| Flag: | Europe |
| Registered: | March 14, 2022 |
| Last post: | July 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM |
| Posts: | 568 |
"alot of ini" is a pretty big overstatement, senti was still by far his most played role in 24/25, the majority of his ini games are from like. 2023. his best form was clearly whilst playing for hge where he played senti/viper which he evidently couldn't really play on liquid
its the top 2 teams from stage 2 & the top 2 teams from champs points in each region, if the top 2 teams from stage 2 are within the top 2 for points asw then it filters down to the next team with the most points iirc
yeah for sure, i cant see them changing anything until next year. hopefully make champs and then see what happens
tbf the -kamyk was rumoured to of happened because of internal issues, so unless like you said this somehow shakes their team synergy, i cant imagine them making any changes with (albeit from an outside perspective) the chemistry looking pretty good & decentish results
lack of time has been the biggest killer for this team, i think the serial hate is extremely overstated when hes been forced into uncomfortable roles & you often see him put himself in compromising positions to help everyone else on the team, and hes still very new to t1. imo it makes the most sense to stick with this team for stage 2 no matter what, they have good chemistry and they're likely guaranteed top 4 and a place at champs and then whatever happens happens - though keiko & nats are the only players who should be guaranteed a spot next year. my dream player is riens lol but i assume heretics are very unwilling to let any of their players go even if they dont make champs (unlikely)
i think the answer to your question was the fact teams dont use it, if it was beneficial and gave an advantage youd see far more teams utilising actual 6 man rosters. all good!
this has literally been allowed since the beginning of competitive valorant & generally hasnt had any success. gambit tried at the end of 2022 and it failed miserably, there is no competitive advantage lol
he started igling near the end of 2024 iirc
canadian & time constraints, roster lock was on the like 29th or 30th + keiko said they didnt really have many options
im pretty sure keiko playing iso in ranked whilst streaming wont correlate to their roles at all, the day before he played viper on icebox one game and reyna another and thats definitely not happening lol. penny said on his stream hes "playing smokes on one map" so keiko is likely staying on smokes on every other map
tbf keiko said on stream they didn't really have any other options w the time constraints & visa problems, they basically had to get any canadian player. getting someone who could play the right role was probably the least of their worries
? chill lol he was great in stage 1 asw, top 3 until the last 2 games and then he was still in the top 10. he played well today minus maybe the last map
he was probably just reassuring him lol
redgar said his english isnt amazing but he used to queue and hang out with starxo alot and currently playing the redbull opens w a squad that'd be speaking english, so id guess its enough to communicate? not sure tho. nevertheless excited : ))))
excited to see if navi (fpx) can continue their dominance within emea with cned instead of ardiis and of course excited to see ex-gmb boys play again even if they're on diff teams :') really hope we do get to see more of d3ffo, even if its an ascension team. miss watching the guy
doesnt matter if they fix the game if the game changers teams are explicitly told that it is a bug they cant use, then warned AFTER they used it then go on to use it again in the SAME game. quite obviously not a strat, just abusing a bug?
well i mean, nearly every report ive seen so far from anyone has been correct but who knows rn tbh
tbh last rumours i saw were FUT were taking the last slot, but i wouldve thought itd have been BIG. think theres still a world we dont see G2
nah man give them some credit. you can support and congratulate other teams without bringing optic down, sure there might have been unfortunate circumstances earlier this year that could've given optic a slightly easier win but they still won it and continue to prove they are in contention for best in the world. they have the most consistent results of any team in valorant, most teams aren't even constantly in the running for winning events but optics been in 3 grand finals. maybe take into consideration that since valorant is a changing meta that allows other teams to rise to the top (exactly why we have 6 different major winners) yet optic can still float above. if they stick as a 5 they'll win something else
i heard somewhere kingg said that the crowd affected them but i'm not sure how much truth there is to it. but even if he didn't say that i feel for them, not even mentioning the fact they have many young players on their roster, they're playing in a different continent infront of thousands of people for probably the first time. yeah it's not really an excuse, but you've gotta feel bad after going 4-0 in groups.
his sage on this map is the best ive seen, this tournament and copenhagen. its just crazy
maybe best in the world is a bit of an overstatement lol. but they're definitely in contention for top 4, and i see a world they could actually win if they carry on playing like they have been - especially with how many pistols they win, its fking insane. we haven't seen enough of them on LAN to call them the best itw (honestly don't know if we'll ever be able to call a team best in the world, if you play every grand final in valorant 10 times over you'll get a different team winning every time. im sure of it) but what we have seen of them is incredible, definitely an amazing team that shouldn't be underrated any more
nah man, there is such a shortage of t1 igls in this game and boaster fills that gap. even if he's not a fragger you've got to give him credit for his igl abilities. fnatic were probably frothing trying to get him to sign a longer contract, teams without a good igl are bound to fail in a game like this. stats today were kinda abysmal though i cant lie
same aha, couldnt be happier w the result today. gonna be so sick for them to have so much time to prep going into playoffs
was rooting for lev to win against prx but still had prx beating them and lev qualifying through lowers, so proud of them showing everyone theyre the real shit and making playoffs first!!!
TL plays great in regional events and okay at an international level once they get going but I've always thought m3c played amazing at an international level... just always chokes in qualifiers :(
yeahh, its rough. watching prx vs edg is scaring me even more
yeah, i got big faith in Lev (and Kru) though. maybe just copium though lol
duelist:
f0rsakeN PRX
kiNgg LEV
initiator:
shao FPX
klaus KRU
sentinels:
mazino KRU
SushiBoys XIA
controllers:
melser LEV
fns OPTIC
had my 5 players as: f0rsakeN, shao, mazino, melser, fns (igl/captain)
wish i could go back to then :(
WWWWWWW love hearing about panpoc
game he grew up on and was his dream to go pro in it. wouldve been a bigger name in it had it not been for his vac ban which basically meant he couldnt attend any LANs backed by valve iirc (which makes it impossible to ever become a t1 pro)
pretty reasonable list, its tough to rank the top 3, 5 or even 10 going INTO a tournament because it usually depends on players performances from months before or players that haven't performed on an international stage in a while (or ever), also taking different roles into account. maybe id have atleast 1 fpx player in the top 3 but maybe thats just emea bias lol
fnatic bootcamped stage 1 iirc, or atleast some of the players did? as far as I remember m3c didn't bootcamp stage 1 but I'm not really sure, they bootcamped most of stage 2 but for the last final games went home and didn't bootcamp for lcq. not that it's an excuse, but yeah
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