I'm sure both are considered in some sense.

My dear Poge is Indonesian now?
W Poge as always.

Bro you're literally Brazilian. I've heard from other vlr Brazilians about the streets in Brazil and it does not sound remotely comparable to Singaporean streets.

I know right?!

If LNG actually gets franchised I can see them buying a bunch of T2 players from teams like TYLOO, NWG, or even TEC

Very true. But I do know that CN Esport market is very big, so maybe...

Plausible but I'd like to see stew stay in China.

Personally I can't find fault in this list. Good job!

I agree, but fingers crossed because I'm for both EDG and TL to qualify for the main stage :l

Yeah, exactly.
I just hope this burnout doesn't affect them in the Afreeca TV tournament...

I agree. They're looking very out of it, and I think either FPX or TE stand a very good chance at finally sending EDG home. However, we have also seen EDG get a post-loss buff, similar to what happened last act of the tournament. This post-loss buff was also seen in Masters tokyo, and arguably even against Giants. Anyways, I think it'll be very interesting and I don't think I'm going to write a prediction for this series. Instead, I'll just watch and observe this time.
So yeah no analysis for me this time :(

3-2 EDG win against FPX
edit: TE to FPX
edit2: 2-1 to 3-2

Not even I saw it coming but now that I think about it, I probably should've seen it a while ago. The EDG players have to be tired. They've played almost six full tournaments consecutively as well as an off season tournament. If burnout wasn't getting to them before, surely it has to be now right?

RA played phenomenally. They played amazing and I think their choice of not playing Spitfires on Sunset was simply brilliant. I feel like even if EDG was at their best, they'd still have some problems facing this RA side today. I'm just kind of bummed out because if RA gets franchised (which they probably will), they'll be forced to drop one of their import players.

Nice prediction! This was good.

Burnout. Played masters tokyo, CN qualifiers, champs, and all three acts of this Chinese tournament, and that one korean off season tournament as well. It isn't surprising that they finally succumb to fatigue as we all do.

They aren't. This is only the second time they've lost in all three acts of the tournament combined.

:(

Meet the G0 roster, we have:
v0lyn
tr0nt
J0nahP
n0T
l0af
Se0wulf
J0shRT

But it's just a joke, nothing personal :D

RA's Lotus has improved a lot, which I really like. I think their postplant is great and with a mechanically gifted player like MarT1n on the Killjoy, EDG face a lot of difficulties defusing.

Yeah they have a good chance of doing just what you want lol

Thank you for your kind words.

Yeah but FPX's clearly stepped up their Ascent game since their last meeting with TE.

What an absolute banger. The biggest question in my mind is "will they play Ascent?" FPX absolutely dominated ASE on Ascent, beating them 13-1, and I'm sure many of us are aware of just how strong Trace Esports can be on that map. It's definitely going to be a close match regardless of the maps played. I believe that it will go all three maps, but I can't pinpoint a winner this time. Going off my gut and intuition, I think TE will come out on top of a 2-1 hard fought win. I just feel like TE's individual players are just better than the FPX players; but that's just my opinion.

2-1 TE win.

Yeah this wasn't a great prediction.

To be honest, if I was TEC, I wouldn't want to be facing Trace Esports any day of the year. Although Abo played super well the past two series he played, we don't know how well he's going to do this series, and personally, knowing his TYLOO history, I am skeptical towards his ability to pop off three times in a row, although he is on duelist. As for TE, if they play YOU, and not that dynamite guy, I'm sure they can team diff TEC. After all, Valorant is at its core a team game, and in a matchup between a team like TE with superior mechanical skill and gamesense and a less experienced newly put together team like TEC who might now know how to play against a top team, I'd lean towards Trace Esports winning this series 2-0.

2-0 TE win.

Tough match to predict haha. Both teams have just been challenged by the other two teams that got top 4 in Act 2, and I'm very excited to see what this matchup between two teams that have met each other often can bring to the table once again. But to be honest, some of what I saw from RA in the TE match almost made me lose my marbles just from watching it, and I really hope we get to see a close and well fought series by both sides this series. If RA plays like how they should, then they're definitely going to mount a fairly strong challenge against objectively speaking the best Chinese Valorant team in history so far. Of course, if EDG plays the way they should be playing, then I can see this ending in a 2-0 win for EDG but with overtime given that RA plays well.

2-0 EDG win.

I don't have a lot of time, but I'll go over what I do know. DRG gave FPX a run for their money. EDG was given a run for their money by ASE but got away in the end. Do you know what that tells me? It tells me that ASE has upped their game to the point where they can challenge EDG, and I haven't seen anything from FPX that'd make me say the same. In fact, having a close run in with OT in both the 17G and the DRG series tell me that chances are that ASE wins this series.

2-0 ASE win.

Of course my wonderful Poge.

Haha! There's my favorite Poge always there to talk to me.

Yeah, I was just being a whiny bitch and there's absolutely no reason to care about my problems. And I get it! Like you said, I'm literally just another face in the crowd, and there's no point thinking hard about anything I say.

But my life status word vomit was mainly for me to just get it out somewhere. Perhaps vlr isn't the place, but it was just convenient at the moment.

I'm really happy that you're doing just fine, and I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving. On that note, I'd like to thank you dearly for our many interactions on this platform, and I wish you good health and success in the future.

Got both predictions wrong today, oops. that brings my accuracy rate this stage of the tournament to 69%
(lol 11/16)

I mean, tough matches, especially when the teams involved are either so inconsistent or just so new (like this TES vs TEC series) There really isn't a lot to go off of.

It was a hard fought match.

Honestly ik it's to be expected that ppl bet and stuff but the things they say just takes away all my motivation to interact with other people in chat...

You got it buddy!

Okay. Here's the thing. I could probably squeeze in space for the Semifinals and maybe the grand finals, but once again, I am at the mercy of my schedule.

Life's been challenging. But it's going to get much more challenging very soon. I've been trying out for my school's musical, it'll probably be the last if not second to last chance I get. I sucked in the auditions today, so that's a bummer. My grades are fine for the moment, but the curriculum is killing me and class presentations make me want to disappear. All the extra work and commitees I signed up for are really coming back to bite me in the arse from all the extra workload I get. My social life is whatever, my friend who I debate with often isn't here anymore, and my parents are eagerly awaiting positive results from me. vlr is one of the only places where I feel like I can just sit back and take a break however short it is. I get to make a prediction or two, be it right or wrong. I don't get a lot of time to play Valorant anymore, which I still do love, and when I do I am faced with smurfs and toxic teammates, which tbh makes my experience pretty mid as much as I try to enjoy it.
But despite all that, I'm pretty hopeful for the future.

And I know, I shouldn't give away too much personal details, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings, and I feel better after writing that.

I hope you are doing well Poge😊

But then Pancada wouldn't be laughing. I think you missed the point.

You go tell 'em!

Most rational sentinels fan*

Touche.

Yeah! Good reference catch :)
I'm just going to keep believing and hoping for the best because they aren't a bad team at all.

I don't know about the new T1 roster, but we shall see how they perform against a jubilant EDG high on the aftereffects of winning two domestic cups and on the verge of winning a third. Only time can tell what T1 will bring to the table and whether it will be enough to challenge the team that they beat only to get demolished by in Masters Tokyo.
I smell a 2-0 EDG coming but I'm interested to see how xccurate, Rossy, and k1ng perform

Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact... same damn thing... over and over again expecting... the result to change... That's crazy no? The first time somebody told me that, I don't know, I thought they were joking with me.
But now I know! Team Liquid is going to achieve great things and there will only be success moving forwards with the Apeks core.

Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact...

I think there's a high chance that the tides flow Top Esports' way this series. While TEC did upset BLG, in my opinion, TES's dominating performance outshines TEC's narrower wins by quite a bit. Additionally, if anyone saw the staggering 43 kills Abo got, perhaps they'd have forgotten that jkuro bagged 50 frags! Now, I'm not going to say that TEC doesn't stand a chance at winning, but I just saw so much more confidence in the way TES played, that I'm sure if they go down this road then they'll only be seeing bright days ahead.
TES 2-1 win

I feel you man...

We're getting it!

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/d11722b0
Once again, as always, open to discussion.

I’m happy I’ve found something I enjoy doing. But like other people mentioned, I’m not here for betting, and I couldn’t care less about odds or whatever. Just clarifying, because it seems like you see me as some sort of big factor in how people bet. If you listen to me to make financial decisions, then sorry, but you should probably ignore my predictions. Ultimately, they are but a product of my own interpretation and it shouldn’t be surprising that upsets happen in a new region.

They just didn’t show up today. I’d still go with a 2-0 BLG any day of the year

Not just Gods but I think almost all the LoL musical productions are just simply amazing. Even the OPPO ad for this year's Worlds was fire lol

No, it's on me that I didn't take consideration of how bad rain could actually get for others haha. Don't worry about it, and I hope Brazil (I'm assuming) will be able to develop well in the future.

I've never had McDonald cookies and I still haven't had any Subway. However, I will consider your recommendation next time I choose to go to one of those eateries.