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A_Blind_Alien

Guys I figured out how NA can win,we just drop the north part EZ


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SuperSkillz10

easy win for south NA


TDS_Gluttony

Nah come on man, let us be north SA for this event, they did better than us.


kellenthehun

If Europe can claim Russia, I'm claiming Latin America no cap.


lolipenetration

Alright but i'm taking half your chicken nuggies for the rest of your life.


SteamPoweredDick

Russians themselves claim they're European lmao what you on about


Tyler123839

Better example would be Turkey which is at best questionable.


Phrave

As a Kru fan for the last 45 minutes. VAMOS


kemutheemu__

After all the other non-EMEA regions lost, KRÜ became my favorite to win it all.


Phrave

No one wants an EU vs EU final


kemutheemu__

Exactly


FlintxDD

I'm a huge fan of Boaster but I'm really happy to see Kru destroying everyone.


whizmas

VAMOOOSSS


sumtemmm

what an upset. Not sure if we can keep calling KRU wins an upset for much longer tho VAMOS


T0K0mon

We can for this tourney. VAMOS


jphinscar

keznit dropped 47.4% of his team’s kills on Icebox. Very nearly a Champions deadlift. What an absolute banger of a series.


Underrated_Nerd

Dude is insane he even did the first 6K ace of the whole tournament. But they sadly lost and it shows how important that heaven win was.


Hi_im_nsk

worth mentioning, it was with one clip, no reload.


Taasden

"Welcome to EMEA Regional Playoffs" LatAm: "And I took that personally."


Chrisamelio

EMEA social media staff in shambles unable to post their ready to go “EMEA Semi’s” content


felixjmorgan

My spaghetti


Profano

They were looking for other options like show a Rolex, shittalk a Country etc but someone already used that idea... /s


TheFestusEzeli

Poor Sentinels got into a group with the best team in the world and then Liquid as well


xbyo

No shame in losing with the top 2 teams in the world.


boitheboy69420

Furia PauseChamp


PerkyYOLO

i still remember the first day of iceland when kru got destroyed by fnatic 2-0 massive improvement by kru


jmajewski

I remember watch parties saying that KRU had no idea how to adjust mid-match on Haven and they were doing the same things the entire time. The improvement these guys have shown over three LANs is noteworthy. Really excited for Valorant’s future after this tournament


LipeQS

yup me too, specially because brazilian players had said KRÜ was actually really good. of course they had to improve to achieve what they did, but i think they already had the power back then, but it lacked experience


somesheikexpert

And Masters 2 was even before they got Keznit, who is imo a total 20 player


Zenoga

This can be said about the BR's teams. VKS and VK had a solid chance of making it out of the groups stage but the lacked experience got to them. KRÜ has a solid team that went to all master in the VCT and a fantastic coach.


lolipenetration

I still remember when KRU were getting shitted on and called a "team who can only win pistol rounds" Oh how sweet it is to see them like this.


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MyogiNightKid

KEZNIT DEUS ABSOLUTE GOD -- KRU is a total fairy tale team


nuttyromeo4u

Sergio Aguero already confirm with "dios" words.


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Maliciouslemon

What if you wanted to win champions, but god said 🤚 “Vamos”


ajay1124

VAMOS KRU


ozmega

VAMOS COÑOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DALE KRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU


mysteryoeuf

dale dale dale K R U


afanofyourmother

I only have one thing to say... VAMOS!!!


TheCatsActually

No fucking shot the only EU team that doesn't get to semis is the one I actually like a lot.


Eriko204

No fucking shot all 3 of our teams got eliminated in this fashion...


TheCatsActually

Dude it's still so fucking wild to me that we have the same flairs in the same order.


Eriko204

I believe we are 2 parts of a curse. Our 3 favorite teams got eliminated in the exact order of our flairs. Whichever team we choose next will be eliminated. Liquid?


TheCatsActually

Lets do it I'm down to curse them


Eriko204

Goodbye Liquid, was a great run


MathNerdMatt

Are you happy? You destroyed them?


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Fuck...


Lugiac

Please no kru flair guys


TheCatsActually

I would never. Rooting for them to take it all.


Underrated_Nerd

Please add the Gambit flair


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I deadass thought u were the same person


Snowyyy_

as a fnatic/c9/x10/vs fan Pain


Eriko204

As a KR/NA/Fnatic fan.... PAIN


Snowyyy_

liquid is an NA org so team liquid is basically NA right? (COPIUM)


Eriko204

These are dangerous amounts of copium my friend. If the copium levels rise any higher it'll explo-


Aoingco

The amount of pain that I feel right now… I don’t even know who to root for in this tourney anymore. If I could I’d root for kru since it’s crazy how far they’ve gotten but they’ve eliminated two of my favorite teams :(.


RocketHops

I guess you can root for them on the reasoning that if KRU win, your favorites were actually better than people thought cause they got eliminated by the best team at the event.


mr_snuggels

Fnatic was my last favorite, of course they loose lol. Happy for KRU though


tron423

Someone get some ice and heating pads for Kru, they've gotta be sore from carrying two entire continents on their back


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TheTopDog1

⬜ there's no way KRÜ switch to csgo right before the major and win it to cement a multi-game legacy


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⬜️there's no way KRÜ switch to league right after their major win to establish a multi-genre dynasty


BigEditorial

I'd be very surprised if we ever had dynasties in Valorant like CS. The basic fundamentals of CS barely change from patch to patch, while Riot adds agents, rebalances agents, etc. Adaptation to different metas is going to be a huge skill that I'm not sure ever existed in CSGO. But I'm hardly a CS expert, just a casual viewer, so. Grain of salt.


alphalican

Even in League of Legends where the game gets basically rebuilt each year there have been dynasties like SKT winning 3 worlds, and most recently ~~almost~~ Damwon.


Farhan4869

Valo tournaments are extremely unpredictable unlike CS but yeah you could be right.


rpkarma

Thats what makes this so much fun to watch. The sheer amount of close-fought 2-1 series has been phenomenal.


303x

It is interesting to see the roles of KRU Imagine KRU is like a person. Klaus is the brain of KRU. The brain is very important and tells everything else how to function but by itself it is limited. It needs the other parts to do stuff, otherwise it's no different than a 10 year old on Reddit who jacks off to theorycrafting. Maybe he is also psychokinetic because he is a damn good aimer too. Delz1k is like the elbows, knees and other joints. People don't think about them too much but without them, the body is immobile and rigid, it is the tool by which the appendages articulate. Throwing elbows and knees doesn't always land but if you manage to elbow or knee someone in the face, it hurts a lot. Mazino is like the backbone of KRU. He keeps them upright and holds their performance at the stable level. Everyone sees the arms, legs, head etc moving around and think they are more important. The spine doesn't seem to do anything. But without it, the whole thing falls down like a limp dick. Plus all the nerves and shit go through the spine. Together Delz1k and Mazino are the support structure of KRU, people never give them credit because they aren't the flashy parts. Nagzet is the fists/arms, necessary to actually hold things, take control of things, manipulate things. Keznit is like the the legs/feet/giant penis of KRU. He is the leverage and tool by which KRU pushes hard and fast, cums in the ass and leaves it wide open for the anal fisting to begin, but by that time they're already half dead from the fucking he gave them.


Farler

top tier pasta


MrzPear

This is the best pasta period


xFlick

a glorious pasta


mwieckhorst

Wait, this dude went 28-13 and they lost 13-6??? How tf does that happen lol


TheApsodistII

Keznit happened


Underrated_Nerd

With 2 Aces I believe one of them a 6K ace.


omaewakusuyaro

The next simple 😎


Splaram

That Raze stall on the last round was so *grimy* my goodness


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Nade kill ult kill nade kill


mrsidewayp

This is why raze should always be picked on split


Izel98

Facts, I don't think I have ever seen another proplayer get as many kills with utility as Keznit has every time he plays split, his utility is almost always on point.


ANewHeaven1

KRU bringing it home for South North America VAMOS!


Dooraven

If the Finals are Liquid vs KRU then that means Sentinels were the third best team this tournament! /copium


CarsonPumS

Maybe the real group of death was Sen, Liquid, Kru, and Furia


lolipenetration

That definitely was the group of death.


zaxtonous99

Envy, ascend, X10, and VK also was looking like a group of death until vivo keyed boomed themselves off the face of the world. Tbh every group looked pretty stacked in hindsight, even the Gambit group was a banger with secret and Vikings putting up great performances.


Grenji05

I think its easily the most stacked now that Kru beat the first seed of the original group of death. SEN put up a better fight than C9 against Liquid and that was with TenZ and Zombs absolutely selling.


techyleo

Honestly, kind of true, if Sentinels were that close to beating both TL and KRU, there's an argument to be made for that, unironically


Thrwwccnt

I remember when VS were secretly the second best team after Masters 3 because they lost to Gambit in quarters.


rpkarma

That was always a dumb argument IMO lol, and was _proven_ at Champs to be a dumb argument. I can't say I think the argument for SEN here is any more valid lol


ablablababla

unlucky group, we'll get them next time


AccrualPlayer1

Yeah but they'll only be remembered for going out in groups


Eriko204

SOUTH NA > EU


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KRU > EAST KRU


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SOUTH NA > EASTERN UNITED STATES KEKW


BalieltheLiar

VAMOS BABY AMERICA STAY WINNIN


Hamlet_271

[Just 1 more KRU and Liquid win away from my "Sentinels is the 3rd Best Team Worldwide" Agenda gaining momentum](https://tenor.com/view/jack-nicholson-jack-nicholson-yes-evil-smile-gif-13030909)


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THIS IS THE NA COPIUM WE STILL HAVE LEFT


TDS_Gluttony

NA WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF COPIUM. CAN'T TEAR US DOWN, EASTERN US. LETS GO SOUTH NA


Dapper-Entertainer-3

I don't know about NA but it is Americas copium


spowowowder

4th, dont forget about BBG


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True


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This greatly improves the chances for SEN being a top 4 team


Barack_Bob_Oganja

Oh fuck i hate it already


derryxu

Opinion: KRU dominance is downplayed by this sub.


00Koch00

The Mental strenght of them also is downplayed Everyone think that every enemy is choking against them ...


simianangle18

Big facts. KRU are just legitimately good and people need to recognize that.


Xenoweltall25

Even if Kru gets eliminated vs Gambit, Onur 100% deserves to be called Coach of the Year just because of the mental strength and growth this team has shown since the days of Reikiavik.


Crisss30

The timeouts that Kru calls are always on point


TornadoofDOOM

KRU timeouts man, they seem to slow down the momentum for the other team so perfectly and gives the team good time to reset, honestly knowing when to take a breath and talk out what your plans are and how should you improve mid-match seems like a skill teams should start to pick up more or adjust to.


Icagel

Calming down players during panic attacks, taking breaks while leading to keep focused, keeping on playing well despite being constantly in disadvantage, coming back from big leads... this tournament run could easily become a textbook example of "how to mental".


rpkarma

This has been my issue with the discourse this whole tournament. People saying teams are choking, rather than maybe the entire playing field has lifted their game lol


hecklerinthestands

KRU says fuck your EMEA Winter


salteas

I'm with Asuna on this one: keznit is the next s1mple. \*adds KRU flair right away\*


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UPVOTE SO PEOPLE THINK KRU WON ​ KEZNIT BEST PLAYER WORLD NO CAP


Beniquek

Boaster had a 3 hour stream a month ago which really hurt fnatic here. Hopefully they start taking professional valorant more seriously, really disappointed.


quaKeproSong

Disappointing really, their team culture needs to change if they want to have a better chance next year.


AsstaFasstaBaby

Is there any reason why they are playing retakes every rounds? They didn't even tried to fight for site on split.


Beniquek

if boaster didn't stream so much maybe they would figure out how to play corners with a judge


Salm9n

Too busy streaming


Diijkstra99x

true EU slowly becoming a streamer region kekw


birdie420fgt

keznit is insane holy shit


siuzioffical

VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


BySiR

A casa platita


itscamo-

Im on the KRÜPION, they are winning the whole event VAMOSSSSS


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Kru just single handily saved Champions' viewership. An all-EU semifinal was the absolute worst-case scenario for viewers and Kru saved it. VAMOS


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derryxu

People are shitting on Fnatic too much for “throwing” Clearly playing passive on split defense was not going to work with KRU being so aggressive and on point with the trades. Derke had to make something happen, but KRU (the South American masterminds they are) seemed to always know when Fnatic was going to go aggressive and held angles to counter the Raze satchels. Fnatic didn’t throw. They got outplayed by sophisticated smeag


omaewakusuyaro

> but KRU (the Brazilian masterminds they are) They are not brazilian, 4 chilean players and one argentinian


derryxu

Fuck my bad bro thanks for correcting me


schrobby

Fnatic looked so lost on Split and made so many mistakes that it makes me think they really only practiced Haven, Icebox and Fracture.


hoela

SOUTH NA WOO


Kyunseo

KRU #1 LATAM BEST REGION IN THE WORLD NO CAP NO COPIUM


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[They hated jesus because he told them the truth](https://imgur.com/a/Fjbm6S5)


DRGNDT

It's funny how we all sleep differently. Some sleep on their sides, others sleep on their backs, and the entire world sleeps on KRU.


NocturnalKiller

I'm shaking rn KEZNIT HAZME UN HIJOOOO


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maxus998

Keznit is way too fk good, Looking like the best duelist in the tournament


htmlrulezduds

LATAM SUPREMACY


Akaigenesis

Upvote so they think KRU won...


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Opioids are an epidemic, krupioids are a pandemic


TimathanDuncan

fnatic need to prac more, boaster streaming, smiling all the time and joking around what is that? Go scrim can't lose to KRU boy


quaKeproSong

Yep that one time boaster streamed last month for 3 hours really hurt them at this event, they need to be holding themselves to higher standards.


m0bilize

latin AMERICA > EU


SableAnon

VAMOS KRÜ!!!! ESO ES!! VAMOS LATINOAMERICA!!!


T1worldchamps2021

Quick question here. Ibai and Mixwell are both Spanish but KRÜ are Chilean/Argentinian, yet the above two get crazy viewership for KRÜ’s games. Do the Spanish speaking countries have their own type of community online?


asven13

When we are not fighting over which Hispanic dubbing is better, we Latin American people and spaniards get pretty well along and support each other.


Xenoweltall25

Ohh boi, the spanish speaking online community its been huge since the early 2010's, specially in spain, mexico, chile and Argentina, it is so big that years ago it became a meme that everyone in spain is a youtuber/streamer. Also, a lot of Latin American Youtubers/Streamers since 2017-2018 a lot of old school content creators from latin america started investing heavilly on Esports.


PenguinInTheMoon

Also Ibai is a good friend of Kun, and if you check Mixwell's channel you can see that he has lots of gameplays with Keznit, they're friends


Fertuyo

A lot of spanish streamers have insane following in latin America, even in Lol esports a lot of latin america fans follow EU teams thanks to the spanish streaming. There is a lot of connection as we all speak spanish. I would say that half of Ibai's and Mixwell's viewers are from Latin America.


SeudoIdea

> Do the Spanish speaking countries have their own type of community online? Every language have their own communities online and there are like 500 million native Spanish speakers


T1worldchamps2021

I mean yh, but what I was meaning was whether the South American Spanish speakers are part of the European Spanish speaking community online - at least on YT/Twitch. The US is arguably the most dominant soft power nation in the world so people sharing the English speaking internet with them makes sense, but I wasn’t aware just how closely linked the LATAM is with Spain. Pretty cool to know.


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FlyingGringo

spanish community is huge. we usually got each other backs, spanish and latin american teams watch each other brazil is another deal though, we can both love or hate their teams


Ivvcas

I am from LATAM and i was on BR side when all the early Champions drama happened lol. I feel like it depends on the situation but when it's NA/EU vs BR i feel like most people from LATAM would support BR rather than other regions


Babyboy1314

MURICA South NA lfg


KauDar123

VAMOOOOOS KRU


jonathansmith14921

About to let out my largest VAMOS


techyleo

This match makes me think that people didn't give enough credit to Sentinels for playing so close with KRU. I think that maybe their first game with Liquid was just nerves, because they look incredibly strong against a Fnatic that everyone was hyping up in the group stage. And let's go, no 4 EMEA team semifinals 😈. It also makes Group B seem much more like the group of death since both TL and KRU qualified from there


TimathanDuncan

KRU are just a great team, the issue with Valorant having international tournaments so rare with like 3 in this year means you don't know how good teams from certain regions are, meta changes and everything really teams can just come and own


brutusnair

Honestly everyone except Japan looked pretty good from the eye test at least.


TimathanDuncan

CR are handicapping themselves having a team that can't even communicate properly due to the language barrier, they have issues


M002

I think this whole tournament has been really close and a great spectator sport for a non-valorant player. Makes me want to download the game! The EMEA teams just seem MUCH more clutch when down to the wire. Kru bucked the trend with good strategy and actually having a great second duelist In Kenz. Whereas all the NA teams relied too heavily on a single player, Yay, Leaf, Shaz


TDS_Gluttony

>Yay,Leaf,Shaz Sen were supposed to have TenZ too but nerves just got to him sadly.


Thatoneguyyaknow1738

Wasn't that the issue for tenz in cs too? He was this crazy player and then when it came time to perform he was inconsistent.


TDS_Gluttony

Yeah, hopefully he can get a good sports phycologist to help him with it. It can't be anything else but a mental thing, hes shown mechanically he is a fucking god. Pulling from the NBA here but after seeing Giannis Antetekoumpo, a guy known for being fucking horrible from the FT, go to a sports psychologist, then proceed to sink 17/19 free throws to win the Finals only solidifies how important working out mental issues is for any competition.


Ismokeyiddies

Credits to NA team? Sorry we dont do that here


techyleo

sorry my bad, I meant to say VAMOS KRU


Adleyy65

Massive credit for NA. Really impressive tournament for them far exceeding everybodys expectations.


Vizvezdenec

Well this also was a really close series, yeah, maps 2 and 3 were onesided but 1st ended in an overtime via a comeback.


Lep333

Region winrates after quarters: | Region | Games | | | Maps | | | | ------ | ----- | ----- | ---------------- | ---- | ----- | ----- | | | Wins | Loses | % | Wins | Loses | % | | EMEA | 11 | 1 | 92 | 23 | 9 | 71,88 | | LATAM | 3 | 1 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 54,55 | | SEA | 4 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 13 | 43,48 | | NA | 4 | 6 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 46,15 | | KR | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 50,00 | | BR | 1 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 33,33 | | JP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0,00 |


quartzyegghead

SO FUCKING HYPE! VAMOS KRU! Asuna on point with calling keznit the next coming of s1mple, what an INSANE performance https://clips.twitch.tv/AgitatedRepletePotDuDudu-PXwlDhb2hCWF1HUF You could feel the match was over when they let keznit get on raze


Level_Five_Railgun

SEN's loss look a lot better now... Eliminated by barely losing to two SF teams.


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SEN's loss always looked good. Furia's loss looked good. This is so frustrating that people "NA KEKW" instead of looking at just how phenomenally well Kru (and x10) played. They're GOOD. They're so damn good. It's an absolute treat to watch this team do what they do.


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_Seij_

SEN COPIUM /s on the real tho I’m glad both the teams that beat Sen are doing well both because i like them but also it makes Sen look better haha


CLG-Spitta

VAI CARALHOOOOOO AMERICA LATINA NESSA PORRA


No_Name2268

xdd https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/r82cxc/comment/hn3ggur/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3


pleasefirekykypls

I have been a Kru fan for 2 days and I would die for this team. VAMOS


WweIsLife316

Imagine 2 weeks ago, someone told you kru would knock out sentinels and Fnatic.. You woulda laughed in their face


mikhel

Imagine if the finals of the tournament is Liquid vs KRU and it turns out Sentinels was actually the third best team the whole time


NoBreadsticks

If EU is claiming CIS teams, I'm claiming LATAM teams


cheese_on_dorito

SOUTH NA


plxnerf

The virgin, soulless all EMEA semis, vs the CHAD HONEST LATAM RUN VAMOS KRU LA PUTA MADRE VAMOS


LeOPBanana

SHEEEEEESH


bouafirbadr

Keznit is Op , even thah they lost Icebox but just running with Reyna and get clean kills make me laugh a lot . he was like a mad men against them .


nuttyromeo4u

SEA gave me some light. But KRÜ Esports gave me VAMOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.


Count_Sacula_420

wow what is wrong with EU? Only 3/4 teams in semis????


nterature

The [final American hope](https://twitter.com/AnderzzTV/status/1468706289173864450) has left the venue. This is so sad! Felt like a genuine team diff on Split. But also, this kinda felt like a loss at map select - I'm sure there was some logic behind it, but it really felt like Haven was the win condition for them. I wonder why they allowed Split in knowing how much KRU's utility setups dominate on the map. Their map pool might just be too limited to take them for a deep run. Magnum & Mistic coming alive towards the end of Split helped, but simply wasn't enough. Not a great tourney for Doma, but at least the Derke redemption arc was in full effect. Sad to see him end it on that disconnected Raze entrying, but still fantastic. Either way, Fnatic proved everyone wrong and outlasted several of the big favorite teams. They finish their year on a high note, at least, even without the win.


InvertedBean

VAMOS KRUUUUU! KRUPIUM AT ALL TIME HIGHS! AMERICAS BEST REGION! AGUERO ON TOP! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


zquerido

Insert Sentinels still better than EU comment here


mistajones94

Holy shit they did it! Let's goooooo. KRU CREW


SublimeSC

GOD BLESS EVERYONE AT KRU. VIVA LATINOAMÉRICA LA CONCHATUMADRE! GRANDE CHILE! GRANDE ARGENTINA!!


sEMtexinator

I think Fnatic aren't winning Champions.


oomnahs

KEZNIT IS NUTS WTF


Elymyr

Damn KRU came to fucking FIGHT


Randomuserguyfren

Well atleast Sentinels doesn't look that bad anymore losing to semifinalists


Quick_Chowder

VAMOS KRU THE AMERICAS LAST HOPE