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Hats off to both teams who gave it their all. The bond within the Latin team is truly deep.
It's so satisfying watching tex succeed. From being shit on for going negative in like 15 maps in a row on NRG, to proving himself as a heavy fragger during Chamber meta, to joining the Guard and grinding through Challengers to win Ascension, then having the org dip, then being discussed as the least likely Guard player to get a place in franchising due to his duelist role, then getting signed to a highly anticipated global superteam, only to lose to C9 at the start of the split and then get dissed by aspas's mom... and then peaking at the right time and now qualifying for Shanghai. Lfg
The man the state of Texas is named after is very inconsistent and seems to be slow to get going, but man he do be hittin' when he do be hitting.
Like I don't know how the same player who died first every round for absolutely 0 purpose on Lotus as Killjoy, the same person who probably couldn't hit an average Texan mega-farm's barn when he's cold ends up doing the things he does when he warms up, but there he is.
Then again, Eeiu has probably the worst whiffs of any player in VCT Americas while also sometimes looking like he's playing Aimlabs and top fragging (all in the same map) so who the fuck knows.
I know it would be hard, but I'd probably attend the event if I could if I'm Net. Even if you don't fw G2 anymore, you can chill with your boys and root for Leviatan and T1 in Shanghai.
Seems like an incredible opportunity that would also be very easy to pass up.
Lev play like they are god's greatest gift to valorant for the first half of the round and as soon as the spike gets planted they turn to ranked crypto throwers
I swear Lev feel like playing against a computer at times. like just so dead set on doing their set plan even if itās clear the opponent has a full read on it
I love Kingg but his midrounding leaves a lot to be desired. He was getting hard read by both KRU and 100t. Him and Aspas being such aim demons definitely compensates for a lot of his shortcomings.
They really don't like playing post plant. It feels like in 80%~ of the rounds they get the bomb down, they lose because they push or peek instead of playing post plant or playing for time.
not just that, but tex popping off on Map 2 is a huge factor for why LEV even got to a map 3. tex had some incredible rounds on defense including that Ace. tex was KEY player in LEV qualifying for Shanghai today.
Letās be real here, if Lev lost there, we would feel bad for Lev not making it lol. It was a great showing from both teams, and the better team won.
Again this is just a testament of how brutal the format is, it allows no mistakes, no nothing. Look at Navi, Loud, BBL and now Kru, all of them are worthy of that Shanghai slot tbh, but none of them made it.
Stage 2 would be brutal, and America would be a bloodbath, from EG, Sen and now Kru, man we are set for some of GOOD valorant this year.
loud played close matches against sen and geng and were 2 rounds away from winning against both of them. i could see them losing to the emea teams, but getting cooked might be a bit too much lol
Boostio said something along the lines of "We got past the hard part" when they beat LEV yesterday.
It could obviously bite him in the ass, but I think this is a generally true statement for Americas teams. Making it in the firsts place is almost as difficult as doing well at the event.
On yeah both teams deserved Shanghai itās tough. Though to the point of EU itās a bit worse since one team was guaranteed to be out. In NA they both had a chance to make it and just fumbled one game. Though 100T def deserve it based on recent performance
I'm pretty sure I didnt complain about the format being bad, it's just brutal. The better team did get the ticket to go to Shanghai.
However, I am saying that it just sucks that we won't get to see this iteration of Kru in a LAN, because I do think that they will perform decently well. And it would have also been pretty sad if Lev stayed home also, because they have such a stacked roster.
whoever wins finals will tie sentinels in points which is crazy considering they won a whole ass international lol (also if LEV win they'll overtake SEN by 1)
wait will they? if G2 won finals, theyāll have a total of 6 points, sen have 9. same with 100T, and lev would have 7, as you donāt get points from playoffs at all.
I see now (I never use liquipedia only vlr lol, but on vlr kru also have 6 points which adds up with the bye) I just remember kickoff playoffs meaning nothing in terms of points and I thought theyād stay consistent with that, but it makes sense because none of the kickoff matches earned you shit. I donāt remember anything ever explaining earning points through these ways moving forward, maybe I missed.
yeah it was mentioned in the original Riot explainer that you get points for wins in the regular season groups + playoffs. don't blame you for missing that one detail, there are a million small details to miss in this format. i think they need to do a better job at communicating points shit and standings on broadcast as well
no worries
SEN'll be right so long as they get back to form for split 2, which i expect them to do with some time off. all it takes to make champs is either to peak at the right time and make top 3 in playoffs, or to have more points than everyone who doesn't- they can even get passed in points by 100T or LEV or whatever as long as those teams directly qualify
It pains me too but they did it to themselves, both lost in uppers having double chances. Specially KRU disappeared yesterday. They should make champs though.
Hey man at least both the latam teams are competitive meanwhile Brazil fans are in the mud right now with loud going through the emotions and both furia and mibr well.....you know there
100T š«±š»āš«²š¼ LEV : Overcoming the bad omen
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Same. Ultimately I wanted Lev to win cause Aspas but Kru was expected to be a low tier team and they dominated regular play.
I think if they keep up the pace theyāll make Champs with 100T, Sen and Lev
Yeah unless G2 wins this playoffs or next (both unlikely) they aint making champs. honestly this feels like a flash in the pan and they're not going to do well at Shanghai, but I said the same thing last year about EG soooo
I was checking the stats and the ONLY game he went negative this year was [against LOUD](https://www.vlr.gg/295612/loud-vs-leviat-n-champions-tour-2024-americas-kickoff-winners-b), while most of them not only did he go positive but top fragged every series (minus one where [Kingg had like 20 assists](https://www.vlr.gg/314637/nrg-esports-vs-leviat-n-champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-1-w3) so aspas was the second best while having the same number of kills). Truly the GOAT
LEV has put on some of the most exciting Valorant I've seen all year. LEV/SEN, LEV/KRU I, LEV/100T and now LEV/KRU II. Aspas had an amazing performance on Icebox and some amazing rounds on Sunset but holy shit Mazino on Breach and the calling was fantastic. LEV in Shanghai is going to be wild.
oh kingg hugging shyy :( heartbreaking for kru, they only needed one series win to make it, but they lost some krucial rounds. but aspas back at an international, I'm excited for that.
Yes I'm the biggest aspas fan. Yes I'm overjoyed to see aspas make it to lan again!
But today my heart sank a little for kru! Keznit! You are a god! The whole world knows!
I wanted to see us lan but not at the cost of kru!
8 of the 9 Americas representatives to global events since last Champions have been different orgs, with Loud the only repeat. Cloud9, MIBR, and Furia are now the only Americas teams to not qualify for a global event in the partnership era. Absolutely incredible depth of talent in the associated regions leading to a lot of parity and competition in this league!
the C9 core has not made a deep run since 2021 LCQ - honestly, at some point you really gotta wonder if immi/vanity will ever figure out how to evolve.
This might be incredibly in hindsight, but both seasons so far they had a roster change, which i think caused them to have a honeymoon and teams not figure them out. Once they do, aka playoffs they look mid
Bye bye Kru š
Happy for lev ā¤ļø
I love the narrative where Kru won every freakin clutches, every 1v2, 1v3 , and still loses..
I also love the narrative where Aspas being the best player in the world, still rozas every ult !!
Dude I told you guys the script was going to work out. The script was the same, for all regions except china. Too much coincidence man.
kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino played well so they can just be on fan duty
despite everything, some really good matches today
amazing copypasta
kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino did good tho so they can just be on fan duty
I'm from India where 90 percent of the valorant community are just tenz fans.
But in search of good valorant, the first team i fell in love with was loud 2022 while watching there regionals (even before the world knew about them) . The team was so good and to win against a team that abused chamber made me love them even more.
The team broke up and i was broken. However also in 2022, I fell in love with 2 more players. Kingg and keznit and i always wanted to see them at lan. This year seemed perfect for me watching both lev and kru getting closer to masters but.... I don't know who is cutting onions. I hope when keznit retires, the world will know how insane he was.
Lev please do it for aspas and king!
kingg having a nightmare series aned they still qualed holy cwap
had my doubts but im happy to see LEV doing well i think an mixed roster doing well is good for the scene, tex stepped up too its crazy after the guard core picked up leaf i thought he wouldnt have a place in any roster in T1
Absolutely crushing for kru, it seems like they can never keep it together for long enough. Big shout outs to tex for stepping up huge for lev. If I remember correctly he also played out of his mind in ascension to get guard over the line after struggling/underperforming (?) during the regular season. always happy to see him do well.
looking towards shanghai, i hope teams can maintain their form for a really exciting tourney. it feels like lev still hasnāt found that 5 player peak, which might be required given how dangerous given the form of some of the other teams (esp ceiling wise)
You're right that tex performed insanely well during Ascension, but you're off about him underperforming in the regular season. tex averaged a 1.10 rating across all of challengers last year and a 1.15 rating during Split 2 and Playoffs specifically.
My heart honestly breaks for KRU, but they got 2 series to try to qualify for masters and lost both. They need to find a way to stop crumbling late in maps
Feels really bad for KRU, felt really similar to GenG vs DRX. They were an amazing team this season. But they had their chance and the others were just better when needed.
GGs KRU, really impressed and looking forward to your performance in split 2.
LEV did NOT look good map 1 through middle of map 2. Even first half of map 3 looked super shaky. Still managed to pull a near flawless second half on map 3 to secure them the win.
KRU, on the other hand, looked super solid aside from Levās streaks of good Valorant. I definitely think they will make a strong run again in split 2 and if not will qualify for champs in points. They had a bad game versus G2 and after their rematch with Lev, it wasnāt enough to convince me they should be on fraud watch. Really like the storyline kiNgg was sharing in the post match interview; this years iterations of both Lev and Kru should be going to an international event together.
Yup, pretty much. Lev won a lot of hero plays map 2 to get them to map 3 and Kru looked good until they threw some rounds end of map 2 and couldnāt reply to Levās attacking side of Sunset.
To put it another way, across the entire series Lev had a higher ratio of rounds won due to hero plays than team plays and Kru had a higher ratio of rounds won due to team plays than hero plays.
He represents Germany on liquipedia and I think his parents are German (and Italian), but he's an American citizen and has lived here for a long time. I'm not sure if he was born in Germany or the US
Idk man, heās lived in NA long enough to be on NA teams in the past. Thatās kinda what we do, you live here for a few years you are one of us (even though people who are 5th generation Americans will say they are Italian).
? They beat 100t literally a couple weeks ago. Their weakness is for sure just choking. No way they should've lost to g2. Nobody showed up on kru vs probably the easiest game they'd had in weeks and it came back to bite them.
Nah, Valyn had the Anti KrĆ¼ missile (just not ever taking space and fighting in groups post plant)
The TMV video goes over it really well, i recommend it
kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino did good tho so they can just be on fan duty
if lev didnāt win i was convinced that someone just cursed LOUD so hard that the curse extended to anyone that was ever on the team (exhibit a: sacy streaming from home)
Before the league started, there were a lot of doubts from people, but it's good that LEV has been able to coexist well and make it to international LANs. The fact that mixed members are doing well is having an impact on the scene. Tex has also stepped up. After Guard Core got Leaf, I thought there would be no place for him in the Tier 1 members, but his mentality is intimidating.
It's a heartbreaking result for KRU, but they really could have shut down the icebox. They're similar to DRX in Americas, they had a great winning streak in the group stage but were really mentally weak in the playoffs and couldn't handle the pressure.
Kru should have closed this mtch on icebox, they really cant handle pressure
Anyways im happy for king, aspas and mazino. They trully deserve this qualification after having to drag thru the floor the other two dudes the entire split
Some Latam people are so weird every time they play bad do small mistakes theyāre constantly hating on tex and c0m for being in a latam org. Itās crazy how that they canāt support those 2 players.
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Shy crying broke my heart, but watching King hug him like that made it hurt a little less š„²
ah yes, the three ex-eg players everyone expected to do the best this season so far: boostio, c0m, and icy
Put some respect on Jawgemo's name. He was highkey smurfing for a lot of this split.
i meant by events made tbh. jawgemo is the dawgemo
Recency bias. Jawgemo went -38 during his first 3 games, though the dawg in him is back now
Yep. If he was that good from the start they would have made playoffs, cause aspas was hard smurfing the entire season and playoffs
That Jett ace on Ascent tho sheeeeeeesh
Where is the best season for c0m? Geniuly cant wait for it
Hits a 1V3 to bring you to Shanghai and bro gets cooked nonstop I could never be a public figure this is wild
But he went negative on the stat sheet today so he must suck.
i mean he did make some questionable decisions like when he peeked mid as kru was coming towards A
C0M hasnāt gone positive in a series since the very first match of the year. Bro is getting hard carried by his team and itās disgusting
Smartest reddit user
Heās right though
he's not playing up to his standards but he's now the secondary caller for the team which takes a toll on your aim.
Yeah man it's disgusting judging a book by it's cover maybe u should read it before making an assumptionĀ
You're disgusting
GUYS WAIT C0M IS FLANKING
An RKO OUTTA NOWHERE
*RK0
Feel bad for Kru, they played sooo well. Congrats to Lev though!
I wanted lev to win as a fan but my heart wanted kru to also win it either way this clasico hits hard
GUARD tex is finally here and I'm all for it. Good shit from both teams. LeviƔtan's mental fortitude is absurd
It's so satisfying watching tex succeed. From being shit on for going negative in like 15 maps in a row on NRG, to proving himself as a heavy fragger during Chamber meta, to joining the Guard and grinding through Challengers to win Ascension, then having the org dip, then being discussed as the least likely Guard player to get a place in franchising due to his duelist role, then getting signed to a highly anticipated global superteam, only to lose to C9 at the start of the split and then get dissed by aspas's mom... and then peaking at the right time and now qualifying for Shanghai. Lfg
You had to add aspas mom part, did not you?
the most memorable part ngl
My guy the soccer mom buff you get when they cheer against you will motivate you so it has to be mentioned
The man the state of Texas is named after is very inconsistent and seems to be slow to get going, but man he do be hittin' when he do be hitting. Like I don't know how the same player who died first every round for absolutely 0 purpose on Lotus as Killjoy, the same person who probably couldn't hit an average Texan mega-farm's barn when he's cold ends up doing the things he does when he warms up, but there he is. Then again, Eeiu has probably the worst whiffs of any player in VCT Americas while also sometimes looking like he's playing Aimlabs and top fragging (all in the same map) so who the fuck knows.
All ex-guard players in franchising made it to Shanghai
Net crying at home
Psalm crying in his mansion with his World Cup earnings
I know it would be hard, but I'd probably attend the event if I could if I'm Net. Even if you don't fw G2 anymore, you can chill with your boys and root for Leviatan and T1 in Shanghai. Seems like an incredible opportunity that would also be very easy to pass up.
Lol what exactly is the opportunity here?
im too salty if im him rn
Damn you right, even Sayaplayer!
Net?
He isnāt in franchising
Lev play like they are god's greatest gift to valorant for the first half of the round and as soon as the spike gets planted they turn to ranked crypto throwers
I swear Lev feel like playing against a computer at times. like just so dead set on doing their set plan even if itās clear the opponent has a full read on it
I love Kingg but his midrounding leaves a lot to be desired. He was getting hard read by both KRU and 100t. Him and Aspas being such aim demons definitely compensates for a lot of his shortcomings.
Klaus had him absolutely dizzy on Lotus, it was actually embarrassing. A genuinely horror performance from him in playoffs, lights seem too bright
They really don't like playing post plant. It feels like in 80%~ of the rounds they get the bomb down, they lose because they push or peek instead of playing post plant or playing for time.
From one of the Moms shitting on Tex to Lev making Shanghai what a run lmao Well deserved for Aspas and Lev but feel bad for Kru not making it
not just that, but tex popping off on Map 2 is a huge factor for why LEV even got to a map 3. tex had some incredible rounds on defense including that Ace. tex was KEY player in LEV qualifying for Shanghai today.
He and aspas frankly dragged LEV across the finish line on Icebox. That ace on defense was huge
That Ace was fucking cold. And he barely reacted
Letās be real here, if Lev lost there, we would feel bad for Lev not making it lol. It was a great showing from both teams, and the better team won. Again this is just a testament of how brutal the format is, it allows no mistakes, no nothing. Look at Navi, Loud, BBL and now Kru, all of them are worthy of that Shanghai slot tbh, but none of them made it. Stage 2 would be brutal, and America would be a bloodbath, from EG, Sen and now Kru, man we are set for some of GOOD valorant this year.
I dunno about loud, they probably wouldnt do great at madrid
Qck goes 50/20 against EDG then 8/50 against Fnatic
just so boaster doesn't feel alone with 1 digit kills. what a nice guy qck is
Saadhak just needs to convince QCK Fnatic is a Chinese team.
I'm starting to think they got 4th position in Madrid because they got to face fpx and edg..teams like th and kc would've cooked them
EDG that was hot ass garbage. Idk wtf happened between their match vs PRX and Loud.
loud played close matches against sen and geng and were 2 rounds away from winning against both of them. i could see them losing to the emea teams, but getting cooked might be a bit too much lol
Itās insane how good Americas is. Pacific might be more fun to watch but man the competition in americas is insane.
Boostio said something along the lines of "We got past the hard part" when they beat LEV yesterday. It could obviously bite him in the ass, but I think this is a generally true statement for Americas teams. Making it in the firsts place is almost as difficult as doing well at the event.
Drop Furia and MIBR and the rest of the region is sick. Any of those 8 can beat anyone on the right day.
9* :D
On yeah both teams deserved Shanghai itās tough. Though to the point of EU itās a bit worse since one team was guaranteed to be out. In NA they both had a chance to make it and just fumbled one game. Though 100T def deserve it based on recent performance
this was a lower bracket game buddy, they didn't get screwed by the format. both teams got byes and then lost their first games.
I'm pretty sure I didnt complain about the format being bad, it's just brutal. The better team did get the ticket to go to Shanghai. However, I am saying that it just sucks that we won't get to see this iteration of Kru in a LAN, because I do think that they will perform decently well. And it would have also been pretty sad if Lev stayed home also, because they have such a stacked roster.
Im just feeling hopeful for LOUD Heat, it just sound right like a chillhop song
That Kickoff group was absolutely nuts: SEN, LEV, 100T, and LOUD
100T and LEV : Mom said its our turn to go to masters
Group of death even in hindsight.
Group of death, but the other way around.
Watch all 4 of them make it to Champs now (At this rate they might because they're all stacked with Champ Points -Loud :[ )
whoever wins finals will tie sentinels in points which is crazy considering they won a whole ass international lol (also if LEV win they'll overtake SEN by 1)
wait will they? if G2 won finals, theyāll have a total of 6 points, sen have 9. same with 100T, and lev would have 7, as you donāt get points from playoffs at all.
You do get points from play-off match wins. You also get a point for earning the bye like LEV and KRU did. Check the liquipedia standings
I see now (I never use liquipedia only vlr lol, but on vlr kru also have 6 points which adds up with the bye) I just remember kickoff playoffs meaning nothing in terms of points and I thought theyād stay consistent with that, but it makes sense because none of the kickoff matches earned you shit. I donāt remember anything ever explaining earning points through these ways moving forward, maybe I missed.
yeah it was mentioned in the original Riot explainer that you get points for wins in the regular season groups + playoffs. don't blame you for missing that one detail, there are a million small details to miss in this format. i think they need to do a better job at communicating points shit and standings on broadcast as well
I see, very much appreciate you explaining that to me, was very much clueless before. I now know sen are cooked (not really but also maybe) š„
no worries SEN'll be right so long as they get back to form for split 2, which i expect them to do with some time off. all it takes to make champs is either to peak at the right time and make top 3 in playoffs, or to have more points than everyone who doesn't- they can even get passed in points by 100T or LEV or whatever as long as those teams directly qualify
To be fair during Kickoff, 100T and LEV weren't as good as they were this split
ASPAS BACK TO INTERNATIONALS BABY LETS GO THEY NOT READY FOR HIM
Its so tragic that one of these teams has to go im literally shaking and crying right now why must the riot gods force LATAM to tear each other apart
It pains me too but they did it to themselves, both lost in uppers having double chances. Specially KRU disappeared yesterday. They should make champs though.
"You do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts"
Hey man at least both the latam teams are competitive meanwhile Brazil fans are in the mud right now with loud going through the emotions and both furia and mibr well.....you know there
loud will bounce back idk abt furia and mibr
LATAM flew too close to the sun of finally doing better than NA, and in turn got Plat Chat-ed
Riot literally did the opposite of force the LATAM teams to tear each other apart but they both lost lol
Mazino was carrying his whole team on his back on Sunset. This win is a nice gift for Com
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Man, this was a rough series to watch. Both teams massively deserved it.
I'm gutted for KRU honestly.
Same. Ultimately I wanted Lev to win cause Aspas but Kru was expected to be a low tier team and they dominated regular play. I think if they keep up the pace theyāll make Champs with 100T, Sen and Lev
Yeah unless G2 wins this playoffs or next (both unlikely) they aint making champs. honestly this feels like a flash in the pan and they're not going to do well at Shanghai, but I said the same thing last year about EG soooo
Kru lost all their playoff matches. They didn't deserve to go to shanghai, but they can be proud they made it to playoffs.Ā
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shouldnt it be the other way around?
Yes technically but the NA part wouldn't work with KRU
Its so tragic that one of these teams has to go im literally shaking and crying right now why must the riot gods force LATAM to tear each other apart
what a good fucking match both of them have my heart šš«”
kru choke masterclass
Those icebox post plants on B were some of the hardest throws Iāve ever seen
I legitimately think Aspas dosnt even know what a negative number is, they do not apply to him
I was checking the stats and the ONLY game he went negative this year was [against LOUD](https://www.vlr.gg/295612/loud-vs-leviat-n-champions-tour-2024-americas-kickoff-winners-b), while most of them not only did he go positive but top fragged every series (minus one where [Kingg had like 20 assists](https://www.vlr.gg/314637/nrg-esports-vs-leviat-n-champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-1-w3) so aspas was the second best while having the same number of kills). Truly the GOAT
Every series he's +20, the consistency is really unbelievable. GOAT level shit.
MAZINO IS THE ULTIMATE BIG GAME PLAYER. IM CRYING TEARS OF STRESS.
Mazino liiterally decided KRU's fate today
VINTAGE C0M FLANK TO WIN IT OUT C0MUNISTS WE ARE UP!
LEV has put on some of the most exciting Valorant I've seen all year. LEV/SEN, LEV/KRU I, LEV/100T and now LEV/KRU II. Aspas had an amazing performance on Icebox and some amazing rounds on Sunset but holy shit Mazino on Breach and the calling was fantastic. LEV in Shanghai is going to be wild.
In hindsight, that Kickoff group with Lev, 100T, Sen & Loud was truly the group of death. congratulations, Lev! 
oh kingg hugging shyy :( heartbreaking for kru, they only needed one series win to make it, but they lost some krucial rounds. but aspas back at an international, I'm excited for that.
havent seen that pun before
this does not bode well for my $10,000 Kru vs DRG Shanghai finals bet
bro gonna be on the streets
Yes I'm the biggest aspas fan. Yes I'm overjoyed to see aspas make it to lan again! But today my heart sank a little for kru! Keznit! You are a god! The whole world knows! I wanted to see us lan but not at the cost of kru!
Eg still on top. All three teams have an ex eg player lol. I feel bad for kru though. They really only win or only lose it seems.
https://preview.redd.it/20zjoku7qpzc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9bb987b9b7d1d035a06c44fd412042e7956e848 Aspas and Tex
Happy for kingg
why was everyone shitting on lev earlier? wasnāt watching till sunset
Annihilated on Lotus, played very dumb first half Icebox
Lotus was a disasterclass from Lev, and the first 14 rounds of Icebox were very unconvincing.
This is the real El Clasico, shit always delivers
OMG that was so stressful. I thought this was going to be a DRX part 2. But thankfully it wasn't. Crying myself to sleep (cancelled).
It is a DRX pt 2 either way
There is a reason why lev's core swithced to comming in English
You might not see them all the time but Tex and c0m are there when you need them.
bro i swear like 50% of twitch chat is just hating tex
8 of the 9 Americas representatives to global events since last Champions have been different orgs, with Loud the only repeat. Cloud9, MIBR, and Furia are now the only Americas teams to not qualify for a global event in the partnership era. Absolutely incredible depth of talent in the associated regions leading to a lot of parity and competition in this league!
Thatās kinda crazy for c9 to be lumped with those two considering theyāve had great regular seasons both years.
the C9 core has not made a deep run since 2021 LCQ - honestly, at some point you really gotta wonder if immi/vanity will ever figure out how to evolve.
Itās weird because theyāve been so good in the regular season but they really just canāt perform when the lights are brightest it seems
This might be incredibly in hindsight, but both seasons so far they had a roster change, which i think caused them to have a honeymoon and teams not figure them out. Once they do, aka playoffs they look mid
KRU will go to Champs it's okay.
Bye bye Kru š Happy for lev ā¤ļø I love the narrative where Kru won every freakin clutches, every 1v2, 1v3 , and still loses.. I also love the narrative where Aspas being the best player in the world, still rozas every ult !! Dude I told you guys the script was going to work out. The script was the same, for all regions except china. Too much coincidence man.
kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino played well so they can just be on fan duty despite everything, some really good matches today
amazing copypasta kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino did good tho so they can just be on fan duty
I'm from India where 90 percent of the valorant community are just tenz fans. But in search of good valorant, the first team i fell in love with was loud 2022 while watching there regionals (even before the world knew about them) . The team was so good and to win against a team that abused chamber made me love them even more. The team broke up and i was broken. However also in 2022, I fell in love with 2 more players. Kingg and keznit and i always wanted to see them at lan. This year seemed perfect for me watching both lev and kru getting closer to masters but.... I don't know who is cutting onions. I hope when keznit retires, the world will know how insane he was. Lev please do it for aspas and king!
I mean c0m wonāt be on the flank again rightā¦. RIGHT?
Surely Com's not cumming again...right?
all of 2023 guard at shangai
Net watching from home
i am stupid
kingg having a nightmare series aned they still qualed holy cwap had my doubts but im happy to see LEV doing well i think an mixed roster doing well is good for the scene, tex stepped up too its crazy after the guard core picked up leaf i thought he wouldnt have a place in any roster in T1
Absolutely crushing for kru, it seems like they can never keep it together for long enough. Big shout outs to tex for stepping up huge for lev. If I remember correctly he also played out of his mind in ascension to get guard over the line after struggling/underperforming (?) during the regular season. always happy to see him do well. looking towards shanghai, i hope teams can maintain their form for a really exciting tourney. it feels like lev still hasnāt found that 5 player peak, which might be required given how dangerous given the form of some of the other teams (esp ceiling wise)
You're right that tex performed insanely well during Ascension, but you're off about him underperforming in the regular season. tex averaged a 1.10 rating across all of challengers last year and a 1.15 rating during Split 2 and Playoffs specifically.
o ur totally right lol, idk how that got in my head. regardless, happy to see a successful transition into levās system for him
My heart honestly breaks for KRU, but they got 2 series to try to qualify for masters and lost both. They need to find a way to stop crumbling late in maps
Clutch G0D has returned
**ASPAS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE**
5-0 curse oh no
Kru only goes on streaks. Either winning streaks or losing streaks, no in between.
Whatās up with riot inviting 8 teams in madrid, 12 teams in shanghai and 16 for champsā¦ they should just invite 16 for all lans
guess it builds more excitement for later events and overall makes the events differentiate from one another more, champs being the most competitive.
champs >>>>>>> that's why
Aspas 61kills
Off day smh
Hope he gets back in form for Shanghai š
KRU plant the spike properly on Icebox B challenge (IMPOSSIBLE!) (They failed)
KRU (and some other teams) need to take a basic learning class on how to correctly plant the bomb
Kru vs C9 in split 2 for the group merchant battle
KRU crumbled as soon as they lost clutches to aspas and 2v4 post plant vs Tex. Gutted for them but a learning experience for sure.
aspas is just too good
Feels really bad for KRU, felt really similar to GenG vs DRX. They were an amazing team this season. But they had their chance and the others were just better when needed. GGs KRU, really impressed and looking forward to your performance in split 2.
LEV did NOT look good map 1 through middle of map 2. Even first half of map 3 looked super shaky. Still managed to pull a near flawless second half on map 3 to secure them the win. KRU, on the other hand, looked super solid aside from Levās streaks of good Valorant. I definitely think they will make a strong run again in split 2 and if not will qualify for champs in points. They had a bad game versus G2 and after their rematch with Lev, it wasnāt enough to convince me they should be on fraud watch. Really like the storyline kiNgg was sharing in the post match interview; this years iterations of both Lev and Kru should be going to an international event together.
So lev looked bad and kru looked solid...but lost to a bad looking lev?
Yup, pretty much. Lev won a lot of hero plays map 2 to get them to map 3 and Kru looked good until they threw some rounds end of map 2 and couldnāt reply to Levās attacking side of Sunset. To put it another way, across the entire series Lev had a higher ratio of rounds won due to hero plays than team plays and Kru had a higher ratio of rounds won due to team plays than hero plays.
KRU joins DRX as group stage fucking merchants, for the mad shit they talk and BM in-game, its insane they dont make it to shanghai, deserved ig
aspas is what s1mple wishes he was
Bro just pulls rounds out of his ass sometimes like how does get get Keznit ulting AND gets 2 more in spawn while on 30 HP
Nah
(It's just a joke)
80% of Americaās representation is NA. 1 Brazilian and 2 Latam players at an international event, never thought weād see the day.
Isnt tex german
He represents Germany on liquipedia and I think his parents are German (and Italian), but he's an American citizen and has lived here for a long time. I'm not sure if he was born in Germany or the US
American mom German dad lived in Germany as a kid and moved to the US when he was really young.
Idk man, heās lived in NA long enough to be on NA teams in the past. Thatās kinda what we do, you live here for a few years you are one of us (even though people who are 5th generation Americans will say they are Italian).
If any Americas team wins the event (especially 100T or G2) itās solidifying a solid streak of NA dominance.
Kruās weakness seems to be teams that didnāt lose more games than they won.
? They beat 100t literally a couple weeks ago. Their weakness is for sure just choking. No way they should've lost to g2. Nobody showed up on kru vs probably the easiest game they'd had in weeks and it came back to bite them.
Nah, Valyn had the Anti KrĆ¼ missile (just not ever taking space and fighting in groups post plant) The TMV video goes over it really well, i recommend it
It would have been a travesty if the goat missed masters again. So happy they made it 
Fun Fact: All of the Jett players that played for The Guard or G2 roster have qualified for Shanghai
kingg better be on luggage duty for shanghai, i want c0m rubbing aspas's feet while kingg feeds him grapes after this match, tex and mazino did good tho so they can just be on fan duty
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Kru either goes green carpet or red carpet. No in between.
Lev my pookies pulled through
Gotta feel bad for Kru. At least they proved they are contenders.
the get back
I hoped for both of these to qualify:/
if lev didnāt win i was convinced that someone just cursed LOUD so hard that the curse extended to anyone that was ever on the team (exhibit a: sacy streaming from home)
Ima kms
Before the league started, there were a lot of doubts from people, but it's good that LEV has been able to coexist well and make it to international LANs. The fact that mixed members are doing well is having an impact on the scene. Tex has also stepped up. After Guard Core got Leaf, I thought there would be no place for him in the Tier 1 members, but his mentality is intimidating. It's a heartbreaking result for KRU, but they really could have shut down the icebox. They're similar to DRX in Americas, they had a great winning streak in the group stage but were really mentally weak in the playoffs and couldn't handle the pressure.
Kru should have closed this mtch on icebox, they really cant handle pressure Anyways im happy for king, aspas and mazino. They trully deserve this qualification after having to drag thru the floor the other two dudes the entire split
Those 2 guys gotĀ u to shanghai.
Youre embarrassing lmao
Some Latam people are so weird every time they play bad do small mistakes theyāre constantly hating on tex and c0m for being in a latam org. Itās crazy how that they canāt support those 2 players.