sorry that an objectively retarded mom gave birth to you, who inherited and even surpassed her retardation, tough luck

forgot about that, added that and space odyssey

you literally have a navi flair

!!!

1) Alien
2) Terminator 2
3) Godfather
4) The Dark Knight Rises
5) LOTR
6) Matrix
7) Jurassic Park
8) Pulp Fiction
9) Fight Club
10) Spirited Away / Jaws / Shawshanks Redemption / se7en / children of men / there will be blood / back to the future / citizen kane / casablanca / prestige / interstellar / space odyssey

1. Leo
2. Ethan
3. Mako
4. Demon1
5. Less

I'm his shaft and I can confirm the source.

(I bet your mind has cooled off and sober now the tourney is way behind us, what is your review of your players you consider top 20, not necessarily achievements but just your perhaps unpopular opinion about their potential and sheer raw skills too)

1) Demon1 (ungodly and godlike at the same time mechanics, flexed smoke and still smoked everyone over a huge sample of games in the most important and competitive tourney of the year, OP diff'd the guy whose personality was OP and still has 40+% while still OP'ing when his team needs him to)

2) Less (Less is that guy, when he's on, there's no team that he can't just run over and aim diff everyone left, right centre up spatiotemporally)

2) Leo ( highest rated player of the year, immaculate gamesense and utility usage and mechanics that are not relatively subpar in his array of skills, undying, the only player that has been rated on VLR under the best 4 players for every VCT year (2021-2023), inhumane consistency )

2) Alfa (he can just aim diff anyone and everyone, the site he defends usually end up becoming a graveyard, not a stretch to say he was the best player overall this year)

5) Aspas (best duelist of all time, to have ever graced the VCT scene, do i even need to say anything, other than I can see why he was accused of cheating in CSGO, that raw talent simply translated I guess)

6) Ethan (another CSGO talent, his talent also transferred, his assists and supporting is godly, like yay said no one even comes close to his support, his mechanics also garnered glowing praise from nukkye in his streams before ethan even was famous as he is now)

7) Mako (the only controller who's really in the top 10-15 stats list of everyone, self-explanatory)

8) something (not the best tournament he had but in terms of potential i have him incredibly high)

8) zmjjkk (same as above, most OP kills, ridiculous awper, he has displayed his skill ceiling)

8) sayf (hot take but idgaf, his regional performance and his past performance with GUILD, his mechanics, I have seen enough to place him he)

11) derke

11) jingg

11) f0rsaken

14) cauanzin

14) chronicle

16) jawgemo

17) s0m

18) suygetsu

18) zekken

19) cloud

19) nAts / zyppan / d4v41

Comparing any duelist in the top 4 in Champions with b0tke is an insult.

"You're like derke"

bump rawr

My double, god-final take, let's keep refining:
1) Demon1 (yes)
2) Less
2) Leo
2) Alfa
5) Aspas
6) Ethan
7) Mako (yes)
8) d4v41
9) f0rsaken
9) zmjjkk
9) derke
12) something
12) jingg
14) cauanzin
14) chronicle
16) jawgemo
16) c0m
18) s0m
19) suygetsu
19) zekken
19) cloud
19> mindfreak / nAts / sayf / zyppan / victor / crashies

4/5 FNC in top 10 is just wrong imo. I might need to give it another thought and double take.

KK queen!

victor

The ACTUAL top 20 players list

caveat: idgaf if this is off season, i had things to get off my chest, this is written mainly for myself to write down my thoughts, all the accumulated emotions and thoughts this year, also i mostly dont give a fuck about achievements as much as I do about player's perceived potential, performance quality and
the quality of competition and what they contributed in what ways to what, contextualized stats + eye test in-game, achievements
are also not snubbed though, just that I am skeptical of some who ride on the coattail of their teammates and benevolent
to those who are let down by their team, some of them are really close to each other in pure skills and thus validly interchangeable in any
order you prefer depending on your mood criteria form horniness whatever the fuck

1> Demon1 - Listen, I hate recency glaze just as much as the next sensible guy. But I'm gonna have to go out on a limb and put Demon1 as the best player in the world anyhow. It's not just the fact that he earned his ridiculous stats on such a massive sample size of games, but he did it while flexing smokes and shit, proving himself the best rifler on the planet with his CS f0rsaken-esque headshot %. In the meantime, he casually OP diff'd the guy who had made OP his whole personality like it was just any regular day, and he "doesn't even like the OP." I am a massive stats skeptic but seeing this guy with my own eyes convinced me of his godlike and ungodly at the same time
mechanics.
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2> Less - I fear LOUD only because of Less as a FNATIC fan. LOUD is synonymous with Less and that's where it earns its massive detterance power in my eyes and why I keep praying every night that FNATIC doesn't get matched up with LOUD. He has never dropped from my top 2 mental list, like EVER. I find this guy's mechanics obscene and absolutely perverted.' My heart just jumps every time my favorite teams have to face LOUD which is just a metonym for Less for me personally.
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2> Leo - It was a massive fortune to discover this gem even before FNATIC had signed him. Seeing him being whispered into best flexers conversation alongside Chronicle. The next thing I know about him is that he destroys my M3C while seeming immortal. He was my secret best player in the world at the time in my secret heart and fancy.
Godlike gamesense and utility usage. Saadhak really says it all "I wanna be Leo" (in his stream) and yay had him as the best player itw coming into Champions.
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2> Alfa - The world isn't fair, this prodigy is born with the talent to drop anyone left, right and centre. This guy isn't a Sentinel, he carries the duelist role with him. His aim really doesn't lose out to anyone. This guy can give Less the run for his money and why it wasn't a far-fetched assumption to compare him with Less, who we know is a
primordial raid boss since time immemorial.
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5> Aspas - MVP of Champions. He's been the best duelist in the world since the dawn of time when humanity first shambled out of apedom, our ancestors, and he'll remain so now and forevermore. Aspas is my only king. His and Demon1's Jett are different, in the literal sense. They are tailored for him. What movement and aim, fuck, and fuck me, Aspas!
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6> Ethan - If an angel came down from heaven and asked me what I want, I'd say Ethan's supporting skills. This guy is the guy I want besides Demon1 when aliens invade the Earth
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8> c0m - call me recency biaser but fuck you, c0m's lurk impact and clutch and supporting gets me hard, it's my favorite fap material before the next master c0ms baby oh yes, my ranked teammates are mad at me for going AFK in-game just so I can see where c0m positions himself and when and where and how he lurks, I'm Bronze 3 now and suspended for toxicity)
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8> JAWGEMO - she jaw on my demon1 till I c0m, it's not a strange opinion when someone says jawgemo was the actual MVP, his performance merits him that claim, with jett nerf we might see more of dawg Raze c0mming over everyone in his path)
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8> f0rsaken - this guy just does it all, it's not just agent pool, with him it's agent ocean, and can frag when he's really on.
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8> d4v4i - emerged as a leader and he has also started entering our radar with his underrated fantastic performance, if you don't have d4v4i in your top 10 list then I must question whether you are living in the past.
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11> JINGG - heartbroken over the situation, he entry blazed and fragged out of his mind for all of us, sad we won't
get to see him cause chaos in a meta more suitable for Raze next...
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11> Mako - controversial but idgaf been following and stalking this guy since he was in his mother's womb in the hospital, Mako by his pure merit and individual brilliance is a headache for any player on this list, this guy's second name is consistency, just champions was a let down, but his potential is undeniable that nothing takes it away, Mako has to underperform more to annul his performance so far overall.
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13> zmjjkk - highest op kills at the tournament, his potential is high as the sky itself, genuinely terrifying when he's on
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14> Derke - top 20.5 player, but fr he's been consistent for the longest time and a nominee for the best duelist at most points in VLR history, however it'd be a lie to say that he was neck to neck with Alfa and Leo in his team
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14> something - his potential is easily up there with the best of duelists, he broke records after records, even his own, in pro matches, rated him below zmjjkk as I believe zmjjkk has been more impressive on international
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14> mindfreak - clutch master, mr. consistent of PRX, it's not crazy to hail him as the best smoker on this planet currently, his assists are nauseating for the enemy team and he also tends to frag the freak out of everyone
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17> Chronicle - i'm gonna get crucified for this but as accomplished and celebrated and decorated Chronicle is, Alfa and Leo are the real anchors of FNC, outside champs which was an unspeakable disaster, Chronicle had a really impressive year nonetheless, and yes I know he's a very historical player and I have been following him as long as he has been competing, being M3C stan
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17> Cauanzin - he proved himself as a rookie and maybe the next less in the making, glad to see the spotlight on him after his performance
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18> s0m - he dragged the cold, dead body of NRG, including weighty and epic proportionate Ardiis, on his back and sadly crumbled, but not without a fight did he go down, impressing us all
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19> Suygetsu - I'm still head over heels over his perfect aim, recoil reset and clearing angles which he "sometimes" manifests, watched a video of him out there and tried to copy his movements
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19> Cloud - i feel the same situation with Leo in the past, very promising initiator, seriously I've been watching this guy since obscure EMEA matches
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19> zekken - yes!, wipe that surprise off your face, divorcing him frm his team's achivements, I am supremely impressed with zekken's skill and potential, not that big of a fan of achievements personally as much as I am how the players performed and contributed to what they achieved and how they dealt in-game
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19> nAts / sayf / zyppan / crashies / food

No one? Now I am convinced you have no knowledge about VAL.

Wait, I just saw your Indian flag and now all of this makes sense lmao. No wonder Lol. Never mind.

You missed the point, unsurprisingly seeing you describe yourself as mentally addled and brain damaged.

Being someone's idol apparently means they are top 10 itw and not overhyped. Google non sequitur. Derke's overhyped.

I didn't ask for your autobiography, stop describing yourself and applying it someone who calls you out on your derke-meatriding bullshit.

I'm saying derke's hype isn't proportional to his skill. Chronicle, Leo, Alfa > Derke. Aspas and Less > Derke. Demon1 > Derke. Something > Derke. Yet I keep seeing people place him above Alfa and Leo, above other duelists.

What the fuck does that prove? TenZ was Foxy9's idol and many others. This doesn't mean shit. We're comparing this year and derke has been lackluster.

Less, Aspas, demon1, something (cry), leo, alfa, mako, chronicle (yes), ethan, jingg are already >> derke

If you disagree with above, your ability to think is impaired and I strongly urge you to work hard to overcompensate.

Might as well include TenZ if we are going that far back lmao.

probably top 10 at least?? lmao

Less, Aspas, demon1, something (cry), leo, alfa, mako, chronicle (yes), ethan, jingg are already >> derke

Please, guys. I'm serious. I can't get the hype of derke. I tried really hard to change my impression since FNC is the only EMEA team I like. But this derke seems to be programmed by God to get diffed by a new up and coming duelist every new international tournament. Like this guy is the gatekeeper of tier 1 world-class duelist, if this was a video game, you'd earn the title of a tier 1 world-class duelist just by diffing derke. This guy also got used as a prostitute by Cryo.

He performs really well every 5 match and when he does, everyone gets down on their knees and eclipse the other teammates who are more consistent and better.

Are we going to ignore Derke for Leo? Leo didn't perform as badly as Chronicle and Derke. This is just biased.

I don't even care if you are just jinx / baiting and drawing more hate for demon1 and his team but you are right.

if you are triggered by the cockiness of EG you are a softie lmao, "good team for USA" wouldn't be perceived as racism but shockingly some have made it out to be racism just because China replaced USA, lol people are hilariously dumb

lmao stop baiting and fishing for EG hate, no one believes you, EG are the best team so far but PRX are close

And how is that inconsistent with the tone I have adopted here? I have always been a fan of players more than teams, like Shao and Leo.

Like I said, I like FNC, and if I see anyone unfairly rate them, or any team for that matter, I "dickride" from your perspective.

TLDR; Shao FNC good, EMEA bad

hello alt account of sentinelsmain

Bro, are you the dude that said "grrrr" and edited it out and refused to admit it LMAO

LMAO I saw that

Wow, shocking, I am also a fan of certain players outside teams? Unheard of! I like FNC, rest are shit. I like a few players, which is why I said FNC had talents that got drained. "talents"

I won't respond to your post, don't worry.

Obviously duh you idiot. I'm saying I'm not a bandwagoner like 99.99% FNC fans. Initially dissapointed, but surprised now.

I didn't ask for your one-word autobiography.

Lol, been since BcJ and potter, stayed because they are killing it. Keep coping.

Your region is a nice joke. Not even nice actually. It's no longer funny at this point, just pitiful.

FNC flair, ignored. You are delusional.

Only FNC should get its own slot.

As we all know, Shitmea has been a waste of extra slots. We lost out on higher quality viewing experience because Shitmea had that one team which drained the talent pool in the entire Shitmea dry. They win and also earn for their region a slot for some dumb team that would get destroyed by any tier 3 team in NA.

Sentinels and 100T > NAVI and LIQUID, the best teams after FNC in Shitmea.

Just divide the undeserved Shitmea spots between the other regions.

Eh, they aren't that better than LOUD and EG even if they are.

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Yes

W JINX

It's clear that the only reason FNC was ahead of others was because they simply happened to find their groove and structure faster than the rest. Sometimes these things happen. The other teams were also experimenting because they didn't really care that much about masters, Champions with its unprecedented prize pool is where it's at!

Now that every team has instantiated the greater portion of their potential, evening out with FNC, FNC have been exposed for the frauds they are.

Obviously LOCK/IN doesn't count no matter how much you want FNC to be the first winners of two events in a row.

Tokyo, admittedly, was more legitimate. However, FNC barley icked out against EG with their map advantage. Barely won. Now everyone can see their real level, they can respond realistically or cope as copers cope.

America (let's be honest, why does EMEA get to cover so many countries, make it just America to make it fairer) > PACIFIC > CHINA > FNC > EMEA

There is literally no meaningful tactic behind it lol, it's just lazy way of earning a victory.

Yeah. Derke performs good one single map and the entire community is over him as "the best player on the team" and boaster as "best IGL ever"

It's crazy how lucky EMEA is in having dried out the entire talent pool of EMEA for one super team.

I love FNC to death and life and death again but idk how to feel about EMEA as a whole. I think NA teams in general are better outside FNC and even other regions have at least 2 teams that are really good.

I think by the end of the tournament EMEA will be at best on the level of other regions (except FN) if not worse.

Premature prediction but where's the fun in saying this after the end of the tournament. How do ya'll seeing it go?

That said, EMEA is really lucky in having concentrated the best of talents into one single team. NA on the other hand is not so fortunate, neither are other regions. Which is just sad really...

Luck is on EMEA's side whereas talent across NA and other regions are scattered :/

Calling it a clash of regional playstyles is just reductive. Every team can use judge and shorty to earn a cheap victory lmao, they are not doing it for tacit reasons.

What the fuck? I am not really the biggest NRG fan but, are you insane? Also, what exactly did I do to warrant this kind of isolation and gate keeping? I'm just keeping it real and calling cringe for what it is.

I like JINGG. But I don't like this judge or shorty cringe tradition that has been glorified instead of vilified as it should be. If this wasn't enough, they are saying NRG washed and stuff despite them being cringe fucked by PRX. And APAC players are being overhyped for no reason and all of these factors just led me to lash out a bit. I could have been more generous but it is what it is.

Where the fuck are all these Chinese flags even popping from nowadays? I hate PRX just as much as the next sane guy but I hope they dismantle EDG.

LOUD made their statement loud and clear.