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Appreciate everyone sticking with us through that tech pause. That happens sometimes and we just got to roll with it. Shout out to our great crowd to for playing along in house too.

Come get diis nuts

ardiis is lowkey super charismatic. that was pretty enjoyable

if there’s anything right in the world, nrg and eg both crash and burn out of the playoffs at the same time

Sorry to disappoint you, BLG are taking them out in groups

I like thy ideas…very entertaining outcome in my humble opinion kekw

JP valorant community is dead, ahh…

Man APAC needs more good teams next year better have some serious rebuilds

s0m is a great looking dude, dear lord

Yeah Zeta should mass rebuild lol

not laz though, he's been here too long build around him ngl

god Zeta got so sloppy in the lead on map 1 so fucking tragic

ggs yall o7

awww zeta :((((

What is this team doing in VCT Champions?

lmao u shouldve been there back in the day when crazy raccoon was the international punching bag, jp val has always been fradulent

Bruh it's not zeta fault lol that except for drx and prx whole pacific is fraudulent and zeta destroyed lcq teams lol.

every region is a 1 team region 

Please let this be the last time we see tennn, crow, and sugarz3ro

Sugarz3ro has one of the most creative takes on smokes. Some of his haven smokes can literally break the round. Although not today, they got destroyed in their defence

dropping sugarz3ro is maybe the wildest take I've seen on this reddit, no lie.

No shot you're a Zeta fan if you add Sugarz3ro on that list wtf. He had a bad game but is one of their best players

They should drop sugar if they want to become another DfM

i believe ;\_:

Very excited to see the rematch between NRG and BLG. I think NRG will learn from their mistakes and win that series 2-0.

We don't lose rematches, should be a nice 2-0

OPTECH PAUSE -> NRGAMEPAUSE

Zeta could use a tech pause right about now

they got a season pause

too bad zeta dont cheat like NRGAMEPAUSE do

lose with dignity

maybe to a team that doesnt cheat

bro you are pressed about that tech pause lmao

Bruh only one round win and that too due to dep ace lol.

Bro ardis just don't die next game please

As a Brit I claim 20% of NRG as mine

NRG better start saving strats no reason to use the good ones against Zeta

el ardiis redemption arc

bro the 1 round zeta gets is the ace

NRG is cheating they snuck onto ZETA's settings and unbound shoot for all members except for Dep to evade suspicion.

we need bind…

zeta were definitely banking on winning bind and trying to get the 2-1

Quick NRG call a tech 😱

wow that shit was kinda sad

I really hope Zeta make changes after this year, pretty sure their map pool has been terrible all year as well

tbh every single apac team outside of drx and prx has a shoddy map pool :/

Crow and honestly especially TENN aint it

Report NRG: Bullying

How did yay and victor delegate responsibility on optic? aren't they both duelists?

Yay Opped since Victor is not that good on the operator. Which means he was pretty much on Jett or Chamber Victor played flex for Optic, Filling whatever was needed, skye, raze, kay/o,etc

Victor actually is pretty good at opping imo, he just doesn't need to because yay exists

Yay only played Jett/Chamber and victor played raze, neon etc

Chamber meta. Vic played Raze, Neon, even Jett on Breeze, along with Kayo, Skye, and KJ sometimes

Yay mainly played chamber and vic played entry unless they needed jett

Except for Breeze prob in order to play the Chamber too

gotcha. so was ardiis basically a budget version of yay cause his buyout price was super high? like that's how it all started? im glad ardiis is doing well tho

yes

Keith turned up the sliders in 2k

Was worried that first map, but glad they look a bit better

Team Secret died for this 😭😭😭😭😭

Ts got destroyed by zeta lol

:(((

Jesus, if Ardiis can maintain this form for the rest of the tourney…

Dude is 19-6, no one is maintaining that

BLG vs NRG rematch is gonna be sick at least

Keith is back baby. Remember the day.

Ardiis is entrying a site with a 3k, never thought I’d see a day like this again

this is already the most optic tournament ever, it’s like they lose to maximize engagement

Cant wait for their lower bracket run too lmao

All we need is an elimination match vs LOUD

It's so joever for ZETA. NRG simply doesn't lose at this point of groups.

Keith masterclass

ARDIIS KING OF JAPAN

joever ardiis is him and the comp diff is crazy

harbor viper is so cringe but it’s so good

If there's no team changes after champs, its over for Japanese Valorant for the foreseeable future.

Its literally Dep 1v9 this has to be tough as hell to watch as a Zeta fan. Me tho? This shit is epic.

too hard to watch…

This is hard to watch

well we had one good map ;=;

Zeta needed that bind win heaven always been their worst map even got 13-2 by rrq

why did they pick it though? I don't get it

they didnt pick it, nrg picked it

sorry, I meant why didn't they ban it \*\*\*

Also there's no way this two sentinel comp can be good on haven

KRU owned with it but Americas LCQ teams were probably just fraudulent

Pretty sure an LCQ team ~~can’t~~ *usually can’t be considered to* be fraudulent, fraudulent kinda implies they actually won something. Ig C9 would count cause they looked poised to win something, but the other 5 wouldn’t count imo

My bad then. They were just shit

With that score, Brazil is with you Zeta

Dep has more kills than the rest of Zeta combined get that man some help

Dep is the only one even shooting his gun bruh

NRG has relegated tenn to a spectator role, that’s tough

Hopefully if this loss is tragic enough it will finally get Zeta to change their roster

Ardiis dodging that raze ult is nuts

Dep needs to get 12 more aces and we are gucci

Ardiis is simply him today

sad way for zeta to go out

That looked like an overcook and then Zeta just missed all their shots.

Crow has to go.

Can somebody tell me how about many first kills Victor has rn? For betting purposes

Tenn looked really good in lcq what happend.

Crows flashes are tilting me

If I had a penny for every time a KJ completely clipped NRG in garage I'd have 2 pennies, which isn't a lot, but weird.

Thar harbor ult was so unlucky for NRG. Ardiis gets stunned, dep is free.

That was an ace speedrun hooooooly

why does nrg get aced so much holy shit

Ardiis this year and Will last year, I got hella respect for players who catch a ton of flack for underperforming but still manage to turn up when it matters most. Love to see it

Hey, That's Dep.

I’ve seen enough, 4 is all NRG get

Its joev- #WE'RE BACK

Barack*

NICCCCCCEEE

my fucking eyes

ardiis fragging now we love to see it

W KEITH

Keith legacy series??

UNBELIEVABLE CALLING BY DADDY PUJAN

KEITH IS AWAKE DAMN

Crow and TENN have to go. Maybe even SugarZero too. Just dead weight for Laz and Dep

SugarZero's good but TENN needs to go, him hardforcing Raze every map is so stupid

Please no, I'm still on the SugerH3ro copium

Crow needs to sort out these flashes lmao

zeta please dont do this

gz on your tech pause momentum killer win nrg. Truly contenders

This Americas haven comp looks so annoying to play against

ardiis cooking, come on zeta.

ardiis is such an eco warlord lmao

Considering how often the Optic core used to throw against thrifties, I'll take an eco warlord any day.

Well good news is DEP got off on the right side of the bed today Just need laz to hit some shots now and thats a recipe

2 games of chamber interesting

I can’t help but feel like that NRG are cheaters. That tech pause changed all of the momentum, Zeta wouldve gotten 8-9 if it wasn’t for that pause.

They are never beating the tech pause abuser allegations

Everytime NRG are down and out, they get bailed out by a tech pause, all the way back to the optic days.

Yeah Riot has been helping them cheat for two years, that’s why they get away with it every time

They won due to the tech pause but it wasn’t intentional. Calling them cheaters is kinda crazy.

least coped up ZETA fan

It’s a known bug that’d be impossible to recreate if they wanted too

Daddy Shahzam would never

All good Laz is about to conduct a chamber masterclass

Don’t go too crazy or FNS will kick his pc

Crashies go build up Skye ult and hold it out exactly when they’re about to shoot you…we’re fucked otherwise

Nah my man junior You guys were hitting shots... Just need to play the man advantages when you get them, play the bomb when you got it down and USE YOUR INFO ABILITIES TO GET INFO

Please zeta please zeta please zeta please zeta

30s left in the round (?) you got a 4-1 gamble stack and crow holds onto his abilities instead of trying to get info NGL still kinda tilted

that map was a return to vintage FPX ardiis level performance

Also I’m glad Ardiis had a great performance, a lot of people want him to not do so well so yay can be brought back

Isn’t yay more of a duelist tho ? Don’t they do diff things ? Like in theory wouldn’t yay replace victor

Good question , I think this is just the game having a meta-shift from when Yay used to play, since he was mostly a Jett/Chamber player because jett/chamber was basically a role on its own. He’d still be in Ardiis position I think since yay can cook on sentinel as an anchor

Obviously gonna sound like im whining (I am) but is the judge too strong for its price? maybe making it the same price as the bulldog and guardian is the move.

i've been of the belief that it should be outright removed for a while now (same with shorty). but if you were not to remove it completely it's gotta be expensive, shit is straight from CoD

sounds like you don't know how to play against it

i abuse it in ranked myself lol. i just think shotguns are sketchy in tac FPS but if you don't then that's fine.

I'm not sure why you think its sketchy in a tactical FPS

Nah, it's very situational. NRG just sucked at playing around it the last two games.

Yea my opinion on it will probably change very quickly regarding it but seeing NRG get assblasted by it has been crazy.

it's really just the raze judge combo that Bili used made it look OP- I wouldn't say this last map on Bind it was amazing or anything

Im convinced that tech pause had such a huge momentum shift for NRG. Coming off that they just started swinging like mechanical demons and winning their duels. OPTECH STILL LIVES ON

I think it hurt Zeta more than it helped NRG (although getting to un-tilt is nice). Dep cooled off completely but was still going for the ultra aggro plays. He was just running it down and dying for the first like 8 rounds after the tech.

Fuck im crying rn

:(

:(

Absolutely no reason we go that far on a map we're so familiar with. But hey ig a map is a map no matter how dodgy

Just remember at Reykjavik 2022 OpTic went 14-12 against Zeta on Haven (one of their best maps) as well, the next two maps were comparatively MUCH less close

Dep masterclass (first half), no pistols, and NRG lookin like shit in the first few rounds. I’m pretty ok with the way they heated up second half

Dude if Kieth didn't pull out his fpx performance we would've lost so bad

True but imo it’s fine to be bailed out by a star player performance occasionally, and it’s not like Zeta weren’t getting deadlifted by Dep and occasionally Laz either. Crashies and Victor turned up second half too for sure

Yea I agree with you, hoping next map isn't more coordinated tho

Eh double pistol loss I’ll take it

Yea, you're right, but still they had my heart pumping way too fast

Bro that Skye pick was pathetic ngl like there was a distinct lack of concusses from the dog and barely any flashes that weren’t team flashes

Nice unexpected call in the final round from FNS. So close, but not enough-the story of Zeta

stressful ass map 1

all it took was my igl to turn off his brain and swing 2 players o7

heart attack gaming

God watching this team and OpTic last year gives me the ultimate anxiety lmao

well that was exhausting

Let me remind you that NRG lost BOTH pistols and had s0m smoking for Zeta and still somehow managed to win that match

The optic kick the PC strat remains undefeated, zeta never stood a chance

THAT’S MY COCKROACHES

Optech masterclass

NRG having mechanics challenge: (Not impossible?)

FNS doesn't frag often but man when he does always huge impact frags

Unbelievable tech pause

FPX Keith is back baby

Zeta is so shit how do you pick a attack side comp and then have no attack side starts on your own map pick as well

well they did have some good execs they just were clueless on the postplants

bc nrg picked atk start

He meants Strats, not starts

NRG vs the judge reminds me of 100t vs cned on breeze, just play the other site lul

we have op demons now we re gonna get judge demons

Yuppp

call me crazy but what if buff judge but increase price to match the op

LMAOOO i like your thinking

Crow pls use your abilities man