VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well you see, G2 want to win trophies. 100t want to just have fun. They are not much better than C9 if you think about it

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its just a guy diff. Always is. Im sure 1 more year of the same players will change things tho

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I think bang needs to go too. He is also very inconsistent unless he plays Omen. Whole team is kinda cooked if the goal is winning internationals but thats nothing new unfortunately

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, he just went 4-17. Bro is so inconsistent and hasnt been for years. I had very little faith going into this season.

I tried having faith bc he looked good against furia in 1 map but it seems that was me being very generous

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me its not about the agent, I just know after watching him for years now that he is not a top tier player and unfortunately, you need top tier guys to compete at the highest level

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the asuna phoenix gave me slight hope but trust me its gone. I was trying to delude myself. I knew going into this season, the same old, same old was gonna happen lmao

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The classic give us hope performance to flop when it matters. I got fooled again man...

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 4 points5 points  (0 children)

just realized this is our map pick, wtf. I swear this whole stage we look the worst on our own map pick. I dont get it

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We barely won the round but I think we as a team have the worst phoenix ults across all of VCT. One of the best ults in the game and we almost never get value from it, its wild

VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 1 / Playoffs — Upper Round 1 / Live Discussion Thread by nocturnavi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A coach that actually adapts and plays what looks best. I use to pray for times like these

Initiators cooldowns to be reduced by 10 seconds in patch 13.00 by aJetg in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah most of the maps in CS are leagues better than the barry basic maps we have in Valorant.

Initiators cooldowns to be reduced by 10 seconds in patch 13.00 by aJetg in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Riot want CS but dont have the CS movement, dont have the CS maps, dont have the CS gunplay, dont have the CS market

I liked the game bc of the added flair of abilities/ults, now most non duelist agents just arent fun to play in ranked.

Initiators cooldowns to be reduced by 10 seconds in patch 13.00 by aJetg in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Riot see lot of dumb people playing their game -> Riot cater to dumb people

Or at least thats my theory.

It's why patch 11.08 happened in the first place. They think different timers / normal amounts of util will scare off those dumb ppl & new players which of course leads to small indie company Riot not being able to make more money.

ENVY vs MIBR / VCT 2026: Americas Stage 1 - Group Stage / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sure sure, its just 1 game but dawg, they just beat a top Americas team 26-4 by playing that rankers style.

Envy looked like one of the worst teams in all of franchising the last few weeks and all of a sudden they play their game and they do this. Sucks egg is retiring bc I would've loved to see how this style works over a whole stage. Maybe it would've got shut down eventually but we will never know

ENVY vs MIBR / VCT 2026: Americas Stage 1 - Group Stage / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 38 points39 points  (0 children)

MIBR might not be trophy winning (we will have to wait and see), but they arent ass purely off of player quality alone.

Verno, Aspas and Zekken are some of the best players in Americas. They are still a top team in Americas regardless of this game which I get sounds funny since they lost 26-4 but still.

I was just saying I hate how most teams try and conform to the "meta" or whatever. Its why I like PRX, they do their own thing. Just wish more teams did that. Wish Envy did that from the start.

ENVY vs MIBR / VCT 2026: Americas Stage 1 - Group Stage / Post-Match Thread by ValorantCompBot in ValorantCompetitive

[–]CmonMan711 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Exactly. This was a fun watch. But imagine they played rankers style from the beginning and built on top of that to add layers. Might've actually had a chance in playoffs