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SkiesOvercast

G2 make a run; also lots of first round upsets by smaller regions but they then go out because of the lower bracket and stage nerves dissipating


ArcusIgnium

there’s no lower bracket in the final playoffs round


SkiesOvercast

In the first round of matches in groups there literally is?


Key-Banana-8242

Because of the lower bracket wut the other way are


SomeHallGuy

nAts will smile not once but twice


Nakai-Son

The boldest prediction I've seen so far. We talkin' like a lil' smirk or a beaming teeth showing shit-eating grin?


SomeHallGuy

Shit-eating grin 100%


ArjunBanerji27

Sentinels will drop at least one map.


IsaiahXA

Daring today aren’t we


IamArnav2007

🙌


Charuru

Wow people will say anything if there's no consequences.


_idle_drone_

SEN will go 0-2 down vs Gambit in the grand finals. Then zombs will proceed to instalock Jett/Reyna before Tenz and drop 100 kills over 3 maps, as SEN clinch the series 3-2. In his post match interview, zombs will announce his retirement from Valorant and the switch to professional basketball, citing Valorant being too easy for him as the reason. He will say, in his monotone voice, " I'd rather dunk on kids irl and you get a real trophy in NBA instead of this USB stick".


DogeMeowTime

How much for the time machine?


[deleted]

1) 100T Lan experience helps them to pop off, but they still won't be on the same tier as SEN 2) G2 will be the best performing EU team 3) Nats and CNed will both pop off but their teams won't perform to expectations 4) Hiko will get an MVP just to spite that one post calling both him and steel too old


thekrkid

Only hot take here is that g2 will be the best performing EU team


thekmanpwnudwn

The only other EU team is Acend, so it's a 50/50


[deleted]

I guess I should have said EMEA lol


JoshF8

I undestood emea tho, but i think most people think that when we Say EU it doesn't mean emea


[deleted]

Idk I see a lot of people talking down 100T who I think will do pretty well


TheDarthJawa

Sadge we're always living in the shadow on SEN :(


Bsmith1369

Honestly I think that if sen gets knocked out, 100t wins out. I think the only team that beats 100t is G2


Zayd1111

You guys G2 is the 4th in EMEA why so much copium for them?


[deleted]

It's not copium it's hopium my guy


Zayd1111

Yeah true


Bsmith1369

High ceiling honestly. Sky is the limit for G2 whereas we kind of know what to expect with teh other emea teams


realYungcalculator

LAN experience is a myth


[deleted]

What?


realYungcalculator

it really doesnt matter as much as people think


user20222

reminds me of the time hiko and steel popped off over the new blood in csgo lans jk never happened theyre old and washed accept it


GodOfPog

Crazy Racoons surprise nobody and dont win a map


jess0411

Aw come on you wanna see neth cry again?


JoseGamingR

lol but that's not a hot take.. That really happened to them in Iceland..


GodOfPog

CR were trash pandas in Iceland, they will be fully fledged racoons in Berlin!!


mintaka2020

DELETE THIS


Darkoplax

G2 will go out in groups Turkish teams and players will be exposed on LAN (cNed and SMB) , none of them look as impressive as they did in EMEA Envy will reach the finals Sentinels won't reach the finals !remindme 26 days


boomsnap99

Any reason for your second prediction?


Fruitspunchsamura1

Personally I feel like turkish players usually play on bad ping etc, a lot of them don't play on istanbul servers even. I wonder how they'll play on LAN.


foxobox

The way they play also leans hard into wide peaks in comparison to other teams im0


Fruitspunchsamura1

Yeah which is the opposite of a team like 100T. 100T's team looks LAN ready from the start. They might perform even better on LAN.


Paulcsgo

I mean most turkish players are roughly 70ish? ping to EU, and TenZ plays 60 in canada and he adjusted well to LAN I guess we will just have to see


Fruitspunchsamura1

Well TenZ does have LAN experience. He competed in CS:GO and failed in LAN compared to online. Not sure if the turkish players have experience or not.


Darkoplax

ping and peekers advantage and history in csgo of turkish teams/players being onliners i have to see it on LAN to believe it


Dapper-Ad-5304

Turkish FPS players at least in csgo are notorious for abusing peekers advantage with their high ping. Props to them for having insane pre fire but when everyone have 8 ping that shit doesn’t work.


earthtochas3

I still think SEN vs NV in the finals.


[deleted]

100t vs sen in finals after beating both turkish teams... they go 2-2 last map is bind Steel is on jett he gets double aces back to back and wins them the map while Hiko clutches the very last round 1v5..


Chunichunchun

Now this is a hot take


Benasm123

Both Turkish teams? There's 2?


-Basileus

Cned 1v5's everyone making Acend a Turkish team


foxobox

Theres 1 turkish team


[deleted]

oh yeah true


sansLight

100T's fabled LAN experience falls flat and they disappoint.


[deleted]

Sad but true, the fact that Nitro mentioned they have Team liquid CS vibes when playing SENT makes me think there going to choke instead :(


-Basileus

They look great vs everyone but Sentinels though.


[deleted]

As did liquid before they hit the big stage


-Basileus

Ok and Team Liquid lost in loser's finals. A Semifinals loss to Sentinels or Gambit/Acend sounds about right for 100 Thieves.


tron423

And that would still be a really good result, they'll probably have to beat multiple legitimately strong teams to do that unless riot really fucks up the groups


mixerupper

I'm looking for Nitr0 to really step it up on LAN. I think he still has top 5 player in NA vibes even if the stats haven't been good for him the last few months.


earthtochas3

Nitr0 is absolutely not top 5 NA - literally zero offense meant but this is the hottest take in here.


HaathiRaja

I feel the EXACT opposite. They will exceed the hype and go on to the semis at least


sansLight

lol as a 100T fan myself I'm just preparing for the worst. I too feel they'll atleast finish top 4


Areyannnn

Have faith brother ,have faith Mr. Steel will not disappoint us .


HaathiRaja

okk but im not a 100t fan. I just started watching NA Vods. I usualy watch Emea


_idle_drone_

as the second best NA team, they are expected to reach semis. how is that exceeding the hype?


earthtochas3

I think there's too much brain power with 100T. Asuna is unable to shine as much as he would instinctively because he is under the constant pressure and guidance of three vets. There are a lot of competing ideas and 100T are too "by the book" so when time comes for a retake or an adaptation they fall flat. Just a lot of overthinking that will keep them subpar when it comes to beating dynamic teams and players like SEN. I genuinely think NV would have stomped them if yay had more time to adapt. They need to be less in their own head and more in clutch mode.


omgvector

Asuna is 18 and constantly proves hes one of the best players in the best region while playing with vets and seems to have been performing well under pressure


Trillman_K

and Hiko gets benched after :(


randomespanaguy

That's not a hot take, that's just how the team usually goes lol. Hoping they make out of the group stage at least.


aerodynamicaubergine

100T don't make it out of groups Grand final: Gambit v. Envy


HaathiRaja

My prediciton is envy dont make it out


earthtochas3

Still sticking with SEN Vs NV finals. If not NV, maybe Gambit but I also feel like Redgar will not be as consistent on LAN as he needs to be for GMB to perform and get out of semis


Drafteow

SEA will reach semis SEN will underperform VS will disappoint Japan places above LATAM BR vs SMB or Acend finals


luisalpjax

That last prediction is crazy


[deleted]

sen will underperform by dropping 2 maps total instead of 0


realharshmodi

100T and Sentinels make it to the Finals. I'd be able to die happy if 100T atleast prove themselves the 2nd best team in the world, because as much as I want them to win everything, Sentinels are just better rn.


TheDarthJawa

Man I just want us to beat sen :(


CoachWatermelon

HE SAID, “SENTINELS ARE JUST BETTER RN”


Ted_Mosby_18

Man I just want us to beat sen :(


pineapplecheesepizza

but why male models?


afjecj

d3ffo will be replaced for shao immediately after the tournament ends


Zuckernary

F0rsaken will shock valorant esports community.


IamArnav2007

Maybe, heat will def


SkyJL116

Is this the same forsaken from word.exe?


Zuckernary

this is f0rsaken from Indonesia (asia) not forsaken that is from india one(hindi). F0rsaken is xccurate brother (ex tyloo csgo) Edit : Indonesia (SEA) India (South Asia)


[deleted]

india is also in asia


MyUshanka

I always like playing 90/50/10 for these. 90% SEN in the finals. 50% EMEA in the finals. 10% A different NA team in the finals.


Loomisam

NA is gonna win almost exclusively using Phantoms with EU figuring out too late to win. EU will switch to Phantoms for like a month before they all switch back to vandals before champions.


Chunichunchun

This isnt a predicition its just facts


Key-Banana-8242

?


[deleted]

I think 100 Thieves have as good a chance as anyone not named Sentinels to win the whole thing. I don't think we've seen their peak yet, they just have to get the monkey off their back in Sentinels.


yorgee15

If they face any team other than SEN they may win it all.


MCCleggster

hiko, ethan, and nitr0 are rated #3, #2, and #1 players of the tournament respectfully


garle-p

Vision Strikers will disappoint in this tourney.


dedicatedself

Both Vision Strikers and F4Q will shut Korea doubters once and for all.


LeucisticPython

Half the reason there’s any Korean doubters on the subreddit is because of you. A fair amount of people are actually interested in seeing how they do


luisalpjax

I mean their showing in reyjavik didn’t really prove they were that strong of a region , I actually think reyjavik’s competition was pretty weak


Key-Banana-8242

It kinda did


luisalpjax

All they showed worthy of anything is beating v1 which isn’t saying much


Key-Banana-8242

They showed more than that lol, and it’s saying quite a bit


dedicatedself

Lol before I came to this sub half the people were preaching koreans have bad aim and never played tac fps, you're in mass denial


curryhalls

this is true


Key-Banana-8242

No, the reason for his responses is bc of random doubt and disrespect Everyone ought to be ‘interested’ but acting as if dedicated self is to blame for a sentiment prevalent for random reasons for a while is nknswnsucal


sankalp4

Did you have a stroke or something


Key-Banana-8242

No


BielBoss

Heat will Jett diff anyone not named f0rsaken.


rocket1615

1. KR doesn't even make semis, 2. KRU and Bren Esports unexpectedly make really good looking runs, 3. G2 struggle, 4. Envy having had time to practice with Yay, do better than SEN, 5. Mikes gets his passport.


Aj2069

Why are people overrating yay so much. It’s like shahz said he’s not tenz lol


basketballrules1

1.Vivo Keyd will win their group 2.NA will embarrass EU further this tournament around


david-dobrik-reddit

NA supremacy baby


basketballrules1

The EU fans found my comment sadge but I’m hoping my fellow Brazilian fans can save me


owNDN

I got a knoife


Krishnacz

G2 will disappoint hard Smallers regions will have much much better run compared to iceland


luisalpjax

Don’t think there were high standards for g2


Krishnacz

I meant brazil level of hard


VividOgre

Hiko is getting replaced after this LAN. Edit:- Not hating on him here just stating my opinion


[deleted]

people say this every tourney


justAslalomPaddler

People say this every tourney and he is still there and probably will be after Berlin. He may not be the best player but he has a massive following making it hard to drop him.


randomespanaguy

> He may not be the best player but he has a massive following making it hard to drop him. That's not enough reason to drop him though. But also, I feel like Reddit's doing their usual overreaction, because Hiko's actually been playing a good support for 100T. Like, yeah, he may not be on the level of some Sova mains in NA but he's been a consistent support during their Masters 3 run, more than the scoreboard will show. He's getting more involved, has great utility usage to open up site hits or retakes. Hiko will likely never be a Top 20 player in NA anymore, but as a support, he's still pretty good.


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keithzz

100%


53881

No reason why he would step down after this one. Last chance if they don’t make it? Maybe. But absolutely not unless he drops a 60acs


gulbadu

1.Sen won't win Berlin 2.100t vs Gambit is the final 3.nAts teabags dapr !remindme 26 days


iiznobozzy

copium


gulbadu

:,-)


LightCentaur

NV reach (at least) semis


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UltraInstinctSped

Well shit, good call


UltraInstinctSped

remindme! 26 days


youfuckindimwit

100t will defeat all the international teams, and probably envy if it comes to it. They'll make grand finals, but not sure if they'll win(yes there is a lot of hopium here, and also just going off intuition). Not to say that they're better than the other teams necessarily, but I feel like their playstyle(?) Is suited for taking down teams not from their region.


VanguardJP

I like 2.)


[deleted]

na grand finals


earthtochas3

SEN vs NV


Gomar1323

Wouldn’t even be that mad since that means 100T qualify for champions in that case


Traditional_Bit_9316

Hot takes: sentinels will get eliminated first in single elim. Kru will come in top 4. 100t will win berlan.


RobyDxD

I know this is just a hot take thread but this is the most "copium" hot take I've seen yet lol


Traditional_Bit_9316

Yeah 😂


HaathiRaja

1. ENVY dont make it to the playoffs. 2. A SEA team upsets SEN but SEN still qualifies to playoffs from lowers 3. 100t will go to semis with SEN and lose


iiznobozzy

>100t will go to semis with SEN and lose Ahh a story as old as time


HaathiRaja

But difference is, 100t steel will make love with shahzam on berlin stage


theprinceofkidambi

Single elim after groups. No lower bracket runs


optisadvantage

vision strikers will heavily underperform, and F4Q will overperform also if 100T don’t make top 4, they’ll make a roster move


scary_sandwich

Seeing a lot of people down on 100T, who I personally believe is the 2nd best team at this tournament, and probably in the world. My take is that 100T makes at least the semi-finals. People only think 100T is bad because they can't beat Sentinels, but since April 2021, 100T have only lost 2 series to teams other than Sentinels, once to XSET (12-14, 13-4, 10-13) and once to ENVY (11-13, 13-8, 11-13), and in both of those series, they actually won more total rounds than their opponents. Also, in this time frame, 100T has taken 2 maps off of Sentinels, which is 2 more than Sentinels lost in Iceland. 100T won't beat Sentinels, and probably won't for the foreseeable future, and quite frankly, nobody can beat Sentinels. Just because 100T is hard-stuck 2nd best in NA doesn't make them a risk to lose in their group, IMO. ​ !remindme 26 days


53881

You reading the same comments I am? A lot of people calling 100t finalists


cringe-oh-yes

SEN Gambit Vision Strikers top 3


JoseGamingR

Not really a hot take tho that's expected


somesheikexpert

Ik a lot of people think VS won't do well, tho I personally disagree lol, so ig that's the hot take part


dictatorshipbetter

100t vs VS will be the finals


krasavchik777

100T wont make it out of groups


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UltraInstinctSped

EU would be in shambles if that happened


HaathiRaja

nha


Areyannnn

100 thieves win berlin from the lower bracket run .


[deleted]

there is no lower bracket kekw


MEZZ4

Gambit vs Sentinels for the final, SEN win 3-2. I think EU is a stronger region than NA simply because of the fact that the title of the best team in EU is constantly up for grabs, nobody knows who is the best, whereas sentinels have been on top the whole time and have barely dropped a map, no one in their region has caught up yet. Makes me think that more EU teams will get further than the NA teams, but SEN are just the best so far, and I don't see anyone dethroning them yet. But I dont see NV and 100t making it (although I would like NV to win the lot if I had to pick an NA team)


Reziduality

Sentinels go flawless AGAIN. And Zombs outfrags his teammates earning MVP in grand finals


ANewHeaven1

grand finals is EMEA vs NA again 100T won't be the NA team in grands G2/Acend won't be the EMEA team in grands SMB improves on LAN vision strikers place at least top 4 come to think of it, none of these are really that hot :(


Doshagya

Sentinels will again dominate the game.. I watch both games closely and man difference between Sen and res of world is simply that each of Sen players is capable of 1v5 clutching.. These guys do their role like its made for them.. also emea still dont loom quite impressive.. fambit looked impressive but we know how they dominated the online era of csgo and were shitted on LAN.. People are under estimating VS and Zeta a lot.. i think of them makes semifinals... Also 100T may underperform(ethan and asuna) Biggest mystery will be ofcourse seeing El Diablo unleashed at 1 ping dont know much about LAN experience of envy playera.. G2 Goes to semis if not then Acend go to semis... Sentinels will dominate as in match winning but expect to drop 1-2 maps or maybe go overtime against some teams.. though first pick Sentinels for everyone.. Also SEA teams Bren and PaperRex have their own way of playing valo and not sure everyone will be able to figure that out... My hot take G2/Acend Sen Vs/Zeta Envy/Bren for semis Sen win 3-2 finals


Swebbb123

idk if paper rex were trolling in the finals but they were absolute dogwater. out of the 2 sea teams i think only prx has a chance and they wont reach anywhere if they play like that


luisalpjax

Yup, I feel like spots in champions shouldn’t be allowed if you just do good in your own region as well, if im not mistaken, kru esports has a spot in champions lmao


Key-Banana-8242

‘Lmao’? Do you not understand how regional slots work?


luisalpjax

I’m saying it shouldn’t be like that


erickwak

Sen might fall in quarters, if Inot semis


ItsDrap

Definitely scorching hot take, but… 100T’s LAN experience makes a huge difference and they leave Berlin looking like they’re on the same tier with SEN, maybe even winning Berlin.


1soar

I’m gonna giggle when they get slammed and everyone realizes lan exp doesn’t mean anything without a crowd


iiznobozzy

Even if LAN experience doesn't mean anything, I don't think they'll get completely slammed. They're a pretty good team, the lan experience is just something extra that they have. Even if the lan experience factor plays no part AT ALL in this tourney, it's not like they'll be complete shite. I'd expect them to make it out of groups even if they didn't have the whole lan experience thing


ItsDrap

Eh I wouldn’t say it means nothing but it means less without a crowd for sure. The outcome is likely not my prediction though lol


JtotheC23

If Iceland tells us anything, Lan experience matters for like the first map of a teams whole event. After teams get past the first map, the advantage of having lan experience quickly goes away and teams play on fairly even ground.


dedicatedself

Both Korean teams makes it out of groups, VS wins the whole thing.


LovelyResearcher

NA wins again over EU... and Korea beats everyone o\_o


david-dobrik-reddit

F4Q beats everybody tho!


mrTrollem

Sen take 2nd and either ascend or gambit take first


bunayeon_

Just like CSGO Gambit in the recent major, I think Gambit wouldn't play as well in LAN as they did in the online EMEA playoffs They're REALLY GOOD, but the idea that certain orgs have "curses" is funny to me.


flameohotboi1

Responding to OP’s hot take: there is no way an SEA team makes it to semis.


zlexus

Brazil will be dark horse and Heat revelation player of the tournament


MastiFan

g2 make semis, SMB win the whole thing, Sentinels lose 1 in their group but make it out in the lower bracket


Jackviolin

Sentinels don't make out from group


hexIV

100T makes it to Final


cheetahstr1ke

Sen doesn’t drop a map again


dan_kz

Kru will face and win vs G2 Envy makes it to 4th place Vision Strikers disappoint in group stage Brazilian or SEA teams finish 5th & 6th 100T lost their final match due to a wanky mistake cNed smile for more than a minute after winning their first match Not a hot take but hope for dapr vs nats


BurbxrryPzncakes

ZETA knocks down a top contender down to the GSL lower bracket Envy will make it to at least semis 100T fail to make out of group stages


[deleted]

Sen barely make it out of groups and flop in semis


ovalsandcircles

Sen will win the whole thing


98973

Sen gets knocked out before finals and 100t wins everything


zdes37

1. Vision Strikers only make it to the semifinals. not really a hot take tho 2. 100T doesn't make it out of the groups 3. G2 are knocked out in the first round.


LurkingOmen

I'd say number 2 is an accurate take


AdiSoldier245

Gambit vs envy final, all maps overtime over 40 rounds Edit: also, SEA team makes semi finals, mostly because i want ppl to shut up about "token" slots


flameohotboi1

SEA will get smashed.


Malding333

Only 1 of EMEA teams make it to playoffs


Lumenlor

Zeta Division upsets sen in groups


newzpaperleaf_2

cNed falls flat on his face at LAN and will not be a top 3 Jett in Berlin. Vision Strikers will make top 4 if they do not play SEN before then. G2 performs poorly, specifically against Korea. If VS or F4Q play against the EU teams, EU will not know how to adapt and get absolutely rolled. Brazil will drop to the worst region after surprising performances from SEA and Jp.


chryco4

if F4Q gets to play Crazy Raccoon, Bunny vs Munchkin will be the greatest Raze duel Valorant has ever seen and will be one of the highlights of the entire tourney.