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

that aint no misconception

why would there be an official china tournament going on right now? China Kickoff is over.

Also, if u read the title and description of the tournament u can clearly see:
"Valorant China Evolution Series 2025
China Evolution Series: Act 1
Part of Riot and TJ Sports' 2025 tournament circuit calendar."

You can clearly tell this isnt an official cn vct tournament and so it wouldnt have the official vct cn logo.

And if u were still not sure if the logo had changed then just check if the official logo from the vct cn kickoff tournament had changed by checking the cn kickoff vlr page instead of an evolution series tournament

if u watched their games near the start of this kickoff they looked absolutely terrible and I mean like either the worse or 2nd worst emea team. They were just playing awful valorant and if a team like that can make top 3 then emea is cooked

that rumour was false tho

think before u post btw

no he wasnt???

thought this was gonna be very easy to win for blg but tyloo are looking crazy

the self promo goes crazy

best flex player itw is a very big stretch but the rest is mostly true

all the records for bo3s before this didnt even really go to ots either because for you to drop so many kills and the game goes to OT your team would have to be hard trolling. Realistically, only teams that are sorta mid but have hard carries will be able to break this record

aspas is better but he wouldnt fit into the g2 system as well as jawg.

buddy switched sides 😭

previosu record holder was aspas and dep btw.

they were tied for 78

new bo3 kill reecord

hell nah