Hello

That would make sense if that's the case here.

Ty

Big respect and epic bounce back

C-c-c-cope harder bozo.

You're a disgrace to your region

GG to both teams, fucking insane finals.

Fpx let's goooo!

Your name goes too hard

Just clowns period*. The flag doesn't matter. Clown is clown

GG to Optic. Better team won today, but they still had a hell of a tournament run. And they have an international title, which is more than most others can and will ever have.

Gratz to my EMEA gang though. Fpx were insane

1. We don't know if they will or won't yet.
2. NA orgs invest a shit load more when compared to orgs from other regions. So it's less sustainable for them.

These are the reasons why we haven't seen lots of orgs from APAC / EMEA leave valo yet.

SUYGETSU hopped off the plane late just to send FNC back on one early

Rare W by you sir.

OP is just asking to get clowned in the Optic win. dumbass

Team Liquid.

A man can dream.

Yeah man, you could be right. Time will tell!

Ya, just saw a few mins ago. That sucks

Franchising while good in someways is basically just capitalism on show in gaming.

Good for the few, shit for the masses.

Maybe it will lead to more entertaining formats for viewers and fans though, maybe not with the possible lack of Cinderella stories. Who knows at this point. Not looking great though.

Speedrun death of a scene challenge: difficulty easy

Nah, optic deserve all the praise. I say this as a slight NA hater.

The team has a winning mentality. One of the few groups that can bounce back and not go into a downward spiral after a loss.

NYFU? when was that announced? damn

factsssss

I'll tell you all now. This is bullshit.

There isn't a new version of CS coming anytime soon. What's happening is CSGO will be moved to Source 2 Engine. This is not a new game, it's 99% a backend change to move the game onto the most up to date source engine.

It won't look any different, it probably won't even feel different. It most certainly won't be packaged and released as a new game either.

In fact, CSGO will probably get slightly worse (in the short term) due to new bugs associated with being on a new engine while they need to fix things.

We are still many years away from a "new" counterstrike game. If you think the current game running on a cleaner / more up to date engine, is enough to cause an exodus from valorant, you are smoking heroin. It is NOT going to be a new game.

I love CSGO, but those guys are just talking out their asses.

You're right, and what that tells us is that it was anyone's game. Lev just came up slightly better.

It's hardly a game to draw many conclusions from.

We can only dream bruh. We can only dream.

And you make a good point.

Of the 3 international tournaments they played, liquid were knocked out of 2 by domestic rivals.

XD

LATAM elimination matches are GOATED

KRU vs SEN

KRU vs Fnatic

KRU vs Gambit

Leviatan vs Xset

Leviatan vs Fnatic

All bangers

FPX looked like they stepped into form VS DRX, while FNatic look like they're hanging on for dear life vs Leviatan. Very Shaky and Derke is not in form at the moment.

Relax, they really just needed the benefit of playing group stage games to warm up.

Not saying they didn't deserve their losses. But it's tough to come to a first LAN and perform right away in knockouts. Leviatán rose to the challenge better. Doesn't mean XSET are trash.

Yep, that's a true point. But, I'd still say G2 under performed compared to their seeding.

Bro, relax, everyone gets shitted on when they lose.

better game, better tournies.

There's literally no way this came from someone with an Xset flair haha xD.

I don't know how long it's gonna take some of you to realise this.

But valorant isn't the game where you're going to see a region dominate.

1 Team from a region winning 1 event doesn't = region dominating.
1 Event where a region does better than every other doesn't = region dominating if they can't repeat it.

The skill gap between players at the top is too small, and it comes down to which TEAMS show up on the day.

The closest thing we had to regional dominance was champs last year by EMEA. But even that doesn't count, because it wasn't repeatable. EMEA shit the bed at the very next event.

If Optic wins this event, it doesn't mean NA is the best region (especially when their last 2 #1 seeds go 0-2 in playoffs). It just means Optic is the best team in the world. Doesn't say shit about the region.

I think we're at the stage where Valorant is finally globally competitive.

I really like this take, and the one above.

Liquid have rarely ever looked like the best team in EMEA, but they've always looked like a good matchup against pretty much any team internationally. The only exception being Zeta division. They were very poor against them on Fracture and Split.

Optic probably gonna win it all. Which makes me sad as an EMEA fan. but fuck it. it eez what it eez

Scripted

my boy might be onto something haha

Navi?!

Is this a hot take or do you have a strong reason for predicting them.

Give them another shot haha, it was their first LAN

Bleed would be nice. I'd like to see that global roster of EU+APAC at LAN

https://twitter.com/xerxity/status/1548430899829547008?t=YLM-iM2rhaG9bse0D3s3sA&s=19

Lol

Face down in a tears soaked pillow

Facts.

Happens in every major sport. But vlr users are mostly clowns, so you're talking to a brick wall.

I wanted Lev to win. But chill out lol, it was anyone's game. Both of their first LAN fighting for elimination.

I'm super happy for them.

Vamosssss

Unlucky for NA and XSET

0-2 in playoffs again as #1 seed.

Better luck next time

Vamos!!!

They did actually state in an interview that yoru was Ange1s idea

You just described difficult international competition. 3 teams that are better than everyone else from their region.

Saying if they were in Group B they'd have qualed is cap. You do not know this. I bet you predded GUILD to lose to Optic. Stop being so certain about valo predictions.

This is not a point that needs to be debated my boy.

Nah, you're just reading it like that. I think LOUD are an insane team, my post isn't to shade them.

I'm pointing out how crazy it is, they went 0-2 with very close games after violating the rest of Brazil.

International competition is crazy.

not related. But it's crazy how LOUD speedrun Brazil then went 0-2. Competition is really tight this event.