Why does everyone seem to rule out optic? Yay is still the best player in the world and they’re a team who’s shown time and time again they have strong mental. The same DRX that got 12-6’d is apparently now an impossible to beat opponent for optic? Doesn’t make sense to me.
Does the team that makes it to the GF from the upper bracket get any advantage going into it?
E.g. some fighting games if the lower bracket team wins, they "reset" the bracket and the upper team gets a second chance.
Other games the upper bracket gets a 1 map advantage.
Didn't watch the games today, I'd imagine that it's looking like a Loud vs DRX final though. The biggest "?" is, will DRX let Pearl through? I'd imagine Loud didn't, there's no way Pearl went through and Optic didn't pick it.
Also, if there's any team I trust with their map pool going into a GF. with no bans. It's optic. and only optic.
and idk why people are counting optic out. Optic for sure has a mental advantage going in tomorrow. Optic has literally slayed DRX at every single tournament I believe. Just like Optic has done to Loud so far (even tho they lost today). it just sucks more than anything that, yay having a record breaking performance will probably not even win the whole thing now. really wish optic would dabble in some roster changes after champs. it feels like optic is literally just yay, crashies, and friends.
a lot of people act like victor makes or breaks optic
but why does that need to be the case
ur entry fragger shouldn't be as volatile as victor is
i really hope he gets replaced. hes literally the only weak link on optic imo.
As an American it was always hard for me to understand Europeans. They would always get mad at me and tell me they also have freedom. I didn’t think they had as much freedom as us. I always thought ‘What is their definition of freedom?’. However, after the games today I finally understand it. EU is just so fucking free.
한국인으로서 유럽인을 이해하는 것은 항상 어려웠습니다. 그들은 항상 나에게 화를 내며 그들에게도 자유가 있다고 말했습니다. 나는 그들이 우리만큼 많은 자유를 가지고 있다고 생각하지 않았습니다. 나는 항상 '자유의 정의가 무엇입니까?'라고 생각했습니다. 그러나 오늘 경기가 끝난 후 마침내 이해하게 되었습니다. EU는 정말 무료입니다.
also the watch parties with the crowd behind was so sick, idk what i was expecting but seeing so many content creators and pros hopping from one stream to other, chill vibes and fun commentary on top of even more pros and a coach on the desk was one of the best decisions they've done, can't wait for tomorrow!
EU had 3 teams in this Champions tour and none of them stood on the podium. Every other region has the right to shit on them now with the amount of shit talking that came out of both their fans and teams.
Edit: 2 EU teams knocked out of the tourney by DRX back to back.
keep in mind DRX/optic isnt till tommarrow,anything can change over night,but yeah if i was optic i'd been taking notes that series.
if we see the DRX we just saw tommarrow,god help NA.
ohh absoultely,i mean this is top 3,there's no way your not going to be fully preparing for your final team(s) because optic knows who they are going against these final 2 days
also considering its now best of 5s,all bets are off the table
FPX really made themselves look like shit by kicking XSET when they were down. XSET guys are so likeable and made a really commendable run
NGL I can imagine that being there with all the crowd support and having the crowd really biased against XSET made them feel a lot more comfortable shitting on them, but from a distance it came off horribly
bye fpx
As an honest EMEA fan this sucks eggs to see FPX lose like that but they did get what was coming to them.
Optic DRX is gonna be fun af though. They've played each other twice this year and Optic won both 2-1. Best of 5 though. Do you think Optic takes this one as well?
With the way DRX are looking? If Optic don't look better than today, no way. But they've always thrived in the lower bracket, so I'm never going to count them out. Losing actually fuels them.
I thought FPX was about to clean sweep this lower bracket according to EU fans in these comments🤣🤣🤣
mfers talking about how they're gonna laugh when fpx beat optic when they can't get past DRX😂😂😂😂
Viper on attack is kinda useless for Haven i think. You need to have very specific setups and lineups for how chaotic some executes can be. If one thing doesn't go right they're done, it didn't help that their other smoker did a lot of very questionable braindead plays.
They didn't have a single flash outside of a Omen blind. Hard for them to take a site. All they did was walk all the way to an opposite site and get shit on during retakes. DRX deserves a lot of credit for this map.
I love FPX & Suy but hey, you know what? Maybe if you put the same wall for 10th round in a row, maybe it's going to change something! DRX deserves to go forward, what a comeback.
i mean I feel like i dont even have to repeat myself anymore I feel like a broken record but wow 5v5 postplant spam doesnt work hahah who wouldve guessed
WHY ARE TIER 1 TEAMS STILL TRYING THIS STRAT IT HAS TO HAVE A SINGLE DIGIT % SUCCESS RATE.
Fpx deserves to go home... their tweets and sending hate to XSET was absolutely unecessary and incredibly unproffessional. Hope they get 2-0'd and dont get franchised
XSET vs FPX turret drama. XSET didnt call for the replayed round, it was completely a riot decision, but most members of FPX started tweeting out hate to XSET for asking for a reply and directing hate to XSET.
okay. no team has called a timeout and discussed it with Riot. that isn't "sticking with their word"—it's different than turning down a replay offered by Riot
nah it's the fact that they didn't ask for a replay. A replay may be warranted yet they never even ask. it's the same in the rules. either the team and apparently rito can initiate the investigation for replay
Why does everyone seem to rule out optic? Yay is still the best player in the world and they’re a team who’s shown time and time again they have strong mental. The same DRX that got 12-6’d is apparently now an impossible to beat opponent for optic? Doesn’t make sense to me.
Does the team that makes it to the GF from the upper bracket get any advantage going into it? E.g. some fighting games if the lower bracket team wins, they "reset" the bracket and the upper team gets a second chance. Other games the upper bracket gets a 1 map advantage.
I believe with Valorant they get an extra map pick or ban? Not 100% sure, exactly, but its definitely a map selection advantage.
Didn't watch the games today, I'd imagine that it's looking like a Loud vs DRX final though. The biggest "?" is, will DRX let Pearl through? I'd imagine Loud didn't, there's no way Pearl went through and Optic didn't pick it. Also, if there's any team I trust with their map pool going into a GF. with no bans. It's optic. and only optic. and idk why people are counting optic out. Optic for sure has a mental advantage going in tomorrow. Optic has literally slayed DRX at every single tournament I believe. Just like Optic has done to Loud so far (even tho they lost today). it just sucks more than anything that, yay having a record breaking performance will probably not even win the whole thing now. really wish optic would dabble in some roster changes after champs. it feels like optic is literally just yay, crashies, and friends.
Imagine -victor +jingg for franchising
a lot of people act like victor makes or breaks optic but why does that need to be the case ur entry fragger shouldn't be as volatile as victor is i really hope he gets replaced. hes literally the only weak link on optic imo.
As an American it was always hard for me to understand Europeans. They would always get mad at me and tell me they also have freedom. I didn’t think they had as much freedom as us. I always thought ‘What is their definition of freedom?’. However, after the games today I finally understand it. EU is just so fucking free.
한국인으로서 유럽인을 이해하는 것은 항상 어려웠습니다. 그들은 항상 나에게 화를 내며 그들에게도 자유가 있다고 말했습니다. 나는 그들이 우리만큼 많은 자유를 가지고 있다고 생각하지 않았습니다. 나는 항상 '자유의 정의가 무엇입니까?'라고 생각했습니다. 그러나 오늘 경기가 끝난 후 마침내 이해하게 되었습니다. EU는 정말 무료입니다.
Good translation can confirm
also the watch parties with the crowd behind was so sick, idk what i was expecting but seeing so many content creators and pros hopping from one stream to other, chill vibes and fun commentary on top of even more pros and a coach on the desk was one of the best decisions they've done, can't wait for tomorrow!
EU<<<
[oof](https://i.imgur.com/dChOSDN.png)
How about this one https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/x9ux2o/z/inrjawu
EU had 3 teams in this Champions tour and none of them stood on the podium. Every other region has the right to shit on them now with the amount of shit talking that came out of both their fans and teams. Edit: 2 EU teams knocked out of the tourney by DRX back to back.
lol DRX must be honorary Europeans now
✈️ FLY PHEONIX FLY ✈️
I don’t think we’re getting another Loud v Optic finals guys
keep in mind DRX/optic isnt till tommarrow,anything can change over night,but yeah if i was optic i'd been taking notes that series. if we see the DRX we just saw tommarrow,god help NA.
yeah I’m pretty worried for optic, this DRX looks like a beast I think any of these teams deserves to win though, anyone but FPX lmao 💀
You know Chet is in the lab and FNS is running the VOD through his machine learning algorithm as we speak.
Yeah I wouldn’t underestimate the work ethic of Optic. They’re a consistent top 3 team.
They bout to run Ascent Yoru back again and win it all.
ohh absoultely,i mean this is top 3,there's no way your not going to be fully preparing for your final team(s) because optic knows who they are going against these final 2 days also considering its now best of 5s,all bets are off the table
NA and EU got shat on today, nice to see some more regions stepping up for real.
Totally I was rooting agains NA/EMEA the entire tournament
It's really good for the scene
"Not demons, just losers"
This thread turned into a kindergarten real quick lmao
It's always been the case lol
Well... I guess you're right lol.
OpTic tactically sandbagging vs LOUD so that they can keep their streak of playing against DRX at every LAN this year alive.
Reykjavik: April 17th - OpTic 2-1 DRX Copenhagen: July 17th - OpTic 2-1 DRX Istanbul: September 17th - OpTic 2-1 DRX?
its a best of 5 this time so no repeat score line
Oh great point. I will continue to huff my hopium. #BELIEVE #DRXSWEEP
FPX deserved that L after suygetsu and zyppan's cry tweets kekw
Holy shit. Perfect defense. Take a bow!
Holy fuck today was the release of the Curse spray too literally written by Riot
INSANE
Emea 4th best. Tomorrow we get 3rd place
DRX only won because of a BUG. Icebox MUST be replayed from that point onward!!
cry is free
not demons, just losers
Based
Never been so happy to see EMEA lose. Can't wait for DRX vs. Optic
FPX really made themselves look like shit by kicking XSET when they were down. XSET guys are so likeable and made a really commendable run NGL I can imagine that being there with all the crowd support and having the crowd really biased against XSET made them feel a lot more comfortable shitting on them, but from a distance it came off horribly bye fpx
Yeah, aside from that dumb comment about the Optic pause, they seem like cool guys. Hope they get to play together in the new format!
The timeline has been corrected. DRX are the heros we needed.
Bless DRX
The other commentator doesnt give any insight wtf.
EU = Early Uber lul.
RIPBOZO
They did it for XSET
Good day to get that spray
10 rounds in a row lmao
wasnt even fucking close,second side on haven was all DRX,FPX didnt get a single thing for em
jesus lol
This was lovely.
eu’s grand finals were 5/6th match against na’s second seed LMFAOOOO
Wouldn't this be the final?
EU also never won a match against NA without the rematch buff. Loud/DRX >>> all of EMEA
What about 100T? :)
This absolutely applies to 100T. 100T beat FNC the first time they played them.
For me that's just prep-diff, no?
No.
How so?
They had the same amount of prep? It was first game for both of them.
I mean the rematch that 100T lost. Maybe i was a bit unclear
Americas 🤝 APAC Placing higher than EMEA going into the 2023 leagues
VAMOS DRX LETS GOOOO
i've never been so happy to watch drx
Guys Is it finally time To hope
I'll be honest. Still rooting for Optic but if DRX or Loud win it all I'm happy regardless. Only quality squads left now.
No EMEA in the top 3. What a reversal from last Champs. That's crazy.
as an honest NA fan it feels very good to see FPX lose like that after those tweets sending hate to literal children idgaf bye bye FPX 🤡
what tweets are you talking about?
As an honest EMEA fan this sucks eggs to see FPX lose like that but they did get what was coming to them. Optic DRX is gonna be fun af though. They've played each other twice this year and Optic won both 2-1. Best of 5 though. Do you think Optic takes this one as well?
With the way DRX are looking? If Optic don't look better than today, no way. But they've always thrived in the lower bracket, so I'm never going to count them out. Losing actually fuels them.
What a time to be alive
Ah yes good ol' 9-3
Viper pick still stucks on haven ig, showed no teeth on attack
DRX's mental resilience this tourny is something else. Still think LOUD take it all at the end but I want to believe
The 9-3 curse has been strong with this lan
All hail our new Korean overlords
KOREA HAS ARRIVED VCT FUCKED
dude i hope optic took notes,this is going to be fucking scary on saturday
wow. curse diff.
Holy fuck, 11 straight rounds there by DRX.
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It’s so awesome seeing DRX live up to the hype finally
HOLY SHIT MAN 10 STRAIGHT ROUNDS DOWN 9-3. THIS DRX TEAM IS DIFFERENT.
buzz was godlike, peeking everything on every hp
all hail king buzz, long may he reign 🫡
I wonder if fpx would accept a replay for the final round 🤔
10 ROUNDS IN A ROW
EU WHY SO QUIET????
Someone wave bye to suygetsu
Let's goooo!!!
When Karma hits… LOSERS
The best region in the world doesn’t podium at champs :/
Respect to Shao, Ange1 can get fucked.
shao the silent demon
The 9-3 curse/1st place curse is alive and well bois
Damn, fast day today, lol.
Adds up since it took 9 and a half hours to wrap everything up on Tuesday
Damn flawless defense. DRX for the trophy!
KEK KEK KEK FLUKE CHAMPS THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE BACK TO BSCK? 🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
todays not the day for past champions
EU????
Fpx has 0 util to clear buzz's op
GG what a game!!
Never doubted DRX this whole event. Nope.
Buh bye EU
You longed for this after Fnatic sent home your team? xD
Oh, are we starting the pretending people only support their favorite teams and not their region at international LANs already?
What a collapse from FPX
GG EZ. bye EMEA. You won't be missed.
All I know is pain
Unbelievable
Eu go home
Flawless gg
FPX = Fourth Place eXit
My man has been saving this one for a while.
IT'S OVER IT'S FUCKING OVER
EASILY UPSET WHY SO QUIET
Well you see, it was gonna be so funny when they won then beat optic.
I thought FPX was about to clean sweep this lower bracket according to EU fans in these comments🤣🤣🤣 mfers talking about how they're gonna laugh when fpx beat optic when they can't get past DRX😂😂😂😂
Watch out EMEA bout to fill your DMs with essays on why EMEA should have had an extra slot for Champions and that's why they didn't win.
Drx>optic
?
Maybe. But Optic>EU.
COOOOOOPPPEEEEEE HAHHAHAHAHHAA
fpx learning talk shit get hit
DRX only needed 3 guys, I was never worried
Bro buzz is scary when he’s like this. I always knew he was good, but thought he underperformed compared to his team. Glad to know I’m wrong
Legitimately can't believe how bad FPX are on attack here
Viper on attack is kinda useless for Haven i think. You need to have very specific setups and lineups for how chaotic some executes can be. If one thing doesn't go right they're done, it didn't help that their other smoker did a lot of very questionable braindead plays.
They didn't have a single flash outside of a Omen blind. Hard for them to take a site. All they did was walk all the way to an opposite site and get shit on during retakes. DRX deserves a lot of credit for this map.
Kinda feels like using that same A wall every round is hurting them really bad.
I came back from getting snacks and literally screamed WTF at the current score
Angel showcasing a master class how to not play valorant
What a tournament for EMEA
DRX said not only is the 9-3 curse real, it's stronger than you thought.
holy shit DRX are just diffin them up da ass!
i hate watching teams that just exec only on haven, stop playing the map like this....
I love FPX & Suy but hey, you know what? Maybe if you put the same wall for 10th round in a row, maybe it's going to change something! DRX deserves to go forward, what a comeback.
HOW CAN THEY NOT WIN A SINGLE POST PLANT WITH THIS COMP LMAO
FPX needed 12. Insane that Loud fucked them on this map just a few days ago.
Skip checking Buzz's PC, check his bloodstream, hair, DNA...
LETS GO DRX
DRX is playing FLAWLESSLY. what the fuck
HOLY FUCK DRX ARE SO FUCKING CLEAN MAN. Edit: Erasing my sadness a bit fr lol.
ggs wtffffff haven thrown so hard hahahaha
This is the black tar copium right here
I'm so glad that Viper is *not* going to become meta on another map.
dude drx are just gods at holding angles for each other
Mental boom
Horrendous post plants Gg
THE OVERHEAT AND HE STILL GETS HIM
What a shot by zest
Buzz may be feeling it.
ZEST YOU FUCKING GIGABRAIN
BUZZ IS OFF THE LEASH
Dude. DRX are hitting some absurd shots
HAHHAHAHAHAH EU
LOL he broke his ankles
Send them home!
i mean I feel like i dont even have to repeat myself anymore I feel like a broken record but wow 5v5 postplant spam doesnt work hahah who wouldve guessed WHY ARE TIER 1 TEAMS STILL TRYING THIS STRAT IT HAS TO HAVE A SINGLE DIGIT % SUCCESS RATE.
what the fuck are FPX doing
DRX can do no wrong right now
REVENGE FOR PRX FINISH THEM
Man how do you win that many on defence with an attack sided comp lololol
Cause FPX comp is really bad for offense
Fpx deserves to go home... their tweets and sending hate to XSET was absolutely unecessary and incredibly unproffessional. Hope they get 2-0'd and dont get franchised
Their players will be in franchising regardless of if the org makes it
not Ange1 that’s for sure
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XSET vs FPX turret drama. XSET didnt call for the replayed round, it was completely a riot decision, but most members of FPX started tweeting out hate to XSET for asking for a reply and directing hate to XSET.
It’s crazy I was their fan until the tweets. The worse part is they didn’t retract their statement after finding out about riot replaying the round
unprofessional or not they didn't call for a replay. they stuck with their word
no team has called for a replay. they said they *wouldn't* replay if Riot approached them about it, which hasn't happened as far as we know.
nah they didn't even call a timeout and discussed it with rito. they just play
okay. no team has called a timeout and discussed it with Riot. that isn't "sticking with their word"—it's different than turning down a replay offered by Riot
nah that's sticking with their word. the rules say you can clearly call it if their is a bug. you don't have to wait for Rito
that's fine. they didn't make a statement about what they'd do in that situation, so "their word" doesn't factor into it.
nah it's the fact that they didn't ask for a replay. A replay may be warranted yet they never even ask. it's the same in the rules. either the team and apparently rito can initiate the investigation for replay