G2 is literally the guard with leaf.. i mean the guard was the second best team in NA alongside XSET before franchising.. kids on these forums have short term memory. G2 should be considered a super team

owned him in tier 2 and owning him in franchised

i was watching demon1 but bro cant form a single coherent sentence and has 0 insight on the game

jawg wasnt always the entry what are u smoking.. he literally played omen. its just the meta.. i could say zekken the raze merchant once raze gets nerfed next year or its all some other duelist maps.. u cant sit here and predict anything for 2025

xeppaa was one of the most promising NA cs players which was like 4 years ago.. somehow he is still riding on that

yeah when demon1 didnt work.. its all recency bias

what does "pull" even mean.. do u think fns decides the meta or maps or practice schedule? he literally said on stream the coach / chet takes care of it all, he is more of an att side calling/ on the go decision making and as the name suggests, "in-game" leader. im not tryna belittle FNS's efforts but lets not dillute chet's efforts

lol what a dumb post.. fns just calls in game.. all the preparation and info and util is done by the coaching staff.. i know chet is the new scapegoat but if you have ever seen any of their vlogs from optic/nrg which is the closest we can get to know what happens behind the scenes - chet works really hard and especially when the schedule is too tight - he doesnt even get sleep.. they failed as a team

they are both decent players.. boostio c0m jawgemo were nobodies in 22

i dont think anyone on EG lacks quality + super teams mostly fail.. other than the fact that most established pros would not prefer EG because of their contracts (like C9).. not much would change. she had a weak/novice team last year and won.. i think its mostly rng whether a team clicks together in time or they dont

why would nrg want potter when she couldnt qualify either? also it seems eg and potter are a duo themselves like fns som, victor crashies.. she has been there since time began

lol the kids calling u sexist are the real sexists cause they think women are incapable of handling online criticism

ye i am salty cause im a c9 hater but that 11-12 round 4v2 spam game.. a single bullet hits those 2 c9 players and we wouldnt be here........ anyway fk yall fk c9 fk this rng shit game im done watching vct

https://x.com/FNS/status/1788344245838917786

this song from FNS hits different now..

thats not true, tenz always maintains that he can play any agent which is what even yay had said on stream - very different from admitting that learning new roles is important to keep one's spot

your an idiot with 0 reading comprehension lmao.. i am not talking about reasons why he joined lev, its why he decided to switch roles

video says nothing about how he WANTED to switch roles, he is talking about joining a team.. anyway no pro will come out n say "oh i switched cause i wanted to keep my place in tier 1 or any team" not even tenz will say that but its just reality - u learn and play a different agent

why would he do that when its his job at the moment? do u have a job? do u enjoy everyday of it? its how he makes money and he worked hard to be able to cruise through some of the days when he doesnt want to be there..

if u need better entertainment find a different source

i dont think he had a ton of options tbh.. he was heartbroken when g2 decided to let him go and were considering leaf/jawgemo. can you show me where he says he wanted to switch? what aspas says may sound inspirational but it is not realistic. not everyone has the clout of aspas or derke who can get the chance to play whatever role they want.. others have to adjust/learn new roles like his teammate tex

what about tex... isnt that exactly what tex is doing - he converted himself to a sentinel

keeping quoting 1 game and lets forget about the countless games chinese teams have been "dismantled" by Americas

i've probably travelled, lived and worked in more countries and continents than you can imagine but its ok this is vlr so u just sit and assume

how is population the sole criteria? if thats the case then india should get its own slots too lol.. south america and tier 2 NA has alot of talent which is either sitting on the sidelines or playing challengers when they can easily compete at the highest level.. especially when the highest level is diluted through reserved slots for chinese teams

if viewership is the only criteria then riot should only focus on china and india.. i mean i can bet LOUD or even MIBR/Furia can still beat the best of china

if riot wants to develop china and give it seperate slots from apac... there is no reason why south america shouldnt have seperate slots.. more teams in tier 1 for both SA and NA (teams like OXG, M80, DarkZero in tier 1 would be so dope).. really sad no brazil for champs

just tenz survived from 2021 sen.. guard is g2 + lev tex both doing good.. if people gave sen 2 years, surely we give loud and optic core more time

EG 0-2 MIBR aint happening

ur right chances are pretty slim. kru vs c9 is also another tossup.. idk if both of those teams can get 6 since kru plays c9 and g2.. then c9 plays nrg kru.. i think c9 gets 6 but there is a chance kru can be stuck with 5

kru would dogwalk navi

there are other ways.. eg plays 100t and if eg loses that and nrg beat c9.. nrg will go through

i wouldnt wanna play NRG if they sneak in.. peaking at the right time can be dangerous

wait if my math is mathing.. 6th team can realistically only have 5 wins since 100t and EG play eachother... so one of them will be stuck on 5 wins. if NRG beats C9 they have a really good chance for playoffs

0 braincell sen fan comment

can u comprehend english

this was never going to work.. FNS's stream was doing so good and he did not even wish to be back, not this season at least. I can bet it was s0m who was getting all these comments on how he has never won anything + being young and sitting out to stream.. he must've forced FNS to play

who are u to judge that mr couch potato

the new asuna since he won americas league this year... finds a spot through thick and thin

zellsis always seems to be trying too hard.. i know it aint that serious but that tweet was unnecessary for sure

start split 2 bottom of the table 3-3 with the worst map differential and like 3 champ points - literally no chance of being the 4th team
will play 4 matches against - g2, sen, c9, kru.... so 2 went to masters, 1 won madrid and c9, kru looked -- to make playoffs

literally 0 chances of making it to champs

it is personal preference and maybe biased towards americas but i dont think the stats are way off

i dont think there is a better player than Less in terms of consistency and his stats as a sentinel.. he made top 4 in madrid without aspas.. lets see how well lev does in shanghai

#6 is good though.. look at people above him.. they are all insane and consistent. if lev finishes atleast top 4 at shanghai i think aspas would be top 3 for me

jingg in honorable mention.. maybe breaks through if they can win shanghai.. other 2 are great but i cant remove anyone to accommodate them

derke should be honorable mention.. its 15 people and major champs dont have space with loud, fnatic and optic core so even though mako has been insane i dont see him on this list considering drx could never really win important matches

if u notice i put everyone's current team or else it wouldnt be nrg demon1 either

i am pretty sure victor crashies have been placing higher in international tournaments on a consistent basis over the years above cned and nats.. if u can prove otherwise then i can take it back i got no problem

i could be biased towards americas honestly cant lie.. but its hard to remove anyone to fit them IMO

till madrid.. dont cry about my list - make ur own if u want

1. LOUD Less
2. FNATIC Chronicle
3. PRX F0rsaken
4. SEN Sacy(2 majors)
5. LOUD Saadhak
6. LEV aspas
7. FNS
8. SEN Tenz (2 majors)
9. FNATIC Leo
10. FNATIC Alfajer
11. NRG Victor
12. NRG Demon1
13. Navi ardiis
14. NRG Crashies
15. Bleed yay

honorable mentions : suygetsu, shao, marved, jiing, d4v4i, mindfreak

idk man do u play on a laptop? i feel most silver - gold - plat stay in that hole because they have pathetic systems or internet.. maybe try upgrading and see

tenz likes the mechanics aspect of an fps game and valorant isnt all about movement and gun mechanics.. it doesnt have the same depth in that region like cs but has much more to offer in agents and maps

Cs is literally unplayable for an average joe with all the hacks and pathetic support from valve so it will never find traction with newer players and grow as an esport