i think wippie is solid, but in 1-to-1 comparisons, both Penny and Wardell have shown to be better. Teams have to be willing to make tough moves to win imo. Effys is by far the weakest link on the team, though. maybe wippie and zellsis could change up their roles.
ultimately i don’t think wardell to V1 happens.

penny is a rifler stuck on a 50/50 entry/awping role. if anything, they drop somebody like wippie and put wardell on chamber/awp role full time. or they drop consistent bottom frag effys and change up their roles.

he's by far the nerdiest Sova main I've EVER seen (and yes, that includes the guy you're thinking of). He had a dart for everything and knew wallbangs that nobody else had discovered. was a valuable asset during the Stage 3 run last year, but didn't have the discipline or aim to win big games. his first duel losses were the big issue.

I love trembo

Total asshole to people in ranked, which isn't a good look. Also, he said something inappropriate on stream a few months ago, but I don't have a clip for proof, so I'll leave it at that.

Well, this should make every remaining TSM fan happy. All of us were hoping for his removal, since the only agent he could play well was Sova. Too bad it happens once Wardell is gone.

Don’t you dare tempt me, TSM, to keep you around as my second favorite team by dropping Aleko and bringing in ZK. No, I don’t deserve this.

the guy that commented this just wants attention from inflammatory opinions online :)

Wardell got freed and can finally join a decent team 😈

this is textbook “digging his own grave and pulling the dirt in on top of himself.” this angry manchild just cannot shut up and move on.

This is pretty cool, considering they made all the LANs so far. Are they the only team to make all 4?

never feel bad for orgs they make big money and don’t give a shit ab ppl just like big companies lol. but i get ur point.

imagine the paradox from those accusations. “they beat every other opponent and won the LAN but obviously don’t deserve to be here.”

top tier 2 team, maybe…
no way they compete with C9, Guard, OpTic, XSET, etc.

maybe this could have some potential, upgrade over Stani/Shanks/Flyuh
Wardell
Neptune
Supamen
Derrek
C0M IGL
Even then, I don’t think this squad would have what it takes to qual for LANs or consistently beat top NA teams.

Wardell dropped 30 in regulation on Ascent against 100T while playing Chamber, which is something nobody could do in Group Stage. Sure, that iteration of 100T wasn’t Tier 1, but nobody in the Tier 1 group stage could do what Wardell did (closest was Saya with 26K, but Wardell did that on Icebox in the same series). Point is, Wardell can make Chamber work very effectively on Ascent. I’d still like him to play Jett sometimes, though.

The team wanted him on Chamber on all maps, that’s it. Every other awper/top player plays both Jett and Chamber, and Wardell should be doing it on his new team. Keep in mind, TSM reached their peak when Wardell played Jett and could freelance with the awp. It’s not traditional, but it can work. Plus his rifling has improved to an almost mediocre level lmaooooo.

he gets a bad rep because he doesn’t rifle enough in pro play to get clips of it. i think if he did it more, ppl wouldn’t be as hard on him. he was also the best TSM pistol player by a mile, especially with the Ghost/USP.

https://youtu.be/dKm-G61M2LI

i’m not saying he’s elite with it, that’s delusional, but he’s good enough for a dedicated awper.

8/8

faze is somehow more fucked than tsm, how is that possible

wardell is the 1-to-1 comparison of Jame in Valorant so he would fit on that team perfectly

i actually didn’t know ab that one, good find

FNC vs M3C and TSM vs GenG were both 23-21 (44 rounds), and both happened on Split.

Trembolona obvious first
I’m a pretty avid Wardell fan, though. I could, rather ashamedly, take second, but it’s not my spot to nominate myself.

how incredibly dedicated and loyal, trembolona would be my ULTIMATE boyfriend 😩

sayaplayer is 4 syllables compared to 2 in spyder, so technically sayaplayer sounds a bit cumbersome in comparison.
but what really matters is that he’s using the original name he wanted now.

Porsche

there’s a couple 50 minute vods on YT, was interesting content to listen to while I showered this morning. i wonder if this is another example of content farming, fucked up if true over such a serious argument.

Nonexistent
I’m a free agent until Wardell signs.

so they not doing a group stage this time?

how can you say they have the best when it took a bunch of overtime rounds? 13-3 is a different story.

pleaseeeeee pick a top team, need to see this beast competing on LANs.

Yes please do that, I am ashamed of my past and have constantly prayed for forgiveness.

Don't forget cNed too!

fake flair get baited oof, how did i do for my first time

I find both of their voices annoying, but both are skilled at what they do.

How XSET could have been good:
XSET Cryo
XSET zekken
XSET trent (-BcJ)
XSET zander (-dephh)
XSET anyone.else.but.ayrin (neT, ANDROID, etc)

at least they got one of the cryo/zander duo, which is better than a lot of other teams

everybody starts talking after one and two maps smh, let the third end first

ohhhhhhh I didn't buy this one so I didn't pay attention to the skins, tysm!

alrighty mitch fans, what awp skin is mitch using? kinda clean and unique at least.

Yo Chet ditched TSM (back when I was still a fan and cared) without making them a top team. So that made me salty back in the day. But with hindsight, TSM reached their peak (top 8 NA) under him (Stage 3 2021), so maybe he did the best he could with the “talent” on the team.

I want C9 to win but I predict Cryo will diff Leaf. He’ll cement himself as a top 3 awper NA, which imo are miles ahead of anyone else in the region.

yep, even when SEN were winning all the 2021 VCT Challenger Events (“qualifier for the qualifier for the…”), NV/OpTic were finishing 2-8th consistently. they’ve made every A-tier regional event (except one) since the game began and they were known as “together we are terrific.”

good man, i'll keep an eye out for you in the Masters threads and we can celebrate together

at least they have another chance to qual, i think c9 makes it over them though. unlucky, nt to trent and the gang.

what a lovely non-toxic opinion to be found on VLR. i will certainly be pulling for them on an international stage, a good awper does things to me. i think OpTic gets their first LAN win.

Your discomfort makes him and only him happy, because he's a "baiter" or whatever. Sociopathic but apparently not bannable, oh well!

To be realistic, anyone that thinks an AWP should be entrying is mistaken. Good for Yay if he could make it work that map, but it shouldn't be normal.

Yay is playing very well, which pains me as a Wardell stan since they're technically competitors in the NA scene.
TSM did a very poor job of giving Wardell a system so he could find impact. It kinda looked like he did his own thing, like a lurker but with an awp.
But let's not forget he had plenty of impact, too, just not on a large stage.
End Wardell love note.

u okay friend?

After the whole fiasco with Keloqz and the constant flip-flops between him and Mixwell, I firmly believed G2 didn’t deserve to qualify. Just seemed like shitty management. Looks like Mixwell was the correct choice though, plus I like Avova, so best of luck to them.

goddamn, 3 whole Bo5 series. Mad respect for organizing it this way to ensure the best team makes it.