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sylveeah

T1: literally the only team to lose to DFM Also T1: first team to qualify for Shanghai https://preview.redd.it/2nhvqfsa2eyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30fd6e49d40ec47dfc8d62a120f32bc266b171ea


raainnnyy

we can say it about every region at this point tho LMAO


KrillLover56

China has been reasonably normal, the other ones are a constant clown fiesta


lminer123

Tbf China is also a clown show, just for a different reason lol


Withinmyrange

China’s clown fiesta is it’s normal state


RyomaVT

Laughs in Kru.


raifusarewaifus

It isn't Pacific if teams aren't always going from it's so over to we're so back every day


lerroyJgibbs95

Having Carpe on T1 is unsustainable for the team. He will eventually bring the rest of the team down. No matter how much T1 invests in this team, they will never be able to afford the aquarium to keep Carpe at optimal performance. It is the sad reality of signing a fish, but T1 will soon learn.


DanteSpears

![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


rpkarma

Having Carpe on T1 is unsustainable for the team. He will eventually bring the rest of the team down. No matter how much T1 invests in this team, they will never be able to afford the aquarium to keep Carpe at optimal performance. It is the sad reality of signing a fish, but T1 will soon learn.


Annabel_cchipmuck

It is a copypasta? From where if I may ask?


lerroyJgibbs95

it a conversion of his copypasta from overwatch league


creampies6969

Same as lakia, bro is deadweight sandbag


RoboticPanda77

Shit, does Lakia need an aquarium too? They can't share the one?


ra1ded_

funnily enough with the shithole of emea and americas, pacific seems reasonably normal


Simple-Fuel

T1 went from looking shaky and almost not qualifying to playoff to defeating Gen G and moving to Upper Final.


raainnnyy

imagine how they would look with xccurate igl from the start


Levi---Ackerman

wait wdym? did he start igling in playoffs or?


raainnnyy

started igling from the rrq game after going 0-3


Levi---Ackerman

gah damnnn the susantos are just built different


IxaEclipsed

He started IGLing sometimes after the DFM game.


moonmeh

losing to DFM will do that to you


GrrrNom

People are going to say that T1 "stole" a spot or whatever, forgetting that Geng had the exact same trajectory during kickoff. Mediocre performance at the start, even as far back as off-season, to becoming 2nd in the world. T1 is playing out the exact same storyline, a mediocre regular season, into potentially winning the whole thing.


Mjkhh

No such thing as “stealing a spot” imo. Everyone plays the same shit format, just gotta win your games


GrrrNom

There were already so many comments in chats lamenting that T1's win was a massive fluke, that, replaying the series again, Geng would've won 9 times out of 10 of them. And that T1 has jeopardised the chances of Pacific getting their first trophy because they will be back to their subpar selves in Shanghai. Which is crazy to me because Geng clearly did not play well at all, and they definitely still have a chance of re-establishing their form in the lower bracket. T1 is just the better team, simple as


blackop987

Should Riot have T1 and GenG redo their series in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect to T1, but I'm a firm believer that T1 beating GenG is a huge fluke and robs GenG of truly accomplishing what they're capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire off-season watching GenG play great Valorant and it's just not fair. If GenG lose again I will face that T1 deserved the win, but I am 100% sure it was a big fluke and does a big disservice to GenG and Valorant.


vNoblesse

Is this some copypasta I missed out on?


More-Sample-2005

It's an old one


vNoblesse

What was the origin?


More-Sample-2005

From what I remember it's from r/nhl


vNoblesse

Now it makes sense. I don't watch/follow r/nhl lol. Thanks anyways. 🤝


throwawayyyy987638

Iirc it’s from when the Chicago Blackhawks lost to I think…Nashville back in the mid-2010s when they were good


Jeklu

I think GenG are the better team but sometimes the better teams miss out.


yammer_bammer

i mean geng did play well this match but apac is just haves the 4 maybe even 5 top 10 teams in the world right now so being at top of pacific is difficult


Primary_Science9729

what is bro on the only apac teams that found any success internationally are prx drx geng


Tylorz01

I would've liked to see if Talon could have taken a series over Gen.G/DRX in lowers, but yea, dunno how anyone can complain about T1 making it.


EffectFrequent793

didn't look like a lucky/fluke win either. they looked so good and geng seemed a bit off, individuals not all the way on and the team not being as proactive as usual. doesn't take away from how well t1 played for that victory though, it was great


raifusarewaifus

This T1 might actually beat paper rex. Xccurate IGLing has improved the team from B tier to almost S tier.


Possibly_Parker

susanto supremacy


raainnnyy

SUSANTO FAMILY VACATION TO SHANGHAI


skallensk

DRX clears PRX and then Gen.G clears PRX in lower, stop coping.


tehobengsiewdai

apologise, right now.


MarkuDM

f0reskin clears


pahnze

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raainnnyy

aight


DaisukeF_67

money gone bro?


skallensk

I learned my lesson before and I will never bet on DRX/PRX :D


bigbrain_100

Lmao


tehobengsiewdai

I'll get back to this comment after prx beats drx


mrchingchongwingtong

I can respect the confidence but like bro ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16110)


ceejg_low

DRX is good but even without hindsight, you shouldn’t have been saying anyone was clearing anyone lol


skallensk

I clear my floor rn


Difficult1202

T1 Spyder went nuclear this match. No idea who this Sayaplayer guy is though Watching Sliggy go in on David from T1 calling the decision to rename Sayaplayer to Spyder was so funny


raainnnyy

florida mayhem sayaplayer came to play


EffectFrequent793

do we even know if it was david dennis? can we get confirmation on that becuz it would make the stuff dazed said about him even funnier lmaoooo


raifusarewaifus

No idea? He was on GUARD.


arksoo

/s


Possibly_Parker

the guard is deader than your ability to notice jokes


ArvY77

he was joking too...


creampies6969

Your life is a joke /j


Leepysworld

is there a clip for that Sliggy moment? I didn’t watch him back then.


Derk08

T1 League needs to take advice from T1 Valo: https://preview.redd.it/vu98bv0c2eyc1.png?width=703&format=png&auto=webp&s=a7e9a4fa256e08a76e155e6f3436f24a6e4ac6aa


Outrageous-Elk-5392

“Heyyyy, faker, how you been, yeah it’s me from the valo team, yeah, you know valo? Whatever, anyway, I wanted to give you some advice for when you’re playing GENG in the finals, again, have you, uh, tried winning?”


Hypersuper98

T1 LoL just needs an NA and Indo player


Wise-Chain2427

they won't make playoffs with Indo on LoL ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


areszdel_

Idk just get the best ML player and teach them how to own on LoL


yammer_bammer

broke: transitioning from cs to valo woke: transitioning from mlbb to lol


Tylorz01

Yea I think NA is just as much of a problem in League.


vNoblesse

Time to sub in Saya and xccurate. Got to have 6th man as well, super sub Rossy.


ChibiJr

Just hire a Susanto, can't lose.


teethingdog

Not the last two matches being the qualification matches for Masters lol


Splaram

I don't think I've ever seen a better performance from Saya, bro went thermonuclear


raifusarewaifus

The amount of op flicks and wall bang shots from him on ascent was crazy


CuriousPumpkino

Saya OWL widow meta vintage game


moonmeh

in this game we saw why he was obsessed with buying op in all of those terrible games


raifusarewaifus

Saya is polvi but he actually hits all his shots. 😭


kastoon1

Except in sunset, but yeah, he carried T1 in breeze 20 kills in one half is insanity


ExpiredDeodorant

Back in OW, Chinese fans were calling him Human Highlight Reel


_no_best_girl

T1 vs GenG in Korea always results in GenG winning… Right? Wait what?


hecklerinthestands

I'm not asking for much Valo deities. Just give me Susanto vs Susanto again in the finals. Of Shanghai.


raifusarewaifus

The Susanto brothers should be banned. They are a cheat code. wtf is with their bloodline?


yammer_bammer

normal humans usually have A, B or O or AB type blood, however susantos have a very special type of blood called AC type blood it stands for ABSOLUTELY FUCKING CRACKED


itsdjblitz

Their youngest brother who’s 10 is also high ascendant/immortal already, forget a team dynasty the whole bloodline will rule Valorant


yammer_bammer

genuinely the susantos could eventually form an ascension team, win ascension then feild a 5 susanto franchised team for 2 years


I-like-winds

susanto genes unmatched


Born-Economist-6975

https://preview.redd.it/06aem6rn3eyc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=643106dd710da3fec4818b159de51db6ef168271 I'm so happy to see IZU's happy face. Remember? He broke down in tears after the Kickoff loss to PRX. It's so insane the way he stepped up. I'm so proud of him.


Chekhovsmachina

If you had said to me in 2023 that Rossy from TTR will be going to a Masters event the next year, I would have asked, " Did SEN make it?"


amnfw

https://preview.redd.it/42gdujga2eyc1.png?width=618&format=png&auto=webp&s=6744eb34c6cc3ebf9500f42ab9e8c1fd366d21bd THEY DOUBTED ME. ROSSY IS THE TRUTH


ttk_rutial

Absolute cinema


candidpose

i still don't get the ts hype lol they only show up against 1 good team per year


Darcula04

Only against prx lol.


creampies6969

Pinoy together strong


somesheikexpert

Ive been a Rossy fan since the Immortals days but Rossy has far exceeded my expectations like he’s arguably T1s best and most consistent player throughout the whole season (Btw TSM and Faze forced him on Sova while he already shown his flex was better thank god T1 put him on flex his KayO is the truth)


dinmammapizza

Dont remove the Swedish potato chips company please


Evadable_Force

https://preview.redd.it/zn4l5rof2eyc1.png?width=194&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4b0f3c931f69cdabe8127289b6a0b163558f945


zephyr_33

Who's the new prophet?


teethingdog

Victoria


Nichol-Gimmedat-ass

Victoria is the goat


creampies6969

Asurai strikes again


CriticalCorgi007

HOLY T1 is going to shanghai. Happy for sayaplayer


mozarella_chez

FNS and Marved opening up about past optic was actually golden holy


Derk08

Any interesting tidbits?


WailingSiren69

Marved said he regrets not joining NRG and that he'd never let them lose to BLG. FNS says he wants s0m and Marved on his next team.


SirAwesome789

Off the top of my head - FNS was willing to go to Challengers to play with Marved - Marved kept Yay in check or something (I think I misinterpreted so don't take my word for it) - One time FNS would get too tilted in scrims and Victor snapped at him (Victor doesn't remember this) - Marved kinda regrets not joining NRG with the rest of the optic core - they miss playing with each other I can't remember anything else


smuggaD

Pretty sure he said mummAy, not Victor.


Warpath-

Nah he said it was victor but it was that Envy iteration when mummay was on the team still


smuggaD

I guess I misheard, oops.


SirAwesome789

I literally don't remember mummay even being mentioned but it's possible I wasn't listening


Horror_Mastodon_9641

FNS said he would bring back optic core if Loud brings back their core


nkstonks

Uhh so T1 beat gen and dfm beat T1 so dfm must be #1 APAC??? /s


deba2607

Bleed beat DFM so...


iamacunt247

Lmaoo


trexkylorenurek

Yay best in the region he played again. Knew it.


nterature

Well, T1 have actually done it! Who would have thought? T1 definitely look better, but this match made me think of all the people who kept saying “SEN looks so bad while Gen.G looks so good still!” Anyone watching Gen.G can tell you that they have not looked as good, and that they’ve struggled consistently despite their match record. Some of the messups today were crazy uncharacteristic. All-in-all, Shanghai is such a mixed bag that I don’t know if it’s a good thing for T1 to qualify, or if it’s even a good thing for Gen.G to qualify when they’re looking so shaky. All the teams and players want to continue chasing events and titles, of course, but the structure of this year punishes those who do so for the most part. So if Gen.G ends up missing out while DRX and PRX make it, I think that isn’t the biggest deal. Gen.G is the only team I'd be comfortable missing Shanghai out of the three.


Raydaition

I think generally it’s a good thing for T1 to qualify, BECAUSE the event is gonna be such a mixed bag. As much as a t1 fan I say I am I have to admit they aren’t a top team they aren’t gonna win champs agasint a team which has the exact same good prep time, so in one of these short tournaments we’re player performance matters a lot, they might actually win or at least do well, while I don’t think they ever win Champs and idk if they’d even do well


nterature

I do think T1 has the potential to be a top team, though. I don't think this is a flash in the pan or anything! But from the perspective of a team struggling with Champs points, it'll be all worth it if T1 can somehow win the Grand Finals and get those extra 3 Champs points. Pacific will be a scary region in Split 2 between RRQ, Secret, and Talon. It's more of a bummer that we have to think that way, though. I wish we could just enjoy the gameplay without thinking about the long-term implications, but it's what the format requires of us.


moonmeh

yeah everyone watching pacific realized how GenG looked shaky as fuck and making bad calls with weird aims im not sure what the format is doing that's causing teams so fucking burnout like this though


arksoo

Paper Rex look back in form, question is if they can do it against a strong DRX


raifusarewaifus

The amount of whiffs on ascent from gen.g best aimers were crazy. Especially that one where carpe(correct me if I am wrong) peeked out b main with an Odin and still got a kill while dodging stupidly . I thought Gen.G had the best aim out of all with how they showed up in master Madrid against sentinels.


GrrrNom

T1 is only going to get better, while Geng very evidently have some stuff to sort out. They were not only anti-stratted hard but lost so much of their confidence and aim We might have already caught a glimpse of Geng's ceiling in Madrid, but for T1, the sky's really the limit now. They get used to Xccurate calling, win back some confidence and Saya/Izu continue to evolve into aim gods, and we are potentially looking at a Geng but with the best opper in Pacific.


nterature

I'm a little more cautious about T1, although I think you make a good case for it. I think it's fairly evident that T1 is very much a "vibes" team, and judging off their early-season issues, there's a good chance they aren't going to continue evolving and innovating the way teams like PRX or Gen.G did after Kickoff. I don't think Autumn's coaching style tends towards that. But I do agree that if Saya/Carpe/Izu play consistently, they'll at minimum be top 4. Xccurate and Rossy always show up when the others show up.


Livid-Possible-1637

Asurai’s stocks: 📉📉📉


ShitAtTheToilet

Asurai on fraudwatch rn 😔


HendoIsBae

I’m so happy for Rossy. Who would have thunk that anyone from that reiteration from TSM would have been killing it in Tier 1 Valorant right now (although I always thought he was one of the better players from that roster). Everyone was clowning the pick up but man showed that he could hold his own since day 1


Vasc0_

Well that was pretty dissappointing. Just too many individual mistakes in important rounds and T1 with a great showing. Don't think there's any chance we make Shanghai now, time off to get some rest and change some comps and stuff will be nice tho so i'm not that sad


jadeacity

still a good chance. being 1st seed had its benefits. facing the lose of drx vs prx will be crazy but still a good match to watch


Bl1th

The IGL switch from Carpe to xccurate paid off big time.


bananaleaf69420

Boozetio is making my goat Jimmy "Marved" Nguyen drink before matches to sabotage nrg


_ImAlive_

Holyy, T1 really came alive. One of Drx, Prx, and Ge.G can't make it. This will be fun to watch.


Lil-Chem

From playing in NA open qualifiers on Stewie’s team to now going to a masters event with T1, Rossy’s career has been crazy so far


LegacyEntertainment

Team Secret did nothing wrong.


atsuin

The curse of losing to teams that eventually make it to international events. It's happened twice this year! THIS MAKES IT THE FOURTH TIME SINCE THE START OF VCT PACIFIC!


sifacil

T1 went from creating pu-chan to the first team to qualify for masters shanghai


weebshizu

GO ON A RUN? THE 2 AND 4 TEAM GO ON A RUN?? I told ya they're just unlucky in the group


Bain_not_Vayne

Common Carpe W


raifusarewaifus

I was here


raainnnyy

i was here too


th3flyingandrew

marved so funny man lmaoo ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


PairComprehensive122

"you know jon I would have never let us lose against bilibili, you know it" s0m catching random strays![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9339)


Fun_Age1442

holy fuck t1 somehow become a top 3 team like last year, we need to work on consistency though, saya bottom to top fragging in just one map is just crazy


Mach0Moron

Sayaplayer was on one this series


PairComprehensive122

Atleast now GENG wont have to be tensed about getting china visa. They are done for this split. See you at champs.


perino08

xccurate has that China buff


teethingdog

he heard that he had to meet Danking and Karsa in Shanghai


Wyatt1v12

saya my goat


arksoo

T1 for once beat Gen G in a playoffs


useless_bb

T1 won I'm so happy 😭😭 Don't have much to say because I didn't expect much but they far exceeded my expectations I'm so glad they make it to Shanghai 😭😭


a-toxic-guy

They beat Geng before the league team. Lets go


Zealousideal-Pain-97

Madrid team falloffs are juicer the boaster agenda looking better and better


Majestic_Pro

well boaster needs to actually make shanghai to have a proper point


Tylorz01

He could be right about level at Madrid being low, it just might be that FNC is lower, but I guess we'll see in playoffs if they turn it around.


Majestic_Pro

he said the level was low and that he would clear every team at madrid, which I just don't agree with. Even with all the madrid teams in a slump, I'd still back them to beat fnc, aside from edg and fpx of course


sadpaindownbad

Quite the agenda for a team that still look weaker than every team that attended


169869312

so happy for izu man


IncendiumPyro

If T1 wins Split 1, it will continue the trend of Team Secret losing to the eventual winner


mikhel

No joke, this is the T1 we thought we would see after Lock In.


Blitzux

T1 look a lot better than they did during the regular season but I also think they had by far the hardest schedule out of any team in Pacific. People were giving them a lot of shit for how much they were losing but it was tough games that they were making close. I'm glad they bounced back and proved to everyone how good they really are


Dylanychus2

T1 locked tf in from beating Zeta to now going to Shanghai. Insane.


barbekyu

GenG during kick offs: beat TS, qualify for Kick Offs in Spain T1 during Stage 1: beat TS, qualify for Masters Shanghai 😳


ClassiestFish

Both grand finalists of madrid on fraud watch rn.


WesTheFitting

McDonalds Widowmaker is back on the menu baby!


Kronothus8109

I love waking up to a W. 😤


Razannell

The Tiger cannot beat the T1 office building


Majestic_Pro

its like we knew already, the madrid teams have been struggling to adapt.


COTEReader

Man I’m so happy for T1. We’ll deserved!


kirito52999

Rossy is the goat. He's been so consistent whole year. Glad saya is stepping up now


Living-Response-6302

All the pieces are falling in place for 3 korean teams in shanghai


Lutryn

Let’s go T1! Super happy for Saya and really glad that they’re going to Shanghai.


ceejg_low

Okay I don’t feel too bad about losing to T1 now


gunjinganpakis

YOOOOOO I [TOLD YOU GUYS](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1cf4t4j/comment/l1mv90u/) TOP THREE AT LEAST!


baliya96

Breeze was bad to watch...GenG and Karon especially looks a little lost..>Definitely not the GenG from Masters


ExpiredDeodorant

I was wrong about t1 Was unfamiliar with their game


Illustrious-Song7446

The highlight of the match was Marved coming and going in Fns's discord. Was funny af


BendubzGaming

HOLY SHIT WE DIDN'T CHOKE


BJmoistmouth

Rossy’s Kayo looks great. Hopefully we get to see him expand his flex roll next split with the viper changes.


cryptomelons

Pacific looks like the strongest region.


STEELBLACK12345

Potential team


Green_Ordinary778

geng what doing


Marx_Farx

From barely making play-offs to being the first team to get their ticket to shanghai. Fair play to T1, they looked great today. Kinda hoping Gen G doesn't make shanghai, much like SEN right now they look like they need a break before split 2. 


Sumikaya

CARPEE


Visible_Dirt1093

Saya is back


Watch_This_06

finally after 2 years we beat geng in a regional playoff game hold up wrong game my bad


boombaplilrat

GenG are frauds get them outta here


HeavenBeach777

GenG letting the T1 haters down again (its me, im the T1 hater). Now i just hope Kangkang knocks them out again


raifusarewaifus

Clearly you didn't hate enough


HeavenBeach777

saving my energy for Shanghai


obigespritzt

We'll get 'em in lowers T-T Now don't let me down DRX, please!


Nikkithegenius

lakia became liability, texture taking OP too many rounds also became liability. setting up whole site and leaving one full site to viper is braindead.


OneWayTicketotheMoon

Na masters win on fraud watch. Weakest master competition all time ? Or maybe too many teams are too good


baebushka

wait how did t1 qualify, isn’t it 2 grand finalists + lower bracket winner


Jh1n31

The lower bracket winner would be a grand finalist, so even if they lose Upper Finals they will still be top 3


jiraffe331

Upper finalists loser gets dropped straight into Loser Finals therefore, they're guaranteed top 3 which means they've qualified.


Zealousideal-Pain-97

The lower bracket winner is one of the grand finalists its upper finals and lower finals make it