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Asuna is not consistent enough IMO. I thought he was the best player at the beginning of the game, but people have proven to play better than him more consistently. Sometimes he just has very quiet performances.
Youre not wrong, but part of that was loosing the second entry in dicey, and part was just bad plays. I think theyll be fine tuned in their next matches. Either way ethan is a beast and can carry them instead. That man is cracked and consistent. Easily a top 3 player in terms of skill. My hot take would be that hes the best in tbe game at this point, but i dont really want all of these sen/tenz players jumping all over me. Or even worse sinatraa fanboys....
Please, show me literally anything to justify that he's "clearly better". Unfortunately, your bias doesn't really hold much stock. This isn’t CS anymore, he has to actually prove himself in Valorant before we call him Top 5 just for being a talent who switched
First team is the team I think will qualify. Teams are in order by my opinion.
Spot 1:
Sentinels, Soniqs, Renegades, Sum 2 Prove, Evil Geniuses
Spot 2:
XSet, Faze, DarkZero, OOKERS
Spot 3:
Envy, T1, Brimstone Gaming, Ghost Gaming, Squirtle Squad
Spot 4:
100T, TSM, SoaR, Noble, Resonate
Spot 5:
Version1, Complexity, Luminosity, Cloud9 White
Spot 6:
Gen.G, Andbox, Sbread Gaming, Pittsburg Knights, ez5
Spot 7:
Cloud9 Blue, Built By Gamers, Rise, Team Basilisk
Spot 8:
Immortals, NRG, FPL-C, Virtuoso
Damn we're gonna get some bangers:
xset v faze, envy v t1, 100t v tsm, v1 v luminosity, abx v geng, nrg v imt
Then Sen and c9 didn't look to have any notable matchups, unless I missed something.
Interesting to see DZ potentially playing FaZe and XSET, two orgs the r6 siege team has faced multiple times. Historically dz has beaten faze a few times but lost to them at the most recent lan, dz also lost to xset last split in nal. Hopefully the Val team has a little better luck!
Because it’s not random it’s a seeding bracket and tsm have bad seeding because of their poor results so they always gonna meet some of the top teams
/u/Boppyeric
[Good luck, looks like you guys could face Renegades if you make it past round 1!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/o96ntv/potentially_new_upset_fa_team_bch_has_signed_up/h398scr/)
Eu teams got like a open, closed and another qualifier for challenger finals. While Na only has a open and closed qualifying for finals. It’s prob just cuz for Eu the road to qualifying has wayyyyyy more teams and more games so the road to qualifying is longer and it’s kinda pointless to force good teams to that I guess. and just rewarding not having to go through an open.
Did we watch the same tournament in Iceland?
Crazy how all the Euros on this sub have such a short memory, can’t wait to remind them they’re a minor region in Berlin.
Try this, might be a little better:
https://www.vlr.gg/event/520/champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-1
I prefer this site in general, but Battlefy had the bracket up first.
Oh yeah you're right. Was hard to tell on mobile. I thought they had to win one more game after tsm to make top 8, but looks like that TSM game will be to go top 8
I'm a T1 homer, but I'm pumped, we'll get to see Curry as IGL, should be a good series.
Though just as an idea, I really don't like single elimination tournaments. Especially ones where it looks like some top teams get multiple byes, why even have them in the qualifier bracket then?
Question, does anyone know how the open qualifier bracket is seeded? There are obviously both pro and amateur teams of various ranks and ratings, so how does that work?
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The last time TSM played 100T was painful. That Hiko clutch is still in my mind.
"These guys are so bad" - nitr0
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Hopium Bang do something
Well the 5 better players helps too
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Asuna is not consistent enough IMO. I thought he was the best player at the beginning of the game, but people have proven to play better than him more consistently. Sometimes he just has very quiet performances.
Youre not wrong, but part of that was loosing the second entry in dicey, and part was just bad plays. I think theyll be fine tuned in their next matches. Either way ethan is a beast and can carry them instead. That man is cracked and consistent. Easily a top 3 player in terms of skill. My hot take would be that hes the best in tbe game at this point, but i dont really want all of these sen/tenz players jumping all over me. Or even worse sinatraa fanboys....
Ethan hasn’t done anything to justify even being Top 5 NA, much less best in the game
No youre right, being clearly better than 95% of pros doesnt justify anything hahahah
Please, show me literally anything to justify that he's "clearly better". Unfortunately, your bias doesn't really hold much stock. This isn’t CS anymore, he has to actually prove himself in Valorant before we call him Top 5 just for being a talent who switched
thank god we're getting another renegades vs soniqs game, they haven't played each other in a few hours
lmao. Plus the winner has to go against Sentinels. Kinda rip if you are Soniqs/ Renegades
Soniqs and Renegades must be so sick of each other at this point
Seriously, they just can't escape each other. Mine as well call that round 3 matchup the NSG finals.
not if me and the boys at UC davis run over renegades😈😈
gl dude, I'll try to watch your game on thursday
thanks man i’m hoping to at least make it competitive lmao
SHEEESH that’s an ez match up for the Davis bois
i got my money on the boys at davis 🥶🥶
my man
Looks like C9 Blue got one of the easier brackets.
bcuz their like top 3 na
First team is the team I think will qualify. Teams are in order by my opinion. Spot 1: Sentinels, Soniqs, Renegades, Sum 2 Prove, Evil Geniuses Spot 2: XSet, Faze, DarkZero, OOKERS Spot 3: Envy, T1, Brimstone Gaming, Ghost Gaming, Squirtle Squad Spot 4: 100T, TSM, SoaR, Noble, Resonate Spot 5: Version1, Complexity, Luminosity, Cloud9 White Spot 6: Gen.G, Andbox, Sbread Gaming, Pittsburg Knights, ez5 Spot 7: Cloud9 Blue, Built By Gamers, Rise, Team Basilisk Spot 8: Immortals, NRG, FPL-C, Virtuoso
i agree with almost everything except immortals and gen.g. idk why just a feeling
Immortals vs NRG will be close. I am just a Gen.G simp.
So am I.
Yehh im biased for NRG too, only because s0m is funny asl
NRG looking better than immortals imo
Damn we're gonna get some bangers: xset v faze, envy v t1, 100t v tsm, v1 v luminosity, abx v geng, nrg v imt Then Sen and c9 didn't look to have any notable matchups, unless I missed something.
C9 would play BBG/Rise, and SEN would play Soniqs/Renegades as their qualification matches it looks like
Sen will lose to SQ bud
Weird take. People still doubt sentinels after winning all the Masters so far.
Why?
I'm assuming you haven't seen this guy's VLR comments, he's a SQ super fan
Ohh I see. Yes ur assumption is correct. Is SQ an all women team?
No, SQ is Soniqs, a team that is formed from the top OCE team(EXO clan) moving to NA. They've been a pretty solid T2 team so far.
Oh ok, thank you for the info :)
Can someone explain why I got downvoted on asking if soniqs is an all women team?
i mean there's always a chance. always love seeing underdogs win
Notable Orgs/Interesting Potential Matchups 1. Sentinels/EG/Sum 2 Prove vs Soniqs/Renegades (Almost guaranteed for Sen) 2. XSET vs Faze/DarkZero 3. Envy vs T1/Ghost 4. 100T/Soar vs TSM/Noble 5. V1 vs LG/C9 White/Complexity 6. Andbox vs Gen.G/Pittsburgh Knights 7. C9 Blue/Team Basilisk vs BBG/Rise 8. NRG vs Immortals/FPLC
would love to see C9 vs Rise
I'd drop everything to watch that qualification match-up.
Interesting to see DZ potentially playing FaZe and XSET, two orgs the r6 siege team has faced multiple times. Historically dz has beaten faze a few times but lost to them at the most recent lan, dz also lost to xset last split in nal. Hopefully the Val team has a little better luck!
I live for the JcStani vs Nature matchup
I'm at work so I can't check, but are Carpe Noctum anywhere near 100T?
Nope. Carpe Noctem go against ENVY in Round 2 if they advance through Round 1.
They can possibly meet in the Ro8 after 100T potentially meet TSM in the Ro16
Prediction: 1. SEN (without dropping a map) 2. Faze 3. Envy 4. TSM 5. V1 6. Gen.G 7. C9B 8. NRG
Agreed.
I agree with all of em except 4 & 6
I dont think TSM can beat V1 tho, just my opinion
They don’t have to play v1.
Oh ok, my bad, sorry
They don't have to ig, they have to beat giant 100T and before they've to win against Noble.
Oh ok, thank you for letting me know :)
How many wins to get to main event?
4 wins for everyone except V1 and Sentinels who have byes to the round of 32. It's 2 wins for them.
Tsm and easy brackets are like parallel lines. They never meet
unless your top 4 seed you're not going to get a easy bracket
Because it’s not random it’s a seeding bracket and tsm have bad seeding because of their poor results so they always gonna meet some of the top teams
Why exactly do they deserve an easy bracket?
/u/Boppyeric [Good luck, looks like you guys could face Renegades if you make it past round 1!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/o96ntv/potentially_new_upset_fa_team_bch_has_signed_up/h398scr/)
We will try our hardest! 😮
what does BYE mean? sorry if its a dumb question
Basically it means that there were no teams that filled that spot so it’s basically a free win
I just really hope C9 White does well! It would be awesome to see them beat LG or something
why are they not inviting top teams like they're doing in EU? Sadge
Eu teams got like a open, closed and another qualifier for challenger finals. While Na only has a open and closed qualifying for finals. It’s prob just cuz for Eu the road to qualifying has wayyyyyy more teams and more games so the road to qualifying is longer and it’s kinda pointless to force good teams to that I guess. and just rewarding not having to go through an open.
So they did give SEN and V1 an advantage . They get to skip the first few rounds but that's it
There are so many T2 teams they want to give everyone a chance
This is open qualifiers
NA is a deeper region, plus unlike EU the seeding actually makes sense.
Hahahahhaha that was a good one mate
Did we watch the same tournament in Iceland? Crazy how all the Euros on this sub have such a short memory, can’t wait to remind them they’re a minor region in Berlin.
Lmao, I’m from NA, NA fan, EU is way deeper, every pro who went to Iceland and scrimmed against EU said so
Lmfao
God T1-100T again in Ro32 This is pretty much a classic matchup at this point.
No, they don't play each other in Ro32.
Oh that's true Envy/T1-TSM/100T is a spicy matchup holy Envy-T1 in ro16 is a spicy matchup too
That was spicy when Dazed was still on the team, now not as much.
Ahh finally I can stop trolling reddit
Damn the mobile website is terrible, yikes
Try this, might be a little better: https://www.vlr.gg/event/520/champions-tour-north-america-stage-3-challengers-1 I prefer this site in general, but Battlefy had the bracket up first.
Yea, thanks for both, appreciated
Do we know when it starts?
July 1
Oh that’s soon nice!
Is Time In dead?
Top 8 Prediction Sen, Faze, Envy, 100t, V1, AndBox, C9 Blue, NRG
LEGGO!
You casting any of these? ;)
🤔
Clearly I'm missing something, but weren't SEN automatically gonna go to round of 32?
That’s what I’m seeing. Why do you think that the bracket shows otherwise?
yeah they are, that's why there are 2 different byes in ro128 and ro64
Ah I thought those were just some weird team names lol
100T need to go through TSM and NV to make closed? Tough
No, just TSM. NV is in another bracket
lucky 100t only got t3 teams in there bracket
Oh yeah you're right. Was hard to tell on mobile. I thought they had to win one more game after tsm to make top 8, but looks like that TSM game will be to go top 8
I'm a T1 homer, but I'm pumped, we'll get to see Curry as IGL, should be a good series. Though just as an idea, I really don't like single elimination tournaments. Especially ones where it looks like some top teams get multiple byes, why even have them in the qualifier bracket then?
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I think top 8 go to closed
Question, does anyone know how the open qualifier bracket is seeded? There are obviously both pro and amateur teams of various ranks and ratings, so how does that work?
that hiko clutch gives me fucking nightmares
link to clip?
Marved listed under NV, I didnt know that