welp

@paperdinosaurr You can really see who has the least aura in here haha

xavi why are u wearing a 7/11 shirt 😭😭😭

@ksenguptaa Zubac

If you’re the pacers would you rather have Zubac or Mara + Mathurin + 2029 first + Isaiah Jackson?

@paperthinhere There will be good interviews?! Sold!

I want to add this and shut down the narrative this will be a "boring" Masters 1. GE first time playoffs into a first global event? Insane - plus Frost is guaranteed to give you good interviews 2. FS, Thai redemption arc + Primmie best player on the planet right now 3. Vitality all-time greats on that team, enough said 4. FUT... I guess if you are a TMV fan or something 5. EDG has kangkang the most electrifying and entertaining player in the game, plus Chichoo who is a highlight machine And there are tons of great stories still to come out of Americas one way or another. And depending on how PRX/T1 shakes out, you will get either the most entertaining team on the planet OR a team full of most of the all-time Korean greats

@VinnysCorner1 Jorge Posada

It’s Game 7 of the World Series, bases loaded, 2 outs, tie game, in the bottom of the 9th. You can choose any batter in baseball in their prime to get you a hit… WHO DO YOU CHOOSE?

@NekiasNBA You read it

he has a WHAT

@WatermellonMilk @gbKuma_ @HeXoIV @valesportsna That's the correct way tho, no? I don't see the logic in involving the score against teams not involved in the tie

@gbKuma_ @HeXoIV @valesportsna So weird that it’s map differential among the tied group and not the entire split. When did they make that change? I swear this is the first time it’s been like that, or at least the first time it’s needed to be implemented.

The bracket is set—here are your Stage 1 Playoffs matchups! #VCTAmericas

@lamarflockin @valesportsna I assume it went to round differential as it was 3 way tie

@valesportsna Furia has no tie breakers over 100T, how did they get the higher seed?

@SleeperWizards @SleeperJazz @Sleeper_Hoops Ace

mock trade with @SleeperJazz ⬇️ Jazz receive: • #1 pick in 2026 draft Wizards receive: • #2 pick in 2026 draft • Ace Bailey • 2031 FRP via PHX (unprotected) who says no in this deal?

@TrickVAL @CitizenErased07 Hahahaha. Love the classic diversion

@CitizenErased07 They should bring back lobotomy surgery just for people with X accounts like yours

VCT community losing their minds over MIBR loss to Envy is the biggest self report of knowing nothing about Valorant. The state of Valorant is extremely variance based, more than ever before. There is no theoretical gameplan that is capable of consistently out performing players who are making good intuitive plays. You guys need to understand that since 2023 the game has slowly been shifting towards individual skill being more and more reliable than theory. Even the best "theory" teams on planet earth are struggling right now to maintain any level of consistency. NRG, G2, FNC etc. What exactly does this mean though? It means that players have improved as individuals far more than teams have improved the theory and it is not even close. When this happens the skill gap shrinks more and more. We have meta changes every couple of months that basically soft reset every team and map, we have a ranked system that gives no value to teamplay so upcoming players are all disproportionally better at fighting than game understanding. Combine all of this with the main "strategy" and "utility" being all on the duelist (Neon & Waylay) and of course, individualism will shine. To kill a stunned player, you used to have to find them with a sova dart, stun off audio & then jett dash on them. Now you can monkey into the bombsite and find them yourself, stun them yourself and kill them yourself. There is no teamplay designed into this meta at all so do not be surprised when these super teams struggle to consistently beat scrappy teams like Envy. Just think about how stupid the mechanics are from yoru, waylay & neon. Waylay and neon can get caught off in the most terrible position and just 1:1 counter stun any punishment, on what planet does that belong in an FPS game? What is the point in having the game designed in a way that initiators support the duelist when the duelists have better utility than every agent in the entire game including agents designed to have only supportive utility like breach. Genuinely think about that for a second, breach is awful in terms of self sufficiency so you would imagine the stun would be insane, the flash would be insane for the team etc. Since you cannot use it yourself. But nope, phoenix and yoru both have better flashes, neon and waylay both had INSTA cast better stuns, and yoru / waylay somehow has a better site disrupting ult than breach bro. The games design was always leading in this direction and if you cannot see that you are blind. Once the design team landed on "hey lets give duelists better site exec ults than initiators" you already know the game is completely fried. What in the world is the identity of this game anymore LOL the roles are so fake it is insane. Teams like MIBR will win in the long run once they really figure out maps, theory, how they wanna adapt to different play styles on each map etc. But as far as random losses like this you are an idiot to be surprised that they got ran down by Keznit, Demon 1 Egg+Poppin (Who literally went on the best t2 run in the history of the game in the best t2 region) and Rossy who is also a primed up shooter when running it down. TLDR: individual meta game design is for individualism meta changes = higher variance in matchups matches all have variance so consistently winning is impossible, you will always see upsets especially in an unsolved newer meta

@LeeJonesEsports Paper boys hate invy so much rn lmao

PatMen. - Picked up by PRX from T2 - Immediately win Masters after so many near-misses for PRX - Dropped for 2026 - Joined GE, never reached playoffs - Qualified for playoffs - Beat PRX to qualify for Masters London, GE's first global event All in just over a year...

@paperdinosaurr Because two are already qualified and only three teams will qualify. Hope that helps.

wdym only one slot left for apac and these are the 6 teams fighting

@AmitVer27057047 @SuzyVLR @irushi @FrosTvsYou @patmenVLR @xavi8k_ Oh boy 🤣

@SuzyVLR @irushi @FrosTvsYou @patmenVLR @xavi8k_ Now they’ve started all the visa processes since they know where the master’s program is going to take place, so hopefully everything is already sorted out, or almost is 🤞 I’m right, @irushi… right? Am I?

GE's Real Opponent for qualified to #VALORANTMasters London: ❌RRQ ❌PRX ✅London Visas @irushi @FrosTvsYou #VCT #VCT2026 #VCTPacific

@paperdinosaurr He's so much better than invy. What a fumble by prx

this duo crumbs

@MavsFilmRoom Haha good luck. Raps fans know that's his MO

Masai getting criticism for not giving a good enough answer to select few about the Luka trade is comedy He also didn’t address: - Why the Mavs let Nash go - Why the Mavs went full plan powder after 2011 - Why the Mavs didn’t draft Giannis - Why a gambler ran the 2020 draft - Why the Mavs let Brunson go for free What’s wrong with Masai ?

@chilllsky Because tier 2 is just an audition for tier 1 masked as a tournament lol

The difference between VCT and VCL is interesting. In tier 2 they’re more attempts at hero plays. Solo waylay comps. Tejo + veto = post plants. Kayo to fight against neon/ waylay. No pheonix, barely any double duelist. A lot of running it down mid In tier 1 heavy team plays a lot of combos. Double duelist comps. Harbor for fast plants. No tejo or veto (for the most part). Abusing double duelist. A lot of lurking down mid. Both tiers Bucky judge Bucky judge judge Odin

@ClutchPoints You're just admitting you don't know ball if you don't who Aj last year lol

Nobody even knew about Ajay Mitchell a year ago. With how good the Thunder have been in the postseason, you forget that their second-best player hasn't even played the last three games. Mitchell is a huge reason for that. When Jalen Williams went down in Game 2 of the first round, Mitchell was inserted into the starting lineup. Safe to say he's made the most of his opportunity. Take a look at his numbers after JDub's injury: ➡️ 18.3 PTS ➡️ 4.0 REBS ➡️ 4.0 ASTS ➡️ 3-0 W-L RECORD Last year, Mitchell appeared in just 12 playoff games in OKC's championship run as a 12TH man. Today, he's the secret sauce to OKC's playoff success. 💯

@Brittcoco13 Lmaoo. Coop will be way better than Luka by that time

My Masai Era predictions: -Kidd goes somewhere else -Mosley takes the HC position -2028: Kyrie has retired, now has either a coach or front office role. Luka comes back to Dallas to take the Kyrie role for Cooper. -Kyrie, Luka and Cooper are the three best friends that anyone has had. -Everyone is happy and we all sing kumbaya around the Dirk statue

@khrisody Is it true you are wrong? @PabloTorre

Nope, not doing that. This lets Pablo off the hook here. The reporting from Pablo Torre and the PTFO investigation consistently cites $48M, not $28M. He also often ties it to how much Kawhi left on the table with the Raptors. By misrepresenting his reporting here, you’re introducing inaccuracies, not correcting them. He was wrong on both counts

@KevinOConnor Wide open shot. Can't do anything better than that

What did you think of Mitch Johnson’s decision not to call a timeout?

@pickasidepod Four

Would You Rather: Scottie Barnes Edition - Paolo Banchero - Alperen Sengun - Jalen Williams - Jalen Johnson - Karl Anthony Towns - Jaren Jackson Jr How many of these guys are you taking over Scottie? 👀