Hmm I wonder what these guys have in common

He's 22

There's a preview button btw, you didn't need to post this

Wait, they haven't updated the flag yet?

I don't mind tbh
https://i.imgur.com/O498wVk.png

97

I have faith in you, my friend

It's always the Aussie Wolves fans named trikecycle

Man... I can't unsee that now

Thank you for your service

MangleBats :D

Damezz :D

friends from other tax brackets

Are you calling yourself poor or privileged?

Least obvious attempt at an American trying to sabotage us

lost to sen in upper bracket
barely won against 100T
barely won against EG

...and they've won quite comfortably in every single other game they've played this year, other than two games in the top 4 of a Masters.

No problem 🫡

I still don't get why FIFA's try to make a Club World Cup when they literally already have a Club World Cup

Yes, because "revenue generated from the export of oil" is corrupt by definition

Luka Modrić is goated

You're fully discrediting how crazy this clip is, man. No matter how they played that 5v1 he should not have won that, and the fact that he did says more about him as a player than about the 5 alive

To each their own, I guess.

Not sure why this is an opinion you needed to voice though. Like just let me enjoy my thing, man 😭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgEY_7-kE2Y

😔😔😔😔 next one is his fr

'Preciate it 🫡

Out of the 24 teams that have played:
China (Smoggy)
Taiwan (BerLIN)
UK (Keiko)
Argentina (Saadhak)
Chile (Mazino)
Thailand (JitBoyS)

That was NOT you 😭

(If you're missing context, please feel free reference the original VALORANT World Cup project thread: https://www.vlr.gg/493514/valorant-world-cup-simulation/)

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Group E
🇷🇺 Russia vs. Finland 🇫🇮
🇹🇭 Thailand vs. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Group F
🇺🇸 United States vs. Poland 🇵🇱
🇫🇷 France vs. India 🇮🇳

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🇷🇺 Russia 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/YxA78fm.png

Map 1: Ascent
🇷🇺 13-2 🇫🇮
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/zCVagpa.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/qMEdNkP.png

Map 2: Lotus
🇷🇺 18-16 🇫🇮
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/TRxn9A3.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/AUI0TlI.png

Russia was statistically the best team to come into this tournament, and they could've easily taken this series losing only 5 rounds.

Map 1 was the most one-sided map we've seen so far this tournament. A very quick 13-2 from them, with Jemkin going 20/9, also saw the first π of this tournament, with H1ber on KAY/O only registering 3 kills in the map's 15 rounds.

Lotus looked to be more of the same, with Russia carrying over their momentum from map 1 and getting up to 12-3 with fragging from Jemkin, nAts, and vo0kashu. That was where we saw the Russians falter. Thanks to fragging from Derke and Famsii, and especially H1ber, Finland would win a straight 9 rounds to take us to overtime. This included a 1v3 ace clutch from H1ber, who somehow managed to end the map with 10x as many kills as the previous one. In the end, though, Russia took it 18-16 thanks to heroics from nAts, giving us the most fake comeback of all time. Even though Russia prevailed, Finland set a statement that they aren't the unstoppable force we perceived them to be.

Match MVP: 🇷🇺 nAts

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🇹🇭 Thailand 2-1 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/BJKUPEs.png

Map 1: Haven
🇹🇭 13-11 🇸🇦
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/sv6jgWu.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/hNt5Z21.png

Map 2: Sunset
🇹🇭 10-13 🇸🇦
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/dpNVxXO.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/P6GqG8S.png

Map 3: Icebox
🇹🇭 13-8 🇸🇦
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/4rIgxzV.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/aqfU8hG.png

Thailand started Haven hot, with Primmie running down the Saudi defense, getting an ace in round 4 to put himself at 11/2 (https://i.imgur.com/iQbpqXL.png). Down 8-4 at the half, Saudi Arabia needed to prove they could hold their own. They won 7 attacking rounds, including an ace from str1keR late in the game (https://i.imgur.com/9Ps93zK.png). The gap would be too big to close, though, as the Thai would take Haven 13-11.

Sunset saw a very interesting clash of ideas, with Primmie and seph1roth on Waylay and Gekko heading into str1keR's Chamber. This map started a lot closer, with Killua's ace sealing a 6-6 half (https://i.imgur.com/qrv4hfT.png). Despite Killua and Primmie fragging, however, Moh, KHaaLiD, and str1keR would prove to hold more firepower on their attacking half, taking a 13-10 victory to take us the distance.

Icebox would be our decider, and we saw our first Sage pick of the tournament in Moh. The battle Sage would prove vital to Saudi Arabia, with him going 27/14 and pulling off a 1v5 on their attack half to keep them in the match a little longer (https://i.imgur.com/EH21HPT.png) Unfortunately for him, though, his teammates couldn't keep up, and Killua's 30 kills on Sova brought Thailand a 13-8 win to clinch the series 2-1.

Match MVP: 🇹🇭 Killua

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Poland 🇵🇱

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/A9iBJwy.png

Map 1: Sunset
🇺🇸 7-13 🇵🇱
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/bn5yK6n.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/oQALdUT.png

Map 2: Lotus
🇺🇸 13-10 🇵🇱
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/0WJOPNq.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/R6T1R4u.png

Map 3: Pearl
🇺🇸 13-7 🇵🇱
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/NIAXcKB.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/6I31mZ7.png

This was the biggest question mark of the day. Either team could've won this, and any underperformance could've been costly.

Map 1 was simply MOLSI proving himself. There were questions as to why he should igling the team over starxo or zeek, but MOLSI's Sova shut down those doubts, with an ace on round 10 cutting zekken and leaf's momentum and giving Poland the upper hand (https://i.imgur.com/3DFbLDV.png). Despite several multikills from the Americans, they couldn't convert their chances, and Poland won 6 straight attacking rounds to take Sunset 13-7, with MOLSI going 27/11 and PROFEK also having a great map.

Map 2 would be Pearl, and while the first half was close, the map itself was not. With leaf fragging superbly and valyn's reads being flawless (https://i.imgur.com/SNHd57m.png), the United States would take a 13-10 to bring it to Pearl.

Map 3 was by far the sloppiest map of tournament so far, with leaf opening us off with a messy 1v3 sheriff ace on round 1 (https://i.imgur.com/Ob3WjVc.png). Despite valyn's quesitonable calling, with the US opting to save in a 3v4 against classics in the following round, Poland had their own problems, not being able to put together the funds for a rifle round until round 6. From there, the rest of the first half was just MOLSI having poor reads on the defense and the US not being able to play against a retake. After a 6-6 struggle, zekken decided he'd had enough, and powered through the Polish side's attack, giving them just one round and taking the series with a 2-1 scoreline. kaajak was very uncharacteristic this map, ending Pearl 3/19 despite being one of the highest rated players in the server—he still managed to end above both valyn and westside in the series, though, who both had terrible performances and will look to do better in their next matches against France and India respectively.

Match MVP: 🇺🇸 leaf

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🇫🇷 France 2-0 India 🇮🇳

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/JeEKWiM.png

Map 1: Icebox
🇫🇷 13-10 🇮🇳
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/HrA3JeR.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/U25BgAq.png

Map 2: Lotus
🇫🇷 13-8 🇮🇳
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/Aaeq2p0.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/EdeIAH6.png

As with Matchday 2, the final faceoff of the day proved to be the most uneventful.

India started strong on Icebox, converting a thrifty after losing the pistol and stringing together a couple rounds to build a buffer. It didn't matter in the end, though, as with r1seN being their sole fragger in a lot of their rounds, France were simply able to mow them down, with TakaS frying on the entries and K4DAVRA never failing to get at least one on his lurks. The map ended 13-10.

Icebox seemed to be only a warmup for the two of them, as Lotus would be even more one-sided. Takas started the map 11/0 and K4DAVRA's ace in the 8th round only seemed to add to their momentum (https://i.imgur.com/UrNxZyw.png). France's throw-it-back Raze Phoenix comp got the better of Venka's Iso, helping them take the map 13-8 and end a swift and decisive series.

Match MVP: 🇫🇷 K4DAVRA

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Here's how the table stands after half the first set of matches in groups E and F: https://i.imgur.com/Vv5COOu.png

This is what Matchday 4 will look like:

Group G
🇰🇷 Korea Republic vs. Singapore 🇸🇬
🇨🇿 Czechia vs. Belarus 🇧🇾

Group H
🇧🇷 Brazil vs. Hong Kong 🇭🇰
🇦🇺 Australia vs. Germany 🇩🇪

If you want to check the other groups for future matchups, everything is listed in this thread: https://www.vlr.gg/493814/vwc-group-stage-draw

At this point, who do you have making playoffs?

FUR raafa - duelist
NRG FiNESSE - recon
BBL vakk - flashes
DFM Art - controller
AG HanChe - sentinel

Coaches: GX pipsoN + ZETA Carlao

I gave this team 3 igls with 3 different approaches to metagame. I put 5 of the players with the lowest stats this year all on off roles, and I made sure none of them speaks the same language (they speak Portuguese, English, Lithuanian/Turkish, Japanese/Korean, and Chinese respectively). I also added two poor performing coaches who don't speak the same language (English and Portuguese/Japanese) and I gave them equal levels of power for maximum chaos.

But I can

https://www.vlr.gg/488304/harbor-buff-rework-concept

Fair point.

But also Harbor :3

Macarona béchamel 😋

W post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRaQ8ETcdg

eeiu

Updated, thanks! :)

Updated, thank you! 🫡

Thanks for catching that! I'm on phone right now, I'll update in an hour or so 👍

Jsyk though Leo dropped 80 and Alfa dropped 82

Will see you around then :)

USA vs. Poland banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks! 🫡

To TL;DR it for you, I'm running a simulation to see who would actually win a VALORANT World Cup. This thread is a recap of 4 of the group stage games

If you're curious, here's the main info threads:
Concept thread: https://www.vlr.gg/493514/valorant-world-cup-simulation/
Group stage draw + players ratings: https://www.vlr.gg/493814/vwc-group-stage-draw

(If you're missing context, please feel free reference the original VALORANT World Cup project thread: https://www.vlr.gg/493514/valorant-world-cup-simulation/)

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Group C
🇹🇷 Türkiye vs. Sweden 🇸🇪
🇦🇷 Argentina vs. Mexico 🇲🇽

Group D
🇨🇱 Chile vs. Philippines 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Lithuania vs. Spain 🇪🇸

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🇹🇷 Türkiye 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/4tZAPCK.png

Map 1: Lotus
🇹🇷 16-14 🇸🇪
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/2l8gUm4.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/g11cJfs.png

Map 2: Split
🇹🇷 12-14 🇸🇪
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/s9mQ7IT.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/0Z6XPBN.png

Map 3: Haven
🇹🇷 13-10 🇸🇪
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/HpP4Snc.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/jaS8kbh.png

As with Matchday 1, the first map of the day proved to be the most hectic. Türkiye won the pistol, but Sweden converted the thrifty round that followed, and used that momentum to dominate early on Lotus, much to my surprise. Leo was playing to his usual standard, but Zyppan and Sayf both stepped up as well, getting a few multikills between them. Zyppan picked up an ace to end a 9-3 defensive half (https://i.imgur.com/NuqH16g.png). Down 11-4, hero plays needed to be made, and Alfajer stepped up with an ace on the first buy round of the half to keep Turkish hopes alive (https://i.imgur.com/KQdF3ys.png). From there, Türkiye brought it all the way back, with RieNs' 1v4 ace clutch sealing overtime in the final round of regulation (https://i.imgur.com/orx6hg9.png). Things were back and forth from there... 4ks from Leo, Alfajer, and Wo0t with the operator... until in round #30, Alfajer dropped his second ace of the map to clinch a tense comeback victory for the Turks (https://i.imgur.com/qQKWTYv.png). Generational performance from him, going 41/19 on Viper.

Split was similar but not as intense. Again Sweden looked to have the early momentum, getting up to 8 rounds in the first half thanks to many plays from Leo and a 1v4 from Meddo—would've been another 9-3 but Wo0t with an op ace in the 12th round had other plans (https://i.imgur.com/ltyGL8Q.png). Türkiye won the next pistol but got thriftied once again, which didn't bode well for them. Fortunately for Türkiye, Sweden forgot how to attack again, losing 5 of their 12 offensive rounds on time. It then went to overtime, but Sweden was able to close things out this time. Last map was all Alfa... this map was all Leo, going 32/15 on Skye.

The final map was the most straightforward of the three. Not too much to talk about... good performances from Alfajer, Wo0t, and MrFaliN helped the Turks take the series with a 13-10 victory on Haven. A very anticlimactic finale to a very climactic series.

Match MVP: 🇹🇷 Alfajer

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🇦🇷 Argentina 2-0 Mexico 🇲🇽

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/kBzNBOK.png

Map 1: Haven
🇦🇷 13-9 🇲🇽
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/Io2Grck.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/XSn2KnF.png

Map 2: Icebox
🇦🇷 14-12 🇲🇽
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/cKNXs1E.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/ayhx8f8.png

Map 1 was Haven... we saw Dante on the Neon for Argentina, and Peloncito/otaQ running a Breach/Tejo for Mexico. A very uneventful map, with Argentina casually stringing together rounds without any real standout performers. nzr did frag well to start the game, but the map did end with lack of a headline.

Map 2 was a bit more memorable, however. Saadhak's side ran a Harbor Viper comp into seven's Chamber. However, it was Mephisto who had the most success with the op, buying it early and getting a 4K, crashing Argentina's economy. solution also pulled off an ace on round 11, giving Mexico a comfortable lead going into the second half (https://i.imgur.com/myq6Qro.png). Mexico would win the following pistol and anti-eco, putting them up 10-4, but their luck ran short on the attack side. The Argentinians won 10 of the following 12 rounds to complete a comeback and take the series 2-0. The MVP went to Dantedeu5, but the fact is that Argentina look like a unit, with no real standout performers. The same could be said about Mexico, but they're not looking as strong, and they definitely need to step things up for their next match against a formidable Swedish side.

Match MVP: 🇦🇷 Dantedeu5

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🇨🇱 Chile 1-2 Philippines 🇵🇭

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/hkyiplU.png

Map 1: Ascent
🇨🇱 13-4 🇵🇭
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/1S3ZarZ.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/QqGBuXC.png

Map 2: Pearl
🇨🇱 10-13 🇵🇭
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/juE680B.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/SMeWlWt.png

Map 3: Haven
🇨🇱 12-14 🇵🇭
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/PECaZw9.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/s7CapUx.png

Ascent was our first map, and Chile hit the ground running. Mazino kicked off the series with a sheriff ace on the attacking Deadlock (https://i.imgur.com/Ley0OQ9.png). That set a very unfortunate precedent for Philippines for Ascent. It was all Chile, with keznit and erde seemingly taking turns getting multifrags. The Philippinos seemed lost, almost forgetting how to play defensive Ascent at times (https://i.imgur.com/WYA6TPY.png). After a 10-2 half, Chile closed out a very convincing Ascent 13-4, making the Cypher Deadlock look like a force to be reckoned with. invy was the only one for the Philippines who went positive, let alone hit double digits. Shoutout to erde, who had a great performance, walking out with a KD of 3 after coming into this match as the lowest rated player.

The southeast Asian nation stole all the momentum early on Pearl, though, converting a thrifty after losing the opening pistol. Chile ran a double sentinel again, with Mazino and Shyy on Vyse and Chamber, but they couldn't hit a site with it this time, with invy, PatMen, and Papi delivering blow after blow to give the Philippines a 9-3 half. Chile managed to make it dangerous but a late 1v4 from invy sealed a 13-10 to take us the distance (https://i.imgur.com/3QVbEsP.png).

Our third Haven map of the day pitted a strange Neon Harbor Viper comp from the Chileans against Jremy's Reyna. keznit looked to end it quickly, doing what Mazino did on Ascent and opening with a sheriff ace (https://i.imgur.com/CS9DSBq.png). This map would be much more back and forth, however. Interestingly, the metagame seemed inverted, with both teams heavily fighting for C space almost every round (https://i.imgur.com/WLEpR8h.png). In the end, though, the southeast Asian side took what some would consider an upset victory over the LATAM side.

Match MVP: 🇵🇭 invy

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🇱🇹 Lithuania 2-0 Spain 🇪🇸

Match page: https://i.imgur.com/YEIZcvw.png

Map 1: Haven
🇱🇹 13-6 🇪🇸
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/Jj0gHrg.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/rj9xEXD.png

Map 2: Sunset
🇱🇹 13-6 🇪🇸
Timeline: https://i.imgur.com/fEpbspb.png
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/ogCx1uf.png

I don't have enough characters left to cover this in full, but there's not much to say, anyway... Lithuania dominated Spain the entire match, only losing 12 rounds in 2 maps.

Match MVP: 🇱🇹 Boo

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Here's how the table stands after half the teams have played one match: https://i.imgur.com/8hRHQrD.png

This is what Matchday 3 will look like:

Group E
🇷🇺 Russia vs. Finland 🇫🇮
🇹🇭 Thailand vs. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Group F
🇺🇸 United States vs. Poland 🇵🇱
🇫🇷 France vs. India 🇮🇳

If you want to check the other groups for future matchups, everything is listed in this thread: https://www.vlr.gg/493814/vwc-group-stage-draw

What are your thoughts on the results so far? 🤔

Demon1 Harbor is a wild thought

nAts*

I feel you, man

Good pun, wrong time, wrong place

Canada's is arguably the easiest country in the world to get into, so I'm not sure where else you want Riot to hold international events

https://indeed.com/

Fair enough

Idk, every time I see JonahP on Viper or senti he frags out. Maybe the simulation knows something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He had a bad game map 1 and they got destroyed map 2. He'll be back against 🇵🇹 for sure 🫡

😭😭😭😭

Any team would look washed in their first game if they played against China tbf