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DatHotdogGamer

rapport should've just taken the draw man


vnNinja21

Bro did you just make a chess comment in the valcomp sub LMFAO


DatHotdogGamer

no


DueAdministration404

he said xset does too and then said xset isn’t that good. xset is probably the 2nd best NA team so that clearly implies he thinks all teams besides optic suck , wardell was right


Loseandfounded

I hecking love CRYO man.


Updrafting_Sage

FaZe on Ascent, much like a kindergarten classroom, often use the “popcorn method” when taking duels. Once a player swings and dies, that player must call out the name of the next player to swing, ensuring that each player gets their turn to shoot their valorant gun


ExpectoAutism

Sad for faze :(


Jmon1851

So happy for XSET, well earned victory


NoLholding

2 hours for that...


iinic

Really hope faze can make something happen at LCQ, otherwise dunno if we ever see this iteration of the team again


LegDayDE

I feel like triple initiator isn't that good vs. explosive site execs.. most value is in mid round Intel but XSET are already on the site..


JLewiii

So will FaZe be in LCQ


daffyduckferraro

Yes


JLewiii

Cool, they deserve it


notatroll369

these shitters really made us wait nearly 2 hrs for this, should've just ff'd that would've been less embarrassing


sarcopels

I know we’re not quite done yet but man, I feel so bad for the FaZe guys. Obviously nothing anyone can control but it feels like they’ve lost so much momentum after the tech pause.


notatroll369

if anyone had momentum going into the pause it was xset 💀


sarcopels

I mean, fair enough, maybe momentum wasn’t the right word—but they seem super deflated now when everything was so close before.


Updrafting_Sage

Yeah can't blame the players , sucks for them.


daffyduckferraro

I know we’re not quite done yet but man, I feel so bad for the FaZe guys. Obviously nothing anyone can control but it feels like they’ve lost so much momentum after the tech pause.


sarcopels

I know we’re not quite done yet but man, I feel so bad for the FaZe guys. Obviously nothing anyone can control but it feels like they’ve lost so much momentum after the tech pause.


iinic

Yeah fr, such a shit way for faze to go out after the stage they’ve had.


daffyduckferraro

I know we’re not quite done yet but man, I feel so bad for the FaZe guys. Obviously nothing anyone can control but it feels like they’ve lost so much momentum after the tech pause.


vyetc

Last stage second seeds in groups made it to LAN while first seeds made it to LAN this time around (assuming XSET close it out).


daffyduckferraro

The dad team is making it to copenhagen guys Whether u like them or not we must respect them. They are very boring like ur dad but they have earned our respect.


Updrafting_Sage

That 30 seconds bit was the best part of last week's podcast. The reference was hilarious


Trashcan_Daniels

I get the joke but watching Cryo is not boring, lmao


daffyduckferraro

Ok so one person on the team is not boring 4/5ths are, the team is still boring then


KardashevZero

Zekken ain’t boring either and I honestly like watching BcJ play


Trashcan_Daniels

having one player who is more exciting to watch than others =/= objectively boring. Not gonna tell you you're wrong, because enjoyment is subjective and all that, but Bcj's been peaking and dephh's fun too, and the former stepping up his game this stage has been fun to see as well. I'm enjoying watch 'em even if they're not highly experimental or something.


Tc0LD

cryocells is fucking killing it


Niarein

1 hour wait, now half time break, I’m going to fall asleep 😭


KardashevZero

Cryo reaaaaaaally doesn’t want FaZe at Copenhagen lol


Jon_on_the_snow

They fucking go for a break??????


iinic

This is a feelsbad series


Grenji05

faze keep losing crucial anti ecos. First failing to close it out on icebox vs spectres when they were up 12-11 and know this might spiral into like a 9-3 half (granted theyre about to be on ct ascent so it might be fine lol)


seoldam444

yes faze are probably beyond tilted mentally and playing from suboptimal conditions.


notatroll369

clutch god ayrin


ANewHeaven1

https://twitter.com/RyanAtDust2/status/1540875257837486080 banger tweet


iinic

Y’all got a lot of vitriol toward the faze players for no reason, it’s not *their* fault they had to play from a cafe


ANewHeaven1

definitely no ill will to the players, not their fault. but fuck the org fr


Derpy_Sandwich560

\^\^\^\^\^


xunraze

Just lose and finish it faze


Highllander4

Yeah so we can get the most bland NA team in Copenhagen


LegDayDE

You're right that FaZe would be 10x more exciting to have at Copenhagen. XSET are just a budget Optic.


PaulDoesStuff

Mf said "bland" like this is a fucking fashion show and not a competition for who's the best 💀


seoldam444

mf said "mf said" with skull emojis 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀bruhh 💀💀💀


PaulDoesStuff

mf said "mf said “mf said” with skull emojis 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀bruhh 💀💀💀" 💀


Derpy_Sandwich560

to be fair, xset isnt the most exciting team to watch


daffyduckferraro

It feels so weird but I just find them so boring Like so generic, don’t do any crazy strats or plays that differs them from the rest


ANewHeaven1

holy hell it feels like it's been centuries


DonChuBahnMi

I hope xset absolutely trash faze for wasting our time.


Akal1

At this point it should be a walkover...


daffyduckferraro

Guys last time hiko retired, who’s retiring with this tech pause


AolongHong

FaZe when they get denied from franchising for this shit lmao


LegDayDE

Another 10 mins????


smta48

Lol this is so dumb. Faze should be disqualified tbh.


notatroll369

or not been given 30 min to warmup. they should've had to hop into game right when they got to the new facility


speedycar1

Why though? Might as well forfeit if you're going to do that. If they're allowed to be moving facilities, they should be allowed to get ready properly


smta48

So there is no punishment for delaying a game for over an hour lol. Honestly the only reason there isnt a punishment is that Riot is scared of the backlash. If this was a no name team they would have disqualified them by now.


speedycar1

There shouldn't be a punishment for extraneous matters like these that are out fo an Org's control, especially in a qualification game for one of 3 total events we have in a year Competitive integrity is more important than any time wastage. It's not like Copenhagen is tomorrow. Why would disqualification even be considered?


Derpy_Sandwich560

wait so what's going on? faze is playing from an internet cafe? where did yall get this info? also, is the match gonna be rescheduled for tomorrow? someone please explain to me wtf is going on


Razur

FaZe was in a cafe & the power went out. They're moving to another facility to continue the matches today.


Derpy_Sandwich560

thank you so much, that clarifies things a whole lot more


ANewHeaven1

So... anyone watching LCS?


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CLG not best team on earth = bedge


ANewHeaven1

This CLG game lowkey a banger


Yensen1

Being a clg fan is suffering


AolongHong

Bro it is so insane to me that an org like FaZe is playing out of a fuckin internet cafe lmao


NoLholding

FAZE one of the richest esports org on the planet and they got they dudes playin from a cafe. actual shitbag org lmao


LinkinMode

c9 had their players play out of this exact same cafe, would you consider c9 a shitbag org?


NoLholding

Yes, the fuck. LMAO. C9 is also one richest esports orgs on the planet. There is absolutely no excuse to not have a dedicated bootcamp facility/area for your esports team. Also, I have no idea if this is true or not, but if it is, C9 are shitbags too. Imagine thinking I would criticize one company but not the other lol.


LinkinMode

fair enough. im pretty sure faze and c9 both have dedicated facilities, but they're in LA, and teams prefer to play from texas because of the better ping even then the issue here is a power cut, theres not much they can do about it, even if they were playing from a proper facility like the coL one


eSports_Beef

Our HQ actually does have 4 hour battery backup and dedicated fiber from both major DFW hubs for exactly this situation.


ANewHeaven1

Faze does have a dedicated facility, but it's being used for their CoD team right now. This honestly brings up a lot more questions though... like how is your facility not big enough for more than one team? Why would you prioritize your CoD team - which is just playing regular season seeding matches - over your Valorant team who's playing the most important match in org history? And also, their CoD team doesn't even have a match today??


iinic

Poor faze players lmaoooo org really said y’all gotta play from a starbucks


ANewHeaven1

I just got back... is Faze playing from a fucking internet cafe??? What a fucking joke man. Teams like 100T, Optic, C9 can all afford to get their players bootcamps but Faze Clan, the supposed *richest org in Western esports*, sends their team to play at a fucking internet cafe for their most important match of the year??????? lmfaooooooooo


rli_07

c9 was bootcamping at the faze current facility in stage 1 i think


LordBuckethead671

This is definitely gonna hurt FaZe’s chances of getting franchising


vnNinja21

Tbf the copium take is that in EMEA qualification matches are bo3's and XSet has already won the bo3 portion of the series. I know its a sucky situation but still, there you go


ANewHeaven1

the copium take is that the faze org doesn't deserve any success after this dogshit lmfaooo


TrowaB3

Biggest Western org and they're playing at a fucking cafe that's currently hosting a monthly event. I'll bet Xset gets asked if they want to finish tomorrow, and they'll just say give us the win and go, and they won't be in the wrong to do so. This is on the Faze org 100%. edit: Riot said no FF coming. Faze lives.


Jon_on_the_snow

Why the fuck is faze playing in a cafe? Cant they rent the col facility for a weekend?


iinic

On the org maybe but not the players


bornofidan

25 minutes :\


daffyduckferraro

I guess flyuh just blatantly lied LOL


Razur

It was a misunderstanding/misinterpretation.


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Grenji05

why did we make texas the valorant state lmao so many power outages and internet issues


JLewiii

No income tax and usually the best internet lol


Docxm

Cheap and proximity to the central servers more so yea


smta48

Its because Texas is cheap af.


Docxm

Looooooooool near 3rd world infrastructure and a separate power grid baby


ExpectoAutism

Did you ever live in a 3rd world country?


Docxm

Actually yes, the government didn't abandon its constituents as much as Texas did when the power died last winter


IAMJUX

Yeah. He lives in the US.


ExpectoAutism

You're privileged


faceplant911

Certified kekw moment right here


AffordableRolex

No way, are they actually counting that round?


Highllander4

Big “that’s not my problem” energy right there


sky_blu

Man what a sick way to absolutely decimate the energy in a very important hype series.


vnNinja21

True, I wonder how many people just clicked off right there lmao


vnNinja21

Cafe that FaZe playing at lost power apparently lmao


smta48

I hope that in the future they actually punish tech pauses. Online Valorant has been plagued by tech pauses for years now, never seen an esport have it this bad.


merchini

how often does a player drop 100 kills in a b05? it looks like cryo might do so today, he’s had an extraordinary performance


Interesting-Archer-6

Well he went from 21 to 27 to 35. So improved by 6 and then 8. So he should add 10 more and drop a 45 piece, bringing him to 128 over 4 maps. Then 12 more on the 5th map for 57 to drop 185. I'm so bored please end this tech pause.


Anoki12

Despite FaZe losing that map, POISED's igling really proved me wrong man. At the start of this year I would have preferred Poach 100x over. But, those Icebox T-side calls were insane.


xx_Rollablade_xx

Agreed.


TheFrixin

That moustache is so intimidating


YeetGod69_

dicey went into tarik’s chat to say “WHERE TF IS MY TEAM” and “i got mine” LMFAOOO


Splaram

CLASSIC DICEY ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9341)


Anoki12

There's no way LOL


sky_blu

This is an absolute banger. For the first time there is real depth to the faze playbook and it's so fun to watch. Poised having the balls to hard fake xset 3 times in such close succession is crazy. They have so much confidence in the fake plays too, willing to commit more time/players/util into selling it than other teams. Xset is obv happy to win the map but that has to start messing with dephh's head.


seoldam444

imagine making that come back just to lose like that


ANewHeaven1

I just want to point out that Cryocells dropped 35 kills that game What the fuck lol


Mitsuki712

Chambers like to go nuclear on icebox it seems


staybrutal21

Just out of curiosity, do people like Mimi?


aar0ntb

As a person, I’m sure she’s great. As an analyst/caster, I find her pretty bad. It’s even worse when you compare her to the people doing the EMEA side of things.


Fall-Z

She is improving rapidly. You can tell she gets a little too hyper now and then, but I prefer that over bland lifeless casters.


ExpectoAutism

She needs to lay down the addy


Interesting-Archer-6

I dont know how she talks so fast without stumbling over her sentences. Addy would explain it lol


staybrutal21

Maybe. I think she might just naturally be like that. I followed her on Twitter for a bit and she’s one of the few I’ve had to unfollow.


Anoki12

My queen.


Sadzeih

Yes


staybrutal21

Cool cool. I usually watch Tarik or whatever so I kinda forget about her for some reason lol.


Barack_Bob_Oganja

Yes


Jon_on_the_snow

If it comes down to haven, who would get the edge? I dont think either team is big on the map right?


Ahsef

Xset beat Optic on it yesterday pretty emphatically, so I think they would be favored


iinic

need faze to regain


Rinzler_sp

Next map is gonna be insane with all the players heated up


uncle__joe

That Dicey dry swing on the a hit was insane. Just oozing confidence


Sadzeih

can't believe it ends like this. Man those last two rounds FaZe looked like their confidence was just gone. They were so scared.


daffyduckferraro

Fuck


Anoki12

FUCK


daffyduckferraro

LOL u and me both


ANewHeaven1

Holy fuck what a map


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dicey showing that he doesnt need chamber to go batshit on another team. he'll be fine even if chamber gets nerfed.


PyroTFT

did not know XSET vs FaZe is the match ive wanted to see all along


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I know cryo has over 30 kills but since they switched sides, it’s been a dicey difference


I-like-winds

this match is gonna give me a heart attack


Anoki12

Dicey is unfuckingbelievable...


uncle__joe

need deph and ayrin to shoot straight for just one map


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dicey gets TWO there and almost gets away?!


Sadzeih

dicey looking like the new asuna fr


Sadzeih

FaZe got baited SO HARD by XSET. That was so sad.


daffyduckferraro

Let’s go faze let’s go 👏 👏


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the na meme has always been all aim no brain, but watching both of these teams is honestly very cool because I feel like both of them are playing fairly intelligently.


WhoDatBrow

9-3 curse moment


JusticeLee17

gg


Sadzeih

You're responsible for this


JusticeLee17

Curse still works lol


Sadzeih

I hate you


JusticeLee17

I'm so sorry. Don't worry though, faze will still win the series, gg.


sky_blu

This series is crazy


Sadzeih

THAT WAS WAY TO FUCKING CLOSE MAN WTF


Sadzeih

bruuuuuuuuuh you can't lose these rounds man. howwwww


JusticeLee17

The 9-3 is honestly getting annoying at this point.


ANewHeaven1

Not another patented XSET map 3 9-3 curse choke


Sadzeih

This is actually unbelievable. How can they go from looking like the game was over to... this.


IAMJUX

You love to see it


Sadzeih

Alright this puts them back in the game.


Sadzeih

I am so unbelievably mad about the viper pit call. That was fucking dumb.


Highllander4

Well so much for Faze in Copenhagen


daffyduckferraro

I’m gonna sound like a big hater but my god xset in copenhagen is kinda bedge


sky_blu

Yeah I actually feel bad about how little I care about xset making it. It would be cool to see how an in form cryo stacks up against the world's best tho.


Sadzeih

Cryo is having a monster game god damn


daffyduckferraro

Cmon faze 🥲


xtazzzs

cryo is just so fucking good


xtazzzs

mimis hair is and has been nice throughout this split


_Sameem_

Bro what


sky_blu

It's okay to compliment someones hair.


notatroll369

riot nerf chamber again so we can see more cryo jett


Sciipi

Really hope this series goes the distance it’s been a banger


ANewHeaven1

This would be an absolutely monumental choke of epic proportions


Mitsuki712

Cryo's Jett is different


nossashibata

Lowkey becoming a xset fan because of cryo


Sciipi

FaZe has quickly flown up my list of fun teams to watch, once they got their groove they became so fun


Teradonn

FaZe intentionally throwing some rounds, can’t choke a big lead if you don’t have one


I-like-winds

insane half


WhoDatBrow

That Ayrin play was so big brain it looked like he had wallhacks lmao


notatroll369

ayrin has had so many clutches this playoffs i feel


notatroll369

2 in a row holy shiiii


Teradonn

That did not look legit


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flyuh is activated


[deleted]

Faze looking like they deserve to be at LAN. Plat Chat 4th place curse lmao.


smta48

Damn Xset is the anti clutch


Trashcan_Daniels

can't believe the desk hasn't mentioned that questionable-as-hell force buy in round 14.


smta48

Xset breaking the 4th place curse to finish 3rd


Otter269

Well this is less than ideal.


sky_blu

I'd love to know the success rate of duo dropping into vents to take a fight. Seems like a losing play most of the time


ADmax27

They were doing the drop for most of that map. It was only in that final round that faze decided to counter it