Who brought up discarding lol. I'm just saying that I think a lot of people will be surprised. Champs has historically always been a toss up. Almost every year, the favorites don't win. Gambit, FNC, Optic etc. I'm expecting upsets. Regardless, I think Gen G still perform well, just not to their invincible standard.

Again, I'm not sure if you guys are reading my post or are just trolling. I never said they were a weak team, or are frauds or any of the shit you're bringing up. You guys are arguing against me saying that they will face the most competition at Champs. I personally don't think they'll win, but will still play super solid. They obviously very well could come out on top, and you're correct if it was to be any team, it'd be them. I just think Champs is always a toss up historically.

I mean I understand why people think that but at the end of the day, we've seen upsets and new teams rising up. To hold them to such a high standard is probably exhausting to the players.

Alright grandpa, lets get you to sleep

Did you not learn from FNC? They literally not only went to GFs but won almost every event. Yet what happened in Champs? I'm really not seeing what you're arguing against. I never once insulted the team or said that they're frauds etc. I just said they will have the hardest time at this international because there are more teams, all of them at their peak and they've been the best team so they'll have the biggest bullseye on them.

Yes I have but to be honest, the only map that was close was the Icebox map. The comeback was fun to watch but the intensity in my opinion ramped up in just map 5. The Gen G and SEN series felt like that the whole map. Gen G literally looked unbeatable.

You're just being super biased. Yes its their first year as a roster but so was the NRG roster yet they had all the hype and were immediately thought to be the favorites all year.

You go back and ask anyone at the start of the year and no one would've had Gen G on a list regardless of the roster changes.

They came out super strong and have dominated the whole year. But its braindead to keep putting them on a pedestal. I think Champs is the perfect playground to fully form as a team. They will face the best teams, no mickey mouse allegations, no excuses. My post is to say that they will face the biggest hurdles at this event and you're disagreeing?

To add on top of that, I'm hoping for a finals with the same competitiveness as SEN vs Gen G. I truly believe that was the best finals I've ever watched. Regardless of who would've won, every single round was fought so hard, even I was exhausted after the match ended.

They are the favorites for sure. I just want it to be more competitive and that's what I'm hoping for. With more teams, and those teams being at their best. I want to see some fucking haymakers in matches. Not a finals like Shanghai, where it was "close" but not really.

It makes perfect sense. More teams this event, more competitiveness. I'm not saying they're going to be terrible, but these past two events they've actually looked like they were smurfing. I think they'll just have more competition at Champs.

I think they'll have a solid champs but I think its time teams caught up with them. Gen G hasn't been a serious competitor until only this year so I think a lot of teams underestimated them coming into this season. They looked terrifying in both Madrid and Shanghai, only losing internationally ONCE to SEN. That is actually insane.

They'll most likely make it out of groups but I think they won't get top 3 just due to the fact that they will have a huge target on their backs. They're one of the teams with the most footage and I think they'll get heavily antistratted. Yes teams tried that in Shanghai as well but this time around, every team looks to be at their best. I think they'll have a harder time at this international.

Regardless, they're going to be so fun to watch..

I think they're neck and neck to be honest. Both are T2 talents that came in and lit up the league.

They both had different goals. Valyn came into T1 with a full team that he's had experience with but they hadn't played in T1 in a while. I think he really paved the way of success for future Ascension teams and showed them that its possible.

JohnQT is also a career T2 player that had the difficult goal of helping restructuring the most popular team in Valorant. While it's been a rough few months, his impact cannot be understated. He took a content team that struggled for two years and won them an international and gave them competitiveness.

I would only say JohnQT is better just due to the fact that he won a chip this year. In terms of calling and leading, they're the same.

it's not about defending riot, it's about hating Tenz

Astra - Sugarzero
Breach - Mazino
Brimstone - Demon1
Chamber - yay
Clove - none
Cypher - nats
Deadlock - JohnQT
Fade - Enzo (his one clutch on bind)
Gekko - Something
Harbor - forsaken
Iso - none
Jett - cNed
Kayo - Ethan
KJ - Alfajer
Neon - Victor
Omen - Mako
Phoenix - SicK
Raze - Jing
Reyna - TenZ
Sage - Jingg
Skye - Wo0t
Sova - Sacy
Viper - Less
Yoru - Ethan

Is it because you're ashamed or because you haven't spent any money.

get ya money up, not ya funny up growl noises

Everyone list down how much they've spent on Valorant.

I'll go first: $2979.77

That's my entire point. 70% of them don't give af because they're terrible in their current state.

I mean its fine if they can get celebrities with actual status, but I'd rather have pros if they're just going to be pulling in D listers.

that'd be fun tbh, like a wingman mode for Valorant

The most underrated player fr.

While the show matches are fun, I feel like recently they've all been people I've never heard of. Here are some ideas for new types of showmatches that I think would be fun.

IGL Battle - The premise of this would be to pull 8 members of the audience and have a pro player IGL for each team. I feel like this would be really fun and show the real gap between pros and the regular pros.

1 v 1 - A small bracket that would let pros have a 1v1 tournament. The matches would be short to fit everything, first to 5 kills and 7 for the finals.

Unlimited Abilities - Have 2 teams of random pros/celebs play with unlimited abilities.

Handicap Match - 2-3 pros vs 5 regular players from the crowd.

These are just a few examples but I feel like the showmatches would be more fun if they got the community involved.

Tbh it's not just a TMV mod issue. I'd say a good 80% of moderators on any platform take what little power they have in their day-to-day lives and abuse it.

bro didn't contribute anything, just gave us homework

So real. I would still be a CS nerd right now. I tried faceit but the spark was gone by then. I think Valorant had perfect timing. A lot of people were fed up with Valve's lack of action and were home because of the pandemic.

we're cooked

Sussybaka when a thread has the letters "S, E, N" in any order.

Slow news leading up to Champs. They have to hate or dramatize something to keep their brainrot happy. Its really not an issue.

They lose the initial matchup but make it out of lowers. Trust.

if you lose 3 games back to back, stop playing for the day. That's the best advice I can give you. Tilt queuing is not helping you.

Please Riot just start the tourney tonight. I don't know how many more Thanatos threads I can handle.

How often do you guys think people cheat. I feel like Valorant is the one game I rarely accuse anyone of cheating. Cheaters were the reason I quit CS and moved over to Valorant anyways. I see so many tiktok streams of people rage hacking but I'm talking about the people keeping it lowkey.

Have you encountered any cheaters?

The initial question was already crazy. I can't believe you topped it with "or get a train ran on u."

well he did just piss on his team so its understandable

wallahi

fuck vlr, I've been farming ranked:

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/reremus%23shmac/overview

LMFAOOOO dude, please look at this video. It's so obvious he didn't take a sip. That product placement is so funny to me.

https://youtu.be/9dpvhlyTgEI?t=176

SEN have been doing internal off-season tournaments for years. Just because it worked out this year doesn't mean its a guarantee.

they sold 40 last year, now include the growth from China and Console

ok but again, you're not the one playing lmfao. It's a lot of money for you but not for the players and the orgs. Even in VCT none of the team play for tournament money. They get a lot more for example from bundle sales, champs skin sales, and the content they can produce from performing well.

Each players salary is way higher than what they get for tourney wins.

I'm going to estimate a solid 130 mil

that is the reward bro, if your bracket is all correct, you get the 100% title

Again, its not of importance. None of the pro players play for money. They play to win. There's no real reason to play in an event like that other than for content or to solidify a team like SEN did.

It doesn't count towards anything in the season.

Riot is historically stingy when it comes to shit like that, not just in Val but in their other games as well. Yea there's shit like Redbull and individual teams hosting their own events like SEN but there's no real incentive for any off-season tournaments. I wish Riot would fix that.

Ahh yea, 19 was a year of learning for me too. Once you finish high school and get into the real world, its insane the amount of self growth you have.

I think Heretics is hilarious especially considering what Heresy and Heretics religiously are. Such a bad connotation just for BenjyFishy to be on the team LMFAO.

I'm glad you're doing better Denji! How old are you?

Well I only use this when I'm at work and bored (which is everyday)

I hope anyone who flames him or makes a "DZ fix" post if they lose gets banned.

Yes, I'm being so serious. I didn't outright say it in my original post but you'd be at your peak too. Right amount of sleep, perfect temperature, max comfort. Give me all of those and I'm actually burying that kid.