this was kind of a must win game for NRG, I really think this org is done until FNS is out of the picture, even putting aside mechanics he has done a poor job calling for this team in the current meta

how do people still believe in nrg after every iteration of them has failed miserably and FNS clearly isn't the S+ tier igl he used to be

eat da fckin glue

c9 clears

delb solos

bro dropped the best album of the year

EDG 2-0 NOVO

Manga is superior

Vinland Saga and Dorohedoro

Frieren so good

I'm just angry that mrcani still has a job in tier 1

Yeah, like for example his Yoru gameplay wasn't anything to write home about

G0NG

Honestly the game looks better than Valorant and the 1v1 duels in overtime and card system are all really cool. Gunplay is solid. The worst part of the game is the menu design. It is horrendously bad. I was finding new shit in the menu like 2 hours into the game. Some of the visual clutter is annoying.

GENG's team chemistry was really poor throughout kickoff tbh, only on some maps did Foxy9 and yoman look comfortable. Yoman made a lot of poor decision making and didn't set up texture very well, so I understand this choice (as long as he's replaced by a better player ofc)

So Luke figured that DRG wasn't keeping their spot this year and dipped? Lmao

Coco is actually really good

1. 100thieves

i mean they played the worst val ive ever seen against liquid and that should not be looked over, heretics 2024 is a proven fluke

+molsi

TYLOO could actually be unstoppable with this roster

ban your fuckoing mother

potman drops 16

Retarded is a valid insult. Just like idiot and imbecile are. Those other words used to be used for mentally disabled people in the past and "retarded" was adopted to be more sensitive. Now retarded has passed into the realm of insult. I would not call genuinely disabled people any of those names and Zellsis didn't either.

Looking at their performance in the offseason I wouldn't count out NOVA regionally unless they're against EDG or Trace. They're definitely calling better strats now and their roster has good chemistry. I think they could make Toronto.

so is lakia never going to be seen again in tier1? idk if any other player fell off in the way lakia did, bro was hyped up to be the faker of valorant then disappeared

Tbh IZU was kind of getting his ass kicked whenever he was playing C site on Lotus, but aside from that he was great, very underrated player

Aaaay is a shooter, his utility has always been mid. It really doesn't matter what agent he's on tbh.

XLG hasn't been able to beat BLG yet, their last game was super close. I'll hope for XLG 2-1 this time around tho

Running Yoru/Tejo on every single map throughout Bangkok was a big mistake, can't lie

Dove would have been a hilarious val name for Davai lmao

BerLINchads it is over...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1j38d1p/berlin_retires_from_competitive_valorant/

All of the above really. The game changed and playing only two or three agents (only one viable agent) isn't going to cut it. Mechanically he's still very good but compare his performance now to what he was doing in 2023. He has a lot less hero moments now.

My guess is EDG/XLG/Trace for Toronto. XLG proved to be a very strong team and Rarga/Happywei look like two of the best players in the region. Trace might've bombed out of Bangkok but they're insane regionally so they seem like a safe bet.

NOVA is a strong contender for Toronto as they've improved massively this year. BLG has a mid looking roster but they're a decent team too.

They're not always a solution but are you playing for fun or are you playing to win? PRX has gotten increasingly worse with every recent meta change and went out of Kickoff to DFM in an embarrassing way. That simply shouldn't be happening to a team like PRX with their level of experience and their incredible mechanics. If role issues are that big of a problem for them then something needs to change.

one last t0nz disasterclass

Apeks and KOI
2G and FUR
ZETA and TS
TEC and TYLOO (AG at least got a map off XLG)

Team Secret would win because of JessieVash 40 years FPS experience

Honestly Smoggy was really underwhelming this Masters aside from a few maps, but there's no chance he's getting dropped. If anything I think there's a higher chance that Simon would be next on the chopping block but I doubt they would risk a roster change unless their performances get increasingly worse (if they place much lower in Toronto or bomb out in Paris for example).

There's issues EDG needs to fix and a roster change isn't the solution.

get off my board

should have sent TYLOO to finish off these kids

I've heard multiple watchparties call him the worst or 2nd worst player on T1, he's definitely underrated

1. 8 teams for a masters is uninteresting to begin with, 12 teams is way better
2. A lot of teams haven't settled in/found their form yet, it's early in the year
3. Timezone is shit for NA viewers
4. Swiss Stage was a bit disappointing because the first seeds looked that much better than the second seeds, luckily T1 stepped up

So no, it's not a bad take to say that this Masters isn't as "hype" as other events we've seen, playoffs have been very exciting though

T1 were always going to win Bind, but the rest of this game is ours

choochoo monsterclass
kingkong proves why hes the best player in the world
seedmoan godly support utility
ninebody outcalls stonks
smoggy turns into prime cned

Carpe is 43 years old with 25 years of FPS experience, sub him in tonight and T1 will be able to beat EDG, otherwise EDG will stomp them

Not unlucky, their map pool is shallow and they have a slight role issue. I'd say they are the second best team in China (XLG might be better, NOVA is yet to prove their worth when it matters the most) but their strats can't compete with high level teams. In China they're a great Lotus team, but on the international stage they got exposed.

seedmoan

we're finished, its done, kingkong will be replaced by his son after this performance

Achillios is hype and might have the best voice for casting out of the bunch, I could picture him casting for wrestling

You mean RB

ban politics from vlr