so this isnt a top 5 list, rather the 5 you have watched/read

and by the logic of the creator of this thread, having boaster on fnatic must've been even a bigger set back?? stfu, we dont need your shit opinions. we are happy with what fnatic achieved before franchise, and we are happy and excited for what they'll achieve in the franchise era.

C9 made one lan in their entire career. That must mean they have been an even bigger failure

Well fkng said 💪💪. We know how good he is, and we don't need others trash opinion about him

are you serious? these numbers are very good for day 1. you cant compare it with mens number when literally the no.1 clouted spanish team was playing. i saw 40k on valorant main twitch average, and i think that's very good. if you compare this to the regional numbers, the viewership in emea was around 20k and lower in SEA and stuff. so it has only inc, and this is a good start. and also tarik has been listed in the co streamer list. so i expect a min 30% inc in viewers for grand finals

if you watch that clip, that round went from 2v4 i think to suygetsu getting a 4k. there isnt much he could've added, coz they werent prepared for that round to end in 7 seconds. see their other moments, like the crashies 5k ropes, enzo clutch on bind, lev vs xset on heaven. they are definitely very good and one of the best in val

this is anyways not the main caster lineup for val, but yea even the main one needs some changes. i personally like how bren and sideshow sound, they have banter, analysis and above all good casting. most other lack something. ofc pansy hypoc are goated

yea doug is really good, but balla even though he does his job really well, their duo just doesnt sound interesting enough.

damn lol

yea they didnt drop a map ik. but rating them #2 above teams who competed in better regions like guild g2 and tl. i wont mind if they were #4 but this a bit too much. i am pretty sure without a kru rep, they would've been the #5-6 team

how tf did plat chat rate kru at #2 in power rankings. this was so biased. just coz dryad was there

hoping this turns into W. after this atrocious performance from kru, i need g2 to perform well so that i can make myself believe it was kru who were bad not c9 who were good

if you watched emea you would know he was owning the competition this year too. especially on his not known agents like astra. and of course he'll continue that forward

he is almost confirmed with koi

riot slightly confirmed that we'll be getting an event in japan if everything goes right so...

yes, but they cant keep sticking to that. they'll have to do matches at 10 am instead of 3 pm(in NA for example) so that can help with catering most timezones

the tournament would last longer than your prime minister s

Sau paulo ~M1/kick off
NA - M2 (can easily go for the same arena as world's)
Japan- champions 23

I'll take a 3000 crowd over a 15 k crowd with 70% empty seats for fkn playoffs game

yeah, and if you know that bald guy, he's much more capable than what he did, he could've acted so well and made that video interesting whereas he just read few lines while having a wig and suit on(not his fault, the ones who produced it, its their fault)

we hate on uk coz its uk, but theyll do decent. like reach playoffs

link can play sentinel or secondary smoker/initiator

only reason you rate bonecold low is coz he didnt play in t1 in 2022. he's champions winning igl, he definitely aint a tier below. sure you can rate him below rest of the team, but he isnt a liablity for that team

finland jamppi derke bonecold hiber hoody
i dont remeber all players from lithuania but remember doing this before and they had a stacked team. from what i remember nukkye vakk destrian hype boo nbs coach(acend)
uk boaster mistic link soulcas ardiis benjyfishy (this has potential not neccesarily better)

c9's video is not anywhere close to s. all they did was waste the good set they had got. they could've added a storyline/script or something to the video , especially considering they had a proper boxing ring. but all they did was call players by the names they have like el diablo, which was mediocre. like if i had the job to make that video and was given that set, at the bare minimum i wouldve created a story line

there are 5 countries in europe who'll do better than chile. finland lithuania poland uk(yes) sweden probably turkey and russia obv

not enough fans in korea, we'll see a crowd similar to copenhagen day 1, can change after the league this year though

dont try to argue with people shitting on teams that are actually doing well. it should be obvious that if an org makes playoffs in both fps and even worlds in lol, then that means it is one of the best orgs by any metrics for the year. you'll be wasting your sanity by trying to argue these people

not enough clouted yet

and the igl, so looks like one more player as the 5th and the other 5 will act as effectively an academy roster coz i dont see why players like ethan and bcj would join if they could be subbed in between games

what i meant was you dont need to justify that much. things like teamplay and synergy are anyways not measurable

atleast not an org with L financials who cant even get into partnerships.

support eg. coz they dont have fans

bro thinks we are talking about tier 2 teams like fake clan :skull:

Americas: I like NRG, but ofc want to see NA lose so likely SA teams
W

main team: fnatic

americas: sentinels coz of sacy
emea: fnatic and then liquid. (will obv choose fnc over tl if both play)
pacific: dont care honestly. but will go for good old '//,

who?

"I think on paper Fnatic is still slightly better for now and maybe NaVi, not much though." that s all we can speculate over. the results are 100% going to be different from what we can see on paper.

it still doesnt matter, in 2 months they can be the best team in the region or be even worse then this. it really doesnt matter

dont agree with adding the highlights. and the intro would've only worked well if we had the entire team irl. its better to not include web cams as much as possible in an announcement vid

there's no 5'11, its either 5'10 or 6 :)

partly why the above roster announcements were fun was because of some important and interesting players. the players loud will pick up will be no namers atleast for international audience. so yea not excited as much for them

can agree

navi announcement video was better. which roster is better? sao paulo will tell

actually ruining the purity of this thread

always

doesnt mean babysasuke is any less cringe

he takes advantageous gun fights.

scream then yay, nats and mako are top tier in mechanics, but not at the same levels as these two

still a really good event. almost all partnered teams + bleed. just hoping the tech delays arent like superdome.