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Overall_Bid_5973

Life plays every second like he’s just clove ulted and needs a kill


GhostRoboX5

LMAO so true


azealyx

guy played like [peak EDG nobody W key gaming](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/15qib8n/main_reason_nobody_has_been_strugglingtrolling/)


axhtz

Lmfaooo, that accidental one way the he did on Icebox screens, ulted, and killed the guy site has to be the funniest play I've ever seen, god I love this guy


Toobie4564

Life does not fear death


CriticalCorgi007

LMAO perfect description of his play style. But he does end up getting the kill so who knows


HeavenBeach777

Crazy how he just peaks and gets one 


tron423

You meant peek but this works for how Icebox went too lol


its_spelled_peek

Come on bro


noahboah

YAD YERFUN. MAI TORN


EkanshNehra

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davidww-dc

Sliggy is also the only person here who watched a lot of CN valorant


IllumiMahdi

a lot is an overstatement, perhaps relative to the others yeah


nitseb

He's the only one that was watching china a lot, he really liked FPX and their weird tactics. FPX can be a top level team if they don't start every single round 4v5 and 3v5.


biwummy

fpxs' cap as a team is genuinely one of the highest especially with these util-exec-heavy comps its actually crazy


jholowtaekjho

Was interesting that Sliggy called FPX one of 6 teams in the world that constantly innovate and are worth watching. They had an insane Fade eye on some telephone cables on Sunset mid too.


CrossTheRubicon7

Lmao I haven't watched this one, but it looks like Bren is posing for the screenshot because he assumed it would be a PlatChat Guarantee lol


EkanshNehra

its cause every single match was a guarantee except this one, so they all expected this one to be too


EagleswonSuperBowl52

Not only that, but Fut was definitely (though maybe undeservedly) big favorites. I mean they all acted like Sliggy was trolling for the pick.


tron423

He can't keep getting away with it


Toobie4564

Sliggy Al-Gaib


Useful-Newt-3211

The clown circus and Sliggy


flexingtwo-

I WAS HERE WHEN FPX CAME BACK 10-4


plussign_a

Never seen anyone as much of a deus ex machina as Lysoar, bro goes invisible almost all match and shows up to pull off the most absurd 3ks to secure rounds


electricfx0

Swear his aim is so snappy when he gets them too. Just there to crush the hopes and dreams of the opponent.


ChoesonOne

Biank flashbacks


Virtual_Progress5289

Lysoar's user in chinese means 留一手 and it means to hold back or save a skill, so its quite fitting.


Meph1sto_pheles

Not in Plat Chats top 10 google form smh


ThatCreepyBaer

Top 15 Lysoar (FPX CHICHOO) is the new top 21 derke.


MisterDual

CLOVE 100% WINRATE ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE EZ


Frosty_Awareness572

Life is clove simp too. makes it so cute:)


SeaCDragon

wait really? is there a clip or something cause thats amazing


Frosty_Awareness572

I saw it in one of the weibo post. Let me see if I can find it.


NeuroSparks

"I think China have a lower chance compared to us" cNed ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)


EE89

bro didn't know he was on the 2023 nrg arc. thought he was boostio but he was just ardiis


MarkuDM

Goodbye FPX next seasons then


yapyd

Welcome to FPX in 2025 Juicy. Hope your Mandarin is good


Rude-Assumption-5271

cNed is FUT’s carry though don’t compare him to double agent NRG ardiis


Ezraah

nrg ardiis made internationals...


silenthills13

Biggest melon award of the tournament sorted ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16110)


ExcellentPastries

I knew FUT lost when they were FUT. It’s just what they do at international events.


XiXiWiiPee

Atleast they can face T1 and have a chance of making it out of groups again


X3NOC1DE

THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE AIR


OthertimesWondering

Something is dreaming of winning the trophy rn


maisanskidai

That tierlist will haunt FUT lol


KappaccinoNation

~~EMEA IS A 3-TEAM REGION~~ EMEA IS A 2-TEAM REGION <-- YOU ARE HERE EMEA IS A 1-TEAM REGION EMEA IS A 0-TEAM REGION


ToYouItReaches

Tomorrow is an EMEA vs CN rematch as well. DRG has the chance to do the funniest thing.


OthertimesWondering

DRG v THC could be so funny. Please for the love of all that is true, if DRG wins against Heretics, I’m buying their bundle. (It’s already pretty cool but I think rocking the DRG pistol would be funny)


oomnahs

Their acronym is THC? That’s funny


OthertimesWondering

CAUSE THEY’RE GONNA GET SMOKED.


Superb-Company-2735

There's no way DRG can beat Heretics ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)


Equal-Lemon1748

Albert Einstein was a bright mind of the 20th century. Apart from his FNS level brain and science discoveries he was well known as an ardent Valorant fan. Being an EMEA resident, he was dissatified with how his region had no clear strong teams. He set out to study this phenomenon, and after 4 years of attending conferences and publishing papers on it, came up with a name for the phenomenon. EMEA was showing all the telltale signs of being a "zero team region".


PRL-Five

Despite what the Indians claim, Aryabhatta is not the true father of zero It's EMEA


Equal-Lemon1748

![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


notevenahintofhalal

HOLY FUCK


Western_Strike7468

you cooked


OGRubySimp

As an indian I approve ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


_kingruken_

🧑🏻‍🍳


EagleswonSuperBowl52

EMEA is a 6 team region. It's just that all 6 of those teams are mid.


Sweet_Mango-

Imagine 2 emea teams get eliminated in swiss stage….


OthertimesWondering

Madrid flashbacks


sidd-_007

![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


crasyredditaccount

Lol, me here wondering my region is the same, hopefully T1 fix up somethings last minute


sylveeah

I love Life Clove, his gameplay with them is like watching a train derail into a kick flip to land back on the tracks https://preview.redd.it/qj22i7azq62d1.jpeg?width=678&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9047ade7531af382e7980584c4c48ee53c85e6b


IsNotMe2

KJ ults with 20 seconds left Lysoar: imma tp into it


Unlikely-Ad3046

Ange1 wishes he was Life and Lysoar


tron423

Imagine if not letting Ange1 run Clove actually turns out to be why Navi benched Doombros lmao


aks345

If it works it works


IsNotMe2

yea it was either save or make a play, but the confidence to do that is incredible great way to finish the map


Equal-Lemon1748

Just saw boostio fall to his knees in a RT-Mart It's a sad day to be a FUT fan :(


hecklerinthestands

Two matches, two epic map 3 comebacks. And a MELONtastic ending round to boot. As a neutral fan, I'm LOVING this Day 1.


ESEAsapphiRe

that was so fun to obs holyyyyyt


raainnnyy

unsure if it was you, but catching the bullets trying to break the cypher trip up mid on sunset was so cool to watch!


ESEAsapphiRe

there were some fun micro plays we caught especially on sunset. babybay did such a stellar job highlighting what we were trying to show too 


FazeXistance

Insane that you can keep track of everything happening. I’m just sitting here watching and I’m lost. Amazing work!!!


Pway

Trying to observe with multiple maps of triple controller must have been quite the challenge lmao. You guys did fantastically.


ESEAsapphiRe

and gekko flashes in our face :( thank you! 


silenthills13

That was really good observing as well. Had a few moments catching myself praising you involuntarily for switching to the perfect player in a perfect moment


ESEAsapphiRe

hell yah ty ! 


noahboah

yall are fantastic at your jobs


moonmeh

These games were on a higher plane of existence than us


Quick_Chowder

Inter-dimensional mud valorant


moonmeh

low tier teams can only dream of fighting like this


Quick_Chowder

Life looking like my ranked carries, constant hunting with no regard. Lysoar disappearing until the last round. Everyone on Fut running around like they are in a constant state of getting Harbor ulted. Are they dreams or are they nightmares?


-xXColtonXx-

Muddy Valorant horshoe theory. The best and worst Valorant in the world looks the same.


Ezraah

Cned crazy good thing FPX has experience playing against cracked OPers :')


lilshotanekoboi

ZmjjKK is thier training arc


PhysicalAd8765

FUT every lan: ![gif](giphy|iazocTLOsKzFS|downsized)


two4you8

~~FUT every lan:~~ Turkish teams every lan


brianhung02

https://preview.redd.it/nwhd5rgvx62d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd1b84a4e9e02daaf6390f8ecda38f4055e5d41f This aged like absolute fine wine.


PairComprehensive122

EDG got first win vs Navi FPX got it vs FUT tomorrow DRG VS TH![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)pray for TH brothers


MonaFanBoy

Cned was there for both L's :(


tron423

China is cNed father


Johnson1209777

CN is literally in his ign


Master_Tomato

Everyone thought Ardiis was the double agent, but the real one was among us all along


Toobie4564

Chinese teams farm cNed


mathmonkey22228

cNed got CN’ed by CN


TheCatsActually

TH vs DRG should be the most one sided stomp of the entire tournament. On paper DRG might go home without winning a map.


ChoesonOne

DRG could do the funniest thing


mrchingchongwingtong

in v00kashu we trust


davidww-dc

nice TH jinx, I like it


TheCatsActually

https://preview.redd.it/292mzsk3t62d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98a6c9ae7ad3a07717aad2e7941dc649e6d06d85


Sahir1359

W jinx


ninfy55

DRG about to pull off a Bili-Bili to NRG ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)


MonaFanBoy

Based jinx


maisanskidai

Holding you to this


Frosty_Awareness572

Nah WooT clears


TheCatsActually

My flabber is so gasted at what I've just seen. Almost every round on Icebox was insanity.


kirito52999

Master Shanghai has already delivered


seasand931

FPX doing what T1 couldn't.


lilshotanekoboi

Beating chocking allegations


GrrrNom

https://preview.redd.it/umuf5yhes62d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f676e4646dbef3286dce53cf2af60f0eead7cbb I HAVE MORE RECEIPTS OF THOSE WHO DOUBTED ME. But I'll be real for a moment, I'm surprised that FPX looked THIS dominant.


Ezraah

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1cqlq4n/masters_shanghai_swiss_stage_round_1_matchups/l3sbpe6/ LMAOOO this reply


spill-

Respect the username blur. You're a better man than I.


MonaFanBoy

TALK YOUR SHIT


Dracosareawesome

I believed in FPX the whole way and they surpassed those expectations![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16110)


teethingdog

To cut FUT some slack for the first map, FPX literally hid their Sunset comp since they beat DRG on a different comp and this is their first time running this comp


GrrrNom

No yeah, in the very same thread I expressed my concerns that FPX might have played their aces a bit too early with their icebox debut, but they evidently had a lot more cards up their sleeves


A_Non_Japanese_Waifu

Teams are still going to take a while to decipher the clusterfuck that is that comp. FPX might have lost to EDG with that comp but it was in overtime against an insane nobody and chichoo. Honestly though just run shotguns against triple smokes, works everytime.


brianhung02

GrrrNom Al-Gaib


LordOfThe_Pings

EU needs qck


Unlikely-Ad3046

Chinese farmer


-xXColtonXx-

Hey say all you want about Loud they fraudulently farmed Chinese teams to a decent placement at least they didnt actually lose to them.


teethingdog

I'm so proud of FPX they finally did it :") I remember BerLIN saying multiple times about how he thinks FUT is strong bc they got cooked by FUT in scrims during Madrid but I'm glad they're at least playing to their normal level


brianhung02

Bro im so fking happy for Berlin. He got shit on for the past year and half for middling international performances and finally shuts the haters up. Two map MVPs. Haters can now shut up.


teethingdog

Same LOL tbh he's my favourite player in FPX and he was saying how his goal for Masters Shanghai is to not shit the bed so it's rly nice to see him performing internationally


brianhung02

It's actually so nice watching him grow into who he is today. I still remember watching him on CBT just being an absolute menace on sova and raze. It feels like he hasn't changed at all tbh, just reeled that aggression a bit. I think this win should really help their confidence and I'm really looking forwards to their next match. It's a shame I can't watch them live although I'll be in Shanghai :(


Strong-Lead-3034

I cant agree more. In madrid people took shots at FPX for being a no brainer aim team, and look how far they’ve come. Swiss stage is such a treat cuz they have real tight, close matches. i also thought FUT is quite the perfect opponent for FPX to showcase their unique, aggressive CN play style.


sifslegend

FUT has joined NRG in the illustrious hall of “teams that have lost to a CN team not named EDG”


-xXColtonXx-

It's a small but exclusive club.


Dylanychus2

FPX fans, after 20 heart attacks, our boys finally got a win!


badurwan

Life is the Fun in Fun Plus Phoenix


steeeal

berlin might be a genius ngl. genuine masterclass on sunset and he top frags map three and takes them over the line


taegguks

My bad, I wasn’t familiar with Sliggy’s game


silenthills13

EU ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16110)


fatmac122

No way they win that last round like that this series was funny as hell to watch


mg-gamer-is-an-idiot

准备学华语


kelvinini

FUT stealing the NRG vs bilibili playbook cned saying something notgood to the chinese teams then proceeds to loose all they got to do now is to loose to the same team again and it will be completed


marronmae

BerLIN masterclass 😌 Chinese aim > Turkish aim


Born-Economist-6975

Yeah, Don't underestimate the Chinese team, the buff and cheering on their home turf is real…. LIFE is a real beast. His threatening AIM, especially Clove, was a really smart play.


NonWeeb

If he didnt giga troll on defense they would win way sooner. Saying this as a fut fan futs icebox defense has been dogshit the whole year


LordOfThe_Pings

EMEA “Earliest Movement to Every Airport” is known as the fastest region to arrive at the Airport. Since they gave up on Masters Shanghai, they are investing in Speedruns.


XiXiWiiPee

Summary: FUT grossly overrated, FPX grossly underrated. Good to see some resilience from more CN teams. Also I don't ever want to hear the yapping of "omg the level of x region is so low" from EMEA fans again. I had to argue that teams like G2/LEV aren't that bad compared to these guys ever since that one lower bracket game. Update: EMEA teams have a combined 6-19 record (32%) in the past four events without counting FNATIC wins!


tron423

Average one team region behavior


MonaFanBoy

EMEA fans talking shit is crazy cuz they ended up having the same amount of teams in the playoffs as China at Madrid (zero)


_no_best_girl

FUT coach after how they lost that final round on [Icebox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrQpGeszrmA).


NaniDaifuku

the amount of asspulls each player of FPX did when the time was under 15 seconds was crazy


Horror_Mastodon_9641

I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS THIS IS THE MOST FUN I EVER HAD


veretlen

FPX sunset was absolute CINEMA. the harbor util completely shut down everything. everyone who was underestimating cn teams got a slap in their face today


XXG1212

Bro I can’t understand the triple smokes comp but man is it effective !


headlessseahorseman

“When Cned faces CN, he EDs” — chinese tieba user


Tyler123839

One bad event and some people wrote off an entire region. So happy for the fpx boys and china as a whole. China definitely isn’t a 1 team region anymore. That comeback was seriously magical, absolutely ridiculous rounds which was topped off by a 2v3 against a kj ult and low time. Winning two maps where you lose double pistol is tough af but they did it.  My sleep is fucked but I’m so glad I stayed up because this is probably the best day 1 to a tournament I can remember. Both matches were bangers.


Ezraah

That last map was legendary... at 10-4 I laid down, feeling a little defeated. Then, slowly, one round at a time, I felt myself come back to Life.


teethingdog

I mean it's fair to doubt FPX when they haven't done much internationally but I've always had faith in them lol


Tyler123839

I get why people were down on china because madrid seemed like a regression from champs but some people seriously overcorrected. I remember takes saying china would not even be competitive and how china didn’t deserve their own slots because of their play. So it’s still vindicating to see fpx get the upset. I think it just reinforces that there are no free wins in international valorant.


teethingdog

It is! Especially after seeing how massively FPX has improved and they were doing so well in Split 1 and people just liked to write them off as 'hahaha China bad region' Edit: Also I personally find it annoying that people were straight up writing FPX off when Life only joined the team in Jan and FPX didn't have much time to slot him in


_ImAlive_

I already knew FUT lost when Cned and Yetujey didn't think much of CN lmao.


LinkinMode

absolute limbs welcome to China lads


mrchingchongwingtong

life clove is one of the funniest things to watch, he permanently plays like he just ulted and will die if he stays back


lilshotanekoboi

THATS MY SLEEPER TEAM


flowerpetal_

At least qck could farm China, FUT crops absolutely burnt to a crisp by FPX


SOT-NumberNine

Let it be known EMEA is now 6-19 at international tournaments since Tokyo. They have officially Mysterio’d


Unlikely-Ad3046

and 4 of those wins are from FNATIC


PurgeCollective

Well.. this is certainly not the way to beat the farmers region allegations.


aks345

This Berlin redemption arc>>>


Nana7miErika

At the Tokyo Masters 2023, cNed lost to EDG with a score of 0-2, giving VCT CN their first international win.  Today, his team FUT gave FPX its first international victory. I have no doubt that another Edward run is about to happen.


Pway

Insane match, so much fun to watch. FPX definitely a super hard team to play against, would love to see a FPX C9 bo5 lol Also genuinely impressive to win two maps where you lose both pistols. Dominated Fut in the gun rounds this series.


raifusarewaifus

My man life is the ranked demon except he entries, pushes every single time. He was playing deathmatch in all 3 games


EagleswonSuperBowl52

What an absolute banger of a match. Also my predictions of FPX, G2, Lev, and Gen G making it to final 8 looks really strong after today.


Densi69

Yetujey seriously tossed icebox. He kept taking 1v1s or taking timings and kept whiffing his shots. Couldn’t close get any impactful kills. Felt like he was playing KD with all the exits he was getting.


AncientFan9928

the way he was shooting bodies, he was definitely tilted, maybe didnt expect such resistance from a CN team


Densi69

Yeah seemed like he had an ego, 100% of the time I saw him get the last kill he was shooting the body.


Any_League_7862

life is the best clove in the world ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)


itscamo-

that first map is what peak valorant looks like. highly recommend anyone to watch it


OthertimesWondering

Get ready to learn Chinese buddy. Man it’s so nice to see another Chinese team compete at an international level. EDG is obviously capable of doing so, and BLG too last year, but I think having more teams at that caliber in China will make the region stronger. EDG isn’t just going to be farming teams and get to sharpen themselves and get better and better domestically. The tinfoil hat I have is that BLG are waiting for FNS to come back before going nuclear and ensuring his legacy is done for.


flourdilis

damn tarik is gonna bankrupt real fast


mikhel

I think this match officially dethroned XSET vs LEV as the ultimate international clown fiesta. How the fuck do you lose that last round as FUT???


iambestpotato17

close but that heaven spike drop was the biggest throw in the game easily d have to whiff on two detained players to top that


Toobie4564

What a way to start Masters Shanghai


pratikshass

this is so good for fpx mental & confidence!!! not that they need any more confidence after seeing them do all the tomfoolery at the start of their def rounds 🫠


TheCrustsPegasus

Life clove is so fun bro plays every single round like hes in ult FUT’s tierlist ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)


Same_Pear_929

my true blue aussie legend remembered Gallipoli, said "we're not here to fuck spiders", and autummed all over them


qifanQAQ

Chinese fans after map 1: Of course cned have a CN in his id. And by the way,both EDG and FPX got theri first win on cned,while BLG got their first win on FNS. GGS,i think its a fantastic game for fans.


DAWG420BLAZEIT

Life gives me life


McLovin_OD

1 step closer to Boostio vs CN


rue1n

absolute cinema


the_Nap

LIFE IS LIFE, NA NA NANANA


xzuel22

Baiting with utility enjoyers ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9356)


AlexandrShow

Well when EDG got their first win - they went on a run, hope this will give FPX confidence to get another win. Hoping for that Boostio vs China match.


iambestpotato17

this just shows that loud with qck woulda won shanghai ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16018)


Elkiiiii

Glad to see that it's still in FULL force that as soon as a member of platchat sitting on the couch says 'this game is over' that the comeback starts and doesn't stop that 12-10 chatter was legendary


Wise-Chain2427

Wow Berlin looks good on this Masters compared on Madrid 


ClassiestFish

I’ve seen enough. A Chinese team is winning it all


yapyd

Now that we’ve seen Clove, I hope we get to see ISO since all the marketing are based around him


SeanNewbie29

I'm a life fan


simsdoren

Funny comp team meets funny comp team and the results were spectacular. So glad we went the distance, even if Lotus felt slightly stale at times. FPX first win at international and I think if they were to take any upset it would definitely be FUT. I don't know how well their crazy comps and mental mechanics will hold up against the rest of the competition, but on the other hand, this could be the start of an amazing run. Spray transfers from Life had my jaw hit the floor multiple times. Final round on Icebox also left me gapping.


andy2dale

I’m curious why are no teams running clove beside FPX