GO DRX 2-0 hopefully maybe a 2-1 but i hope drx clutch it up. with the way freeing and hyunmin were playing against NS, if DRX can do that again but flashback back to normal form, then i think they have a really good shot at winning.

I simply LOVE how drx just shot up by 4 or 5 positions on everyone's rankings! From 5th or 6th in the league to second!

I'm SO ready for the announcement: " welcome back, runi/vanity". Or both. That would be hilarious. But I'm pretty sure they both retired or on break so it's not really an option anymore thankfully. Maybe c9 will finally need to pick up new players.

they only are proactive when the n word appears. its like a spawner for them lmao. rightfully so but its only if its really extreme lol. or when a politics thread gets over 50 comments...

this copium is either a weak bait or shameful stubbornness. its not a good look...

good points. there definitely is so much talent in korea tier 2, enough to make a whole separate league out of all the talent there. the issue is pacific is such a massive region, and if korea alone has so much talent, its clear that the entire region that "Pacific" covers is going to be under represented across the board. korea has more talent, yes, but what if its the same case with all the other SEA countries? there may have been talented people that now wont have a chance to flourish because its simply not economically viable? thats what i mean when i say riot has messed up with the SEA region of Pacific. also yes i am aware of the korean talent, i have been watching VCT in korea since 2021, however i didnt watch the tier 2 scene in late 2023/2024 so i cant speak on that. the teams do manage their players very poorly in franchising in the SEA region, like the RRQ shenanigans with their 2023 roster, but riot chose to put those teams in franchising. was there no good alternatives or is that the best orgs that the region has to offer? who knows.

Conclusion: riot hates zellsis.

yeah i was talking about C9 fumbling in challengers stage 2 2021 when they let v1 make it over them.

yep i wasnt saying that you said anything wrong, just making it clear for others! :)

Magoat tapped into his near unlimited potential on map 1. MY GOAT!

The mistake you may be making is comparing SEA, a region of Asia containing over half a billion people, to Korea, a country with only 60 million population. A mere tenth of the population of all of SEA. Despite SK being more developed and having a stronger gaming culture with league of legends before valorant, making up a 10:1 ratio even considering the factors i mentioned is unfathomable. I'm certain that there was room for improvement with the way riot handled the SEA pro scene in the early days; it was clear that it was underdeveloped compared to Korea back then. But investing on Korea was the easier and safer option for riot with the success of LOL there. SEA is still underrepresented in pacific franchising today because almost half of the players are Korean. It started from the lack of promotion of SEA pro valorant in 2021 and 2020. Korea had tournaments as early as 2020 and massive orgs investing there, even if it was only temporary for some of them. Korea undeniably got more love from riot in terms of the pro scene compared to the entirety of SEA, where really good talent will continue to go unnoticed until they are given the chance. With the number of orgs pulling out of SEA tier 2 now and with the SOOP deal with riot, the nail is in the coffin for the SEA region. Riot has continued to make mistake after mistake when handling a growing region with lots of untapped potential still. Its not nearly as bad as what South Asia has suffered with, but it's not fair to claim that the tier 1 of Korea has been treated the same and gone through the same struggles as the tier 1 of SEA, especially in the very crucial early years of both regions.

Idk... your name, the way you speak, and your terrible attitude leads me to believe that either you have no control over your emotions, or you are in fact a 5 year old. Both could be true at the same time though.

Pearl looked pretty bad but can we appreciate what they did well? I thought that they did great dodging the neon across all three maps, and they looked especially good on fracture in the second half of the map. And while their synergy was off on pearl, they did really well to work together on fracture and lotus to take the win in the end.

I can't wait for every single one of your quarter final predictions to go completely wrong.i hope you enjoy not getting a single point on your pickems for pacific from this day onwards. What a waste of perfect predictions only to get everything fucking wrong. So very disappointing.

Leaf was severely underrated up until he joined G2. It was probably the best move he could have made tbh. I was watching him closely since the time c9 almost made it to an international way back in 2021, and from when he joined c9 valorant in general.

Americas: flop
Pacific: flop but mini flop
China: 5 points flop, with no chance to earn ANY more.
EMEA: perfect pickems. And if they are wrong at this point, it will only be because the team I am cheering for will do better than I expect

I have been reading tower of God too, but I kind of put that on pause because I am letting the chapters stack up. If you want recommendations of light novels, I would recommend you start with omniscient reader's viewpoint. My favourite is The Beginning after the End, and it's still ongoing with around 500 chapters (the chapters are long). The one I'm reading right now is called shadow slave, and it is the one that has 2000 chapters and counting. The story is really well written but imo the writing quality is on a different level with the other two light novels. Solo leveling, a popular manhwa also has a light novel that is completely finished. I read that too and it has really good writing there as well. I am also quite new to the world of light novels so I don't feel like it's my place to recommend any to you, but I hope you enjoy the ones I've mentioned because they all are some of the best pieces of fiction that I have read, even compared to actual books and novels.

Note: not all manhwas are adaptations of light novels, and not all light novels have manhwas. Should be obvious but just letting anyone know. So some amazing light novels might not have manhwa adaptations.

For anyone looking to fill the void tiktok has left, I would highly recommend light novels. They are like books but a longer form of a story. There are so many good ones. I'm reading one right now that has 2000+ chapters and the author releases two chapters a day. It's amazing. I don't think I've opened tiktok in a week since I started reading. Start with the popular ones because they are really good. It is better than tiktok AND you might improve your writing and reading skills too! Win win!

Idk about all the regiona, but for emea it's definitely sheydos. He is so much better than the trash that surrounds him on koi. I can't remember if he's still on that roster but it's sucks that he didn't get to shine like the others from gambit

he has so much aura that each letter is a word. and jawgemo is more than three words: Ja, W, ge, and mo. its pretty simple to understand if you just remove your brain from your skull. smh.

this matchup shouldnt have happened in the LB or this early :(

PRX vs T1, TLN vs GE, RRQ vs GENG and DRX vs NS. based on what we have seen so far, what are the predictions? i think T1 and GENG are going to win. i also think GE has a really good shot at taking down talon. for the last matchup, i want DRX to win but idk if they will. they are my favourite chokers, after all.

not all the time... and when i dont like the casters, i just have something else playing in the background. i dont really like most watchparties apart from FNS because most of the time they dont explain the plays properly, or i just dont like them.

i think its because he is taking a slightly different role on the team, flexing a bit more. and also his breach always looked pretty good, it was just when he played gekko or kayo when he kind of shat the bed.

the viral hot noodles are only hyped up by people who think its cool to have a high spice tolerance. theres no way they actually enjoy the taste; instead they like the idea of the spicy noodles. or they add other stuff to give the food more flavour than it has on its own, but with such overpowering spice, you would need an equally strong additional flavouring which defeats the purpose of the spice itself. that is an example of poorly made food, because most good spicy food will have other flavours and wont need added stuff for it to taste good. in cuisines, dishes tend to be made with many flavours infused with some spice, and that is an example of spicy food done right. non spicy food that is well flavoured is much better than something that has only been seasoned with the world's spiciest chilli.

not true at all. karon is one of the youngest successful pros atm. persia is only getting started in tier 1. mako isnt getting any worse, if anything as his experience increases, his performance will only get better.

NV food>>>>>. when will he come back, its been 3 years!

only badly made food will only ever taste of burning. any cuisine that correctly uses spice normally has underlying flavours. at least that is what i have noticed. sometimes the spice overpowers, but the beauty of spicy food is that it is layered and complex.

YES MY GOATS MADE IT INTO THE TOP 5. achillios and pansy are my favourite casters. the games feel so much more fun to watch when either of them are casting. normally i mute when they are not casting.

iirc there are still some that people dont really know too much about. one player in korean T2 that im really sad for is exy. he is really really good but never got the chance to shine on a team. he was very flexible in his roles. i havent watched korea challengers in a while now but last time i remembered, he was doing really well. there are so many korean talents like him who go unnoticed, even after korea has almost taken up half the slots in the pacific league. there might even be more korean talent than any other country at the moment, apart from maybe USA or brazil.

Bump for pacific league. However, this thread is so dead that I think this counts as a necro

how are your regional pickems looking after the first few matches of each league apart from pacific? my china one is fucked, Americas isnt looking too great but a flawless EMEA one so far.

ngl kicks really showed up today. the omen was really solid from him and even the breach on abyss, he looked really comfortable on that as well. maybe he just sucked with agents like kayo?

BRO ive known ball since guild 2022 days! i will say it again like a broken recorder; sayf trexx leo is THE best trio core in the world, no 3 players on a team together will be better than them. so underrated (apart from leo, he deserves all the hype he has rn)

does less need to be performing all the time when his team is firing on all cylinders?

top 3 on his role itw. hot take i know but he is just too good.

THEY WON

yes uwukitten, stand on business and shut these haters up. no one is allowed to discredit my GOAT!

the only advantage derke has over aspas is probably the ability to play yoru. aspas has a better jett and i would rank them equal on raze and the other agents they both play.

explain. you cant just say that without backing it up. otherwise you are just an idiot.

i dont think you watched marteen last year. i cheer for icy but we all know what you mean by comparing him to icy, and its not a good comparison imo. marteen was second only to narrate on KC last year. he is phenomenal.

not always about comps but yeah, vitality comp looks actually downright evil. its like we are back in the astra postplant meta except theres a new broken agent to delay with. i wonder how it will look on defence though.

can i ask why furia has an all american team playing? i think i missed something.

no, its a fun map. just because everyone else doesnt like it, doesnt mean i have to hate it too. honestly i enjoy icebox more than maps like abyss or even fracture.

i wont let some silly american whose team got demolished by the worst brazilian team dictate whether my goats are goats or not.

one W out, another W in. although i still think mid needs a little bit of reworking, especially mid to A pathing. but whatever, i dont want to hear any icebox slander here.

I never doubted BBL even for one second. Even after they were 9-3 down in the last map. This feels amazing.
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/bc39bc66

this aged wonderfully lol

he would literally have to put on triple negative numbers for ardiis to even be considered over him.