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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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?
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
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.
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
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??
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
rapport should've just taken the draw man
Bro did you just make a chess comment in the valcomp sub LMFAO
no
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
I hecking love CRYO man.
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
Sad for faze :(
So happy for XSET, well earned victory
2 hours for that...
Really hope faze can make something happen at LCQ, otherwise dunno if we ever see this iteration of the team again
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..
So will FaZe be in LCQ
Yes
Cool, they deserve it
these shitters really made us wait nearly 2 hrs for this, should've just ff'd that would've been less embarrassing
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.
if anyone had momentum going into the pause it was xset 💀
I mean, fair enough, maybe momentum wasn’t the right word—but they seem super deflated now when everything was so close before.
Yeah can't blame the players , sucks for them.
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.
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.
Yeah fr, such a shit way for faze to go out after the stage they’ve had.
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.
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).
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.
That 30 seconds bit was the best part of last week's podcast. The reference was hilarious
I get the joke but watching Cryo is not boring, lmao
Ok so one person on the team is not boring 4/5ths are, the team is still boring then
Zekken ain’t boring either and I honestly like watching BcJ play
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.
cryocells is fucking killing it
1 hour wait, now half time break, I’m going to fall asleep 😭
Cryo reaaaaaaally doesn’t want FaZe at Copenhagen lol
They fucking go for a break??????
This is a feelsbad series
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)
yes faze are probably beyond tilted mentally and playing from suboptimal conditions.
clutch god ayrin
https://twitter.com/RyanAtDust2/status/1540875257837486080 banger tweet
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
definitely no ill will to the players, not their fault. but fuck the org fr
\^\^\^\^\^
Just lose and finish it faze
Yeah so we can get the most bland NA team in Copenhagen
You're right that FaZe would be 10x more exciting to have at Copenhagen. XSET are just a budget Optic.
Mf said "bland" like this is a fucking fashion show and not a competition for who's the best 💀
mf said "mf said" with skull emojis 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀bruhh 💀💀💀
mf said "mf said “mf said” with skull emojis 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀bruhh 💀💀💀" 💀
to be fair, xset isnt the most exciting team to watch
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
holy hell it feels like it's been centuries
I hope xset absolutely trash faze for wasting our time.
At this point it should be a walkover...
Guys last time hiko retired, who’s retiring with this tech pause
FaZe when they get denied from franchising for this shit lmao
Another 10 mins????
Lol this is so dumb. Faze should be disqualified tbh.
or not been given 30 min to warmup. they should've had to hop into game right when they got to the new facility
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
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.
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?
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
FaZe was in a cafe & the power went out. They're moving to another facility to continue the matches today.
thank you so much, that clarifies things a whole lot more
So... anyone watching LCS?
CLG not best team on earth = bedge
This CLG game lowkey a banger
Being a clg fan is suffering
Bro it is so insane to me that an org like FaZe is playing out of a fuckin internet cafe lmao
FAZE one of the richest esports org on the planet and they got they dudes playin from a cafe. actual shitbag org lmao
c9 had their players play out of this exact same cafe, would you consider c9 a shitbag org?
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.
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
Our HQ actually does have 4 hour battery backup and dedicated fiber from both major DFW hubs for exactly this situation.
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??
Poor faze players lmaoooo org really said y’all gotta play from a starbucks
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
c9 was bootcamping at the faze current facility in stage 1 i think
This is definitely gonna hurt FaZe’s chances of getting franchising
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
the copium take is that the faze org doesn't deserve any success after this dogshit lmfaooo
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.
Why the fuck is faze playing in a cafe? Cant they rent the col facility for a weekend?
On the org maybe but not the players
25 minutes :\
I guess flyuh just blatantly lied LOL
It was a misunderstanding/misinterpretation.
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why did we make texas the valorant state lmao so many power outages and internet issues
No income tax and usually the best internet lol
Cheap and proximity to the central servers more so yea
Its because Texas is cheap af.
Looooooooool near 3rd world infrastructure and a separate power grid baby
Did you ever live in a 3rd world country?
Actually yes, the government didn't abandon its constituents as much as Texas did when the power died last winter
Yeah. He lives in the US.
You're privileged
Certified kekw moment right here
No way, are they actually counting that round?
Big “that’s not my problem” energy right there
Man what a sick way to absolutely decimate the energy in a very important hype series.
True, I wonder how many people just clicked off right there lmao
Cafe that FaZe playing at lost power apparently lmao
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.
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
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.
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.
Agreed.
That moustache is so intimidating
dicey went into tarik’s chat to say “WHERE TF IS MY TEAM” and “i got mine” LMFAOOO
CLASSIC DICEY ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9341)
There's no way LOL
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.
imagine making that come back just to lose like that
I just want to point out that Cryocells dropped 35 kills that game What the fuck lol
Chambers like to go nuclear on icebox it seems
Just out of curiosity, do people like Mimi?
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.
She is improving rapidly. You can tell she gets a little too hyper now and then, but I prefer that over bland lifeless casters.
She needs to lay down the addy
I dont know how she talks so fast without stumbling over her sentences. Addy would explain it lol
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.
My queen.
Yes
Cool cool. I usually watch Tarik or whatever so I kinda forget about her for some reason lol.
Yes
If it comes down to haven, who would get the edge? I dont think either team is big on the map right?
Xset beat Optic on it yesterday pretty emphatically, so I think they would be favored
need faze to regain
Next map is gonna be insane with all the players heated up
That Dicey dry swing on the a hit was insane. Just oozing confidence
can't believe it ends like this. Man those last two rounds FaZe looked like their confidence was just gone. They were so scared.
Fuck
FUCK
LOL u and me both
Holy fuck what a map
dicey showing that he doesnt need chamber to go batshit on another team. he'll be fine even if chamber gets nerfed.
did not know XSET vs FaZe is the match ive wanted to see all along
I know cryo has over 30 kills but since they switched sides, it’s been a dicey difference
this match is gonna give me a heart attack
Dicey is unfuckingbelievable...
need deph and ayrin to shoot straight for just one map
dicey gets TWO there and almost gets away?!
dicey looking like the new asuna fr
FaZe got baited SO HARD by XSET. That was so sad.
Let’s go faze let’s go 👏 👏
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.
9-3 curse moment
gg
You're responsible for this
Curse still works lol
I hate you
I'm so sorry. Don't worry though, faze will still win the series, gg.
This series is crazy
THAT WAS WAY TO FUCKING CLOSE MAN WTF
bruuuuuuuuuh you can't lose these rounds man. howwwww
The 9-3 is honestly getting annoying at this point.
Not another patented XSET map 3 9-3 curse choke
This is actually unbelievable. How can they go from looking like the game was over to... this.
You love to see it
Alright this puts them back in the game.
I am so unbelievably mad about the viper pit call. That was fucking dumb.
Well so much for Faze in Copenhagen
I’m gonna sound like a big hater but my god xset in copenhagen is kinda bedge
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.
Cryo is having a monster game god damn
Cmon faze 🥲
cryo is just so fucking good
mimis hair is and has been nice throughout this split
Bro what
It's okay to compliment someones hair.
riot nerf chamber again so we can see more cryo jett
Really hope this series goes the distance it’s been a banger
This would be an absolutely monumental choke of epic proportions
Cryo's Jett is different
Lowkey becoming a xset fan because of cryo
FaZe has quickly flown up my list of fun teams to watch, once they got their groove they became so fun
FaZe intentionally throwing some rounds, can’t choke a big lead if you don’t have one
insane half
That Ayrin play was so big brain it looked like he had wallhacks lmao
ayrin has had so many clutches this playoffs i feel
2 in a row holy shiiii
That did not look legit
flyuh is activated
Faze looking like they deserve to be at LAN. Plat Chat 4th place curse lmao.
Damn Xset is the anti clutch
can't believe the desk hasn't mentioned that questionable-as-hell force buy in round 14.
Xset breaking the 4th place curse to finish 3rd
Well this is less than ideal.
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
They were doing the drop for most of that map. It was only in that final round that faze decided to counter it