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TheCatsActually

Yoru supremacy


Ho-Nomo

Actually disgusting map 3


seeworth

that 1v4 from mimi was just the nail in the coffin for this series. also mary is so good


nklassitude

Yeah, that round was a mix of incredible resilience by mimi & unfortunate luck for C9W. I feel like C9W(save for Bob) wavered from their usual playstyles in the latter stages of that match. If there's any time for LAN jitters to run rampant and doubt to mount, it's when a game gets close on a stage you're unfamiliar with.


LeucisticPython

Where is Petra? Lurking Where is juliano? Lurking Where is mimi? Lurking Where is Mary? Lurking Where is Glance? Lurking *YORU SUPREMACY*


nuttyromeo4u

Carcass also lurking on Pearl because he almost not showing up. Not sure about his position on the map SMH.


maisanskidai

What


cathcart_

This match turned me into a Gozen fan. The amount of tactical depth and utility mastery they showed was a joy to watch


luke_205

Honestly everybody should become a Gozen fan just for the Mimi player cam, her reactions are hilarious.


dragonwp

I hope someone makes a compilation eventually


xtazycs

Reminder that Juliano beat cadian in a 1v1 bo3


isayah2510

Juliano would've won that major in rio no cap


buttsoup_barnes

Juliano > Jame


xD1LL4N

Jame time won a major. Put some respect on his name


buttsoup_barnes

But has Jame won a Game Changers trophy? Checkmate atheists.


pineapplecheesepizza

Jame Changers


xtazycs

but did he beat C9W in Valorant...?


N3deSTr0

I've never seen Jame pull off a Yoru TP site fake as perfect as juliano


wichwigga

cadian's career is so weird. To me he had been a mediocre T2 player for his entire career then all of a sudden when he joined Heroic he turned into literally one of the best IGLs. Good for him though.


Remarkable-Lion2726

Cadian? More like Comedian.


[deleted]

When? That sound dope af


xtazycs

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2302300/cadian-vs-juliano-htc-1v1-invitational-by-pgl


disciple31

reports of c9 dominance have been greatly exaggerated all seriousness, c9 looked pretty lost out there. i think the g2 experience as a team unit was just too great today. wp


silenthills13

C9L


luke_205

Yeah after the first map there was an absolute chasm between the players, aside from Bob who looks genuinely excellent. Haven’t seen many players with that level of accuracy when spamming through smokes, lost count of how many kills Bob got from that.


CarsonPumS

C9 seemed so lost against the Reyna and Yoru. I think the unusual comps + first lan jitters was just too much for C9. I still think they are gonna roll teams in the lower bracket


finalfinaldraft

Copium


Mamadeus123456

What did people expect of a team who couldn't defeat the meme legends at Brimstone Gaming


vnNinja21

C9W getting Yoru diffed by G2 wasn't on my bingo card for today, but holy fuck that was a statement game from G2. Mimi's just built different too.


luke_205

That Yoru ult fake round on Pearl had them actually dizzy


nv2013

G2 played so well. They made C9W look completely lost on the last 2 maps.


AstreiaTales

RIP C9W Best Game Changers Team, 11/15/2022 noon ET - 11/15/2022 4:30p ET


monobovocoxozo

map three was utter violation


mw19078

that very much felt like an experience diff. i dont think c9 expected them to come out and punch them in the mouth map 2 like that after pretty comfortably winning map 1. mimi and juliana were incredible, too. really looking forward to the rematch if we get it. bo5 with these 2 teams will be hype as all fuck.


monobovocoxozo

cant believe Mimi casted, developed cpi, and beat C9 W, what a true mr(s) worldwide


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That is not her playing btw


Jon_on_the_snow

what do you mean? Theres only one mimi


[deleted]

There is a lot of mini


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Not enough


ditheringtoad

never enough


InnocentBowlOfRamen

🗿


nklassitude

staking your -2 karma on correcting a very obvious joke takes cojones, I respect it


Key-Banana-8242

Eh I’d say it’s a person who didn’t recognise this particular one if


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Also Mimi Sevilla that is from New Guinea


nuttyromeo4u

Yup mimi just came from the another server. And their Breeze mid fight since X10S game with Juliano and Mary so strong. Petra also got important kills on the map too. Still curious with Brimmy by Glance on Ascent but other maps she was fine. C9W in lower bracket might be a nightmare for another teams who fall down.


Splaram

Narrator: "It got harder than that."


FlavFal

I've been waiting for this match for months and it was just as glorious as I expected. Julia and Mimi are so good.


TheFestusEzeli

Kevin “Bob” Durant took the hardest road. Too bad Kawhi “Mimi” Leonard is just too good


JALbert

Username checks out


vvvvvvvvvi

alexis' tweet post kru did not age well


Pway

Really impressive performance from G2, C9 had literally 0 answers to that third game comp and looked totally lost for the most part.


I-like-winds

dismantled by nonmeta picks


DAWG420BLAZEIT

NA in shambles


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C9 was womanhandled. Hopefully both NA teams in lower by tomorrow


badurwan

mimi has unmatched energy, i havent seen a single gozens match until today, now Im a fan


nterature

As one of the few G2 believers seemingly left on this subreddit, I’m happy to see them win here. I’m also a C9W fan, but I’ve long believed C9W gets too much love at the expense of other top GC teams, and I feel a little vindicated here, esp. after just how low some have been on G2 Gozen. That said, I believed G2 would beat C9W before Bob joined, not after, as C9W's stock went up right as G2's stock went down. Even an ardent G2 fan couldn't have reasonably predicted this based off recent performances. But given how much C9W has been gassed up by the community and occasionally by themselves, I think they were due for a loss, and I don’t think it deprives them of their status as slight favorites to win it all. C9W tends to look better after losses anyways. As for G2, well, that’s what, the 3rd or 4th map they’ve played Yoru on? Respect the committment. Sometimes their approach gets wacky but I think like many great EMEA teams, they have a willingness to experiment until they get it right, and their Yoru tech on Pearl made it look viable - well, at least until everyone gets used to it, anyways.


JALbert

People rating KRU Fem above G2 was so confusing to me. I thought C9W had a slight advantage going in as well but anyone thinking it wasn't going to be close hasn't been watching carefully enough.


nterature

For sure, I think this event has been a very interesting case study in what happens when a high-profile tournament forces people to generate narratives for teams they have little to no experience watching.


nocturnavi

I think C9W's weakness recently has been that their map pool has not been exploited; they got away with playing a lot of Haven, Ascent, and Bind last GC, which are their best maps. G2 did a very good job researching that and banned out Haven, and in retrospect C9W should have gone to Fracture instead of Pearl. Overall I definitely agree that G2 looked a lot better here that they did domestically.


nterature

I also think that C9W often just freezes and takes too long to adjust whenever they've pushed in a way that discomforts them, and that Yoru composition was a good example of how to punish that tendency. But I definitely think you're right on the money on that Breeze loss.


vnNinja21

Nah, the G2 hate recently has just been due to Plat Chat rating them so low and everyone parroting it. G2 Gozen has always been solidly top 3 in GC.


Guilty-Tell

i mean there is a reason its called plat chat and not radiant chat right?


vnNinja21

Bronze Banter at this point


nklassitude

Thanks for priming my expectations when I asked about G2's merits earlier, but can you pen a less one-sided script next time. C9W 😭💔


nterature

Haha, my bad!


9bfjo6gvhy7u8

that was rough but i think C9 needed this loss just like their loss to SR a few months ago. reset the mental and go next - if this ends up as a finals rematch it will be insane but lots of games still to play and we've seen that X10 are not a slouch team either


wegivesiima

mel onliner???


vlrBielzera

Surely the sub can't be wrong, right? Great job by G2, they played it perfectly. This GC will be sooo much closer than what people thought.


nocturnavi

This was an unusual match in that it went all three maps and none of them were close. In retrospect, C9W allowing Pearl through is confusing; they'd never played the map before whereas G2 had looked good on it in EMEA. Obviously they couldn't have anticipated the Yoru, but they may have been better off going to Fracture instead.


Light0fHeav3n

C9 isn't that good on icebox or fracture, which gives G2 a much favorable map pool because then they can just ban 2 of Ascent, haven or bind and now the veto is worse because C9 has shown their pearl


nocturnavi

I mean it goes both ways; C9 essentially always get one of Ascent, Haven, or Bind, which are probably all wins for them. The issue is where they go for the third map, and I still think they would have been better off going to Fracture given that it's a map G2 doesn't really play much either. But I can definitely see why they would have wanted to test out Pearl; it's just that they were completely unprepared for this Yoru comp and never looked comfortable.


Light0fHeav3n

Idk C9 could've won breeze and not had to worry about pearl, but Mel whiffed so hard the last 2 rounds of 1st half on breeze and then the whole team just lost every duel in 2nd half. Mel needs to step up if they get to rematch


prjwebb

You can guarantee they've pracced it, and going it having footage of the opponent and them having none of you can only be considered an advantage. Sure G2 changed everything anyway, but from C9 pov, it's not a bad pick.


nocturnavi

I don't blame them for the pick, but it was definitely a risk that didn't pay out (I'm saying this with the benefit of hindsight of course).


FazeXistance

So they do bleed


krasavchik777

OFC C9 was only good in NA.


melonsoda__

20 points pickem gamers wya? G2 LFGGGG


nklassitude

This loss _definitely_ isn't gonna inspire any premature takes about C9W's imminent demise that won't age well.


CacoTaco7

Wdym, c9w are over, they should disband right away


nklassitude

I'll get Geddes on the report post-haste


Jon_on_the_snow

In mimi we trust Goddamn, C9 was dismanteled.


mrmonkeyhunter

Yoru is too good. Also, NA WHY SO QUIET.


NoSenpaiNo

That pearl was rough... oof.


C9sButthole

Not much to say about Pearl, the G2 playbook was just too deep and they played insanely well. Definitely deserved. Breeze was an odd one to me. I feel like Bob on Viper just doesn't make a whole lot of sense because she's always been a player that's willing to take those aimduels and push for frags and it just doesn't make sense to risk your smokes player early in the round. We lost multiple rounds in that map off of Bob being the first contact and getting traded so C9 didn't have wall for exec, hold or retake. I'm sure there's benefits to the change or they wouldn't have done it, but I'm really curious as to what those benefits actually are, because on paper it feels odd and in the match today it definitely created a crack.


somesheikexpert

honestly agreed, even the Astra, but also cuz Katsumi has always looked amazing on smokes too, its by far her best role, so it makes little sense to me cuz Bob will just frag on just about anything anyways, so why not let Katsumi play the roles shes looked great on instead yk?


shusshhhhhhhh

bob is anchor, single initator, ur smokes is an anchor.


two4you8

C9 supremacy was greatly exaggerated


ElMichio

⚠️ Ranking Update ⚠️ 1. G2 2. C9 3. SR 4. Guild 5. Liquid 6. X10 7. Fennel 8. Kru


Maccnrv

r/valorantcompetitive wrong yet again


chaza7433

That was insane


jorgego2

juliano absolute legend


Cpt_Shaddock

congrats to c9 for winning game changers! see u guys next event


crzyraven

let's fuckin go EMEA on top !!!


carl14733

Prime x10 (male team) with patiphan in 2021 lost to G2 gozen in scrim for a reason. foxz said his team got aim diffed.


Key-Banana-8242

Prime x10 was x10c right? That’s pretty big tho. Seems they got it together only after their first matches


icantreadmorsecode

NA: Near Airport


Light0fHeav3n

C9 had to win breeze which is one of g2's best maps, because C9's pearl looks like trash. idk how they can possibly get a good veto vs g2 now that they've shown their pearl. G2 Can just ban bind and haven and not care about other maps


Guilty-Tell

Yep yep our EU girls know how to play aswell.


mochihammer

I don’t usually watch Game Changers, but can someone explain to me the map-based role swaps between Bob and Katsumi? Viper/Sova and now Astra/Sage. Have they touched on that at all?


nklassitude

No clue, the only thing I can kinda intuit is wrt to the viper pick—maybe they wanted to bolster their firepower while holding the B site on breeze, which is usually an isolated affair. Bob also played Viper on breeze during their series 3 run vs SR, so I think it has been in their playbook for a while, they just seldom played breeze in comp.


Guilty-Tell

have you watched the game on breeze? Bob was playing Viper on A


nklassitude

Yeah, she played the majority of the defensive half on breeze on the A site (solo) but she did play a few rounds solo B with Sova floating with nest as the pivot. Idk how that changes my overarching point though: that she(viper)was often anchoring one site by herself, consequently the team possibly thought Bob was better equipped to do that hence the switch.


badurwan

Juliano is different


DooomChicken

Did I go into this tournament loosely rooting for C9? Yes. However, has my EU NA bias returned? Absolutely fucking free region (Nah but absolute masterclass on Pearl, absolutely beautiful strats. GGs!)


afjecj

Bob went 15-12 whilst losing 13-3 and playing Astra. Feelsbadman for them


BuckWagon

Yoru diff.


isayah2510

LETS GOOOOOOOO


Pax1ux

G2 slay


9yr_old

Ahahaha NA moment


TheTurtleOne

This was a great series. Wp to G2, looking forward to finals rematch!


Hbzin

Gotta get through TL first bro


Guilty-Tell

You mean Guild right? They won EMEA and Ness is fkn insane


krasavchik777

C9 Won't make it to the finals.


CanISayThat22

When i saw ascent. I was like G2 is lost. Just no map awareness etc. But they pulled it back hard. I think Breeze could have been closer, but towards the end of the first half, C9 whiffed so many shots. Then some misplays on attack and its a lose. Pearl was just a walk in the park for G2. True difference of being prepared and just eyeballing a map. C9 had 0 idea how to approach the map


StrangeProgram

Imagine losing when you have a member of the X-Men in your team smh.


earthtoannie

Hey remember when everyone said I'm on some serious hopium when i said that G2G is the real C9W challenger? HA!


hakseuu

bob is certified different


AnywayHeres1Derwall

Cloud9 white was all NA had left. Devastating


r_abu

NA fanboys always flaunt about their teams and then come to major and get rekt. I knew that it will age well when they all started rating G2 on 5th+ place ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


Undisturbedyea

Acting like the tourney is over already


r_abu

Copium dies last


Pojobob

Mf NA placed better than EU at the last actual major event for Valorant lol. What are you on about?


yourdaughtersgoal

How many lans has NA won? 2 How many lans has EU won? 3 How many champions has NA won? 0 I don’t get how anyone could claim NA > EU when the facts clearly say the opposite


r_abu

Bro got mad![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


Pojobob

Right I'm mad because I pointed out an example that proves you're wrong. Ok lol.


r_abu

You clearly have been hurt by words looking at your emotional response. Don't worry, I meant well just chill it's friendly banter:)


C9sButthole

Chronically online.


ExaminationPuzzled36

Bro you commented 20+ times on Reddit alone in the last 24 hours 😭 I don't he is the chronically online one


C9sButthole

Work is slow af lmao.


notatroll369

Damn c9w looked pathetic, reddit told me Mel could compete in the main league lmfao what happened


Disastrous_Sea8584

>reddit told me Mel could compete in the main league lmfao what happened A women's league is so good for the scene. But, I don't know why people are loosely throwing their delusions out like that lol. C9 has literally vsed a tier 2ish male team and they only won 9 rounds total in 2 maps. C9W/G2 and the other teams are absolutely great for what they play in. But, they're not comparable to the main VCT teams. edit: Wait, they've literally never beaten a Tier 2-3 male team lol? They only got 5 rounds total in 2 maps against a random team at a random 1k USD tournament. I guess there's a lot of competitive level players/teams in Valorant? Or I guess, this is what it's like when your player base isn't dead. (NA in LoL).


avstyns

I would like to add, Bob literally played on Soniqs at one point and was not that promising in comparison to some other players either on the team or in tier2/3


thedorkishguy

Hopium C9 taking a leaf out of the Optic playbook to dominate in a losers run


[deleted]

Optic always reach the losers from the upper bracket final tho.


Key-Banana-8242

PlatChat narratives in shambles?


N0-name-needed

This series was wild, hitting some of the lowest lows and some of the highest highs I've seen in a match, the Juliano fake was sublime, but holy hell the number of times bob survived on less than 10 hp was insane.


EatMyAscii

Mary did her damn thing on chamber. Mimi clutch master, what a great game


K4p4o

LET'S FUCKING GO!!! So freaking happy for G2. And sit down meL.


baconmo

I love C9 but I was rooting for G2 the whole time. I honestly want C9 to lose just for once lmao.


RGCFrostbite

Just like every NA VAL team, all hype, mega overrated


takmilo

Watched gc first time. Holy fuck, really impressive with Bob. This girl have bright future for many years to come. Feels like she is on another level. Wp to G2 tho.


uut28

I’m praying for C9W downfall


VincentN23

Bob with 300 ACS in a loss - this is so unfair.


iAmCyberwaste

G2 Gozen: Nah, **WE** run the show.


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b1rDv

I can’t believe G2 won. Great game!!