He had exalt, it's unfair

AM had 50% of its representatives in top 3
EMEA had 0% of it representatives in the top 3

Fnatic heard VLR call them the "1" team in EMEA and they took that too literal.

Until EG beat PRX or Fnatic, I'm doubting them to win a tourney

People didn't get mad at EG for losing to prime Fnatic, so there is no need to make fun of NRG for losing to the goats of the game, the next Champ winners, Bilibili Gaming.

I ask the 1, maybe half, of a Riot Dev who may possibly skim over this godforsaken site that I can ban out a map or 3 in my ranked/unrated games.

We are getting 10 maps total after Champs, 3 of which will be out of the competitive pool. Those 3 maps will likely be Haven, Ascent, and Icebox - 2 of which have been staples of the game since its official launch. With the backbones of the map pool gone, I think it's the perfect time to implement a system of map choice for Ranked and Unrated modes. Why is the 99.9% of thr player base LOCKED into the pro-oriented map rotation? I think that question becomes more and more weak when we consider how (in the next few months) a complete rollout of Premier will be released. THAT is the path to pro, THAT should follow a pro pool - not my Plat lobby games. People who want to play maps they like will do so, players who want to continue practice on the pro circuit of maps will also do so. I don't even need a complicated system, just let me check of maps that I would like to play. Fuck it, make the minimum like 5 maps so you can abuse it for leaderboard or anything.

Now to cover some concerns:

What about new maps or reworked maps? Make them unbannable for a week or two. Force people to check them out and gain experience on them.
What if some maps aren't being played? I feel like that's a positive of this system being implemented - it will provide a much better way to discern what maps are liked or disliked by the community and changes should be addressed based on that information.
What if we never get a ban-system for Val? I might just fucking end it all.

Short Version: We have Premier for pro-map circuit, let me - casual timmy - play whatever the fuck I want in my fun shooter game.

I just don't like the vibes of these socialist fucks.

(Holy shit I want to move to Europe more than anything, but hot damn are they shit at Valorant)

This last week has, in my opinion, been HUGE for Foxy9 - more than even participating at VCT events. Just watching him, he's the most confident he's ever been. He's sharper, he's louder. These are things we know he lacked at certain times in Pacific (Specifically his inconsistency and how much hes been publicly critisized for his small mistakes by his team). I think that this is the first time Foxy9 hasn't felt like he's just competing in VCT, but actually felt like a full fledged player - a pro, beside Tenz and not behind him. Beyond it all, he's just been a kid and a fan for most of his VCT career. Playing- and dogwalking - NA ranked with such a large assortment of pros has clearly improved him as a player, just simply based in his confidence. I don't expect to see Foxy9 at Champs, but I do expect to see the best version of him starting in the 2024 Pacific VCT.

I'm a huge Foxy9 fan, and I'm hoping for nothing but the best for him.

Clearly the best sub-region in Valorant, fully boosting NA.

But fr, Loud hasn't looked this good since Lock//In. Great to see them playing like themselves again.

More importantly, AM is currently 4-1 against EMEA in Champs - I think that is 14-10 now in AM vs EMEA over the year.

Get a 2-2-2-2 for Champs would be HYPE

Plus if NRG win, we're just going to get El Clasico - NA vs NA first round at an international lan.

who can beat fnatic tho

Liquid? All that took was fnatic doing nothing to prepare or add to their gameplay AND soulcas + redgar overperforming.

I feel like this european genes shit started something a few years back...

6" 128lbs

or

183 cm 58kg

If something dropped 35 he would have still been called mid

Do not be out here disrespecting Bilibili gaming, cause bili is fucking gaming.

fut, fnatic, navi all won their first round

China good

China is my goat

China >>> EU, NA, Rest of Asia, the fucking Martians

China is the question and the answer. China is the statement, China is the truth, China is the first interaction and the final boss.

idk what's going on, but I'm like 0% sure there is video footage of Marved hitting a vape between maps. Was consuming nicotine mid-game allowed regionally? Is it just the nature of how snus was used? I'm sure this will cause riot to put out some sort of statement, just to give more information then.

Bro I've gone fucking mad I have no clue why I thought this about marved

Loud winning Champs, less drops 40 every map, dunks on lebron, and MVP's in both leagues. GG.

Cool, plus they soft confirmed 2 international events next year. Here's hoping for 2 masters type events and no bs lock//in style.

of course I'm counting lock in, it was the starter to the season. I'm talking about the year as a whole, so it would only make sense to include.

and, in theory, they can end the year with a POSITIVE RECORD. They'd have to win out every game for the rest of the year, but they could end the season 11-10. Just thought it was a cool little thing and a piggy back off of their LCQ run.

Set play team that saves in any lower-man situations is bad for the hard-entry Jett who is supposed to OP at every opportunity. Crazy.

I think Navi is trash too, but they ran (basically) the same comp on 3 separate maps, of which everyone - except Rhyme - had played their agents 4 OR LESS TIMES IN THEIR CAREER before that match. That's funny. I believe.

I trust in giants for some strange reason. I hate on EMEA teams a lot, but I believe in Giants to do... anything.

That's what I'm saying. Group A the REAL group of death, both LCQ teams looking good.

https://www.vlr.gg/event/560/champions-tour-asia-pacific-last-chance-qualifier

Yes, just like the 2021 Asia LCQ winner.

Group D won a total of 3 matches between the 4 teams at Masters Tokyo.

DRX and Navi has never looked worse.
Loud is on the downswing of their livespan.
And Liquid is historically VERY inconsistent.

Group A >>>> Group D

Nah, I already think group A is the group of death.

Group D is a bunch of has-beens and big names that make us think it's a group of death. COMBINED THEY WON 3 MATCHES AT MASTERS.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/2b462b57 ain't nobody ready for this pickem

Statistically, AM is 10-9 against EMEA with Fnatic being 7 of those losses. The other 2 were Kru and Lev vs Navi. However, that was the worst we had seen Kru (mid point from Levi) and the BEST Navi looked all year.

WERE THEY TROLLING? AND STILL 3-0'D???

Yes Raze is Rhyme's most played agent, but:
Fit1nho has played breach 7 times in his career
Nukkye has played omen 5 times in his career
Cloud has played jett 5 times
and this was hoody's first time ever playing chamber in a match (and clouds yoru)

What the fuck.

All it took was adding a 5th player (Klaus and Axeddy were quite literally 2/3 worst two players during the regular season, idk how people looked over the fact that Kru was having super close games with the equivalent of a bum leg)

Don't forget Zeta and the 2022 M1 run. They have the potential to make champs, and that's some sweet extra viewership.

I'm genuinely happy that a LATAM team decided to play the game again, let alone both.

How were we supposed to expect that Klaus and Taco learned to aim during the two months off? Plus, who was going to bet that Shyy and Keznit would elevate their play from keeping their teams afloat to dragging their teams limp corpses every day?

I just want Kru to win and go to champs, then they beat literally any EMEA team so I can say that AM 10th seed is better than a top 5 EMEA squad.

Yes I know Kru are no longer a 10th seed. This is VLR, if you're not throwing shit around like a caged monkey than what are you doing here?

all good, it's still Gen.G

I had them both going.

This is the one and only time you will ever hear this from me.

I hope KC win.

I was able to stay up for every 'early' game, and most of the 2nd games. Not many of the 3rd games tho, those crossed the line for time.

This is actually the first game I've been able to watch since their win over TS in playoffs. I've just been too tired for the late games that Gen.G has gotten so far. I'm just happy to watch.

That shitty joke made me more suicidal than this damn team.

I have no hope and I want to die.

I posted this after I had an instalock raze go 10-16 backseating me and throwing me, who is trying to lurk and control the map on cypher, the bomb EVERY ROUND. Some players deserve to play with others who were dropped as children.

My idea of execution is more akin to a test consisting mostly of what you should do in certain situations and some pattern recognition (which most online IQ tests are based on). Get players who learn and visualize the game better, then develop the mechanics. It allows those who have better IQ not to be completely bogged down by mechanical ability, leading to worse habits in lower elo's. It rewards the general playstyle of not swinging when it's fucking dumb and making other objectively poor choices.

We need an IQ test in Valorant to be a secondary to MMR. How it works is that, when your account is comp ready, you have to take a 30 minute IQ test. This will put you in a mental bracket that is secondary to your actual rank. So dumb fucks will be stuck with toddlers, and people with braincells will play against each other. It can be retaken every episode, with a new set of questions. This will fix a TON in every elo.

Not claiming that im not braindead btw

I'm just so sad, just in general.