How Many Of You Thought THIS Would Happen? | EG vs Paper Rex Analysis

[@BobertRads]

It really is a zero to hero story. Congrats EG on the championship win, what a fuckin ride

[@jeffperson3765]

Zero to hero to villain

[@melsy9355]

@@jeffperson3765zero to trying to be the villa to hero

[@XcxPrince]

@@melsy9355”zero to hero to villain to champion”

[@vexule]

what

[@jaeinn2820]

Congrats to EG, but man Jinggg will be missed. His Raze playbook and the way he played her changed how the agent was approached fundamentally and he was a key part in Paper Rex’s unique approach to the game. Hopefully he can return well after his real life IGL training for Paper Rex 💯

[@rev0live752]

He didnt change shit about raze stop fkn coping

[@RejoiceYardley]

He's gonna come back buff, MS in Singapore will do that to ya

[@emiliwein1052]

​@@RejoiceYardleyi Heard he will go to uni in computer science after

[@RejoiceYardley]

@@emiliwein1052 whatever makes him happiest, I just wish best for the guy

[@Carlos-qu1rd]

@@emiliwein1052 that could just be people trolling. (cause thats the marved joke)

[@anou3240]

i became a fan of EG after my bf wanted to start a rivalry with me (he was a 100T fan, this was pre 100T-mibr) and i was like fuck it we ball. been a great few months for our silly little rivalry hehe

[@timmlyy]

That sounds amazing for you haha

[@anou3240]

@@timmlyy he owes me an eg jersey now 😈

[@b4bywizard]

the dream

[@gpfhantom1890]

Lol, mine was the same, but it was with my best friend. Big NRG fan and I was like, why not, I'll cheer for EG, I was stoked they made it to playoffs in Americas and got a chance to go to Tokyo and Champions

[@yuvvrajkperson]

Honorable mention to the Something breach pick, he got his kills on Bind, but his utility was not very good. I could count the amount of times he could synergize with jingg or forsaken on his stun and flash timings. They expected him to flex like Benkai did and forsaken does (and EG too) but his utility was just not good enough. I think its a TenZ problem with him too, but even TenZ can somewhat play kayo now. They either need time to make him better on other agents or then need to commit him purely to Jett and Reyna

[@dylanbishop4175]

In fairness his breach is pretty decent on Fracture, it's just Bind isn't a good map for Breach.. I honestly don't think Leo could make Breach look good on Bind, but then again FNC wouldn't play a Breach comp on Bind.. PRX seem to be too focused on creating destruction and havoc rather than playing "meta agents", like the lack of a Viper on Bind was more detrimental than Somethings Breach

[@Shroomoo]

@@dylanbishop4175Yeah the meta is the meta for a reason… Sometimes I see PRX’s comps and just think that they’re trolling

[@SynergyHD]

His breach on fracture is godlike tho, its like stax breach. But yea his bind breach is questionable

[@yuvvrajkperson]

@@dylanbishop4175 Their pistol on defense they pushed A short and they were forced back by C0M just putting his wall and orb back. That setup is really influential on bind and honestly the breach pick was a troll and in more ways than prx's regular comps are

[@kenchen704]

He is good on Fracture with breach though. It is clearly a discomfort thing with this comp, the entire team looked uncomfortable playing this comp and the score showed.

[@aureliusxvincent]

I wanted PRX to win so badly with it being Jingg’s final game with PRX for a long time. Gonna miss one of the pioneers of W gaming. 😭

[@nik_mik]

traveled from NY to LA to watch the games from the 20th-26th. that was truly magical, the Kia Forum was PACKED and when they won the whole stadium erupted. valorant's 2018 Boston Major :)))

[@nischala7170]

Ever since they beat NRG,i had a gut feeling they would go far...i knew demon1 was beyond special by just watching his stream once.....this is prolly the best nothing to everything journey any team in Esports history can have

[@matts.6789]

I hate the comp change on bind man… something had an off day at upper finals… and then what? Thats guaranteeing a change from an agent he’s comfortable with to an obscure one? Also getting forsaken back to duelist after way too long and he moved on from duelist even on fracture? Bind should have been theirs and we go map 5.

[@dman8047]

Copenhagen finals breeze flashback

[@venatus000]

Aleck overcooked

[@kaz38]

Alecks said at the post-match that the harbor comp doesn't do well in most scrims despite the success in the real matches, and this comp is made long ago. but yeah in hindsight the comp was not it.

[@kenchen704]

Exactly, the second they lost Bind I was like this is over

[@jenaissantemyluv]

Being a singaporean myself, of course i am a huge prx fan, not only because i support my region but also due to their style and essence of their gameplay. As big a prx fan as i was, i predicted a 3-1 coming a mile away, PRX are just lacking discipline this tournament, jing kept peeking when he got his one or heard something, and ended up as a free trade for EG, alecks also was fed up, i was also fed up, jawgemo had a top career performance that yesterday, but still PRX have our hearts. Go 🇸🇬 and as tarik and tmv said, go VALORANT!

[@alonilin]

11:00 raze just said: ground-air missile ready

[@ToanNguyen-xx1yx]

I’ll say it once, I’ll say it again. EG’s story is “Haters hushed, doubters damned”

[@avradeep]

Still dont like EG! PRX ftw!

[@buntu8827]

​@@avradeepbro lmao, u don't know how miserable u sound

[@animuchan6136]

​@@avradeep lost they already lost keep coping

[@avradeep]

@@animuchan6136 well looking at the valorant scene in NA you really think demon1 or jawgemo will stay in EG? They are gonna end up like yay as well. Remember this then :)

[@Torpid6441]

@@avradeepYou're so mad 😂😂

[@misterpositive3851]

everybody says "congrats eg" but we can't forget mibr who is the real best team in the world but they were so kind to give eg their playoffs spot (mibr planned this from the start of the season. They saw the potential in eg and said to themselves: "we could easily demolish everybody in vct but eg has so much potential we just have to give them our spot.") and looked down at eg's run all season long as their mentors

[@aronviranyi458]

It's sad to see Paper Rex fall short again when it was their time. Sucks even more with Jinggg leaving.

[@melsy9355]

Yeah really wanted them to win. Broke my heart to see them so emotional after losing

[@dawgemo1]

Eg always showed flashes of brilliance, even back in 2022 when they took down prime optic.. it's just that they were inconsistent or weren't nearly solid as a team back then but now they are well coiled machine

[@kidsaysmoo]

Well oiled machine is the saying lmao not coiled 😂😂😂

[@dawgemo1]

@@kidsaysmoo nah i really meant coiled for some reason LMFAOO I am stupid

[@mukul_valorant]

Because they now have a consistent player demon1 who kills consistently

[@catboyfloofy5604]

I have supported EG since the Apoth and Reformed years. I knew if they were given the right time, they would not miss! o7 to Jinggg, I love you man. You are a legend.

[@jotate6208]

I actually thought EG was going to be really good at the beginning of the year based off of their first few match’s and see the teamwork. They lost a lot of 9-3 leads. We they were the first team to use Gekko I thought they were gonna be killing it. Glad to see them turn it around and win Champs.

[@samurai_panda]

15:55 My wife legit called that EG will win. To be fair it was a random guess and her reason to support them was that they had a female coach. But fact is the fact - she predicted them to win 😅

[@deloominate]

as a prx fan, prx really did this to themselves. their fate was sealed on bind's agent select, wish they kept playing the harbor-reyna comp

[@mukul_valorant]

Demon1 force opponents to focus on him Demon1 completely change their fate

[@erenyeager007]

Shout out to all the fans who never stopped believing in EG LFFFFGGGGG!!!

[@Sugarist0]

People just give them too much hate and it slowly turned into copium as they got deeper into this tournament

[@CodeNet0911]

This is the comment im looking for 😹 Jing leaving ignite a copium excuse

[@burntt0astt]

nooooo you forgot the ICONIC loud 13-0

[@medjed2843]

Dont want to bash something to hard, but some of the jett dashes he had really made him look like a gold player(dashing into walls and therefore not making it into cover), as a paper rex fan some rounds were hard to watch

[@kenchen704]

Something is also a rookie, and this is his first global tournament and he goes to grand finals with his team. Come to think of it, Demon1 didn’t manage to turn up all the way on his first (Tokyo) either. Like the guy above said, I’m sure something will get better as he continues to develop.

[@hektor7798]

Made me so happy. Everyone was praying for them to lose because of how much shit they talked and the fact they didn't and left them all quiet makes me so happy. The villains are reigning and this is going to make the next storyline so much better. Who will be the heroes who take down the villains.

[@hektor7798]

Can't wait for next years Champions tour

[@er3n_genes1s21]

Fnatic will be those heroes.

[@vabby2k]

nah bro this does not make the storyline better. it would've been so nice if jinggg won champs before military service. it would've been the first international trophy for APAC too

[@hektor7798]

@@vabby2k Heading into next season it does.

[@carti8778]

@@vabby2k it may be for you but not everyone. They could have played better if they wanted to win and not force w gaming

[@zodaxtron_0005]

A perfect and heartfelt goodbye to Jingg with a Raze v Raze battle in the finals 😊

[@moosedog___6372]

I feel like loud is always messing with timelines to always be in the finals and this time they messed with too many and it caused a butterfly effect where 100t to lose to eg causing them to win champs

[@Weska13]

I didn't. What a course from EG. Climbing that fast in just a few months Jinggg will be missed. I really love Paper Rex play styles, bait set ups, exotic comps. But I still think fnatic is the best team in the world. They were too expected, they changed so many things, they weren't prepared enough I think. They should've kept their comps

[@pablor1990]

They were still the best team this year. 1st 2nd 1st and 4th. Champions is the most important trophy and EG are the best in the world but much like LOUD-Optic last year Optic had a better 2022.

[@PearseXI]

@@pablor1990 i can agree maybe Fnatic had a better year overall. But when Fnatic beat EG in Tokyo Demon1 was not on good form in Tokyo, it was his first LAN. We saw firsthand what EG can do when Demon1 is perfoming at his best this event. I think with their new found confidence and all the players performing they are beating Fnatic even in Fnatic top form. But i'd love to see that game

[@pablor1990]

@@PearseXI fs imo Champs EG beats Champs FNC. I mean the top 4 made sense: loud beat fnatic, prx beat loud, EG beat loud and PRX

[@PearseXI]

@@pablor1990 yeah fs but i'm also saying champs EG beats Tokyo Fnatic. Or whenever Fnatic think they reached top form

[@pablor1990]

@@PearseXI not a crazy take🤝

[@jeffreydenenberg7101]

crazy that they werent even "supposed" to make it to tokyo

[@Ungabunga923]

I didn’t like the shit talking, but I respect that they backed it up and won. GG to them

[@spork8721]

I didnt like the shit talking, but since everyone was hating on them long before they said anything, its only fair

[@DalNotDale]

Ethan MVP of the tournament

[@OwnerLuca]

demon1 best stats wise

[@dylanbishop4175]

mvp has to be Demon1 or C0m

[@payload1174]

Demon1 best player in the world

[@abhii__4675]

@@payload1174the recency bias is crazy, Demon1 wasnt even EG’s best player of the year, that would be Ethan and Com, he was terrible at Tokyo

[@ReflectYouz]

Difficult to decide. Demon1 has best rating but Ethan had tons of assists Kind of reminds me of football where strikers get most of the balon dors. Haaland gets tons of goals but De Bruyne sets up a fair few of them for him and the team. We could perhaps just agree that everyone on EG had a great year

[@Ruuinx]

I will say I might have been the only person to truly believe EG could win champs after their run at masters. I love PRX but damn eg looked so good they deserve it

[@JohannVonVorst]

I called this shit after they cleared c9 for the first time back in may LOL

[@haku7335]

guys did anyone notice that something missed most of his dashes on Lotus? he always dashed into the wall and died cuz of it

[@Encest_5]

It sucks that this prx is not the prx we know they played really bad in here and threw a lot

[@belair5009]

I knew after Tokyo that either Fnatic or EG would win Champs. After Fnatic looked so mortal and later got knocked out by Loud I was licking my lips as an NA fan but PRX looked really strong as well. But I knew EG was beating Loud for sure.

[@weebier7745]

i had no faith until i saw their tokyo run and then their lower final vs loud i knew they would beat prx in finals

[@beforeafter2121]

it's easy to say this in hindsight of course, but EG manage to won without having to beat PRX in both Pearl and their Reyna comp in Bind (the very reason why they lost to PRX in upper final) is just ironic. PRX will have themselves to blame for this.

[@kenchen704]

Yeah I never though PRX would pick Split first after getting dissected by Loud on Split. Match day comes and guess what happens-they lost Split by a horrendous defense half again. And then they throw Bind with the comp that everyone looked uncomfortable on. The second they lost Bind, I knew it was over, because EG is no slouch on Lotus

[@jagason7494]

@@kenchen704cause the comp that they both use is attacking sided that’s why they

[@uresfffff222]

@josephhe9218 but eg also changed their split comp

[@nuclearpanan7482]

I think potter knew

[@nischalthapa2460]

I am sad

[@yorimz8807]

Me thinking about jingg: :(

[@pepsy910]

heartbreaking loss ngl :/

[@TTChala]

Prx trolling their comp in the final no matter when you read this

[@YesHelloKitty]

PRX thew harder than a pitcher

[@blazecoffe2590]

If EG continue playing and improving this much. They will win everything next year.

[@gedewika3500]

Exactly what everyone said to fnatic before champs

[@CoDPlayer45435345]

they will not

[@adarshkr3865]

@@CoDPlayer45435345 keep crying

[@badatgames0074]

​@@CoDPlayer45435345 thats alot of copium dude its not a good look

[@jagason7494]

Prolly not

[@_lumpia]

unrelated, but pansy is such an amazing commentator. she really hypes up every moment.

[@dziugazz]

PRX played really bad. And I'm not just talking about Grand Finals. I think they definitely didn't even play up to 70% of their potential vs Loud and first match EG. Which is quite sad.

[@kaz38]

tbf they looked bad bcuz loud and eg played well to counter them. It doesn't look that bad if u realized that most eg rounds won from 1v1s and hero plays.

[@kaz38]

also to add, their pistol rounds win rate cost them the game as well (specifically on split they lost both pistols), and the 13-10 score means their gun rounds are good if I u think about it.

[@dziugazz]

@@kaz38 yeah bro I wrote that comment because I know they can play much better. I’m their biggest fan dw

[@mukul_valorant]

Prx didn't played bad. Teams like fnatic eg and loud are too good. You just can't play w gamestyle against them.

[@badatgames0074]

they didn't play bad the other team was just ready for their play style as soon as teams understand prx's w gaming play style the know how to stop it and thats what eg did they studied and countered them

[@sandhikneaj7029]

Demon1 happened.

[@qiyang9187]

Can someone explain to me what does the MIBR and 100t match have to do with EG? I saw some comments memeing about it but i have no idea whats going on.

[@Parenegade]

100T had to win to get into playoffs. They lost so EG made it.

[@qiyang9187]

@@Parenegade So if 100t won none of this would've happened?

[@cruyff-i1c]

@@qiyang9187 yep

[@Parenegade]

@@qiyang9187 wellll not necessarily. EG would have definitely won in LCQ. I think they needed the experience from Tokyo to win Champs but anything is possible. Maybe they would have become the first team to win LCQ and win champs.

[@tadantandadan9107]

Three words for this whole Champions..COM Carried EG.

[@steff7972]

PRX 😓

[@kylengao9823]

Since day one of champions I bet EG was gonna win. Boy was I excited 😭

[@BruteZ7957]

i did. i had eg beating FNATIC for the upset lol.

[@manishrajbaraik1006]

TBH, LOUD did most of the heavy lifting by deleting FNC, DRX, NAVI, TL; all strong teams.

[@bezellik]

Loud did the heavy lifting by beating FNC. That’s it. DRX are a good team but got thoroughly trounced by EG the last time they fought, and haven’t shown nearly the same form that EG has, and both navi and TL are europe frauds who’ve failed to prove they have much of anything of worth happening in their games. There’s a reason it was loud and drx coming out of groups and not either of them.

[@uwutm813]

@@bezellik Liquid was a fraud i agree but Navi had a decent chance to go far this one they were playing decent unlucky they faced LOUD

[@badatgames0074]

​@@uwutm813i don't think they would have gone that far even if they didn't face loud not saying they're a bad team just that rn atm they aren't a champs team

[@badatgames0074]

copium thats all this is lmao every team played amazing stop making excuses eg just played better and studied

[@uwutm813]

@@badatgames0074 i mean you are kinda right if we put NAVI in Loud place they are getting clapped by fnatic and bombing out but i meant to say they were in way better form then Tokyo so it wasnt a easy game for LOUD.

[@raymondleung6522]

JAWGEMO PLAYING FORTNITE ON THEM WITH THE ROCKET

[@spacexdemo8254]

I called it :)

[@josephordonez5126]

How is it that no one seems to have an issue with the bracketing for tournaments like this? PRX beats EG in the upper bracket which means absolutely fuck all because EG won their set in grand finals. The teams are at a tied record of 1-1, but just because it was considered “grand finals” EG are considered the champions. Why even run an upper bracket/lower bracket set up if there isn’t a finals reset when the team from the lower bracket takes their set? This is literally tournament standard for so many games because it gives a definitive champion because every other team is double eliminated. Both EG and PRX dropped one set, EG’s loss is just arbitrarily less important than PRX’s loss. No hate to EG whatsoever because obv the bracket structure isn’t within their control but this is absolute horse shit that there isn’t a set to decide which team ultimately has the best record of the tournament.

[@abhiadari8938]

Are you stupid?? Running 2 bo5 or even 2bo3 would be so drawn out and exhausting for the teams, so riot doesn’t do that. The winner of the upper finals still needs an advantage though so riot gives the upper final winner the advantage in the map pool with both bans. Having both bans and getting to decide the map pool so so strong its why eg’s bo3 with fnc last year was close but when they played in the GF eg got 3-0’d, prx got rid of their worst map and eg’s best map and still lost 1-3. I know it’s difficult for you but please try to acquire some braincells they help you think :)

[@protestthisaccount]

The upper finals winner gets a double map ban which is a huge advantage for them. EG won fair and square and didn't even get to play their best map (fracture) since PRX banned it.

[@AppleGameification]

You have a good point but imo the double map ban is an adequate alternative. A bracket reset would be cool but also super long

[@haku7335]

i hate them. but they´re good.

[@OwnerLuca]

Eg on top

[@Kuro-bk7wi]

I had eg winning the tourney from the start just saying

[@carti8778]

I mean they were pretty decent , expected to be top 3 atleast.

[@eternal_sap9820]

eg>loud, loud>fnatic, fnatic>eg it’s literally rock paper scissors

[@romycurry854]

i saww it a mile away they a industry plant Scripted every single match EG plays they scripted it L production the other team always stop playing half way L

[@shineyukochhar6915]

1st comment

[@joegallagher9238]

EG’s attitude is everything wrong with valorant good for them their crazy talented

[@drexalte69]

?????

[@saveerjain6833]

what’s “wrong” with it?

[@User-xw6kd]

Lol you're pissed at some silly trash talk.

[@adamplett2924]

Have you ever played competitive sports? Boostio said in a press conference that that’s not how they actually feel and that it’s for fun and to build up hype. I’ve played so many games were me and the opponents are talking mad shit to each other the whole time but when we go to shake hands after the game it’s always smiles and laughs and respect. It’s all in good fun and competitive nature

[@joegallagher9238]

Guys guys I’m trolling ik its jokes I’ve see the press stuff they’ve said they playing the role lol the fact this seems legit shows how online so many people are