I've been a fan of the org for a little bit now ever since I stumbled on their crossfire and league ventures, so hopping on when they joined valorant was a no-brainer. They signed the ASE core with bunt and monk alongside Ego as a coach when they first rejoined the scene, which only added more reasons for me to like them. Not only that but they carried over their crossfire business model into valorant and clearly are putting in extensive resources and money to create a sustainable system to unlock consistent upcoming talent, and that was what drove the nail in the coffin for me to believe in them as a company. Normally I don't like shilling for esports orgs (especially when they're questionably competent), but AG is where I make a big exception since their existence is objectively a net positive in every sense

jdg is owned by a conglomerate that's actually willing to spend money in video games. i don't think anyone outside of another conglomerate is going to outspend that

you got FPX making any of the masters or nah?

it's all on Bail to salvage this trash heap of an org. Ego got slaughtered last season and if Bail can't save them then idk if anyone can 💀

drop them here. bonus points if they're hot takes. i'll start
AT LEAST two chinese teams will make playoffs of champions Shanghai

i mean tier 2 china isn't really a "meta dependent" league. you need to have good overall mechanics + self sufficiency to succeed stat-wise in a league dominated by young mechanical prodigies like that

what's the downside to getting academy news?

not a successor, but his own brand of great. he'll be at the pinnacle in his own way if he develops well into tier 1. same boat as Zhxiossl imo

aimlabs is a good way to improve aim in a vacuum with how it establishes good fundamentals and habits. you gotta play regular games or deathmatch if you wanna get used to doing it in-game. it doesn't matter how good at static or dynamic clicking you are if you still mindlessly spray or panic

w tvirusluke slander

have him be the LifeGlazer to your BerLINglazer

absolute SHIT

yeah and that's why the stigma's gonna change with time once they slowly get more mainstream. they're alr a core part of streamer culture atp and it's only a matter of time until regular people start seeing the appeal through giving it a shot or being exposed

it's cuz it's associated with basement dwellers. it's similar to how anime was seen in some of the older eras of the internet. it's a newer form of expression & content and it jars a lot of people about how someone can find any meaningful connection or get a reaction out of someone demoting themselves to an artistic caricature. it's why people constantly associate vtuber fans with being parasocial, gooners, incels, or all three.

i mean that's kind of the point. they're literally hired to be interesting and engaging. most people on twitch have the personality of either a rock or a wet blanket so it's refreshing seeing people actually fucking TALK and make an effort to be entertaining even if they're not really good yfm?

gigi
everyone else is irrelevant cuz i only watch her

this is just the old 2024 FPX comp with waylay instead of viper (still cooking)

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you hear that voice at the back of your head telling you to do unspeakable things?
yeah listen to it

Tuyz being clutch in 2023 & 2024 LOUD just for Furia to disintegrate every possibility of a pro career in a single split 😂😂

you lost me at "I" just bring back mwzera

you HAVE to acknowledge their existence to be a true fan. otherwise it tells me all i need to know you FAKE

not even mentioning iamgrq zhubibi curlyhair and leav3u tells me all i need to know... T_T

offseason tbf and he's still pretty fresh away from T1 academy. take a little time to get comfy with a whole ass new team. just cuz he's not stomping everyone doesn't mean he's not doing good though

leave the org out of this poggpig
if that even IS your real name

⬆️only alt is poggpig

? all i'm trying to do is spread positivity wtf is wrong with that?

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i love people of all backgrounds and personalities

he died for Furia's sins and they proceeded to defecate on his corpse with the 2025 starter lineup they replaced him with

crazy to think how there were so many more Furia fans in 2023 when they were decent. it's only gone downhill since that roster iteration and it somehow always gets worse

You aren't that wrong but there are tier 1 teams in EVERY region that would struggle in tier 2

the main suspicion for EDG in specifically kickoff is Hibari's system providing fruitful results in the short-term to a team that's already chaotic asl internally. Their entire roster from top to bottom is world beater caliber (well no one's arguing against that but yk) but holding that up to other teams with comparable firepower and rapidly improving systems makes it hard to gauge. i trust JDG slightly more atm ngl

actually not bad wtf

XLG should be a good shout due to them not letting hvoya slip away. FPX warrants some skepticism but the roster is good on paper + you can never go wrong with firepower early season. EDG's a coin toss they'll either be extremely good or extremely mid from how it seems atm. JDG has a good chance to be sneaky good from their offseason moves alone

NOVA's chances depend on who they get for hc tbh. 24k was one of their stronger pieces from an organizational standpoint even though he had limited success so they probably need to entirely restructure their coaching staff for better results

and simp4s0m

when it got announced everyone was hyped but after the first kickoff game everything went to shit and they became a laughing stock

you are making that shit up there is no way anyone in their right mind would even THINK of saying that

who tf is even arguing against this?

just play aimlabs/kovaaks
the placebo effect will hit like crack

so climatology and biology are useless? anthropology shouldn't be studied? historians shouldn't hone their craft in an institution? geology's just rocks so it must be shit!

life performance at champs saved his job

when it's high stakes in an international ALWAYS BET AGAINST G2

in traditional sports and esports a game often has an "Aspas" or "GOAT", basically a person who performs so well that they're the standard of consistency. I'm curious what fans here would consider to be Valorant's "Aspas"?

AMER: 2G, Envy
EMEA: KC
PAC: Zeta, DRX
CN: AG, JDG, BLG

if not bait then go back to school. if you're not doing anything anyways you might as well should complete the education & talk to ppl in your age range. there are a lot of valuable and great memories you can make with peers & potential friends

chill brocchiato he's still taking a break

their smokes is iamgrq and flex is spitfires (or the other way around)

AG's initiator is Shr1mp and their senti is k1ra