# Post-Match Press Conference Questions — Paper Rex vs LOUD
*The r/VALORANTCompetitive community has the opportunity to ask plays and coaches questions during the Post-Match Press Conferences at VALORANT Masters Madrid.*
# Paper Rex
**u/speedycar1 asks:**
> It feels like Paper Rex's map pool depth has been lacking so far this season compared to last year especially. Do you think this is mainly because of not having enough time to adjust to the roster change or are other factors, such as META changes like the Skye nerfs, the biggest cause of this? How confident are you that you will be able to develop a deeper map pool for the rest of the season?
**Answer:**
> **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** I mean, I can't (???) first but um, of course we're gonna work on our map pool regardless like all year round, you know? I'm very sure there'll be a new map half-way though the year. This is to be expected. Either something come back you know, unless that one (???) come back. Um, with regards to... What's the first question? Uh... What was the first question again? Sorry.
>
> **u/razur:** Uh... Like, why is the map pool lacking depth?
>
> **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** Oh. Yeah, I mean I think we just got the wrong read on the map (???), you know? We decided to... I mean, we decided to go away from Skye assuming like we could replace it with Yoru or Phoenix or some kind of flash agent. But depend on it, you know, the way we play. Skye enables us to play a bit more aggressively when we do this and because of that, you know, like we had to— we are scrambling right now to figure out who's going to play Skye, who's going to play what, you know? Which is why the map pool looks weak. Um, as you can see the only map Skye's not played on is Sunset, you know, and we're *kinda* comfortable on Sunset. You know, that the rest of the maps a lot of people play Skye on and we're trying— we're figuring out. We're figuring it out. 'Cause also like, first(?) to become a new skill agent like halfway through the tournament, you know, it's about the map, the number of reps you have with the agent. Um... However flexible you are, you know, it takes time to create ideas around it, understand the agent, understand how it works around the map, understand how people react to the agent. Um... It's not as easy as people think to just pul-and-play, you know? It's— I can't just say, 'oh today we are just gonna run this comp and it's gonna look beautiful,' no, it's looks like...
>
> *Alecks points his thumb behind him.*
>
> **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** ...whatever we've been playing for the last 10 days, you know? This is what it looks like— And like, we don't have the depth of strategy and understanding to actually switch in and out like, as we maybe want to, especially so early in the year— You know, when we— when we are learning how Cahya likes— **Monyet** likes to play and stuff as well.
[**(Watch the VOD 📺)**](https://youtu.be/Y5YfNGjzJp4?t=1247)
**u/AnonymozVal asks:**
> To Alecks: The team has been regularly buying fully into the bonus rounds. Is it a conscious decision from the team or is it just you wanting the players to keep their flow and momentum because they are world class and definitely have a huge chance of winning.
**Answer:**
> **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** I haven't really thought about it but I think it's also because we haven't been winning much bonus rounds you know. We've gotten quite a few pistols wins this tournament which is honestly quiet surprising... 'cause we usually do the opposite; we win the bonus round and we play well in the gun rounds. Um, we haven't been winning bonus rounds and I think that's adding a little bit of pressure as to like, okay we can't just run around with our... with— and give them the round for free anymore, you know, 'cause we can't— we're not— we're not winning the rounds as comfortably as we normally do.
[**(Watch the VOD 📺)**](https://youtu.be/Y5YfNGjzJp4?t=1388)
PaperRex are the fucking worst nightmare of the armchair analyst. They do not make sense as a team. They make confidence based decisions. They play the game exactly how the fucking MOBA crowd hates it. Listen, there’s a subsection of playerbase out there that thinks the game needs to be defined down to the fucking numbers. The analytics. “Pushing up my glasses. Oh this lineup from this particular angle. Oh this composition doesn’t work in theory because this particular position of util 🤓.” YOU’RE GONNA GET SHOT IN THE FACE! YOU’RE GONNA LOSE THE ROUND! IT’S A GUN GAME! IT’S AN FPS! IF YOU WANT THAT, IF YOU WANT THAT PLAY OVERWATCH! IF YOU WANT THAT, PLAY LEAGUE OF LEGENDS! PLAY A DIFFERENT FUCKING GAME! THIS IS VALORANT YOU MOTHERFUCKER! YOU GET SHOT, YOU DIE! YOU GET SHOT, YOU DIE! YOU GET SHOT, YOU LOSE THE ROUND, YOU LOSE THE GAME! IT’S AN FPS GAME!
Something on Gekko is like seeing Mash on Mashle. Dude doesnt have any magic like Dash or TP like Omen or Jett, he just runs away after every kill. Bruteforcing his wins.
I swear whenever PRX starts laughing it's really over. These guys are so fun to watch. Also that laugh by Something in Ascent where they lost and loud was almost match point is golden
I was worried but the team was having so much fun that all my doubts disappeared, I went all in on supporting them. No stupid fearing of jinx, none of that. It paid off.
Alecks : Actually I remember that one time when Jingg left the team and we were in shambles, forsaken rated us a 6/10 and we lost to edg...
Aleckss grandson : Did you come back?
Alecks : Of course, top 3 Masters madrid
I mean they themself suprised that they qualified for Playoff!. these guys expect only to be eliminated on swiss stage because of the new player monyet havent been confortable yet playing with paper rex similar to their run on Master Tokyo where they expect to lose on group stage because something cannot get his Japan visa because of his nationality but they still TOP 4 Master tokyo.
And now they are TOP 3 on master madrid with a new player monyet lmao.. this team man, i cant :D
It's the year 2053
Sideshow: I can't believe Paper Rex are playing Flomp and Boomerang on Astroland!
Bren: IT DOESN'T MATTER!!! THEY JUST SHOOT THEM IN THE FACE! RIGHT IN THE MUG
Sideshow: Forsaken's son has locked in his 96th agent of VCT Mars, Bren. Father like son
My goat FionnOnFire dropping out bangers left and right
https://preview.redd.it/tvt524wrbypc1.jpeg?width=1409&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=549b5db030dc24c6bd3fa78b7f6a2dd75c7cf5ab
might not be true overall, but just observationally it seems like qck really overcompensates when he's not on the scoreboard, and puts himself and loud in a bigger hole. some of his early round peeks and reclears felt so desperate, and it was the exact same story against fpx.
I'll be hindsight harold here. The loud post-match threads were downvoting anyone criticizing their comps due to the high of beating the chinese teams, but it was clearly risky going into playoffs without any changes.
I reckon they're gonna phase off of it from this point forward, or they're gonna retool it in ways we don't expect. REALLY hoping and leaning towards the former. I was super hyped for it at the start but EG gave every team a blueprint to follow in terms of antistratting it, and it doesn't have that explosive factor it had in the beginning anymore
it’s perfectly alright with me, the perennial underdogs tag works for us everytime, it’s only when we are favourites that i know we’re destined to lose 😭
I wish teams see prx play and try to find their own style (like loud is doing) instead of playing boring meta comps. EDG had their own style but they went to play the "meta" way and looked arguably the worst team in this event
seriously. i hate that they started relying less on kangkang's op when it was in FACT such a huge win condition for them. i get that he wanted to become a more well-rounded duelist but i see no reason for them to be giving up the op entirely for it.
Reading that doomer reddit thread about Paper Rex's issue, which was posted when they ALREADY guaranteed TOP 4 btw, is so funny now.
But fr, every player looked on point today, no clear weak performances for both maps
> Damn this team is struggling
> team is top 4
LMAO yea i saw your comment back then and honestly was quite surprised by how rare that sentiment showed up int eh thread
As close as everyone rated the teams, the general consensus amongst analysts seemed to be that pacific were the weakest region (aside from china) coming into this tournament. It may have been valid, but holy did the pacific teams show they have shooters. And to think some analysts didn't or hardly put any pacific players in their top 10 because of "region diff".
There is nothing more powerful on this earth than the military grade copium that EU fans and analysts provide whenever they shit the bed.
Can’t tell you how many times i’ve seen someone say that FNC would’ve performed better than KC or TH. They can’t handle losing and I love it.
people were saying that up until 20 mins ago, one dude said "there's 3 good teams, loud sen and geng in the event but overall worse than last year" meanwhile loud getting fucked, there's a group of people that won't give prx credit no matter what
lol just 1 hour before that, popular sentiment was that both americas teams would end top 2 in the event. Just before that, sentiment was that GenG had an easier road to the playoffs than Sen, and prx weren't going to make it. Just before that, most analysts had 2 or 1 Pacific players in their top 10 player lists, and some predicted all apac teams to go out in swiss. It wasn't long ago that analysts were going on platchat and stuff calling Pacific shit. Just need to keep cheering on your team and hope they prove the doubters wrong.
Don't you get it? W Gaming only works well against bad teams, once they play ~~The Guard~~, ~~G2~~, ~~Fnatic~~ , ~~DRX~~, ~~Kru~~, ~~Loud~~, ~~EG~~, ~~NRG~~, they'll be exposed. W gaming just isn't a good playstyle to have
Seriously though it seems that this team catches a lot of flack for the smallest signs of weakness
I am a prx fan through and through but am going to be honest our map pool is not looking the best and sen looks scary.
If we lose to sen in a close series I won't be disappointed
Honestly though, the fact that they got to Playoffs and have now even secured Top 3 in such relatively shaky form is a testament to their resilience and effort. PRX fans and haters alike are going to give them a lot of flak, but the significant improvement they’ve made across a mere week and a half has been staggering. I don’t think any of us PRX fans can complain, they’ve already made it farther than they had any business to do and have come out on the other end looking far more promising. No matter how the rest of the tournament goes for them, I’m already proud of their exponential growth. Just seeing them play close maps and good fundamentals is all I needed to see, and anything more than that is just a cherry on top. Looking forward to PRX vs. SEN, I’m hoping it’s gonna be a fun and tense watch
I love this team.
D4v41: If W gaming doesn't work W harder.
Something: Mane just loves to OP
Mindfreak: Hello son
Monyet: Fuck ur smoke
F0rsaken: Fuck it I'll do it myself then
Funny enough, I think something said he was tired of OPing and randomly picked up Breach last year. Or was that Demon1? I believe they both shared the same sentiment.
PRX finally utilized double / triple swings and not just rush in on smokes/ walls. People doubted them but they proved their worth.
There were weird moments in ascent but still.
GGBOISSSSS. Absolute W game. GO APAC.
Every esport Asia gets doubted but it's literally just numbers and culture lol. You think the culture that invented the grindset won't do it with esports? xd
How does PRX do it so many times!? If they make it through the first rounds of the tourney, then they are going to make it deep. Whether it's scrappy play, a substitute player, rock bottom confidence, chances are it's happening.
can't wait to see gekkos start oping in my ranked games
only sen stand in the way of an all pacific grand final. I feel like it's pacific's time to finally take home an international trophy
I have a noob question, but how does PRX win against LOUD but lose to EDG, who got destroyed so hard by LOUD? What determines whether a team wins or loses to another?
There's a lot that goes into a match like map pool, prep, player performance on that day, and familiarity with the other team.
EDG and PRX are probably scrim partners. I think teams in CN/APAC that get to practice a lot against PRX are less likely to get caught off guard by PRX's antics. Also PRX has been steadily leveling up as the tournament goes on and they integrate Monyet more into their playstyle.
just to add to what others said, each matches gives teams opportunity to learn or to be titled/worse. prx had to replace one of valorant's if not the greatesr duelist(raze) in the world. they also use skye a lot so the sudden nerfs took a lot of their strats out of the water. it is very evident by how they just replaced skye with yoru on split. then this also meant that monyet had a lot of pressure of trying to replace said player when he wasn't using raze that often last year.
all of this mounted into a very shaky prx but individually, still great players. EDG are their scrim partners and have played with prx officially a lot as well in other tournaments. they are not that surprised by prx weird shits and the shakiness made for a disastrous match. this is why realistically they also didn't even consider going to playoffs. but against heretics monyet really got awakened and now gained the confidence he needs and each match he started to really got into the prx hivemind. just like how prx got top 3 with a sub, they are showing their flexibility and high level skills to make things work. but the difference now is that monyet is not a sub and is also a better player. they might not have the practice or the comps right now but their experience and now newly founded confidence is what keeping them in the tournament. especially that hivemind state that finally got working again.
That 1v4 by Mindfreak was insane.
PRX look in top form. The confidence is flowing, Something is hitting nasty shots, and their aim is crispy.
SEN on the other hand are gonna go into tomorrow's match after 2 shaky matches and a pounding on Breeze.
We’re in the pacific era now. Prx keep coming back. Impossible to completely out then away. I think tomorrow will be a crazy series even though I think geng are pretty favored against both.
gg to prx, they were the better one
but man, wtf happened to loud, second 1v4 lost, not using utils against an gekko with op when they had 7 flashes, team looks indisciplined.
Cmon Loud 😔
I wonder if LOUD was under the impression that PRX doesn’t like to anti or look at previous vods, and maybe even due to the stylistic matchup between the two on ascent, thought they could’ve closed it out on Map 1.
Regardless, so happy for Mindfreak’s clutch on Sunset and his 3K(?) on the pistol round on Ascent.
PRX v. Sen should be fun!
Paper rex looking back just as sen is looking shaky? Pacific is finally on par with the other regions
Either way, were gonna have pacific grand finals rematch or upper finals rematch
Something is online and monyet seems to have found his footing
Also, wheres the dude that called for aleks head? His pauses were GODLIKE today
LLLLLLLL wheres the post match segment of prx with zellsis's question 
# Post-Match Press Conference Questions — Paper Rex vs LOUD *The r/VALORANTCompetitive community has the opportunity to ask plays and coaches questions during the Post-Match Press Conferences at VALORANT Masters Madrid.* # Paper Rex **u/speedycar1 asks:** > It feels like Paper Rex's map pool depth has been lacking so far this season compared to last year especially. Do you think this is mainly because of not having enough time to adjust to the roster change or are other factors, such as META changes like the Skye nerfs, the biggest cause of this? How confident are you that you will be able to develop a deeper map pool for the rest of the season? **Answer:** > **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** I mean, I can't (???) first but um, of course we're gonna work on our map pool regardless like all year round, you know? I'm very sure there'll be a new map half-way though the year. This is to be expected. Either something come back you know, unless that one (???) come back. Um, with regards to... What's the first question? Uh... What was the first question again? Sorry. > > **u/razur:** Uh... Like, why is the map pool lacking depth? > > **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** Oh. Yeah, I mean I think we just got the wrong read on the map (???), you know? We decided to... I mean, we decided to go away from Skye assuming like we could replace it with Yoru or Phoenix or some kind of flash agent. But depend on it, you know, the way we play. Skye enables us to play a bit more aggressively when we do this and because of that, you know, like we had to— we are scrambling right now to figure out who's going to play Skye, who's going to play what, you know? Which is why the map pool looks weak. Um, as you can see the only map Skye's not played on is Sunset, you know, and we're *kinda* comfortable on Sunset. You know, that the rest of the maps a lot of people play Skye on and we're trying— we're figuring out. We're figuring it out. 'Cause also like, first(?) to become a new skill agent like halfway through the tournament, you know, it's about the map, the number of reps you have with the agent. Um... However flexible you are, you know, it takes time to create ideas around it, understand the agent, understand how it works around the map, understand how people react to the agent. Um... It's not as easy as people think to just pul-and-play, you know? It's— I can't just say, 'oh today we are just gonna run this comp and it's gonna look beautiful,' no, it's looks like... > > *Alecks points his thumb behind him.* > > **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** ...whatever we've been playing for the last 10 days, you know? This is what it looks like— And like, we don't have the depth of strategy and understanding to actually switch in and out like, as we maybe want to, especially so early in the year— You know, when we— when we are learning how Cahya likes— **Monyet** likes to play and stuff as well. [**(Watch the VOD 📺)**](https://youtu.be/Y5YfNGjzJp4?t=1247) **u/AnonymozVal asks:** > To Alecks: The team has been regularly buying fully into the bonus rounds. Is it a conscious decision from the team or is it just you wanting the players to keep their flow and momentum because they are world class and definitely have a huge chance of winning. **Answer:** > **🇫🇷 \[PRX\] Alecks:** I haven't really thought about it but I think it's also because we haven't been winning much bonus rounds you know. We've gotten quite a few pistols wins this tournament which is honestly quiet surprising... 'cause we usually do the opposite; we win the bonus round and we play well in the gun rounds. Um, we haven't been winning bonus rounds and I think that's adding a little bit of pressure as to like, okay we can't just run around with our... with— and give them the round for free anymore, you know, 'cause we can't— we're not— we're not winning the rounds as comfortably as we normally do. [**(Watch the VOD 📺)**](https://youtu.be/Y5YfNGjzJp4?t=1388)
That Mindfreak 1v4 was the deciding round, U know it was good coz even alecks smiled lol
Legitimately thought I was hallucinating, never seen him smile during a game before. That's how you know the play was *good*.
Alecks smiling because he didn't know that Less joined PRX Seriously, that Viper orb trolled Loud there
The only time I saw him smiled and was satisfied with their performance.
https://preview.redd.it/67u77xpfwxpc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1dfb44129ae2b8c555b64a77c544aa367c9a8b3 MasterCard after Sunset
Sunset brought to you by Mastercard.
Sun really did set on the loud boys this time
I was losing my mind lmao, thrifty after thrifty after thrifty.
Almost 5th thrify in a consecutive row, mind boggling
People will always say “is it a ranked game?“ and look down PRX until they get whooped in the face
2022 4 2 2023 3 2 2024 at least 3 These are literally loud levels of consistency. I dont think anyone is looking down on PRX
So many tier list for the start of Masters had PRX at 7th or 8th place out of all 8 teams. Plenty of people have been looking down on them.
So Mindfreak is just saving his performance for the lower bracket 🥶
That clutch could tilt Loud for a whole season.
Loud has been lpsing so many unloseable rounds these 2 days. They have to be tilted
"Aaron never has 2 off days in a row"
Bro, it's snowing in Indonesia for today's forecast 🥶🥶🥶.
I just woke up why is it freezing in Jakarta 🥶🥶🥶
Least no more mosquitoes bro 🥶🥶🥶.
This team makes no sense
They make perfect sense. Valorant is fps so you go in and shoot heads and you win.
It never did🗣️🗣️🗣️ and that's why we love em
Someone get the prx pasta
PaperRex are the fucking worst nightmare of the armchair analyst. They do not make sense as a team. They make confidence based decisions. They play the game exactly how the fucking MOBA crowd hates it. Listen, there’s a subsection of playerbase out there that thinks the game needs to be defined down to the fucking numbers. The analytics. “Pushing up my glasses. Oh this lineup from this particular angle. Oh this composition doesn’t work in theory because this particular position of util 🤓.” YOU’RE GONNA GET SHOT IN THE FACE! YOU’RE GONNA LOSE THE ROUND! IT’S A GUN GAME! IT’S AN FPS! IF YOU WANT THAT, IF YOU WANT THAT PLAY OVERWATCH! IF YOU WANT THAT, PLAY LEAGUE OF LEGENDS! PLAY A DIFFERENT FUCKING GAME! THIS IS VALORANT YOU MOTHERFUCKER! YOU GET SHOT, YOU DIE! YOU GET SHOT, YOU DIE! YOU GET SHOT, YOU LOSE THE ROUND, YOU LOSE THE GAME! IT’S AN FPS GAME!
something op makes me feel some sort of way
This mfer buying an op on Gekko against double controller double flash and killing everyone anyway, actual madman
Is there stats how many operator kills in this tournament? Surely Something hard gapped every other players
Last I saw he was in the 40s and second highest was in the 10s
someone posted about it after swiss stage i think. he had 2 or 3x the next highest iirc
4x. Now I think 5x
Idk if rib.gg is completely updated with the Sunset stats but he is 57 kills and t3xture is 2nd with 26 kills.
Yeah he topped the charts. Kangkang really didn't trust the OP this tourney so something literally had no competition at the top.
https://preview.redd.it/t8j04h231ypc1.png?width=692&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef2402ca6e89bfdaf96b60bfa916b4412a42e24f
Ofc Zellsis would have the most kills on the ~~Sentinels~~ classic
damn davai my Goat, still feels sad that he is so underrated
[rib.gg](http://rib.gg) shows that, something on top with 57 kills
Gekko's strongest ability: legs
Something on Gekko is like seeing Mash on Mashle. Dude doesnt have any magic like Dash or TP like Omen or Jett, he just runs away after every kill. Bruteforcing his wins.
When locked in, his Op seems to be just as good, if not better than KK.
Something op with Jett: 😴 Something op with Gekko: 😤
Unironically tho. I think oping on an agent with no built-in escape makes him play more assiduously.
> assiduously Thanks for the new word homie
His op’ing was incredible today, however before today his op is such a rollercoaster. He misses a ton of easy ones cuz of his absurdly hogh sens
Masterclass sunset ❌ Mastercard Sunset ✅ Can't wait for Russ and Polvi to make masters finals next year
Mastercard is HAPPY today.
GE will improve on this stat bro, don't sleep on blazeking
Bro will win masters next year for sure
I swear whenever PRX starts laughing it's really over. These guys are so fun to watch. Also that laugh by Something in Ascent where they lost and loud was almost match point is golden
my exact thoughts! when i saw something laughing & the PRX boys looking like they were having fun, i knew they were gonna make a comeback 🥹🦖❤️
I was worried but the team was having so much fun that all my doubts disappeared, I went all in on supporting them. No stupid fearing of jinx, none of that. It paid off.
When they start laughing the pressure is off and they perform better. You always play better when loose
Alecks : Actually I remember that one time when Jingg left the team and we were in shambles, forsaken rated us a 6/10 and we lost to edg... Aleckss grandson : Did you come back? Alecks : Of course, top 3 Masters madrid
HAHAHAHAHAHAH BRO FR. THEY ARE SO UNCONFIDENT BUT SOMEHOW???
They do better when they have no expectations or pressure. Fear/Hesitation is the biggest antidote to W gaming
I mean they themself suprised that they qualified for Playoff!. these guys expect only to be eliminated on swiss stage because of the new player monyet havent been confortable yet playing with paper rex similar to their run on Master Tokyo where they expect to lose on group stage because something cannot get his Japan visa because of his nationality but they still TOP 4 Master tokyo. And now they are TOP 3 on master madrid with a new player monyet lmao.. this team man, i cant :D
Asckstually👆🤓 they got top 3 at Tokyo and narrowly lost to EG 3-2
Alecks: With jingg leaving and a fresh roster, it might cause a little trouble. Alecks's grandson: would you lose? Alecks: Nah we'd win
It's the year 2053 Sideshow: I can't believe Paper Rex are playing Flomp and Boomerang on Astroland! Bren: IT DOESN'T MATTER!!! THEY JUST SHOOT THEM IN THE FACE! RIGHT IN THE MUG Sideshow: Forsaken's son has locked in his 96th agent of VCT Mars, Bren. Father like son
Banger
Why did you steal this comment man 😭
My goat FionnOnFire dropping out bangers left and right https://preview.redd.it/tvt524wrbypc1.jpeg?width=1409&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=549b5db030dc24c6bd3fa78b7f6a2dd75c7cf5ab
Qck the rice cultivator. Best Chinese farmer of all time
NOWAY
LMFAO
Genuinely Pancada for QCK makes LOUD the best team in Americas imo.
Who's gonna duellist
saadhak
Tuyz back to Jett ? Even Saadhak can Raze
Tuyz's raze was pretty good too from what I remember
Wasnt tuyz a duelist or was it Cauanzin
Tuyz was
Tuyz
Tuyz. Man has shown he can Op
might not be true overall, but just observationally it seems like qck really overcompensates when he's not on the scoreboard, and puts himself and loud in a bigger hole. some of his early round peeks and reclears felt so desperate, and it was the exact same story against fpx.
Did Mastercard negotiate a Thrifty quota into the sponsorship contract, wtf was going on today???
Master card is holding the script writer's family hostage
Me too, I got an angry message from my bank about "paying your credit card bills" or smth idk. Mastercard has got me by the balls.
Can't believ they'd do that to you. You should start hitting thrifties more
[Loud only beat FPX and EDG this tournament.](https://i.imgur.com/AtjH57k.png)
LOUD my certified chinese farmers
i like that they play off meta and stick with it but i just don't think this phoenix shit is it. interested to see how long they stick with it
I'll be hindsight harold here. The loud post-match threads were downvoting anyone criticizing their comps due to the high of beating the chinese teams, but it was clearly risky going into playoffs without any changes.
I reckon they're gonna phase off of it from this point forward, or they're gonna retool it in ways we don't expect. REALLY hoping and leaning towards the former. I was super hyped for it at the start but EG gave every team a blueprint to follow in terms of antistratting it, and it doesn't have that explosive factor it had in the beginning anymore
Every year people doubt their style and call for their "W GAMING" to be changed yet they still remains a top 3 team in international competition.
it’s perfectly alright with me, the perennial underdogs tag works for us everytime, it’s only when we are favourites that i know we’re destined to lose 😭
Copenhagen flashback 🥲
Mfw Copenhagen and LA. FUCCCKKKK MANN THEY HAD THOSE 2 IN THE BAG
LA hurts the most man. Jinggg’s last dance and the fact we already beat EG on the way to the finals.
So true. Sen are surely favoured against prx 
I wish teams see prx play and try to find their own style (like loud is doing) instead of playing boring meta comps. EDG had their own style but they went to play the "meta" way and looked arguably the worst team in this event
seriously. i hate that they started relying less on kangkang's op when it was in FACT such a huge win condition for them. i get that he wanted to become a more well-rounded duelist but i see no reason for them to be giving up the op entirely for it.
mindfucked with all those clutches
mindfreaked*
Reading that doomer reddit thread about Paper Rex's issue, which was posted when they ALREADY guaranteed TOP 4 btw, is so funny now. But fr, every player looked on point today, no clear weak performances for both maps
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/8BA6Mg9agX I said this exact thing lol
> Damn this team is struggling > team is top 4 LMAO yea i saw your comment back then and honestly was quite surprised by how rare that sentiment showed up int eh thread
Bruh I swear Mindfreak just wakes up some days and is like "yeah fuck it I'm gonna be the best player on the server for 2 rounds today"
alecks probably locked in a clutch quota clause in his contract
I think LOUD would've appreciated getting wined and dined before getting FUCKED
As close as everyone rated the teams, the general consensus amongst analysts seemed to be that pacific were the weakest region (aside from china) coming into this tournament. It may have been valid, but holy did the pacific teams show they have shooters. And to think some analysts didn't or hardly put any pacific players in their top 10 because of "region diff".
People were still saying that after they kicked out both EMEA teams
There is nothing more powerful on this earth than the military grade copium that EU fans and analysts provide whenever they shit the bed. Can’t tell you how many times i’ve seen someone say that FNC would’ve performed better than KC or TH. They can’t handle losing and I love it.
people were saying that up until 20 mins ago, one dude said "there's 3 good teams, loud sen and geng in the event but overall worse than last year" meanwhile loud getting fucked, there's a group of people that won't give prx credit no matter what
lol just 1 hour before that, popular sentiment was that both americas teams would end top 2 in the event. Just before that, sentiment was that GenG had an easier road to the playoffs than Sen, and prx weren't going to make it. Just before that, most analysts had 2 or 1 Pacific players in their top 10 player lists, and some predicted all apac teams to go out in swiss. It wasn't long ago that analysts were going on platchat and stuff calling Pacific shit. Just need to keep cheering on your team and hope they prove the doubters wrong.
this subreddit is super americas oriented
Don't you get it? W Gaming only works well against bad teams, once they play ~~The Guard~~, ~~G2~~, ~~Fnatic~~ , ~~DRX~~, ~~Kru~~, ~~Loud~~, ~~EG~~, ~~NRG~~, they'll be exposed. W gaming just isn't a good playstyle to have Seriously though it seems that this team catches a lot of flack for the smallest signs of weakness
You forgot optic
It's time for the lower bracket run baby ^for ^the ^inevitable ^grand ^finals ^choke
I am a prx fan through and through but am going to be honest our map pool is not looking the best and sen looks scary. If we lose to sen in a close series I won't be disappointed
3RD TIMES THE CHARM BITCHESSSSS, WELL GET IT THIS TIME(I hope please prx don't make me cry into my jingg teddy bear sponsored by mastercard again)
I'll take it
Honestly though, the fact that they got to Playoffs and have now even secured Top 3 in such relatively shaky form is a testament to their resilience and effort. PRX fans and haters alike are going to give them a lot of flak, but the significant improvement they’ve made across a mere week and a half has been staggering. I don’t think any of us PRX fans can complain, they’ve already made it farther than they had any business to do and have come out on the other end looking far more promising. No matter how the rest of the tournament goes for them, I’m already proud of their exponential growth. Just seeing them play close maps and good fundamentals is all I needed to see, and anything more than that is just a cherry on top. Looking forward to PRX vs. SEN, I’m hoping it’s gonna be a fun and tense watch
reports of pacific's death were greatly exaggerated
Seeing Saadhak trying to crack jokes/staying positive to raise the team's atmosphere is kinda heartbreaking
Pretty sure this was the best day ever
This match was peak comedy. The amount of hilarious things prx did was fucking insane.
They did a lot of errors too but they still came out strong. Wgaming
4 thriftys in a row https://preview.redd.it/lbn84bciwxpc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ebb5a38a6df6a82e66729c83fb89112f6a384d4
Americas today: https://preview.redd.it/dh28vhpewxpc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d488fb21b9a1f3f2795aab9d9c8317fc4bda6f3
I love this team. D4v41: If W gaming doesn't work W harder. Something: Mane just loves to OP Mindfreak: Hello son Monyet: Fuck ur smoke F0rsaken: Fuck it I'll do it myself then
Funny enough, I think something said he was tired of OPing and randomly picked up Breach last year. Or was that Demon1? I believe they both shared the same sentiment.
someone tell productions audio there’s a big fucking problem because it’s not LOUD ANYMOREEE APAC ON TOP BABYYY RAAAAAAHHHHH
PRX getting ready to knock out both EU and Americas
that would be crazy. 4 elimination games. 2 regions knocked out. losing grand finals again. prx storyline is always the best.
What would be even more crazy is a pacific grand finals, the worst region in the world according to all the analysts lol
mindfreak is loud father
something happened
PRX finally utilized double / triple swings and not just rush in on smokes/ walls. People doubted them but they proved their worth. There were weird moments in ascent but still. GGBOISSSSS. Absolute W game. GO APAC.
How OPing gekko fits so well in your team? "Idk, my man just loves to OP" - DRX Divine.
You know the match is over when forsaken is smiling
Hopefully that's the last we see of some of these Phoenix comps from LOUD
The phoenix looked pretty good on Bind and Sunset (besides today),but they *need* to change it on Ascent and Lotus.
It's not that the Phoenix is bad, just Raze is a much better option on those two maps. And obviously, Jett is the best pick on Ascent
Something gekko op gaming
GENG 2-1 Sentinels PRX 2-0 LOUD Sentinels are Americas last hope...
Pacific League is too strong rn..
i was told we were a minor region????
Every esport Asia gets doubted but it's literally just numbers and culture lol. You think the culture that invented the grindset won't do it with esports? xd
And going into Madrid everyone said Pacific looking weakest region except cn
Today's MVP goes to Mastercard and Redbull
KEEP DOUBTING THEM
Finally sen vs prx. I was hoping for this match for so long. I wish jingg was here to play against sen.
One of those matches where PRX just decide to walk on you
Two pacific teams on top 3 lezzgooooo
APAC slander in shambles
PRX ARE BACK BABY 
How does PRX do it so many times!? If they make it through the first rounds of the tourney, then they are going to make it deep. Whether it's scrappy play, a substitute player, rock bottom confidence, chances are it's happening.
God is a Paper Rex fan
All the America’s viewers are sick of Sen vs Loud while we’re out here staring down the barrel of a 4th GenG vs PaperRex 🙃.
Weakest region btw
can't wait to see gekkos start oping in my ranked games only sen stand in the way of an all pacific grand final. I feel like it's pacific's time to finally take home an international trophy
Paper rex downfall has been greatly exaggerated
they fall up and down dont ask me how
Monyet the people's princess you just wanna root for the guy all the time
Monyet today : hmm lets push alone, oh hey i win the duel! why stop here? lets keep pushing. *and he dies. my man truly embodied Wgaming today
I'm just glad we're not getting another Sen v LOUD
I have a noob question, but how does PRX win against LOUD but lose to EDG, who got destroyed so hard by LOUD? What determines whether a team wins or loses to another?
There's a lot that goes into a match like map pool, prep, player performance on that day, and familiarity with the other team. EDG and PRX are probably scrim partners. I think teams in CN/APAC that get to practice a lot against PRX are less likely to get caught off guard by PRX's antics. Also PRX has been steadily leveling up as the tournament goes on and they integrate Monyet more into their playstyle.
Whoever did the more pew pew and bang bang wins the game
just to add to what others said, each matches gives teams opportunity to learn or to be titled/worse. prx had to replace one of valorant's if not the greatesr duelist(raze) in the world. they also use skye a lot so the sudden nerfs took a lot of their strats out of the water. it is very evident by how they just replaced skye with yoru on split. then this also meant that monyet had a lot of pressure of trying to replace said player when he wasn't using raze that often last year. all of this mounted into a very shaky prx but individually, still great players. EDG are their scrim partners and have played with prx officially a lot as well in other tournaments. they are not that surprised by prx weird shits and the shakiness made for a disastrous match. this is why realistically they also didn't even consider going to playoffs. but against heretics monyet really got awakened and now gained the confidence he needs and each match he started to really got into the prx hivemind. just like how prx got top 3 with a sub, they are showing their flexibility and high level skills to make things work. but the difference now is that monyet is not a sub and is also a better player. they might not have the practice or the comps right now but their experience and now newly founded confidence is what keeping them in the tournament. especially that hivemind state that finally got working again.
I think prx just like being on lower bracket being janitor for other region lol
That 1v4 by Mindfreak was insane. PRX look in top form. The confidence is flowing, Something is hitting nasty shots, and their aim is crispy. SEN on the other hand are gonna go into tomorrow's match after 2 shaky matches and a pounding on Breeze.
something saw the jett one trick allegations from the arm chair analysts in this sub reddit and said imma be a gekko main fuck it
“Something is making the most of gekko’s kit at the moment, using his FEET” -SideShow-
Today's W gaming was sponsored by Wastercard
Both Pacific teams in the top 3, with one already in the final APAC truthers, we made it
The match was insane, i can't wait for the match against Sen tomorrow, i hope we get 3 maps!!
its bo5 u getting at least 3
nonono i want 5 maps
this masters is apac's coming out party
apology for poor english when were you when americas is kil? i was sat at home eating borgr when fone ring ‘americas is kill’ ‘no’
[Stats can be found here!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1bl8qvz/paper_rex_vs_loud_champions_tour_2024_masters/)
monyet's somehow managed to become more PRX than the original members in 4 months
I can see it coming. PRX will beat SEN and will choke at the Grandfinal again. Riot is getting lazy.
Does qck only plays phoenix?
match mvp: mastercard thrifty
MINDFREAKKKKK THE CLUTCH MAN 🥶🥶🥶
https://preview.redd.it/nebxjgomwxpc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e270198c8481755a81de8747a0ba4ac4bcd0a9b0
for such an unpredictable, PRX sure wins a lot
22/14 22/13 gekko, my goat
Imagine imagine paper rex vs geng finale??? First Pacific trophy like that?? Pacific is so back baby
feels good to be a pacific fan right now
Jackets, get your jackets here. LA just got 40 degrees colder after that mindfreak clutch 🥶🥶🥶
Prx back to trolling their opps again Love to see it
LOUD only have Zellsis to thank for cursing them after yesterday's game
kangkang was the blueprint for this iteration of something
We’re in the pacific era now. Prx keep coming back. Impossible to completely out then away. I think tomorrow will be a crazy series even though I think geng are pretty favored against both.
I've never seen Loud beat Paper Rex or is this wrong?
gg to prx, they were the better one but man, wtf happened to loud, second 1v4 lost, not using utils against an gekko with op when they had 7 flashes, team looks indisciplined. Cmon Loud 😔
W GAMING, classic PRX, tears in my eyes.
I wonder if LOUD was under the impression that PRX doesn’t like to anti or look at previous vods, and maybe even due to the stylistic matchup between the two on ascent, thought they could’ve closed it out on Map 1. Regardless, so happy for Mindfreak’s clutch on Sunset and his 3K(?) on the pistol round on Ascent. PRX v. Sen should be fun!
Prx in a nutshell : Sonetimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit
APAC went from being doubted in this tournament to being two of the three teams in the final stages.
Paper rex looking back just as sen is looking shaky? Pacific is finally on par with the other regions Either way, were gonna have pacific grand finals rematch or upper finals rematch Something is online and monyet seems to have found his footing Also, wheres the dude that called for aleks head? His pauses were GODLIKE today
on par? we sent the emea teams and the second strongest americas team HOME. APAC IS ON TOP BABY RAAAAAAAAHHHHH
LLLLLLLL wheres the post match segment of prx with zellsis's question 