have u seen the competition tho? all the non-franchise orgs are likely invited (6 total, ex: G2), so nobody really stands out. including tigg/rossy, but oh well.

are playing open quals as "The Nation." wardell was my fav player back in the day so this interests me, plus stewie is popular from cs. no idea how this team will hold up, or if brax/stewie have enough valorant experience yet, but i figured some ppl would care.

if no care then skip to next thread :)

konfig

shahz sick dapr back to CSGO with subrozaaaaa

when i said they were tier 2 a couple weeks ago, i disagreed with HEAVILY

controller is one of the simplest agents to play. and they can typically blow their smokes and run in with duelists, which is good if you're an entry-IGL type.
initiator used to be a good IGL role when sova was always played, since sova is kinda designed to sit back and stay alive all round. fade/skye/kayo are all used as entry agents NOW though, so controllers are still >>>
sentinel agents are decent for IGL, but you're lurking on attack and not with the team, so it's not ideal. i threw them in since FNS

for the past few months, i feel like the operator has been much less prominent in pro play.
notably, yay/optic use it. cryo/xset use it. ardiis/fpx use it.
a lot of other teams go without a designated operator player. a lot of gun rounds, whether offense OR defense, i saw 5 rifles.

i still believe that teams need a designated operator player to be elite, so we'll see how this changes in franchising.

can't deny the young talent that 100T has now, though, with Bang AND Cryo.

you remember me :)

yes definitely. he’s never been bad, just lost due to team

this is probably the nastiest team in the tourney.
wardell farms just like the old fragadelphia lans in csgo

cool to see him competing.

i wouldn’t describe killing religious heretics as “cancel culture”

world has always been shit, don’t fall for the boomer narrative. our generation is still having SOME positives, so enjoy life.

idk elige has played much better since cologne started. yek still has a bunch of impact tho. seems like a team effort tbh.

he said he had plenty of offers but didn’t want to play pro. i’m sure some of those offers still stand. nobody in the pro scene forgets how good he is. hope to see him back soon or else val gets pretty boring to watch for me (what i get for liking only one player)

anyone who signs wardell

mid player becomes free agent after franchising, wow who woulda thought

yep that’s the guy

franchise teams can still scrim with non-franchised teams.
they would prob prefer that, just to show less strats.

i’m not gonna shit on your work, it’s a good compilation.

in case you didn’t know, vanity+leaf+xeppaa have been together since ChaosEC in CSGO. idk why you have them separated. things like this make me question several roster combos.

also, there’s no way that ethan switched from CS (the best player to switch, btw) to not make a franchised team. same with s0m, who was one of americas best upcoming talents. maybe there will be a counter-exodus back to CS, who knows…

i agree with your IGL “ranking” (top 5, that is). dephh, FNS, vanity.

bingo

listen why does riot insist on doing stupid shit.
South America should have their own franchise, w 10+ teams
ditto with NA.
and relegation
just shamelessly copy the old ESL Pro League regional seasons.
some teams would get farmed but who cares.
unless there’s a tier 2 league for each reason too. but even then, they won’t be able to play top talent and prove themselves.

i’d rather get OSHA approved sound cancelling construction earmuffs so I don’t have to hear her voice. It’s got a real strange quality to it that makes it unlistenable for me.

i watch csgo bc the talent in that game is fucking nasty.
and the production >>>>
and the casters >>>>>>>>>>
it’s a decent viewing experience, and there’s almost always a high stakes tourney going on.

i prefer to play valorant tho, csgo actually is uninstalled on my PC rn.

wdym by 360? like you can watch a backup camera on a players ass as they run around? 🤪

but a replay system would be fantastic

tarik accomplished more in csgo and more in valorant without even playing pro 🍺

i’m just confused how these people were selected to desk the biggest val tourney of the year. like meemee (?) really. REALLY need some more talent.

facts and achievement?
ok, sure.
you can barely find people like derke, nats, ardiis, etc on liquipedia or hltv. their profiles barely even exist, that's how irrelevant they were in CSGO.
meanwhile, players like s0m, ethan, wardell, steel, vanity, yay, depph, etc all have plenty of experience in tier 2 csgo. you can go check.
not sure if this is what you meant but that's the point i wanted to make, thx

he’s had offers but he’s waiting for franchising to even consider them. that’s what’s been reported, at least.

he was going to be signed to Liquid before he switched to Val. He was a Tier 1 player on a Tier 1.5 peak Ghost team. He’s made some pretty insane plays, beaten simple/zywoo/nikos in some Bo1s when he had the chance to go international. and absolutely farmed NA pro league.

As far as the NA scene,
i’d argue that wardell has been just as consistent as yay. he hasn’t had a chance internationally, so I can’t comment on that, but wardell consistently carried tsm with all of their roster iterations.

good luck.
Valorant needs to be searching relentlessly for better casters, so i hope you get a shot. look into monthly Knights tournaments, as the Knights are open to newer casters/producers working some of the opening matches.
Make sure to build your resume with observer only VODs, I think that would be a good move but I don’t have much knowledge in your field.

asuna also said wardell was the greatest awper in valorant.
so believe him at your own risk

wardell back on a team

na has the most depth because the entire tier 2 csgo scene switched to valorant. eu basically has no depth because there are still hundreds of EU teams in CS.

which isn’t a knock on EU, btw, honestly impressed at how competitive they are with less depth.

this has been established for a long time.
The only decent NA teams in CSGO are Liquid, Complexity, and EG. The only Tier 2 teams are EG.PA, EG.CD, ATK, and maybe a couple others.

Players on teams like ChaosEC, Ghost, C9, eUnited, etc all switched to Valorant. That’s why the 2022 NA LCQ looks just like a 2019 Tier2 NA CS tournament. Same names, even same cores in some cases.

And can you blame them?
PS: This is the reason NA has success internationally. EU doesn’t suck, they just have former Tier3/4 CS talent instead of Tier2 CS talent.

wardell > will
i’ll log out now, sorry

regardless
this man has such an annoying voice and acts like he has the biggest brain in the world. i don’t consume any of his content for that reason.

DAMN they didn’t like that

this is a decent observation

3 teams in the lower bracket first round 🤯 didn’t expect that

ggs dexter, was pulling for you guys. really good end to the season, though. if 100t can stick together for franchising, they’ve got a bright future.

i called this would happen, teams getting all scrambled up and rarely keeping the original 5.

i see a bunch of banned kids in twitch chat of tier 2 NA tournies. always jerking each other off after meeting online 😂

you run the risk of becoming a 3 region esport like csgo with no asian teams if you f with slots too much

nah his cute lil squeals sound normal for him

not sure what this means, but...

there are hundreds of EU teams still competing in CS. they even have all Spanish, all German teams (etc) over there. Meanwhile, there are only 3 NA teams left in CS.

All the remaining talent from NA went to Val. The EU players in Val were bottom-of-the-barrel in CS, so they should be commended for being so competitive.

they're already too hype, good lord. i'd hate to hear anyone that yells more than the play by play guy (doug?). balla is ok as a color caster

exactly. just like cs players are better. valorant took the tier 2 players from other games, and they took the tier 2 casters/production/coaches as well. nothing bad about that necessarily, good to see them get a chance to improve.

the "one guy" you mention literally squeals for anything. gotta mix in highs and lows.