the aim/talent disparity is painfully obvious when watching them vs upper echelon teams. they lose so many winnable rounds and have too many inconsistent players.

it's hard to stay hyped up when you're the one at the top - lonely is the head that wears the crown and what not

the aspas hate reminds me of olofm in cs - dude was one of the best players in the game for years but people always wanted to diminish how elite he was for whatever reason. same quiet/humble demeanor, focused completely on the game and beloved by all his teammates/opponents his entire career.

haters just gonna hate no matter what game or era.

it seems harsh to call it a fluke but i don't think we see g2, in its current form at least, making a similar run in any tournaments in the near future. i think they need to try to replace icy w/ someone who is a bit more reliable

boaster reminds me of pronax from csgo - dude just struggles to get a single kill

crazy how people still don't understand player roles in 2024

munchkin's godlike overwatch skill is starting to manifest in valorant

match makes up for the disgraceful showing from edg

pansy kinda reminds me of doris burke for any nba fans - i don't want to dislike her but she makes it kinda difficult sometimes w/ her abject EU bias

have been out of the valorant scene for awhile and was watching kc play wondering who tf carmichael is

checked the player/team page checking names, looked at the coaches and still had no idea and started to get annoyed

just now found out they been saying karmine corp

go and grill a couple hotdogs and come back the game is already over 😭

word.exe dominating

that was such a random shot lmao

kangkang dies in the first 5 seconds on a wideswing into the entire enemy team

so reckless but thats who they are i guess

every time i see forsaken pop off it makes me think of that csgo player who cheated on lan

i want this for jing

jesus that odin spraydown lmao

lowkey?

he was the first death 12 times and like 5 of those were in map 3 w/ the season on the line. that was one of the most blatant mental meltdowns i've seen in this game yet

that was one of the worst throws i've seen - never seen such an impatient player

bump

i want to see a drx vs eg rematch because it seemed like drx beat themselves w/ the veto and passive play more than anything else

loud fans were ready to be insufferable if prx choked

the only reason i watch valorant now is to see navi fans suffer so current navi gets my vote

Haven't followed Valo for over a year but came here to pay homage to talent when I see it - that final play by Alfa was absolutely electric. Too bad they couldn't clutch it out but those are the kind of moments that define a career. Fucking insane.

With respect to the players moving on with their careers - it is about time NA began focusing on the next generation of talent. Long overdue.

Best of luck to these boys - hopefully the pressure of trying to live up to the 100T only proves as more motivation for them to continue ascending.

Haven't watched a Valorant match in months but heat/mwzera/cned is a must-see match even for a casual like me.

My only complaint about Gambit was they took out VS too soon - we didn't get to see more of the KR overlords. Otherwise very humble, fearless team worthy of the win.

I think deffo is just outside the top 3 (yay/keloqz/cned) statistically but in terms of who I like to watch and who I would want on my team, I'd probably go with deffo mainly because he plays more disciplined and isn't a selfish ego peeker like many other Jett/duelists. He is also on the most talented team from top to bottom so he doesn't need to hard carry like many other Jett players do.

Most boring match I watched all tourney - pretty disappointed

yay and nats have both been on fire - hoping this is an exciting match

that was fuckin nuts

They certainly look more and more beatable with each passing match this tourney

Who is the guy on the left side of the desk? He's actually pretty annoying how hard he fanboys Shaz and Sentinels like holy f bro dial it back

Lunatic Hai was a villainous team back in the 1.6 days

VS definitely has the cleanest executions on both ends of all teams I've watched so far. Very controlled and dynamic playstyle

steel and Hiko both look like old men trying to keep up

That's play of the tourney

GMB 2-0 in two competitive games.

Usually I would think this too but keloqz genuinely panicked. He's still young and I believe this is his first LAN as well.

His zipline kill on TenZ was pretty slick

Zeta 2-1
SEN 2-0
GMB 2-0

I feel like people who truly enjoy CS appreciate the competition that Valorant brings

That was easily the most embarrassing professional match I've watched in the last few years. CR looked like they were mentally broken in the first few rounds of map 1.

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To F4Q's credit - they are playing their own style whether or not it works in the given situation.

I don't know much about the KR scene other than Bunny/zunba being from Overwatch (?) but would FiveK but the NA equivalent of shroud? Or is he not quite as popular?

KR play at an exciting pace and seem to have strong comrodrier even in defeat. Some insane aimers too.

Lots of potential and interested to watch their scene evolve.

Wow so it really was the 1.6 solo after all. I don't stay in the loop of international play as much as I'd like but to come to realize that it was the actual legend himself is pretty inspiring.

Best of luck to him moving forward.

Too funny