probably meant actual population there (not really true tho since ASIA has like 3 billion or something)

each league's ranked playerbase is very similar, with all three having around --2.5-- 3 million ranked players.

i could've sworn there was an NA team that 26-0d someone way back when there were bracket based qualifiers

yeah, the EMEA circuit (incl. VRLS) is pretty much a test for franchising in the first place

Leviatan and KRU above DRX is not it

or maybe it means that they are in the league and another better roster isn't

derke owns TenZ

they were on the same side of the bracket as SEN in Masters 2 Reykjavik 2021 too

either EDG wins or nobody does lmfao

i think they have a good idea of how to play the game along with solid mechanics. they have well-coordinated execs and retakes, a solid read on the meta, and decent mid-rounding. imo they're somewhat similar to xerxia, but they have a significantly better entry player (players sometimes) in Famouz and Berserx.

their biggest issue for me is probably how they often take 50/50 duels without any players to trade them, but I've seen so many teams fix that problem going into LAN for whatever reason.

also, slight variations of "common" valorant has won 4/5 international LANs so far.

potential winners: PRX, OPTIC, FPX, FNC
playoffs: LOUD, ZETA, KRU, DRX, LEV, LIQUID
dark horse: EDG, BOOM

BONUS:

crash and burn: EDG, 100T

based

https://twitter.com/Bo_Hoogland/status/1558885282589581313

the timing regarding this trade feels very much like an indicator that they've been selected, especially with the news about Riot encouraging GC and academy rosters. I think it definitely shows that AE haven't made the cut, too.

scream and jamppi were absolute demons this event, I hope they continue with this form into champs.

im not very widepeepoHappy because I just got slapped around in guilty gear

boejiden, i know you can do better.

0/8

don't include the person above me :3

is it just my internet being dogshit or are the images in bad resolution

the only "underdog" here is maybe EDG but their circumstances are very unique

MONSTER

def one of the better isekai

mini chips ahoy >>>

i've been watching breaking bad

i usually dislike drama heavy shows but this one is just eccentric enough that I find it great

what are tv shows / anime / whatever are you watching rn

mfw I realize WGS are better than DRX because they beat ONS

I feel like I've seen a lot of people say, or imply, that anti-stratting isn't a viable strategy or that it's not skillful. However, it's not easy to effectively anti-strat a team. And, it's simply a way to increase a team's chance of winning a match. I don't really understand why people often disparage it when I think, so long as it doesn't disturb other practice, every team should be doing it.

It's the fault of the opposing team to be so inflexible as to lose to anti-strategy.

Zeta lost to the momentum imo they kept trying to play at Nth's pace instead of their usual slow site takes. Especially after winning the Haven game in that fashion, I think they felt it was the way to go.

imo if they had played as they did in the previous upper final match in the same tournament, they would've won.

100% the best thing about them is their fundamentals and discipline

honestly, i think if they ran more static comps they would look similar to the original gambit.

or mwzera sadge

they may not have crowd mics

or maybe it's just bad sound engineering

not that I know of

1) scrape every forum and match post

holy shit lol, how long did that take????

honestly, after Copenhagen, I'm convinced there's something wrong with the rocket. there's so many moments where it seems that it hit and ends up doing 0 damage.

nope

how did you check every user's profile (I'm assuming you scraped the data from there)? I've yet to see any publicly visible user list.

they only signed this year IIRC

"last year" he didn't have an org

top 30 LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

W dad(?)

same

both teams have very mechanically talented players so the game should be fun to watch no matter the result!

VAMOS KRU

POG

no shot lmfao

hooray

> caring more about the glamour than the competition

skill issue

if M3C qualifies, I think this has a high chance of being true.

they were given the opportunity to play in the first APAC LCQ, but they supposedly refused due to ping related reasons.

no way are you the real edward? edward from the hit gaming club Edward GAMING, (EDG), a professional esports organization based in Shanghai, China?

they feel very lacking compared to a team like PRX. it's usually just prowler -> haunt -> stun, in sequence rather than together. i think the team could become significantly better by developing more elaborate execs so the duels that they inevitably take are better for them.

only happens in NA

chrome and opera gx when i need the vpn

just opened the stream to the hiko clip from literally a year ago

what the fuck are they talking about that requires this clip to be shown