Showstopper Podcast

RIP Astra — The Guard valyn & mCe on the Nerf of Valorant's Favorite Controller

The Guard have taken the North American Valorant scene by storm after starting their Stage 1 Challengers campaign off with an impressive 3-0 record. Most notably, they handed at 13-0 map loss to 100 Thieves and eventually won the series in a shocking upset. Yinsu and Tyler spoke to valyn and mCe about The Guard's recent success and how they plan to continue improving despite their current perfect record in the Valorant Champions Tour. Both valyn and mCe attributed a lot of the team success to their youngest player Trent "trent" Cairns. MCe even compared trent and his playstyle to that of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive legend Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut. Valyn and mCe spoke about Valorant's most recent in-game update, Patch 4.04, including how it would affect The Guard and other teams in the VCT for the remainder of the tournament. Valyn stated that Astra, the most popular controller agent in Valorant, had effectively been nerfed to death and would most likely no longer see competitive play. Finally, in this week's edition of Roast My Tier List, valyn, mCe, Yinsu and Tyler ranked all of the teams competing in North America Challengers 1. Don't be surprised when some big names end up at the bottom of the list. Hosted and produced by: Yinsu Collins (@YinsuCollins) and Tyler Erzberger (@FionnOnFire) Edited by: Tomás Roldán (@TomasRoldan1993) Graphics and thumbnail by: Ivan Cortez (@IvanC__14) and Adam Fitzsimmons (@AdamFitz) Supervising Producer: Spencer Pascoe (@SpennyPascoe) valyn on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/1valyn [https://www.twitch.tv/1valyn]On Twitter: @valyngod mCe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mCe__ [https://www.twitch.tv/mCe__]On Twitter: @MatthewCElmore FOOTAGE SOURCE:HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/ELEVATEDSPEAKS/ST [HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/ELEVATEDSPEAKS/ST]... This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

ec1s Reveals What Went Wrong With 100 Thieves, Talks Future in Valorant

100 Thieves parted ways with both of their latest pickups in ec1s and Hunter "BabyJ" Schline after starting 0-2 during the group stage of Valorant Champions Tour Stage 1 Challengers. For ec1s the decision to change up the roster wasn't necessarily a complete shock. Ec1s is currently in Los Angeles, California trialing and streaming from the 100 Thieves Cash App Compound, waiting until his contract is terminated and he is forced to return to the United Kingdom. ec1s says he is open to competing in both North America and in EMEA going forward. Our hosts had plenty more questions for the young in-game leader about what the team dynamic on 100T was like and what's in store for him in the near future. HOSTED BY: TYLER ERZBERGER (@FIONNONFIRE) AND DANNY APPLEFORD (@DANNYKOVU) EDITED BY: ADRIAN SANDROVCAN (@ASANDROVCAN) GRAPHICS AND THUMBNAIL BY: IVAN CORTEZ (@IVANC__14) AND ADAM FITZSIMMONS (@ADAMFITZ) SUPERVISING PRODUCER: COLIN MCNEIL (@MCNEILCOLIN) AND SPENCER PASCOE (@SPENNYPASCOE) This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

Fit1nho Wants an Anime Redemption Arc for Giants at VRL Spain

Fit1nho has been with Giants since the summer of 2020. After repeatedly failing to qualify for an international LAN, Giants decided to drop their entire roster, with the exception of Fit1nho. On Jan. 7, 2022, the team completed their rebuild by signing Batuhan “russ” Malgac, Ondrej “MONSTEERR” Petru, Fabian “Quick” Pereira Gomez and Adam “Jesse” Ctvrtnicek. Unfortunately, a lackluster campaign led to them failing to qualify for the Valorant Champions Tour Challengers Stage 1. They would have to wait for another opportunity to participate in Europe's top Valorant competition. Giants are now participating in the ValorantRegional Leagues 2022 Spain: Rising Stage 1 alongside another major Spanish organization Team Heretics. Their goal is simple: to win it all and get another shot at joining Europe's top teams in the EMEA VCT Challengers 2. Speaking of VRL Spain, this week on Roast My Tier List, Yinsu and Fit1nho ranked all of the teams participating in the Valorant Regional Leagues 2022 Spain and compared Giants to the rest of the competition. FIT1NHO ON TWITTER: @FIT1NHO ON TWITCH: HTTPS://WWW.TWITCH.TV/FIT1NHO [HTTPS://WWW.TWITCH.TV/FIT1NHO] This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

What The F**K is Wrong With NA Valorant? T1 Cheating and TSM Hate

Both T1 and TSM failed to qualify for the VCT Stage 1 Challengers event after butting heads on Twitter over a cheating scandal connected to T1’s head coach. They are joined by Gen.G Esports and FaZe Clan on the list of major organizations that had rocky starts to 2022 Valorant. New teams are stepping up to the plate this year with The Guard, Knights and Evil Geniuses all joining a closed qualifier event for the first time. These new faces impressed during the open qualifier and are now hungry to prove themselves against top-tier teams like Team Envy, 100 Thieves and Cloud9. The Showstopper crew had some mixed feelings on which two teams would qualify for Masters 1. But they all agreed on one thing: Sentinels won't be surviving the lineup of talent that the other 11 teams have put together in the offseason and will fail to qualify for the first masters event. HOSTED AND PRODUCED BY: YINSU COLLINS (@YINSUCOLLINS) AND TYLER ERZBERGER (@FIONNONFIRE) ALSO HOSTED BY: DANNY APPLEFORD (@DANNYKOVU) EDITED BY: ADRIAN SANDROVCAN (@ASANDROVCAN) GRAPHICS AND THUMBNAIL BY: IVAN CORTEZ (@IVANC__14) AND ADAM FITZSIMMONS (@ADAMFITZ) SUPERVISING PRODUCER: COLIN MCNEIL (@MCNEILCOLIN) AND SPENCER PASCOE (@SPENNYPASCOE) This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

Turkish Valorant Prodigy DeepMans Wants to be More Than Just the Next cNed

As a 16-year-old he’s had to wait to play professionally, but now, Yiğithan “DeepMans” Kesici is unleashed and he wants to prove himself to the world. DeepMans spoke to Upcomer about the opportunity involved in becoming a professional player and the troubles he’s had due to his age. He also addressed the people who call him “the next cNed” and gave his opinions of the chances of success for the Turkish teams in EMEA Challengers Spoiler: They are low. The trio also tackled the DACH region as they tier listed the teams in VRL, with some very controversial rankings. DeepMans also revealed his passion for casually playing League of Legends and riding motorcycles, as well as his biggest fears. Hosted and produced by: Yinsu Collins (@YinsuCollins) Guest Host & Translator: Aykut Sapaz (@kotsthepro) Edited by: Adrian Sandrovcan (@ASandrovcan) Graphics and thumbnail by: Ivan Cortez (@IvanC__14) and Adam Fitzsimmons (@AdamFitz) Supervising Producer: Spencer Pascoe (@SpennyPascoe) DEEPMANS ON TWITTER: @DEEPMANSVLL ON TWITCH: HTTPS://WWW.TWITCH.TV/DEEPMANS [HTTPS://WWW.TWITCH.TV/DEEPMANS] This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]