remember the LATAM/BR LCQ slot for Reykjavik 2022 and Copenhagen 2022
remember how deciding which region (LATAM or BR) would get a first seed bye to playoffs was based on the winner of the LCQ

for Reykjavik 2022, LOUD got a bye into playoffs because NIP (BR 2nd) beat LEV (LATAM 2nd) in LATAM/BR LCQ
for Copenhagen 2022, LEV got a bye into playoffs because KRU (LATAM 2nd) beat NIP (BR 2nd) in LATAM/BR LCQ

im using this method to decide the 3rd place (bronze) for each tournament but I still included 100T KRU in the stats

rounds maps dont matter if its the worse team

shut the fuck up

to get biased stats...
alright bro

there wasnt a match for the 3rd / 4th bro

????????
just choose the 3rd best team???

G2 comes from the winning side so G2 > 100T in berlin 2021
TL comes from the winning side and beat KRU in groups so TL > KRU in champs 2021
NAVI comes from the winning side so NAVI > DRX in LOCK//IN

now 100T and KRU's medals dont count and EMEA > AMERICAS

ur dum asf

1. EMEA has 3 bronze, not 0. AMERICAS has 4 bronze, not 2
2. If we are including the Reykjavik 2021 placements (SEN 1st place, FNC 2nd place, NUTURN 3rd place), we also need to add the slot share back, which is (EMEA 41, AMERICAS 53, PACIFIC 39, CN 10). (EMEA 39, AMERICAS 48, PACIFIC 36, CN 10) is only valid for slot share excluding Reykjavik 2021.

AMERICAS: (14/53) = 26.42%
GOLD: 5 (SEN m2-21, OPTC m1-22, LOUD c-22, EG c-23, SEN madrid-24)
SILVER: 5 (NV m3-21, LOUD m1-22, OPTC c-22, LOUD lock//in-23, EG tokyo-23)
BRONZE: 4 (100T m3-21, KRU c-21, OPTC m2-22, LOUD c-23)

EMEA: (10/41) = 24.39%
GOLD: 5 (GMB m3-21, ACE c-21, FPX - m2-22, FNC lock//in-23, FNC tokyo-23)
SILVER: 2 (FNC m2-21, GMB c-21)
BRONZE: 3 (G2 m3-21, TL c-21, NAVI lock//in-23)

Now - including FPX as a top 3 team for Reykjavik 2022 or not decides if EMEA is better or worse than AMERICAS if we use this Olympic method. EMEA would have (11/41 = 26.83%) if FPX is included as a top 3 team.
FPX was the best in EMEA 2022 and won Copenhagen, the tournament after Reykjavik, and they prob wouldve won Reykjavik 2022 if they were there, but visa issues caused by the war led to them not being there.

NAVI is like the most fun EMEA team to watch
but Riot creates dogshit format and NAVI dont attend despite being the 2nd best EMEA team

DO NOT REPLY and dont read if u dont want to, this is where im keeping this stat

SLOTS DISTRIBUTION BY VALORANT (2021-2024): (including Bren Esports for Berlin 2021 and FPX for Reykjavik 2022)
EMEA 41, AMERICAS 53, PACIFIC 39, CN 10

COUNT for Teams Attending Playoffs: (Excluding Reykjavik 2021)
EMEA 22/39, AMERICAS 24/48, PACIFIC 16/36, CN 3/10

Olympic Method:

TLDR: EMEA still the most successful region in Valorant

ikr
every team just looks shit

im sleepy today
im surprised i messed those up tho
im very disappointed in myself

(no order within each category and no china)

1-6: 100T, FNC, TH, FUT, PRX, GENG

7-11: G2, LEV, KRU, NAVI, TL

12-15: C9, LOUD, T1, DRX

16-20: SEN, EG, KC, TS, TLN

21-27: NRG, GX, BBL, VIT, M8, RRQ, ZETA

28-33: FURIA, MIBR, KOI, BLD, GE, DFM

FNATIC are top 6 minimum
but NAVI are top 4

W post from u

no they wouldnt
are u stupid??

acend won
wdym?

https://www.vlr.gg/12927/team-heretics-vs-acend-champions-tour-europe-stage-1-masters-gf

Masters 1 2021 was a regional masters (every region had their own masters)
Masters 1 EU 2021 had a grand final of Team Heretics vs ACEND

ACEND cNed got 111 kills (record for Tier 1 I think)

thx for finding this

Masters 1 2021 EU Grand Finals has the kills record from CNED himself

it shouldve been based on series score for all groups
SEED 1: FUT (4-1)
SEED 2: NAVI (4-1)
SEED 3: TH (3-2)
SEED 4-6: KC/FNC/TL (3-3)

or couldve just been 8 teams playoffs...

bro
they almost beat SEN (6 months of practice) in Madrid with a SUB (3.5 weeks of practice with Patitek)

they were also +2 in rounds against SEN despite losing to them

1. AMERICAS
2. EMEA
3. PACIFIC (90% of games are mid bro. the only good ones are from PRX, DRX, and TS)

its not slow
thas some stereotype from like 2021

yup
emea for masters

after shanghai = back on NAVI

im mainly an EMEA fan more than a NAVI fan, but NAVI > all

i dont watch most AMERICAS

EMEA is way more fun

not bandwagoning

heretics is my 2nd favorite team after NAVI
since NAVI isnt at Shanghai, I have TH flair to show who im supporting for the win

I will have NAVI flair again after Shanghai

miniboo beating this against prx at shanghai

lmfao

kekw

g2 getting grouped bro
with t1 edg drg

pattern of which side of the bracket the winner of each international event comes from
M2 2021: Uppers
M3 2021: Neutral (Fill this with Lowers)
Champs 2021: Neutral (Fill this with Uppers)
M1 2022: Lowers
M2 2022: Lowers

Champs 2022: Uppers
LOCK//IN 2023: Neutral (fill this with Lowers)
M1 2023: Uppers
Champs 2023: Lowers
Madrid 2023: Lowers

the core of the pattern is uppers, lowers, uppers, lowers, lowers

Shanghai is the 11th tournament, meaning the winner will be the winner of the Upper Final of Playoffs (So PRX will actually win Shanghai)

FNATIC FUT
LEVIATAN G2
GENG T1
EDG DRG

which 4 are making it out (probs the ones that matchup with both chinese teams... (loud fluke 4th place in madrid))

FNC way more successful than NV/OPTIC/NRG kekwww

Trophies: 1
Average Placement: 4.625
Events Attended: 8

.

2nd - N/A - 5th - 11th (had 2 subs tho) - 4th - 6th - 1st - 1st - 4th - N/A - Shanghai
Average FNC Placement: 4.25
Average FNC Placement w/o Reykjavik 2022: 3.28

will they fall off?

SENTINELS didnt even make a LAN in 2022-2023 (only got to LOCK//IN (where all teams were)) and now didnt even make Shanghai kekw

FNC also have way better average placements

this isnt even a conversation...

NAVI isnt in Shanghai. and TH is the team im rooting for the tournament.
After Shanghai, Im back on the NAVI flair.

ikr
look at my pickem https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/b769b35b
if I chose correctly in the 50 :50 match of NAVI vs TH, Id have 160 points = top 97 users or 200 points if TH wins tomorrow

will it be all 8 teams in the same group like Madrid with the 4 first seed teams from each region automatically qualifying to playoffs?
or 4 teams group A and 4 teams group B

??????????
TH > NAVI > FNC > FUT

ikr

TL
12-7 against NRG
10-2 against NAVI

yup
like almost every game theyve played in stage 1 was a comeback lmfao

TH > NAVI > FNC > FUT ig

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its adding to the list he made
the OP already has shao in his list

100T vs PRX finals bro
TH aint doign shit

1st/2nd: PRX, TH
3rd: 100T
4th: FUT
5th/6th: GENG, LEV
7th/8th: EDG, G2
Grouped Tier: FPX, FNC, T1, DRG

the first seed in EMEA gets automatically put in playoffs

1st/2nd: PRX, TH
3rd: 100T
4th: FUT
5th/6th: GENG, LEV
7th/8th: EDG, G2
Grouped Tier: FPX, FNC, T1, DRG

ANGE1
ardiis
SUYGETSU
Zyppan

hold uppp

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