How Badly did NRG Throw this Match?

NRG faced BLG (Bilibili Gaming) in their first match at VCT Champions 2023 but lost 0-2 in a major upset for the Optic core. They managed to get 21 first bloods but still lost on Lotus. Let's break down the main reasons they played so poorly.
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[@sarangcanshoot]

This was just a calculated move to evade having a match against fnatic.

[@leonardgranz]

Saving counter strats against fnatic

[@javanchear4773]

truly a masterclass from FNS

[@elixserhere]

Lmfao

[@ElijahPeleti]

My exact thoughts

[@frost5610]

Simply SENsational

[@muhammadnazrin3390]

They underestimated their opponent, fought as tho they're playing ranked against scrubs,taking fights they don't need to primarily Ardiis(The same way Yay played the his first game for DSG), got an early lead solidifying their mindset, the moment momentum shifted they got frazzled and choked. Wrecked their mental for game 2 and defeat was almost certain.

[@m1ssingc0rps3]

they threw the matches for money, its match fixing lol

[@hongkongnoodle1455]

⁠@@m1ssingc0rps3yeah obviously, Real NRG would never be this TRASH.

[@borkdog9141]

Watching this series really hurt me. I felt like half the time I was thinking "Wow Adriis, that looks like a mistake a silver player would make".

[@bjsk]

ouch

[@borkdog9141]

Just watched the rematch. Not gonna spoil it but it was a lot more interesting to watch.

[@_DRACrY]

​@@borkdog9141I want to see it broken down too. 😂

[@borkdog9141]

@@_DRACrYI would love that. I need "live chet reaction" at least once though. also ardiis on jett really made me realize how many times he basically ran in and died on kj

[@rubbles2206]

on lotus yes, tbqh BLG also had a bunch of good ideas, and in yesterday's series BLG had incredibly good game plans that out played them and read their lack of aggression perfectly.

[@antonburckhardt3900]

literally was waiting for this, i also thought that once the momentum shifted against NRG they just lost the plot and werent able to adapt well. Unlike Fnatic, who once the momentum shifted, changed it up enough to continue to dominate. Fnatics way of perfectly executing those 2v1, bait n switch kills is also so satisfying. Half of their kills are free. otherwise cool things to see would maybe be how the pure lab work from giants destroyed edg’s previous 3 year split domination. Gonna be some cool other games coming out of the tourney i wreckon.

[@shafialanower3820]

Well fanatic is different they have 4 of the top 5 players on their team. Their skill alone makes them a insane threat and even in unfavorable situations they will out aim you nrg has 0 superstars on their team

[@sylvialiu6857]

@@shafialanower3820 fnatic isnt winning rounds alone by sheer player quality. tactics and teamplay win rounds, if it was all about who could build the better roster then why don't we see team liquid or navi dominating?

[@shafialanower3820]

@@sylvialiu6857 because those players are not as good as fanatic. Ofc fanatic uses teamwork but you’d be delusional to think they aren’t the most mechanically talented roster and you have 4 of top 5 players on the same team.

[@santiagorodriguez6686]

​​@@shafialanower3820the reason why they're top 4 in the first place is because of how they make plays and take fights, your argument doesn't make sense

[@-Fenixx-]

@@santiagorodriguez6686agreed, having the arguably best players in their respective roles and mechanical skill elevates them from one of the best to THE best.

[@donaldduck6892]

Nrg got rolled even harder in the rematch. Ardiis better be deleting twitter now lmao.

[@mzllrr]

Another thing that should be noted on 8:15 is that ardiis should've utilized KJ's turret more and put it at the very edge of rubble pillar so that it watches both entrance to A main and A link and after he gets the pick on that enemy KJ, he's able to play with the team by watching stairs to see if there's someone going thru that smoke where s0m is

[@KuyaArbee]

great insight! do one again for the recent NRG loss 0-2 on their rematch

[@elllp7466]

CONGRATS ARDIIS AND NRG FOR UR UP COMING ROSTER CHANGE 😁

[@muzy8768]

can you go more in depth ? What roster change?

[@jackraymer4748]

@@muzy8768it was a joke cause Ardiis played so bad

[@legionscrest143]

​@@jackraymer4748only ardiis is getting swapped out lol, bro needs to stop talking

[@jotarokujo6440]

@@legionscrest143fns:

[@michaeldjumin8201]

I feel like there were somany rounds where hero plays that happened throughtout the games and no trades as they were so spread apart from one another

[@windi_stone]

NRG were just playing a normal ranked game

[@sanjaikp24]

Never underestimate your opponent because it's 5-0

[@incognitobtd6187]

NRG just didn’t treat them with respect and discipline, and they got humbled. Or it’s an FNS masterclsss to avoid fnatic

[@rank1562]

they are definitely going to avoid fnc.....

[@jagason7494]

@@rank1562nah doin that is stupid lol

[@rank1562]

@@jagason7494 well there gonna have to because they don’t have a choice. They out of the tourney

[@mzllrr]

@@jagason7494its not stupid because they were saving strats for their match against fnatic for the next season

[@panayiotis_lkm]

@@mzllrr for valorant 2*

[@BrahmaDBA]

NRG on Ascent looks like a headless chicken. Just running around getting boomed left and right by Bilibili. What a poetic way for BLG to arrive in Playoffs. Facing NRG twice and winning 2-0 on both after Ardiis said that he doesnt remember Whzy's name.

[@TriGG0r]

Karma for NRG and Ardis 😂😂

[@MrIliched]

Ardiis was on some "I have a point to prove" thing and he got punished for it

[@udaynautiyal9376]

Dam now I am waiting for the follow up video, to how NRG threw the tournament against the same opponents that threw against a few days back

[@jeremiahvo]

This aged well

[@vatanrangani8033]

Better than the next one

[@prakharagarwal3041]

How can you sound so serious while saying 'BiliBili' Gaming😂

[@undetectedviper1121]

ardis thougth he was alfajer/forsaken that can easily win most of duels while playing sentinel

[@munaragi]

5:02 WTFFFFFFF I THOUGHT THERE'S A TINY ROACHES ON MY MONITOR I JUMPED

[@YesHelloKitty]

Time for another video

[@jinsanityy7379]

U should do a vid on SEN vs EG bind

[@mashiron146]

Time to learn chinese, japanese, singlish, thailanese, viatnamese, pinoy

[@peanutbutter6165]

None of those countries want them 😂

[@sora_ruji]

i know i’m 7 months late but “thailanese”??? it’s “thai” lmao 🤣

[@polarpob7858]

4:57 victor should’ve just went right under heaven instead of backing to the corner and omen can just play off his contact in the middle of site since they have to look straight down , even viper can hold his right as he pushes to center site so he is more protected, and arrdis was kinda late to watch the b a con and trade skye

[@LamarINH]

I enjoy this, shows how important teamwork is in the game.

[@user-qu3hu5gn5f]

Ardiis was trying to take an off angle at the end there, and NRG were losing all their gunfights even advantageous ones.

[@setsana_inc]

This was a hard watch

[@viturbajpai7874]

imagine if you could see 10 months into the future lol, title would've been different I guess

[@Valorant_Clips516]

Can blame them people had high expectations for nrg so they must have had a decent amount of pressure on them or they either got outplayed arrogant or nervous

[@horbezermariam1390]

didnt he say bling bling was gonna lose to them

[@personguy1236]

As someone who used to be silver ardis is playing like silve/gold genuinely

[@misterme1134]

VERY

[@KrazyBogart]

Ardiis all talk

[@deathwish4661]

In summary: ardiis fucks up the nrg play

[@vypervfx7519]

basically ardiis came to NA just to throw

[@akopper]

Overconfidence just overflowing, if only they overperform as well.

[@siddhanttatkare711]

Can we have NRG Yay ?

[@notsokjcy]

this aged well no?

[@tribbittyt]

SEN fell off the same way. Really sad to see

[@yilunbai]

One more for the rematch today?

[@platoonval]

I don't think it's even worthy tbh. Last time there was at least a chance :(

[@eclipse-vw9ye]

​@@platoonvalstill do ittt

[@carmacksanderson3937]

​@@platoonvalStill probably the greatest series of upsets ever, I'd say, aside from maybe KRU at Champs '21

[@barbaracult]

@@carmacksanderson3937can’t even call it an upset if billi consistently plays better

[@777redhood]

Nrg were playing like ranked silvers and it was difficult to watch :(..feels bad for fns and som :(

[@sorasekkai]

Blg is also throwing hard but somehow win

[@tokokuchiki874]

Their mentality is failing,its simple as that.The aim is mid and the duelist is gold at bind and turned to bronze in ascent

[@Binkertonbonkerton]

at first i thought bilibili were just insane, dont get me wrong they played really well, but nrg really kinda threw

[@platoonval]

I think the second time around BLG played a lot better and NRG played worse. Something you would expect though since that first game was BLG's first international appearance.

[@dcondankz]

your voice volume is too low or is it just me?

[@ImShaman]

NRG they are all pretty bad players tbh FNS was good for alittle bit on Optic i dont remember victor was only good at the start of 2021 Ardis i mean idk if he has ever been good and Som is a streamer, i think Crashies is the only real pro on the team really

[@KiraProyect]

I like nrg but im glad they got humbked down

[@whiteblack549]

ardiis is not "him"

[@kanzo.7488]

LOOOOOL

[@AutomobileV]

they lost to gold

[@edgebrowser187]

look like a lot of ego peek

[@shafialanower3820]

Ardis gotta be worst duelist I ever seen

[@Lunamowon]

nrg talked shit and paid for it idk

[@Ron-gh4dr]

Inb4 nrg win the rematch

[@ryanmercado9721]

Spoiler alert, BiliBili steamrolled NRG again 2-0

[@eclipse-vw9ye]

Riiiiiight

[@adeonnn]

this should be pinned LMAO😂

[@sylvialiu6857]

the rematch in 2024 for sure

[@golden5171]

absolute deserved for talking trash about brazil and loud.

[@satxcho]

why do u always make videos about NRG's downfall man😭

[@TriGG0r]

Cause they suck? 💀

[@abnishdhiman951]

@@TriGG0r true

[@niiror]

Looks like NRG gave you your answer

[@apexpredator2272]

Don't worry, after the rematch another one is coming up😂

[@5vlk]

BLG >NRG, EDG>BLG = EDG>>NRG

[@rodrigohiga2056]

they didn't throw or underestimated BBL, they lost to a better team, twice

[@shadmanbishal1333]

Get rid of Finesse and their coach. They will be back in form again. Finesse is so overrated as a player.

[@hudanradifan]

NRG will kick ardiis and bench s0m and hire yay and marved

[@mhc8153]

Ardiis makes mistakes that not even low gold players would make and basically singlehandedly looses them the games. Meanwhile he thinks he is the best player in all of Valorant and fronts everyone else with his massive ego thats bigger than the number on his scale every morning... gotta love him, right😂😂😂😂😂

[@gc-hn4ky]

optic core rode the chamber meta and yay's coatails. chet and fns has always been overrated

[@dimasdwi8740]

LOSER IS LOSER... don't make excuses.... you see prx sometimes throw but can win match... blibli won because it's clear from reading the nrg strategy... anything can happen about the score... you don't see many teams that can come back like fnatic vs loud

[@Adam-fq5lu]

What are you talking about? He makes analytic content; this video is about showing how NRG lost to BLG- there are no “excuses.” Regardless, if you think that NRG are genuinely a worse team then you will get the chance to see if you are right later today.

[@drexalte69]

"Dont make excuses" dwag he's literally pointing out how badly nrg played. Wtf are you even talking about?

[@pyrixn]

@@drexalte69 avg BLG fan PLATOON IS LITERRALLY POINTING OUT HOW BAD THEYRE PLAYING

[@dimasdwi8740]

HAHAHAHA SEEE... LOSER IS LOSER... I told u nrg strategy , blibli can read...

[@michaelzhang7316]

@@Adam-fq5luuhhh

[@edgebrowser187]

look like a lot of ego peek