This might be the most schizophrenic post I've seen here in a few years.

also add the hate watchers who don't like the fr*nch

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You are saying that Trent is better than Leo all-time just because he plays Tejo the best.

Two things can be true at once.

Trent is the best Tejo. And Leo is a better-rounded initiator. And that's with Leo not even playing in the current meta.

yes that's what I said? mfers don't even read anymore, just start typing lmfao

Trent is the biggest Tejo merchant in the game currently. There's a reason why he was good but not great before this season.

2025 Valorant is who can play Tejo post-plant most effectively and that's G2. It's a dog meta, and 2023 was better.

You need to understand that there is a reason why we were and still are the apex predator.

We are disgustingly adaptable, learn fast, and can handle almost any situation.

Now, if we're drawing random 100 humans off the street, the Gorilla would win in every case, as the people aren't prepared to die for it and would cower in fear..

But if we're hand-picking the baddest of the bad, who prepare, and are willing to die, humans will win every time.

There'll be heavy casualties of course, but we win regardless. The first 15-30 will probably suffer injuries and death but then what?

That Gorilla does not have the stamina to go longer. Watch any gorilla fight, they last for maybe a few minutes.

I mean, just think, a party of 10-20 tribesmen were taking out wooly mammoths.

You need some ketamine to calm him down.

no way bro, you're trippin bro, put him in a cage bro, he might win the 1v1 bro

Who wins?

I wouldn't say MIBR is good at Split. Even Furia got 8 rounds on them. I think it's presentable at the least.

JohnQT was alluding that they are keeping their Fracture as an ace. I doubt they'd try to play it this early, especially since they already qualified. I think this'll just be a super brawl-heavy game, not too many strats, the better shooters will move on.

I think these will be the maps:

SEN ban Fracture
MIBR ban Ascent
SEN pick Split (Solid map for both teams, slight SEN favored. Both have shown weaknesses on this map as well.)
MIBR pick Icebox (pretty straightforward, it's their best map. SEN are really weird on Icebox. They'll be trash on it in any regular season game, but once it's playoffs or an elimination game, they turn tf up)
SEN ban Lotus
MIBR ban Haven
Pearl remains

It's not about it being Tier 1, she's been competing since she was like 16. Hasn't had the time to be a kid. On top of that, she moved countries to play. You can ignore it, but all that pressure builds up.

he was like this on his old stream as well, back when he was on V1, I'm glad he's excelling in his role

unironically the best change for 100T

Wait I just realized this is the most masterclass performance from her holy shit.

She's 0-7 in VCT right now. She joins a Brazilian team, plays in Americas and returns home. She wins her first game to make her record 1-7 with Brazil.

Absolute cinema.

Feel bad for her. I can't imagine moving continents and getting used to everything. It's a huge change and it doesn't help she was having external family issues as well.

Hopefully she can get the rests she needs and comes back strong.

Oh yea, this team's winning First Strike.

Great question, I was thinking about answering this in my original post, but I'm not really sure. I suppose playing in the most current meta makes the most sense.

Ok so say we got invaded by aliens. These aliens challenged us to build the best Valorant team we can to defend the world. These players can be anyone, pre-franchising or post. They will all be given a potion to make them play at their prime. Chemistry also won't be an issue, they will mesh perfectly.

The aliens have a monstars level lineup. We need the perfect team to win. Who are you choosing to defend the earth?

My lineup personally:

Aspas - Duelist (kind of a no-brainer)
Boaster - IGL (his calling from 2023, and his current shooting)
Alfajer - Senti (Prime 2023 Alfa)
Mako pre franchising or s0m 2023 - Controller
Chronicle - Flex

Really? I had no clue. Sacy you could've maybe guessed, but TenZ was reaching his 2nd prime. It's still wild to me that he retired when he could've won more.

nah he's actually unc now LMFAO

That's an easier answer but I think Zellsis really does provide more out of the game regardless if he's frying or not. He helps John a lot with midrounding and seems to be the big brother figure now that Sacy's gone.

Hmm that makes sense, but Zellsis is 27 so who knows, if they win another event this year, he might retire.

As for bang and N4rrate, do they have multi-year contracts?

So realistically, what do SEN do at the end of this season?

They look to have really good chemistry, but they also have two monster talents in T2, skuba and redux.

Do they sacrifice the chemistry and initiate these players? Or do they continue with this current roster?

Let's say you're 10 hours ahead. I'll use the most standard game start times for Americas.

3pm - 1am for you

5pm - 3am for you

7pm - 5am for you

8pm - 6am for you

Man if you can't be reigned in after 5 years, it's not going to happen.

are we really praising participation? DRG also went to Shanghai. Are they the same caliber team?

To add on top of this, I would mald so hard if I was on his team, getting slammed. Then I look over and see my dumbass teammate shaking his hands like he has cerebral palsy.

And I'm not even a 100T fan. I would genuinely be depressed watching this.

I have nothing towards the guy personally, I'm sure he's a great person, but how much longer are we going to keep this garbage up, man? He has been on the team since 2020 and has achieved nothing.

You can argue that he "activates" cryo, but there are hundreds of flex/duelists to choose from in T2 that would perform the same way and at least have some more discipline than him. I genuinely get sick to my stomach watching his gameplay. I cannot even count the number of times I've seen him make a good play, and proceed to just wash it down the drain by W keying.

Even yesterday during Pearl OT, he fully ran it down mid, got stuck, and somehow got one, which was huge. Then he proceeded to run on-site solo and got sat by Valyn. If he had waited for his team to come down B main, they would've won the round and maybe the map.

I just can't make any more excuses for him. He makes fun plays sure, but when he needs to just back the fuck up, he does not, and leaves his team in hard positions. Go back and watch any match you want, and look at how many times he runs it down, dies and forces his team into a fight so they can maybe trade. It's not a viable tactic.

A few minutes its whatever, but like even yesterday there were like 25 minute tech pauses. WTF?

Dude we've had nonstop tech pauses for three fucking days. What is going on? Riot needs to lock in.

icy still plays him wdym

heat was great on KRU, I promise you it is the ORGs fault

My favorite is when FNS actually has great positioning and outplays the team with it, and then continues to whiff and die. Terrible, but entertaining.

Whole team is crazy. They look fine, but leaf is actually chopped. If I was getting smacked against G2 in playoffs, look over the stage and see Leaf giggling, I'm actually malding.

Keep DGZ, Panc, and Luk Xo and make them your core. I'm sure they can find some T2 cracked brazilians. It'd be cool to get Saadhak back next season too, now that they have more firepower.

For me personally:

Amer: SEN - I'm a big fan of everyone on the team, and the fact that they get so much hype for their matches makes the watch more exciting. Their playstyle is also pretty malleable so I don't feel like I'm watching the same game everytime.

EMEA: Last year it was TH, but this year has to be FNC. They looked so rough last year and seeing everyone's revitalized passion is a fun watch. It seems like kaajak and crashies were great additions and team looks like they're having more fun. I'm also a big fan of Alfa.

PACIFIC: T1 is fun to watch. I was a big fan of meteor last season and now watching stax and buzz alongside him is a real treat. Their run in the last masters was also cool. Excited to see more from this team.

CN: Don't really watch. Timezones are too cooked for me personally. I suppose it'd be EDG since I see them the most during internationals.

mfers can't even have fun on the game anymore LMFAO

It has nothing to do with egos. Although it may not be a traditional sport, it involves actively competing against other people. These kinds of matches involve emotions and stakes.

The "cream of the crops" in sports all actively talk shit or have lost their cool in games/matches before. Jordan, Lebron, Brady, Ronaldo, Messi.

All I'm hearing from this argument is that you have never played a sport or competed for anything. And even if you did, you didn't care for it.

I get what you mean but I feel like I don't really need to know all the internal details.

At the end of the day, this caused massive drama, and everyone on the roster shit-talked him afterwards and made him the scapegoat.

Maybe my "prove them wrong" wasn't the best way to put it, but he at least had a reason to try harder.

ok I take that back, it doesn't make sense, L false info, thanks Yussy

ah that makes sense, thanks

So if Apeks beats Vitality today, and they both lose out, does that mean Apeks would qualify for playoffs over them because they won the H2H?

Not saying they will beat them, but it'd be hilarious.

You do NOT need star players in every role. All this super team garbage has ruined that reality.

He's been frying in T2, and has been in tough situations in C9 yet continued to put in the effort. You already have firing power with Mada, Brawk and Wedid. Stellar just needs to IGL and moose needs to hold sites.

Ok, I'm going to be honest. This team is probably cooked for the year. I doubt they'll win against LEV. And even if they do, I think this version of NRGs peak is to just get obliterated in playoffs.

So what is next?

With FNS and s0m leaving, you build around mada and brawk (if they don't kick brawk out before end of season). These two can be your franchise players if you nourish them well. Mada has loads of talent, and he clearly is willing to try if he's playing with FNS kek. Brawk is not among the best scan initiators in the game, but he is very good and historically flexible and consistent on most agents.

Get Ethan out. He is clearly miserable and has been for two years. Let that man go to greener pastures.

Pick-Up:

Wedid (smokes)
Stellar (igl)
moose (senti)

So the team would look like this:

Mada (duelist)
Brawk (ini/flex)
Wedid (smokes)
Stellar (igl)
Moose (senti)

A young team with an established IGL that isn't older, and has fragging ability. You also have another veteran figure with Moose on the team.

I believe this could be a cheaper team compared to the EGREGIOUS amount of money you probably paid for that super team in 24.

This take is ass.

He had a revenge game against his former team that threw him under the bus and left him out to dry. It was his time to prove them wrong, and he proved them wrong.

The "toxicity" you refer to happens in any sport when a player leaves a team on bad terms. They'll talk shit to the bench, do different celly's, etc.

Not sure how this makes Verno toxic? He had every reason to. And it's not like this is a recurring behavior against every team lol.

Zekken played Sova mainly in xset, and no amount of lunacy from Asuna can make up for his overheats and throws. He makes plays, then completely reverses them. Literally watch every single game. He makes a big play, then either throws it the same round. Or they win the round, and he overheats and runs it down the next round.

This would be like TenZ going to Immortals during his prime in 2021.