you are taking two sentinel players in kk and taco and then are also taking a pure sentinel in suygetsu, this team is just bad

he had like 4 good maps and rest were all decent, that doesnt make him a top 5 player especially over people like jingg and yay, adn if you didnt know i am an emea fan so i have watched almost all of fpx this year and know how good he is

wdym you are not accountable to anyone , especially since you are just like me a nobody on vlr, you dont have to go that far too make everyone happy with your list

m3c faze nth, agree with all of them, also imo south america didnt deserve that 4th slot with furia, they arent any good

it isnt that aim heavy game brotha, if that was the case they would've won challengers over xset and optic

shao is over rated on this list, he can perform like a top 5 player half the time but other half he isnt, so he doesnt belong that high in this list

lmfao

bro living in the hiko nitro era LMAO

for a smoker igl that is very good, he had 215+ acs before the last series, had a relatively poor last series but anyways its a lost, and if you have doubt ask your initiator igl who scores even less?

boaster is better than stellar, he fragged 195 acs on stage while igling

single map*, NA team speed run, follwoing the shoes of guard and xset

mf really said clutch master for derrek who did that in his fkn candy room in texas against enzo who clutched million times live on stage in front of a crowd and literally won fnc the most important map of this roster

lmao stellar> boaster lmfao lmao lmfao

bro watch a fnatic match and then say this shit lol

yea people are dumb if they expect balanced group with so many good teams. we are bound to have one or two tough groups but that in some ways makes the tournament fun from the start

lmao almost had me in the first half

bro people dont realise how bad the level of teams were in lcq, just coz some matches were close doesnt mean they are actually a good team. i can give good points about how they are not good yet but that would be too much for vlr lol

nah a knife is needed, dont mind 3 skins though

actually man, edg wont qualify groups if prx plays like they are capable of and edg dont change those fkn jett comps on some maps

what you said about adaptability is right, but you also have to consider fnc really performed the lowest since the inception of the roster and still came 4th globally. even if they perform like masters they'll atleast qualify groups no matter what. but imo fnc are obviously going to improve and get better, we have to remember this is the same team that defeated fpx 3x in a row to qualify as 1st seed

yea man, you dont even have to write that, i would be more worried if it was rise with shanks

no if its gonna be hard, its going to be for 100t, you really are looking down on the team who didnt let fpx win 3-4 times this year, who most people consider are the best team this year. literally every team in this tournament can be grouped if they dont play at their level, so considering they play like what they did even at masters, its an easy #1 seed

actually man

bro 100t is easier than loud optic liquid zeta kru lev edg prx, its much more managable, 100t fans should be the one shaking, especially considering bang will stellar all are new to lans atleast international ones

the 600k is just not being gifted, it is there so that riot will ensure that the org promotes the game through their content, invest in academy teams and gc lineups.

yeah, but jett and chamber are easier agent to practice with subs, chamber never entries anyways, and jett's only role is to enter the main part to prac is the flash timings the reveals and stuff, obviously none of this optimal but it is what it is.

bruh, ok can give them that, but tenz plays chamber, they could've easily practiced without him as they have dani and rawkus who could've filled in for the scrims. yes its not optimal but when you have 5 days and you decide to do nothing just coz of one player then that's partially your fault.

so two tournaments happened this last week, finals of NA LCQ AND finals of EMEA LCQ.(the stats are taken from esports charts website)
these are the stats for both,
and i am not including sentinels coz they have shroud and literally have the biggest fanbase in fps esports.(they'll get atleast 1.5 mil if they play in masters)

none of the grand finals were close (any region) so we cant argue about that,

1) EMEA secured 216k peak viewers on the liquid vs m3c match.
2) NA secured 277k peak viewers on the guard vs 100t match.
now the NA match was watch partied by some of the biggest val streamers including tarik and the sentinels guys (nt = not tenz)
emea didnt have any big notable english streamer watch partying it (biggest was average jonas who averaged 5.5k-6k

also note that 100t is the 2nd most clouted team in NA(can argue TSM is bigger, but they are shit and t2 so we wont see them play anyways)
now my point, EMEA secured this much viewership when NA was playing with its 2nd biggest team and the biggest streamer watch partying, but the numbers still seem to look so similar. this also suggests that if any day tarik decides to watch party the EMEA games even with his lower 50k viewers would mean emea beating NA in viewership...

TLDR;
1)SO WHY THE FUCK ARE NA SO PROUD OF THEM BEING THE STREAMER REGION AND CLOUT REGION WHEN LITERALLY ONLY ONE ORG(SENTINELS) HAS ALL THE FANS.
2)EMEA JUST PLAYS GOOD VALORANT AND SECURES COMPARABLE NUMBERS
3) AND IN THE END ALL THIS IS A MYTH AND WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR CHINA AND EDWARD GAMING TO TAKE OVER, BE IT GAMEPLAY OR VIEWERSHIP.

brazil + latam has 4 slots. do you know how fucked up that is?? emea gets 3 and they get 4 when the best they have done is 2nd place finish in a tournament where the strongest region wasnt present

that isnt how a tournament is run. in fifa do you expect them to include 64 teams to give every country a chance no. more teams often lead to a boring tournament

who tf are you talking about

see just you just forgot to read my comment and replied, typical braindead vlr user. i just said its the roles that dont match, it will be sabotaging if they get nats and try forcing him to play a different role

bro wtf are you talking about, they literally came 4th when they had a huge drop in performance. peak fnatic is an easy championship contender, not saying they will win, but they are much more capable

they have alfajer who is 10x the talent.

then he has lost more of his value probably

do you think the guy who couldnt move to texas(for his own gaming career) just coz his girlfriend wanted to stay in la, would move to europe? lol... hell no, it requires commitment which sentinels players dont have, its a great achievement they did a bootcamp coz that sure looked impossible.

exactly

sorry to break it you but mixwell is 10k streamer and scream is also somewhere around or a bit less. nats streams with 5k. and getting more viewers doesnt mean they are entertaining. they just stream a lot less. who would you tune into, a hiko who streams daily and you know you can watch that guy live at 6 pm every day or wait for a boaster who has a very nice personality and is a really good streamer but only comes live once a week? its not about that they are not entertaining, its just that they dont stream, they are athelets not streamers.

EXACTLY

AND STOP GIVING SHITTY EXCUSES THAT WE(NA) IS A WEAK REGION AND WE'LL GIVE YOU FREE WINS, WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?? AND MORE EMEA TEAMS DO MATTER, IF WE GET 4 TEAMS WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE GET ANOTHER ALL EMEA TOP 4, WE NEED TO HUMBLE TEAMS LIKE OPTIC LOUD ETC WHO GOT AWAY WITH HIGH FINISHES JUST BECAUSE WE DIDNT HAVE EMEA TEAMS THAT TIME. ITS SO FKN EASY TO INFALTE YOUR STANDINGS IN A COMPETITION WITHOUT ACTUAL CMPETITION

next year we are getting 3 leagues
1) americas: NA, BRAZIL,LATAM
2)ASIA: JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA, SEA, SOUTH ASIA, AUSTRALIA
3) EMEA: EUROPE ,MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA,CIS
each of these leagues will get 10 slots each(as of the leaks).
now considering every leagues is treated equally, for a tournament like masters next year, we'll get equal representation from all the regions, which means 4 teams from America, asia and emea all qualify to make a tournament of 12 teams.
now what is happening in this champions:
1) NA + LATAM+BRAZIL =7 SLOTS
2) SEA+CHINA+KOREA+JP=6 SLOTS
3) EMEA=3 SLOTS
NOW OPEN YOUR EYES AND TELL ME THIS SLOT DISTRIBUTION IS NOT FUCKED UP, I CAN TAKE NOT GIVING 6 SLOTS TO EMEA, BUT WE ATLEAST DESERVE 4 WHEN WE HAVE CLEARLY PROVEN THAT WE ARE THE STRONGEST LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR TOO.

firstly riot will fuck the seeding up again and put 3 emea teams on the same side of the bracket(playoffs) so that we eliminate ourselves and fuck the competetion. we have been making fun of na since berlin last year, first sentinels fell off then guard choked and now xset, honestly it has gotten so boring , coz na being bad is no longer funny but just a fact. na teams wont get better until next year when they would have to finally meet the br and latam teams so they can see the difference of how fast an SA team gets better and how slow and lazy a na team is

that would be such a good move, but c9 prefers friends over talent. would'nt be possible if sick doesnt know any of the player's closely

he is saying that fnc had to deal with alfa's weak english, if sheydos comes to that would mean another guy with english translating into slightly inconvinient and less effective comms

another brain dead opinion by a vlr user. guys like you is why the pros think the general audience shouldn't get the right to criticise them. you dont even know what roles are and how a team should be

why the fuck is drx s, please stop with these shitty drx takes

like your list is mostly a decent opinion but why the fuck do people still put drx on that spot, they have been constantly choking and they get worse as the tournament goes on

what decent casters, everytime i tune in they have somebody new , another 20 year old nobody knows about, like if its someone like mimi who has been grinding outside and actually deserves to be there, then its fine. but there are random kids casting sen vs 100t who no one knows. the only decent casters they have are side and bren, vans is good and so is doug but that's it.

no watchparty :( . looks like i have to skip the broing t2 na matches today

200 mil was the overall view count, concurrent viewership peaked at somewhere around 60 mil