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I think FUT need a change. The team just doesn't have a high ceiling, other than farming the bottom feeder teams. Plenty of insane Turkish talent out there.

Isn't Saadhak going to KRU? In that case I'd say keep kingg

Anyone know if Maple is good? I've heard that he's a very talented player

best phoenix in the world fr

Honestly Jawg had a pretty rough year. Wasn't until the SEN and NRG games that we were reminded of what Jawg is capable of. Hope to see better support for him next year. 2024 EG wasn't a roster that felt designed to win a trophy.

Forsaken
Davai
Mindfreak
Hyunmin
an igl

I don't understand why people get upset when a B or C tier player gets dropped, players like hiroronn and starxxo for example. At the end of the day not everyone can be a tier 1 pro. Tier 2 players who perform incredibly well deserve their chance.

deserves to be in tier 1: verno, brawk, zander, reduxx, skuba, nismo, mada, anguist, davih, kaajak, xeus, sayonara, comeback, syouta, yoman, seoldam, yatsuka, ivy, persia, krystal

Forgetting some but that's off the top of my head

you actually dont watch the games kek

Thread makes 0 sense. We've seen this time and time again from TH. Their mental isn't good. Choked against PRX in Madrid. Reverse swept by FNC. Nearly lost their lead to FPX on Icebox. The GENG match is a tricky one because it was GENG's game to lose, but TH completely fell apart on Lotus and looked checked out on Split. They just looked out of it and the vibes were noticeably off. Some really bad maps against G2, one including the worst choke in tier 1 history. Choked against LEV in their first match together.

EDG match wasn't a choke.

This is likely because they're very young and inexperienced players. They either think the job is done before the match is over and let their lead slip or just get nervous in big moments. This will improve with time, it's really impressive how good they are right now.

You'd be surprised. It successfully stalls.

I'm going to somewhat disagree with above comments. You do need solid utility and some level of teamplay to win certain games. If your teammates aren't trading you that's a problem. If your entries are lurking off somewhere that's a problem. But it is largely on you to rank up. You need to become the guaranteed good player on your team to higher your chances of winning. Every game you're getting different teammates, different opponents, put in different situations, etc. You can't win every game, but just improve enough to the point where you can perform well in most of those situations.

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Sacy isn't even that good anymore

Get rid of mta and make saadhak the igl

Tate has 10 million followers on twitter and even people who can't stand him have laughed at some of his retarded skits, miniboo following him on twitter means nothing

Mazino's replacement?

idiot

What the fuck are you even saying

Eh it's not really a big deal who Miniboo follows. I know a ton of people who follow both Biden and Trump, means nothing. I follow both of them, they're both public figures. Tate is a bit of a weird one but he is also very popular in general, a lot of people know him. I don't think it means anything.

Because of cancel cultures. There's a lot of val fans don't even give a fuck about the players. They're ready to cancel anyone on the drop of a dime.

"famous on vlr"
This is a forum of a couple hundred people, most of which are likely mentally ill or of a low intelligence. No one is famous or should get special treatment. You're fighting ghosts. Who cares what some person has to say on an anonymous online forum?

This is something that org would actually say

Honestly retweeting it on an alt sounds entirely possible. Could have been on his recommended/activity tab and he retweeted it by accident as well. There's no way he intentionally tried to retweet it on his esports account though lmao.

Nope nope nope. Calm down man. I'm not saying that the f word is fine to say or anything, that's entirely up to context of many things. Many people in the LGBTQ community will call themselves or others the f word. That is a fact. I've been to American schools and many homosexuals and trans friends I met say the f word casually. I know straight people who say it out of anger while playing a video game and they're heavy liberals.

It's a word that can be used in a hateful context and by hateful people, but it is slightly more normalized in western countries than you're making it out to be. Anyone who says the word isn't a bad person just because they said it.
(edit: no one refuted this)

Tex and Mazino were arguably better than Aspas after Stage 1, their impact was crazy. Com was the weak link in an otherwise strong team supporting team.

baby boy jinggg

send in the gon machine

and Leo is considered one of the best initiators in EMEA, if not the best, you'd be crazy to let him go to another team

This had to happen and everyone knows it, definitely a great player a few years back but this is just how the valorant scene goes, not a place for him on NRG but I guess EG or C9 could benefit by picking him up (though it's time for t2 initiators like Verno to have their chance in t1).

You ain't winning shit with that roster, bro

We get that Boaster is mechanically terrible but he's still considered an A tier igl and without him the entire FNC system might break down (like NRG looking worse with Ethan igling instead of FNS). I'm thinking that FNC is letting go of Derke because they're trying to find a way to get better results without taking the risk of losing their igl, so this is what has to be. You'd be insane to not let Leo back onto your active roster and Hiro was temporary so that's understandable, the gamble is bringing in a new duelist.

I think if FNC flops one more time they're taking the risk of a new igl

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b3e4d8cb

All washed I'm afraid, but I guess yays getting a second chance so hope he redeems himself

Killjoy isn't super hard to play, don't think he'd have a hard time learning her

too many cooks in the kitchen, saadhak nats patitek hiro all on the same team sounds iffy because of roles issues, patitek and hiro's roles would clash and I'm not sure about sentinel, where's the controller player?

I don't think FNC really cares about a sentinel player all that much if they're dropping Hiro, they must want Alfa to stay on sentinel. I'm assuming they're signing a duelist and leo is coming back.

yay loves newjeans

Don't worry, China Ascension starts soon so we'll know who the champs winner will be in a few years

if runner remains the sentinel player on vitality instead of the org signing hiro then emea needs to be shut down

stax
rb
zest
yoman
izu/seoldam
honestly a great roster on paper, there is 0 reason for carpe to be in tier 1 next year, there's far superior korean talent that deserve a chance
xcurrate is good but he's honestly a bit overrated on T1, I'd be fine with him going to a different team

There's got to be more than 10 tier 2 players that are more deserving of a team than qck and redgar, though qck might work on mibr or furia

im sure 'jinggsfamilylawyer' is an S tier shitposter and not at all an obvious kid trolling

Honestly I don't remember much from AAK this year. I was more impressed with Eren and Hfmi. Doesn't sound like a change that would make much difference. They need another A tier player and better strats.

I'm predicting a Riddle Order vs Full Sense grand final, but SPG is also a big contender

rep riddle order to win ascension
riddle order best team
joxjo my favorite player

I would put EDG around 3rd best team this year. Some don't believe they were better than SEN but I think they were considering they made it to all 3 internationals and beat SEN to win champs. But GENG were the better team. Not just looking at stats, but just use your eyes. GENG played unbelievably good valorant. Like out of this world good and their Shanghai form was unmatched.

"teams like Th, lev, or sen played objectively better valorant" eh that's just not entirely true. Zmjjkk and S1mon's teamplay was arguably the best of the tournament. That was objectively excellent valorant. You really were not seeing flash initiators and duelists THAT coordinated and that successful with their plays and timings. Also Nobody outcalled every igl in the tournament except valyn. He definitely called some rough maps (Haven against TH) but for a new igl he called objectively great site executes. EDG definitely played good valorant with actual teamwork. If they were playing 'chinese valorant' like FPX does they wouldn't have won shit.

Agree on everything except T1. They had an underwhelming year overall but were nowhere near the worst pacific team and at least made it to one international. There's a ton of Korean talent that deserve a tier one slot. T1 have potential to be a strong team next year.

One of the main issues with EG was the lack of firepower. If Jawgemo wasn't farming it was gg. Keeping Apoth would be a major burden I think. He's one of the least effective lurkers in tier 1.