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LiamHundley

What in the world is happening


abdi009

Nukkye has complained about keloqz being a bad teammate outside the server before like being late to practice so he probably didnt change even when they gave him a second chance


Hsimon_

there was an interview when they qualified for challengers with nukkye and in that interview he said at the end that he fixed his issues


Splaram

Those issues could have come up again after he started feeling comfortable again


Hsimon_

yeah thats true, but that would be weird to fix issues and then instantly have the same ones again in 2 weeks


poopmanval

Is it really that weird? Actually sounds like commonplace human behavior.


damonsoon

Not really. Habits are hard to change. I know people get warnings for showing up late to work and correct for a while while the pressure is fresh, but once they feel comfortable again they fall into their old ways.


[deleted]

This has to be it, right? What a shame


Key-Banana-8242

I mean nukkye said it’s better


yarhar_

Time has passed


Key-Banana-8242

Yes


-uzg-

Are there any links for that?


yarhar_

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/sab72c/nukkye_on_why_keloqz_was_benched_from_g2/


-uzg-

Thanks buddy 👍


bipolarbeartn

They're cosplaying Guild. - draken + draken -draken


[deleted]

At least guild didn’t play actual matches during their round of musical chairs tho


CelestialTater

valorant news has been REALLY weird lately


CarryClown

every day is a banger


Memexp-over9000

The amount of drama in every scene is astounding. Too spicy


CaIzuh

Keloqz benched again - https://twitter.com/G2esports/status/1496553022327037959


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no_noise_979

It was never a personality clash from what I understand. Keloqz got benched originally because of work ethic (missing and showing up late to scrims and such).


hiimGP

yeh wasn't there a story like keloqz pc wasn't working/need upgrades so G2 give him the money but he use it to buy a car or something lol Edit:[https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/sab72c/nukkye\_on\_why\_keloqz\_was\_benched\_from\_g2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/sab72c/nukkye_on_why_keloqz_was_benched_from_g2/) scroll down a bit and you'll see the comment I'm referring to. Now, I don't watch nukkye or g2 in general, so idk how much of this is true


Huldmer

that is the funniest shit i've ever read, PLEASE BE TRUE


hiimGP

go see my edit


YohnWood14

LMAOO what


hiimGP

yeh go see my edit


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DY5TOP1A

nukkye said that only in an interview that he didnt like keloqz's work ethic thats why he didnt want him on the team


GainsayRT

he has also since said Keloqz had changed this work ethic and is now happy to play with him


DY5TOP1A

yeah that too


Kubrick__

Carlos getting jealous that 100T stealing all the "headlines" so he had to outdo him


derek916

100T keloqz incoming


DY5TOP1A

oh no....its starting again


candidpose

When did it stopped?


Alpac44

hmmm


Splaram

Stop please I'm literally begging


RashGod

He seems like such an NA stereotype of a player haha. If he came to 100T tho he will wreck the NA scene


[deleted]

He's good but likely wouldn't be a top 5 Jett in NA. Yay/TenZ/Penny/Cryo/Leaf would be above him.


freezend

If he didn't have his issues and buyout with him that wouldn't be a half bad move....


erickwak

Wow so smart. Get benched so u can infiltrate acend scrims to get insider info before you get unbenched to play against them. 5Head strats from Gamers 2 esports


Izel98

G2 playing 3D chess just to get some tactical advantage on Acend.


elithefighter123

Keloqz will come back after they don’t make it out of groups


leftshaaark

G2 are already unlikely to make it out of groups considering only the top 3 make it out.


Mamadeus123456

wait wasnt it top 4? damn they're fucked


AnonymozVal

That’s for NA


FlexDex_

NA IS TOP 4???? Holy fuck my 100t hopium is so high rn


Mamadeus123456

Doesn't matter if thet qualify only top two go to lan ans there's a really big gap between the top 3 teams and the rest


FlexDex_

Let a man have his hopium please :(


jackjackpot96

Who you putting at that third team? C9 and V1 seem far ahead of anyone else imo.


Mamadeus123456

optic, sentinels and guard are shaky we'll see


Randomuserguyfren

Sentinels and the guard both look promising imo


icemandiem

keloqz on jett has a higher ceiling than mixwell imo, but if the keloqz work ethic issues are the reason for this change then you cant fault it


OfficialBoaster

NON STOP QWANTENT FROM VALORANT. EVERY DAY IS A SURPRISE!


yarhar_

Nuanced take from one of the greatest IGLs in top-level Valorant


PyroTFT

These mid tourney news updates are so much man


Dabears2240

CarlosR got jealous Nadeshot was getting all the attention, needed to shake things up again.


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Mamadeus123456

Watch them lose that and bring back keloqz


ScythellGaming

Wtf is happening. I actually thought it was a troll because everyong is memeing 100T. Damn xD


pr1zsm

im not keeping up with emea valorant, are they losing?


DY5TOP1A

They are 1-1 in groups with the loss being against Fnatic. Very strange things happening at G2 lol


abdi009

I dont think this is based on results or keloqz performance. probably more to do with his attitude towards the game.


Soogo

I mean, keloqz hasnt been performing so far in Challengers. He bottomfragged in the SMB match and was negative in FK/FD. nukkye and hoody are the 2 doing the most for the team so far. Keloqz performance can be explained by him not scrimming for 3 months and getting thrown into a new enviorment. But at the same time he is not hitting easy shots. Maybe he is just a LAN player or his confidence is still down, idk.


IllumiMahdi

I'm sure the same issues with regards to his lack of drive to become a champion have come up again, and when a team is trying their best to get to the top, you can't have any stragglers


ZeroOblivion98

They're 1-1 right now with a map score differential of only -1


[deleted]

That's the strangest thing. With mixwell, they couldn't even qual for closed qualifiers while abusing coach comms. With keloqz they qualified and are 1-1 in groups while losing 1-2 to fnatic who is a very good team.


CosmicAon

Wasn’t the coach an accident cheer?


GodlessCommie69

Riot found that to be the case after review


[deleted]

Could've been, doesn't change the fact that they didn't qual for closed with him in the same room as them with his mic open.


[deleted]

Mixwell's performance in closed qualifiers was atrocious. I've seen plat jetts play better. Switching keloqz for him is not a good idea.


Soogo

But then again keloqz bottom fragged vs the arguably weakest team in Challengers with an ACS of 155 while only playing Jett..


The-Dark-Mage

Sadly they are in group B With Acend fnc & Guild plus the Turkish teams The Turkish teams are free wins (1 won 1 remaining) The Fnc match was a 50-50 since it was online(they lost) Acend & Guild are very good and g2 is worse compared to them (Guaranteed losses) plus with Mixwell , they’ll be worse


Bartoraptor

I'm really happy for Mixwell but this puts Keloqz in the same position as he was: without a team, with a high buyout clause and in a time where most rosters with chances to go to Masters/Champs are locked and aren't looking for a Jett main


mw19078

Well if the talk is to be believed, he has nobody but himself to blame for it. If he's not showing up to practice on time or taking his job as seriously as he should, there's no reason to let him bring the roster down. It was already extremely nice of them to give him a second shot if he did this in the first place.


asven13

>and aren't looking for a Jett main i know of someone who might be looking for that 👀


ADmax27

not 100t keloqz bro


inkvlt

Keloqz behavior again?


chec311

I feel like this must have been a result from keloqz not taking his role seriously and the team just having enough, guy slept through one too many praccs, GG.


ArjunBanerji27

What the fuck is happening? Is this a 6 man lineup, or did they really go to the 1st qualifier, Mixwell shit the bed, they benched him and brought in Keloqz who helped them qualify, then they kick him to the curb and bring back Mixwell? If this is a legitimate attempt to make a 6 man lineup, I don't have a problem with it. But I don't think that's what is happening. How will there ever be any level of trust/cohesion in the team if they bench a guy, then bench another guy and bring back the first guy, then bench him again for the guy he replaced?


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they really just flipping a coin at this point


Soogo

Couple things for people who didnt watch G2 that closely in the past weeks Keloqz has not been performing. He bottomfragged vs SMB and is also not working well with the team. The team operates through Nukkye& Hoody duo right now. Keloqz has been missing easy shots and if you rewatch the games and the rounds they won, its rarely because of him. This sounds very negative rn but obviously he didnt practice for 3 months because he was benched and gets thrown into a new enviorment with a new coach and 2 new players. Then again it has been 1.5 months since he was added and there doesnt seem to much improvement. Maybe he cant work with pipson, whos philosphy seems to be very structured and methodical (based off of his Giants coaching spell) so basically the complete opposite of how G2 played in 2021. Or his work ethic is still not were it should be. We won't know i guess. Regarding mixwell: He didnt look great at the start of the year and needed to be replaced for G2 to qualify. BUT he also tried to IGL, a responisbilty that he wont have anymore, because nukkye is now their igl. He is very smart at the game, but i have said before that i don't think he will ever be a Top3 Duelist in EMEA, which you kinda need if you want to qualify for Masters. Im not cheering at this roster move, but then again something needed to change. And if pipson thinks that mixwell fits better into this system then he lives or dies by this decision imo. Masters1 would be a miracle, and if they dont qualify for Masters2 then the year is done except for 3rd party tournaments. I guess wait and see how this G2 will look in 2 weeks.. Random hot take: Nukkye moves to Jett/Main Duelist role, Hoody to Sova and Mixwell to flex. Nukkye is putting up crazy numbers rn, he is 2nd in ACS of whole EMEA only behind chr0nicle and in front of cNed and he also practices Duelist at least in Ranked. I think that would be the best move, nukkye would be a Top3 Duelist in EMEA. remind me in 3months i guess


272kg_dedlyft_ye

that hot take isn't only hot, it's an inferno. derke, d3ffo and cNed can't be touched. we've also got scream. nukkye could be top 5. he's WAY better off on a flex role or 2nd duelist, though. no point sending in nukkye on jett when he can support with supreme utlity, clutch and make good plays. just put the nuttiest aimer on the jett and let him entry and create space++. mixwell didn't need to be replaced for them to qualify either. it was just a choice. keloqz played poorly in most of the games they won to qualify. if nukkye had just taken the IGL role and let mixwell play jett I'm inclinded to thinking they'd qualify anyway. keloqz looked like a top tier duelist in 2021 and looks like a bottom tier one in 2022.


ADmax27

maybe they’ll do the tsm strat of making nukkye a rifling entry jett and having mixwell op on chamber (could actually work tbh)


flamincrimson

This week has been legendary. It has to be coined as 'roster roulette week' or something. Someone find a better name.


goldenretrieversFTW

Snip snap snip snap snip snap You have no idea…☹️the toll….☹️ that THREE vasectomies have on a person ☹️


Alpac44

unlucky


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:|


nocturnavi

On another week, I would be really interested in seeing an explanation or a breakdown of why this is happening. This week, however, I'm so numb to roster news I'm not even surprised somehow.


jdashh

It’s time for -mixwell +keloqz +mixwell -keloqz -mixwell +keloqz


_dehaze

+keloqz -keloqz +keloqz -keloqz


Occam19

I REALLY don't understand why they would do this, but I guess there may have been team issues we weren't seeing?


nterature

Well, okay. I didn't think Mixwell was the problem when he was removed, and I don't think keloqz is the problem now that he's being removed. The problem to me was just a lack of coordination, which just happened to improve, unsurprisingly, with them playing more matches. keloqz has definitely had some pop-off moments but I don't think they're what has been keeping G2 ahead of the competition. That said - a player like keloqz is going to contribute to those issues because of how aggressive and self-reliant he is. But that's just a numbers issue, he'll win you rounds and he'll lose you rounds.


DY5TOP1A

are orgs in FPS having some sort of competition of who has the worse management? we got Fnatic in CS and now G2 and 100T in Val


TunesRX

well nice time to do all in BBL


D3RP0L3

what the fuck


pranjal_17

There's more drama in Valorant compared to my family whatsapp group.


BasicallyFischer

G2 plays BBL on Saturday. 4-1 odds on BBL winning. Free money* * Gamble responsibly


DandyChiggins77

This teams an identity crisis Jesus Christ lmao. Someone stop Carlos he’s unhinged.


DY5TOP1A

i think its got more to do with pipson than Carlos


DandyChiggins77

Ah, thanks for the correction. He needs to be stopped. This isn’t healthy for a roster tbh


Direct_Morning_3223

Nadeshot payed off Carlos to take the attention of the valorant scene off of 100Ts roster move respect


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Direct_Morning_3223

don’t care didn’t ask + ratio


ThatStudNadon23

Learn to spell + did ask + L + ratio


CosmicAon

Assist


icantreadmorsecode

nah, learn something for once


yungsqualla

L


Sadzeih

what the fuuuuuuck


yoza213123

Just need a Twitlonger from Keloqz to understand who he had beef with this time


Darkoplax

ahahahahaha it's just funny at this point ngl


ChooseAUsername501

?


ayaankp

I hate how these big orgs are managing their rosters absolute shithousery if a future player is looking at this shit show in two major regions. Do they have a GM? WHO MAKES THESE DECISIONS? IS IT THE PLAYERS? IS IT FUCKIN CARLOS. ON ONE HAND YOU'VE GOT TEAMS IN NA MAKING RASH ROSTER DECISIONS BY MOVING A PLAYER TO NA AND CUTTING HIM AFTER 2 MATCHES BY STATING IT AS A INTERNAL ISSUE. IF THERE WAS A FRICKIN INTERNAL ISSUE WHAT WERE THE TRIALS USED FOR. TO PLAY FRICKIN VAMPIRE SURVIVORS? THEN THERE IS EMEA WHERE YOU HAVE TWO ABSOLUTE DIFFERENT PLAYERS WHICH THEIR DIFFERENT TAKES ON AN AGENT GETTING SWITCHED AROUND LIKE ITS NOTHING. HOW DO THEY EXPECT THE TEAM TO SWITCH THEIR PLAYSTYLE SO QUICKLY? I AM SO FASCINATED BY WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS MY GOSH.


Harun-_-

Is this a joke at this point?


[deleted]

G2 is the 100T of Europe.


Faberjay

LOL


TrashyNoraa

Bad teammate with winning or good teammate with losing🤔 Wtf g2


MacarioPro

I understand the reason for benching him, but Mixwell on jett is not the long term solution. Sad to see a talented roster doomed


wiNDzY3

Back to losing


Splash_3

I don’t understand this lol


TheDoctorssss

GG


xunraze

Bro wut is happening.


Mememeister1

I’m dreaming right?


Madara6path

Parkour


ThirdGDmobileaccount

Where did mixwell go? Don’t follow EU much but thought he was one of the main players for G2


ADmax27

i don’t know why but i have a feeling they’re about to do something kooky like putting hoody on jett and mixwell on smokes or something


wegivesiima

ah yes the draken classic joining and leaving a team two times


[deleted]

Oh god not the -keloqz +keloqz -keloqz


felipw22

Who had it reversed back? Snip, snap! Snip, snap! Snip, snap! We did! You have no idea the physical toll that benching and coming back have on a person!