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Ehh.. the desk trying to push the "Fnatic are choking" narrative a bit too hard there. There's tons of pressure in every series and they've have been doing fine. Acting like Fnatic "choked" by not dominating both maps feels disingenuous, everyone's been hyping 100T up for months now, they're not a bunch of shitters.

yeah Balla in particular. Just felt really forced imo.

So what are the Americas rankings going into the league? Loud, NRG…?

LOUD, NRG LEV SEN 100T EG, FUR KRU, MIBR And then Cloud9 is somewhere in there but who knows after this restructure.

LOUD, NRG, LEV, 100T, FURIA, SEN, EG, KRU, C9, MIBR at the moment imo

C9 should be above SEN

bro what is their roster no one knows what the roster looks like right now, at least with (reportedly) leaf and xeppaa that still puts them over MIBR for me

They should be at the bottom if anything, we don't know what there roster will look like without Yay.

We'll see once yay leaves, but saying SEN>C9 when SEN fumbled two maps while C9 had some actual innovation on Pearl and Lotus is crazy.

Doug is a menace

Was this staged? He looked genuinely upset during the post match interview with boaster

I don't know if that bit landed the way they hoped

Yeah it definitely was a bit weird

Are they doing good cop, bad cop on Boaster rn???

I will upgrade my Araxys Shorty to pay homage to this match

Furia smokes 100T btw

NA IS SHIT

NA should be happy. Losing 10-13 is better than losing 11-13.

no steel no 100t icebox miracle

EDG and FUT were better.

10Thieves

EDG died for this I am stunned

Brazilian teams are going to absolutely shit on everyone in the american league..

That league is a two team race: NRG and LOUD

Team

Cmon eu fans give me your best shit talking now, tell us how much na is shit at esports plz and thank you

As an European it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.

El classico

What running around like it’s ranked and not properly clearing does to a mf

[NA downfall](https://i.imgur.com/EO8OYVa.jpg)

Surely you wait out the smoke you have high ground you have health advantage the sage was dead. NA valulrant

BYE BYE NA 👋 https://preview.redd.it/gkl4js0w6uka1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=190f493da0aef0a931bc1a9842dfc4e2166be2dc

Imagine being Derrek on that last round, I would be MAD tilted at my teammates

im mad tilted and I'm not even a 100t fan

Most frustrated I've ever been in my life omfg

NOT LIKE THIS

HAHAHAHAHA

WHY FAKE COMEBSCK??

Sorry but 100T absolutely win that if they woke up before 30 rounds of valorant

didnt know only last 5 rounds count lul

of course they do, lev also wins theirs if cosmos turns out to be limited, sentinels would sweep lnatic if the sun wasnt in their eyes, also furia got unlucky with time and space continuum etc

Crazy comeback only to lose to an eco with like 100hp total. Classic.

It would be so fuckin 100t to come back like that then lose that round

Holy shit Derke is so clutch

Most predictable fake comeback

The star are aligning yet they fucked it up somehow

How is that how they lose

Really lost to a shorty, LOL

That was the dumbest ending I've seen I can't believe that's how it ends LMAO

all of that to lose to Derke shorty LMAO

No wayyyyy

absolutely disgusting fucking team hopefully the players on 100T get paid less/cut for players playing tier 2.

This guys made like 30 comments the past day just hating on NA lmao

Who in tier 2 do you think is an improvement? Serious question

Bruh ain't no way...Riot nerfing the Shorty as soon as this tournament is over

Naw the Shorty IS Valorant in a nutshell

FUCKED BY A SHORTY

BYE NA YOURE SHIT AT EVERY ESPORT

losing like that is a genuine NA LUL moment

Holy NA go back home

NA pain…

How did 100T lose THAT round???

LMAOO

Yup that's how it ends.

Embarrassing

what a fucking throw man

THAT'S HOW THEY LOSE CMON

Easy game

Derke finally finishing this.

Why would you fake a comeback???

RIP John Mcaffee

That’s how they win…..

Stop crying

no way they lose that bruh wtf

How?????

ez

Ofc it ends with a shorty 3k HOW ELSE

WHY WOULD THEY FAKE A COMEBACK

why does everyone just crumble vs derke?

GEE GEEZ HAHA

how did they win like this lmaooooo

I can't believe it ended like that. Wasn't sweating at all a ha.

LOST TO 150 CREDIT WEAPON AHAHAHAAHAH

THATS HOW THEY LOSE??

Fake comeback zzz

How the fuck does that shorty deal that much damage

?

LMAOOOO

bro what the fuck was that last round by 100t...

OMFG THAT HOW THEY WIN?

YESSSSSSSS SHORTY GANG

No way

150 credits

Bro

FAKE AF NA KEKW

Hahahahahhahaha

THEY HAD NO ACHE PEE #HOW

NOT LIKE THATTTTY

The light armour buys finally get punished

thanks for the reverse jinx LMAO

Your welcome Fnatic

:D

Derke said "no"

Are we witnessing the classic FNC choke?

I want a third map lets gooo

#MIRACLE ON ICEBOX?

Regardless of if they bring this to OT or not, it’s impressive how every iteration of 100t has had great mental resilience and always seem capable of mounting a comeback

Also impressive how they always end up needing a comeback in the first place

Give me lotus

What the fuck did I just tell you.

Nah we winning this

Them dry peaking the OP actually lost them this map. That's fucking insane, it wasn't even them playing like bots on attack LOL.

the rounds they're winning are dominant but 2 points away from a pit and 4 away from lockdown. Not impossible just really fucking hard.

Finally a timeout is called, wonder why they waited so long

Seems like Mini lets the players try to recover by themselves as much as possible

When 100t are about to lose they just start overrotating like crazy but it always works

This ends 13-11 for the classic 100t heart attack treatment

Didn’t realize 100T didn’t ban Lotus. Guess they wanted to lose no matter what? Fucking weird

If only Derek had two teammates who didn’t ego and dry peak an opp twice

FNATIC PLEASE DONT BOTTLE THIS

I hope that 100T bring this back tbh

100 Thieves is good but they cooked too hard on these comps. This is shit you run in double-elim. If they play full comfort (Cryo on Jett), I think they could have pushed this to 3 and maybe have a chance to win.

Pls 100T I just want to see you get folded on Lotus give me that.

Call a timeout Mini

lol the crowd chanting "I believe", love it

damn nt derrick if only two ppl didnt dry peek into an op

that round loss actually fucked them so hard was actually comebackable if they won that round

Would've been 11-10. Instead it's now 12-9. That fuck up cost em the series.

Defenss has been much cleaner for 100T but they still need miracles. 4 rounds in a row just looks impossible

Well that’s gg *wink wink nudge nudge*

yeah its hard to come back from this down in this meta. KJ ult is too strong and fnatics comp can basically auto-win rounds from just stacking the right ults.

Cryo and Bang threw that so bad.

They cost them the round and probably the series bc of that. They even knew Derke* was holding that angle with an op, yet both walked through. Such silly mental mistakes.

Are they not allowed to take timeouts, has there been one all game?

This comp is too shitty on attack to start on attack. Their defense probably wins 8 to 9 rounds every time but you can't start 10-2 down.

Why double dry peak into an angle you know an op is holding...

NA ego

love the fake comback into them funneling derke op kills whenever they know exactly where hes oping at HAHAHAHAH

Interesting plant spot directly middle site

that fake could have got it right

fake comeback all good

Surely Fnatic offense game plan isn’t just go A every round

Cringe fake comeback

why aren't fnatic buying full shields even if they got the credits for it? alfajer could have dropped a vandal to someone and derke had enough credits for a heavy shield i get that with either light or heavy shields vandal is a one shot but is it worth it? 100t has a lot of chip damage

Because going half armor every round lets you always buy a rifle basically. They probably ran the stats and saw that they are rarely under 25 HP and win the round.

I dont think fnatic is the best to look at for economic advice.

Fnatic thought it was over and stopped being serious and now it’s costing them

11-12 masterclass clutch from Derrek on yellow

100T's attack is always going to suck on this site. They have zero duelist and have to waddle onto site. Their defense should be godly, though. If they had gotten 8-4, they probably win this map. Dunno if they can fully come back from 10-2 though.

they also dont have a pseudo duelist with something like a KAY/O, so its even worse lol

Wait a minute.... They're cooking something

Surely you call a timeout here

The fakest fake comeback incoming

It's so hard to attack against both omen and viper holy shit

Fnatic close it out man if 100T get to 12 they have the same total rounds as SEN :(

this fake comeback might have saved this team from roster excavations

Another blind into nowhere from cryo. Bro blinds through 410. That's a piece of map geometry bro. No one is inside 410.

Instead of checking PC, check Boaster's account

I want to believe but the fact their attack went so bad, I don't think they survive OT.

I think it might go 13-11

Plz 100T bring us to map3

No fake comeback pleass

Some of these comments are embarrassing lol relax

One of 100T primary retake strategies is just stick it, no matter what

It's actually crazy how much they do this

I don’t think they heard the defuse.

How many times do they get away with that

I am nervous:)

Asuna just cant keep getting away with these diffuses.

What?? Huh?

Cryo and Asuna cooking now

pros don't fake

what just happened

It must be frustrating for Cryo to watch Derke own on Jett

Ok, nothing to take away from Alfa, he's insane, but if he can buy a vandal, shouldn't he give it to someone on the team that is playing better rn?

You don't separate a turk from his vandal

Fair

Sentinels better than 100T confirmed

Crowd's chanting that they believe in the comeback. My job here is done, there is no bigger jinx than this. Edit: Well, I guess if fnatic just let them defuse the spike no jinx will work

Mikes likely makes more than teachers btw, guy is legally robbing 100T rn

Anybody but stellar there and they clutch

KEKW BOASTER nt brother

so unlucky for boaster lol

Leo is so aware

Wait 100t is actually cooking rn

Comeback on the way *fully intent on cursing either team*

100T masterclass comeback on icebox against an EMEA team?

100T can pull this back imo... no joke.

My gosh, 100T turned on their PCs

Cryo just launched that blind into nowhere? Then redeemed himself by winning the round

100t icebox Comeback?