They usually perform really well in EMEA before events so that's why they are hyped. But you realistically cannot be hyped of this roster. It legit has 4 superstar level players and on paper is the most stacked roster there is. Compare that to Enzo and Mistic.

Unfortunately true, true and true

We all know that the core of OpTic will carry NA next year like they have done in past 1.5 years already. Nothing new.

If roster of Derke, Alfajer, Leo, Chronicle and Boaster isn't the best on paper then I don't know who is

People forget but BONECOLD usually used to be the 2nd fragger for Acend during Koldamenta days. Seems like IGLing really took a toll on his individual game so nice to see him back doing well individually.

100T are slightly overrated. I'm telling you. People act like they were amazing in Champions while in reality they weren't anything special. Peal and Haven victory over Fnatic and both of those maps looking really shaky for Fnatic. And one close Breeze (upset map) vs DRX. Outside of that they got pretty outclassed on all the other maps. Just look at FNS VOD reviewing Fnatic vs 100T Bind. 100T playing so scared just like they did today vs Heretics.

Yes. Why not? He makes some cents from it but I don't care.

they have 2 subs what you expect

LETS GOO

His aim isn't that good and he always looks shaky, but he is clearly smart player listening to his interviews etc and his util is decent. Really fun to listen to.

He has always been relatively weak as individual. Some people just rate him highly because of couple of clutch rounds during Copenhagen and Champions. Outside of that he always looked pretty weak on LAN. Before Masters 2 Copenhagen he looked decent in EMEA but if you look at LANs he always performs worse.

Nah great showing from them tbh. I didn't and don't expect much from them but they still managed to have really close 3 maps vs team that some people predict to be top 2 in Americas lol. With like month of pracc as well. But they def showed potential and happy to see great performances from keloqz on Ascent and Boo proving that he can be top tier IGL calling and even fragging wise.

Invididually no way. purp0 was their best or 2nd best player. Iluri used to be their IGL though so maybe he added more calling to this team.

Hard to know. People only say this because these 2 ended up having good games vs tier 1 teams. Its really possible they won't be even top 5 Ascensions who knows. There are good talent in tier 2.

Sayf is super good especially since Masters 2. He was really good before as well but feels like Masters 2 really activated him and good to see that he managed to continue that form into LCQ and now RedBull. Really good individual but underrated.

100T is overrated anyway

Heretics is testing weird comp and Fokus tier 2 team with a sub lmao

https://www.twitch.tv/redbull main stream

Even that 10% is more than what Champions crowd was, plus finals crowd was way more stacked than Champions finals. And on top of that that shit would happen in any game. Like roll Champions finals XSET vs Xerxia and see the viewership. Also it wasnt' the only event and Major Antwerp clears any Valorant event so far.

he just walked from the middle while clapping, while the actual guys were coming from side and then he just walked to stage with them. Watching replay of it is just comedic masterpiece

Holy fuck that actually happened lmao has to be one of the funniest moments in a while the way how he just walked casually and joined the group

EZ

it will always be shit until there's custom servers aka never

I'm not arguing which one of the games is better or will be in the future, but at this point this year I strongly believe Valorant shouldn't be winning the game of the year award. But its based on community votes and I believe CSGO and LoL esport viewers aren't as active in this type of community vote things. And I'm not even arguing Valorant vs CSGO only when you also have LoL in there.

Yes improved from last year but it still isn't LoL or even CSGO level. Like how can you look at LoL for example and say that its worse esport game compared to Valorant? Even their regional LANs were more hype than Valorant Champions ngl. I obviously like Valorant but cmon.

Antwerp Major? Really good event. And what Valorant had? All of their events were pretty mid compared to what esports event can be and were nothing compared to Antwerp for example. And then you have LoL with Worlds, MSI and even the regional finals were really good. Valorant had Reykjavik with no crowd, Copenhagen with small crowd and Champions Istanbul that was overall pretty mid and they just recycled same elements every event. Worlds finals alone is better than all 3 combined. Game Changers was cool tho because women scene isn't usually focused on but thats it. Even all the 3rd party tournament have been really meh so far.

Undeserved IMO. Game Changers was cool, but outside of that no way Valorant should be winning it over LoL or even CSGO in year 2022. Maybe next year but not yet. CSGO kind of fumbled with recent Major, but then you have LoL.

Yay deserved tho and I'm fine with LOUD.

I mean I voted for Yay because he had amazing year, but him winning over all the other players wasn't something I expected. Same with Valorant as the "esport game of the year". Felt bit weird but I guess Brazilian fans voted like crazy or Riot just paid them lol

link didn't work for me. Just said that couldn't be found.

I predict them to win, but I'm not saying they will 100% win. I also predicted them to win G-Loot and even though they didn't they had close game vs NaVi all things considered. My point is that people are just talking how C9, 100T or TL will just destroy everyone else while putting no respect on teams like Vitality(especially) and Heretics. These 2 teams can definitely challenge the "top dogs" and make them work for their victory. They have the quality and potential to do well and possibly even win the event (low %), but get really overlooked due to low clout.

I didn't downvote. I downvote really rarely and only clear bait comments.

Vitality has Molsi who is one of the best flex players in EMEA. Twisten who is good enough to go against any of those players. Bonecold is pretty similar to Klaus in many ways if you think about it. ceNder can put up performances, but I agree that he didn't play that great in G-Loot. And ofc Destrian is kinda weak as individual but I think he will perform better in RedBull and he is support anyway.

I wouldn't call KRU stronger on paper

Nah I actually watch these teams and players and don't just rate them based on clout. Ofc it also includes some copium but it isn't deciding factor. They can def put up a fight even if they lost in the end.

Not really. Molsi and Twisten are amazing duo and both Bonecold and ceNder can perform to decent level as well. Only Destrian is unknown because he played pretty bad in G-Loot. KRU doesn't have "way better players".

Vitality got this. I think them and Team Heretics will perform way better than some expect and make the tournament competitive.

Molsi and Twisten duo can challenge any of the teams and if Bonecold keeps performing like he did in G-Loot, and ceNder doesn't have terrible tournament (played below my expectations) I think they will do fine. Destrian is bit questionably for now, but I think it can't be much worse and I think he will look better as time goes by. They had some cool ideas in G-Loot and have already played some officials. Also as I said I think this team will get better and better as they build structure.

And Team Heretics has a lot of firepower and experience if they are in form. If guys like Zeek and Mixwell can put up similar performances as they did in India they could do well as well. Their chemistry already looked pretty good and Boo's calling seemed to be good.

People only look at TL, 100T and C9 but Vitality and Heretics can definitely give them a fight.

Ardiis is still European player, also Sayf 100% deserves to be here. He was beast during Copenhagen and EMEA LCQ. If Guild had done better as a team Sayf could have been the best EMEA Chamber if he continued performing on similar level.

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The Brothers Lionheart
its kids book, but I was so fascinated of the way they approach topics like death and afterlife for a kids book.

Ardiis, Derke, Sayf > Yay, Cryo, Dicey(?)
yay is the best, but as trio

His peaks are good tier 1 level, but unfortunately he is usually really inconsistent and doesn't really perform on regular games. He turns into great player during playoffs usually for some reason. Pretty big reason why G2 reached Masters 1 Reykjavik earlier this year and why they also did well in EMEA LCQ. Really hope he can find some consistency.

yes yes yes and yes

Don't remember all, but that Jett knife with her picture init, Recon Ghost and that white/golden Marshal skin and then that ugly 3D halloween? texture glass OP and then 2 random skins.

nah hoody is good as well. He didn't have great final moments in G2, but he is one of the better flex players in EMEA and even performed well in Masters Iceland 2022 considering how shitty G2 looked. Really good player overall and will see how he fits into sentinel role on Giants.

its so annoying when there's multiple games going and then you try to watch all of them (4 tabs split to 2 monitors) while not being able to actually pay attention to single one and then you have no idea what actually happened in any of the games

Top 2 in NA yes, but I have seen people calling him the 2nd best in the world even though you can't really back that up at least by stats. Players like Ardiis and even Derke that is underrated on Chamber have constantly been putting up better performances than Cryo. And players like Sayf could likely challenge it as well if Guild had done better. He is really good don't get me wrong tho.

Cryo is not top 2 Chamber. During Champions in ACS he was behing Laz, Yay, Buzz, Ardiis, Derke, Quick and Less and out of those with similar amount of rounds played (200+) he was behind yay, Ardiis and Derke and just slightly better than Jamppi. And that is only Champions players included so no players like Sayf. I don't know where this "Cryo is 2nd best Chamber" narrative has came from. Ofc stats don't tell whole picture, but calling him 2nd best is just wrong unless its your opinion.

Based take from FNS like expected.

R1:
VIT 2-1 KRU
C9 2-0 FKS
TL 2-0 FUT
TH 2-1 100T

R2:
VIT 2-0 FKS
KRU 0-2 C9
TL 1-2 100T
TH 2-1 FUT

R3:
FKS 1-2 KRU
VIT 2-1 C9
TL 1-2 TH
100T 2-0 FUT

don't know about the format tho but I think Heretics will go on a run even tho I don't rate them high in EMEA. They already looked decent in India tournament with like week of pracc and seemed to have decent chemistry already. Also they have some LANimals and if the players are on good form they can be dangerous here also with extra experience together already. Also unironically I think Boo might be the best IGL here outside of maybe Stellar.

Thanks didn't see this myself. Still bit unknown with roles but its good time to test stuff out for future.

purp0 can't attend RedBull Homegrounds due to visa issues just like nAts and Redgar. It got published yesterday and Iluri was announced as the stand-in for Fokus.

No way Jamppi would be playing smokes when they have both Redgar and Soulcas on the team. Both can play controllers and initiators. Ofc its unclear for this specific event considering that they don't have Redgar there. I personally believed/predicted that soulcas and Redgar will take on the controller and initiator roles -nAts Viper. While Sayf and Jamppi are likely going to be the duelist and flex duo. Who is who is hard to say right now. Jamppi was grinding bunch of Raze earlier in the off-season but then again Sayf said on stream that he is going to be the flex player if I'm not completely wrong.

but if you talk about this specific event then everything is possible. I just thought it was interesting that they got Enzo who is primary initiator player instead of trying to find smokes player or something. And that could tease us that soulcas will be the main controller player for this team and tbh it would make sense. Ofc roles aren't set and even Enzo could pick controllers.