One more take we're missing

No team can ever be counted out against ANYONE

This exactly, i always look to the anomaly that is KRU making literally every single champions even in their literal winless season. Some teams just pick up steam way later or way earlier than others, but one thing that is always inevitable in valorant is that they run out

I actually kinda agree with this, last year we had this a lot where teams would perform lights out vs international teams but still be haunted by their regional demons

VLR doesn't overrate or underrate a team after the first match of the tournament? You'd think after all the unexplainably random shit that happens in this game people wouldn't be so reactive. Teams will literally have a champions winner level game one week and then look like an ascendant 5 stack the next, there's no real consistency

Also idk if this isn't as common in other countries as it is in the USA but when someone does something unbelievable like that in most american sports they're usually tested the very next day LMAO

agreed because i'm 99% sure doping has been covered up for the USA too, which is why it is very much the pot calling the kettle black

Probably because its literally been proven that in the past China and global authorities have covered up doping for China, not saying they haven't for other countries either but it makes sense why

You said They, there was never any context or implication that implied that this was about the fans brother

so because they rose for a month and won a trophy THEY thought they had a fnatic dynasty? First time i'm hearing of this. You must have some insider info

Flyquest international LAN jerseys are usually always fire

solo rifle buy on a usually more economy focused round

wtf are you whaffling about

aged well lmao

imo their IB hasn't looked that clean all year, they beat LEV and PRX on it but even those looked shaky

Hot take but i'm not counting anyone out until i see people eliminated, there has been way too many upsets in this game

I can't tell if bro is celebrating or having a breakdown behind the screen right now, every reply of his reads so butthurt LMAO

True but VP is also a team that will wait until 15 seconds left to execute. valorant fans would have a breakdown if they had to watch that every round

in Americas challengers league, where's the correlation? was that supposed to be a comeback?

Its been 1 map

I hope one day valorant gets a team like current day VP in CS, their ADHD wouldn't let them get through the rounds

the "It's just map 1" crowd when its a team they're rooting against

Damn you've had this one bottled up all year huh? 10+ messages about ameriacs in 1 hour

Did you even know he was german before he changed his flag?

MY ASCENSION GOAT

Aspas has been stunning players for the last 3 years

agreed

Sorry i guess SEN beating TH and KC for them to get shit on by APAC wasn't directly them eliminating them so i guess that doesn't matter. Also its ironic how suddenly historic matchups don't matter when they aren't in EMEA's favor

I really don't think they're as bad as people are making them out to be right now, especially the people saying they're the WORST team at the tournament. They've literally only lost to Gen.G, and while they are definitely chokers saying they're worse than some of these other teams for losing to the team you guys were saying will be the best team in valorant after this tournament makes no real sense

I wonder why you only choose shanghai to talk about and why you only showed a couple of matches
https://www.vlr.gg/312768/sentinels-vs-team-heretics-champions-tour-2024-masters-madrid-swiss-stage-r1
https://www.vlr.gg/312798/sentinels-vs-karmine-corp-champions-tour-2024-masters-madrid-swiss-stage-r2
https://www.vlr.gg/348457/g2-esports-vs-team-heretics-champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai-r2
https://www.vlr.gg/348469/g2-esports-vs-team-heretics-champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai-ubsf
https://www.vlr.gg/348465/100-thieves-vs-fut-esports-champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai-ubqf

I posted this before the match ended

and every winner of the previous tournament always goes on to finish 2nd-4th at champions

I haven't actually played on the map yet, is it as cancerous to play as it looks

I heard bald players are able to redirect the stage lighting on their heads to blind opponents . Its an advantage that should be bannable

never ask a SEN fan about 2022

wildest part is i think either of those 3 teams are capable of an upset

we'll have to hope aspas can give meteor PTSD or some shit bro

Damn bro i had a very similar story, became a SEN fan because they were my favorite apex team going into the first ALGS season, back when zombs was playing, now i can't say i'm the biggest fan of SEN valorant, but they're definitely one of my favorite teams

see thats a fair point, but i think it is worth mentioning G2 have beat TH twice before, ofc they shit the bed during the BO5 but it atleast tells us they can compete against these teams. LEV have a lot more to prove but given the talent on the roster if they can get some cohesion i think they're a contender

I've kinda seen people pretend like G2 aren't even there, and when they're brought up people act like they haven't looked extremely competitive against the top teams

Phrasing error

I phrased improperly, i was trying to imply this was a weaker version of PRX

11-2

I do genuinely want to know why people think so low of these teams, G2 performed damn well majority of the year and LEV while struggling at Shanghai look like they've found footing. And while it was a weaker version of them, G2 did just 2-0 PRX. I'm just curious as to what makes people so unsure of their performance

I'd say almost any team tbh, anytime anyone loses 99% of people will act like that team is completely fucked, and when people say "It's just one bad game" people tend to say its cope

Why do i feel like this logic only applies to certain teams and not others.

What is G2 and LEV hate based on..? Clearly Shanghai results don't matter otherwise you guys wouldn't shit on G2 so much. So what are we basing G2 and LEV off of? Both teams have improved a lot over the year and look like they're in their strongest forms

TSM 2-1

Both LEV and G2 looked great but people have weird stigmas against both of those teams

Watching good valorant and rooting for my favorite teams or participating in a fictional region war

ok lmao blinded by your hate boner ig