I don't blame him lol. If Destroyer's entire motif is drilling people with good basics and sensible gameplans then it's no wonder that a lack of urgency to be drilled would piss him off. Biank's the GOAT but Trace is only as good as they are because of Destroyer's system

and as always destroyer is right 🥱. their losses in champs were also to a lack of re-clearing and key aggression, so i can't imagine what he felt like after losing to DRX with the same shenanigans happening over and over

I agree. Rushia can also come in white hot so BLG have a lot of firepower atm

he takes one glance at a headline and runs with it for clickbait. gotta respect the hustle

This goes one of two ways.

1. What you say happens
2. She pulls a n4rrate and manages to standout

idk which one is more possible. she is truly an unknown quantity

Who has the most coming out of the offseason so far

My glorious king RedLight will secure this win over these mid-table bums

real. He's probably the most individually qualified coach in China. Turned their Ascent and Bind into world class maps and has some of the best timeout stats itw. if anyone in specifically China deserves praise it's him

fr fuck TYLOSE

alright to be completely fair Ninebody is a pretty reliable mainstay, but everyone else is fair game. the requirements for the open tryouts were to literally just be radiant. i don't really BLAME them for taking so long but eren, coldfish, and hfmi all being on the bench/maybe not be in tier 1 is criminal

had open tryouts, haven't utilized hfmi coldfish or eren during the offseason, and has their coach subbing as a 5th. is this the worst team management ever witnessed?

if ppl stopped engaging the rage bait then it prolly would've been better but now there's ppl posting data n shit alongside constant alt accounts. pure brainrot

:(

Off topic but I'm curious. what's your opinion on how standardized data is interpreted in society? i see ppl saying all kinds of different shit with the same paper/source so i'm wondering how you see it as someone who's area of interest coincides with it

Do you think any of the retards spewing hate are legitimately going to bother to attempt actually disproving you? They instigate this shit because they're ppl with nothing else better to do than spam rage bait 24/7 and get ppl who actually have a brain like you to engage

Easy answer: EDG
Fun answer: FPX. They pulled up to Shanghai and Seoul with little expectations and traded blows with Heretics with bloody, scrappy overtimes. Regardless of how they bombed out & fell off afterwards you can't deny that they had everyone gawking at how (unfortunately) close they were. Helps that they always made their runs absolute spectacles to watch

In any world where they don't fall off immensely they're Bangkok favorites

Better scores =/ better aim. You're aiming faster because you're used to the flick motion but accuracy might be an issue. Once you play more kovaaks you'll plateau and you'll actually see where your problems are. Also play valorant alongside aim training so you're still familiar with the game's mechanics

BLG's been grinding to absolute hell and they've been leaving the 'whzy go kill' strat behind so this should be a good matchup if it does end up happening 🤞🏻

Neither do I, and I don't understand how people fall for it literally every single time. At some point you gotta just start making fun of them instead of typing literal essays in response. To each their own though I guess

I'm not saying this shit didn't happen before but I swear it's become more common. The lowest hanging fruit is ran into the ground but then ppl will just start spamming literally anything deplorable related to it. Am I just crazy?

I'd rather see another Simp4S0m schizo arc than a gazillion Florescent threads

i miss all the old NA glazers bro. they were funny asl

this site actually has mods? are they ball busting in a musty closet or some shit? we might never know...

I'm gonna cry... these people are so fucking stupid 💔

Is it a lost art right now? Where are the actually funny baiters 💔

general manager

iirc Sean said that the GC Champs calendar conflicts with their trials for their starting lineup, so unless something happens it's unlikely atm

It's a very stupid decision to not invest in academy teams and every team that doesn't will be negatively affected in the upcoming seasons.
More struggling teams should be doing open tryouts instead of directly poaching tier 2 players
Everyone trying to say that pre-franchising was better because the 'meta was more enjoyable' are blinded by nostalgia and the actual reason was because teams had identity and character (LOUD and Optic were the 200iq superteams, DRX Korea's last hope, Zeta was Japan's unlikely hero, etc)

Am i crazy if I say that NOVA's coach isn't bad? Their comps are weird af but it honestly just seems like they're going the Talon route and trying to play their own game. They look like a slightly sloppier PRX with better mechanics (and therefore a higher ceiling) to me tbh

personally I don't really think it'll matter unless Septem and X3B prove competent at leading the team. Q9 wasn't abysmal or anything but they were still unorganized af and i don't like what that implies. I think by end of the season Tyloo will level up, or at least more than AG

AG above tyloo is interesting

Orgs in valorant are allergic to accumulating a brand. This is why whenever KC does an offseason event it goes CRAZY. It's not that CS fans are inherently better, it's just that Val orgs are shit at cultivating passion for whatever they do

lol but on a serious note I'm all in on the BLG train. How they look now is night and day from how chaotic they were at champs

drop whoever you think it would/is gonna be

I wonder how the schizo arc continues after this

just start insta-muting annoying ppl. you'll play a lot better

Rushia and Levius both showing their value lfgggggg

BLG > WOL >>>>>>>>>>>>> NRG

i'm pretty sure it's a coin flip. depends on who the team feels is best to my knowledge, but i could be wrong

they're all probably under a tight contract jail. hfmi was trialing with other teams and idk where eren and coldfish are, but unless they're bought out i don't see them joining another team next season

I have zero idea. They've been playing with slowly 5cm SORRYMYBAD and ninebody but their 5th is completely unknown to my knowledge. they had open tryouts so their 5th could be anyone

just for the event. finger injury

ran into the ground by signing the Q9 core for absolutely zero fucking reason. regardless of if they put bunt in i don't see it improving with monk still not playing

banned it for half the season, pulled it out in split 2, lost to drg, moved smoggy onto clove, proceeded to have some of the best aggressive control in the game. fucking preposterous series of events

They have everything at their disposal to keep rising their ceiling, especially considering they were only able to get past groups mid-way through 2023. Honestly I don't even think we've seen close to the hypothetical peak with this roster yet, which is crazy to say considering they won champs with the most dominant Lotus I think we've ever seen. The roster is also inarguably top 2 in the world when it comes to firepower. They're in every aspect of the word a 'superteam'

honestly from how they're looking rn EDG. Nobody Chichoo and S1mon still showed good individual form even though GES was more of a fun sidequest for them with the 2 academy players. I still trust Muggle to keep them grounded throughout the season alongside the rest of the coaching staff. too soon to call rn but out of anyone they're the safest bet

BLG 3-1. Levius, Whzy, and Knight go nuclear with Rushia dropping 25 assists on bind with his GOATED util. Neph unlocks his third eye

i'd say 2-4 in China is anyone's game between FPX Wolves BLG and Trace at the moment. They all look good individually and as a unit, also I'm seriously skeptical about FPX being shaky considering they pulled the same shit in the 2nd split last season just to lock in and get top 2 in playoffs

Wuicaw Wing WiuFatWW W1ya and Wysoar are gonna dominate