maybe less strict covid laws to allow for larger crowds? or better stages/places to book for audience. not sure

both

id assume so if riot specifically chose denmark. if players still have valid Schengen visas they would be able to travel anyways. (if i recall gambit couldve travelled to iceland, had they qualified due to their visas still being in date but im unsure if they could still travel.) i dont think theyd choose a country teams would be unable to travel to like last time

looks like istanbul, no?

dont think thats a great idea lol

and hes been asked about 50 times if hes going back to CS... let him live

engh?

the d3ffo ace lives rent free in my head.i screeeeamed when he got that

i know, just more recently people have been speaking about it

? they finished 1st seed in their group, stomped their way through playoffs & won the whole event.. how are they overhyped

just speculations because hes mentioned a few times he plans to eventually move back to CS

😭

sad

no, he has said multiple times he would go back to cs in the future but has given no timestamp. but most likely would leave after this season if he wanted to (if his contract ends), unless they make some sort of miracle run

we dont know whats going on behind the scenes, Jamppi has said he still wants to win something major in Valorant so im sure the team is still motivated and supposedly they have their igl situation fixed. try not to judge them until you see them play again - i personally wouldnt even score them based of their recent masters performance as Sliggy said they were going to have a revamp of roles and sort out all their problems before the next qualifier but unfortunately (or fortunately?) were given a spot in masters instead, denying them of much practise or fixing major flaws. i dont think Jamppi is the sort of guy to underperform or not put his all into a game just because he plans to move in the future or enjoys other games, you saw his performance at masters. all is to play for this qualifier anyways, as it basically decides which EMEA teams make it to champions since the last 3 didnt make it far enough last event to secure a slot 100%

bro let the guy play games, he rarely streams and when he does its for a few hours so if he wants to play csgo let him have fun?? the team probably scrims 7-8 hours 6 days a week so fuck him if he wants to play a game he enjoys for a few hours.. jeez

thats just facts🥱

not sure ab exact heights but gambits order goes smth like
chronicle 6'3
nats 6'1/6'0
sheydos/redgar
d3ffo
engh

i think the VRLs and most teams being able to stay in the vct circuit is to mimic what next year will look like with franchise leagues, so no actual open qualifier & its much harder to qualify for the main events

m3c fpx ace/fnc, think one of those two will get a honeymoon period w new rosters and qual

you got the script?

i see gmb winning this but guild arent a bad team + have had more time together now. gmb 2-1

fpx won it eventually but it was a crazy comeback, went pretty far OT if i remember correctly. i was losing my mind watching it

dumbest thing you could say, gmb strives off teamwork and good communication. theyve been one of the longest lasting rosters for a reason. just because he has one poor performance in one tournament does not make him the worst player ever, especially when he has health problems🤷‍♀️ hes had amazing performances in other tournys, especially LAN. gmb/m3c know their team better than you

dont think jett nerfs will affect him much since he is mainly there to make space and set up his team over anything, the only thing it will effect is his op-ing on defence

m3c win gg go next

nah but i feel like there'll be a lot of upsets, excited to see new rosters & i hope/think guild performs better this time as they had high expectations last stage. also will be interesting to watch fokus since i believe they could make it further than people anticipate

LG and Faze have potential to qualify over SEN imo, not sure about EG though...

liquid should win but you never know with them tbh. could be close 2-1

they wouldnt change rosters until after lcq imo but if jamppi chose to stay i dont think theyd let him go, lots of pros & sliggy especially have said hes a very valuable player and i dont think theyd willingly want him to go, only if he chose to. (unless youre inferring this would happen IF jamppi went back to CS)

people discredit acend's win in champs and say it doenst mean anything ig

investigation came to nothing bc it was the org and a third party investigating it, never got to the police as far as i know

VRLs arent part of the main vct circuit i suppose, it would only matter if the french OG team got promoted to the VCT since it would mess with competitive integrity - or not, if they just play under LDN UTD

oh, does that mean that winners of masters 2 dont have an auto qualification spot in champions? (i know circuit points would mean they would, but last year there was a designated slot for gambit winning masters berlin which meant there was 4 emea teams instead of 3)

random draw from teams that made it to playoffs and teams that didnt (3 playoffs teams, 3 group teams). no seeding included

most likely only 2 because its 12 teams attending, not 16

if you consider choking having to play 6 bo3s in 9 days then yeah, i guess they did?

it looks like they are testing a similar format that they will take on next year, minus the VRLs? with the sort of franchising leagues they'll be doing next year teams will be selected by riot so this format kinda imitates that as it keeps the "best" teams at the top whilst other teams fight in smaller leagues to have a chance to play in bigger ones.

W for m3c

group b definitely looking good for gmb/m3c, especially with fpx being in the other group. they streamrolled every other team last time so i dont think itll be a problem for them, thank god aha. last 2 spots up for grabs by anyone, lots of upset potential though i dont have a lot of faith in BIG as they havent announced their fifth member yet if im not mistaken?

group a is literally group of death, fokus looked amazing in vrl and og ldn werent a bad team last time, even beating fpx. not to mention acend and fnatic both having 2 new players on their rosters. g2 is a hit or miss, i think fpx is the only team i could comfortably say will make it tbh. so excited to watch this group

hyped for vct!!!

the new acend roster looks hot and ready to win, id still say theyre one of the best EU teams (most accomplishments and were pretty consistent throughout 2021) especially considering they have no CIS players lol, hope they bounce back

EMEA gmb tl
NA 100t nrg xset
APAC xerxia
KR drx ons
JP zeta

yeah i would argue theyre still one of the, if not THE best team in the world still but ig we dont know until theyre on LAN again. def one of the most well rounded teams which makes them near impossible to hate

yeah seems only d3ffo gets the short end of the stick when it comes to gambit, but as a whole team they dont get much hate

so youd rather have an 8 team closed qualifier? lol

yeah, there wasnt really 3 last year either - masters 1 was a regional masters, no LAN. 3 LANS per year, its all gonna change next year anywyas

im not 100% sure how old all of guard's players are but id guess between them and now acend due to their 2 new pickups being pretty young. was drx and gambit last year though as far as i know

regional masters dont count as real masters

hope c9w closes this series out, would be so big for them

c9w took map 1, meL tweeted

EMEA gmb/m3c liquid
NA 100t xset nrg
APAC xerxia
KR drx but would like to see ons
also want to see ZETA again.they were sick at reykjavik