ew i still get nightmares from the days where i used to watch on crunchyroll without premium. more ads than the actual length of the episode, took hours to finish even a couple of episodes. they are absolutely shameless with their 15 minute ad breaks.

ok but vitality has a phenomenal abyss. its kind of like the G2 effect, where there are some maps that a team is seemingly unbeatable on.

i just dont like how TL has weaseled their way into the top echelons of EMEA valorant since the org entered the scene. and then they proceed to perform underwhelmingly. this roster has no chance of winning an international in my eyes.

why?are u interested?

no it was an L prediction because GENG was so underwhelming in map 1 and 2. i am ashamed that i believed in them. texture isn't the player he used to be in 2024 :(

"but noooo NA is the best sub region, they deserve more slots!!!!!??!?!!?>!?!?!!?!?!>!!?!"
NA fans, probably

T1 fan talking here, your biased opinion immediately doesn't matter to me. but since you asked, i will explain why i hate T1 (specifically buzz and meteor). GENG would have easily been best in pacific if meteor stayed. instead, he chased the bag (which i can kind of respect), but T1 isnt even best in the region. so he wasted the potential of GENG in 2025. i don't respect that. with buzz, he left to join a better team it seems, but T1 is not better than DRX yet. it wouldnt have been as bad, but T1 are chronic chokers, an infection that no doubt was carried over by stax and buzz, who know all about choking important games. in summary, T1 is wasted potential because they aren't even some outstanding roster descending from the heavens like GENG was. so I am disappointed and mad at them.

according to vlr, T1 has NEVER beaten DRX. isn't that insane? off topic but does anyone else also hate T1 because buzz and meteor abandoned their old teams?

this elusive wrist injury has been going on since 2021 iirc. so unless its a long term chronic condition like arthritis, i dont see how he is able to injure his wrist time and time again.

the comparison should be between lakia and yoman but whatever

you have got to have some of those matches otherwise you might end up with a dead career

last place in pacific speedrun ahh roster moves

off topic but look at my goat trexx diffing even derke with that 1.23 rating😍

oh it wasn't 22-24? i got it wrong then.

yeah but i consider peak valorant to be games where both sides are competitively good.

but he IS the duelist! kayo turns into a duelist on average every 5 rounds with his ult, but sometimes artzin forgets to switch out of duelist mode. his raze split is affecting him too much to the point that he is making kayo a duelist.

well it was challengers which was the qual process for masters, but it could have been round of 64 or round of 32 games.

LMAOOO so i wasted my time commenting on this thread??? next time make over unders that are easier to check through vlr.gg.

in americas, GENG vs TSM in challengers back in 2022 it ended 22-24 so thats the most from "Tier 1 Americas" back then iirc

how many standups? checking in at map 3. over 50.5 rounds for SEN, idk tech pauses but i counted at least 3, aspas did a horrible bait in that OT wrapping around pearl, i think aspas should be over by map 4 even if they lost, narrate over by now and idk about last 2

why is T1 over DRX??

91

under, over, over, under, over(the op is too useful to throw away in a retake) over, over, wtf is a team kill, under

there's no argument. they beat the last 2 remaining teams 2-0 2-1. and yeah flashback is a star player, and only really woke up towards the end of the T1-DRX series. I do hope that DRX stays this way even after inevitable tejo nerfs and all that. freeing is great but it would be sad if he is only good on tejo, which i dont expect will happen but still.

FUT needs a roster overhaul atp. they look utterly shambolic. how did this team even manage to make it this far?

ok now i am certain that you haven't watched a single mibr game this kickoff AND that you are a stat watcher, meaning you assume that the kills define the gameplay. you are simply wrong. there's no other way to put it.

you promised. now you must deliver. if i am correct, none of this should be illegal or dangerous, no?

really? are you watching mibr games with your eyes closed, by any chance?

its an injustice to compare mibr to TL because mibr actually did look good against LEV and KRU (mainly aspas and cortezia though) whereas i dont seem as impressed by TL.

that final statement applies to every region. for all we know, EDG's strats might not be that good or they are just raidbossing china because everyone in the region sucks, or they got worse because Trace wouldnt have beat them otherwise.

but you also act like aspas was carrying against LEV, and that he carries every game. he really wasn't.

cortezia is amazing. i could see him being the next less. artzin and nzr are both a bit underwhelming and xenom is a rookie with potential that hasnt been met yet.

i think this goes to 5 maps, with mibr winning

yeah i also need a chance for toilet/bathroom breaks so i would convice my teammates to call a timeout by threatening to throw.

i am so terribly disappointed in both of these teams. both of them need to be eliminated.

lmao the final line has got me crying. is this true?

yeah this sounds about right. i found artzin and nzr a bit underwhelming against KRU and LEV, and xenom only really woke up later into the game. also this is a bo5 iirc so SEN is defo favoured due to experience (all 5 of them have played many bo5s whereas idk about cortezia and xenom and their experience in an exhausting match)

oh ok thanks for explaining it.

idk

i disagree, can we appreciate that DRX have made it this far without flashback putting up flashback numbers? DRX has fantastic players, and fairly strong fundamentals (which may be overshadowed by their individual plays but its there) so i think they will do fine.

you and i both know what i meant in this context. this annoying behaviour is infuriating, so can we stop that?

no, aspas and cortezia are going to blast all over SEN today. i can smell it.

what is a glue pit?

it says a LOT when woot complains about "lineups" on.. tejo, the agent with probably some of the easiest lineups in the game. i secretly think that woot doesnt like tejo because his util requires him to open up a bracer and look at the map, and that means he could get caught off guard with util out. nevertheless, clearly woot doesnt actually know what lineups really are, because even on kayo, the other initiator he has played a bit of, the lineups really are not that hard because of the nature of the util.

no.

why? i am cheering for VIT to do well, not for TH to do badly.

i smell a stax and buzz choke incoming. maybe meteor can 1v9 in the end and T1 could win.
GENG 3-1 T1 is my prediction

bro tarik doesnt even use any of his "decent game knowledge" to discuss the match ever. he just constantly yaps over the gameplay. its giving subway surfers reddit stories on tiktok if you ask me.

maybe lakia was good at setting him up after all, and all the lakia haters dont know what they lost until now?

they got grouped in champs 2021. as a diehard DRX fan, i have taken it upon myself to remember every single international placement of the team since 2021 (which isnt hard since its either 3rd, 5th-6th, 8th or grouped)