In CS, ZywOo coldzera and s1mple have achieved this, and ZywOo is very likely to do it again this year. In League of Legends, Faker was the best player for several consecutive years. Yet in Valorant, no one has managed it, forget two years in a row, not a single person has even been named player of the year twice. I feel like Valorant's star players are a bit disappointing in that regard.

Fnatic has been going down this path for years now where they fail to retain or attract high calibre players just because they refuse to pay competitive salaries. Chronicle is considered the GOAT of valorant, has incredible stats and agent pool, still it wasn’t enough for them to match Vitality’s offer. Although this isn’t the only factor in this move, but it plays a part to some extent. There are some rumours as the agents involved in this transfer would stand to gain the most, which could’ve impacted the move, but let’s be honest, if Fnatic would’ve offered Chronicle the same as Vitality, I can’t see a world where he wouldn’t have stayed considering how much he expressed his love and willingness to play for the team.

Unfortunately, Fnatic will lose the relevance in Valo the same as other Esports if they couldn’t even realise their shortcomings.

Who is a player that isn't objectively good, but you have a soft spot for?I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I was watching some old gameplay pre and post franchising and was reminiscing on some old players. I was wondering if yall had some favorite players you thought were going to be big but didn't. I always thought bdog was going to be successful in T1. I remember when I first saw him and mada on luminosity fry sentinels.

Region Standings for international tournaments since Franchising (total points)

Calculations is:

1st Place is 4 points

2nd Place is 3 points

3rd place is 2 points

4th place is 1 point

2026 

Mickey Mouse Cup Paris 

1. 100 Thieves (4 Points)
2. NRG (3 Points)
3. Nongshim RedForce (2 Points)
4. BBL Esports (1 Point)

Masters London 

1. LEVIATAN (4 Points)
2. Paper Rex (3 Points)
3. Edward Gaming (2 Points)
4. Team Vitality (1 Point)

Masters Santiago 

1. Nongshim RedForce (4 Points)
2. Paper Rex (3 Points)
3. NRG (2 Points)
4. G2 Esports (1 Point)

Total

1. Americas (14 Points)
2. Pacific (12 Points)
3. China and EMEA (2 Point)

2025

Champions Paris

1. NRG (4 Points)
2. FNATIC (3 Points)
3. DRX (2 Points)
4. Paper Rex (1 Point)

Mickey Mouse Cup 2025

1. Team Heretics (4 Points)
2. FNATIC (3 Points)
3. Gen.G (2 Points)
4. Paper Rex (1 Point)

Masters Toronto

1. Paper Rex (4 Points)
2. FNATIC (3 Points)
3. Wolves Esports (2 Points)
4. G2 Esports (1 Points)

Masters Bangkok

1. T1 (4 points)
2. G2 Esports (3 Points)
3. EDward Gaming (2 Points)
4. Team Vitality (1 Points)

TOTAL:

1. EMEA and Pacific (14 Points)
2. Americas (8 Points)
3. China (4 Point)

2024

Champions Seoul

1. EDward Gaming (4 Points)
2. Team Heretics (3 Points)
3. LEVIATAN (2 Points)
4. Sentinels (1 Points)

Masters Shanghai

1. Gen.G (4 Points)
2. Team heretics (3 Points)
3. G2 Esports (2 Points)
4. 100 Thieves (1 Point)

Masters Bangkok

1. Sentinels (4 Points)
2. Gen.G (3 Points)
3. Paper Rex (2 Points)
4. LOUD (1 Point)

TOTAL:

1. Americas (11 Points)
2. Pacific (9 Points)
3. EMEA (6 Points)
4. China (4 Points)

2023

Champions Los Angeles

1. Evil Geniuses (4 Points) 
2. Paper Rex (3 Points)
3. LOUD (2 Points)
4. FNATIC (1 Points)

Masters Tokyo

1. FNATIC (4 Points)
2. Evil Geniuses (3 Points)
3. Paper Rex (2 Points)
4. NRG (1 Point)

 

Sao Paolo Lock//In

1. FNATIC (4 Points)
2. LOUD (3 Points)
3. DRX (2 Points)
4. Natus Vincere (1 Point)

TOTAL:

1. Americas (13 Points)
2. EMEA (10 Points)
3. Pacific (7 Points)
4. China (0 Points)

Total across 2023-2026

1. Americas (46 Points)
2. Pacific (42 Points)
3. EMEA (32 Points)
4. China (10 Points)