Exactly! I feel like they didn't even try to win.

A great head coach for a great team. But then again, if you don't know him from CS then you probably wouldn't know him in the Valorant scene.

Common DDot win.

I LOVE PIZZA! IN FACT, I JUST HAD PIZZA OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR AGO! I HECKIN LOVE PIZZA!

They'd probably just take the two maps straightup tbh.

I dare you to bet all your life savings on SR should they ever face Fnatic in any tournament with the rosters you've just stated. Also, last time I saw, Elmapuddy's name is not "mini".

Not at all! Tbh I didn't know anything about SR coming into this (I don't watch game changers), but now I do haha!

Very true, which is why I knew EDGS without Lizhi would heavily underperform when I saw the news. Of course, I don't think they could've beaten SR even with Lizhi but it would definitely tell a very different tale than a 26-3.

I mean, EDGS won the East Asian qualifier so they are indeed the best East Asian team. Would you have said the same if runners up Zeta Division showed up and lost in similar fashion to SR?

They became the best East Asian team by 2-0ing Korean 1st seed and Zeta Division, then they 2-1'd CCG and beat Zeta again 3-1 in the finals.

Absolutely 100%.
I've been following EMEA for quite a bit, and while I haven't had much fun watching Americas, I've thoroughly enjoyed APAC and China recently.

Lmao

What can I say... I love Valorant!
What I could've said... I love biscuits!

Valorant!

Absolutely. I hope Zekken gets more recognition when the league starts and I hope to see Sentinels in an international LAN :D

hi i don't have vagina and i support Team Liquid , but shouldn't stop you from supporting Team Liquid as well!

Honestly, I agree. But Zekken isn't that far behind him.

Surely Zmjjkk has to be up there? His fragging potential and midround reasoning is insane, and with him improving on his overaggressive tendencies, I can't see how he would fail to make the list of top duelists.

Yup!

Aren't there rumors that EG is getting cut from the Americas League?

Thank you.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b94221df

I think they could definitely beat kru, and perhaps even challenge some stronger teams should Blue pop off.

That's a bit too generalized innit?

If that's the case, then I do apologize for any misconceptions my false information has created. Sorry.

Slightly might be just slightly understating the magnitude of this nerf. Lizhi's their main duelist, and I highly doubt both Clem's and Blue's ability to replace her fragging prowess. Also, I'm pretty sure Lizhi was also their IGL... So, personally I'd say this is a huge loss.

Honestly, I kind of get you!
I went to visit America once, and the fooditem my friends ordered for dinner was a pizza from Papa John's (yeah I know it isn't the best). I didn't have much of an appetite after eating some undesirable foods during the day, but I enjoyed the taste more than I thought I would.
Unfortunately, my family didn't approve of going out to get more American pizza throughout the rest of my visit, but I will say that the taste was pretty good.
Also, pizza by places around Rome and Naples are very different from the pizza I usually eat, so I can understand how you'd prefer American styled pizza over traditional Italian pizza.

you wouldn't understand :(

Giacomo my local pizza guy clears botssi even amidst baking a calzone.

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I believe it could be attributable to the history of success in the region. Our region has won many trophies and houses many superstar players and international winning players. When those players and teams with a history of success; be it in masters, or in champions, start to falter, why wouldn't we complain? Isn't it a bummer when the team you've watched grow and win start losing?

Yeah they were but I feel like EDG was just able to power through the endgame so well that RA couldn't keep up.

Jesus scoreline not even close.

Yeah because silver is different from pro play...

I doubt this will be an easy match for EDG. They looked solid against FPX, and Chichoo really popped off on Sunset. I hope to see much of the same from them and I hope RA can replicate the performance that saw them past EDG a day ago. Regardless, I still think that EDG will get their hands on the trophy eventually. I'm looking forward to an entertaining match.

3-2 EDG win.

Ah yes. Old ASE roster from over 5 months ago. I will admit that ASE isn't the strongest of the challenging teams, but their performance and strength nowadays exceeds their ability in Masters Tokyo. Also, they were China 1st seed in Tokyo too, having defeated EDG in the qualifier finals.

jkuro is criminally underrated but maybe that's just me. Ik he's inconsistent and often pretty bad, but when he's having a good day that guy can game hard.

I mean, that's one part of it

EDG is definitely confirmed but there are a lot of teams like DRG or even RA that Riot has to figure out where to put.

They're hosting continuous tournaments to determine the ascension teams.

I was merely stating a fact. I'm still schizo :)

Tracker literally means nothing lol. Their rating system is skewed and it's impossible to tell how you are just from stats alone.

Hmmm. Maybe I was being unclear. I understand the point you're raising, but what I wanted to convey was exactly that. Perhaps I should have specified that all I thought was that against RA, EDG looked very tired. I did not intend to portray my views as having "forgot about all of their wins". However, I still think the RA match exposed EDG's mental fatigue; especially on Sunset which EDG usually dominates.
Anyways, I still don't completely agree with you, but it's my fault that I caused confusion and created room for misinterpretations. Cheers!

DId you watch the RA match? You can't be trying to convince me that they looked anything but "out of it".
As for the post loss buff, you literally just proved my point. Masters Tokyo they lose to T1, then they absolutely destroy T1. Champions LA they struggle against Giants on Split, then they smack them silly come the rematch. They demolish TE 3-0 after losing 2-0, and we might see it again against RA. Learning to adapt to a team after a loss is exactly what I mean by post loss buff.

Interesting

Come on. Everyone knows how much worse the Southern parts of Italy is in comparison to the North. I've been to the South probably two times in my entire life and I can say for a fact that some of the places down there are indeed quite nasty. But then again, every country has its good and bad bits, and I'm sure Brazil is the same.

I really like this one folk singer called Galen Crew.
I recommend some of his songs like Valhalla or Sleepyhead.

Valder Fields by Tamas Wells is also one of my favorites.

I don't remember where I saw it but I did read an article just a bit ago that said IG isn't making franchise.

They might, but imo RA's built up quite a fanbase in the Valorant scene, and they're also a partnered LPL team, so I think there's a good chance RA gets in. I think LNG's also a brand recognition type team that's well known in the CN esports scene in general and they might very well take the slot from a team like RA if RIOT deems them not good enough for whatever reason.

I think I get it now. Thank you so much for the knowledge!