MacGyver (the 2016 one) is 100% worth giving a try

I didn't realize that, ty for the heads up. Any idea who I could replace him with? Preferably an igl

In that case why not increase the duration to 40 seconds and make it unshootable?

That's a hype lineup of teams, damn

Does CreamyDreamy igl though?

The Yoru buff we all want and need: the timer on Gatecrash doesn't start before the buy phase ends

That's a fair argument. I'll make the change, ty

https://www.vlr.gg/5267/b4-esports-vs-no2b-e-sports-first-strike-brazil-closed-qualifier-ro32

The real question is DRX termi on Reyna vs. FPX Autumn on Chamber who wins

Guys what if it's Jimmy Lin

That being said n2cf >> Lucy (he made it further in the tournament)

Knowing me I'd probably fat finger the stun instead of smoking, stun my teammates in heaven, they get killed and I get reported 🤣

So true
Top 56 at Fight or Flight 3 >>>>> winning Champions 2023

GambitNats

Speaking of on something how the hell does this guy have 53% HS with the Vandal

I just checked tuyz's tracker and... https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/LOUD%20tuyz%23nnn/overview

I think tuyz is sentinel next year

Either v1nny (he was igl this year, I think) or cauanzin (he was doing a ton of igling in stage 2 so Saadhak could focus on playing duelist). More likely v1nny but cauanzin is a possibility

I don't think they keep tuyz on duelist. They need to sign two players, and all indicators hint at LOUD signing a new duelist and a new igl, with either tuyz or pANcada moving to sentinel and the other staying as the controller for the team

From what I hear it's gonna be dgzin and v1nny, but I could be wrong

Unlucky, man. It happens to the best of us.

Don't take it too much to heart. We all make mistakes, and your teammates have likely messed up just as bad as you have before.

That being said, I can't relate, I play Astra on Haven

"now pancada needs to singlehandedly carry this team" ????
Are we just gonna forget how good cauanzin and tuyz have been for this squad?

LMAOOOOOO

https://i.imgur.com/Faquqay.png

Not if I can't figure out how to put Haodong in 🙃

There I guess that works

I did write this all. I did also forget Haodong, mb

So the team is looking like:
Demon1 - duelist
C0M - recon
rubkkoide - flash
kiNgg - controller
tex - sentinel
(In this trial, at least)

You don't have to. Just go to the imgur website and Ctrl+V

My name is Edward. When I was 3 I was on a chi choo train. I was alone; there was nobody else on board other than the conductor, who went by Simon. He was a very kind fellow, though he was a bit of a muggle. I spent days and nights on board, sitting on the wooday floor, gazing out the window at the smoggy skies and listening to the kang kang of the wheels against the tracks.

Uhhhhhhhhhh Haodong

My favourite team when I started in 2023 was LOUD, for three reasons: innovating comps, Saadhak, and a mix of experienced veterans and young blood

My favourite team now is Karmine Corp, for three reasons: innovating comps, Saadhak, and a mix of experienced veterans and young blood

Glad you found it 👍

I thought that was the left half of the Gen.G logo for a second

Oh no, I'm not recommending this schedule at all. This is the one they currently have. They spend 3 months doing each stage, run 3 stages, also run a kickoff to start the year, run all the offseason-esque tournaments between splits, and then Champs only lasts 10 days. They 100% need to fix this. I say run kickoff in February, then stage 1 from mid-March to mid-May, stage 2 from early June to August, then Champs in late September after Ascension ends. If they want to do a stage 3 for promotion/relegation like they do for tier 2 then they can probably do that in December after the World Cup ends

What flag does VLR not have, by the way? I've seen very obscure island flags so I didn't think there were entire countries not added yet

https://c.tenor.com/cJRcMyUAiMcAAAAd/tenor.gif

Riot being the TO for this is good (frankly I don't think any other TO would make much sense anyway).

As for GC, they can probably have Champs done before October if they optimize the schedule. Depending on the region, kickoff is currently anywhere from January to March, stage 1 anywhere from February to May, stage 2 anywhere from May to August, and stage 3 from September to October, with random tournaments sprinkled here and there and everywhere, all leading up to Champs which lasts a grand total of 10 days. It's a problem and they need to fix it, even if they don't run a World Cup

Also you've had 3 different flags since we started this mini thread 😂

https://x.com/TeamVitality/status/1846675101602791529

"Moist Esports is an American esports organization owned by Charles "MoistCr1TiKaL" White. Moist Moguls is the VALORANT team of Moist Esports, formed by the acquisition of team Team BreakThru after the announcement of American streamer and Mogul Moves founder Ludwig Ahgren joining Moist Esports as a co-owner in January 2023." (https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Moist_Moguls)

My guess is that, since Ludwig is a co-owner of Moist now, Moist and Mogul must have merged (kind of like KOI and Mad Lions, to some extent) but I'm not sure

So does Less though

Those are fair points. It doesn't really have to be that serious, though. It could just have the team prep of a regular off-season event, only with more teams and therefore more games across more days. The one thing that would probably be affected by this is trials, since this would likely take up at least three weeks when accounting for travel time. I think a pretty simple solution to that is to lift the October 7 date for contracts to end, so that if players want to participate they can probably be signed to a team by the time this comes around in November (I'm assuming November would be the best time for this as it would give players over a month after the tournament ends to prep for the year with their team).

Real
Though he was only a stand-in tbf

https://www.threads.net/@loudgg/post/C_jZCeIOzwc

And thus truly ends an era

I'd be cool with it. If anything, if he's not on the roster next year, then this tournament is somewhat wasted potential to build synergy with their true fifth

Nice flair

Here's my prediction
In 2023 it was Moist
In 2024 it was Moist x partner #1
Therefore in 2025 it will be Moist x partner #1 x partner #2
Partner #1 was an org that had their own NA Challengers team the previous year, which ended 7-8th
That means Moist's partner #2 will be one of the teams which ended 7-8th in 2024
Moist's partner #2 will therefore be either SaD Esports or FLUFFY AIMERS
In conclusion, in 2025, MxS will become either MSS or MSF
Thank you

What is a Canadian laugh

Say no to saynotoherpes

Lava bending is very cool. It's like fire but you don't hate yourself

No but I do have 48 friends who play Valo

Prancer's the real flex ngl

Yea wsp