One thing you didn't mention was that Muggle is probably the biggest contributing factor to turning EDG around after After (lmao) stepped down. Haodong wasn't the only one doing stuff behind the scenes, and if anything you gotta treat the two as a duo more than anything else. Muggle is a very calm and composed guy who took the lead whenever they were prepping for another series, and his anti-strats were literal masterclasses considering the time crunch they were under a lot of the time during playoffs
@@tylerchan8468 After stepped down and moved back to Taiwan for the rest of the season. This is due for a number of reasons but it's mainly both the fact that literally all of the fans were clowning him for his playstyle vision & the management wanting some drastic changes. He decided to bite the bullet for his own mental health and so the team can maybe reinvent itself in his absence
Okay EDG were great but they literally got the most time to prep since they have to play less matches, let’s not make stuff up to glaze a team that can be glazed for real reasons
@@AUG_Glow When you account for content, vlogs, and the sheer amount of other shit players and staff have to do there isn't much extra time to prepare for matches. This applies to literally most of the teams. So no I'm not "making shit up" when I say that it's commendable that the quality of Muggle's prep was as good as it was throughout the entire tournament
@@jayjaywon it’s lying by omission mate You make it sound as if they were in a bigger time crunch than all the other teams when in reality they were given the most time
The VCT international script writers were cooking all year with Sentinels’ redemption arc at Madrid, GenG silencing the haters in Shanghai but Korea & the world cheering super hard for both EDG & TH at Champs’ grand finals. The international VCT events were amazing this year.
PRX holding their EDG brothers back every international LAN, finally losing to them, scrimming with them even after they went home, giving advice on grand final nerves, and then celebrating when they won. Truly the best inter-team bromance.
Ahhh gotcha, thanks for the info. Someone people in the comment section on my “is China 3 years behind?” video said people used vpns to play it from Hong Kong and China
“It was slowly seeming like EDG would need a guardian angel to win another round on their defensive end. Good thing that KangKang bought one” Coldest line I’ve ever heard 🥶
One point to clarify that Smoggy is not cut by EDG back then, he just loaned to EDG by WBG, returning to WBG later and beating EDG then in 2022 FGC. But later this year, WBG's performance went down so the org decided to disband valorant roster. Therefore, EDG just picked Smoggy back as sub. He then played as 6th of EDG for 2022 champs and had the opportunity to play on stage for the first series due to Life got covid in Istanbul. Besides, the LOUD image used for masters Tokyo is their 2022 roster might be a little outdated but no worries Love your video mate🎉and hope to apply for authorization from you to let me translate and post it on Chinese video platform🥹
0:48 No wonder Boostio be saying weird things and this is from a Florida Man myself 😂 Anyway, I remember when KangKang said he would cry if he'd win and he changed his mind at the last second. Chad moment.
watching GF was incredible frustrating (i supported TH). i took 9 month break from valorant and came back at the tailend of master shanghai. TH performance was really good for majority of the year compared to EDG performance at the time (performed poorly at both masters), i didn't expect much from them and they flew under the radar going into champs. as a prx fan i was surprised they got grouped by edg and i wasn't expecting them to go far in playoffs. with the likes of sen, TH and Lev it felt like edg were still weaker team. but seeing them beat lev was the moment when i realised that edg is a better team then i give credit for. however, watching GF made me gobsmacked by the plays, particularly KK on neon on map 2 and 3 (imo neon is a OP agent) which made a dominant 1-2 split, but it got more competitve on bind and abyss. frankly KK eco round 21 was so absurd that it broke my mind and i couldn't help but feel salty about it. though since then, my mind has changed. but moving forward, i am not sure how i feel abot edg going into next year. as i said before their performance was mixed this year and i can't help but wonder if they can keep the same momentum from champs to continue to perform at high levels next year, or was it a fluke (not saying it was a fluke, but it definitely a whiplash in expectation).
@@ssss8162 EDG topped china all stages, but people value international performance over regional one. EDG are a good team, but I am not sure if they can keep the standard going into 2025
I think smoggy didnt went back to edg. Smoggy was in wbg and went to edg. I mean like he was at the wbg at first and went to EDG. Not like as u said edg to wbg and edg again
@@kifako_476 arguably the best team going into franchising debut season but didnt win a trophy(i wont even mention lock//in which was the closest they came to getting)
EDward Gaming might finally break that trend this time though. Dare I say there's a 100% chance they will retain the same roster going into VCT 2025 Kickoff.
@@z-t0xx437 Sure. History does tell us that has always been the case for the past three Valorant World Champions, but that's because they changed their roster and coaching staff, hence they really struggled finding their stride the very next season. EDward Gaming though, they have a massive momentum going into next season, and the history of their team's roster change is telling us the same case... well, except for bringing in S1Mon and After as coach but you get my point (this video also emphasized that part anyway). With the way their current roster's experience went, and the way their chemistry has grown massively and becoming World Champions in the process, I genuinely don't see them breaking apart and falling off going into next year, at least. They have multiple targets on their backs, for sure.
American always trashtalk before match , and lost Like in League of Legends, NA Doublelift: everyone is trashes Valorant too 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Lose likes ok still saying something
One thing you didn't mention was that Muggle is probably the biggest contributing factor to turning EDG around after After (lmao) stepped down. Haodong wasn't the only one doing stuff behind the scenes, and if anything you gotta treat the two as a duo more than anything else. Muggle is a very calm and composed guy who took the lead whenever they were prepping for another series, and his anti-strats were literal masterclasses considering the time crunch they were under a lot of the time during playoffs
Where did the coach before muggle go?
@@tylerchan8468 After stepped down and moved back to Taiwan for the rest of the season. This is due for a number of reasons but it's mainly both the fact that literally all of the fans were clowning him for his playstyle vision & the management wanting some drastic changes. He decided to bite the bullet for his own mental health and so the team can maybe reinvent itself in his absence
Okay EDG were great but they literally got the most time to prep since they have to play less matches, let’s not make stuff up to glaze a team that can be glazed for real reasons
@@AUG_Glow When you account for content, vlogs, and the sheer amount of other shit players and staff have to do there isn't much extra time to prepare for matches. This applies to literally most of the teams. So no I'm not "making shit up" when I say that it's commendable that the quality of Muggle's prep was as good as it was throughout the entire tournament
@@jayjaywon it’s lying by omission mate
You make it sound as if they were in a bigger time crunch than all the other teams when in reality they were given the most time
The VCT international script writers were cooking all year with Sentinels’ redemption arc at Madrid, GenG silencing the haters in Shanghai but Korea & the world cheering super hard for both EDG & TH at Champs’ grand finals. The international VCT events were amazing this year.
EDG: 2 Years=1 trophy
PRX : 4 years= 2 second place, 1 third place, 1 fourth place,
im speaking as a PRX fan perspective.
Can't really hope for them to win ngl, i just like them because it feels like they're still playing a "fun" valorant
PRX holding their EDG brothers back every international LAN, finally losing to them, scrimming with them even after they went home, giving advice on grand final nerves, and then celebrating when they won. Truly the best inter-team bromance.
Yup, they need to make changes to the team to have a chance.
You have to make a distinction between trophies, Masters and World Champs are not the same.
0:58 As a Hong Kong player since early 2021, I am confident to say that we don't need VPN to play the game, we have our own server in APAC.
Ahhh gotcha, thanks for the info. Someone people in the comment section on my “is China 3 years behind?” video said people used vpns to play it from Hong Kong and China
“It was slowly seeming like EDG would need a guardian angel to win another round on their defensive end. Good thing that KangKang bought one”
Coldest line I’ve ever heard 🥶
The one piece music you chose was great
It’s always hard to miss with one piece
funny how EDG is the first esports team to win worlds and valorant champions in 3 years
Sad that viper left
Edg
Zmjjkk was a fan of him in league of legends
One point to clarify that Smoggy is not cut by EDG back then, he just loaned to EDG by WBG, returning to WBG later and beating EDG then in 2022 FGC. But later this year, WBG's performance went down so the org decided to disband valorant roster. Therefore, EDG just picked Smoggy back as sub. He then played as 6th of EDG for 2022 champs and had the opportunity to play on stage for the first series due to Life got covid in Istanbul.
Besides, the LOUD image used for masters Tokyo is their 2022 roster might be a little outdated but no worries
Love your video mate🎉and hope to apply for authorization from you to let me translate and post it on Chinese video platform🥹
Gotcha, thanks for the info!
0:48 No wonder Boostio be saying weird things and this is from a Florida Man myself 😂
Anyway, I remember when KangKang said he would cry if he'd win and he changed his mind at the last second. Chad moment.
Based music. I recognized the wano theme immediately
3:05 a little mistake he had 14+ KD, not KDA. 😊
Fair enough lol
the shots syncing at 19:23 is crazy
Haodong did say that they have learned a lot from LOUD
4:17 Far Cry 3 reference ?
watching GF was incredible frustrating (i supported TH). i took 9 month break from valorant and came back at the tailend of master shanghai. TH performance was really good for majority of the year compared to EDG performance at the time (performed poorly at both masters), i didn't expect much from them and they flew under the radar going into champs. as a prx fan i was surprised they got grouped by edg and i wasn't expecting them to go far in playoffs. with the likes of sen, TH and Lev it felt like edg were still weaker team. but seeing them beat lev was the moment when i realised that edg is a better team then i give credit for. however, watching GF made me gobsmacked by the plays, particularly KK on neon on map 2 and 3 (imo neon is a OP agent) which made a dominant 1-2 split, but it got more competitve on bind and abyss. frankly KK eco round 21 was so absurd that it broke my mind and i couldn't help but feel salty about it. though since then, my mind has changed. but moving forward, i am not sure how i feel abot edg going into next year. as i said before their performance was mixed this year and i can't help but wonder if they can keep the same momentum from champs to continue to perform at high levels next year, or was it a fluke (not saying it was a fluke, but it definitely a whiplash in expectation).
Most are shocked by Edg's performance because most people got completely no idea about Valorant
@@ssss8162 EDG topped china all stages, but people value international performance over regional one. EDG are a good team, but I am not sure if they can keep the standard going into 2025
@@merlin5662 Most probably not because them winning Champs was a fluke obviously. No China team can ever be THAT good!
Did the script writers cook for this event?
I think smoggy didnt went back to edg.
Smoggy was in wbg and went to edg. I mean like he was at the wbg at first and went to EDG. Not like as u said edg to wbg and edg again
aint nobody beating s1mon record XDD
remember that every team who won champs fell apart the next year
LouDge?
@@kifako_476 arguably the best team going into franchising debut season but didnt win a trophy(i wont even mention lock//in which was the closest they came to getting)
EDward Gaming might finally break that trend this time though. Dare I say there's a 100% chance they will retain the same roster going into VCT 2025 Kickoff.
@@Saeyvear believe what u want but so far no team has been safe
@@z-t0xx437 Sure. History does tell us that has always been the case for the past three Valorant World Champions, but that's because they changed their roster and coaching staff, hence they really struggled finding their stride the very next season.
EDward Gaming though, they have a massive momentum going into next season, and the history of their team's roster change is telling us the same case... well, except for bringing in S1Mon and After as coach but you get my point (this video also emphasized that part anyway). With the way their current roster's experience went, and the way their chemistry has grown massively and becoming World Champions in the process, I genuinely don't see them breaking apart and falling off going into next year, at least. They have multiple targets on their backs, for sure.
As always China number 1
yoo first
No one appreciating the thumbnail
Which one did you see? There’s 3 being tested rn
@@ThatNerdKaizen Kang Kang wukang one 😂
Yeah that was my favorite too. I'm kinda surprised it wasn't as popular as a thumbnail vs the other ones.
中国第一！
heel ?
more like clown.
American always trashtalk before match , and lost
Like in League of Legends, NA Doublelift: everyone is trashes
Valorant too 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lose likes ok still saying something
ngl this video is actually good,love from china❤