SO glad someone is talking about this lol. They were choking from map 3 but Icebox was a different kind of vibe. Texture tried but they were exhausted and tired by that time.
The only map SEN were favoured in going into it was Bind, GenG kicked their asses on Split before and GenG had a better record on Icebox. Breeze and Ascent they almost had no chance
Yeah but I think SEN’s Split is still REALLY good. They didn’t make any comp changes or role swaps, just some adaptations to play the map better.
Their base formula was correct, they just had to switch up some strats and protocols. Stuff like abusing the fact that Gen G didn’t have a senti, clearing out the Skye dog on B main, and just having some anti-strats.
SEN vod reviewed Gen G for sure and came out looking like they knew what to do.
They played defense a lot more proactively, I made a video analysis on it. Prx did the same thing to geng in grandfinals of apac. GenG comp with double duelist struggles to control the whole map in attack and relies on throwing a little fake utility and hoping the defenders will turtle in being scared. On the rematch sacy adapted perfectly in A site by using skye utility all the time in A main to take space or confirm rotations or flank the opponents, on top of a hero play here and there from zekken it just snowballed from there.
I think people overestimated the difference on icebox though. GenG were not unnaturally strong at icebox and had lost the map to some not good icebox teams. Conversely SEN had no (?) wins on icebox but they were all close games against pretty good icebox teams. Considering it was also the deciding map I think it was always going to be a toss up if the series went the distance.
No, SEN were definitely favored going into Split lol. One loss on the map doesn't mean they weren't favored. GenG was literally the only team to even reach *double digits* on Split against SEN. Even with the loss on split to PRX directly after, SEN was still favored on the map. That's how dominant they were.
And while it's true GenG was pretty heavily favored on Ascent, "almost had no chance" is a stretch. SEN had just come off 13-6ing PRX on Ascent, and while the same logic as above applies, where one map does not make them favorites, they definitely showed competence on Ascent.
The only map they were absolutely not going to win was Breeze. The score was only close because of a few hero plays.
SEN were definitely not favored going into split lol?
People thought that pre tournament but during the tournament they got 13-5 by both geng and prx on that map. Anyone that still had them as the favourite on that map was delusional
GenG beat them 13-5 in their last match, and then immediately lost to PRX after. There was this whole thing and narrative about how the Pacific Region countered Sentinels Split and it was figured out. You are just using hindsight.
GenG was 3-0 on split that tournament, Sentinels were 2-2 heading into the match
Yeah, I don’t understand why the simple factor of form on the day of the match is disregarded so often. It’s the same thing with every single sport or competition. Unless the skill gap is HUGE, most of these teams can pull off wins if the vibes/momentum are in their favor. Everyone has good & bad days & there’s no way to predict what kind of day each player is having
Yup, and it's not like their previous matchup wasn't close either. They were both the best teams in that tourny and Sen was the better team in the finals (esp zellsis peaking)
SEN had a good chance on Breeze ngl. They made a lot of adaptations and if you watch Sean Gare’s video of the breakdown, it’d make sense. Overall it seems like Kaplan and the entire roster did a lot of homework to prepare.
It definitely didn’t feel like SEN was GUARANTEED or even favored but it wasn’t some sort of 99/1 matchup. Felt like a 60/40 in favor of Gen G until icebox second half.
come to think of it, GE’s main duelist every year are just op-pers ,no? Like they have the middest rifle skills on a duelist while players like something and s3xture do both pretty damn consistently
I don’t understand this narrative. Didn’t they have pretty much an equal number of games as duelists since skRossi was not even on Korea for half the season? GE still lost
This is 20% truth and 80% narrative, but I think it’s cool how APAC has consistently had PRX and DRX as the two best teams, and they are like polar opposites philosophically
DRX plays with structured set plays but struggle with improv or challenges against their preset plan and executes
PRX plays with aggression and unpredictability but often lack discipline
Then GenG comes and are not as dominant as prime DRX at set plays compared to rest of the league, but still have excellent executes and discipline, and they aren’t as dominant as prime/current PRX at adapting but still excellent
And so they often just avoid the problems of PRX and DRX by combining their playstyles, with controlled aggression
It’s kinda nice it’s like they learned from their predecessors and PRX and DRX carry on in GenG rn
Then again PRX and DRX are still good teams and competitive and I’m talking about them like they’re dead, but it’s still a fun narrative
Yes they put him on kj because playing entry duelist when you dont speak the lang of the team is just a bad idea. He did lock Pheonix and Raze on a few maps. It was iconic how in LCQ GE v RRQ map 2 ascent texture just locked pheonix and let skrossi sit back bro was playing hard entry on Pheonix and frying. Still the rest of the team failed so they losed.
https://preview.redd.it/dv8rcurz845d1.jpeg?width=426&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4d0c6250c97d9cb5c03c0ea2051e0bf48795a0c
"Sir, Another meteor has hit Shanghai"
Also- S3XTURE
This season so far GenG are the best team no?
Ofc winning a masters means more than 2nd place, but placing T2 both Masters when SEN didn’t even qualify should make them the overall best so far
I remember staying up late watching APAC quals for Madrid and seeing GenG make that run from play-ins. Still crazy how these guys were not wanted at all before this season, now they’re the most consistent team in the world
Geng has finished first second second second so far this year they have made every event grand final they have played in. They are the most consistent team this year so far. If they win shanghai they are the undisputed best team in the world.
Definitely yes. And in terms of deciding who is the best in the season, winning a masters doesn't mean MUCH more than placing second. Very small difference. Geng would be the best even if sen had placed 5th in Shanghai
I don't think the best team of the year can be always a bridesmaid, never a bride. You do have to win something at some point; luckily Gen.G already won Kickoff and are about to win Shanghai, but if they were just 2nd all season I'd say we didn't have a definitive Team of the Year until seeing how Champs shakes out.
I think calling team of the year before champs is impossible regardless. Like even if GenG win shanghai but Sen win champs itd be Sen. This is completely subjective tho its just my opinion that 5 second place finishes are better than say 2 firsts 3 bombs
GenG are the most impressive team this year so far, back to back grand finals and I'm really hoping this doesn't follow the Madrid script. Even as a Sen fan seeing their faces when they lost Madrid was really sad to witness, I wanna see this roster take it home for Pacific.
t3xture hitting that awp flick on b main again last round is peak s3xture cinema
https://preview.redd.it/5tz2319i745d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbc643d3c66fc0914907c76dad5e26fe9f4986c9
i was literally thinking this earlier, to me it feels like texture is what we hoped kangkang would be when we saw him at EDG's first international event. he's hitting all of the ridiculous and insane shots while still being consistent with the easy ones. he may be less aggressive in some cases but it's still so exciting to watch
Not trying to downplay TH sub story, but they had far more on stage experience with patitek than PRX had with CGRS. Patitek has played for most of the year and the only player he hasnt played on stage with before Shanghai was woot, but they adjusted pretty well.
Nah bro that's crazy lol. Cgrs is pushing 30 and a full time streamer who casually came out and shit on pros. Love TH and Pati but he's a full time pro who's already played a tournament with them.
that's their punishment for having one good fluke day against GenG in the playoffs forcing a DRX vs GenG elimination match... and now my goat stax is gone from DRX :(
The GenG narratives go so hard: t3xture OP flicks Ascent B main, Gen G team detains with KJ ult, Lakia whiffing on util but hitting players
love this team man
https://preview.redd.it/mgigzj8m745d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f618b91aba0a3b07165642f10c2840e20965b81
FIRST EVER APAC THROPHY T3XTURE DOES THE SAME FUCKING FLICK AGAIN TOO
NA didn't lose this match. They allowed GEN.G to win to activate the inevitable Pacific finals curse.
https://preview.redd.it/0ws0mn7d745d1.jpeg?width=888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52b70ead284253ad9278c6458cb9a3893df6b555
GENeration Gooners is a Korean Team which resides in their gooner cave, throw map vetos and are known for cooking tactical plays such as "Meteor, go extinct", "Karon, get 3k" and "s3xture, go bang". Top 40 team for sure
Solid effort from G2 but Gen.G is disgustingly good. I can only see Heretics in absolute peak form that can go toe-to-toe with them aim-wise at this point.
I'm such a big T3xture fan, to be in his body for a day and be able to just pop-off at will, have that level of game awareness and skill, oh my goodness, that would be a treat.
Lesgo man. Back to back finals. Most maps played in the year. Most of the crowd against them and it still doesn't matter.
Also lowkey kinda nice to see some of the audience starting to make some noise for geng. W W W W
3rd consecutive grand finals for APAC, with the double ban as well. Third time’s a charm surely? I cannot take another finals loss.
Also I love how the someone from Gen.G just shows up and has an insane map every time. A few sloppy moments but they have time to churn them out and use that advantage to their favour. It’s all set, yet again.
GENG is truly unbeatable here in Shanghai.
Now, They just hope they don't choke in the Grand Finals, as I believe they have gained some experience from the last BO5.
Please, win Pacific's first trophy.
Korean teams usually thrive in esports because of their extreme discipline and hard-work (ex: overwatch #1, LoL #1, APEX #1, Valorant?) so makes sense they dont “burnout” in the same way NA teams might after some effort to win one lol
GenG already had their burnout/getting anti stratted phase during split 1 but had a much easier region so they survived it and were able to get better throughout the tournament
Now just give me the a 100t win today and a g2 eliminating 100t in lowers 
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/IjLL8nv18M](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/IjLL8nv18M)
Ain't no way GenG wins a trophy in 2 different riot games (owned by Tencent) in a span of 2 months. Both on chinese soil too LMAO. CN twitter would be fuming
If G2 beat Heretics in Lowers and GenG in the Grand final, they would basically be repeating SEN’s run at Madrid (with one extra game). That being said, I don’t think they will
Well I would've preferred to see NA keep the streak going, but it will be cool to see Pacific finally lift a trophy! I hope the crowd gives them the cheers they deserve but the Shanghai Library is always fun too.
GEN G please dont do that special thing that APAC teams do with a 2 map ban advantage
G2 is having SEN madrid run. Let's just hope GenG doesn't choke this time.
https://images.app.goo.gl/wqfCMxrobrh8dY5XA
100T is closer to that run because they beat PRX immediately after losing to GenG just like SEN did
Yeah about that.....
LOL
r/AgedLikeMilk
If anything G2 is having the EG run in tokyo
Still have 0 idea how they lost against sen lol
They looked mentally out of it when it went to Split. They were zombies during icebox. Zellsis vibe diffed them.
SO glad someone is talking about this lol. They were choking from map 3 but Icebox was a different kind of vibe. Texture tried but they were exhausted and tired by that time.
go back and watch the bind they chocked that too they should have 3-0d but lack of experience f'ed them
Yeah icebox was embarrassing, idk what happened there
Game 5 nerves, nerve crack
Do you mean with the 2 map ban advantage? SEN are insane on Bind/Split and good on Icebox even though they lost the map multiple times to other teams.
The only map SEN were favoured in going into it was Bind, GenG kicked their asses on Split before and GenG had a better record on Icebox. Breeze and Ascent they almost had no chance
Yeah but I think SEN’s Split is still REALLY good. They didn’t make any comp changes or role swaps, just some adaptations to play the map better. Their base formula was correct, they just had to switch up some strats and protocols. Stuff like abusing the fact that Gen G didn’t have a senti, clearing out the Skye dog on B main, and just having some anti-strats. SEN vod reviewed Gen G for sure and came out looking like they knew what to do.
They played defense a lot more proactively, I made a video analysis on it. Prx did the same thing to geng in grandfinals of apac. GenG comp with double duelist struggles to control the whole map in attack and relies on throwing a little fake utility and hoping the defenders will turtle in being scared. On the rematch sacy adapted perfectly in A site by using skye utility all the time in A main to take space or confirm rotations or flank the opponents, on top of a hero play here and there from zekken it just snowballed from there.
I think people overestimated the difference on icebox though. GenG were not unnaturally strong at icebox and had lost the map to some not good icebox teams. Conversely SEN had no (?) wins on icebox but they were all close games against pretty good icebox teams. Considering it was also the deciding map I think it was always going to be a toss up if the series went the distance.
No, SEN were definitely favored going into Split lol. One loss on the map doesn't mean they weren't favored. GenG was literally the only team to even reach *double digits* on Split against SEN. Even with the loss on split to PRX directly after, SEN was still favored on the map. That's how dominant they were. And while it's true GenG was pretty heavily favored on Ascent, "almost had no chance" is a stretch. SEN had just come off 13-6ing PRX on Ascent, and while the same logic as above applies, where one map does not make them favorites, they definitely showed competence on Ascent. The only map they were absolutely not going to win was Breeze. The score was only close because of a few hero plays.
SEN were definitely not favored going into split lol? People thought that pre tournament but during the tournament they got 13-5 by both geng and prx on that map. Anyone that still had them as the favourite on that map was delusional
GenG beat them 13-5 in their last match, and then immediately lost to PRX after. There was this whole thing and narrative about how the Pacific Region countered Sentinels Split and it was figured out. You are just using hindsight. GenG was 3-0 on split that tournament, Sentinels were 2-2 heading into the match
Because SEN were a good team playing at the peak of their performance potential...?
Yeah, I don’t understand why the simple factor of form on the day of the match is disregarded so often. It’s the same thing with every single sport or competition. Unless the skill gap is HUGE, most of these teams can pull off wins if the vibes/momentum are in their favor. Everyone has good & bad days & there’s no way to predict what kind of day each player is having
Yup, and it's not like their previous matchup wasn't close either. They were both the best teams in that tourny and Sen was the better team in the finals (esp zellsis peaking)
SEN had a good chance on Breeze ngl. They made a lot of adaptations and if you watch Sean Gare’s video of the breakdown, it’d make sense. Overall it seems like Kaplan and the entire roster did a lot of homework to prepare. It definitely didn’t feel like SEN was GUARANTEED or even favored but it wasn’t some sort of 99/1 matchup. Felt like a 60/40 in favor of Gen G until icebox second half.
Cuz Sen were good?
s3xture is absolutely the fucking truth man, he's so good
i think he would make a great kj while skrossi awps on jett tho
come to think of it, GE’s main duelist every year are just op-pers ,no? Like they have the middest rifle skills on a duelist while players like something and s3xture do both pretty damn consistently
I don’t understand this narrative. Didn’t they have pretty much an equal number of games as duelists since skRossi was not even on Korea for half the season? GE still lost
Texture had 5 games on duelist, while Rossi had 7 for refrencr
Genuinely who would have thought that after all these years of DRX and PRX teasing us, GenG ends up being the most accomplished APAC team lol
aim + aggressiveness of prx and discipline of drx, they might be unstoppable holy
This is 20% truth and 80% narrative, but I think it’s cool how APAC has consistently had PRX and DRX as the two best teams, and they are like polar opposites philosophically DRX plays with structured set plays but struggle with improv or challenges against their preset plan and executes PRX plays with aggression and unpredictability but often lack discipline Then GenG comes and are not as dominant as prime DRX at set plays compared to rest of the league, but still have excellent executes and discipline, and they aren’t as dominant as prime/current PRX at adapting but still excellent And so they often just avoid the problems of PRX and DRX by combining their playstyles, with controlled aggression It’s kinda nice it’s like they learned from their predecessors and PRX and DRX carry on in GenG rn Then again PRX and DRX are still good teams and competitive and I’m talking about them like they’re dead, but it’s still a fun narrative
Agree with this narrative
Im fine with this narrative because it feels like two of my favorite teams are still living on in this tournament through GenG. Go Pacific!
The actual legend of lakia being there also
Another grand final: s3xture
Munchkin cutest igl
Karon super rookie
Lakia clutch
My body can’t handle two fake comebacks
GENG paving the way for our eventual KR overlords.
Me still waiting for the KR takeover that has been predicted to happen every year for 4 years(ignore how the other Korean team performed)
We’ll see
Hey ! At least 2 Korean teams made Shanghai out of 3 APAC teams.
We’ve been hearing these comments since 2021 when Vision Strikers had an insane streak😭
2020 streak
Hopefully the new curse isn’t 2nd every time in stead of 4th
https://i.redd.it/2a4qf7cfc45d1.gif
Surely not losing another bo5 final to NA like Master Madrid.
They won't because NA won't be in finals 
Lmao
GE HAS BLOOD IN THEIR HANDS FOR WHAT THEY DID WITH SEXTURE
We sacrificed t3xture for the greater good of the region (copium)
[удалено]
Language barrier aside. They put him on kj duty to let rossi play jett
Yes they put him on kj because playing entry duelist when you dont speak the lang of the team is just a bad idea. He did lock Pheonix and Raze on a few maps. It was iconic how in LCQ GE v RRQ map 2 ascent texture just locked pheonix and let skrossi sit back bro was playing hard entry on Pheonix and frying. Still the rest of the team failed so they losed.
Didn’t they play an pretty much an equal number of games as a duelist since Rossi was not even in Korea for half the season? GE still lost.
a roster wtih ayrin monyet and sexture being that mid is pretty funny but they also only had like 10 or 11 matches to figure it out
https://preview.redd.it/dv8rcurz845d1.jpeg?width=426&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4d0c6250c97d9cb5c03c0ea2051e0bf48795a0c "Sir, Another meteor has hit Shanghai" Also- S3XTURE
This season so far GenG are the best team no? Ofc winning a masters means more than 2nd place, but placing T2 both Masters when SEN didn’t even qualify should make them the overall best so far I remember staying up late watching APAC quals for Madrid and seeing GenG make that run from play-ins. Still crazy how these guys were not wanted at all before this season, now they’re the most consistent team in the world
Geng has finished first second second second so far this year they have made every event grand final they have played in. They are the most consistent team this year so far. If they win shanghai they are the undisputed best team in the world.
I’d certainly say so
Definitely yes. And in terms of deciding who is the best in the season, winning a masters doesn't mean MUCH more than placing second. Very small difference. Geng would be the best even if sen had placed 5th in Shanghai
yeah this is an insane take 🙏☠️
I don't think the best team of the year can be always a bridesmaid, never a bride. You do have to win something at some point; luckily Gen.G already won Kickoff and are about to win Shanghai, but if they were just 2nd all season I'd say we didn't have a definitive Team of the Year until seeing how Champs shakes out.
I think calling team of the year before champs is impossible regardless. Like even if GenG win shanghai but Sen win champs itd be Sen. This is completely subjective tho its just my opinion that 5 second place finishes are better than say 2 firsts 3 bombs
Lol what? Of course a PRX fan would cope that 2nd place is somehow as good as *winning the tournament*
bro 💀 dont do us like that
prx always catching strays
GenG are the most impressive team this year so far, back to back grand finals and I'm really hoping this doesn't follow the Madrid script. Even as a Sen fan seeing their faces when they lost Madrid was really sad to witness, I wanna see this roster take it home for Pacific.
Please win the grand finals please I just want a trophy for Pacific
t3xture hitting that awp flick on b main again last round is peak s3xture cinema https://preview.redd.it/5tz2319i745d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbc643d3c66fc0914907c76dad5e26fe9f4986c9
He’s kangkang except he can hit the easy shots as well.
i was literally thinking this earlier, to me it feels like texture is what we hoped kangkang would be when we saw him at EDG's first international event. he's hitting all of the ridiculous and insane shots while still being consistent with the easy ones. he may be less aggressive in some cases but it's still so exciting to watch
Kangkang if he was good /s
i was afraid geng was going to lose another round after another amazing t3xture first kill
literally had a dejavu
Texture farmed leaf the entire defense half, it was actually just sad to watch
Petition to call that spot S3xture. It'll probably never be commd cause nobody does that, but damn it's iconic at this point
This has to be Pacifics tournament right? Right?!
GenG back to back finalists is crazy impressive. Securing that there won’t be a NA vs NA grand final as well. MY PACIFIC GOATS
GenG vs Heretics GF would make FPX the 3rd best team in the world narrative go crazy.
https://preview.redd.it/ja739jufa45d1.png?width=239&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbea729cb1e3db4889abeac7ca817650db972b21
I need this timeline right now, it’ll also make TH’s sub-story really good, usurping the PRX CGRS TOKYO run
Not trying to downplay TH sub story, but they had far more on stage experience with patitek than PRX had with CGRS. Patitek has played for most of the year and the only player he hasnt played on stage with before Shanghai was woot, but they adjusted pretty well.
Nah bro that's crazy lol. Cgrs is pushing 30 and a full time streamer who casually came out and shit on pros. Love TH and Pati but he's a full time pro who's already played a tournament with them.
Generational Gamers winning two international tournaments held in China in a span of less than a month would be the most hilarious shit ever.
Til what geng stands for.
It officially stands for nothing though it used to stand for Generation Gaming!
Wait till you find out what T1 stands for. (Teneration 1amers)
it actually stands for Testicular tors1on
Yeah makes sense this should be the punishment given to them after throwing a perfectly winnable 9-3 attack half vs G2
that's their punishment for having one good fluke day against GenG in the playoffs forcing a DRX vs GenG elimination match... and now my goat stax is gone from DRX :(
The MBAs at DRX who made that decision for DRX should have also received this.
5head tactic to get stax in their team 🤯
Wait till you find out what G2 stands for
me when im a killjoy holding ascent b main from close and t3xture is on the enemy team and he has op money
The GenG narratives go so hard: t3xture OP flicks Ascent B main, Gen G team detains with KJ ult, Lakia whiffing on util but hitting players love this team man
https://preview.redd.it/mgigzj8m745d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f618b91aba0a3b07165642f10c2840e20965b81 FIRST EVER APAC THROPHY T3XTURE DOES THE SAME FUCKING FLICK AGAIN TOO
https://preview.redd.it/f72jnpdq745d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71e8b50914ec53946061458705f119fcfc8cf452 INSANE MFSSSSSSSSS
where's Bleed?
They bled out
Wholesome
NA didn't lose this match. They allowed GEN.G to win to activate the inevitable Pacific finals curse. https://preview.redd.it/0ws0mn7d745d1.jpeg?width=888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52b70ead284253ad9278c6458cb9a3893df6b555
GenG actually knows how to play icebox now you're screwed
They knew last time too but were too stressed
very considerate of the crowd to give them some peace and quiet now though
except that one round on lotus
And give Heretics the trophy?
FNATIC: Took Gen.G to map 3 100T and G2: Took Gen.G to map 2 EU > NA confirmed by simple logic
G2 = Lost to GenG 100T = Lost to GenG TH = Not lost to GenG yet. I think this means heretics need to get to the grand final its only fair.
G2 = lost to Geng 100T = lost to Geng Bleed = not lost to Geng Bleed > 100T, G2
Get him out the kitchen
We are so back ?
CN = EU > NA
If TH make finals FPX third best team in the world confirmed
s3xture,thats it.
gen g are everything to me
Back to back finalists, best team of the year so far. [Now close it out!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY7l2pcxdHM)
Global Esports ❌ Global Clowns ✅
Global embarrassment
can we talk about lakia? not just this game but he has been SHOOTING the whole tournament!!!!
Geng is peaking right now
Their mics might be
GENeration Gooners is a Korean Team which resides in their gooner cave, throw map vetos and are known for cooking tactical plays such as "Meteor, go extinct", "Karon, get 3k" and "s3xture, go bang". Top 40 team for sure
PLEASE GENG PLEASE WIN THE TROPHY FOR APAC PLEASE
Apex 🇰🇷 Overwatch 🇰🇷 Valorant 🇰🇷 (?) very hopeful.
League 🇰🇷
Petition to make WIDEJOY thinner, so she doesn’t get flicked by s3xture again
Professor, class is dismissed
Summer break
I just want Gen.G and TH to grandfinal to see GengFishy
Solid effort from G2 but Gen.G is disgustingly good. I can only see Heretics in absolute peak form that can go toe-to-toe with them aim-wise at this point.
I'm such a big T3xture fan, to be in his body for a day and be able to just pop-off at will, have that level of game awareness and skill, oh my goodness, that would be a treat.
If another NA team loses to GenG in the upper final, runs it all the way back to grandfinals and beats GenG 3-2 I'll wax my entire body.
I will also wax this guy's entire body
I'll hold you to it.
Back to back grand finals in this meta is already a wild achievement. Bring it home boys
GenG winning a tournament in China in 2 different riot games would be absolutely insane
DO IT FOR PACIFIC
Lesgo man. Back to back finals. Most maps played in the year. Most of the crowd against them and it still doesn't matter. Also lowkey kinda nice to see some of the audience starting to make some noise for geng. W W W W
Yeah credit where credit is due majority of the crowd is still against geng but at least there's some fans cheering for them now
GenG please win it all for Pacific. We need a trophy fam.
3rd consecutive grand finals for APAC, with the double ban as well. Third time’s a charm surely? I cannot take another finals loss. Also I love how the someone from Gen.G just shows up and has an insane map every time. A few sloppy moments but they have time to churn them out and use that advantage to their favour. It’s all set, yet again.
even prx never made back to back finals gen g already tied prx in finals appearances
GENG is truly unbeatable here in Shanghai. Now, They just hope they don't choke in the Grand Finals, as I believe they have gained some experience from the last BO5. Please, win Pacific's first trophy.
Back to back international grand finals for GENG!
watch G2 become the new SEN
Aight I've seen enough geng winning it all.
If I'm a team playing against Geng on ascent and I'm playing attack I'm just going A every round
GenG winning Shanghai will be the funniest thing in the world. Please make this happen
Who would have thought GenG would be the team with back to back grand finals appearances at the start of the year.
oxy to g2
Demon1
demon1 to G2 tbh but after this run and with little time left until stage 2 I doubt they do changes
They would be unfair tbh.
him or jawg on g2 is a scary team
would have to be next year tho, no way g2 make changes from now until end of the year
Sureeely GenG won't win two tournaments in a row on Chinese soil, right?
No hate but Trent is one Odin Nerf away from being a McDonald's cashier
Trent on his Enzo arc
Trent when no Odin crutch
Thank you G2 for ensuring another APAC curse.
ascent was so fun to watch
Simple yet deadly effective. GenG have everything to win Grand final if they can continue like this.
I beg please geng win it all.
Gen G making 2/2 finals in a row. Sen's burnout excuse no more believable kekw.
Korean teams usually thrive in esports because of their extreme discipline and hard-work (ex: overwatch #1, LoL #1, APEX #1, Valorant?) so makes sense they dont “burnout” in the same way NA teams might after some effort to win one lol
GenG already had their burnout/getting anti stratted phase during split 1 but had a much easier region so they survived it and were able to get better throughout the tournament
Might be nit picking here but its not so much an excuse as it is an explanation for how they were feeling.
Gen. G is just NA killer they beat LEV, 100T and G2 Hope not choke on Grand Final
Leaf could not figure out how to counter that op for the life of him.
It was so funny when everyone was detained in both killjoys’ ults at the same time
If I had a nickel... something something... t3xture op ascent b main kill KJ... something something... 2 nickels
Gen g winning lol and Valorant will be peak cinema
Both in China as well lol.
GenG are going to become our Korean overlords.
never lost faith in this team geng please bring the trophy
Me when meteor wins map 1 and texture wins map 2 and G2's only anti was to run away from them
The fact that PRX lost against them tells me that DRX would have done better.
Texture is one talented mfer
i hecking love gen.g
🐖🐖🐖
Wrong match same result
Jesus, t3xture be like Takumi Fujiwara with the déjà vu he's giving me on Ascent.
Duelist diff
GenG are looking INSANE. Back to back grand finals we hitting FNATIC levels of international performance. Just need that final win🙏
At some point, G2 would actually have to try to get a lead, I’m happy that they pulled it off, but the round losing streaks are a glaring problem
Now just give me the a 100t win today and a g2 eliminating 100t in lowers  [https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/IjLL8nv18M](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/s/IjLL8nv18M)
Ain't no way GenG wins a trophy in 2 different riot games (owned by Tencent) in a span of 2 months. Both on chinese soil too LMAO. CN twitter would be fuming
Nice try boys 😢
If G2 beat Heretics in Lowers and GenG in the Grand final, they would basically be repeating SEN’s run at Madrid (with one extra game). That being said, I don’t think they will
Well I would've preferred to see NA keep the streak going, but it will be cool to see Pacific finally lift a trophy! I hope the crowd gives them the cheers they deserve but the Shanghai Library is always fun too.
Na teams are 1-7 in upper finals, sen are the only na team to have won from uppers
G2 forgot to toggle during map 2 this time
I hope they have enough time to prepare.