please dont search up "FNS whiff compilation" on youtube

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

I've never heard of a book about cars in my life

is he a good player or just another pretty face?

FPX are not finishing last lmao. FNC are still a team

Hypoc has stated many times that health issues have prevented him from casting

Biank didn't want to be the IGL for Bilibili after Champs so they switched it over to B3ar who became like the worst player in VCT China, now B3ar got benched and I don't even know who's IGLing now.

Biank outcalling 'the greatest IGL ever' FNS and sending him into retirement, dooming NRG, then stepping down as an IGL himself which doomed BLG to never quality for an international again. Dude is the subtle GOAT.

This. Guys like Rivington and Steel do not have the voices nor chemistry with other casters to be good enough at casting hype games. I feel like Uber/Wyatt would be a great pairing at Shanghai if they are going to be there that is.

Didn't EDG win a game at Madrid? I know they lost 2-1 to GenG. They look better now that they've switched a few roles around and hopefully they've learned something after getting stomped by LOUD. I highly doubt they'll get zero maps.

The majority of players do not like Icebox. It needs to go. Breeze also needs to go. Bring back Haven and Fracture. Add the new map so we can have 8 maps total. Ascent might be boring but it's seriously not the problem.

Americas: eeiu (before playoffs)
APAC: Jemkin
EMEA: Probably MrFalin
CN: deLb or Kai

Primordium instead of Glitchpop?

"he is not better than mako like everyone said" who even said this lmao. Mako deserves a place on the GOAT lists. Karon is still early into his career yet still managed to be one of the best players in Madrid, so credit to him there at least.

A 'system player' (phrase only used by contrarians btw) would only apply to players like JonahP, lakia, Rin and other shitters. How does Tenz compare with them when he has proven to be a strong flex player. Still overrated though ngl.

So waste the millions you spent on your current roster and bring back the washed watchparty merchants?

cheap bait but you got your (You)'s so you go girl

achilios/paperthin, mitch/tom and ender/mimi are my guess for casters, I hope uber/wyatt cast but they probably won't be there

Americas: Furia, results speak for themselves. NRG if there 'superteam' roster doesn't see results. How much are those guys getting paid?
CN: I don't think anyone should disband, many of their teams haven't found their footing yet. BLG needs a serious rebuild though.
EMEA: Maybe there's an argument for GIANTX and KOI
Pacific: Bleed needs help. GE needs help.

DRX is a team that had their moment to win an international with the roster of stax/buzz/zest/mako/rb. Their form from like Copenhagen to Lock/In was worthy of winning the prize, but there just happened to be the stacked rosters of OpTic and LOUD around that time, so they were just unlucky. With their current roster I think there's zero chance of them winning an international.

NRG wouldn't beat DRG

Least delusional ranking yet

Why the fuck is anyone playing Chamber in 2024

Lmao that system is ass wtf

Tvirus is incredibly fun to watch when he's having an ON game, but his inconsistency probably comes from him having to translate the comms into the English for vo0k to understand what's going on.

prime
gaia
sovereign
magepunk

Is Buzz really that washed?

RB is a god tier flex player and still looks cracked when he plays for TEC, but beyn is as good of a replacement as you can possibly ask for

GOAT tier

a ton of beautiful women watch VCT China, it should be easy for any of China's players to get a girlfriend

From one of the best teams in the world to being unable to qualify for an international twice in a row, how do we fix DRX?

asuna better than jinggg KEKW this is some cheap bait but here's your (You) anyway

not the ice cream man

bren and sideshow
uber and wyatt (underrated)
doug and babybay
the pacific duo
mimi and the tall skinny guy
china casters
mitchman and tom (too much laughing and joking around about things I don't understand, good otherwise)
pansy and steel (pansy and hypoc are top tier, get steel out of here)
riv and vansilli (riv sucks, vansilli is good)

JDG looked like the team I was told about when they faced Wolves in their most recent match, and unlike so many other teams they were competitive with EDG. The roster/coaching changes definitely messed them up but I expect them to do well in the next split.

FPX
PRX
100T
TH

"Mickey Mouse tournament" is another made up phrase and revisionist history used by vlr nerds and contrarians to discredit teams and talented players

script doesnt allow for an all pacific final, viewership would be too low

100T vs EDG
PRX vs LEV
PRX vs TH

bang and asuna have looked insanely good
vo0k of course
anyone from FPX if they perform the way they've been playing in CN
yetujey

KangKang vs Boostio would be fire

Tbf Lysoar was one of the worst players in Madrid, but post-Madrid he's looked great

we were robbed of NAVI vs FPX

beyond delulu, something has looked insane, saya has fell off

Current TH. Heretics should've won Bind, watch the ending of that map and tell me Heretics didn't choke and disrespect SEN due to their inexperience on the stage.

Delulu ranking kek

finally I can play the game myself

LEV is playing nowhere near as good as 100T has been playing, while LEV also lost to G2 and looked like shit while doing it. Meanwhile GENG play fundamentally excellent Valorant and are 2nd best from their region. GENG clears them. Aspas might be the best player in the world statistically but he's not going to carry a mid team to the trophy.

Updated prediction, DRG 2-1

This match is going to be hella fun. I'm expecting a 3 map game. I expect FPX to do A LOT better here than they did against KC in Madrid. FPX 2-1 but it could easily be FUT 2-1 too.