I know I predicted NV in the final, but right now I lowkey think that XSET is the stronger team. Either way, this matchup is weird because both teams perma-ban icebox. They both are honestly awful at the map. That's weird because I don't know if it will mean one team or the other will ban it, or neither will ban it and just say screw it. Either way I give adv. to XSET on icebox because NV are Phoenix abusers and that agents blows on that map. All the maps are 50/50 in my eyes except Bind which has gotta go for NV. It will depend on who wants it more. 2-1 XSET

So I guess it depends on your definition of a fluke. They won specifically because of anti-stratting and the format of the tournament and SEN's lack of preparation, which isn't necessarily to do with luck. But yeah, BBG isn't that good. Never were. They're better than they were before because of Poach, but... results speak for themselves.

V1 is just built different. Better aimers, while BBG is more strategical. V1 at least got Split on NV, BBG kind of just look lost right now even though XSET came to play. V1 2-0

Welp, I was right about the map score! Got all the map scores right today so far haha

I would do a more detailed analysis but the TL;DR is just IMT is better on more maps and more solid as a team. That's it really. 2-0 IMT

Honestly didn't expect this absolute ROLL of a map, especially on split...

Why are you disliking me, I thought teams could only have one roster

Copy cat...

Maps wrong but result right. I'll take it.

Is this even legal like in terms of the rules haha

Guess I kind of jinxed those three... lol

At least I got Haven right...

Damn I was just off. I thought since IMT hadn't been playing Ascent and when they did, losing on it... Well it seems Rossy might be what the team needs since jcStani the aim god is on Omen. Either way, WP on the first map so far.

well no1 slept on them in masters and first strike so maybe it's time to sleep on them for good luck :o

Guild is the first team in challengers finals! poggies!

rara
sharky
boostio
kanpeki
fiend
roca
rebo
makkaloff
pr0phie
koalanoob
pretty much all of kooky koalas
azk
supamen
psalm

If I was to create a team?
kanpeki, rara, supamen, sharky, rebo??
or something similar

Yeah, this is a hard one. For at least part of a list, you could look for teams in the Rankings tab that aren't under an org, and look at their players. Kooky Koalas, rice and meatballs, ez5, and cute fat boys are good teams that have good players potentially to be signed.

So Astra is actually still being experimented in the meta. You have some teams immediately making a switch because it suits their team and they have good strategies with it, like XSET. Other teams are taking a slower approach and making sure they know what they're doing and that they have right number, like Sentinels, who only use Astra on split. However, most teams are not running Astra at all. This is probably for a couple of reasons, the first being that they haven't liked her enough to run her, and that they think Omen is better. The other, and probably more likely scenario, is that they haven't explored her capabilities enough and don't feel comfortable straying from their Omen strategies. Also, Omen is still good. His blind is a core for a lot of good strategies. Either way, this is a bad take. EU is likely using Astra more because their strategies are slightly more advanced and they were able to find good use of the agent quickly, or they just don't like Omen. I personally think both agents are very in-meta, and I'm sure a lot of you agree.

F in the chat for what could've been

YEAH WHAT DA HECK MANNNN WHATS GOING ON WITH NORTH KOREA

The points in the Masters events only matter for the end of the year. They are supposed to help to show the best team across the year as a whole. For now, for Iceland, you just need to worry about Challengers. There should be three challengers, and a challengers finals to decide who goes to Iceland (for BR). The format for the Brazilian events goes something like this:

CH1 --top4 auto qualify--> CH2
CH2 --top4--> CH Finals
CH2 --bottom4 auto qualify --> CH3
CH3 --top4--> CH Finals
CH Finals --top2--> ICELAND

Correct me if I'm wrong or if it's too confusing I can try to explain again.

It depends on the relevancy of CSGO and other shooter games imo. Right now it's pretty popular because it's flashy and streamers like Shroud and Sykkuno sometimes play it.

Is it 1 2 1 3 with outline thickness 2 and opacity .5? Closest I could get other than what was suggested before.

Magepunk knife lowkey dope

Literally just stole my tier list LOL

Sounds like your ranked problem

Ok take march madness for example. The fans of fuckn Hartford, a 16 seed, are going to say "oh Hartford is the best team in the tourney, Baylor, no SHOT", or, "great that we got in the tournament, just glad to see them here" and there's pretty much no in between. Can you see where I'm going with this? Pretty much anyone unbiased about the subject can safely say OCE < NA, but doesn't mean everyone's gonna believe it or hope that it happens.

SAY SIKE RIGHT NAH BRO. Gimme dat script.

Close game, can't win em all.

roca's a free agent :ooooo, same as rara

https://clips.twitch.tv/CrypticInventiveDragonfruitPlanking-duR0WxCr50cwj_xN

Bruh I don't even get why they picked up brax. WHERE IS THE IGLLLLL

You mean most loved?

Sadge

I think he meant "steel" ;)

I don't even speak the language and I like it better than english casting just cuz of how hype they are

I've played league for like 4 years and I can tell you if you implemented a system like that into the current valorant system it would be awful. 30+ agents, then we'll talk.

They do that. It still doesn't make a difference. You have to remember, TSM were #1 in North America during most of First Strike with like 2100 rating iirc, and XSET had about 1600 rating at that time. That's a lot of rating to recover.

To judge teams right now, because it's hard to judge the region, you kind of have to judge teams based on what actually happens in game. Like, can they adapt well, exactly how good is their aim, is their map pool solid, do they have good coordination, just things like that. Based off of an analysis like this, Vision Strikers would probably fall into the low end of Masters. This is especially true because they haven't even played against any teams outside of the region so it would take a lot more effort to prepare. Either way, I would love to see some of their set pieces in action in Masters.

EZ4EZ5

Bro this game looked so good
WHY DIDNT IT GET STREAMED AAAAA
16-18
13-6
14-12
AAAAAAAAAA

Semifinal in ro16...

Clawdia is literally a 50/50 almost every game and she is a huge baiter, Osias and potter are shit. EG as an org knew this when they signed the players, they just didn't care.

I'm not arguing that they're top 10. I'm saying that they accumulated a lot of elo/points in the vlr system from months ago, so they are still a top team in terms of the rankings. TSM were first in the rankings for a while and got a lot of important wins in the early stages of valorant. Same for G2, who aren't really a top 10 team, but are also still on the rankings.

I mean TSM was great for a long time. They were first for a while I believe

Well I thought it was two maps, but that works

A duo doesn't have to have a good chemistry for them to be considered a duo.
du·o
/ˈd(y)o͞oō/
noun

1. a pair of people or things, especially in music or entertainment

Thanks, very helpful!

Agreed

Probably. Also ABX have experience against Noble, something LG didn't have.