actually based and accurate

yeah, if you guys pick up one or two dudes from NA t2 or one of the better EMEA t2 circuits, you could really get going. I think a lot of what is holding back China rn is just that the game has not been out very long, and since CS wasn't a big thing there y'all are kinda starting from the ground up. the talent is obvious, zmjkk is one of the best players in the world imo.

Hot take here - I'm a fan of the 100 Thieves players personally, but all of M80 could replace them and be better one for one.

think the take on NA will change after this year, CS has contributed to a lot of the weakness of the NA scene in terms of firepower, where EMEA has a ton of grown talent in tac fps games bc of how insane CS has been/is right now, while it was not as big in NA. However, Valorant is incredibly popular in NA and with premier entering the scene I think there's going to be a lot of upgrades in firepower coming out of NA. the only problem for me is how inflated salaries are in NA, if we don't fix that shit the scene is going to die. no one in t2 should be getting a six figure salary imo, it's just ridiculous rn and it's going to break the bank for all these orgs taking a big chance on Valo if it's not changed soon. EMEA has it right, NA has got to be better about how we use our money.

Hell yeah, fuck the EMEA haters, both these teams are so fucking good and I'm happy it's so close

EMEA has 4 slots all 4 EMEA teams have qualed already for Tokyo

no problem making a comment about management when a team is losing. but it was weird when he went so hard and it seemed like it got personal. that was the real problem.

potter got her team to playoffs multiple times with bottom of t2 players bc her org wouldn't give her money, soon as she got her hands on two world class players (that she didn't spend a ton on btw, Demon wasn't signed so no buyout and no one else wanted Ethan) she makes a tournament. bro just completely ignores the roster changes she made to make her team better. just a hater lol.

o7, they fuckin deserved it today

He knows zellsis is just having fun and trolling, there's no bad blood. Nice to see the two teams respect each other.

The thing they don't have is an IGL. Furia should have destroyed them, any half decent team can beat a team with no IGL.

cool, basically every other watch party is focusing on that lol. from your perspective, he might be boring, but if you're looking for analysis, he's the best streamer out there. i personally think tarik is way, waaaaay more boring, he doesnt even watch the game. it's what you want out of the stream.

Bang looked like he was on a real upward trajectory last year, but he's been really inconsistent on this iteration of 100T. Leo is by far the better player atm.

He's not gonna give you good react content if that's what you want, but he's the most informative watch party out there, if you're interested in analysis and learning more about the game itself, no one is better than sliggy. But it all depends on what you're looking for. Whatever you think of him, he's pulling 5k every single day so clearly people like him.

my pickems are over too lmaooooo

yeah that's the rub, they both gotta make it.

i think the big issue with the first timers nerf is playing in front of a crowd on LAN, and they've already done that so i honestly think that NRG and C9 will both do at least fairly well at Tokyo.

k bro, aint reading allat

yeah, at the moment I would agree with you. but let's see if ardiis can step up.

bro, derke and sayf are top of the leaderboards in EMEA, and Leaf is right below aspas while playing more agents. it's an easily defensible position, you're kind of a dumbass if you really think it's that bad. it's not like i have him out of my top five, you're kinda weirding out.

am i not allowed an opinion lol. i just think those three are better, obvi we'll know after tokyo. chill out bro, it ain't that deep.

i think my top 3 is derke leaf and sayf. aspas is at 4, i just personally think those three are better. but yeah, it should be getting called after tokyo.

yeah, i don't disagree with you, but yay was also on one of the most broken agents that has existed in this game, and his entire team supported him on that role. if NRG doesn't make it to Tokyo and ardiis plays really badly, or if he has no impact when they do make it to Tokyo, then i think his position on the team has to really start getting discussed, but I'd like to give him a little more time. if not, get a t2 duelist with some promise on the team, NRG would have clean roles if they picked up someone who looked great on both jett and raze.

Sayf could carry any team, i underrated him on Guild bc he only played a real star role and looked good in the previous meta when he was on Chamber on Copenhagen, but now that he's on a legit good team and getting supported by them, he looks like one of the best duelists in the entire world, easily top 3.

he had to play the selfless entry on optic and die as a human drone to get traded. now that he's not spending all his time setting up yay for success he has time to shine. i honestly think NRG has an even higher ceiling than optic in this meta, ardiis is a much more freeform and aggressive player than yay so every player on the team can shine now.

gigachad nihilist

dw they're going to both make it through to face each other and i believe Loud pulls out their bind to face NRG.

best rivalry in Valo, they make each other better every single game they play.

i love FNC, Boaster is one of the most lovable, respectful and genuinely caring guys in the scene. FNC fans are so fucking annoying bc he is such a great dude and they just shit on every other team around when he personally goes to the teams that lose at events and takes pictures and trades jerseys with all of them. idk why FNC fans don't just follow his example, everyone loves the dude.

difference is those two teams have been improving in one way or another, while 100T have been in a steady downward spiral. EG have been looking better and better since they added Demon1, and Sen have gone their own way, which might even work. 100T have looked worse and worse, their season was far worse than either of those teams, even though they almost made playoffs.

sure, but if they want him as coach he would have to go to Tokyo, go to whatever place the masters events are occurring. it's not as easy as just living in LA.

the t2 coaches have been really good, look at the improvements Moist Moguls have made.

NRG win this shit, they're fucking back.

paycheck doesnt matter when you have enough money and you want to spend your life with your family instead of flying around the world and living in LA. maybe they can get him as an assistant coach or strategic analyst who doesn't come to events, otherwise he's out of contention.

believe me, if they don't absolutely dominate LCQ somehow and make massive improvements, this roster is getting filled with young, hungry t2 players who didn't make it through Ascension this year.

Yeah I forgot about the language thing.

hiko

That would be good, Klaus is the main problem rn, but I honestly think they can find someone better than Nagzet, especially on Jett, there's plenty of crazy good duelists out there in LATAM.

Idk I think they need someone better. DaveeyS was crazy on senti during the Sentinels game, so he can play flash initiator or senti for this team, if they can find someone better than Nagzet to fill either of those roles Kru could be crazy good with even the current lineup.

Needs a new IGL and no Nagzet.

This ain't an airport, no need to announce your exit.

Dude Loud dropped a map pretty hard to Kru as well. Why do y'all care about this so much? It's the literal end of playoffs, this game is the most meaningless thing of all time

Ok and? They were already qualified into playoffs in top seed, just like C9? Can you process that info? They had a bad game against Kru and lost their Pearl? Do you get what I mean big brain doofus? That a team can play badly on a map or have an off day, even against a team that's not very good, and guess what? It means fucking nothing? God you're so fucking stupid.

Does no one ever have an off game bro, his entire split has been wildly good he can have one off day

Bro Loud got killed 13-3 on Split by EG. Sometimes teams just have bad days on their maps. They still won no? Loud had a close game against Kru, they're the best team with their current record by far.

I mean... Sen just beat Furia with a week and a half as a team, and they didn't even have an IGL. If Furia isn't below Sen, i have no clue why not.

her antistrats have always been some of the best in the fuckin world. but she knew they were going to Bind, NRG felt super good about it and it was always going to get picked if they left it open. we'll see if the prep can hold up on maps that she perhaps didn't prep as heavily for.

so what, it fucking matters bc it gets NRG into playoffs. Tokyo is all that matters, NRG needed that win so imma celebrate my ass off bc FNS has GOT to go to Tokyo.

Based af

immediately afterwards he clarified that it was a joke, so clearly you turned the stream off directly afterwards.