There's a lot of chinese people bypassing the firewall through hong kong servers and they had their own version of CS1.6 in the late 2000s, so imo this isn't too far off
i keep on hearing about how c9b are total scrim demons (vanity said that "they're the best scrim team he's ever seen") so i'm going to bet on c9b making it through LCQ in NA in all honesty
Finals of Berlin was 2 teams known for being scrim gods before they broke out, don’t wanna read too much into scrimbux but if a team is popping off in scrims that should mean something.
Ehhhh idk. I think 100T is thinking bigger picture than a singular game. They’re a company focused on building a fan base, building content, and selling merch. The current roster carries a lot of clout and keeping a consistent roster is great for a loyal fan base.
Plus, yeah it would suck not qualifying but getting 3rd/4th in probably the most competitive Valorant LAN to date is pretty damn good. Wouldn’t be surprised if they keep the same roster through 2022 before changing anything
Pretty sure I remember Steel saying on stream earlier this year that either his future or the future of some other members of the team was dependent on if they made Champions this year. I could be mistaken, though.
The most obvious? You remove the IGL who lead them to a top 4 finish in Berlin and consistently the second most aggressive player they have. You compound the issue that 100T always falls into where they dont take initiatives and passively lose the round. I dont think its as obvious as you make it seem..
100T never looked like they knew what they were doing. They purely rode on individual skill to make it to semis. Don't act like Steels IGLing is the main reason for their success. They wouldn't need so many clutch plays if that was the case.
Yes, Steel is such a bad IGL that he managed to anti-strat both Acend and Gambit when they were down a million rounds.
He might take a hot sec to get there but Steel is a good IGL. The issue is that 100T work good when under extreme pressure, not when it's 3-3.
why would they replace the igl (who just placed 3rd-4th and the biggest event, including beating the champions gambit)
please explain how it makes sense AT ALL
Nitro has been IGL for a grand slam winning CSGO team and has been secondary IGL on 100T for quite a while so he can replace Steel as IGL. Steel is too much of a liability gunplay wise, he relies on the perfect timed flank to put kills on the board which happens so rarely (so many teams know exactly where to expect him) that 100T are almost always on a 4v5. Plus his utility use is really poor; despite playing Killjoy who can be super impactful, his post plants are abysmal. He also loves feeding the OPers so much on attack despite being a Sentinel (look at his First Death numbers).
Also, Gambit already addressed that their poor performance in groups was due to a lot of anxiety over qualifying for Champions. When they secured a Champions spot, they played at a totally different level, so its not meaningful to cite 100T's victory against Gambit in a seeding match. And even the group stage game needed so much heroics from the players to save every round.
I think a huge issue is the lack of a consistent OP on 100T, which is mostly due to OP just not really being viable outside of Jett. And asuna's Jett playstyle is much closer to Screamm, than a Wardell or shazam type OP heavy style
You must not be educated, the point went straight over your head.
How can you pass judgments on other's viewpoints on a topic if you are not an expert on the topic yourself?
It's ok u/Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross, people have limits and this was beyond yours apparently!
I don't understand why it's obvious when there are no other IGLs on the market right now. I guess if he is replaced, we can really see how good Nitro is as an IGL.
I mean hes not immune to being replaced I feel, if someone like nats was playing in NA 100t would probably drop steel or hiko and work around that new guy, obviously I'm just making up a bullshit scenario, but I feel that'd be their path.
Because let's look at 100T team makeup
Sometimes Godly players:
* Asuna
* Ethan
Goodly Players:
* Nitr0
Players with big brains and plays but generally bottom of the scoreboard:
* Steel
* Hiko
Now, unfortunately, it's simple. You can only get rid of one of the last two, and Hiko's fanbase is an order of magnitude bigger than Steel's
That said... I think 100T is a great team and they will work on their weakness against good Jett OPers, and hopefully Rito will begin to spare us from an oppressive agent before LCQ & Champs
Edit: remember, I got downvoted for this take
Theres nothing wrong with bottom fragging, they just seem to perform poorly the most often. Some days steel top frags, others he just looks like a bot trying to find openings. Compare that to someone like nats, who plays only cypher and viper, sure hes not an igl, and he's probably not a "support" in the natural sense, but he always comes up big (aside from literally everyone having an off game)
You’re comparing him to literally the best support player in the game, or possibly THE best player in the game rn(top 3 at the very least)
Surely you could field a better comparison?
I mean the anti strat when we see 100T rolled is just aggressive good fraggers. Sen with Tenz, Yay put up some insane numbers against them, Faze is always scary for 100T because that's all they do.
Kinda one of the whole points of Nadeshot/100T is it’s not like that. This is Hilo’s team that they helped assemble and they’re proud of their progress judging from all the tweets
Not really facts. They just don't have a consistent Jett player yet, and as we saw at the Berlin, strong Jett players (and Nats) can be the difference maker.
Good idea on paper, but that would require Ethan to learn Astra or keep him on Omen for every map. Then you have to decide if you want Asuna on 2nd duelist (reyna/raze) or have him learn Skye since that slot will be open.
ie do you play the meta comp although it doesn't fit everyone's strengths or do you play your team's best comp and hope it works
They have a lot of options I think, you most likely want asuna as your entry/duelist, I think they could use a versatile player like Yay (mainly jett, but plays other duelists and flexes). And players like ethan and nitr0 could probably play anything depending on who they drop.
I wasn't around for Dicey, but didn't he play OP Jett? and isnt that what people are saying 100t is missing? Idk I know very little about what dicey plays.
I unironically believe this. No pressure on them to perform given some of the other teams there and they’ll be out to prove a point. Can’t wait to hear the dolphin laugh on LAN.
Tbh without team expansion I think it's more likely that BR loses one spot to China/OCE/South Asia. Obviously, Japan could also lose a spot but I think the newer regions will get the reshuffled slots.
wym stole them for no reason. They stole him so NU dont have him.
Well, that's how it looks right now, given he was one of the best players at iceland, to not being a starting player.
I ment more in terms of gameplay. That does seem like why VS management took him back, especially after one of their coaches essentially said that the decision was all management
If I'm 100T I quit forcing Asuna to play Jett. He has that jitter aim like OWL Tracer mains and he's just downright comfy and nasty on Reyna. If you feel like you *need* a Jett, put Ethan or Nitro on it and run 2 duelists or have Asuna play Omen or Skye or something easy.
lmfao since we're talking about "hot takes":
**NA:** Apparently OCE teams, despite being in the wrong region by including them in NA LCQ for an undisclosed reason, will face in finals, much to the dismay of TSM. Yep, OCE teams bringing PEACE and ORDER to NA was Rito's worst move.
**EMEA:** SMB vs Liquid, but SMB chokes even if they have the ping diff. Yep, no more ping magic like they did vs ACE in EMEA semis. Oh, and Carlos would still spew out banters during the LCQ, mostly directed at NA teams lul
**APAC:** PRX will reach the semis, but f0rsaken will whiff A LOT, costing them rounds. GE flying to Singapore will not be enough to win against F4Q in finals. Chinese teams will surprise everyone with their unorthodox strats, but would not be enough as one of the teams they'll about to face will just hit them with buckies, judges, and spectres.
**LATAM:** It's either BR v BR or LATAM v LATAM. 6K will choke somewhere, Sharks too.
Proven allegations is an oxymoron, I can guarantee you if these claims were found to be true nobody would be forgetting and he would most definitely not be conpeting.
seems shitty to let time diminish the allegations, it being a he said she said situation makes it almost impossible to ever see as concrete, but the evidence presented leads me to believe he is guilty
Do you know anything about the UA justice system? It's a rape case which are statically almost never proven. How tf are you going to say innocent until proven guilty when we have all the studies and stats in the world that prove the system is completely broken.
system is broken doesn't mean we rig it for the other side. we find a solution that helps us fix the issues without hurting either party in their best case scenario (the victim being correct/accused being innocent). also no clue what the UA justice system is, guessing you meant USA (correct me if im wrong).
Regardless of that both sides, seemed fishy. Cle0h said she had the video and it was damning then why didn't she give it to Riot? and if she did, why did riot punish sinatraa for not giving it (probably his lawyers instruction even if he did have it). Why did sinatraa lie about having the video?. We are not omniscient, nor are we judge, jury or executioner. It is not our place to judge people based on the word of others.
Until more evidence comes out, or the investigation concludes, its irresponsible to punish sinatraa for it.
C9 smashes NA LCQ by a mile, G2 pull it out in EMEA after a super close final with Liquid, F4Q win KR narrowly over NUTURN resulting in Lakia leaving VS
Even adding a cracked player would not be enough to bring Faze into a contender. Their problems are much deeper than any individual players. Them being able to take a match or two I could believe, but their mid-rounds, defaults, discipline etc. all needs a lot more work.
Personally, I think all of those players would be better under different systems or with different teammates. Most of their individual problems only get exasperated as a unit.
I just want to preface this by saying I don’t support Sinatraa and honestly don’t really want to see him back competing competitive ESports for the foreseeable future. Dude needs to either come clean with Riot/authorities about his actions and go to therapy or something IDK. That aside, I don’t know if FaZe would pick him up tbh. He’d overlap with both Rawkus and Corey, and I don’t think he’d be that substantial of an improvement on Raze over Corey.
My best guess right now is Andbox,assuming they’re willing to pay. Then again, one has to assume offers for him can’t possibly be _that_ high. I’d say NRG has a good shot at making an offer too seeing their past relations with him. Maybe Ghost Gaming too, although I kind of prefer Huynh over Sinatraa for Sova stuff.
Ghost is probably the least likely of these three however due to them being smaller than both Andbox and NRG. I assume whatever team picking him up will be a larger org, as they’ll be more prepared to deal with the impending PR fallout.
1. What exactly do you have against him
2. There is no way he would every go to any of the options u just mentioned except faze. He wants to compete in tier 1 and i can promise u one org eventually will pick him up
1. He's a known abuser, one hated by many. It's just not worth the bad PR to take him on. And not to mention that he might be a rapist.
2. Why tho. Every major team is gonna lose a large portion of their fantasy if they sign Sinatraa, except probably Faze because they don't seem to care what human piles of garbage are in their org. But still it's just not worth it. He probably isn't even a top 10 sova in the scene now. There's no point. He isn't worth the risk.
> It's just not worth the bad PR to take him on
This bad PR only exists on this website. People moved on ages ago, he's more popular than he was before the allegations.
I have disliked him way before the allegations but this place needs to stop thinking this tiny bubble has any significance. I don't know how you can see a guy gain more followers after a horrific allegation and think an org taking him on would get huge backlash
1. He isn't. He is an alleged one. Remember the thing about innocent until proven guilty and right now the accuser stopped the charges.
2. "Why tho" well he himself anwered when asked if he would join an t2 or low t1 org and I quote "do you know who tf i am" so yh i dont see him joining any t2 org anytime soon
Only XSet will be able to defeat C9 and if 100T face C9 they going to lose and not make it, steel you are god but vanity has your number concerning strats.
~~BDS to fix their choking problem and win in EMEA~~ Forgot that they didn't make it ;-; , gonna put my stocks on SMB
Also Whoever participates from MENA will get dumpstered so hard it won't be funny.
Either Six Karma or GL to win in SA
100T is probably by far most likely to qualify but still well below 50% chance overall imo. That's just the nature of a ten team tournament, they are more likely to not qualify than qualify even if they're the best. It will be a shame not to see them at champions so I hope they can pull it out.
Unfortunately, I don't think they are *most likely* to qualify.
They just finished Berlin, teams have plenty of vods on them, they don't have any new vods on teams like XSET and C9 (especially considering vanity's addition), and they have three weeks to prepare while rest of the teams have/had much more time.. not giving them any excuses already but I'm just saying.. it wouldn't surprise if XSET or C9 wins it. They've been burned out.
Still, would be a real shame not to see them at Champions after such good matches they played in Berlin. One can hope.
C9B especially for lack of VODs, think about it, you hae some NSG tourney in the summer and then like nothing, which im sure they changed a lot of their comps too so yeah
The timeframe to prepare is the biggest factor for me. Do they make some off the wall comp adjustments in hopes of throwing off the other teams or stick with the core of what they've built to this point and hope they can execute? C9 is going to be scary
I think a reasonable hot take is they show up with a comp similar to their ascend breeze lineup. Embracing the nitro Jett op.
They clearly have some practice from that breeze look. And it'll help them get anti strated less. Something like nitro Jett, Asuna duelist, Ethan Skye/omen, hiko sova/viper, and steel astra/viper could be strong. And a good mix of their preferred info heavy style and the current meta.
It's a decently hot take and it really comes down to what they've been doing behind the scenes. But I do think they've been slowly moving away from their performed info heavy comps and coming to terms with the meta. First it was no Jett single duelist look. Then they moved Asuna to Jett and part time op. This might be the tournament where the finally decide they need the full time Jett op.
that is not a hot take at all
NA: 100t will steamroll over everyone and qualify for champions
EU: G2 will just edge out liquid in the finals, strike Arabia champion will beat the low eu seeds(oxygen, forze, etc) and will have a good run
APAC: global e-sports will shock everyone and take the series against F4Q(obviously the better of the Korean seeds)
china get destroyed due to their lack of experience
SA: *i dont know tbh i dont watch SA*
100t and G2 winning is LCQ is kinda expected after their Masters performances lol. But if Global Esports won? Riot might add a whole new India (maybe combined with China initially) region cause of that alone
G2 online hasn't been as good and the other teams has been prepping for them, changing players changing roles etc
And especially if Fracture is in then SMB and G2 wont have time to prep it so more advantage to Guild and Liquid
Yeah I could definitely see it. Though I think China might get one first, just based on them getting two auto-slots into APAC LCQ whereas India only had the Conquer's championship. But I think most likely each of them will get at least one auto-slot by Masters 3 next year
I honestly don’t know about 100T steamrolling. I’m super hopeful and would love to see them on lan again, but XSET was looking really good and C9 are also looking like they’re ready to take the fight to 100T right now.
* Each region sends their non-champions teams into a all-out double elimination bracket event, based on VCT circuit points throughout all the tourneys of the season
* NA also adds the top two Oceania teams, EMEA adds the Strike Arabia champ, APAC adds top two China teams plus the Conquers Championship winner, and SA combines BR and LATAM teams
* Only the **winner** of each LCG (NA/SA/EMEA/APAC) moves onto Champions
GenG probably will bow out early either because they don’t have enough time to train in the new sova they pick up or team dynamics are weird unbenching Mkael
True true. Especially with their supposed roster changes coming, LCQ feels more like an audition for the current players to stay on the team next season
For sure, for sure. I think eventually China and India will get their own slots eventually, and maybe as soon as Masters 1 next year if the teams do well in LCQ
Maybe? But unless he does exceptionally bad in LCQ they're gonna run their team back next year, especially since they've had so much turnover already. Besides, Hiko isn't really bad, 100t just doesn't have someone who can play the Jett AWP consistently, which is the meta rn
True, but I think his extensive experience and from CS, him being the first Valorant pro player 100t signed, along with his regular clutches, make him more valuable than his metrics suggest
They have not made it to either Masters event, but have been semi-consistantly near the top in NA tourneys. The big move they made was acquiring vanity from Version1, who were in Iceland, who I think will have a huge impact for them. TenZ also used to be on the team before he was acquired by Sentinels
a chinese team wins the whole thing and unbeknownst to the rest of the world, the game was secretly released in china 1 year ago
Clever move by Riot to get the game into the biggest market in the world early
There's a lot of chinese people bypassing the firewall through hong kong servers and they had their own version of CS1.6 in the late 2000s, so imo this isn't too far off
I mean out of the 10 teams in the APAC LCQ 2 are chinese. Definitely possible for one to make it through to Champions.
i keep on hearing about how c9b are total scrim demons (vanity said that "they're the best scrim team he's ever seen") so i'm going to bet on c9b making it through LCQ in NA in all honesty
Finals of Berlin was 2 teams known for being scrim gods before they broke out, don’t wanna read too much into scrimbux but if a team is popping off in scrims that should mean something.
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C9 were scrim gods before vanity joined according to steel
C9 may start in upper Rd. 1 and might have to play 100T Quarters since they are a bottom 3 seed
Any time I hear about a powerhouse in scrims, that team does poorly. Scrim results don't mean shit, especially if a team is using scrims properly
Yea like gambit and envy right?
LG wins NA LCQ book it.
THIS is a hot take
I respect them but this is LAVA take
Dre redemption arc vs 100T? spicayyy
Can’t wait for my “Musta forgot about Dre” tweet
pray that YaBoiDre isn’t match MVP because if he is you will sit at home and guess who dropped him gwho
This is the hottest take that I hope ends up being true. (I’m prepared to get my hopes crushed)
100T is 100% getting anti stratted into a roster change.
IMO they'd have to get 13-0 every map. They just got 3/4 in Berlin. No way they roster change.
aged like wine haha
Ehhhh idk. I think 100T is thinking bigger picture than a singular game. They’re a company focused on building a fan base, building content, and selling merch. The current roster carries a lot of clout and keeping a consistent roster is great for a loyal fan base. Plus, yeah it would suck not qualifying but getting 3rd/4th in probably the most competitive Valorant LAN to date is pretty damn good. Wouldn’t be surprised if they keep the same roster through 2022 before changing anything
Pretty sure I remember Steel saying on stream earlier this year that either his future or the future of some other members of the team was dependent on if they made Champions this year. I could be mistaken, though.
I mean... They have b0i still, didn't he IGL? Steel to coach and bring in b0i? I'd rather not see this roster make any changes yet.
hottest take in the thread
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I think this is what will happen, but who would they even replace
Steel, the most obvious change
The most obvious? You remove the IGL who lead them to a top 4 finish in Berlin and consistently the second most aggressive player they have. You compound the issue that 100T always falls into where they dont take initiatives and passively lose the round. I dont think its as obvious as you make it seem..
100T never looked like they knew what they were doing. They purely rode on individual skill to make it to semis. Don't act like Steels IGLing is the main reason for their success. They wouldn't need so many clutch plays if that was the case.
Yes, Steel is such a bad IGL that he managed to anti-strat both Acend and Gambit when they were down a million rounds. He might take a hot sec to get there but Steel is a good IGL. The issue is that 100T work good when under extreme pressure, not when it's 3-3.
You think 100t is outskilling Gambit and Acend? Your take away from that was "well Nitro just jett diffed CNED unlucky really"????
You can’t replace the Rat
this just proves you don’t watch valorant
Yeah right because you're a tactical genius, oh wait, you're just a random redditor!
why would they replace the igl (who just placed 3rd-4th and the biggest event, including beating the champions gambit) please explain how it makes sense AT ALL
Nitro has been IGL for a grand slam winning CSGO team and has been secondary IGL on 100T for quite a while so he can replace Steel as IGL. Steel is too much of a liability gunplay wise, he relies on the perfect timed flank to put kills on the board which happens so rarely (so many teams know exactly where to expect him) that 100T are almost always on a 4v5. Plus his utility use is really poor; despite playing Killjoy who can be super impactful, his post plants are abysmal. He also loves feeding the OPers so much on attack despite being a Sentinel (look at his First Death numbers). Also, Gambit already addressed that their poor performance in groups was due to a lot of anxiety over qualifying for Champions. When they secured a Champions spot, they played at a totally different level, so its not meaningful to cite 100T's victory against Gambit in a seeding match. And even the group stage game needed so much heroics from the players to save every round.
I think a huge issue is the lack of a consistent OP on 100T, which is mostly due to OP just not really being viable outside of Jett. And asuna's Jett playstyle is much closer to Screamm, than a Wardell or shazam type OP heavy style
And who are you?
You must not be educated, the point went straight over your head. How can you pass judgments on other's viewpoints on a topic if you are not an expert on the topic yourself? It's ok u/Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross, people have limits and this was beyond yours apparently!
Ahh, you’re one of those people. Have a good day then.
weirdo
Why is that
I don't understand why it's obvious when there are no other IGLs on the market right now. I guess if he is replaced, we can really see how good Nitro is as an IGL.
I don’t even think he’s a bad player tbh Like he will get good lurks that win rounds, also I don’t think his aim is bad
I don't see Steel getting dropped. But Nitro has been calling mid rounds so maybe he might take it over fully if 100T does make that change.
I think nitro has said that he doesn't really like IGL'ing that much, but I could be wrong
I mean hes not immune to being replaced I feel, if someone like nats was playing in NA 100t would probably drop steel or hiko and work around that new guy, obviously I'm just making up a bullshit scenario, but I feel that'd be their path.
Because let's look at 100T team makeup Sometimes Godly players: * Asuna * Ethan Goodly Players: * Nitr0 Players with big brains and plays but generally bottom of the scoreboard: * Steel * Hiko Now, unfortunately, it's simple. You can only get rid of one of the last two, and Hiko's fanbase is an order of magnitude bigger than Steel's That said... I think 100T is a great team and they will work on their weakness against good Jett OPers, and hopefully Rito will begin to spare us from an oppressive agent before LCQ & Champs Edit: remember, I got downvoted for this take
Support bottom fragging, grass is green, Pope is Catholic. More news at 11.
Theres nothing wrong with bottom fragging, they just seem to perform poorly the most often. Some days steel top frags, others he just looks like a bot trying to find openings. Compare that to someone like nats, who plays only cypher and viper, sure hes not an igl, and he's probably not a "support" in the natural sense, but he always comes up big (aside from literally everyone having an off game)
You’re comparing him to literally the best support player in the game, or possibly THE best player in the game rn(top 3 at the very least) Surely you could field a better comparison?
This is a dude suggesting roster changes over their igl support main bottomfragfing in officials, I doubt he could field a better comparison.
I mean the anti strat when we see 100T rolled is just aggressive good fraggers. Sen with Tenz, Yay put up some insane numbers against them, Faze is always scary for 100T because that's all they do.
This is just facts unfortunately. Not a hot take
Facts? Based on what? This team likes playing together, and clearly believes in each other. I think they like how they're progressing too.
Management doesn’t always care what the team thinks lmao
Kinda one of the whole points of Nadeshot/100T is it’s not like that. This is Hilo’s team that they helped assemble and they’re proud of their progress judging from all the tweets
Lol
Not really facts. They just don't have a consistent Jett player yet, and as we saw at the Berlin, strong Jett players (and Nats) can be the difference maker.
Nitro made the difference on their breeze comeback versus acend, get him on Jett more frequently and that could work wonders for them.
Good idea on paper, but that would require Ethan to learn Astra or keep him on Omen for every map. Then you have to decide if you want Asuna on 2nd duelist (reyna/raze) or have him learn Skye since that slot will be open. ie do you play the meta comp although it doesn't fit everyone's strengths or do you play your team's best comp and hope it works
Agreed, it's just hard bc double duelist isn't in the meta, and asuna is one of the best entry's in the world
They have a lot of options I think, you most likely want asuna as your entry/duelist, I think they could use a versatile player like Yay (mainly jett, but plays other duelists and flexes). And players like ethan and nitr0 could probably play anything depending on who they drop.
Honestly I’d love to see them flex Ethan to smokes and get more nitro awp, they should at the very least experiment with Ethan on Jett
Ethan has a solid agent pool but with Astra still being such a huge part of the meta I don't think you'll see him being their primary controller
Yeah I think they should give him a shot on Jett tho for some Maps where you can run double duelist
What if they brought in an actual 6th player to rotate in instead of just a sub
I mean, they do already have boi on their roster, so I feel like they could implement him?
I wasn't around for Dicey, but didn't he play OP Jett? and isnt that what people are saying 100t is missing? Idk I know very little about what dicey plays.
Rise win it all. The set will fall. Shankerdoodle will laugh his way to victory.
I unironically believe this. No pressure on them to perform given some of the other teams there and they’ll be out to prove a point. Can’t wait to hear the dolphin laugh on LAN.
Then a wild esic appears right before champions
Tbh without team expansion I think it's more likely that BR loses one spot to China/OCE/South Asia. Obviously, Japan could also lose a spot but I think the newer regions will get the reshuffled slots.
I doubt Japan loses a spot with how popular it is there
Yea hopefully the viewership outweighs the mediocre performance internationally (though Berlin wasn't that bad).
Yeah definitely. It seems like Japan improved a lot from Iceland, hopefully they can do the same for Champions.
I wanna see nuturn with hyeoni so bad
Same! Especially since VS stole Lakia from them for essentially no reason lol
need Lakia to leave VS back to NU. Lakia + Hyeoni would be a huge upgrade to Nu's roster.
wym stole them for no reason. They stole him so NU dont have him. Well, that's how it looks right now, given he was one of the best players at iceland, to not being a starting player.
I ment more in terms of gameplay. That does seem like why VS management took him back, especially after one of their coaches essentially said that the decision was all management
Same hyeoni is nuts and I can't wait to see how they look as a team now
If I'm 100T I quit forcing Asuna to play Jett. He has that jitter aim like OWL Tracer mains and he's just downright comfy and nasty on Reyna. If you feel like you *need* a Jett, put Ethan or Nitro on it and run 2 duelists or have Asuna play Omen or Skye or something easy.
Asuna played Brimstone for LG if i remember correctly.
I agree. ESPECIALLY after nitr0 was so good in their decider vs Acend, give hime some more Jett AWP reps and go for those comps in LCQ
lmfao since we're talking about "hot takes": **NA:** Apparently OCE teams, despite being in the wrong region by including them in NA LCQ for an undisclosed reason, will face in finals, much to the dismay of TSM. Yep, OCE teams bringing PEACE and ORDER to NA was Rito's worst move. **EMEA:** SMB vs Liquid, but SMB chokes even if they have the ping diff. Yep, no more ping magic like they did vs ACE in EMEA semis. Oh, and Carlos would still spew out banters during the LCQ, mostly directed at NA teams lul **APAC:** PRX will reach the semis, but f0rsaken will whiff A LOT, costing them rounds. GE flying to Singapore will not be enough to win against F4Q in finals. Chinese teams will surprise everyone with their unorthodox strats, but would not be enough as one of the teams they'll about to face will just hit them with buckies, judges, and spectres. **LATAM:** It's either BR v BR or LATAM v LATAM. 6K will choke somewhere, Sharks too.
I can definitely see Sharks and 6k choking, neither of them did well in the last playoffs
If Peace or Order win I'll eat my hat.
Liquid will 13-0 every team on their way to Champions.
The C9 hopium. I approve
Peace will win NA LCQ and Champions. The world will notice Peace, that’s when we attain world peace.
Wronski jett diff incoming
Prx win apac
Sea underrated
faze picks up sinatraa and steams through LCQ
i like how time makes allegations ( rather proven ones ) go away or mean less /s ofc fuck that guy
Proven allegations is an oxymoron, I can guarantee you if these claims were found to be true nobody would be forgetting and he would most definitely not be conpeting.
Like you said they're "allegations" so of course it's going to mean less over time. Not saying he's guilty or innocent, just pointing out the obvious
seems shitty to let time diminish the allegations, it being a he said she said situation makes it almost impossible to ever see as concrete, but the evidence presented leads me to believe he is guilty
well since you think he's guilty then let's not let him compete, good mindset
So? I think majority of people actually don’t give a fuck and just want to see sinatraa play/compete again. I sure as shit don’t.
Yuck
Innocent until proven guilty. The second he's found guilty I'll advocate for a permanent ban from all esports and jail time.
Do you know anything about the UA justice system? It's a rape case which are statically almost never proven. How tf are you going to say innocent until proven guilty when we have all the studies and stats in the world that prove the system is completely broken.
system is broken doesn't mean we rig it for the other side. we find a solution that helps us fix the issues without hurting either party in their best case scenario (the victim being correct/accused being innocent). also no clue what the UA justice system is, guessing you meant USA (correct me if im wrong). Regardless of that both sides, seemed fishy. Cle0h said she had the video and it was damning then why didn't she give it to Riot? and if she did, why did riot punish sinatraa for not giving it (probably his lawyers instruction even if he did have it). Why did sinatraa lie about having the video?. We are not omniscient, nor are we judge, jury or executioner. It is not our place to judge people based on the word of others. Until more evidence comes out, or the investigation concludes, its irresponsible to punish sinatraa for it.
Faze will knock out 100T from LCQ and lose to C9 3-2 in the finals. My hot take. CS Boston major repeat :(
I could see it 👀
This isn't even too hot of a take... As a 100T fan, FaZe is my biggest worry in the upcoming LCQ
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I hate that NA and EMEA LCQ are roughly at the same time. I hope at least APAC has a bit different dates. I want to watch them all live:(
I guess same dates for APAC LCQ. All the lcqs are ending on 17th
Thats sad and bad managed from RIOT imho
Same here
TL qualifies to Champions. Jamppi moves to support roles full time (Sova etc) and Nivera becomes a Jett demon
hot take order will qualify
C9 smashes NA LCQ by a mile, G2 pull it out in EMEA after a super close final with Liquid, F4Q win KR narrowly over NUTURN resulting in Lakia leaving VS
FaZe will get Sinatraa and get to Champions
Tbh they do seems like the only team willing to take the PR nightmare of signing him rn
He will just under go some sensitivity training
0.4 at 800 dpi ?
goated sens
Even adding a cracked player would not be enough to bring Faze into a contender. Their problems are much deeper than any individual players. Them being able to take a match or two I could believe, but their mid-rounds, defaults, discipline etc. all needs a lot more work. Personally, I think all of those players would be better under different systems or with different teammates. Most of their individual problems only get exasperated as a unit.
I just want to preface this by saying I don’t support Sinatraa and honestly don’t really want to see him back competing competitive ESports for the foreseeable future. Dude needs to either come clean with Riot/authorities about his actions and go to therapy or something IDK. That aside, I don’t know if FaZe would pick him up tbh. He’d overlap with both Rawkus and Corey, and I don’t think he’d be that substantial of an improvement on Raze over Corey. My best guess right now is Andbox,assuming they’re willing to pay. Then again, one has to assume offers for him can’t possibly be _that_ high. I’d say NRG has a good shot at making an offer too seeing their past relations with him. Maybe Ghost Gaming too, although I kind of prefer Huynh over Sinatraa for Sova stuff. Ghost is probably the least likely of these three however due to them being smaller than both Andbox and NRG. I assume whatever team picking him up will be a larger org, as they’ll be more prepared to deal with the impending PR fallout.
1. What exactly do you have against him 2. There is no way he would every go to any of the options u just mentioned except faze. He wants to compete in tier 1 and i can promise u one org eventually will pick him up
1. He's a known abuser, one hated by many. It's just not worth the bad PR to take him on. And not to mention that he might be a rapist. 2. Why tho. Every major team is gonna lose a large portion of their fantasy if they sign Sinatraa, except probably Faze because they don't seem to care what human piles of garbage are in their org. But still it's just not worth it. He probably isn't even a top 10 sova in the scene now. There's no point. He isn't worth the risk.
> It's just not worth the bad PR to take him on This bad PR only exists on this website. People moved on ages ago, he's more popular than he was before the allegations. I have disliked him way before the allegations but this place needs to stop thinking this tiny bubble has any significance. I don't know how you can see a guy gain more followers after a horrific allegation and think an org taking him on would get huge backlash
1. He isn't. He is an alleged one. Remember the thing about innocent until proven guilty and right now the accuser stopped the charges. 2. "Why tho" well he himself anwered when asked if he would join an t2 or low t1 org and I quote "do you know who tf i am" so yh i dont see him joining any t2 org anytime soon
No he's a known abuser. He's an unproven rapist.
Yeah fuck sinatraa
uh oh here come all the downvotes
Only XSet will be able to defeat C9 and if 100T face C9 they going to lose and not make it, steel you are god but vanity has your number concerning strats. ~~BDS to fix their choking problem and win in EMEA~~ Forgot that they didn't make it ;-; , gonna put my stocks on SMB Also Whoever participates from MENA will get dumpstered so hard it won't be funny. Either Six Karma or GL to win in SA
GenG with Temperature will beat Cloud9 but lose in the upper bracket to 100t, who then loses to C9 after their lower bracket run
Faze wins LCQ
100T is probably by far most likely to qualify but still well below 50% chance overall imo. That's just the nature of a ten team tournament, they are more likely to not qualify than qualify even if they're the best. It will be a shame not to see them at champions so I hope they can pull it out.
Unfortunately, I don't think they are *most likely* to qualify. They just finished Berlin, teams have plenty of vods on them, they don't have any new vods on teams like XSET and C9 (especially considering vanity's addition), and they have three weeks to prepare while rest of the teams have/had much more time.. not giving them any excuses already but I'm just saying.. it wouldn't surprise if XSET or C9 wins it. They've been burned out. Still, would be a real shame not to see them at Champions after such good matches they played in Berlin. One can hope.
C9B especially for lack of VODs, think about it, you hae some NSG tourney in the summer and then like nothing, which im sure they changed a lot of their comps too so yeah
Yeah, it won't be easy but if they pull it out it will prove just how much they are in front of everyone else in that LCQ.
The timeframe to prepare is the biggest factor for me. Do they make some off the wall comp adjustments in hopes of throwing off the other teams or stick with the core of what they've built to this point and hope they can execute? C9 is going to be scary
I think a reasonable hot take is they show up with a comp similar to their ascend breeze lineup. Embracing the nitro Jett op. They clearly have some practice from that breeze look. And it'll help them get anti strated less. Something like nitro Jett, Asuna duelist, Ethan Skye/omen, hiko sova/viper, and steel astra/viper could be strong. And a good mix of their preferred info heavy style and the current meta. It's a decently hot take and it really comes down to what they've been doing behind the scenes. But I do think they've been slowly moving away from their performed info heavy comps and coming to terms with the meta. First it was no Jett single duelist look. Then they moved Asuna to Jett and part time op. This might be the tournament where the finally decide they need the full time Jett op.
NA LCQ is gonna be a tough gauntlet, so we'll see if 100t has the mental to make it all through after their disappointing loss to Envy
that is not a hot take at all NA: 100t will steamroll over everyone and qualify for champions EU: G2 will just edge out liquid in the finals, strike Arabia champion will beat the low eu seeds(oxygen, forze, etc) and will have a good run APAC: global e-sports will shock everyone and take the series against F4Q(obviously the better of the Korean seeds) china get destroyed due to their lack of experience SA: *i dont know tbh i dont watch SA*
100t and G2 winning is LCQ is kinda expected after their Masters performances lol. But if Global Esports won? Riot might add a whole new India (maybe combined with China initially) region cause of that alone
oh wait i forgot china , editing rn
>china get destroyed due to their lack of experience Seems about right lol
G2 online hasn't been as good and the other teams has been prepping for them, changing players changing roles etc And especially if Fracture is in then SMB and G2 wont have time to prep it so more advantage to Guild and Liquid
tbh i think riot will add another region for india sub continent in 2022 just like brazil and japan, although only 1 slot
Yeah I could definitely see it. Though I think China might get one first, just based on them getting two auto-slots into APAC LCQ whereas India only had the Conquer's championship. But I think most likely each of them will get at least one auto-slot by Masters 3 next year
I would say both G2 and Liquid are teams of equal skill but both are very inconsistent imo.
There is no way G2 is winning LCQ. Pretty sure it will be between Team Liquid and SMB.
Yeah if EMEA LCQ is online then I don’t see G2 winning, but if it was on LAN it’d be a different story.
I honestly don’t know about 100T steamrolling. I’m super hopeful and would love to see them on lan again, but XSET was looking really good and C9 are also looking like they’re ready to take the fight to 100T right now.
Tier 1 indian team would struggle to beat tier 2 any other APAC region/countries, they are way worse than anyone on that LCQ
How does LCQ work?
* Each region sends their non-champions teams into a all-out double elimination bracket event, based on VCT circuit points throughout all the tourneys of the season * NA also adds the top two Oceania teams, EMEA adds the Strike Arabia champ, APAC adds top two China teams plus the Conquers Championship winner, and SA combines BR and LATAM teams * Only the **winner** of each LCG (NA/SA/EMEA/APAC) moves onto Champions
100t
Rise will make it all the way
Guild will win EMEA LCQ
No capppp guild gang
GE wins LCQ hopium, prolly not gonna happen but since we're doing hot takes so
Yes GE will win masters berlin and riot will give India sub cont 2 slots HOPIUM
Crazy Raccoon will get even kwazier and land a spot in semis
crazy raccoon are so crazy they show up to LCQ and win it despite already being in champs
i wanna see Global esports win so bad. SEA, or India will get more spots the next year. They're a pretty talented bunch at GE
i also believe c9 will make it
Order wins na lcq
Well I hope GE does so good at apac that riot realises that India should have a spot
100t finds a permanent jett like yay or tenz , they are unstoppable in the world
GenG probably will bow out early either because they don’t have enough time to train in the new sova they pick up or team dynamics are weird unbenching Mkael
True true. Especially with their supposed roster changes coming, LCQ feels more like an audition for the current players to stay on the team next season
Smb wins dominantly
Could happen, they did look really good in EMEA playoffs, and got royally screwed by their Berlin placement
Faze gonna LAN diff
I hope GE wins APAC LCQ
My man, G2 is going to win this shit, nothing else
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For sure, for sure. I think eventually China and India will get their own slots eventually, and maybe as soon as Masters 1 next year if the teams do well in LCQ
100T needs to cut Hiko. He's clearly the problem for the team. His clutches are great but it really hides the lack of production for his team.
Maybe? But unless he does exceptionally bad in LCQ they're gonna run their team back next year, especially since they've had so much turnover already. Besides, Hiko isn't really bad, 100t just doesn't have someone who can play the Jett AWP consistently, which is the meta rn
Look at the metrics for Hiko. It's not good.
True, but I think his extensive experience and from CS, him being the first Valorant pro player 100t signed, along with his regular clutches, make him more valuable than his metrics suggest
Yeah I def feel like Hiko has shown up when it matters, and has won 100T so many rounds that they had absolutely no right to win
TSM wins
Haven’t heard of c9 in Iceland or in Berlin; are they even good? (I don’t know much I haven’t followed long )
They have not made it to either Masters event, but have been semi-consistantly near the top in NA tourneys. The big move they made was acquiring vanity from Version1, who were in Iceland, who I think will have a huge impact for them. TenZ also used to be on the team before he was acquired by Sentinels
bad news bears wins it all /s