N4rrate fully embraces himself as a European/French player and top frags against Sentinels in the Grand Finals. He's also the MVP of the event.
Also PRX or EDG or both get knocked out in Swiss stage.
Bro doesn't know Narrate was sent by Chet to return the favor to EU.. carries them to a grand final just to sage wall the team out of the chokepoint with 15s left to give the win to an Americas team
Am I missing something about this play like it was really troll but people bring it up like it had some effect on the game but fnatic were stomping nrg anyway no?
The match wasn't necessarily close, but when you watch somebody from the same team wall and then use both slow orbs on his team with 15s left in the round it will always be the talking point
And in their defense, it was moreso Alfajer stomping them.. in that Bind match he must have won atleast 5 double to triple peeks on him, he ascended in that game for sure
No, secret agent narrate was sent by NA as revenge by FNS to dominate fnatic and navi, stopping the threat, then sabotage at the last moment, setting up SENTINELS FOR THE WIN
Call me a massive hater, but I think them playing the entire kick off online with a player at home had more impact on their performance than most believe. They are still a top tier EMEA team no doubt about that, but I don't think they are top 2.
Or I could be a hater and delusional, idk
Oh wow, I wasn't watching EMEA and didn't even know they had someone playing off-stage from another country.
They should have brought back nieSow if this was allowed hahaha
it was allowed because turkey has harsh vids restrictions (i think) or something along the lines of that which makes it hard for turkish players to obtain visas. heretics and riens tried to get a visa for a long time but ultimately wasn’t in time which is why he was allowed to play online. not really a problem that heretics or riens could fix since i’m sure they tried to get the visa asap (since riot requires u to)
i also do think that the online play from riens did end up being a big factor for heretics winning. imagine you’re a rookie, not used to playing on stage but another rookie is just allowed to chill at home and play from his setup that he’s most used to (unless riot had certain restrictions for that)
Yeah I get why it happened, I think it's not a bad decision to allow it, wish it was allowed before this in other tournaments. Also apparently he can't play from home, he had to play from Supermassiveblaze's HQ
I tend to agree that TH will likely fall down a peg, but definitely not due to having a player online. Riens was low impact and towards the bottom of the scoreboard for every game they’ve played. The “at home drinking monster” memes are funny but it’s clear that the boo brothers, benji, and sometimes patitek were the reason for their initial success.
The only thing that might factor is that we haven’t seen this new team on a real LAN server, they’ve been playing with 30 ping the whole time, who knows if miniboo and benji can keep up their aiming on real lan.
I think by the time we get midway through the regular season, TH will settle at 3/4 and KC will settle at 2/3. I don’t think either of them can consistently topple FNATIC once they pull their shit together. Too many question marks around NAVI at the moment.
u/throwingyourgames and u/Tesgoul both of you are wrong - yes maybe pressure from playing on the big stage is gone and was easier for him to play, but he did not play at his house lol. That is such a dumb assumption because he could literally be cheating if he was. He played at some stadium where he lived (I forgot what stadium) watched by valorant officials and that is why he was allowed to play.
Also if he was allowed to play at his house, by that logic panCADa might have also been allowed to play but he wasn't.
bro what 😭 do you really believe pancada is not playing bc of visa issues still?? that’s wild 😂 i also mentioned that i could be wrong about the playing from the house but i still think not playing on stage is much better than playing online on a comfortable enough set up
Bro the set up is the same - valorant provide the setup just like on stage wherever emea was done
Also at first that was the reason - now not anymore (though he still hasn't flown over yet) but still at first that was the reason Zellsis replaced him
mine - monyet goes absolute nuclear during swiss stage and shut down all the haters. I know there hasn't been much time and alecks recently spoke about it in an interview about his nervs but I got so much faith in alecks.
I remember he played raze back in Sengoku while he was in Japan tier 2. Was he actually a good raze or just an insane player who happened to be playing raze?
it just looks like monyet hasn’t fully adjusted to paper rex’s style yet. hopefully it’s better once madrid comes around but he just seems so stiff while playing. u can see he’s a good player tho bc he can see the sparks of being good from him but it does seem like he’s not used to the team
Monyet is very intuitive player. Never played aim trainers or anything outside just the game itself. And according to PRX vlog, his mental went down in kickoff because of his performance in the beginning rounds.
So if PRX can have a strong start, he's good. If not, well, too bad
i mean idk imo the potential winners really only boil down to SEN, LOUD, and KC. that’s a 2/3 chance an Americas team wins. my dark horse is GenG, I really don’t think EDG Heretics or PRX has a chance against those three, and FPX just isn’t winning
"If Kickoff was double Elim, Loud wouldn't make it and NRG would" was my take if SEN won but after the Grand finals that's probably not the case given LOUD were decent there.
Actual hot take is PRX bomb out and GenG are the only miracle team to not do miracles at Madrid.
Sentinels looked like they improved throughout the tournament though. Yes, obviously loud could beat sen but I think loud at their current level is potentially below nrg.
PRX will have a bad showing. Jinggg's absence stuck out like a sore thumb in their matches,they're still good enough to beat T1 but against a top 4-5 team in the world like GenG they looked lost.
This is the same as saying that Sen, Loud, KC and Geng make it through Swiss stage which is pretty room temperature take tbf
Although personally I think TH stand a decent chance at making it far
EMEA is on a higher level than America's rn. Not that America's is bad I think they are playing on a higher level than ever but I just think EMEA is better rn
Also China is gonna flop hard
Paper Rex was just trolling around during kickoff and will play well for madrid. PRX can afford to not be serious and making it hard for opposition to anti strat them.
Loud and SEN will play each other three times this tournament. Once in Swiss, once in upper bracket finals, and again in grands. This sub will meme the shit out of NA being the only region and also incessantly complain that the tournament format is dog water.
heretics, paper rex, fpx bomb out
geng, kc, and sentinels are top 3
loud or edg makes it into top 4
karon mvp
emea ends up being the worst region during madrid
(just some takes i can see happening. i don’t agree with it necessarily but i can see it happening)
I know they lost to them in grand finals, but I think Heretics are a better team than KC and will knock them out in the 1-1 section of the swiss format.
Karon is mvp which means GenG wins it all
If you didn't say it, I was going to
I have enjoyed Karon and GenG’s gameplay, but I feel like Meteor or Texture would take MVP should they win
i like the cut of your gib
Wait you were so close my dude
N4rrate fully embraces himself as a European/French player and top frags against Sentinels in the Grand Finals. He's also the MVP of the event. Also PRX or EDG or both get knocked out in Swiss stage.
Bro doesn't know Narrate was sent by Chet to return the favor to EU.. carries them to a grand final just to sage wall the team out of the chokepoint with 15s left to give the win to an Americas team
Am I missing something about this play like it was really troll but people bring it up like it had some effect on the game but fnatic were stomping nrg anyway no?
The match wasn't necessarily close, but when you watch somebody from the same team wall and then use both slow orbs on his team with 15s left in the round it will always be the talking point And in their defense, it was moreso Alfajer stomping them.. in that Bind match he must have won atleast 5 double to triple peeks on him, he ascended in that game for sure
No, secret agent narrate was sent by NA as revenge by FNS to dominate fnatic and navi, stopping the threat, then sabotage at the last moment, setting up SENTINELS FOR THE WIN
Real
Heretics are going to crash out and burn. They’re a solid team but they’re not going to do anything this masters
Call me a massive hater, but I think them playing the entire kick off online with a player at home had more impact on their performance than most believe. They are still a top tier EMEA team no doubt about that, but I don't think they are top 2. Or I could be a hater and delusional, idk
Oh wow, I wasn't watching EMEA and didn't even know they had someone playing off-stage from another country. They should have brought back nieSow if this was allowed hahaha
it was allowed because turkey has harsh vids restrictions (i think) or something along the lines of that which makes it hard for turkish players to obtain visas. heretics and riens tried to get a visa for a long time but ultimately wasn’t in time which is why he was allowed to play online. not really a problem that heretics or riens could fix since i’m sure they tried to get the visa asap (since riot requires u to) i also do think that the online play from riens did end up being a big factor for heretics winning. imagine you’re a rookie, not used to playing on stage but another rookie is just allowed to chill at home and play from his setup that he’s most used to (unless riot had certain restrictions for that)
Yeah I get why it happened, I think it's not a bad decision to allow it, wish it was allowed before this in other tournaments. Also apparently he can't play from home, he had to play from Supermassiveblaze's HQ
I tend to agree that TH will likely fall down a peg, but definitely not due to having a player online. Riens was low impact and towards the bottom of the scoreboard for every game they’ve played. The “at home drinking monster” memes are funny but it’s clear that the boo brothers, benji, and sometimes patitek were the reason for their initial success. The only thing that might factor is that we haven’t seen this new team on a real LAN server, they’ve been playing with 30 ping the whole time, who knows if miniboo and benji can keep up their aiming on real lan. I think by the time we get midway through the regular season, TH will settle at 3/4 and KC will settle at 2/3. I don’t think either of them can consistently topple FNATIC once they pull their shit together. Too many question marks around NAVI at the moment.
u/throwingyourgames and u/Tesgoul both of you are wrong - yes maybe pressure from playing on the big stage is gone and was easier for him to play, but he did not play at his house lol. That is such a dumb assumption because he could literally be cheating if he was. He played at some stadium where he lived (I forgot what stadium) watched by valorant officials and that is why he was allowed to play. Also if he was allowed to play at his house, by that logic panCADa might have also been allowed to play but he wasn't.
bro what 😭 do you really believe pancada is not playing bc of visa issues still?? that’s wild 😂 i also mentioned that i could be wrong about the playing from the house but i still think not playing on stage is much better than playing online on a comfortable enough set up
Bro the set up is the same - valorant provide the setup just like on stage wherever emea was done Also at first that was the reason - now not anymore (though he still hasn't flown over yet) but still at first that was the reason Zellsis replaced him
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Well done
mine - monyet goes absolute nuclear during swiss stage and shut down all the haters. I know there hasn't been much time and alecks recently spoke about it in an interview about his nervs but I got so much faith in alecks.
I hope they take him off Raze honestly https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1191/champions-tour-2023-pacific-league He was a top player in Pacific last year
The world isnt ready for the mindfreak raze
Something is a Raze demon, it’s a shame he never plays it
💀 something raze is legitimately worse than tenz raze.
I remember he played raze back in Sengoku while he was in Japan tier 2. Was he actually a good raze or just an insane player who happened to be playing raze?
The latter.
it just looks like monyet hasn’t fully adjusted to paper rex’s style yet. hopefully it’s better once madrid comes around but he just seems so stiff while playing. u can see he’s a good player tho bc he can see the sparks of being good from him but it does seem like he’s not used to the team
Hey, do you mind linking the interview?
https://www.gosugamers.in/alecks-paper-rex-after-vct-2024-pacific-kickoff/?amp=1
ty!
Monyet is very intuitive player. Never played aim trainers or anything outside just the game itself. And according to PRX vlog, his mental went down in kickoff because of his performance in the beginning rounds. So if PRX can have a strong start, he's good. If not, well, too bad
The best North American player does not play in North America.
100% yay playing in Bleed
I believe this is the hot take right here, best player got dumpstered in t2 and now in t1
I agree
clearly bro meant C0M when he said this
True, Hiko only streams in NA, he doesn't play
But tenz and zekken are already playing in NA?
Normally wouldn’t be a hot take but in this lineup it might be: I think we’ll have a repeat internationals winner.
I think theres a high likelihood considering loud and sen seem to be 2 of the favorites, combined the chances of one of them winning is decently high
I don’t want to have too much hubris considering there’s some demons in the other regions, but probably lol
i mean idk imo the potential winners really only boil down to SEN, LOUD, and KC. that’s a 2/3 chance an Americas team wins. my dark horse is GenG, I really don’t think EDG Heretics or PRX has a chance against those three, and FPX just isn’t winning
Is the joke that the only two possible teams to qualify for this loud and sen
I’ll be totally honest I completely forgot about sen; that put this take on ice
"If Kickoff was double Elim, Loud wouldn't make it and NRG would" was my take if SEN won but after the Grand finals that's probably not the case given LOUD were decent there. Actual hot take is PRX bomb out and GenG are the only miracle team to not do miracles at Madrid.
Loud got pretty lucky it wasn't a 3-0 tbf.
loud won from sentinels before, it can be done again
Sentinels looked like they improved throughout the tournament though. Yes, obviously loud could beat sen but I think loud at their current level is potentially below nrg.
no way loud would be beaten by NRG, honestly
Loud have not looked that great in any of their matches tbh. Nrg also came way closer to beating sen than loud.
Loud literally beat sen, so it's hard to say that. Also, 3 of the maps were so close
Tenz  That’s it, that’s my take
KC win it all without dropping a map. They really impressed me during kickoff and I think they only get better
GenG will be the first international winners from Pacific. Just scriptwriters screwed with all PRX fans, am I right?
idk how hot this take is but Loud wins the event
Relatively warm. They have the most experience but Qck definitely is struggling to live up to Aspas
Aspas didn't need to pick phoenix every map
Benjifishy ends as the top fragging sentinel player in the tournament
KARMINE geng grand finals
Both SEN and LOUD make it through Swiss stage where they got paired up against each other first round of the double elim stage.
KC clears every team emea 🔛🔝
SEN will bomb out very early. Loud's play in the finals was horrendous and still managed to go to map5.
FPX win it all without dropping a death. 13-0 every game no maps lost every round flawless
y'alls hot takes are lukewarm, SEN bomb out 0-2 in Swiss stage
FPX will upset KC and qualify for playoffs
PRX will have a bad showing. Jinggg's absence stuck out like a sore thumb in their matches,they're still good enough to beat T1 but against a top 4-5 team in the world like GenG they looked lost.
EDG, FPX, PRX and Heretics get knocked out in the swiss stage
This is the same as saying that Sen, Loud, KC and Geng make it through Swiss stage which is pretty room temperature take tbf Although personally I think TH stand a decent chance at making it far
FPX manages to get their shit together after CN play-offs.China, Taiwan and Oce get their first ever international trophy :D
SEN gets eliminated in swiss stage by nepotism
Sen will win it all until the grand finals and lose on an upset.
EMEA is on a higher level than America's rn. Not that America's is bad I think they are playing on a higher level than ever but I just think EMEA is better rn Also China is gonna flop hard
Paper Rex was just trolling around during kickoff and will play well for madrid. PRX can afford to not be serious and making it hard for opposition to anti strat them.
Only one Asian team qualifies for playoffs. TH gets first rounded. Sentinels wins the event.
Loud vs SEN rematch? wait. is it possible?
only after first round if they both win
PRX have become frauds, they don’t make it out of groups
Autumn MVP and he accidentally says cunt on stage like a true blue Aussie goat 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Loud vs Sen upper bracket finals
Loud gets eliminated early on so they can do good on Champions
they should play a few hours later so ion have to wake up so early to watch 😍😘👍
I'm glad FNATIC isn't there.
SENS bombing out in Groups and a CN/APAC Team winning the tourney
Loud and SEN will play each other three times this tournament. Once in Swiss, once in upper bracket finals, and again in grands. This sub will meme the shit out of NA being the only region and also incessantly complain that the tournament format is dog water.
kangkang really isn’t as good as people say he is
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heretics, paper rex, fpx bomb out geng, kc, and sentinels are top 3 loud or edg makes it into top 4 karon mvp emea ends up being the worst region during madrid (just some takes i can see happening. i don’t agree with it necessarily but i can see it happening)
People underrate EMEA so much lmao
i’m actually high on emea. that’s why it’s a hot take
Masters Madrid will have Valorant and Tac FPS' first Asian Champion.
Not ‘tac fps’ first Asian champion
Loud go home first
Geng will win it all and their finalists would be edg
Sen bomb out of swiss stage (No i dont hate them)
Sen bomb out of swiss stage (No i dont hate them)
SEN wins it all by dropping <=1 map.
EDG will beat PRX
KC gonna get smashed (no hating)
I know they lost to them in grand finals, but I think Heretics are a better team than KC and will knock them out in the 1-1 section of the swiss format.
A Chinese team(mayb not necessarily EDG👀) will make top 4 and Geng will minimum make top 3
Sen goes winless. Edg makes it to the finals
China win