ghoul33 is too young to play next year.
He is a great prospect for 2026 though.

Turkish Navi incoming.
Navi Gais at the wheel.

Looks great also.

juv3nile has left Leviatan: https://x.com/juv3nileow/status/1829196182083776884

Gorilla has reached a verbal agreement with Koi: https://www.sheepesports.com/articles/sources-head-coach-gorilla-reached-a-verbal-agreement-with-koi/en

Madcoach has left Gentlemates: https://x.com/madcGO/status/1830965864600084750

Ardiis is a restricted F/A: https://x.com/ardiis/status/1830903206076874978

Takas should also be a restricted f/a: https://x.com/TakaS_Jr/status/1829212514925850778

Vanity also a f/a: https://x.com/C9VAL/status/1822347283683283128

Also with Giantx Purp0 and Cloud should still be active players.
Famsii is a f/a: https://x.com/Famsii1/status/1826268593463406885

Mazino is a restricted free agent: https://x.com/Mazinofps/status/1831087840664707320
Although he is also willing to stay, provided Lev and Mazino reach an agreement.

So what you are saying is .... Spain is the India of EMEA valorant.

dropping the best initiator of all time

First of all cut the bs.

Second of all, it was pretty obvious this would happen.
Last off season the roster building decision was probably either let FNS build his roster with s0m or build around crashies and victor.
Now with FNS coming in midseason it seemed likely that NRG would give him the keys going forward.

Its a report by Bruno Povoleri, so it's quite reliable.

New tweet: https://x.com/starxo5/status/1831033733928923543

Unrestricted f/a Starxo.

Hiro was only supposed to be a temporary thing but he did incredible in his short stint.
Great player that can play anything.
No doubt in my mind, he will be in VCT next year.

Lar0k that is disgusting.

Woxic is that you?

Disgusting flicks with the op.

Oh damn that was fast.
Thank god Xeus is playing in tier 1, fnatic was not what i was expecting.
He is top talent though.

ah.. cojomo denied the rumours.

Assists are quite easy to accumulate as a controller.
Dying 2 seconds or less after exiting a smoke grants one.

I mean they are fixing that for next year.

That abyss from GoNext was super clean.

Good firepower ofcourse.
Igl wise, still pretty untested but did look good in the few games he called.
Role wise it gets interesting because who would then play duelist and controller?

Cloud on controller could make sense?

Fnatic going for cloud is super interesting to me.

Like what does cloud bring to fnatic that they don't already have?
Could this mean they are looking to replace boaster or Leo?

Kaajak would be my pick of the bunch, incredible aim.

I really don't know enough about the situation to make a definitive comment.

However misinformation is rampant on twitter and needs to be crack down upon. Misinformation is doing alot of harm in the UK and has caused violence.

There is also the possibility of governments trying to censor opposition by suppressing means of communication.

interestingly Elon did block opposition Twitter posts during the Turkish election.

So twitter being the "bastion of free speech" is not really true.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65609123

Almost every former team mate of his speaks highly about him as a person and as a leader.
A few quotes for example:

Dapr on bonkar: "By far the best coach i've ever had and that's no shame on my two (prior) coaches on valorant which are rawkus and immi, but Bonkar is just on another level of knowing his players, knowing the right way to play, knowing how to instil discipline, knowing how accountability for team members is important."

Sayf on Bonkar: "I feel like Bonkar, is the absolute goats of goats. I have never in my life played with a better team mate than Bonkar. Hands down i dont care how many people he kills, That man is the pinnacle of how a team mate should act how a team mate should be." , "Leo looked at bonkar to understand certain situations. And he would give us a good image of the game that we still follow to this day."

Juseu on Bonkar (text auto translated to english): As for Bonkar, he taught me a lot about having confidence in myself and not overthinking things. Basically: not overthinking things unnecessarily, listening to calls and being disciplined. He also helps a lot to keep motivation high, by ticking all the boxes that we expect from a very good captain. He's a bit like our big brother - we shouldn't call him Dad because it makes him look old and he doesn't like that ( Laughs ) - but his presence is extremely important.

Derke (restricted f/a)
Jamppi (restricted f/a)
Polvi (restricted f/a)
Famsii (f/a)

Hoody is the last man standing.

Technically more teams although the majority of the "expansion" has to do with the format, how they handle qualifiers and retention of spots.
There will be multiple different stages: Open qualifiers, Prelim groups and then the actual group stages.

Expected ngl after the expansion of the "south asia" VCL.
Although I thought it would just be the announcement of the academy roster that they said they were building ages ago. (no clue if they actually did that or not)

That rumoured Orangutan roster will probably still be a more exciting VCL India project, unless GE can get a few of the players.

You can't even rule out a move to the Americas or Pacific.

Fnatic without derke just doesnt seem right.

Alfa duelist I can see happening, the more involved alfa is the better he looks.
Which leaves sentinel open.

FNC Less... surely not right?

https://x.com/Derke/status/1828824859222356044

damn.

Added champs 2024

This one isn't updated yet, I can do it now.
-
SHould be correct now.

Updated with Champions 2024 + added Most kills.

I'm not sure.
https://x.com/willminder/status/1696752955100160049

Using KPR and multiplying by 24 is a good way to balance out the kills in shorter games versus longer games.
Otherwise you get biases towards players that play in close games?

Isn't this stat just KPR * 24?
Zekken doesn't have a 1+ kpr?

https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2097/valorant-champions-2024?exclude=&min_rounds=200&agent=all

Unless im wrong? It should be like this?

| NAME          | KPR          | Kills per 24 |
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
| Derke FNC     | 0.9180887372 |           22 |
| zekken SEN    | 0.8947368421 |         21.5 |
| ZmjjKK EDG    | 0.8775055679 |         21.1 |
| BuZz DRX      | 0.8319327731 |           20 |
| aspas LEV     |  0.800982801 |         19.2 |
| CHICHOO EDG   | 0.7861915367 |         18.9 |
| Chronicle FNC | 0.7747440273 |         18.6 |
| Kai TE        | 0.7596153846 |         18.2 |
| RieNs TH      |  0.759057971 |         18.2 |
| Smoggy EDG    | 0.7572383073 |         18.2 |

Seems like the sensible conclusion to a painfully long saga.
Hopefully we see other Mongolian teams qualify through premier SEA.

Anyway MVT stage 3 starting soon, so that will be fun.

VIT Pal would be fun.
That wylde roster with Hiro was a fun watch.
His Fokus team looked very good with the initial roster, the move to the dach core hurt them alot.

https://www.sheepesports.com/articles/sources-head-coach-gorilla-reached-a-verbal-agreement-with-koi/en

Very interesting.
Kinda surprised that they almost decided to go with Stunner because he lacks the eu connections other coaches had (maybe im wrong).

Now what will Vitality do?

Yeah this is a really good list.
Probably put johnqt over leaf.
Does feel wrong leaving out eeiu aswell, maybe put him over c0m.

Also honourable mention to cryo, he did lack the consistency over the year (and placements) however he had some super high highs.

Zmjjkk good lord.
Pressure makes diamonds.
The things he was doing in this final is absurd.

Send me your steam friend code.

Yeah i've been playing for like over a week.
It's pretty unique.

Considering how Lev were playing at shanghai compared to now, they have made some big steps forward in recent times.
Will be interesting to see what they decide to do going forward, they might not need to change anything however I could see them making a few moves.

GEN.G for sure, especially when you consider the general consensus of the roster going into the year.
Sentinels also had a very successful year though.

BANG

Yeah he went nuclear on that map.

He could be in contention for the first player to win two international mvp's.

That looks promising.
Has xeus not been trialling?

He's been very good for a long time.
EDG struggling internationally made people forget how good he is.

He's one of the players that have benefited the most after these changes.
Every single one of his event rating have gone up, with the impact being larger on his "lower" rated events.

| Event           | Change in rating value | R    | R2.0 |
|-----------------|------------------------|------|------|
| COPENHAGEN 2022 |                  +0.05 | 1.11 | 1.16 |
| LOCKIN 2023     |                  +0.02 | 1.28 | 1.30 |
| TOKYO 2023      |                  +0.02 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
| CHAMPS 2023     |                  +0.06 | 1.17 | 1.23 |

His stats are kinda skewed because he's had 3 very short runs at international events.
2021 was a very strong year for him though and that pushes him up, when i add champs 2024 he will fall sadly.

I don't think they need to change anything in order to win a title honestly.
Both Icy and Trent, in my eyes, could have a lot more impact on rounds and games that they haven't shown this year.
A meta shift or just time could unlock this potential.

The overall rating is calculated based on rounds at each event, so may not be entirely accurate
Filtered to require each player to play at minimum 3 vct events.
Data does not include Shanghai or Champions Seoul.

| Player    | Change in rating | Average  r | Average r2.0 | Rank based on R | Rank based on R2.0 | Rounds Played |
|-----------|------------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|
| Leo       |         0.037392 |   1.214518 |     1.251909 |               1 |                  1 |         1,016 |
| yay       |         0.021966 |   1.206398 |     1.228364 |               2 |                  2 |         1,846 |
| heat      |         0.018285 |   1.171715 |         1.19 |               3 |                  3 |           274 |
| Shao      |         0.033392 |   1.140542 |     1.173934 |               8 |                  4 |         1,421 |
| Alfajer   |         0.020828 |   1.141866 |     1.162694 |               7 |                  5 |         1,340 |
| MaKo      |         0.014163 |   1.142573 |     1.156737 |               6 |                  6 |         2,044 |
| TenZ      |        -0.010118 |   1.166519 |     1.156401 |               4 |                  7 |         1,103 |
| Cryocells |         0.028377 |    1.11905 |     1.147427 |              14 |                  8 |           579 |
| nAts      |          0.01223 |   1.132697 |     1.144927 |              11 |                  9 |           964 |
| ScreaM    |         0.011617 |   1.130071 |     1.141689 |              12 |                 10 |           983 |
| Chronicle |        -0.009324 |   1.148454 |      1.13913 |               5 |                 11 |         1,449 |
| cNed      |         0.014087 |   1.119733 |      1.13382 |              13 |                 12 |         1,013 |
| ShahZaM   |        -0.006874 |   1.139829 |     1.132955 |               9 |                 13 |           643 |
| Sayf      |         0.026798 |   1.101507 |     1.128305 |              19 |                 14 |           531 |
| Derke     |        -0.007666 |   1.132802 |     1.125137 |              10 |                 15 |         1,902 |
| zeek      |          0.01167 |   1.111211 |     1.122881 |              16 |                 16 |           545 |
| Less      |          0.01394 |    1.10544 |      1.11938 |              17 |                 17 |         1,967 |
| SUYGETSU  |          0.01884 |    1.09522 |      1.11406 |              20 |                 18 |         1,207 |
| s0m       |        -0.004496 |    1.11218 |     1.107684 |              15 |                 19 |           665 |
| aspas     |        -0.002737 |   1.103395 |     1.100658 |              18 |                 20 |         1,717 |

• added rounds played for extra context.

W

Poor Ange1, he was hit particularly hard by the changes.

| Player  | Event           | Change in rating value | R    | R2.0 |
|---------|-----------------|------------------------|------|------|
| ANGE1   | COPENHAGEN 2022 |                  -0.04 | 0.85 | 0.81 |
| ANGE1   | CHAMPS 2022     |                  -0.09 | 0.75 | 0.66 |
| ANGE1   | LOCKIN 2023     |                  -0.04 | 1.02 | 0.98 |
| ANGE1   | TOKYO 2023      |                  -0.07 |  0.9 | 0.83 |
| ANGE1   | CHAMPS 2023     |                  -0.06 | 0.84 | 0.78 |

Aspas had a range of different changes with the new rating systems

| Player  | Event           | Change in rating value | R        | R2.0     |
|---------|-----------------|------------------------|----------|----------|
| aspas   | TOKYO 2023      | 0.070000               | 1.040000 | 1.110000 |
| aspas   | ICELAND 2022    | 0.030000               | 1.150000 | 1.180000 |
| aspas   | CHAMPS 2023     | 0.000000               | 1.150000 | 1.150000 |
| aspas   | LOCKIN 2023     | -0.010000              | 1.120000 | 1.110000 |
| aspas   | COPENHAGEN 2022 | -0.020000              | 1.060000 | 1.040000 |
| aspas   | CHAMPS 2022     | -0.030000              | 1.020000 | 0.990000 |