this isn't even a joke they just decided to look good with their two academy players for no reason 😭

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That's very fair

if you had to choose between the franchised leagues would you say Turkey's enough to elevate EMEA above the others?

as in pretty much anything contributing to raw fragging power. tier 1 only but you can include tier 2 also just for the hell of it

On one hand if FPX actually figure stuff out then there's no reason for why they shouldn't win this cleanly.
On the other hand they have not looked too convincing and if it continues then there's no reason why NOVA shouldn't close it out
NOVA 2-1 CB goes nuclear map 3

pretty much just #2 then but take it one step at a time. maximizing your impact in a vacuum is a long process so as long as you don't overwhelm yourself with too many points of improvement you'll be fine. pretty sure you alr know that but just putting it out there

not gonna lie, if you're just focusing on ranking up just watch some top elo players and internalize (not analyze, mind you) their mechanics and habits in rounds. people like shitting on brute-force because it's braindead but as long as you understand why some decisions are stupid via trial and error you'll be fine on the climb.
if by chance you don't, though, then at that point watch your own vods and take notes on what specifically led to negative outcomes (inting in a 2v1, not halfing spike, etc) and try to realize what you can do differently. I'ma be real as long as you put minimal thought into your gameplay you'll probably not need to vod review because you'll definitely have some "why the fuck did I do that" moments.
if you're playing an agent/role that requires set-up or lineup knowledge then watch some tutorial or pro-vods to learn those. otherwise pro vods are circumstantial at best to emphasize

#YDZFighting

BLG and Wolves unironically are on the come-up. BLG has two academy players taking up the mantle & Wolves just look good right now

BLG 2-1

Are you blind? The only map where the '5 agent meta' applies is ascent, which can be fixed by just booting it out of the map rotation entirely. Like sure there are a few agents who are staples of a few maps but don't pretend like teams even remotely play the same stuff as one another on the whole

Shake it- Skyte & Slayer77

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they're on google slinging iq and dick size statistics 🤣🤣🤣

tamir has no chill 😭

such a wonderful and intelligent observation from you, Mr. Valorant Anal!

back when the situation with The Guard happened it was confirmed that both G2 and Flyquest were competing to acquire the roster. There would probably be orgs both already in and out of the valorant ecosystem willing to get a slot in tier 1 if the opportunity arose for them in every region, so i don't really think that's an issue. the ACTUAL issue is an academy team's contractual obligations and if the org would be willing to let them go

iirc the academy teams just can't compete under the org's brand/banner. so if T1 academy for some reason or another competes in tier 2 they could just rename themselves to some shit like "1T" and it'll be fine. if they win and choose to ascend they just get bought out by an org

not too sure but have you tried buying razer's new mouse?

I can see EG sneaking in cuz Potter's an absolute psychopath with the gameplans. The problem is that NOVA and Wolves have really good average mechanics, Wolves have Fayde whipping them into shape and NOVA are literally just PRX (one could argue with better aim) but sloppier. It depends on if they fall off or not tbh

you're getting sent straight down to the 9th circle of hell then

I definitely think Wolves and NOVA could give them trouble with how they look right now

probably like 6'3-4"

they're obviously keeping it chill literally the entire time idk what you're on about

you're saying that as if they weren't laughing their asses off the entire time

"let's start trying now"

yeah it's literally common practice to at least have a sister team or an academy team in the lower tiers. EDG's known for having both & AG and Q9 have history in other games so it's no surprise they're partnered. I had a feeling BLG were connected with Temperature X after seeing that Rin played for them but I wasn't too sure lol

I'm actually really excited for Rushia this season tbh. His util on his first official game was good and BLG is visibly trying to take a more sensible approach to their gameplay this upcoming season

i thought that too initially but Levius and Rushia are visibly not supposed to be like Flexin or Yosemite, and they're good at performing as their roles dictate them to. Potter and Toast are being compared to fucking smoggy and kangkang so it's not really fair but they're good in their own right and can clearly pull their weight.

yeah like there literally hasn't been a single player that I've seen so far that's clearly unprepared or not ready for this level of play

ngl the individual quality from the players we've seen so far has been very good. Levius has shaped up to be a good anchor, Rushia's a solid smokes player, Potter and Toast both definitely have the mechanics to tussle with the top

hella copium but it wouldn't be unlike her to do something like that with vyse

two of their academy players

alright Ego and Sword9 are cooking. 2-1 either way

clout signing or some shit no one knows

inb4 Simp4Som

Levius looks way better compared to last year. Pretty quiet game from Rushia but 17 assists on Omen is actually a really good sign

yeah. like I said it's pure nepotism at worst and negligence at best. there is literally no reason for why they should do these roster moves. I don't see a world where any of this is a good sign

if there's a will, there's a way!

He's an aimer. Hope he owns NRG next season

my Russian no-comming one-man army GOAT

I was fucking with the K1ra signing and X3B isn't terrible enough of a caller (at least from what we see atm) for me to complain too much. But both Bunt and Monk are too good to both be sitting out, especially when BOTH can play flash initiators at a pretty good level

You mean that they're partnered, right? X3B's signing is reasonable and K1ra obviously has the talent and the form to compete, but if it's true that they are professionally connected it still doesn't give a justification to put player out there too. Spitfires isn't inconsistent enough to get rid of him and putting DelB on duelist when they're both playing with him is a crime. I really don't see what Septem's envisioning

If Rushia's as competent as his deleted montage shows then I hope BLG cook this season

I'ma be honest i think it's just pure nepotism. Absolutely no fucking reason to sign a SECOND duelist player, and then not put EITHER on a duelist. They better field both Monk and Bunt (or at least one ffs) soon because I'm going to tweak if they don't

Septem7's cooking and I'm not liking any of it. DelB on duelist when both player and spitfires on the roster, on top of both Bunt and Monk getting benched for some reason or another when they're arguably the most consistent pieces from last year. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING

you put spitfires on fucking SOVA, player on CYPHER, and X3B on flash initiator????? Testing out roles and experiment with lineup is good and all but to bring literally 3 people from Qing Jiu Club after signing their coach screams full on NEPOTISM. There's absolutely no fucking reason to justify why both Monk and Bunt aren't playing. I'm calling bullshit