply due to it being a much stronger meta for Aspas, whom I believe to be the best player in the world.

The fact Levi and Loud don't make top 8 is enough to be categorized as a sin.

The only hard part of the bracket for EMEA is Liquid and Navi in R16, all the good EMEA were given decent America and Asian teams, and the bad EMEA teams were given all the shit America's and Asian teams.

This is most definitely, worse than Doug's.

This might be worse than Doug's.

Fair my guy. I just have Loud over Nrg because of crowd diff, and Levi over Navi because... copium.

I'd like to see the teams actually get to play more than 1 game. I hate one and done.

Yeah... yeah I totally have them out of the group

(I have Levi beating Navi in top 8)

But... but... we have to stream every game! Every game has to not be at the same time!

Riot games has a fear of overlap.

Derke and Yay are, for all intensive purposes, the same. Both are just totally outclassed by Aspas.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/9e9a4185

Btw: LOUD 3 - 1 Fnatic

Easy ass solution for the main issue of the event: Not a losers bracket but a losers tournament.

Basically, the idea goes like this:

Team A beats Team B
Team D beats Team C

Team A goes forward, in the format Riot already has, and faces Team D.

Team B, in this situation, goes into the same format but with the losing team in Team C.

Team A and D get rewarded from the win with better competition and the fact they get to play in front of a crowd, basically they're prime time.

Team B and C, in this situation, would now play at an alternate setup with no fans and against what should be worse competition. What B and C do now get is at least 2 games of lan experience, 2 games of meta experience, 2 games of competitive valorant.

Riot has to have an alternate setup available, or would be able to create one. Again, these games would not have a crowd but they would be streamed on an alternate Valorant channel. I mean, the lower tournament could go on, and potentially have a BO3 as a sort of warmup before the Grand Final, but that may be a bit far. Just to let each team get only 1 game is stupid from Riot especially with matches like Sentinels and Fnatic, 100T and EDG, C9 and PRX, all existing. Half those teams get 1 competitive game. Riot will just say it's an environment for scrimms and stuff, but we all know scrimms don't mean shit against real matches.

This is my best solution. Have a great day.

They just looked like they had nothing prepared / didn't care to participate with actual tactics.

Nick is so effortlessly cool

Yes it's TSM, but Sen doesn't look bad or overly rusty. I get that TSM isn't huge competition as a borderline top 10 team in NA, but going into a teams first match you expect less than what Sen actually gave us. I'm not going to overreact, I still think Sen is the 4th best NA team right now. I've held the opinion prior to this tourney that Sen could compete with 100T by the end of the year to be NA's #1 team / all of America's #1 team, but that is still very far away. I'm just happy to see a team that functions. We'll see a LOT better out of this Guard matchup (I'd say they're either #5 or 6 beside M80) so this one map should hold marginally more stock than the first BO3.

I should also say, #4 - #7 in NA are decently close between Sen, EG, M80, and Guard at least right now. Sen and Guard have the highest peak of the teams tho.

Playing initiator is an innately inconstant role, most good initiators get called out for inconstancies at some point.

Enzo is always called inconsistent. Derrek has been called inconsistent. Even looking at Shao, there is stark inconsistencies. It's hard to be the role focused on helping your teammates and playing to your peak every round.

Sacy will always be my goat

Sacy has been my goat since he knifed a guy in a 1v1 during Masters 1. He's not appreciated enough.