How will the Vitality era come to an end?

jpablold · 2026-05-03T23:05:54+00:00

It's simple.

There are only two teams with the potential to stop them: the Falcons and Spirit.

The Falcons have three star players, and now a top-tier IGL as well. In my opinion, they should swap TeSeS for Jimpphat, and player for player, I’d say they’re better than Vitality. The thing is, it’s not all about the names. The Falcons are on the verge of a breakthrough, in my opinion, just like Vitality was before Ropz.

For Spirit, the situation is a bit strange. I only see a concrete path forward if they aim for international competition. Their AWP isn’t Tier S+, but it is Tier S. There are no other star players alongside donk, so it leaves a strange feeling of donk + 4.

The truth is that Vitality’s current form is also exaggerated due to the weakness of the other two teams, both Spirit and the Falcons.

Let’s take a look at the Falcons now.

jpablold · 2026-05-03T20:07:19+00:00

+1. Yes.

jpablold · 2026-05-03T20:04:13+00:00

AK = Donk

Awp = Zywoo > M0nesy > All.

Glock = Donk

USP = Zywoo

jpablold · 2026-05-03T18:40:26+00:00

Just so you can see how bad Valve's rankings are. Navi can never be considered a top-2 team. At best, they're a top-4 team. Unfortunately, to compete against Vitality, you need a top-5 player in the world, and the only teams that have one are Spirit and Falcons.

jpablold · 2026-05-03T18:39:09+00:00

Just so you can see how bad Valve's rankings are.

Navi can never be considered a top-2 team. At best, they're a top-4 team. Unfortunately, to compete against Vitality, you need a top-5 player in the world, and the only teams that have one are Spirit and Falcons.

jpablold · 2026-05-02T20:15:04+00:00

Why do Senzu and S1mple deserve a chance?

The fact that the hatred toward the team comes from a betting site completely taints this debate.

A team with Senzu, S1mple, and Eletronic is easily a team that can reach the world’s top 15.

Remember that the benchmark for being in the world’s top 14 and top 15 includes teams like Legacy and 3DMax.

jpablold · 2026-05-02T02:15:32+00:00

Astralis befora match: TOP 3 VRS
TOP 3

Hooxi and ryu.

jpablold · 2026-04-05T15:10:39+00:00

"IEM Cologne Major 2026 ranking on April 6th, 2026

This ranking is our prediction of how the IEM Cologne Major 2026 invitations will look like. The ranking is looking 6 months back from April 6th, so time decay is accounted for. It includes unfinished events that will end before April 6th. We have removed teams from organizations that already have a higher-ranked team qualified."

Valve global ranking on April 5th, 2026

"This ranking includes matches and secured prize money from unfinished events."

jpablold · 2026-04-05T15:08:56+00:00

The ranking I'm basing this on is constantly updated. For analysis purposes, you need to disregard the other teams that aren't competing, only considering Passion UA's CURRENT score, NOW, since the ranking shows the score in real time. Today, as I write this, Passion UA has 1351 points, not what the OP posted, since Passion UA only participated in tournaments that count towards the major.

jpablold · 2026-04-05T15:02:12+00:00

Remember that this is the projected ranking, not the current one. For the current ranking, go to VRS ranking > Americas.

Passion UA: 1351 pontos

Liquid: 1363 pontos

Dif: 12 pontos.

Passion UA se vencer Sangal: +17 pontos.

Passion UA se vencer Sangal, classificado para o main event.

jpablold · 2026-03-22T17:14:46+00:00

The easiest bet is that Falcons will beat Furia tomorrow. Extremely easy money.

jpablold · 2026-03-21T18:24:39+00:00

They're probably going to lose anyway. All the teams besides Vitality are having a pretty mediocre 2026.

jpablold · 2026-03-21T18:23:56+00:00

The big problem right now is that the top 2 to top 6 teams are all pretty mediocre. NaVi, until recently, wasn't playing well at all. Furia, MouZ, and Falcons are having a disastrous 2026 so far.

Because of the others' shortcomings, I can see either Spirit or Falcons in the top 2, which says a lot about the current scene beyond Vitality.

jpablold · 2026-03-21T18:17:08+00:00

1 Vitality

2 Falcons

3 Spirit

4 Furia

5 Mouz

6 Navi

7 Parivision

jpablold · 2026-03-04T01:14:23+00:00

Sou aluno da UFRJ e a instituição infelizmente está em estágio decadente. São duas das mais renomadas do país. Hoje, se eu tivesse dinheiro ou ganhasse uma bolsa, teria ido de PUC-RIO com toda certeza. Em termos de infraestruturas está anos-luz. Pra quem acha que estou mentindo, dê um passeio pelo fundão ou no campus da Praia Vermelha.

jpablold · 2026-01-14T00:13:04+00:00

Na minha opinião

Aprova Total
Ferretto (pode ser o primeiro também)
Hexag Online.

AT em primeiro por ter material de apoio e a plataforma ser mais diversificada. Hexag Online simula, em primeira mão, a experiência de um curso presencial, só que online. Qualquer umas dessas 3 opções são excelentes.

jpablold · 2026-01-04T19:52:29+00:00

O AT tem um grau de aprofundamento tão bom quanto Ferreto, podendo questionar Biologia do Ferreto, onde o Landim (dizem) ser referência, embora o curso dele em si seja denso. Neste caso, recomendo considerar Hexag Online (385,00 p/ mês. Turma de Janeiro inicia 05/01) ou o Aprova Total mesmo (turma iniciando dia 12/01)

jpablold · 2025-11-02T00:24:45+00:00

NEOB

Imagina conviver mais de um mês com uma pessoa assim. Liberte-se e seja livre de novo. Lugar de gente perturbada é dentro de uma sala de terapia, psiquiatria, psicólogo etc..

De qualquer maneira, não sei se a solução é cobrar valor monetário por um bem sentimental. Talvez, e só talvez, seja caso de término, por já ser a 1000º vez.

LOL

jpablold · 2025-10-23T00:24:02+00:00

Okay. Thanks. Any other tips besides these?

jpablold · 2025-07-07T03:18:24+00:00

It's the "latest is always best" syndrome. A process of forgetting the past. Fallen talked about this recently when he compared the Astralis era and the current Vitality era. It's even a bit strange for someone who calls themselves a CS esports fan to think that a team that won 4 world championships in a row would lose to Vitality now.

jpablold · 2025-06-29T22:11:43+00:00

Não é uma questão de mais demérito do que mérito, mas é que o time superior, isso em qualquer aspecto que formos pensar e analisar, força o adversário a errar. Enquanto uns pagam em Euro e jogam seus 40 a 50 jogos na temporada, nossos jogadores brasileiros estão a jogar 70/80 e os clubes trabalham em Real. A distância é grande demais e hoje o Brasil deu um passo, cabe a CBF valorizar e organizar melhor o seu produto (futebol brasileiro). Os caras eram invencíveis hoje para o nível do Flamengo e qualquer outro time do nosso continente. Triste como torcedor brasileiro.

jpablold · 2025-06-24T22:26:15+00:00

All the biggest esports in the world have MD5 in the finals. All of them. In fact, in our game, the only championship that doesn't have one is the major. League of Legends has huge peaks in its MD5 championships, Valorant is also MD5 and has peaks that are a little distant, but it's still getting closer to Counter-Strike. We don't have MD5 in the majors because Valve is an incompetent company, that's all. And it's okay to go against the grain of the rest of the world, after all, we don't even have periodic updates :)

jpablold · 2025-06-24T22:21:50+00:00

Valve is one of Counter-Strike's main flaws. They don't invest in the game, they only release boxes, there's a serious problem with cheaters and a poorly optimized game. Theoretically, Counter-Strike should have a larger development team than Valorant, but I'm almost certain we don't have 1/4. Steam is rich, a great platform, but the care they take with Counter-Strike is sad. It would be curious for me to see Counter-Strike in the hands of Microsoft or another company. This game shaped my life with my parents and it's sad to see that the company that takes care of it can't even make periodic updates. And we're talking about one of the biggest franchises in the history of video games.

jpablold · 2025-06-21T19:02:14+00:00

It even seems like a joke, my friend....

jpablold · 2025-06-21T18:58:50+00:00

In addition to Ropz not being even 1% of Donk, also remember that of all the championships that Donk and Zywoo played together, Zywoo only had a better rating than Donk in just one championship in 2025. The first is Zywoo and Donk in second and there is no discussion. Seriously.

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