Oh wow, that's pretty insane if it even pertains while she's playing in T1. Any NA team can just throw a bag to get her back home midseason then if she performs well. Feel like this is going to be amended sometime in the future, otherwise any team signing a GC player is in a lose lose situation.

Because it says Game Changers players; if you are a player that is not playing on the Game changers circuit, but rather in franchising, by definition you are not a Game Changers player, you're a franchised player? The same way a player that gets dropped from a T1 team, is no longer a franchised player, so franchised player rules would not apply to them, even if they used to play T1. That's just how documentation works, otherwise you'd have to proclaim what pertains to every "eligible" group when writing rules.

They don't mean she can be signed anytime just because she came from GC lol. Once she starts the season on Apeks, she is a T1 player, so these rules don't apply anymore. She is contractually obligated to stay on the team as long as they want her there. Those rules you linked only apply to players actively in GC only/not in T1.

Seems like some sort of swap, T1 gets Doran, Zeus goes to HLE. Has got to be money/budget related, no way they let the best top laner itw go otherwise lol.

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I think she'll be just fine, only thing is EU is like 5x more transphobic so it might be a rough time out of server, maybe team chemistry won't be as high as bad as that sounds. Hopefully it all works out though, this is monumental regardless.

Lebron > Peja Stojakovic

might be the goat idk

5 IS ALL THEY GET 🗣️🔥

Whoever wins this map wins the series gg.

Although I'm not going to argue against the point of men having some form of advantage considering the some of the very best GC players in the world were not born women, I really don't see why everyone is only up in arms about this stuff when these teams win. It's not like the squads with these players are just mopping the floor with everybody, there's still a good level of parity so why does everyone keep quiet when they lose? Like G2 just beat this MIBR team, no words. Soon as Zeta gets clapped, there's 8 threads about eliminating transgender people from VCT lol.

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Closest thing to that is probably N4rrate but that's not really his playstyle. Probably will see new things from them heading into the year.

I hate these meta narratives, all teams have the same choice of agents, just chalking up any team's success to a meta is dumb cause any team can play the "best" comp, if one team plays it better, they're the better team.

Looking at it objectively, it's gotta be Zekken. But I think being able to grind and actually get better is a talent in and of itself, so considering that i'd go Zmjjkk.

Nobody is really looking and considering according to the category, whoever is the most popular will win it's pretty simple.

Everything else, Tier 4 and 5 are more so like exaggerations, but all the other small LANs and tournaments are essentially t3 and below.

Literally, and there's almost no games in ranked where you get a team that cares to/can retake, so defense is literally just fight early angles and hope for the best.

random tier 500 player trying to farm impressions by shit talking popular pro, time tested formula it'll never fail

I know GC scene gets a lot of flak, but tournament looks like it could be the best one yet. Like 5-6 of the 10 teams actually have a real shot, where last year everyone knew G2/SR/TL were the clear favorites. G2 v. Xipto rematch, MIBR vs SR, potential matchups should be good.

and players tend to go where the money is... so point still stands.

Kaajak was still apart of Apeks, and sayonara for sure had interest from other teams. Ig they might have been able to use derke's buyout money for whatever, but it just seems like fnatic is always able to get the sought after players before anyone else.

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Need the org drug tested, they can't keep getting away with this. First Alfajer, then Leo and Chronicle, then hiro, now kaajak and sayonara, this team just monopolizes talent at the first chance they get, where is the money for this coming from? I though esports wasn't profitable. kaajak sayonara leo chronicle alfajer lineup would undoubtedly be Valorant's Astralis if one of them could IGL well, idk if that's the road they want to go down or not though.

Idk why this is even being talked about, all he tweeted was how he doesn't want to vote for kamala, and then in another tweet's replies, he says we're cooked either way the coin flips, implying he also believes trump is a bad candidate. Genuinely don't get how politics is this divisive when in reality, no matter who the president is, nothing will change.

Best Overall Player: Zmjjkk

Best Duelist: Zmjjkk
Best scan initiator: Verno
Best flash initiator: Wo0t
Best Controller: Karon
Best Sentinel: Chichoo
Best IGL: Saadhak
Rookie of the year: Kaajak

Bangkok Winner: Fnatic
Toronto Winner: EDG
Paris Winner: EDG

Team that will shatter expectations: GX
Team that will fail to meet expectation: SEN

Team of the Year: EDG

While I agree she is top 5 GC player currently regardless of region, that just doesn't translate to T1. I don't even think she would succeed in T2 honestly. The level of competition is not equal, and I think as long as these cracked GC players stay in GC, they're not going to improve enough to be able to compete in T1.

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Flex: Gambit Chronicle
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Initiator: Masters Tokyo Leo
Sentinel/IGL: Champs 23' Boostio

Yeah, they jumped the gun on it. They usually don't post those articles until the org makes an announcement about it, but that article was just based on the owner mentioning signing Saadhak on stream. It's 99% confirmed anyways.

Been thinking how cooked both those guys are/have been by the franchise system. I mean neT had to win ascension after TGRD missing out on franchising, then the whole fiasco of the Guard not cooperating, almost not being able to get into the league, just to get dropped mid-debut year for a rookie (who got dropped end of year). Now probably won't get picked up like his teammates have. Like that's got to be ridiculously demoralizing, doing everything by the book and just being baked by the business side of things. And then BcJ was on a top 3 NA team pre franchise, org doesn't make the cut, all his teammates find homes playing their roles, he has to take a role swap, gets benched like two weeks into first franchising season for a demon (no pun intended) and then is unable to show anything for the rest of the year. Has to go through ascension next year just to lose at the final hurdle, and probably will have to go through it again assuming no retirement. It's hard enough to breakthrough as a new player, but it seems like we're reaching a turning point where all the recent success with fresh blood is turning team's eyes towards the future, and the once top talents are being left for dead. Sad to see, but ig it's a natural cycle.

https://www.vlr.gg/130678/drx-vs-funplus-phoenix-valorant-champions-2022-ubqf/?game=all&tab=overview

Cliche answer, but that first map is still the greatest watch imo. EDG TH also up there though.

I can somewhat agree with the minor allegations and stuff, but the racism was obviously meant to be hurtful/derogatory. Dropping the n word in a song and calling someone a dirty dumb n-word are not even remotely similar let's be serious. I think most people deserve second chances, but don't just try to downplay it.

I genuinely think they'll be like a staple of international events now, similar to the LOUD/OPTIC/PRX of old, making deep runs and stuff. It's just so hard to win multiple trophies, especially back-to-back ones, so idk if that'll happen but I do expect them to do well.

He was and has been 100T best player since he got signed, he just flys under the radar cause he was even more cracked in chamber meta, so like the form he's been in is less astonishing ig. Stats aside though, he's definitely indispensable if I'm 100t, especially considering his willingness and ability to play other agents when necessary.

I think FURIA and C9 in Americas will surprise as teams, and I expect primmie and oxy to take those next steps of being top 3 in the world type players. I think if they let him play duelist, primmie will be better than aspas/demon1/yay level.

Hating on a 17 year old kid making money playing video games, you need God.

I mean they signed him on as a 6th, cause next year when he's of age he for sure would have interest from many more teams and it would have been more difficult. It seems they're willing to pay him early to secure him on the team, it's a gamble but kid's talented.

https://www.vlr.gg/post/4157108/sen-reduxx

Had a feeling they weren't just signing him for a fill in.

Exposure and a chance at winning don't put food on the table and clothes on your back

You have to consistently innovate, once you have a success with a certain playstyle, other teams can study it and build counter measures, that's why fnatic was able to be so good in 2022, the way they played in lock in vs. end of year was semi dissimilar in terms of approach (always had the player quality tho obviously), which is why I think they won two trophies and top 4 at champs.

2 and 4 not really crazy takes lol, KC is a brand new team, literally 4 diff players. Only been one team to win trophies in same year/back to back years as well, not easy to stay on top in this game. I think the DRX one is insane though lol, they're bout to sign 3 rookies.

I think Wedid has serious health issues (I think cancer but not sure) that even had him unable to play some matches in challengers, so I mean that's probably a big reason why he's not able to play T1. And as for adder, there's just better sentinels currently in the league, you can't really replace any player on an NA team rn with him, probably why you haven't heard his name popup often.

Does anybody know why the age restriction for franchising exists? Esp when they allow any age to be in T2, and ascension is a thing. I don't understand what having players wait till they're 18 accomplishes, is it some sort of legal rule thing that Riot has to follow?

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Broke, literally on the verge of bankruptcy until Jerry Jones bought it out.

Makes sense.

Not a hot take really, idk why 100t chose Zander over him.

Braindead take, n4rrate and bang are about as good as you can get with the roles they needed filled. I think they will be just fine.

Start KK, Bench Aspas, Sell something
Start Karon, Bench Tenz, Sell Kingg
Start Riens, Bench Leo, Sell Verno
Start F0rsaken, Bench wo0t, Sell Chron
Start Chichoo, Bench Meteor, Sell Benjy
Start Saadhak, Bench Valyn, Sell fns