If T1 made Madrid I genuinely think they would win. I feel like they might be the best Pacific team atm they just got unlucky and got fucked by the single elim format in a super close game with one of the most experienced cores in Valorant history. xccurate my goat

It's because his flag is the only one that isn't red, white and blue

Bro might be the most underrated player at Madrid. I feel like he's been absurdly consistent with sleeper performances in every match. He might be the best smokes player in EMEA. Makes you really understand just how dirty he got did last year

GE Monyet is back, let's fucking go

Didn't Monyet play duelist before he signed to GE and then got put on smokes on GE?

Didn't Monyet play duelist before he signed to GE and then got put on smokes on GE?

Most normal Paper Rex round

...surely not right?

Can you do this in ardiis' voice?

Giga banger, hoping for a SEN win A) because of copium, B) because it would be really funny to have an international event without FNC, NAVI, DRX AND NRG after like 2 years of the same players being near the top of playoffs

-bang +zander
-Cryo +Jawgemo

NEVER FUCKING MIND ME WHEN I PLAY THE SAME COMPS FOR 2 YEARS IN A ROW AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm 99% sure FNC thought they could just diff the other teams to get to Madrid while they just use their old shit, before they pull out their actual strats at Madrid. So do you think they'll whip out what they actually cooked up in the next map against KC because they didn't expect to be pressed like this

No one's beating Dragon Ranger Gaming. They won't drop a map in 2024

Nah, NAVI are so back. Keith is gonna Yoru diff Derke in Madrid Grand Finals

My man he has had 4 years on this roster and all he has to show for it is, First Strike, top 4 in Masters Berlin and one win at Champs 2022. I think it's safe to say he's had enough time

S - FNC, NAVI, LOUD, NRG
A - SEN, TH
B - KC, LEV, VIT, FUT, G2, MIBR, EG
C - KOI, GX, M8, KRU, C9, 100T
D - TL, BBL
F(URIA) - FURIA

Unironically SEN vs TH would be a giga banger match

Now that SEN vs 100T has run it's course because 100T fans are all on suicide watch and have no more copium left, and SEN are an actual team again, is KOI vs KC the new clout match? Both have similar fanbases, there's an even bigger rivalry because French people and Spanish people hate each other, KC and KOI were both clown teams last year and look like they've levelled up a lot (though KC do look way better).

ANGE1's aim is actually quite decent, for a 34 year old IGL he's Demon1. Bro just has -100 self preservation and most of the time doesn't even shoot a shot because he's mid tp animation

ANGE1 is a goated IGL he just gets possessed by silly genes sometimes

If KC win play ins, it means that KC vs TH can't happen in the play offs, which also means that we can't get NAVI vs FNC in the playoffs so both teams can qualify to Madrid.

With this in mind WHAT IS THE COLOUURRRRRRRR? BLEUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! ALEEZZZZZZ! KCWIIIIIIIIIIN!

Just in terms of the quality of play. There were so many downright troll rounds from both teams. The 4v5 save against stingers by Liquid made me want to rip my eyes out

This might be the worst game in EMEA so far

I feel like SUYGETSU's probably in a better spot overall. ANGE1 may giga int but he does it for a reason and calls well, and even frags out some maps. Enzo somehow gets less kills on average with worse calling, and doesn't even int to get traded/info like ANGE1 does

My goat piss stick popping off after he read all the slander he got from the Navi match

The VS core just got denied qualification to an international event by a team with Lakia on. This means that Masters Madrid will have a Sentinels vs Fnatic GF with Sentinels winning

Nah, I'd say after Kickoff EMEA ranking probably goes from best to worst FNC, Navi, VIT, TH, FUT, KC, TL, GX, M8, KOI, BBL

Man looks like Vikkstar123

No I did not but that's fucking sick

NAVI 2-0, if ANGE1 picks Sova and just decides to shoot back. His aim is actually quite decent he just plays borderline suicidal, so if he plays like he did on Ascent against BBL then the man can frag. Ardiis looks on form and there's no need to worry about Shao, Suygetsu and Zyppan.

Unless ofc the Play-In winner comes from Group A, and considering FUT are in the lower bracket of that group there is a highly likely chance of that happening

After almost all of the teams in VCT have debuted, I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by how good all the teams looked so far. Last year there were maybe like 6 teams that looked good and a LOT of teams looked downright shit. But now the level definitely seems to have risen. There are very few teams that have played so far that I would say looked bad. Especially in EMEA and Pacific. And the amount of top teams that could punch for a title as exponentially increased. 2024 is looking like it'll be a great year for Valorant.

Based on Convergence and this opening map it seems FUT's number 1 strategy will always be to throw at the start then lock in and come back like crazy. Heart palpitations rates will rise in Turkey by 200%

I apologize Boo, I was not familiar with your game

Furia in R6: ⚰️

Yet another giga banger, we eating good with this group

Is t3xture Korean mwzera? Holy shit bro's been cooking these past 2 games

I was unironically thinking KRU would end 5th-7th in Americas. Shyy and keznit are insane. Klaus is a great supportive player and hype man. Melser is a fairly good igl and mta looked crazy in the off season. If KRU were any other team people would be putting them on the same level as C9

kiNgg went from the IGL desperately trying to drag his team to success, doing pretty much everything with a bot duelist to the bot frag IGL who sends in a fucking psychopath to murder the enemies for him while he sits back and farms assists while watching Boostio become what he used to be. Bro was probably chilling for the first game in a year

Welp, it might be joever. Next map is Ascent, which Loud have only ever lost on like, twice I think? Once to OpTic in Reykjavik finals and once to Fnatic in Lock//In finals. I might be off the goop and forgetting one time but even if there was another stray loss at some point it's still an absurd record. SEN have apparently been cooking something on Ascent but idk if it'll be enough to compete with a record like that

Havoc gonna drop 50 this map just to make up for that performance

Havoc is fighting for his life out there. 2 eco frags, one of which he almost whiffed. Rough opening game for VCT

Marved I can get behind but bang better than Shao and nAts? Bait or mental retardation?

...surely not right?

M8 got thrown in the deep end of VCT. A group with the best team in the world from last year and the team that cooked the hardest in the off season

KOI were already predicted 11th place and then the favourite agent of 3/5 of their players got nerfed into the ground lmao. Rito REALLY didn't want an upset happening here

BMTH's best album is Survival Horror and That's the Spirit is absurdly mid

Joining the club with Sean "sean_gares" Gares

I'm feeling a KRU run in Kickoff brewing tbh. I could totally see them beating G2 and EG, and then they only have to win an upset match in Playoffs to make it to Madrid. Imagine how fucking hilarious would it be that only one of SEN, NRG, LEV or LOUD make it to Madrid cuz keznit was kinda feeling himself

Paper Rex 5v50 all of Pacific all at once