feels bad for the staff who prolly worked their asses off to prepare all sorts of proposal for the partnership. but yeah theyre a big and rich org and fairly popular too, but the timing to bring in such negative publicity really didnt favor them and likely a brand risk for riot

nukkye winning the next tourny omg

good take. exactly this. it’s all business in the end, recent events ruining your public image would have much more impact, it’s a pr nightmare right before a very important decision from riot, surely odds wouldnt be in your favor.

money matters and image matters, of course there is also recency bias. g2 pr did their job to put out a statement, even they knew whatever happened there was a pr nightmare. it’s all business in the end.

yup, just thought that if its an NA slot and then Lev got it, so originally it was 6 NA teams.

allegedly locked in NA? is it an NA spot? either way its americas so.
https://twitter.com/nelendirekt/status/1572310748570783744?s=21&t=P9DR1lR9bxpCR0fRjWeYLA

LMFAO

the w streamer slander lmao

just the thought of the team getting picked apart is crazy to me considering the team got good synergy. i hope they can stick tgt tho idk maybe thats more unlikely. just insane to think they might not make it to kick off, and maybe fpx in the same boat too, 2 teams dominating their region.

jojopyun

not seeing the roster in the kick off tourny would be really weird ngl. there will probably be new superteams but a proven team with achievements being on ascension would feel like the real tourny is in that league.

i really thought optic can make it esp since they did get enough clout from doing well in the tournys. even their yt content is good.

https://twitter.com/blastvalorant/status/1572274774478307330?s=21&t=hZYfxXKpHSER3XR9GjV3Pg

https://playvalorant.com/en-gb/news/esports/spike-nations-2022/

wont all kr players with kr nationality eventually serve in the military before a certain age? what makes it different for saya?

thats so cool!

feels like vit but maybe just bait

with meta constantly changing, changing strats everytime since other teams would have figured you out, yet still placing within top 3 in all internatl lans this year is embarrassing nowadays lol

it’s really just number 1. considering they made decisions like signing shroud and tarik.

huge respect, thats actually amazing!

just saw the current results of gc emea qualifiers, big teams be smurfing

tbf in liquid announcement, they did say dimasick will be joining for the remainder of the season, so i assumed he’s like a stand in. i thought the slot would be reserved for the igl.

role wise it wouldnt make sense for everyone but nivera, but ngl igl is what they need. kinda worrying for liquid.

best of luck to everyone o7

chronicle too 🥹

can they even go to NA? with all the situation and stuff

so prx applied for partnership and bleed merge with prx so they didnt apply? this seems good ngl.

they need an igl

yeah seems probable

o7

best of luck 🥹

Big W for BR and LOUD, ggwp! well-deserved and incredible journey to get there!

liquid was better, loud will still win champs.

they just say sometime next week

oh no

stop giving clout to emea maybe

what strats do boaster have that wont work for a while? meta changes like crazy, agents get nurfed buffed and added, thats kinda normal in the game

i just want 5 maps and close games, players are awake and on form, everyone popping off, no weird bugs to be replayed, cool if loud wins but either teams are very good and deserve it.

yeah that was what was said, i get it t1 is like the ultimate org for koreans, but the timing?? especially since t1 was already out of the competition/season and c9 was still competing and lcq. i know vanity also said something about comms problems. but it still doesnt make sense for me as an onlooker lmao

yup i know, what i mean is despite the public explanation given about that, the trade still didnt make sense in hindsight. probably some more internal stuff.

rent free

apac W

the number 3 i cant really understand, i mean other than stuff that was said, it still doesnt make sense in hindsight.

optic is great but wouldve preferred drx vs loud too just because optic vs loud storyline has been used so many times so i dont feel as excited.

rumors say next week

while i agree, that’s just not possible. riot made a stupid decision with the replay last time, this is a consequence of their action. but replaying everytime there is a bug would just not make playing viable because there are just so many sus stuff in val.

everytime there is a bug/whatever sus, people will be talking about a replay because of the way riot handled the turret issue. pretty sure all teams can submit a list of bugs, even packet losses), that they encountered which could have potentially changed the outcome of a round.

their map pool looked weak tbh, and putting laz on agents other than chamber when chamber is viable on a particular map i think cost them

emea not in top 3 but still get clout from users, thats a W lmao

hard group especially facing loud twice, but so many questionable decisions in their team as well they feel unstable.

the last minute changes is what i think cost zeta, still a very good team but i dont think theyre making it out.