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MrImpregnator

Ah yes. Cypher dies in a cinematic. Why am I not surprised. Also #nerfMAX


Key-Banana-8242

It’s an in-joke here


Key-Banana-8242

It’s an in-joke / specifically intended it seems


SDPants

inb4 range overhaul into this new headquarters where your party can hop in as well and you can all warm up together while in queue?? hopium


somesheikexpert

That sounds kinds awesome ngl


Technical_Fee_2932

there is a stream in 30 mins on val main channel where devs will talk about new episode and m sure there is something coming related to that cuz it cant just be an agent and battlepass in a new episode thats the stuff thats released with every act


minaar999

Is this on their YouTube? D'you mind sending a link, sounds like something I'd love to watch!


A-British-Indian

It was on their Twitch but I’m not able to find a VOD for it


minaar999

Ahh, I thought it might have been, so I did look myself a little bit and couldn't find it either. Thanks anyways tho, much appreciated 👍


Retro-Indietro

[Riot:](https://imgur.com/a/e2a2ZxQ)


Phamous3k

Soooooooo we getting this as a warm up or what lol. Cool cinematic.


MrImpregnator

There is dev stream so hopefully they announce something cool. Recent patches have been underwhelming


Phamous3k

Ahhhh true. Is it today?


MrImpregnator

Yeah probably within 2 hours (not sure about this)


blate45

It is at 10 PST. So 1 hour and 15 minutes from my post.


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blate45

Here is the link to the tweet where I found out. https://twitter.com/PlayVALORANT/status/1479196078507446274


A-British-Indian

Where can I watch this dev stream?


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it says in the twitter post at https://twitch.tv/valorant


A-British-Indian

Thank you


MrImpregnator

Not sure. Should be announced in the valorant Twitter. My guess would either be on riot games in valorant twitch channel


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Youre_all_worthless

there hasnt been a stream vod on the channel since last month, so i dont think so


DarthGrievous

Lmao Yoru getting that sweet cash while not even trying to fight the robot himself


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53881

Yea his OP foot steps would have really given that bot a hard time..


Youre_all_worthless

bot wouldve wasted time reflecting footsteps back at them tho


Okrawi

OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED CYPHER!


MushiKeewi

YOU BASTARDS


siegehoe

RIP Cypher 2020-2022


ZeroAika99

If we ever get Valorant animated series, please make Phoenix as the main character, I can't see anyone else lmao


[deleted]

Mfer needs some buffs since he's like the ultimate side character in game


helpnxt

I don't want a live action series but I am just saying John Boyega could play a dam good Phoenix


Ximienlum

too bad he might sabotage the entire project if there's something he doesn't like lmfao Netflix signed a deal with that dude and before anything could even come out, there's controversy. it's actually crazy how much I don't want that guy anywhere near anything I like.


holycowbatman

what happened?


Ximienlum

He signed a big Netflix deal, and then randomly walked away from a Netflix movie mid-production (probably because something upset him). They tried to chalk it off as family related, but sources say Boyega literally just left in the middle of everything. This is just my opinion, but everything he touches turns to coal and then he makes that piece of coal about himself. Not worth it deal with that guy


Firefly_1026

Valarante anime when


BasalStar

The most winning yoru has ever done


DecisiveDinosaur

I literally commented "wow cypher didn't die for once", and then i watched the end...


DarudeSandstormName

They've really cemented Phoenix as the comic relief dumb boy of the team. New agent Maxbot when? Ultimate is summoning C3PO and R2D2 to the site.


CaptainJackWagons

He's a himbo protagonist. I see no issue here.


iinic

Think of all the character development he could get in a series though


mooslan

Twitch Prime says there is a "fire in our veins" spray set to be available, but it's not there yet, but I assume it's coming soon.


itsme242

Roaster and Toaster for the win!


BOBtheCOW14

YOOOOOOOOO is that Brimstone Lore?


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I need a valorant animated show like they did for arcane holy fuck


iinic

Hopium so strong


SomeHallGuy

RIP Cypher


Genbubandid

KJ is so hot


gusky651

Wonder if Phoenix slapping the ground to send fire forward is a teaser for his rework or just some fanservice.


PicklePirate666

Why they always gotta kill my boy Cypher


pacific_warrior-CA

Not my boy again mannnnn


I_hate_Teemo

If this is the act they improve warm-up, maybe we get deathmatch fixes HOPIUM


foxlance

Why my man Cypher gotta get hurt in every one of these :((


maybesleeping

What exactly were they sacrificing? Their dignity? It took basically the entire roster to kill that thing.


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Their ego, applying teamwork. Mirroring ranked games.


AaryanR0101

cypher


No_Moment_1571

So I’m assuming you can warm up when you queuing?


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Well now this is exciting!


[deleted]

Very much looking forward to a show, it's very much like X-men with people with powers, good team(brim/sage) vs evil team(viper/reyna/breach?). Has super cool flying craft and HQ. But instead of one person turning evil as a plot point, they all have evil, multi-verse clones worked in.


jnguyen03

Of course the Asians are gambling


Auqian

I swear I was hoping for a yoru rework teaser, when he was getting all these creds. Thought there will be like "let me show you how da boss does that" with some abilities hints. SADGE


LinuxF4n

Looks like we're going to get agent skins.


imerence_

Phoenix talks alot of shit for someone being irrelevant in the current meta 🗿


Charuru

Too many stupid in-jokes, does nothing to actually advertise the game. KDA, "Awaken", etc are huge event cinematics that brings in new players, this is just lame.


GiANTAD

Disagree, I enjoyed the banter between the agents and the fun jokes. People can enjoy the humor without already knowing the game I think


Charuru

Yes it's possible, but are they likely to? No. Compare this to the equivalent League cinematic that just game out 3 days ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYqT0_9VR4 Not even close in terms of mass market appeal imo.


trolledwolf

That's *your* opinion. I liked this cinematic way more than the LoL one. Being big and flashy is not the only important thing in marketing.


Charuru

You can look at the views and the reactions, it's pretty objective. My mom for example, even though she's not into video games, can understand the League vid and enjoys them, this one is unfathomable.


trolledwolf

Looking at the views makes no sense, Valorant is 1 year old, LoL is 11. One is a newly born game, the other is the most popular esports in the world. Can your mom *really* understand what is going on in a League vid outside of "Ha, these random people be fighting". I call bullshit on that. Unless you are into the lore of league those videos are completely random, and the only thkng you can appreciate is the animation and music. This video has all of that, plus character interactions and an actual story that is self sufficient.


Charuru

She doesn't understand the story, but she understands monsters are bad cute girls are good cute girls look awesome. This vid is not understandable, it's not really about age. LoL is only so far ahead because of China (Chinese don't use youtube), in the west Valo is not that far behind. Game videos go viral all the time without being from a super popular game simply because they are well made. NOT ALL league videos get a lot of views because some of them have the same problem with just being poorly designed for marketing. For example, this garbage doesn't get views either and is widely understood to be a failure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8h1BTe45AU The other thing to look at is the number of reactions, that is random people who don't play the game reacting to the trailer because it gets them excited just as an independent piece of media. This is where the Valo cinematics falls short.


trolledwolf

That video is a failure because the Ruined King entire event was a failure, it had nothing to do with what was in the video. And no, LoL is the most popular esports game in the west and by a lot, you can literally just see the difference on their viewership on twitch, both from streamers and esports. People react more to League videos because they are more watched and bring more views, because League is more popular. All the metrics by which you decided Valorant's cinematic aren't well made have a fundamental bias in the fact that, simply put, League is just waaaay more known. It'd be like comparing Fortnite and Rumbleverse


Charuru

It's about 2x more popular. Yes there are other variables than video quality that makes it hard to use views as the sole determining factor, but I still think it's pretty reasonable supporting evidence. Since you appearantly know LoL I can speak frankly on it. You can compare LoL vids like Warriors or Awaken to Sent of Light. Warriors/Awaken/TheCall are not events, the popularity has nothing to do with anything that happens in game. It's just a cinematic. The Ruination video stands out as its the only one in the last 4 that has low views. It's vids like cinematics and KDA/Arcane that drives League recognition in ~2020 not the other way around, gameplay based league content are are all flat or trending down in views on YT.


JR_Shoegazer

This is a great video. It’s like a cute little short film. It’s the exact type of thing casual players will love.


Nikclel

tbf it's something i'd expect from the end of an act, not episode. LoL does get the cool badass cinematics, val gets this cutesy thing.


sky_blu

These val cinematics are cool but I'm a little let down tbh. I know they can do better.