NRG are top 3 in your region broski idk what to tell you
maybe just save some face and just say FNC wp.

it wasn't just spidey senses, he was legitimately setting up some confusion/semi-b-fake as he was gambling them to lean A there, that's why alfa was left behind to gather info on A. imo it was a good play but FNS rotated basically immediately which is how he caught the timing when alfa left triple. but yea, boaster and FNC are innovators still in the space and even though NRG were being utterly outaimed FNC also read the macro perfectly, shame a lot of people refuse to see that.

their win against FNC was not a fluke did you even watch the games? as sliggy said, it should've been 3-0 TL and they threw the lotus OT. though i agree that if chronicle played up to normal levels of play it would've been closer but TL antistratted and did some really smart midrounding that was uncharacteristic of them prior esp on fracture with just really smart default counterplay and a ton of clever setups. imo FNC and TL aren't that far apart but further than FNC and LOUD for instance.

i have my reservations about EMEA teams because they don't get to play against harbor-viper as much but i think other factors lean in favor of EMEA teams. but if they have no counter to the harbor-viper setup or don't run their own it's gonna be rough for them including FNC.

honestly it's anybody's game still, insanely competitive lineup. only thing is that DRX looks the weakest here, for all other teams there's a big shot for everyone. i'd still say FNC/LOUD are very slight favorites but it's generally pretty even odds for all other teams, there's a shot to win for all of them, maybe a bit weaker on DRX.

love nats bro taught me a lot about the game ngl even if he isn't on top of the world anymore

you are waffling
sayf, derke, keiko, d3ffo, scream, if you count turkey cned, qw1, qutioner and a lot of them like jampii switched to other roles or flex. problem isn't mechanical talent pool; lack of good coaching and igling other than at the top teams is keeping a huge gap between the top and bottom teams, i wouldn't be saying allat when one of our top teams have an import duelist

EDG on top baby

smoggy and chichoo too... these guys channeled the power of edward...

seriously don't understand this region glazing
teams win events, not their region, and certainly not your silver ass getting heated on vlr for them

t1 went the distance with drx and improved a lot since literally losing the tgrd, they are far from the best team here but they are by no means bad, and it's clear edg is a team capable of standing up to the top of t1 and would beat many of the teams in franchising in other regions. just watch the game rather than being an elitist asshat who has nothing good to say ever.

probably. but he will need to adapt greatly in terms of playstyle and agent pool in order to come back to t1

they have individual playstyles that fit in better in their teams... the skill gap isn't really that high and aiming differently can be made up for by repositioning

ascension is playing for 1 slot in league play no? i think there needs to be more threat on the league play spots and 2-4 need to get relegated into the ascension play to defend their spot in league play. maybe 6 challengers 2-4 relegated VCT teams. ascension is LAN so ping shouldn't matter. nobody really watches tier 2 playoffs unless content creators stream it so imho they should just play for circuit points in individual regions round robin style like they already have, just scrap the playoffs entirely. rito could also allocate some circuit points to 3rd party organizers to launch more interesting matchups where they can go thru an entire playoff bracket and rack up points

they are actually very mechanically skilled but the game hasn't been out in china for 6mo yet so their strat depth is pretty goofy, kang kang, smoggy, life, alphabet bro, CHICHOO are def t1 capable

KOI has other structural problems that isn't just lacking a solid duelist they need to fix first

no need to speculate brother
o7 and RIP twisten, be kind to those around you

EG even without demon1 is among the best EG we've seen in a long time, i personally wouldn't rate EG w/ demon1 top 6 but they are a dark horse for sure, similar to FUT i would say, i can def see an upset but i'm not certain that they'd make it to playoffs, DRX and FUT both are p lethal

training weight latpop

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there's other reasons why yay isn't getting picked up
unironically yay doesn't fit into most team comps, you need a secondary playmaker who can play raze or neon like victor

t2 was never that different in any region compared to franchise NA the talent pool is probably the largest still (though APAC and CN might start improving beyond NA if the game continues to develop there)
yay is underperforming and doesn't really fit into the playstyle DSG needs but DSG's problems run deeper than that, wouldn't say its his fault, team in general needs to wake up and want to win, get steel back on IGL too

do good = farmers league, 1 team
do bad = BOT, region horrid, woat
do mid = mid
vlr gg puzzle solved

only good take here; yay is a good player mechanically even though he's not playing that well in dsg but he doesn't fit into any team in t1 rn
he's doesn't play a more aggro playmaker like leaf or cryo and mostly plays chamber/jett to hold tons of space using his threat level and escapes which other teams already have solid players for, it challenges his map pool since there's maps where raze/neon is meta like lotus/bind that he doesn't play

yay is overrated top 5 mechanical players itw is crazy, but DSG isn't losing because of yay for sure, seems like there's no strats, no adjustment, awful awareness, steel not playing is a huge mistake, their T side is so bad especially

mechanically at the highest level it isn't that large of a gap anymore
FNC, LOUD, NAVI, PRX about on par, and you can win without fragging like a robot, TL and NRG shows this

2023: yay is about to be relegated to t3 averaging 1k/d in VCL
yay isn't a shit player though but its p clear he ain't the undisputed best anymore and you can't carry in 2023 t2 let alone t1 bro

kang kang and smoggy as a duo have more firepower than EG w/ reformed or bcj standing in for demon1 as 5... but i agree they're in a p hard group, unlikely for them to go on but i'm still rooting for them

both teams choked, fnc shouldn't have lost the 2-0 map lead and played overconfident, loud shouldn't have lost icebox like that with so many consecutive round losses not adapting to fnc antistrat pressure, but both teams played exceptionally well as well, imho FNC has improved from lock//in and so have LOUD so i'm looking forward to the showdown between the best at tokyo, esp now we also have TL and PRX in the running for the favs on the title, and if they play on form it's gonna be some good valorant

please take your flair off if you are gonna insinuate 1 GF loss is falling off

EDG kang kang outplaying masters favorites using gekko

i agree that FNC didn't look that great today, fnc played CT side aggression that was punished again and again and they struggled to adapt, but that shouldn't take away on their form playing throughout the season and lock//in, FNC also definitely improved greatly from lock//in and they had a grip on a 2-0 lead before slipping up. today TL was playing in absolutely incredible form while chronicle and derke were being shut down

there's a chance for any of the 6 teams to steal the trophy at tokyo but imho rating FNC so low given their performance and players is disagreeable though people calling FNC unstoppable is wishful thinking. my problem w/ NRG is because more teams have at least 2 players near the mechanical skill ceiling than ever at a masters event, i'd like to see a deep run again from NRG but they can be in serious trouble against some teams that we perceive as weaker like FUT or T1 even.

maybe not #1 but absolutely delusional to put FNC and NRG on the same level
9-0 season, 2 maps lost up until the GF against the greatest TL we've ever seen, lock//in champs in the arguable 2nd toughest group other than LOUD's group with not a single map dropped until GF again... huge respect to NRG still though they are a great team and top 5 teams is up for anyone's game at tokyo

terrible bait but agree that EMEA and APAC firepower looking absolutely insane in comparison
NRG still took it close in 2/3 maps

i literally said navi, t1, fut have a lot of firepower in comparison to nrg
vlr ppl going esl?

quake and UT guys are aim demons

honestly a lot of the teams can mean a lot of trouble for NRG, FUT, T1, NAVI... a lot of firepower

5 FK top frag 2nd in ADR/ACS unironically won key rounds on defense for NRG blud wanted him to go 40 and 8 against the arguable #1/2 team in the world alone

chronicle wasn't playing well, sick, unlucko, derke was getting shut down, TL with good reads and punished aggro CT pushes. still, FNC played close, alfa, leo really playing well but step up on all players on TL playing so consistently... TL deserved the win. both teams will be scary in tokyo and champs.

"thank yuou gamr on vlr.gg for shilling my team every day you're my best friend"

• aspas before he goes to bed

p sure he meant fnatic got a participation trophy; you win 65k for 2nd place.

2 gmb > 1 gmb of course

saving strats is a nice way of saying throwing

did you not read? casual = easier to get into easier to learn stop twisting my words; there's less of that aspect of the game, but there's other aspects of the game that are added that cs has less of

i explained my position dont car if you disagree you aren't giving structured arguments to convince me otherwise just foaming at the mouth rank: you are brick wall 3

? i didnt say csgo was better lmao less typing more reading, casual doesn't mean worse game, does not mean less skilled, it's easier to learn and get into you can play with less structure, more tactics less macro, fewer lineups and game mechanics like mollied smokes and boosts that you have to watch out for, casual is not a negative term

no point in arguing our "ranks" buddy even if i'm 6k elo playing in fpl pro with m0nesy it won't be enough for you, stick to the point and maybe you don't get brain diffed

ik ur punching the air real hard buddy that your game has been insulted no one made a skill comparison you can be a skilled or pro player in a more casual game, get your tone right

i mean i get it but it's a diff aspect of the game, and you ultimately still have to learn things in valorant and there's nothing wrong with that; pretty much hardstuck silver mindset if you don't learn to use your util; learning mirage smoke lineups is not that big of a deal

explain why NRG so high?

disagree about the gameplay bro but i like both games, val is definitely the more casual experience and you can play more fast and loose, cs requires you to play more precisely or you just get punished, so i like 5 stacking or pugging cs way more but val is the more fun game to solo or duo
no need to have an argument about the game all the time none of us are going pro any time soon so we can play both yknow

nats back on top you mean

good movie literally the last battle scene is a game of ranked valorant

ngl, i'd rather see the EMEA teams have a chance to make a deep run than NRG again