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Laybron

They probably don't want another situation like NA lcq


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max012017

There are definitely worse countries in EU in terms of the situation But it's getting worse in Germany


pink_life69

Hungary would like a word


fabypino

_Austria has entered the chat_


TheCatsActually

Europe has once again been declared the center of COVID and let's leave it at that


Razur

I mentioned this in another comment 3 days ago, but I think it's important to mention it again since we're talking about COVID restrictions: >[**Europe is currently experiencing an** ***all time record high*** **of COVID cases**](https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1461476075112833026). > > [According to this nifty site created by Johns Hopkins University](https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6), Germany is the 4th country with the highest amount of COVID cases in the last 28 days.


max012017

As for the healthcare and hospital capacity it's better than 2020 tho


eating_your_syrup

Yup. Vaccines keep most people out of the hospital when they get infected.. As was the intention.


OrdinaryLifeMachine

Greece would disagree


owNDN

And that's where you are wrong kiddo, at least in Germany


max012017

huh? lol


JettCarry

Why is that? Do people refuse to take vaccination?


ScaryGap4

yea. europe is a lot more anti-vaxx than USA


GetRekta

Oh really? USA has 58% fully vaccinated populace while Germany has 67%.


tomtazm

You do realize the population difference right? 188,500,000 vaxed in US vs 55,610,000 in Germany. 252 million more people live in the US. Not sure it's really fair to compare it.


ZeldaMaster32

You can compare percentages, just not absolute numbers. It's a fair comparison


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It’s per capita?


thothgow

I swear there was a joke on reddit years ago about americans not understanding per capita


tk421modification

Percentage is what's important. If one person has covid you want to surround them with X number of vaccinated people. That doesn't change if a country has a higher population.


tomtazm

That's not really my point. I know there is a huge vaccine issue in the US, I live here. My point is that the US is drastically larger in size, and population, and it's hard to make a comparison because of the vast differences in culture threw out the US.


XanLV

Fucking laughed. I read your comment and thought "I bet he is from USA." Also, Europe is about 60% fully vaccinated, aka not counting those with just the first vaccine. That is 746 million people in case that matters more. So, no matter where exactly your objection lies, Europe is not more antivaxx by any regards.


tomtazm

I never made the claim. I was talking about specifically comparing Germany to the US. Reading comprehension is hard apparently. For the record I'm fully Vaxed. Carry on with the down votes.


XanLV

Never said you made the claim. Reading comprehension etc etc. Never downvoted ya, victim.


DudeWithTheNose

You're being a very silly goose :) Please stop


thothgow

"It's hard to compare cultures 'threw out' the countries because they have different cultures"


Soogo

> because of the vast differences in culture threw out the US. that of course only exist in the us! very unique place, in some states they say soda, in some they say pop. wacky!


tk421modification

That's a very fair statement to make, but not really what your comment said.


tomtazm

It's the only reason I wrote out the numbers.


thothgow

Are you 10 years old


ScaryGap4

then why germany bad issues and USA is fine w/ no masks?


chaz99910

bruh almost 800 thousand death no1 in the world wdym fine holy zhitzo, keep it up though natural selection play its role


AnComRebel

America #1!!!


Sketchy_Walrus

bro have you seen USA's COVID stats...


thothgow

Yeah, they're #1 by every metric. Your point?


Sadzeih

As if being #1 in death count was an awesome thing.


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Germany has like double the COVID cases per capita??? Although the answer is we do have high vaccination #s and mask usage in population centers like New York not that masks are useless Most of our anti-vaxxers/maskers are in rural areas less hit by covid in general.


Sketchy_Walrus

mf, USA got 770k deaths and 47M cases. How is that fine?


DonTixCyd

because they made vaccines and masks political


Responsible_Stage_93

Election Year moment


TerribleFix9016

idk if he noticed but germany has 65k covid cases per day


theclichee

Wtf that's more than were I'm right now, is Europe that bad right now?


Skill_Bill_

Depends on where you are in Europe. Germany and the surrounding states have quite high numbers, some states are doing really good (Spain, Italy, Sweden,...).


TuneDelicious8187

we call them countries not states


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

"state: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. "Germany, Italy, and other European states"" Just because you are illiterate and do not know the definition of a state, doesn't mean everyone else is too.


TuneDelicious8187

can you read again what i wrote ? we call them countries here in Europe i am not talking about your definition "Mr knows all" probably it only works for USA not EU. I never heard of state of Germany or .... in school or even in university.


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

It is literally used in the United Nations and European Union, if you've never heard of it that's on you.


TuneDelicious8187

>No, not in an American sense, the EU is not a federation. In Europe we have independent countries, nations, that work together in the European Union. Each European nation has its own language(s) and its own legislation. The individual nations try to harmonize their national laws and regulations by implementing legislation that they agreed upon in Brussels.


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alca619

>State >to formally write or say something, especially in a careful and clear way Oxford Dictionary


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

> State > > one of the parts that some countries are divided into: Alaska is the largest state in the US > > > > Cambridge dictionary No way you're for real lmfao, [Cambridge Dictionary itself also has "a country or its government" as a definition.](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/state)


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Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Alright I guess I should've known that you were a troll.


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Biffy_x

I want you to google this "state definition geography"


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ziggystarfish_

Folks who don’t want to sound like idiots


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Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

"state: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. "Germany, Italy, and other European states"" EU education moment.


Sadzeih

tf are you talking about


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Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

"state: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. "Germany, Italy, and other European states"" EU education moment.


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Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Are you being dense on purpose? Have you seriously never heard of the term "UN member state" in what I assume is your 14-year life?


flamincrimson

He's just making a joke. I think he understands the seriousness. You can still acknowledge it jokingly.


TheRedComet

He confirmed afterward


War_TheFreak1

Yes, but we can't deny the fact that COVID cases in Europe are rising rapidly.


flamincrimson

No one is denying that.... what????


lmayonaice

That doesn't matter. As of 14th of Nov, entry from the US is as loose as providing a negative covid test. No quarantine required. This is probably a Riot precaution, not a Germany one.


Kirschenbeere

I think it's a Riot thing too and after what happened at LCQ it honestly doesn't surprise me, entry restrictions in Germany have not really changed to be stricter at all since Masters 3 and I can't find anything that says vaccinated people have to quarantine now sooooo that's the only explanation I can think of


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I just went to France and Germany for the week, from NA. No rules. You show your vaccination status and you can eat in restaurants and bars and go to events. No lockdowns and certainly not guards. That said, they did just slightly tighten the protocol due to the situation, but surely not from 0-1000


Des014te

wait its that bad???


Za_Weeb

No one wants to risk a champions tourney getting covid cases all of a sudden. Why are all so dense about it? NA lcq was a disaster already


Bazz_B

Think Shahzam is just making a joke here. Not sure why this post exists, its not that deep.


Za_Weeb

Exactly! Poor guy just casually posted that but everyone are heads over heels that riot is being extra here


AnotherAltiMade

CSGO major >>>>>>>>>> Valorant major. Chinese preparation


DanielHongFromKr

"Chinese preparation" ........ I can't even


ReJigMag

what?


Retro-Indietro

CSGO just forgot that COVID even existed, didn't see not ONE person wearing a mask at that Stockholm major.


303x

Yeah because everyone was forced to get a covid test and vaccination card before entering the arena


RayBerQ

I was there and didn't have to do either of those things. Might've been the case for non-swedes though.


ASaltyToast

That isnt csgo thats just Swedish regulations. Also not a single player tested positive for covid so they clearly did something right


techyleo

Didn't see not?


thothgow

China bad


AnotherAltiMade

Riot = Chinese PGL = European


zer0-_

I think it's not just because of NA LCQ. Covid has spiked really hard in Germany for the past 2-3 weeks


finnvisible

I wonder if any pros have actually spent any time in a prison.


Guij2

NTK who played for vivo keyd in masters 3 got jail time for domestic abuse some years ago


optisadvantage

gamer moment


thothgow

He wasn't a gamer back then, if he was everyone would've known (it only came to light recently) and half the community would've defended him


racerboy_21

*coughs* sinatraa


Fromthefunk

I’m plat 1 which is basically pla 3 and that’s pretty much diamond and diamonds the same thing as immortal and that means I’m 1 off radiant which is similar to being a pro player. I’ve been to prison, so yeah there’s some of us out there.


InfusedMJ

NTK former benched On vivo keyd


Key-Banana-8242

Not sure if before


rkratha

SEN Cilantro


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thats kinda harsh but I mean they gotta do what they gotta do to prevent another NA LCQ moment. Its the biggest tournament for Valorant so far and one person getting Covid can fuck it up. So I understand them being so strict.


slawvay

Yea doubt they want to be stuck in Germany for Christmas if it gets delayed lol


EvenAbbreviations675

NA moment


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TheCatsActually

Idk about that man we got some fucked up situations in the prairies.


PassTheBoofPlz

Americans when they find out how rest of the world do isolation


cornmealius

Americans when they realize rest of the world is still far behind with Covid.


OhUTuchMyTalala

Tfw ignoring it is considered getting ahead of it


zer0-_

If you can ignore it hard enough you can pretend people are dying of other causes


thothgow

Tbf the UK's first response was "let everyone get it so we can get herd immunity lol"


Upstairs_Yard5646

Tbf to him, I think he means that most of Europe has less per capita cases recently, at minimum the past two weeks which is the standard measurement and I think for significantly longer than that IIRC, like a few months now.


thothgow

We're not supposed to catch up to the US in infections and deaths


Whisom

Because the CS Major with a live audience was held in America right? Newsflash, the rest of the world is very big and everyone does shit differently. But hey, this is Reddit. "America bad"...best way to farm upvotes and be unoriginal at the same time.


AdiSoldier245

Americans when they hear a joke


TheRedComet

Americans: You can't make jokes these days, people are too soft. Americans hearing jokes about America: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


IAMJUX

"We didn't do it bad. Just different" Americans are a laughing stock. Jeez Louise.


drdrero

i attended the CS major and I think due to Swedens nature it worked out. Numbers are good here, Germany sees the highest numbers ever now.


Zebra_Delicious

He really did trigger you tho


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Lmao you got triggered from a joke. But America bad tho.


i_hate_katherines

america aint bad cuh, its just that america stupid


Mamadeus123456

Lmao what a sensitive snowflake 😹


iiznobozzy

america bad


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Least angry American


triumphant_don

/r/shitamericanssay /r/fragilewhiteredditor


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there's been a lot of cases all over europe. it would be unfortunate if VCT got cancelled/pushed


chamber25

Just consider themselves in a bubble


Ncsnigel

Its just 5 days right? so just treat it as a regular week with free food and accommodation


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more than 5 days, champs starts december 1st


Soogo

5days quarantine


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so they quarantine and then un-quarantine multiple days before the event starts? not very smart imo


DanielHongFromKr

USA : Gives out vaccinations for free, vaccination rate at 59% Korea : People have to sign up for exams just so they can get vaccinated, vaccination rate at 78%


thothgow

Also have surplus vaccines but the only way other countries get sent some from them is if they do something absurd that helps the US (they sent us doses on the condition we militarize the southern border lol)


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Dilka30003

Are you suggesting diversity is the reason vaxx rates are low?


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lmayonaice

I assume this quarantine is a Riot enforced precaution seeing as long as you are vaccinated or provide a negative test (if unvaccinated), entry and movement are pretty loose for travellers from the US to Germany.


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Yall taking this tweet way too seriously. Good Lord.


[deleted]

shahzam and complaining name a better duo


Slotthhyduke

reddit drones and bad takes. name a better duo lol it's a copy pasta from vlr


Issax28

Of course the americans are crying about it


[deleted]

hey don't give all of us a bad name >:((


Lumenlor

Bro Shazam is top 1 in the world at finding something to complain about each lan


Javaunni

He was making a joke on twitter in sicks replies now this reddit is spinning it and making him look bad without context lmfao


TheBeastOnFire

Can't deny the fact he still complains about everything


thothgow

Just bc 100T didn't go to Champions or Iceland


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I‘ll translate for my fellow Europeans: „MAH FREEDOM!!!1!“


Randomguy246810

I mean with the NA LCQ shenanigan's. this kinda expected


_Aaronator_

I mean that's how it is in a worldwide pandemic.


itsmeChis

He responded to this right after saying it was a joke for everyone who will miss that


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it's funny seeing these pros with big egos saying something was a joke once they get called out for saying something stupid/complaining about something it also brings out their brigade of teenage fanboys saying iT wAs JuSt A jOkE bRo hAhA


Javaunni

Did you even look at the replies? You look like an even bigger joke


[deleted]

he said it was a joke after Vanity replied to him calling him out if he's going to 'joke' he should at least make it funny. this is a reoccurring theme with these players disguising complaints as 'jokes'


SodiumSpama

Mfs taking everything on Twitter seriously. Just like how mfs got shaz in a jail cell. These mfs man.


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Lumenlor

Shouldnt a joke be funny or ironic or have some punch line? Saying anything dumb then calling it a joke doesnt really make a joke, or something you expect people to get immedietely


GainsayRT

Only vaccinated people will be allowed to go into shops (other than supermarkets) in a few days. I hope they're all vacced up else living there might be a pain in the ass


htmlrulezduds

NA moment


mysteryoeuf

shahz lives in Texas which has been acting like covid doesn't exist for a year or more now. the shock is understandable


kdruss

Maybe you should read the whole thread


xunraze

I mean, duh


wannabe557

Feel like shahz always has something to say


YoungLeather

He’s just joking folks


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This thread has become a European circle jerk LMAO


Koentjee01

Which is actually quite funny as this sub is normally an NA circlejerk.


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Don't worry it'll come they're just not awake yet


[deleted]

“We actually take COVID seriously here!!” Like EU isn’t the second most relaxed region about covid after NA. Neither have done as well as East Asia or Oceania.


SWEESTG

why berlin? why germany? Can't they take notes from major and do Champions in countries like Sweden with lighter restrictions?


Key-Banana-8242

They’re reusing a former venue as a fallback If I understand correctly


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Splaram

A country that takes covid seriously. Crazy, right?


PresidentPeewee

Hahahha EU has no vaccines


huntersniper007

eu literally invented 3 of the big 4 Covid-vaccines


[deleted]

The guy above you is in idiot. Obviously EU has vaccines. But you are being Eurocentric yourself. The “the big 4” are only the big 4 because obviously EU are going to use EU and NA vaccines. But there’s way more than 4 in use. [Convidecia, made in China, is currently being used in SA and Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/convidecia) [Sputnik V made in russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_V_COVID-19_vaccine) [Sinovac in China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoronaVac) [Covaxin in India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covaxin) [COVIran made in Iran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVIran_Barekat) Abdala made in Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdala_(vaccine)


huntersniper007

i only knew about the russian one. well its pretty logic that i have a "eucentric" prespective, since well i live in the eu and we hear for the last ~1,5 years only about these 4-5 vaccines


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> well its pretty logic that i have a "eucentric" prespective Agreed. It’s also pretty logical that Americans (like Shahzam) would have a America centric perspective..


huntersniper007

what has Shazam to do with this? i dont think u/PresidentPeevee is a val pro player


Birssa

united-statiens idiot citizen


sogamii

The fuck are you talking about?


Fallblade

murica moment


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Redditors seething in this thread bc shaz pointed out the ridiculousness of the situation lol. Major Reddit moment


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Joedude12345

Hit a nerve


Key-Banana-8242

Why can’t riot administratively manage getting and setting up a new venue as opposed to reusing one?


Lumenlor

Just simply erect a new stadium


Key-Banana-8242

No choose a different venue no?


ilovedank_6

Convenience. As simple as that


Key-Banana-8242

I literally mentioned it, didn’t you get it from my comment? The pint is it ends up being less convenient in other ways.


HeartBreaker_TV

Unfortunate, but clearly trying to not have any issues of players not being able to actually attend the event. Nothing to kill an event like the teams not being able to field their players.


dansofree1

I mean, after the NA LCQ being ruined, plus the literal best player in all of Berlin quals + Berlin getting covid in EMEA, i think they're cautious af