I mean mousepad does matter but having a $10 mousepad vs a $100 mousepad will grant u legit 0 advantage

Legit, the only peripherals that matter are monitors and mice. The rest like keyboards and headphones have little difference

bro he was making a joke, how don't u see it?

this bait was just pathetic

autumn has been learning mandarin for almost 3 years he should be fine with comms by now I recon

I recon the event was only sorta mickey mouse bc of the meta change 2 weeks before vct started, leaves more individually skilled teams at an advantage since nobody really knows how to play in this meta effectively

when the time is afternoon in the americas then the site is pretty active and then during big games as well

the right play was to dismiss since if u dont then ur stuck there. Astra could have easily stunned you and you would have died.

gold 3 brother

bro nobody gives a shit

ur point??

I mean neon and raze can take top mid from A short and jett can also do it in the same amount of time.

No idea where ur getting this idea that waylay is faster

I can understand some people thinking the storyline was good but a lot of the rounds u just kept hearing people screaming at the top of their lungs which was very annoying and there was minimal hype in the crowds compared to other regions (sort of an asia crowd thing tbh). Like there was legit only 1 time where the crowd was chanting something and it lasted less than 10 seconds.

this isnt my main disagreement with you tho, I just don't see how u thought the quality of skill was good, like it seems obvious it was gonna be low this event bc of the new meta change 2 weeks before vct started but most teams apart from t1 seemed to be playing without a purpose. Like I saw very little anti strating (apart from t1 and some occasional g2 plays). Most rounds teams had no plan apart from just seeing how the round plays out and adapting from there. G2 were the only team that knew how to combo util with tejo as well.

Overall it just felt like a repeat of Madrid.

izu is not 2nd my guy, bro is like 4th or 5th. His stats are good but he just baits everyone

u gotta be trolling

it really didnt. I'll compare the top 2 at each event

2024 storylines
Madrid (Either tenz gets a second trophy and sacy is first to win a masters and a champs trophy, very mid storyline) or Pacific gets their first trophy (Big storyline).

Shanghai you had Pacifics first trophy again and TH storyline was a sub winning an international and th are a new team with little expectations.

Champs you had Chinas first trophy and TH here didnt really have one tbh.

2025 storylines:
Bangkok:
Stax and buzz duo finally getting a trophy after getting 5-6th so many times and Ascension team winning an int.

Only other storyline I can think of is I guess edg getting back to back trophies and being first team to win a champs and a masters and sen might be 3 trophies but these arent real big storylines.

Ultimately, champs 2024 alone had more storylines than this event and its the quality of the storylines that matter not the quantity.

Next year when we look back at this event it will be mostly forgotten just like Madrid which was deemed as the best event in valorant history back in early 2024.

Vlr has a serious case of recency bias.

the same argument could be made for jett brother bear, and jett can do that without much supportive util.

meta is now just tejo + breach (most of the case its double int with tejo and breach) and so no teams are gonna run triple int. Sova is still good but yeah its out of the meta for sure.

just doing a quick google search there doesnt seem to be any phrase or name for the situation u are describing but I would call it a "Non sequitur with a correct result." Non sequitur just means that the conclusion doesnt logically follow from the previous argument/premises.

person A probably had fallacious arguments since ur saying their reasoning/premises are unsound

buddy this is not what a fallacy is

it aint bc of g2 bud, there was like no storyline this event, no hype around this event, quality of skill in the matches were pretty much at an all time low (apart from Madrid) and the crowd was shit.

I dont support any of the Bangkok teams and so I may as well somewhat support one and so I chose g2 since they looked the best in terms of skill.

nah its def bottom 2

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waylay is dogshit

no way u rank AG above tyloo

2g furia
apeks koi
TS Zeta
AG Tec

Koi or TS would probably win

they are showcasing the new agent

those guys are probably newgens

eg in 2023 were insane but I would still put fnc in tokyo above them

feels the same as last years kickoff tbh

conspiracy theory andy

wat

Behmoth- No shower

Hate to take Leos side but he has addressed the tier 2 and 3 complaints many many times in the past and I dont see what good will come out of him responding to the same critism with the same reasoning and ideas that he has regurgitated countless times.

Typical drx placing 5-6th and not winning when it matters

I mean trace are known as a strat heavy team but idk whats going on this tournament

good ranking ngl

i aint a bandwagoner

they both played like shit ngl, especially in the second half

they look shit

sen 2-1 liquid

Okobotro 🗿

yeah and the chance that no one will ace before the GF is def like below 1%. Thats why the guy says at the end "the chances are basically zero tho"

brain

There could always be behind the scene drama or visions and things just not working out. Its hard to pin point a reason for such a drastic change like this, especially from just 1 decently mid split

itt aint. you're cooked bro

hes not tlaking about your average pro. He's asking why some of the top players can be so consistently good.

To say that no pros are consistently good is just lying, there are countless pros who have been good for ages. e.g aspas, zekken, leaf, etc...

trent or free1ng

bro fell for the most obvious bait ever