I would like to point out that in the 2024 bracket all the group stage games were practically done all in a week whereas this year we have had 0 elimination games so far.

I feel like if we compare the elim games then it will be much closer. Americas wont be as big as last year even with more core vct viewers, simply bc of the sen and loud run last year.

any justification for this claim? I highly doubt vct will shut down in the next 5-6 years if the tier 2 ecosystem isnt supported.

Imagine valorant without tier 2. Players will just be picked up from ranked, premier or pug teams. Barely anybody even watches tier 2 so its not like people actually care the gameplay in tier 2, people just care that highly skilled players can hone their skills in tier 2, we can see many new highly skilled players with tier 2 salaries as they can then afford to spend lots of time on valorant and compete with tier 1 players, etc...

So valorant without tier 2 will still feel like the same game for 90% of viewers, the only real difference being that future talent may be harder to come by. This however is not enough to kill an entire esports scene.

wdym exactly? there was never any intention for pacific to be on today.

Not sure if this is what u mean, yes there is a 4 day break between the first half and the second half of emea, and pacific. Its annoying for the viewer but teams need time to prepare and it would be unfair if a team played a match then only had a day or 2 for the next and then lost and then they are out for around 2 months. In regular season teams get 1 week of preparation for each match and its pretty much the same for kickoff here.

Mako sends his regards

smartest Sen fan

15 dollars is crazy even when u take into account the indian sweatshops

there are no pacific matches today?

GM 2-1 Fut

BBL WIN

TH 26-8

bbl clears

VIT 2-1 FUT

What I learned today and every other day:

Off season doesnt matter

good idea but the last part would never happen bc of logistics, these skins take like 8-12+ months to make and making a whole skin and releasing it a year late wouldnt work very well. And so instead if rito makes a skin for every single team and just release the one depending on which team won champs would also be bad as it would cost a ton of money to make all of them and at that point they may as well release a vandal capsule set for every team instead.

me me me

how is bro addicted in the off season

people choose whether to use the vandal or phantom almost always just based off the feel of each gun. Yes phantom is better at spraying through smokes and its better in short distances but thats about it. It's just difference of opinion if this guy switches from vandal to phantom he isnt going to be any better and his problems will still remain.

the phantom is not the better gun 😭

this advice is awful ngl

yeah I mean thats just bc of the mmr gap tbh, ive seen many many many terrible players hit rad all bc they had a very good week and then they drop to immo1 and become hardstuck

rad isnt too hard to hit but its very hard to stay in rad

it feels like elite is the Turkish aimer rn and is crazy good but life is one of the best at aiming, he is legit the definition of all aim, no brain. And yet life still manages with all his dumb plays, to top frag and do decent a lot of games.

life clears in a straight 1v1 and kai is good but people forget how good sayf is

thats not how hs% works 😭

its decent, but bud u aint him

wrong

74%hs has to be like a record

Lev, my favorite LATAM team will win

I find that this website called ValScan is actually very good at this more nuanced stats like it includes play creation and man advantage creation rate in its rating and it also has other calculations like kills during buy rounds > kills during anti-eco. It's also got heatmaps of your games and other stats and is better than vlr rating and val tracking rating tbh.

ValScan also gives more rating for entrying and less for getting kills from baiting and overheating.

Here's mine as an example: https://www.valscan.gg/user/Zerphyr%230000 you can also see kills and deaths by distance and it honestly gives you a good idea into what your playstyle is like and what to improve on

But yes you are absolutely correct in your message, i just thought I would share this website which would account for some of your issues with rating systems

eg 3-2 lev
mibr 3-2 sen

g2 3-1 eg

i've never watched him a great deal but I used to always find him funny, that was until these past 2 weeks, now I find him extremely irritating

0/8 terrible bait

Abyss
Fracture
Bind
Haven
Pearl
Split
Lotus

who the fuck would buy this shit

wtf is a frame

do you mean like some weird frame rate shit or is this like a frame as in avatar border or something.

from reading the message tho and without knowing what this frame/s is it clearly says "To equip a frame from your collection, you must have an active Premium membership." and so obviously ur frame will be un-equipped once ur membership ends.

no

Okobotro 🗿

my bad geo, btw in what order could u rank the current chinese teams

you woke me up for this shit, nah

bro what 😭

this is just not true

they gotta be level 6 now

Rankers believer over here
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/3674c549

he does not know you lil bro

ignore all off-season events

name 1 thin wall on abyss, I can only think of 2. So going odin makes no sense unless somehow your better with odin compared with a phantom or vandal for 1v1s. This should not be the case unless you're a body shot barry

it can be an advantage for flicking and thats about it,

like you said, you dont need to 360 and thats why my edpi is 110

they are trying meta comps for the first time in ages and you're already labelling them a meta slave team, let them try it out and if it works then they will keep playing meta comps obviously and if it doesnt work then they will go back to unique and unpredictable comps

prx don't care if they are unique or not, they just care if they win

if you want to you can, there is a reason that legit no pros use it, your aim will be insanely inconsistent, but if you can master rawaccel then it will provide a slight advantage in aiming but this is only if you can master it which is very hard.

RawAccel is terrible,
especially for players below immortal

bc off-season doesn't matter

100%, no idea how people believe mindfreak is better than mako let alone mindfreak being top 2 on prx

I think its bc mindfreak is quite likeable