icebox has been my favorite map since it came out. im happy to see its popularity grow

good take

it was one loss. i dont think they need to do anything just yet

same, dont even want to talk about mine. pain

agreed. nice to see

just saw that, unlucky

what was your thought process? so many upsets

edit: just saw the no 100% pickems but some people did predict xset vs sentinels upset, troll or skill?

i dont think babybay is deserving, not really consistent and theres better options IMO

nukkye supremacy

agreed. with that tweet however im hopeful for nobles future if they willingly left meaning they can/want to find new talent in the future and theyve done a pretty good job at that.

they did pretty good against 100t and beat TSM (although tier 2 stats wise number 1 in popularity) for a tier 2 org thats really not super well known. i dont think it was looking good, they probably got bought out and wasnt worth finding new talent IG.

edit: just saw frosty tweet

??? money struggle? maybe levi and another player bought out? they were just looking good...

personally i would never judge a team without seeing results on paper first, thats why i said its opinion based though. i agree i love yay and the ABX guys but until i see something i can only call the a talented roster like ive called NRG

honestly most of the skill gap between diamond, imm and radiant (not pro radiant) is just consistency, you have good mechanics and good game sense but you still need to learn more situations because you will get a game where you drop 30 and then a game where you dont do that good. ive seen radiant smurfs go negative in diamond lobbies just because by then you already have an understanding of how to play at a top level, you just cant constantly play at it yet

i guess it depends how strict you want to be with t1 standard. but i would say the current tier 1 teams are:

SEN
100t
ENVY
GENG
V1
XSET
C9

BORDERLINE T1 (still can be considered t1 depending on person):
T1
NRG
ABX
Luminosity
Soniqs
TSM
Renegades
KCP
IMT
Noble

sorry if i missed any. however alot of the reasons for some teams being borderline is not enought time playing other tier 1 teams or just lack of consistency. there definitely needs to be more tournaments where teams can compete against eachother and we can watch to get a better idea of a list and thats why this is always such a hard topic to cover for the site. we have no idea. also this game is very inconsistent atm because of how new it is so things are being created everyday making some players stand out some days and not others.

not just silver bronze. in diamond elo every game ive played recently has had atleast one or two level 5 to 15 default skin smurf. very annoying and although its different since most of the time even if they are radiant smurfs the difference is minimal honestly.

everyones said the ones i want to see in sen vs acend, but i want to see asuna on lan and leaf on lan (100t and c9) vs anyone i just want to watch them to see how they are vs their online selves. G2 because i like G2 and zeek because i like zeek

F wish his family and friends well

to be honest, i dont know why they even got rid of kehmicals in the first place, truo and kehm are both players that deserve to be on the starting roster. shot up yoru isnt working either, they shouldnt be doing this bad. EG is a pretty good team but its basically a 5v4

definitely the new team, they have time to improve with lots of talent on a roster. while tenz and friends was just tenz 1v5ing. although i think some of the c9 roster could use some work/changes. they have a really good roster that need some time

i think its too early to tell, most of these teams lost 1 or 2 games to teams who have alot of potential can be tier 1 potential or couldve just fluked it one time. Maybe during berlin we can have a pretty solid look on whos where. IMT, TSM arent looking too hot though

couldnt play with full roaster, thief is a great player, but zellsis is a massive part of V1. post plant is still around. i feel like theyll rebound

pain

our teams will both be back soon... hopefully :(

:)

lol

c4lypso is one of the accused matchfixers, bad pr move blah blah hated by the site etc

played beta casually with friends, didnt play the first 2 acts, played casually with friends up until this recent act where im trying to play comp

plat 3 lvl 114

dapr and leaf

they couldnt before

agreed except vanity. leaf is pretty good, actually really good, but any player wanting to switch now will have no success. as time goes on even pros that are well known in cs will lose value in valorant. hot take but its true, you can see how its not just players from other games now its players from tier 2 valorant starting to make spotlight

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

42 assists holy

one match one map isnt gonna make them edge of anything but its a step in the right direction, maybe in time or with roster changes (dont ask what because i dont know) they have some t1 potential, they have a chance to make closed this time i feel

nt

yea hes a sentinel, aka just cypher, one trick. great lurker, holds down sites and is really 5head in his setups and ways he does things. however only down side is lack of faze level experience, so we'll see how well it does against high ranking teams

no politics please.

nvm not baiter just braindead. "raw potential" which is true, individual talent thats yet to been used correctly and implemented into a team aspect. only thing with a top 6 in it that eg can consider is top 64...

0/8 horrible bait

imo nrg has one of the most talented rosters, almost underrated like in how much raw potential is in that squad. exciting to see how they end up

i wouldnt consider v1 a roster change since its only temporary

TLDR:
marved /msg'd zacharee saying saying bro..? in reference to faze being in scrims without him
then he said he will take the day off and messaged NV victor after saying hey

reyna, omen, and yoru has awp potential but jett is still the best awp agent

in my opinion, these are the flashes ranked for me. (this is personally enjoy, not for actual practicality)

1. Kay/O: havent used yet but from what i see ill really enjoy these since they are like cs flashes.
2. Yoru: personal favorite at the moment, really nice and quick to use i just really like these
3. Skye: freedom to use and are very versatile, also give info which is cool
4. Reyna: pretty useful, no matter the rank no one shoots them anyway and are pretty quick to use and go through walls
5. Omen: this flash is very useful and i like it but it doesnt have the same freedom as the others
6. Breach: at this point in the list i probably wouldnt pick these but breach flashes are okay i dont really enjoy using them though
7. Phoenix: i despise these flashes i just dont use them

what does everyone else think

TRUE. TSM is more overhyped then c9b. The only team c9b has beat thats top 5 is envy and that was with poiz who did really well that game. so we really dont know what to expect from c9b who havent played with xeppaa yet.

in NA android, jcstani, yay, tex, s0m, zombs (alot of people call him carried and horrible when they really just arent looking at the full picture)

harsh but its true, same with tsm now, havent played an official and they are already being ranked as a team to go to berlin. they are all talented on paper but its been proved time and time again paper ratings doesnt mean anything. we'll see i really want to see c9b do well.

daps retired so very unlikely, stellar maybe but i doubt

not really, theres way more important factors other then the awp.they were simply outplaying the rest of the regions in terms of strats and pure skill. but the players who did awp also were able to be really flexible with their gun choices using rifles and other weapons. Wardell is a true awper and his rifle is kinda lacking in comparison to his awp.